(Minghui.org) The 2024 Australia Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held on October 27, 2024, in Sydney, and nearly a thousand Falun Dafa practitioners from different parts of Australia attended. Many participants said that under Master’s benevolent empowerment, every cultivation sharing article presented in this year’s conference was about how each practitioner’s cultivation state is closely intertwined with their projects. This symbolizes that the whole Australia practitioner entity’s cultivation state is truly catching up with the Fa-rectification progress. It also has a motivating effect on every participating practitioner to maintain the state of looking within and cultivating diligently in practice, persisting in progressing forward.
Maintaining a State of Looking Within
Ms. Huang began practicing Falun Dafa in Australia more than twenty years ago. She said that she listened to every practitioner’s cultivation experience sharing, and that every article has a shining point. Not only has she benefited greatly, she also felt that Australian practitioners’ cultivation state is truly catching up with the progress of Fa- rectification.
She said, “What moved me is that under Master’s benevolent empowerment, every article on this year’s Australia Fa Conference was about how each practitioner closely knit their cultivation state with their Fa-rectification projects. This shows that every Australia practitioner’s cultivation state is truly catching up with the progress of Fa-rectification. Be it the changes in the exterior factors or our fundamental changes, they all reflect this.
“Be it promoting Shen Yun and looking for sponsors in mainstream society, or marketing sales for the English language Epoch Times, or contacting members of parliament to clarify the truth, or how they treat all sorts of minor matters that happen in their daily lives, they talked about how they looked within to find the cause first. No matter what problems they faced or how difficult the process was, they did not give up and persisted in progressing forward. Their experiences deeply moved me and deepened my understanding that looking within is a treasure. This is the most important point that I understood.
“I understood that I must get rid of my attachments to complaining and blaming others. From now on, now matter what problem I face, I will only look within for my mistake and stop looking outward for the cause.”
Ms. Huang also cited an example of a Western practitioner’s sharing that moved her and helped her to learn a lot. She said that this practitioner truly learned the importance of saving people, and that he persisted in going to the Australia capital to clarify the truth even though he did not feel confident. In the process of clarifying the truth to the government, he tried hard to curb his feelings, and he finally succeeded in helping the member of parliament understand the truth.
Solid Cultivation
Hailey
Hailey began practicing Falun Dafa four years ago, and said that through the Fa conference she learned a lot and that she was very happy. She also said that the practitioners’ sharings showed her the importance of solid cultivation, and they provided her with many references for her future cultivation.
Hailey said, “The practitioners’ sharings are honest. They talked about how they overcome tribulations in their cultivation, especially regarding some issues that weren’t being shared frequently among practitioners and how they overcame illness tribulations. They said they believed in Master and the Fa, and used the tribulations as an opportunity to cultivate themselves. Master also did not give up on them, and under Master’s benevolent care and protection, miracles happened.
“This made me think about myself. I have an attachment to being perfect. Whenever I do something wrong, I think that I may not be fit to practice Falun Dafa, or I may not be good enough to go clarify the truth, etc. I’m usually very strict with myself, and blame myself for not doing better. Today, after listening to the other practitioners’ experiences, I understood that my problem is not whether I can be perfect or if I can persist, but believing that Master is looking after me and protecting me. I need to keep correcting my speech and behavior based on Dafa and continue progressing forward. I really feel enlightened today.
“One young practitioner said that he is not usually good at expressing himself, but in order to clarify the truth to the government, he had to overcome his attachment of not wanting to speak with strangers. He believed that he was able to do that under Master’s empowerment. Therefore, he overcame himself one step at a time, and he finally succeeded. His cultivation experience really helped me because during normal times, I also wish to clarify the truth to some of my Chinese colleagues at my workplace, and I have now learned more methods about how to overcome this attachment of mine to better clarify the truth to them. I felt that the practitioners’ sharings were really very practical for my daily living. Through their sharings about solid cultivation, I learned from them and used them in my daily cultivation too.”
Concentrating on Listening and Reaping Unusual Benefits
Ms. Alina has been cultivating in Dafa for more than twenty years. This time, in order to concentrate on listening to the sharing, she tried to sit in the front rows, and she felt that she has reaped unusual benefits. She also said that not only did she listen tentatively, she also kept looking at the practitioners who presented their sharing on the stage. She felt that Master was also empowering and watching everyone.
She said, “I felt that the Fa Conference was very successful. The positive energy was very strong, and I kept tearing up. Every article inspired me greatly and is pushing me to cultivate myself better. I especially felt that the younger practitioners have awakened in their cultivation. There were also a few veteran practitioners who have cultivated very righteously and they have also overcame the tribulations in their cultivation over the past few years. Every sharing benefited me, and I also saw the areas where I need to improve. Hearing the younger practitioners’ sharing made me recall my cultivation when I was younger. I also experienced that period of hesitance. All these made me feel like I have returned to the initial state when I first started cultivating.”
“No matter the language that the sharing was being done in, they all shared how they abided by the Fa principles to break through their sentient attachments under Master’s benevolent care and protection, while following their cultivation process of assisting Master in Fa rectification. They also shared about how they clarified the truth with compassion to the Chinese people who did not understand the truth, and how they overcame life-and-death tribulations.”
Take for example, a sixty year-old female practitioner who has always done the three things that a practitioner should be doing on the surface. As she did not manage to cultivate herself based on the Fa principles during tribulations, she was not able to improve in her cultivation for a prolonged period of time. In the end, she displayed serious high blood pressure symptoms. She shared about how she seeked Master’s help during this process and treated herself as a cultivator to truly cultivate in practice, believed in Master and the Fa, and finally overcame the illness tribulation.
Ms. Alina said, “The sharings by fellow practitioners during the Fa Conference reminded me to apply the standards of a cultivator to myself in my daily life situations. For example, I must care for and treat my family members with kindness, I must be diligent in completing my tasks at work, I need to persist to do well in my truth-clarification project, I must look within myself and maintain righteous thoughts when I am going through tribulations, and I must cultivate myself diligently.”
The Importance of Looking Inward and Cultivating Oneself
Ms. Ketherine
Young practitioner Ms. Ketherine said that she was very moved by the Fa conference this time. The practitioners shared their experiences in looking within and improving through solid cultivation, in an honest manner, and how Master benevolently watched over them. Their experiences touched her so much that she was often moved to tears.
She said, “I am really moved by the practitioners’ sharings and I wept. I also had profound experiences of how Master benevolently watches over every disciple.”
Ms. Ketherine was born in Malaysia and followed her father to practice Falun Dafa. After entering adulthood, she gave up on cultivation. Last year, she resumed practicing after interacting with Falun Dafa practitioners, and she is currently trying to catch up with Fa-rectification. “Master repeatedly gave me hints, and did not give up on me. It is Master who has been making arrangements for me to return to cultivation.”
She said that the practitioners’ experiences also helped her see how she lagged behind. “I did not break through my fear of clarifying the truth to people in person. One young practitioner who worked at a nursery tried to promote Shen Yun to her Chinese colleagues, and did not give up sharing the truth about Falun Dafa with them. That encouraged and inspired me. Sometimes, I want to clarify the truth but I’m obstructed by fear. What she said made me think of doing it another time instead, or find some excuse like the timing is not right yet. I see that the practitioner found her fear and got rid of it, placing saving people as the top priority.
“Another practitioner works in the media to collect debts. Her sharing moved me, as she took the trouble to keep contacting the customers, giving them ample chances to fulfill their vows. I remember that she said that doing things was not our objective. We are saving sentient beings. From that, I recall that I also have attachments to my reputation, and am afraid of being rejected by people. If I’m able to think like this practitioner, I won’t be afraid anymore. I felt the distance between these practitioners and myself, so I must study the Fa more to make good use of the remaining time to cultivate diligently.”
Ms. Ketherine bought a pocket-sized Zhuan Falun at the conference so that she could study the Fa at any time.
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