(Clearwisdom.net) Though many practitioners still have not cultivated well in many respects and have omissions. It is still very important to hold steadfast belief in Master and Dafa, especially during tribulations and at critical moments. Below are a few experiences a fellow practitioner and I would like to share.

One time, someone informed me that my relative's (also a practitioner) home had been searched, and that my home ran the risk of being searched. Many friends told to me to quickly hide or move all my Falun Dafa books somewhere else. I told myself to calm down, and I started sending righteous thoughts. But then telephone calls kept coming, telling me similar things. It made me feel as if the police were getting closer and closer to my home. I was not able to remain calm any longer and said to my older family member (also a practitioner), "I can't stand any more, maybe we should pack up and leave." The fellow practitioner said, "No need to move, no need to pack up anything, send righteous thoughts." I said, "The police are about to come." The fellow practitioner said, "No problem, Master is at my home." I started to calm down and send righteous thoughts and gradually the danger ceased. After things calmed down, I lifted up the curtain and saw several policemen on patrol watching our home from the walking platform upstairs. There were probably a few plainclothes policemen downstairs as well. Later, everything went back to normal and the incident passed. When I look back now, I can really feel how dangerous the situation was. Luckily we didn't move anything out, otherwise we would have bumped into the police watching us. Thanks to the fellow practitioner's firm righteous thoughts at that critical moment, we passed the tribulation smoothly.

Another time, there were several policemen on patrol watching our home from the walking platform. The fellow practitioner opened the curtain to watch them while sitting in front of the window sending righteous thoughts. After a short while, the policemen left, but came back again the next day. The fellow practitioner again sat in front of the window sending righteous thoughts. After a while, the policemen started to chat with each other. Some said they caught a cold, the other two also said they had a cold. After a short time they left and once again I experienced the power of righteous thoughts.

Later, we started to slack off and seek comfort. It seemed the danger was gone, so we were no longer diligent in reading Dafa books and practicing the exercises. We started to develop human thinking, believing that we were so tired and that we shouldn't make ourselves so tense all the time. Sometimes we would watch some TV or listen to a few songs. The older practitioner started to play cards with her grandchildren, and even made some arrangements for enjoying family happiness in the future. In the end, the evil took the advantage of our omission.

One day, the older practitioner suddenly suffered from symptoms of a stroke, her mind became cloudy, and she was only interested in sleeping. She lost a lot of weight and there was an awful smell coming out of her body. The situation became quite dangerous. Family members suggested she go to the hospital, but the older practitioner insisted on not going. I suppose she made that choice because she didn't do well in some aspects, but did not want to let it damage the reputation of Falun Dafa. At the same time, I thought to myself how many miraculous things happened to her in the past. The arterial inflammation she suffered before was cured, and the skin on her lower leg that was scalded by boiling water miraculously became smooth. Her skin went through such great changes, how could things turn out like this? I started sending righteous thoughts with her, and kept calling her name so that she would not go to sleep. I also kept playing the audio tapes of Master's lectures for her.

Once, she woke up and said that she had a dream, where there were four people holding down her body. Another time, she felt that she had only half of her breath left. She also said that in the dream, someone persuaded her to leave, but she refused to go. Those people kept on interfering with her. She felt as if she couldn't stand it any longer, but manged by grabbing the corner of a table and not letting go. Those who were interfering with her left in the end. When she was unconscious, she also went to another place and saw many Falun Dafa practitioners watching several demons. The demons were tied up and ready to be judged. Later she woke up and was out of danger, and has since fully recovered! We helped her to find the reasons for this tribulation together, and we found that she still had not eliminated the attachment to having her illnesses cured. She often said she didn't feel well, and that perhaps her diabetes was not fully cured yet. Together we discovered that she was not clear on some important principles in cultivation, and we all improved after digging out these attachments and viewing these issues from the standpoint of the Fa.

Posting date: 6/7/2007
Original article date: 6/7/2007
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 5/23/2007
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/5/21/155294.html

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