The Difference Between Life and Death Depends on One Thought

A few days ago, I experienced a life-threatening tribulation and it was Teacher and Falun Dafa that helped me walk out of it. A fellow practitioner encouraged me to write down my experience so it could help other practitioners in a similar situation. But I thought I simply did what a cultivator should do and did not realise that I should share with practitioners so we could improve as one body. Compared to those that have done so well, I feel that I am lacking in many ways. Nevertheless, the following is what happened to me.

On September 12th, 2005, after getting off work, I was suddenly hit by a horrendous headache. I sent forth righteous thoughts on my way home. After I got home, it only got worse. I felt dizzy and chilled, and my heart was beating rapidly. I could barely stand to change my clothes. It was indescribable how I felt; the headache was unbearably intense. I realised that it was evil interference and that I had to disintegrate and eliminate it, so I sat down to send forth righteous thoughts. I felt so dizzy and my heart was so painful that I thought I was going to die.

I had karma elimination in the form of sickness before July 20th, 1999, when the persecution started, and after that as well. But it disappeared pretty fast. This time around however, it was different. It was even hard for me to call fellow practitioners, but I realised that I was not alone. I knew Teacher and the Fa¹ were with me, so I was not scared.

I understood that when the evil attacked me, although I said I was not afraid of it, it had inspired fear in me and it made me tremble. I was able to maintain a strong main consciousness with righteous thoughts. No matter how rampant the evil, I was able to erect my palm and say the Fa-Rectification formula. I felt that it could touch the universe and I said in my heart, "Teacher, please help me, strengthen me, and clear out the evil. I have no fear. I will not be beaten. This does not only have to do with me. If one practitioner fails, many people will not be saved. My mission has not been accomplished yet and I do not acknowledge any interference or persecution. I am a disciple of Teacher. No one is allowed to touch me." Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,

"If you truly follow the righteous way in cultivation practice, nobody will dare to do anything to you at will. Besides, you have the protection of my fashen, and you will not be in any danger."

All I had in my mind was teacher's Fa:

"During the Fa-rectification of the cosmos, I can make a reasonable arrangement for those of you who don't interfere with my validating the Fa; I can have you become beings in the future. Those of you who seek a benevolent resolution should leave me and wait in my surroundings. If you really cannot leave me, then don't have any part in interfering with me. In the future I will be able to achieve Consummation, and I will offer you a benevolent resolution. Those who are completely bad, who still interfere with me and who cannot remain will, according to the standards, have to be eliminated. Even if I don't eliminate you, the Law of the cosmos won't let you remain." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York")

Now that I am a cultivator, there is no such thing as illness. Since it is the Fa-Rectification period, they wanted to interfere with me so I could not do the Three Things I am supposed to do. They also wanted to take my life but I would not allow them. I just had complete trust in Teacher and the Fa. I did not allow even one thought of mine to go astray and continued to send forth righteous thoughts. All I could see was Teacher's Fa:

"If upon encountering trying circumstances your thinking can be truly righteous, then, when faced with the evil's persecution and when faced with interference, just one sentence of yours fortified with steadfast righteous thoughts can instantly make the evil disintegrate (applause), and it will make those who are being used by the evil turn and flee, it will make the evil's persecution of you dissolve, and it will make the evil's interfering with you disappear without a trace." (From "Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference")

At this point, someone knocked at our door. When my mother opened it, there was the family of one of our relatives, people I had always enjoyed meeting. I thought that the evil was really vicious. I had not seen them for so long and they were exactly the people I wanted to see. Wasn't this what the evil wanted to do to interfere with me and persecute me? I thought that I would not let the evil succeed. I needed to save them today, so I could not miss this opportunity. I knew that all the symptoms such as dizziness and heart pain were all delusions. Although I was not at my best, I was not afraid of losing face. That was just sentimentality and I could not acknowledge it.

With indestructible righteous thoughts and the strength I had gained from Fa-Rectification, I eliminated all evil elements that blocked the sentient beings from being saved. I stood up, walked to the living room and chatted with our guests. I talked about quitting the communist party, the communist youth league and the communist pioneers. They kept nodding. After a short while, they all decided to quit. When they left, I walked them down the stairs. I was fine. Within an hour, Falun Dafa had lifted me out of those tribulations. I even saved people during the process. I was happy for the three people who freed themselves of the bondage of the evil party. I could feel the mercy of Teacher for his disciple and other sentient beings.

When I look back, had it not been for my firm faith in the Fa when confronted with these destructive tests of the old forces, it would have been easy to lose righteous faith in the Fa. If I had not been careful, I could have been destroyed, along with other people who may have had a predestined relationship with me. I could have brought about a negative impact on Falun Dafa and given the evil an excuse to stop us from saving the sentient beings. I enlightened to the fact that it is quite important that we maintain righteous thoughts when being confronted with sudden tribulations.

I wrote about my experience to encourage fellow practitioners to have righteous thoughts in the face of tribulations and interferences. We have to let go of the thought of life and death. Everything is an illusion and all will pass. We have to trust Teacher and the Fa. As it says in Zhuan Falun, "Your Main Consciousness Should Predominate" and "Your Mind Must be Right." We have to let go of ordinary people's mentalities, not be afraid and not be moved. We have to remember that we are cultivators and there is no illness for us. We are protected by Teacher's law bodies and no one can touch us. Everything else is interference and persecution. We should consistently send forth righteous thoughts, study the Fa more so that our actions will be guided by the Fa. We should believe in the power of the Fa that can give us supernormal capabilities and can disintegrate all evils. Because we are Dafa disciples, no one is fit to put us through tests. The closer to the end, the better control we have over ourselves and the more diligent we should be. We should not slack off and must do the Three Things well. Remember: "Thoughts righteous, evil collapses" (Hong Yin II).

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(1) Fa: Law or principles, the teachings in Falun Gong.