(Minghui.org) One day at the end of 2013, an elderly practitioner living near my home showed the symptoms of serious sickness karma.
In the morning, several practitioners, including one of my family members, arrived at her house for Fa study as usual but found her so dizzy she couldn’t sit up or get out of bed. She also couldn’t eat and would throw up as soon as she opened her eyes. Her husband, who is also a practitioner, was so distraught he couldn’t even summon up his righteous thoughts. It appeared that Fa study that morning would be disrupted.
The practitioners had a discussion and made a decision to have the elderly practitioner lie down to listen to the Fa being read.
When I came home from work that night and heard the news from my family member, I thought to myself: “The elderly practitioner does the three things well and makes good advancement in her cultivation, so her current state has to be an illusion – an interference. Nonetheless, no matter how difficult it is and how bad she feels, she has to study the Fa and mustn’t do that lying down, otherwise it’s the same as walking the path arranged by the old forces.”
So, I asked my family member to share my thought with everybody that the elderly practitioner must deny any kind of persecution and disturbance imposed by the old forces, and that she must insist on sitting up to study the Fa and eating normally.
The next day when I came home from work, my family member informed me, “The elderly practitioner’s condition hasn’t changed. Things are pretty much the same. She didn’t get out of bed or eat or open her eyes. Of course, she didn’t sit up to study the Fa.”
After I listened to the report, I got very anxious. I decided I must take some time off the following day so I could go see her in person. Unfortunately, I was so very busy I couldn’t take any time off. I realized that that was interference arranged by the old forces because they didn’t want me to help a fellow practitioner.
The fourth night I came home from work, my family member told me the elderly practitioner’s situation was very serious indeed. There was still no improvement, and she hasn’t eaten for four consecutive days.
I knew I shouldn’t delay any further. I must go to pay the elderly practitioner a visit at once.
I said to my family member, “Master teaches that we should look at a fellow practitioner’s affairs as our own affairs because we are one body. Together as a whole, we will coordinate to disintegrate all interference from the evil forces. We must help our elderly practitioner to overcome the hurdles of her interference.”
When I arrived at the elderly practitioner’s residence, I found her thin, pale, and curled up in bed. I said to her husband, “Uncle, I brought auntie some hot dumplings.”
Her husband took the dumplings but asked with a puzzled tone: “Can she eat?” I replied in a very firm voice, “Of course she can eat.”
But the elderly practitioner, her eyes closed, continued to lie in bed. She didn’t move. She didn’t eat.
I said to her, “Auntie, you realize it is the evil forces that are not letting you eat. You must eat, and even if you throw up, you have to eat.”
The elderly practitioner listened to me. She struggled to sit up and eat. I sat beside her and quickly began to send forth righteous thoughts.
Then, an idea popped in my mind, “If auntie does not eat today, I shall continue sending forth righteous thoughts non-stop.”
Then, another thought popped into my head, “I’ll find a few more practitioners to help send forth righteous thoughts.”
As soon as that thought showed up, I realized that this was an attachment of dependency that I shouldn’t have. My one righteous thought already has the force to cut through a mountain. With that realization, I felt immediately and completely enveloped in a particularly strong energy field.
The elderly practitioner forced herself to eat two dumplings and couldn’t eat anymore. However, she uttered one sentence, “Let’s study the Fa.”
I responded, “Great. Even if you only read one word, you should open your eyes to read that word yourself.”
So, we started reading Master’s recent Fa lectures. In two hours, we read seven pages. During those two hours, the elderly practitioner belched several times but didn’t throw up. When she belched, I sent forth righteous thoughts, asking Master to help reinforce her and to disallow the evil forces to continue persecuting her.
When we were studying the Fa, the elderly practitioner’s daughter and son-in-law, worried about their mother, dropped by to check on her. I considered their visit interference but tried not to allow my heart to be affected.
However, when uncle greeted the visitors and introduced me as a practitioner there to help their mother, I enlightened to the fact that I needed to be in harmony with ordinary people, so I smiled and said to them, “I’m sorry. We’ll need a little bit more time.”
The daughter and her husband gave me a friendly nod and left, promising to return the next day.
After we studied the Fa for two hours, we stopped and talked. I told the elderly practitioner, “A Dafa disciple has to have the demeanor befitting a Dafa disciple. No matter how bad you feel, you have to get your spirit up. Moreover, you have to respect Master and respect Dafa, trust Master and trust Dafa. Behind every word in the Dafa Text are Buddhas, Taos, and Gods. When we study the Fa, we need to be sitting properly in a correct posture. This is the manifestation of respect toward Master and Dafa. The Buddhas, Taoists, and Gods in the Text will then help us overcome our karma, and that is denying the arrangement of the old forces.”
It was almost 10 p.m., so I suggested we send forth righteous thoughts together one more time before I take my leave.
However, the elderly practitioner said, “It’s not necessary. You go on home. I’ll send forth righteous thoughts by myself. I can do it.”
The next day when I came home from work, my family member reported to me that the elderly practitioner was fine. Everything was back to normal so her husband actually called their daughter to let her know there was no need for her to visit her mother because she was doing just great.
Through this experience of helping a fellow practitioner to overcome her sickness karma, I have a much better understanding of what it means to respect Master and respect Dafa, as well as a deeper appreciation of how things will turn out when we trust Master and trust Dafa. This experience also allows me to bear witness once more to the magnificent wonder of Falun Dafa.
