(Minghui.org) One of my relatives has been practicing Falun Dafa since 1996. However, in recent years, she began to slack off in her cultivation. She listened to her family, and spent most of her time and energy on ordinary people’s affairs. She gradually dared not practice the exercises in front of her family, and changed toward becoming an ordinary person.
One day, she suddenly had symptoms of a stroke, and could not move half of her body. Her daughter took her to the hospital for an infusion daily, and she had no choice but go with her. It was at the end of May when I visited her. Other people felt hot in thin clothing, but she felt cold in her thick sweatsuit.
I shared with her from the perspective of Fa. She quickly realized that she had been trapped by sentimentality, and did not treat herself as a practitioner. She failed to study the Fa diligently, and did not send forth righteous thoughts, hence giving the old forces loopholes to persecute her. She realized that as long as she rectified herself in the Fa, Master would arrange her path. The key was that we must be diligent in cultivation practice.
She acknowledged her mistake in front of Master’s photo and asked Master to help her. She also sent forth righteous thoughts, and said to the sickness karma, “I will rectify myself in Dafa even if I have loopholes. If you persecute me and stop me from saving sentient beings, the Fa will eliminate you.”
I studied the Fa together with her during the day, and sent forth righteous thoughts every hour.
Master said,
“Some Dafa disciples don't take sending righteous thoughts seriously, and not only are they themselves interfered with: Those wicked factors are interfering with other Dafa disciples as well. Can't you do well at what you are supposed to do? Not only must you do your own part well, but you should help others, too.” (Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles)
We sent forth righteous thought since 6 p.m. She did not feel cold any more by 10 p.m.. She took off her coat and said, “I am fine now.” She then stood up and she was able to walk straight. She witnessed the compassion of Master, and the power of Dafa.
However, the next day her family still insisted to take her to the hospital for the infusion. Her family had been accustomed to not listening to her opinion, so they forced her to go to the hospital, even though she told them she was fine. After she returned home, half her body could not move again. She could not speak clearly. She put on her thick coat again, and still felt cold.
I felt really sorry for her. Her situation was dangerous in this environment. I asked her family not to interfere with her cultivation. They accepted all other truth, but they insisted that she was sick, and should be treated in a hospital. I was sad when I got home. It occurred to me that she should leave her current environment so she could recover soon.
When I was thinking about how to help her, her husband called. He said they could not find her at home.
It turned out that she realized that she needed to leave her family for a while. She asked Master to help her to go back to her hometown. She quietly went out of her home, and took the train back to her hometown, thousands of miles away. On her way back to her hometown, she could walk more and more steadily and quickly.
She found some practitioners at her hometown. She studied the Fa, did the exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts, and clarified the truth to people every day. She became healthy and strong. Her family witnessed the power of Dafa. They all wanted to know the truth of Dafa.
On the other hand, I realized that we should eliminate all attachments. We would be controlled by the old forces if we are not diligent. It would be hard for us to pass the test if we have no righteous thoughts.
