(Clearwisdom.net) I read some illness karma articles on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. Because some practitioners in our region were not clear regarding the Fa principles on this issue when they experienced discomfort, they regarded it as illness karma or interference from an illness demon. Different thought processes brought different results. That permitted the old forces and rotten ghosts to take advantage of people's thoughts, leading to greater and more long lasting tribulations. Some even lost their precious lives to the old forces, putting a blemish on Dafa and making it difficult to explain the facts and offer people salvation. I want to share with my fellow practitioners the issue of illness karma, from my understanding, at my level. Fellow practitioners, please kindly correct wrong understandings.
Now that Fa-rectification has come to the last stage, as Master tells us, we should apply higher-level Fa-principles to understand matters. Master has said he had already pushed us to our positions prior to July 20, 1999; and that after July 20, 1999, Master had not arranged karma elimination for personal cultivation because Dafa practitioners need to validate Fa and clarify the truth.
Master said,
"If you’re asking me what your teacher gives you, this is what I give you. My Law Bodies will protect you all the way until you’re able to protect yourself, and at that point you’ll be on the verge of going beyond Triple-World-Law cultivation and you’ll have attained the Dao. But you have to act as a true cultivator, and only then will you be able to do that." ("The Third Talk" in Zhuan Falun, 2003 translation version)
According to my understanding, we have already reached a point beyond "In-Triple-World Fa" and we have already attained the Dao. It is already the cultivation of Buddha-body. The Buddha's power that Master has given us can be used in all dimensions; it is immensely powerful. Our own power could naturally disintegrate those viruses and karma.
That means, though, that we must still raise our cultivation level through constantly improving. Our own karma must be converted during the cultivation process so our body will show different kinds of reactions. Some practitioners wrongly think what they experience is illness karma or an illness demon.
They would think that they had this or that illness in the past, and it is now being pushed out for elimination. Thinking about it like this could make it really become illness. By a merely slight difference in thought, the evil and demons would take advantage of a loophole and one could be subjected to long term interference and persecution. Some even lost their lives from remaining in tribulations for too long. The dark hands and rotten ghosts driven by the old forces are watching us closely every day and every moment. They would lure us into their traps through the false sense of illness karma. As long as you acknowledge it, you naturally walk the path the old forces had arranged. Our region saw one such example, presenting a huge obstacle to offer people salvation. This taught us a valuable lesson.
I would like to express my realizations in this regard. During the cultivation process our bodies are continuously being converted into high-energy matter, into a Buddha-body. Master has placed thousands of seeds in our body; all different kinds of living beings are being created in our bodies. Let's think about it – how can this happen without any reactions? One is uncomfortable here and there, one hurts, itches; all kinds of states can appear; how do we understand this based on the Fa with righteous thoughts and righteous actions?
Prior to my beginning cultivation I had suffered from more than twenty years of stomach pain. When this illness karma was active it was quite painful and uncomfortable. I cried from the pain. But my first thought is, "It is ok. I am Dafa practitioner. Anything coming out is a good thing. I do whatever I should do, and not be affected by it. Use my time effectively to study the Fa." Thinking and acting like this made the pain vanish in a few minutes. Also, when I had back pain, a headache, and general pain and itching all over my body I did not feel agony or difficulty but happiness, because I realized,
"A lot of gong will appear in your body, and all of it is strong stuff that moves every which way inside your body, bringing you all kinds of discomfort." ("The Sixth Talk" in Zhuan Falun)
So when these states were triggered and manifested, I immediately realized this was very likely gong emerging. As long as the realization was correct, the physical discomforts would soon be gone.
When I was vomiting and had diarrhea ,I thought Master was purifying my body for me. I realized there was Master, there was Fa; there would be no deviations. All states are normal; all are good things. Use my time effectively to calmly study the Fa. Truly there was nothing happening, it passed quickly. I realized if I truly understood the Fa from my innermost mindset, Dafa's power would then manifest on my body. That was a state of unprecedented wonder and bliss, a light, illness-free body.
During the cultivation process, no matter what kind of state my body was in, I told myself to act according to the Fa; to treat myself as a true Dafa practitioner, to firmly believe in Master and in Dafa. I was convinced that Master, being close, is watching and protecting me every moment. Dafa has created all of me. No evil life forms or elements are worthy to test me. Nothing can move a genuine Dafa practitioner who exhibits righteous thoughts and actions.
Actually, several times I had not done so because I lacked those righteous thoughts and actions. That is when evil entities took advantage of me. They were in fact difficulties incurred by a non-righteous mindset. The evils seize every opportunity. When you are not comfortable here, not comfortable there, hurt here and you would treat it as illness karma, it is in fact deep in your subconscious that the fundamental attachment to illness has not been abandoned. You've already pursued it; it then comes. If you don't truly recognize it clearly based on the Fa and completely repudiate it, it will interfere with and persecute you without stopping. The interference can only achieve its goal if you have acknowledged it.
Cultivation in Dafa is serious. If our righteous thoughts are strong, Master and the Fa-guardians can do anything for us.
