(Clearwisdom.net) Master told us,
"Whenever there is interference of one kind or another in qigong practice, you should look for reasons within yourself and determine what you still have not let go." (Zhuan Falun)
Some relatively young practitioners have passed away over the years. One, on the surface, seemed to do the three things pretty well. However, after she passed away, we saw that she had long ago written her "last words," with a clear explanation of how to divide her family properties, cash, and other goods.
As for another example, a fellow practitioner was tortured by sickness karma for a long time. Everyone shared with her and tried to find the root of the problem. We talked about what her first thought was after the symptoms appeared. She said that when she felt the difference in her body, she got worried and went for an exam at the hospital. The doctor told her that it was breast cancer. As a practitioner, she realized that it was not illness and she must not acknowledge it. She sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate it, remembering to do the three things Master asks of us. This way, her health was sometimes good and sometimes bad, and she did not think about it too much. Several years passed and she wondered why she was still feeling it. She felt very uncomfortable and it was very painful to have to bear. One day she said to a fellow practitioner, "I do not want to bear it anymore." She passed away two days later.
Another practitioner was handing out fliers and exposing the persecution in the rural area near his hometown. After he came back, his body was all swollen and he could not breathe well. It appeared that heart problems, lung problems, as well as a number of different conditions all came up. It was very scary. He stayed home and studied the Fa while looking inward. He realized that one thing he had not done well was to study the Fa persistently. Another thing was that he had developed the attachment of showing off. When he explained the facts of the persecution to a group of people, two people expressed that they were interested in learning Falun Gong immediately, and thus he had also developed the attachment of zealotry. In short, without noticing it, he began to validate himself instead of validating Dafa. This was caught by the old forces. He began to study the Fa day and night, and also began to increase the time spent doing the exercises. It didn't appear to be working. Late one night, he was studying "Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005", and he saw the following part,
"When students exhibit severe sickness karma, it undoubtedly has two goals. One is to have that person display such a state and then see how people around him or her look at it."
He realized that the old forces had made this false appearance to let other practitioners see it. Indeed many fellow practitioners were very worried about him and were sending forth righteous thoughts for him. The situation had moved their human mindsets. As soon as he realized this, he told fellow practitioners, "Please put down all your worries. Everything will be arranged by Master. I will not pass away." The next morning, he went to send forth righteous thoughts with fellow practitioners, and everything was back to normal.
I feel that when a practitioner suffers sickness karma and passes away, the practitioner is complying with old force arrangements. We must clearly distinguish between arrangements made by Master and those made by the old forces. We must completely deny old force arrangements. If we keep studying the Fa, keep looking inward, look for and find the root problem, and give up our human mindsets, we will be able to turn the situation around completely. These are just my personal understandings. Please point out anything that is not appropriate.
Category: Improving Oneself
