(Clearwisdom.net) A practitioner's life was in grave danger in the city where I live. She was diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer. This was interference and an illusion that presented itself as sickness karma. I rushed to her home as soon as I heard the news. I wanted to help her pass this test, and did my best to do so. The symptoms of her illness disappeared in just over a month. Looking back on this experience, I realized that this was the result of all of the practitioners in our area diligently working together under the guidance of Master and Dafa. We completely negated the old forces. We truly cultivated and elevated ourselves as one body.

Previously in our city, the old forces took away an elderly practitioner, using the guise of sickness karma. I was despondent at the time. I regretted that I had not done better. I helplessly watched as the old forces carried out their arrangements and took away this practitioner. She was unable to honor her prehistoric vows.

Master said,

"Nothing you encounter is simple, accidental, or an ordinary thing. It must have to do with your cultivation and your improvement." ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles")

We learned our lesson from this. We read Zhuan Falun together every day with this practitioner, and then shared experiences and sent forth righteous thoughts.

The first few days that we studied the Fa together there was a lot of interference. She bled severely. I wondered if she had any blood left. Her heart seemed as if it would jump out of her body. She couldn't sleep. She couldn't move. The symptoms of her "illness" were very severe. She couldn't stop yelling, "Master save me!" We continuously helped her to strengthen her righteous thoughts. The symptoms of her "illness" were illusions, and we didn't acknowledge any of them. The old forces were obviously testing her. They were also testing our attachments in the face of life and death, and whether we truly believed in Master and the Fa. We were extremely clear in our minds on what was going on and what we should do. Master doesn't acknowledge the old forces, and they have no right to carry out this so-called test against us. We are to completely negate the old forces' persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners and thoroughly eliminate them. This is how we overcame this test.

The old forces continuously interfered with our Fa study. For instance, they prevented her from reading Zhuan Falun. She couldn't see the characters clearly and would skip lines. Once, I impatiently said, "You can just read slowly by yourself, then!" Then I left. I had a bad feeling in my heart as I left. I thought, "Aren't I being selfish by making her read by herself? Isn't this evil beings and evil factors interfering with and persecuting the practitioner? Isn't my leaving the same as avoiding and escaping the evil in the midst the battle? Isn't my thinking and behavior encouraging the evil? Our dimensional fields are interconnected. How can I allow it to prevent me from cultivating and interfere with other practitioners?" As soon as I had these thoughts, I immediately returned to study the Fa with her.

I often see my notions reflected in other practitioners. Practitioners act like mirrors for me. I saw the same attachments in myself that I saw in her. So every evening I reflected on the thoughts that I had that day and saw the things I had done that were not aligned with the Fa. The next day I told her the thoughts and the things that I had done that weren't quite right. I also compassionately pointed out her mistakes. This way we both elevated together based on the principles of the Fa.

We had to correct ourselves and prevent the old forces from taking advantage of our gaps.

Master wrote,

"If thoughts are righteous,
evil will collapse"

("What’s to Fear?" from Hong Yin Volume II)

Master also wrote,

True thoughts dissolve all,
The whole sky is clear.

(“Stirred by Reflection” June 29, 2010)

In just over a month, the symptoms of her "cancer" disappeared. I personally witnessed and experienced helping her through this test and cultivated myself in the process.

I learned that we must completely negate the old forces' arrangements and diligently cultivate ourselves when we help other practitioners. We must not only notice where the other practitioner falls short when problems occur. We must look within and find our own attachments. We must have good intentions and compassionately point out the other person's shortcomings. We should not discuss the other practitioner's shortcomings behind his or her back because this will magnify and strengthen the old forces' taking advantage of the other practitioner's negative side.