(Minghui.org) I recently began having some physical problems. I began coughing, feeling cold and dizzy, ran fevers, lacked energy, etc. While I sent forth righteous thoughts, I suddenly realized: the old forces want to destroy me.
On March 24 when I was sending righteous thoughts, I thought I saw Master sitting on the top of a hill about a meter away. I shouted, "Master! Master!" He did not answer. The hill got bigger and bigger, gradually floating away. I chased anxiously and kept shouting but got no response.
I floated to the other side of the hill, where it was gloomy, dark, and horrible. Both “Master” and the hill disappeared. All at once I became alert. I realized it was not Master, but a transformation by the old forces. I shouted, "Save me! Please save me!" But there was still no response.
I thought of Master's name and shouted it three times. Suddenly, the horrible place disappeared. I floated onto another hill and kept sending righteous thoughts. I became calm and peaceful. But when I finished sending righteous thoughts, my heart pounded for a long time.
I told this experience to fellow practitioners at our practice site. They shared with me that it was the old forces who had transformed into Master and planned to destroy me, but Master saved me. I did heshi (showing respect with both hands pressed together in front of one's chest). I was grateful to Master and gave thanks for His rescuing me.
Based on this experience, I enlightened to two points:
The Old Forces Are Persecuting Us in Different Ways To persecute practitioners, the old forces may resort to jails, the illusion of illness karma, or other means. But the most despicable tactic is to transform into Master's image to fool practitioners.
However, no matter how insidious they are, if we study the Fa well and cultivate soundly, and if we believe in Master and the Fa firmly, all their efforts will be in vain.
The old forces will not spare any of us. When I began having those tribulations of illness karma, I knew I still had loopholes and that the old forces were using them. I knew I had to do the three things well, deny all the old forces' arrangements, and look within.
After I began to seriously look within, I realized that I still had so many attachments, even though I had been cultivating for over 10 years! This really scared me. For example, I was very happy when non-practitioners said I looked young because I practiced Falun Gong, or when fellow practitioners said I had persuaded many people to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. Sometimes I even showed off. Aren't all those attachments that need to be relinquished?
I'm 81 now. Sometimes when I had symptoms of illness karma for a long time, I would wonder if Master had given up on me. I thought, "Did the old forces really take my main spirit away?" There were times when I sent forth righteous thoughts but wondered if they really worked.
All this is the old forces' interference, which tries to keep us from completely believing in Master and the Fa. Although I still have many attachments I need to eliminate, I can still correct my behavior by measuring myself against the standard of the Fa and only follow Master's arrangement. I will never acknowledge the old forces' arrangements!
As practitioners, we must completely believe in Master and the Fa. When coming across tribulations, we can ask Master to help us. Don't forget to say Master's name, because as soon as they hear it, the evil factors will immediately disintegrate.
We must persist in sending forth righteous thoughts and firmly believe in the grand power of our righteous thoughts, because Master is reinforcing us.