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When I finished the fifth part of this book, I thought I was done. Since I had no intention of publishing it at the time, I put the manuscript aside and temporarily forgot about it.
I never dreamed that in the summer of 2022, I would encounter a major upheaval that would shake the very foundation of my life. Within just three weeks, almost all of my life savings were wiped out by fraud. This sudden disaster caught me entirely off guard, and the endless pain and struggle that followed overwhelmed me. I went from financial security to being consumed by anxiety over money, mainly when daily expenses and taxes remained unchanged or even increased. It felt as if I had been sentenced to an eternity of regret.
As a devout Christian, suicide was never an option, so I could only silently endure the blows of fate. Every day, I prayed with tears, asking for the courage to persevere. This went on for three whole months. One day during my prayer, I suddenly saw a vision of Jesus being crucified, but I couldn’t understand its meaning. After many months, I finally realized that it was God revealing to me the completion of my book.
It turned out that my manuscript was missing the final chapter – about how ordinary people can become divine. Although the final chapter discussed the nature of divinity, it did not explain the cultivation method. Through this experience of fraud, God used the revelation of Christ’s suffering to teach me that the key to enlightenment lies in “dissolving the self “: eliminating self-attachment, letting go of desires and attachments, and fully submitting to God’s will. This state of selflessness and pure dedication was the enlightenment bestowed upon me by this ordeal.
Looking at my own suffering, I found a profound resonance with the story of Christ’s crucifixion: Why was an innocent man crucified? Facing both physical and mental torture, Christ almost gave up and even prayed to the Father to take away the cup of suffering. But in the end, he overcame human weaknesses and said, “Not my will, but yours be done,” sacrificing himself selflessly to save humanity. This spirit of selflessness was like a beacon guiding my path of cultivation.
To achieve divinity, one must possess the selfless love of Christ.
Cultivating empathy and compassion is no easy task. Most people are driven by self-interest and work for their own benefit. Reaching a state of selflessness may take years, and the cultivation methods vary from person to person. As mentioned earlier, this cultivation arose from being a victim of fraud. As a victim, this experience deepened my empathy, and now I find myself more willing to prioritize others’ comfort over my own.
The story began on WeChat: At the end of July 2022, a stranger suddenly asked if we knew each other. Since they had my contact information, I must have interacted with them before. When I said we were strangers and asked to delete the contact, who could have imagined that this simple response would become the switch that changed my fate?
He asked about my field of work. After hearing my response of “home health services,” he immediately claimed he worked in medical and real estate. I thought that he was in the same industry. This cognitive bias led me to mistakenly believe he was a colleague, unaware that I had stepped into a trap that would change my life.
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