(Minghui.org) I was obsessed with my mobile phone for a period of time and constantly watched all sorts of strange and bizarre things. The videos occupied my mind, and I was spending less time studying the Fa. It was hard to concentrate, so I ended up wasting a lot of time.
One day in September 2023, I found myself exhausted after climbing the stairs in my apartment building. But things got worse, to the point I was gasping for air by the time I reached the second floor. I was once so out of breath that I couldn’t get past the second floor. I rested a long time before I dragged myself home. I started to wonder, “What’s happening to me? I had no problem climbing the stairs before, so why do I feel like this now?” Yet, I didn’t think about it much further or search inward for my shortcomings.
When my son and his wife took me out shopping, I felt so tired when we got back that I started gasping for breath when I climbed the stairs. My son asked, “Mom, why are you breathing like that? I can see your chest rising and falling.”
I replied, “I was fine when I was working, but now I sit around more since I retired.”
My daughter-in-law was very concerned and made an appointment with a medical specialist that night without telling me. They took me to the hospital the next day, and I didn’t have a choice. The doctor said to my son, “Why did you wait so long to bring your mother here? Her condition is serious. She needs surgery and will be confined to a wheelchair.”
“I won’t be sitting in a wheelchair,” I protested. The doctor pulled my son aside to talk. They then put me in a wheelchair, took me to the intensive care unit (ICU), and planned to observe me for a few days before the surgery.
After all this commotion, I began to come to my senses. I thought, “I’m a practitioner. I can’t lie here. I’m not sick. Master, please help me.” I recited whatever passages of the Fa came to mind and continued to ask Master for help.
They transferred me out of the ICU to a regular room on the third day. The doctor said that I didn’t need surgery and could be discharged. I went home the same day.
I reflected on these events after getting back home. What did I do wrong? While listening to practitioners’ experience-sharing articles on Minghui Radio, I realized the tribulation stemmed from my mobile phone obsession. Cultivation is serious. I needed to quit my addiction and stop watching harmful content. From that day forward, I didn’t look at my phone again.
How can I be diligent without perseverance? How can I live up to the compassionate salvation of our revered Master? I had fallen behind. I must strive to catch up, push myself forward, and cultivate diligently. I need to study and memorize the Fa more, and look inward. I want to align with the characteristics of the universe and genuinely cultivate.
I now go out to talk to people about Falun Dafa and the persecution every day. It has become easier to approach people, as they seem to be waiting to hear the truth. Many have already agreed to quit the Chinese Communist Party. I thank Master on behalf of those who are awakened.
I had a vivid dream one night. I was walking along the road when a deep ravine appeared before me, blocking me from going forward. Someone was pushing a large wheel in front of me. Seeing this, I turned back and began climbing a steep slope before reaching a tall step. Someone standing above the step lifted me up. I realized Master raised me up; I had returned to the cultivation path that had been laid out for me.
I will continue to walk my path, do the three things well, and fulfill my vows. I urge practitioners to put down their phones, awaken more people, and follow Master home.
My level is limited. Please correct what is not in line with the Fa.
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