By Wu Xin (a Dafa practitioner from Mainland China)

I send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate evil on the hour every hour sharp even though I cannot see anything. Here I would like to share some of my recent experiences in my cultivation.

Over a period of time, different illness symptoms appeared in several places on my body. At first I thought that was because of my karma, so I endured it silently. Then one day, while going to a store, I developed very painful stomach cramps. Thinking that it was not right, I recited from memory "Lunyu" (from Zhuan Falun) while bearing the pain. I repeated "Lunyu" and then the pain disappeared. This went on for three days, each time with the pain disappearing after I recited "Lunyu." Since I didn't look at the issue from the standpoint of the Fa and forgot that I am a Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period, my suffering continued violently and took various forms. One evening, just as I picked up Zhuan Falun, I got a toothache. The pain spread to my ear and then to my face. Then I thought, this shouldn't be happening because of karma. Master Li would not arrange a toothache while I am going to study the Fa. The pain lasted for several days until I became more clearheaded.

Master Li said: "Old age, illness, and death are also forms of demons..." (Zhuan Falun). In the article "Dafa is Indestructible," Master Li pointed out: "Why are Dafa disciples ruthlessly tortured by the evil? It's because they persist in their righteous faith in Dafa, and because they are particles of Dafa.", "... and they have taken advantage of the un-removed notions that are at Dafa disciples' human surface, and Dafa disciples' karma, to make their righteous thoughts falter", "A Dafa disciple completely opposes everything arranged by the evil old forces. Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts, save all beings, and safeguard the Fa with determination..."

At this moment I realized clearly that I could no longer accept passively the Old Forces persecuting me. I am a Fa-rectification Dafa practitioner. Whatever I do should rectify everything including my body, the mini-universe. We can keep pace with our Master's Fa-Rectification process. I started eliminating the evil by sending forth righteous thoughts while raising my hand in front of my chest. The first three minutes, the toothache worsened, but then it weakened, then it disappeared altogether after a few more minutes.

The lesson I learned from the above experience was that a Dafa practitioner is not going through personal cultivation alone in the Fa-rectification period. Whatever is encountered is related to both the Fa-rectification and personal cultivation. So one should be clear that "Assisting Master in Fa-rectification" is our historical mission, and we cannot use the common sense of ordinary people to take care of anything that happens to us. One should do what a Fa-rectification Dafa practitioner should do.

Sending forth righteous thoughts daily on the hour cannot just be done mechanically, and we must be true, diligent practitioners at all times. In his "Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A." Master taught us "...so each student has to truly, clearly realize what his responsibility is, and when he sends forth righteous thoughts he has to be able to truly calm his mind and truly produce the effect of righteous thoughts. So this is something extremely critical, extremely important..."

We practitioners should understand the purpose and significance of sending forth righteous thoughts from the standpoint of the Fa.

I realized that the many opportunities to "enlighten to the Tao" given to me by our Master are not just denying the arrangements by the Old Forces in the case of physical "illness" symptoms. It is that every Dafa practitioner should completely deny the arrangements by the Old Forces in all cases or difficulties in this Fa-rectification cultivation process. When using righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil, the evil will have no loop-holes to exploit.

Posting date: 2/8/2002
Original article date: 2/7/2002
Category: Views on Cultivation
Translated on 2/6/2002
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/2/2/24237.html

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