(Minghui.org) The 2023 Taiwan Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held on December 10, 2023, at the Taipei Peace Basketball Stadium. It was a warm day, and more than 6,400 practitioners participated in the grand event. Many practitioners have successful careers, and after the conference, they reflected on their cultivation experiences.

Hsie Meng-kuei

Hsie Meng-kuei, the head of a real estate company, said she was grateful to Master, “Several new practitioners spoke at this conference. A practitioner from Taichung was diagnosed with tumors and doctors told him he only had two months to live. He survived and is able to be here and speak on stage. Through this, I see Master’s compassion.”

Master recently published several new articles, and after reading them Hsie realized how serious cultivation is, “The closer we get to the end, the more I feel that cultivation is very serious. I feel Master’s great compassion. I realize that practitioners should participate in group Fa study and exercises, and follow Master’s teachings. Group study and exercises are the form of cultivation given to us by Master, and it is the purest form. It is an environment that allows us to maintain our best condition and not lose ourselves in ordinary society.”

She also realized that cultivating oneself is the basis of everything practitioners do. Once cultivation is in place, everything else will naturally be arranged, and be the best. She said she needs to remind herself to, “Stay humble, grateful, and return to the most diligent state of cultivation.”

Master’s New Article Is a Serious Reminder

Liao Hsiao-lan

Liao Hsiao-lan is the deputy general manager of a software start-up company. He shared his thoughts after reading Master’s new articles, “Master protects us and bears our sins for us. He has done a lot for us. But ultimately, whether we can be saved or not depends on whether we are able to meet the standard.”

He continued, “I realize that the Fa-rectification process may have reached a moment that is very close to the stage of selection and elimination. When this comes, if there are still things that we have not done well, there will be no more chances.”

He said that practitioners pledged their lives and signed a vow to the divine. If they fail to fulfill their oath, the consequences will be serious. “I feel that Master’s new articles are a very serious reminder.”

All for Cultivation

Huang Shi-wei, an attending physician at the Department of Urology at National Taiwan University Hospital, said after listening to practitioners share their experiences, as a cultivator, one must realize that everything is for the purpose of cultivation. “Every good thing we encounter is a test, and every bad thing we encounter is a test. They are arranged to see if we can handle them calmly.”

He realized that many notions human beings have are acquired concepts. Not only in this life but all the concepts formed in life after life must be cultivated away. Only then will one’s true self emerge.

He said that Master’s recent articles “Why Save Sentient Beings” and “How Humankind Came To Be” revealed the issues that humans have been puzzled about since ancient times, “From the past to the present, people have been pursuing two questions. Why are humans here? Where will humans go? Easterners pursue answers in Taoism and Buddhism, and Westerners in Christianity.

“For the past around 200 years, we have pursued the answers to these questions through science, but we later found that we are only doing research in this material space and don’t know the deeper things. There are many religious beliefs, but they don’t tell the real reasons. Even though sages and prophets left many prophecies, everyone seems to understand little. Only Master Li Hongzhi (Falun Dafa’s founder) revealed these mysteries and explained everything very clearly. Even people who originally had beliefs will suddenly understand when they read them.”

Be Diligent

Peter Wang

Peter Wang, the associate manager of a finance management company, said that after reading Master’s new articles he realized that Fa-rectification was getting closer and closer to the end, and he felt that time was running out. There are some areas that he needs to improve on in his cultivation. Either some gaps he has not identified, or sometimes he has unknowingly done something not in accordance with the Fa. But in cultivation, we must be strict once we realize a principle.

Mr. Wang was deeply touched by the first practitioner’s speech. The practitioner encountered physical symptoms and was in pain for five days. When he finally began sending righteous thoughts the illness karma disappeared instantly.

Mr. Wang said that he experienced the symptoms of kidney stones, and it was very painful. In order to not disturb his wife, who does not practice Falun Dafa, he went to the living room to meditate for an hour, and for the first time, he felt tranquil. “It really was as comfortable as sitting inside an eggshell, and the pain disappeared instantly.” The next morning he passed the stones. This experience made him personally feel how wonderful cultivation is.