(Minghui.org) I was in a car accident on June 13, 2004. Two of my thoracic vertebrae were compressed, resulting in a hump on my back. Master saved my life, and the hump eventually went away. At the moment of the accident, I remembered Master’s Fa:
“We have said that good or evil comes from a person’s spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences.” (“Lecture Four” Zhuan Falun)
I negated the persecution by the old forces; so I was not paralyzed. But my righteous thoughts were not sufficient, and I became shorter by 3 cm, with a curved back. When practitioners saw me, they said, “Straighten your back.” I said, “I want to, but it will curve again after a while.”
Ten years later on June 17, 2014, I was going to go to a practitioner’s house to read Dafa books together. I sent a batch of messages on my phone to clarify the truth to people and then took a bus to reach the practitioner's home. There were no seats left on the bus; so I had to stand, holding onto the hanging strap to keep my balance as the bus moved.
I was holding onto the strap when my phone vibrated. The batch of truth-clarification messages had been sent; so I hurriedly switched off my phone, as there were only three stops before the practitioner’s house. As I let go of the strap, the driver suddenly braked and I was flung towards the motor compartment. My back hurt severely, and I felt as if a few bones were broken.
The passengers were stunned, as I was still holding onto my phone and my bag full of Falun Dafa informational materials, stickers, CDs and books. But the first thought I had was of Master’s Fa:
“We have said that good or evil comes from a person’s spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences.” (Zhuan Falun)
I thought that I should quickly get up as the old forces were harming me. I got up and I went back to where I was before. I put my phone back into my bag, but I could not turn it off.
Later, I got off the bus and turned off my phone. Upon arriving at the practitioner’s house, I told her that I didn’t know what loopholes I had which led to the old forces seizing them. She said, “Even if you have loopholes, they are not allowed to seize upon them.”
Next, we read the Dafa lecture books. I struggled but persevered, sitting in the full lotus position, reading a lecture in one hour and twenty-five minutes. I had never accomplished such a thing in my cultivation. Then I sat normally and finished another lecture.
I looked inwards upon reaching home. Master said,
“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston” from Teaching the Fa at the Conference II)
I then realized why I'd had another accident; it was a problem I have with sending forth righteous thoughts.
Over the past six months, I either slept through the 6:00 a.m. global time to send forth righteous thoughts, or I just fell asleep. Moreover, while sending righteous thoughts, my palm always drooped, and I was muddle-headed. Practitioners always worried about me. My field was not clean, hence the evil dared to persecute me. I told myself to listen to Master’s words and focus on sending forth righteous thoughts.
Next, I focused on doing what I should do and resolved to not let my pain stop me. Two days later, I went to a small group Fa study. My husband was worried and asked, “Are you still walking in this state?” He saw that it was pointless to stop me and said, “Then you’d better take a taxi there.”
Due to pain, I could not move my chest normally, so I had to lean backward. My back eventually became straight. When my fellow practitioner saw me, she said, “Wow, isn’t your back straight now?” I responded, “Yes, it’s straight again!”
Thank you, Master, for making this seemingly bad thing a good thing. Thank you for making my curved back straight again after 10 years.
Category: Improving Oneself
