(Minghui.org) Practitioners in Montreal held the 2025 Falun Dafa Experience-Sharing Conference at Centre St-Pierre on August 25. Fourteen practitioners talked about how they improved themselves by aligning with Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and constantly looking inward.

The 2025 Montreal Falun Dafa Experience-Sharing Conference was held at Centre St-Pierre on August 25, 2025

Maintaining Righteous Thoughts

Ms. Lu worked for a news media as a sales manager. She joined the sales team although she had little experience doing this. She felt huge pressure while she contacted businesses to advertise in the newspaper. She often felt frustrated when there were no new clients or she was unable to reach the sales target. Through studying Falun Dafa’s teachings and exchanging cultivation experiences with other practitioners she was able to regain her confidence.

One’ righteous thoughts are very important, explained Ms. Lu. One time a major client’s contract needed to be renewed and she was unable to meet the representative despite several attempts. Ms. Lu did not give up and thought, “No, this is not right. I have to meet her.” As soon as she entered at the client’s office she saw the representative. The contract was renewed successfully.

After working in media sales for 13 years, Ms. Lu deeply believes that as long as we have faith in Dafa, we won’t be disturbed by external factors in society.

Supporting Tian Guo Marching Band

Western practitioner Felix talked about his experience while participating in the Tian Guo Marching Band. He wondered if it was too late to join. Then the band coordinator sent out an email looking for new members. Felix knew Master was helping him take this step forward.

Soon after he joined the band, Felix noticed his own attachments. For example, he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to meet the standard. So every time when a new music piece was assigned he spent hours practicing it. He realized that it’s normal to take time to learn something new. As long as he put in solid effort consistently, the results would come naturally.

His younger daughter’s participation in the Tian Guo Marching Band was also an interesting experience. The coordinator assigned her the saxophone but Felix thought the flute was more suitable for her. Not long after the daughter’s school year started another music teacher “miraculously” came and taught saxophone. After his daughter practiced the saxophone for a few months she was able to participate in parades.

Felix said these experiences showed him he needed to let go of human notions. “Master made all the arrangements. The musical instrument selected by the band coordinator for my daughter was the best,” he said.

Removing Resentment

Mr. Hong was responsible for promoting Shen Yun last season. When it was close to the end, another practitioner in the team suddenly criticized his decisions, saying his technical issues and mistakes negatively affected their ability to promote Shen Yun. Mr. Hong was surprised because the data showed the outcomes of the promotion was better than previous years. His first reaction was, we agreed to maintain: “Righteous thoughts, the same mind, and no complaints,” when we promoted Shen Yun. Aren’t you trying to cause trouble?

By studying Falun Dafa’s teachings, Mr. Hong calmed down and reflected on himself. He realized his resentment was serious and long-lasting. He repeatedly listened to the special collection: “Removing Resentment” on Minghui Radio (in Chinese). With a clear understanding, he found it was easier to eliminate resentment. He felt the same way a practitioner described in his article, “The depressing feeling in my chest disappeared, as if a big stone weighing on my heart disintegrated.” (“Digging Out the Roots of Resentment”)

Looking Within in Family Matters

Ms. Liu said she learned to be considerate of others and let go of selfishness in the family. Every day, she was busy with all kinds of activities to expose the persecution in China. She neglected her husband who moved to Canada from mainland China after he retired. He took care of all the household chores, and gradually had the symptoms of depression. He easily became angry and said he often felt uncomfortable.

Seeing his physical and mental changes Ms. Liu looked within and realized she had cultivation issues. She was selfish and did not help her husband cope with the changes after he moved to Canada. She focused on caring for him and tried her best to help him.

Although Ms. Liu just wanted to help her husband instead of changing him, she noticed he changed. He even began participating in activities to expose the persecution in China. When Ms. Liu called mainland China to encourage people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations, she noticed the effect was much better than before.

A Young Practitioner

Xavier, a 10-year-old student in the fourth grade, talked about his experience of being bullied in school. His classmate Charles was not friendly and slapped him in the face. Another time, Charles pulled down Xavier’s pants in front of the entire class. But Xavier was not angry. When the teacher talked with Charles about this Xavier forgave him.

After this incident, the teacher told Xavier’s mother that he was very kind, which is unusual for children his age. The mother said it was because he practiced Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Charles changed and he and Xavier became good friends.

After the conference concluded, practitioners said they were reminded to look inward and improve their xinxing.