PureInsight | May 3, 2004
[PureInsight.org] What is a dream? Modern science posits that dreaming is a kind of nerve activity of the cerebral cortex during sleep. However, many people clearly see future activities or omens in their dreams. Some people see other kinds of pictures or lives. Many of these events actually happen later. These are some of the things that modern science is unable to explain. In fact, from a cultivation point of view, some dreams occur when a person's Primordial Spirit (yuanshen) has left the human body, gone to another dimension and has seen the scenery there. Or lives in other dimensions reveal the scene to him or her. Of course, there are other complicated reasons for having dreams. Many dreams have no direct relation to a person at all. I will share with you a strange dream from historical records.
During the Ming Dynasty, there was a wealthy man who became rich from selling products from southern China in his grocery store. He had one son and two grandsons and had a very happy family. Later, he became sick and bed-ridden. Before he died, he gave a weighing scale to his son and very seriously told him: "This scale is a treasure that helped me build up my wealth. It is made from black wood. The scale is hollow inside and filled with mercury. When one sells things to a customer, one should push the scale slightly upward. The mercury will go to the head of the scale. The customer will think that the product weighs more than its actual weight. When you buy products to stock up, you push the scale down a little, so the mercury moves to the end of the scale. The seller will think that the product weighs less than its actual weight . In this way I have taken advantage of many people. That is how I built up my wealth."
The son was very shocked when he heard this. How could his father do such an immoral thing? He did not argue with him because his father was very ill. After his father died, he burned the scale. He did his best to do all kinds of charitable acts. He comforted people who were in danger and helped poor people. He took care of disabled and old people. He always worried that he hadn't done enough good to compensate for his father's unscrupulous deeds. Because of his kindness and sincerity, he exhausted half of his family fortune within three years. He was not unhappy because this is what he wanted to do. But his two sons died one after another. He felt sad because he thought that his good deeds were being rewarded with calamity! So he often sighed that the gods were ignorant and that good and evil were reversed. Unavoidably he held a little hatred in his heart.
One night, he had a dream in which he saw a palace where an official presided. The official told him: "Your father was supposed to be wealthy because of his generosity in a previous life. Even if he hadn't used the scale, he would still be rich. But he used that scale with such bad intent. Additionally, he obtained a lot of karma. Yet he didn't repent even as he was dying. Therefore, he will suffer hardship to pay it back. This was just his foolishness. Because of his evil deeds, God sent two angels called Broke and Consumption to become your sons to squander your family's wealth. The original plan was that after they squandered all your wealth, what was left of your property would be burned down. Because of your father, you wouldn't have enough food and clothing. Moreover you would not live long. Your father thought that he could leave a lot of wealth to his son and grandsons and that they would enjoy life without worrying about anything. There was no way for him to know that his son would not live long, or that his grandsons had come to ruin his family. Fortunately, you have a compassionate heart that is enough to compensate for your father's sin. God has observed you for three years and found that you are always sincere and honest, which is a very rare thing. Therefore, God decided to call back the two angels. In the near future, you will have virtuous children and exceptional descendants. In addition, your life will be prolonged. You should diligently cultivate your kindness without hatred in your heart." After he awakened, the son was suddenly enlightened. From then on, he was always very determined to be kind to other people. Later, he had two sons, who both passed imperial civil examinations and won honors for the family.
After reading this historical record, I cannot help but think how well the principle of "good is rewarded with good, and evil is met with evil" works. Because living beings cannot see causal relationships, they dare to do evil things. They don't believe in retribution. Moreover, they even spread corrupt principles such as "Nice guys finish last" to attract people to do wrong. They don't know that true justice is real and fair. Because people have different blessings, virtue, and predestined relationships, retribution will be different for each person. Good deeds are rewarded with good, evil deeds with retribution.
Therefore, in the process of Jiang Zemin's persecution of Falun Gong, some people have ill-gotten wealth from catching, beating, fining and betraying Falun Gong practitioners. They don't know that their behavior has planted the roots for their future punishment. If they do not grasp the opportunity to rectify the wrong deeds, it will be too late to regret.
This material was from "Moral Collection."
Translated from: http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2004/4/5/26562.html
