(Minghui.org) Over 6,000 practitioners attended the 2022 Taiwan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference held on November 13.
More than 6,000 practitioners attended the 2022 Taiwan Falun Dafa Experience-Sharing Conference on November 13.
Master’s words were displayed on the stage:
“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring; Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world” (“The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos,” Hong Yin II)
Nineteen practitioners spoke during the conference about how they looked inward to align with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, improved their xinxing, and saved people.
Practitioners talked about their experiences during the conference.
From Selfishness to Harmonizing with the Group
Ruifen is a high school teacher in Taoyuan. She prefers a quiet life and likes to do things on her own. Twenty years ago she was asked to be an assistant in the local group and help coordinate various projects. When she was asked to coordinate the region earlier this year, Ruifen was hesitant and tried to decline. Upon finding her own fear, anxiety, and attachment to comfort however, she decided to let go of selfishness and take on the role.
“I kept telling myself that being an assistant is different from being a teacher. I need to treat myself as ordinary practitioner, not better or superior to the others,” she said. When facing strong criticism from other practitioners, she was able to remain calm and listen attentively. Master gave her wisdom to communicate well and discuss her understandings based on the Fa.
Through looking within, Ruifen found her attachment of being unwilling to confront others. She wanted to protect herself. As an assistant, she needed to coordinate activities while cultivating her speech, compassion, and forgiveness. “Furthermore, I cannot be disturbed because of emotion and I cannot avoid talking with others due to fear,” she said. “Plus, after incidents passed, I cannot be attached to practitioners’ behavior at that moment. We are all practitioners and everyone is cultivating themselves, so our attachments surface.”
When she watched Shen Yun performances, Ruifen was touched to see the artists selflessly working together as one body. She understood that in cultivation practice, we need not be concerned about what roles we are assigned to. “As a long as we have no attachments and willing to do whatever is needed, we will see the path Master has arranged for us and witness his boundless compassion,” she said.
Improving Dance Skills
Yuzhen from Taichung is a junior year student at a performing arts high school. Even though she’s practiced Falun Dafa with her mother since she was a small child, it was not until she began attending high school that she understood what cultivation really meant. “Reading the teachings and doing the exercises is only part of it,” she said. “We have to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be genuine cultivators.”
For a while, Yuzhen was in a low mood. Her dance skills did not improve and she had low self-esteem. In addition, she was unable to accept criticism from others. Even when she agreed on the surface, she did not correct herself. When the teacher told her where she had done poorly, she did not understand and did not ask. “I later realized that I was unable to accept negative feedback, which is also a strong attachment. Once I eliminated those human notions, my xinxing and dancing techniques also improved dramatically,” she said.
During a contest last year, her teacher said that the dance Yuzhen choreographed would not pass the preliminary round. Yuzhen burst into tears. Remembering Dafa’s teachings, she knew that improving was most important for her. If she remained attached to fame and did not want to lose face, she would not go far. Although there was only one day left before the next round of the contest, she re-choreographed the dance and worked hard on it. “The only thing I thought about was putting all my efforts into showing my respect for the stage and the audience,” she recalled.
Although Yuzhen no longer expected anything, the teachers liked her new dance and approved it. Dancing on the stage and getting into her role, Yuzhen had a new understanding. “Our talents come from Master. They are not given to validate ourselves. Rather, they are for us to promote traditional values and wake up the kindness in people’s hearts,” she said.
Not Attached to Fame
Mingxun has worked for the Epoch Times for many years. For the past three years, he was responsible for subscription service for readers and encountered various questions. Some people asked, “Are there still people who read newspapers?”“So, you just sell the newspaper to others one by one?” someone else asked.
When that happened, Mingxun felt embarrassed, and as though he was asking for donations. His resentment and anger grew over time.
After a while he felt the responsibility was too heavy, and he became tired and lost his temper. “I then realized that behind my sense of responsibility and hard work, were attachments to fame. Although I had been working hard and paid attention to details, I pursued fame and wanted to protect my reputation,” he said.
“After we deviate from Dafa, practitioners feel tired and can be interfered with by various substances,” he explained. “I am grateful that Master helped me recognize this attachment and really examine myself,” he said. “I will cultivate myself well and strengthen my righteous thoughts so I can do better clarifying the facts and saving people.”
Physical Improvement
Huang Shihe is from Vietnam and her job is taking care of an elderly woman. She worshiped Buddha since childhood with her parents, but did not know what it meant to cultivate. Her younger brother later told her about Falun Dafa and explained what cultivation is. “I realized that Falun Dafa was what I was waiting for,” she said.
In the past she suffered from sinusitis and headaches. She also had a bone spur in her spine. Her wrist joints were inflamed and became deformed. She could not hold out her hands or raise her arms straight up. All this changed after she began to practice Falun Dafa. Once night she dreamed that several people were pulling on her hands, waist, and back. “I knew that Master’s Fashen (law body) was adjusting me,” she said. Her hands are now straight and her wrist bones are no longer inflamed.
Last year her toes developed blisters which oozed pus. They were painful and itchy. Whenever Huang scratched, her toes became so swollen that she was unable to put on her shoes. She knew it was caused by karma so she continued working. She read the teachings and did the exercises. Her feet fully recovered within one week. Seeing the miracle, the woman she looked after often said, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The woman’s son thanked Huang, saying that his mother would not have recovered from surgery so quickly without help from Falun Dafa.
Huang is moved to tears whenever she reads the Vietnamese version of Zhuan Falun and sees Master’s photo. She lived in poverty since childhood and recently left Vietnam, and now lives in a new place. Huang used to complain a lot. “Now I understand what life is and why people suffer. I am very happy,” she said.
Letting Go of Jealousy
Lu Wenxin has worked for the Epoch Times for seven years. In the beginning, she put all her heart into her work. Even if she worked past midnight, she would not skip the morning exercises. As time continued, however, more human notions surfaced as she worked seven days a week and only slept three hours a day. She realized that her issue was not the workload, but a feeling of unfairness towards her coworkers.
All this was related to jealousy. “When other people did not put so much effort but I did, when others overlooked me and took my hard work for granted, I felt I was being treated unfairly. Even good friendships become fragile in front of jealousy,” she said.
By consistently reading the teachings, she understood she had negative feelings because she was still attached to material interests. In fact, many of these problems arose due to these loopholes related to fame, material interest, and sentimentality. “I decided to eliminate these selfish thoughts,” she explained. “Those notions have stayed with me for 30 years. When I decided to get rid of them, however, all my feelings of resentment and unfairness were miraculously gone,” she said.
Back on Track
Lei Xiaozhen and her family began to practice Falun Dafa more than 20 years ago. She slacked off for a while, the test of sentimentality and lust led her astray, and she behaved like an everyday person. As the tribulations came one after another, the conflicts in her family and marriage also became intense. In the midst of her suffering, she often remembered how wonderful Master and Dafa were, but she just could not pick herself up again.
A practitioner encouraged her to send righteous thoughts. As soon as she heard those words, Lei felt as though the gray matter which surrounded her for years suddenly dispersed. She joined other practitioners to read the teachings, do the exercises, and send righteous thoughts. As her cultivation stabilized, her life improved and so did her family environment.
Lei started a company years ago, and many news media reported her story as an up and coming entrepreneur. After the pandemic, however, her business was heavily impacted and she almost lost everything. She focused on reading the teachings and following Falun Dafa’s principles. She remembered her mission of saving people. She started to call China and tell people about Falun Dafa, and she debunked the CCP’s defamatory propaganda. She was able to let go of her attachments to material interest and fame. She also had time to be a responsible full-time mother.
“I now realize that when I let go of various attachments, Master had a better arrangement for me,” Lei explained. The business also improved. She is grateful to Master and will cherish various opportunities to do well in her cultivation.
The conference concluded at 4:30 p.m. Many practitioners said they were moved by the speeches and they would remain diligent on the remaining cultivation journeys, fulfill their prehistoric vows, and save people.
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