(Clearwisdom.net) Since the commencement of the Eighth Internet Experience Sharing Conference for Practitioners in China on November 9, 2011, nearly 200 articles have been published on the Chinese edition of the Clearwisdom website. While the persecution remains brutal in mainland China, Dafa practitioners have been changing the environment and saving sentient beings with wisdom, which they acquired by cultivating in the Fa. Each and every article has manifested how cultivators, under the guidance of the Fa principles of Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance, have walked out of human notions and constraints, and have been steadily walking on the path to divinity. This has resonated with western practitioners, who cultivate in the same Dafa overseas.
Liam is an American who speaks fluent Chinese. After reading articles by mainland practitioners, he said, “I am awed by the papers I have read. So many demonstrate the cultivation of one who has surpassed human thoughts and the illusions of this world. I believe that Master has arranged for these papers to help practitioners around the world live up to the ever more strict requirements of Fa rectification so that we too can live by Righteous Thoughts at all times and save more sentient brings.”
Software engineer Mr. H shared some feelings. He said, “It has been a purifying experience. Reading how these fellow practitioners walk steadily, and how they correct themselves when they stumble, has been very helpful in correcting my own shortcomings – I can almost feel them falling away effortlessly just from reading. These papers have also helped me realize that I have largely overlooked the internet conferences in years past, and have gradually given less and less weight to reading Clearwisdom, all of which I am now correcting.”
Sarah, a young woman who works in the high tech field in New York, shared her perspective. “Because my day to day job involves the technology sector, I've especially read sharings about practitioners clarifying the truth using cell phones and the internet. The dedication and creativity of practitioners using these methods to reach precious Chinese people despite all of the CCP's censorship is incredibly moving and inspiring, especially when I see older practitioners working so hard to learn, or reports of individual postings being read by 10,000 people before being deleted. Seeing how fellow practitioners in China are able to work well together in such a difficult environment helped me see my own attachment to giving up too easily when initial efforts to coordinate with other practitioners don't go smoothly. I know practitioners don't do these things to seek international attention, but I hope those of us outside China can work together better to help more people around the world learn about the amazing things mainland Dafa disciples are doing, how pure their hearts are, and how thirsty other Chinese people are for the truth, so more people can be inspired and saved.”
Sophia, a teacher in New York, spent three hours reading the sharing papers to a friend while she cooked and cleaned. “We were both transformed by the experience,” said Sophia, “Since that day of sharing I have awoken at 4:15 every morning to do the full two hours of exercises and then to start reading on my own. As I deeply read Lecture One, I felt so aggrieved for the time I have missed deeply reading. These sharings have been a wake-up call for me. I feel that time is pressing every day. Indeed, every moment I miss cultivating is such a loss.”
Sophia is memorizing Zhuan Falun. “After 5 years I am only about to finish Lecture Three,” she said, “I hope to progress faster with this.” She felt that the Internet Fa conference has snapped her back into a cultivator's state of mind, freed her from the prison of comfort, and inspired her to cultivate without a moment's pause.