(Minghui.org) Teacher said: “Aging, sickness, and death are also kinds of dark beings ...” (The Fifth Talk, Zhuan Falun)
A 70-year-old practitioner in our Fa study group often says, “Cultivation has nothing to do with age.”
We often argued with her that everyone is different and we must recognize reality: A 70-year-old is definitely not the same as a 40-year-old. She responded that she has Teacher Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, to give her the energy to do things.
This lady put her reading glasses away, learned to drive in three weeks, and has moved boxes with Dafa calendars up and downstairs. She often stays up until dawn doing Dafa work. She can sit on the ground, eat cold food, and does not use a heater in the winter or a fan in the summer. She is always ready to help fellow practitioners.
She spends a great deal on Dafa work. She is not stingy although she is not wealthy.
People say to her, “A young person might have trouble keeping up with you.” She does well and is usually happy.
I am over 80. As a Dafa practitioner, I know that Dafa is the law of the universe. It is an exercise that cultivates one's body and soul. It is supernormal. Teacher saved us from hell. He shoulders for us the karma that we accumulated in our previous lives.
Teacher said:
“The energy is stored in every cell of your body. And not just your body in this dimension, but your bodies in other dimensions, too. The energy will fill your cells, from the plane of molecules to atoms, to neutrons, to electrons, all the way to the cells at an extremely subatomic level, and over time your body will come to be brimming with higher energy.” (The Second Talk, Zhuan Falun)
So how can we age? Maybe I am only in my 40s in the other dimension. I know we cannot restrict ourselves with the notions of “aging, sickness, and death.”
Highest Priority: Studying the Fa
We put studying the Fa as our highest priority. Without fail, we study one to three lectures of Zhuan Falun every day. I attend the group study regularly. Our group did not stop studying even during the worst of the persecution. We do all five exercises faithfully. We send forth righteous thoughts four times a day.
I have lunch first and then send forth righteous thoughts. My children wash the dishes. I listen to the Fa lectures on the MP3 player when I eat or do my chores. I read practitioners' experience sharing articles on Minghui every day. I have not watched television or read the state-run newspapers in over 10 years. I feel my life is fulfilling, efficient, and happy.
Whenever my children worry about me, I tell them that I have Teacher.
I live alone. My children used to get upset when I went out without my cell phone. Gradually, they've stopped worrying. They wanted to visit and cook for me. I told them that practitioners are not into enjoying our lives and that we see hardships as joy. They insist on coming to my home three times a week to cook for me.
I have not taken medicine or been in a hospital in the past 21 years that I have cultivated. I can read the tiny characters without glasses.
“You are old. Your hearing is not as good,” someone said to me.
Rejecting and Removing Notions
I listened but did not agree. I rejected and removed those notions with my righteous thoughts. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the aging substances in my body. I eliminated all the evil elements in the other dimension that impacted my hearing.
Actually, my body stopped aging when I began practicing Dafa when I was over 60. Dafa improved my body and mind, and I became younger and younger. Although I did not do too well in my cultivation, my body should be like that of a 40- or 50-year-old. The old forces are reluctant. They want to deceive me with the appearance of aging. They try to pull me back so that I think like an everyday person. But their efforts have been in vain, I completely reject the old forces' arrangements in my thoughts.
Teacher said:
“But an ailing body is a real impediment to anyone serious about spiritual practice. And so I will purify your body for you.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)
I enlightened that my body is not an everyday person's body since I began cultivation. Teacher cleansed our bodies for us. Any illness symptoms are illusions. They are the results of the old forces' interference. They take hold of the areas that we have not cultivated well and use our loopholes to persecute us. We should not accept it. We only follow the path that Teacher has laid out for us. We will correct our gaps according to the Fa. We will remove the interference and persecution of the old forces.
We do not have the notion of illness. Our thoughts are all about studying Dafa and practicing the exercises. We browse the Minghui website, distribute Dafa informational materials, and tell people the facts about Dafa whenever possible. I am a Dafa disciple on the path to divinity. I am a life who has learned Dafa.
My microcosmic aspect has already transformed into a deity's body. I should not restrict myself with the notions “aging, sickness, and death,” which hold true for everyday people. Those notions are evil. It is Teacher who arranges our paths. We don't have these notions and should not even think about them. We send forth righteous thoughts often to remove them.
I am still far from achieving what Dafa requires of me. Why does the evil persist in persecuting us? I think it is due to our remaining selfish thoughts. We hope the persecution ends as soon as possible. If we trusted Teacher and Dafa completely, would we even be considering such issues? We have to be steadfast to be Dafa practitioners that truly assimilate to Dafa.
Category: Improving Oneself
