(Clearwisdom.net) I am an elderly practitioner. As soon as I began practicing Falun Gong in 1997, I realized that this was something I had dreamed about all my life. After dedicated study, practice and cultivation, all of my stubborn illnesses disappeared. Even the evil persecution that began in 1999 did not change my determination to practice Dafa. But following the rapid progress of Fa-rectification, my personal environment became somewhat relaxed. I was not as diligent as before. When I read Dafa books or sent righteous thought I sometimes dozed off. I was not alert to my slacking off.
One day in March 2009 I suddenly bled from the vagina; it was also sharply painful. The condition gradually worsened. My family panicked. I lost my composure and forgot that I was a cultivator, considering perhaps going to the hospital, which I did. Right after that, the bleeding got worse. The hospital diagnosis showed that I had advanced cervical cancer. I received three blood transfusions in the next three months, but my symptom did not improve. Since the cause of illness was beyond the human level, ordinary techniques were ineffective.
During my third transfusion a doctor told me of the filthy, contaminated donated blood I received as a transfusion. I realized that it must be Master's message to me through the doctor's mouth. I was shocked. I am a cultivator, and a cultivator's blood is the most precious. How could I receive dirty blood from others? At home I told my family that I, a Falun Gong practitioner, I would never go back to the hospital. But my bleeding continued. The situation was serious.
I pleaded with Master to save me. Several practitioners arrived to study the Fa with me, share experiences and send righteous thought. They told me, "The bleeding and cervical cancer are all illusions. Master told us that cultivators do not have any illnesses. This is the result of the old forces' interference, and they took advantage of our omission and forced the persecution upon us. They planned to kill us and damage our effort to rectify the Fa, to prevent us from fulfilling our pre-historic pledge and from rescuing sentient beings. Our first thought must be to completely deny this arrangement. Even our omissions can be rectified during our cultivation." Following this conversation, I added a thought during my daily sending righteous thoughts, "I am a disciple of Master Li Hongzhi. I will dedicate my life to the Three Things arranged by my Master. All other arrangements, including my own pledge and the arrangement by the old forces are completely void."
Master told us in "Touring North America to Teach the Fa"
"... when you encounter something look at yourself first--this is the greatest trait that sets Dafa disciples apart from everyday people. If we truly don't have any problems on our part, then it must be the evil's persecution of Dafa disciples. During this Fa-rectification period, in particular, Dafa disciples' karma is no longer an issue. You must consciously and clearly recognize the evil beings' persecution. They're truly doing bad things. It's best that Dafa disciples walk their own paths righteously and not allow the evil to seize any excuse to persecute you."
Several practitioners and I cleaned my house. We removed some paintings from a wall and found Mao buttons left over from the old days and destroyed them. Over a period of time, practitioners came to my house daily to read Dafa books with me. The old forces and my thought karma initially caused lots of interference. I often skipped lines when reading the book; my vision became blurred; I could barely do the exercises because of the pain. The bleeding continued. My heart was pounding so hard in my chest that I could not sleep or get out of bed. But I knew that these symptoms should not be my sufferings - they were interference. I would only follow Master's arrangement, no matter what.
Fellow practitioners also helped to find my attachments. They told me that when I went to the hospital I was actually asking for illness. When I kept the Mao buttons as souvenirs I was asking for persecution and trouble. I also found several other attachments.
Master wrote in "Don't Be Sad" in Hong Yin II:
"Calmly reflect on the attachments you have
Remove your human thoughts
and evil will naturally die out"
Gradually I experience less and less interference when reading Dafa books and I could understand more meanings behind the words. I also resumed doing the five sets of exercises. One night when I was half asleep I felt an electric shock throughout my body. I rose up in the air - then dropped back down. The levitation was repeated several times. I was so excited that tears ran down my cheeks. This was clearly Master's encouragement to this poor disciple.
Within a month, a dying, terminally-ill cancer patient came back from hell. All my symptoms vanished. Sickness karma in the face of genuine Dafa disciples is really nothing. I simply could not find the right words to express my gratitude to Master, for bringing me back and giving me a new life. I will continue to cultivate and return to my original home under Master's compassionate care.
