(Clearwisdom.net) The two-and-a-half-day-long North Taiwan Regional Group Fa Study and Experience Sharing Conference was completed successfully on August 13, 2006. Over 1,700 Falun Gong practitioners from Yilan, Taipei, and Taochumiao attended the activities at Jiantan, Taipei City. During these hot summer days, practitioners overcame difficulties to practice the exercises in large groups, studied the Fa and shared experiences together.
The main topic of the experience sharing conference was how to expose the Chinese Communist Party's crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners shared their experiences of clarifying the truth to government officials, representatives and the media, through different channels. Practitioners also looked inside to search for personal shortcomings and omissions, so as to end the evil persecution earlier.
Whether new or veteran practitioners, all shared with each other openly, studied the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts.
In the morning light, Falun Gong practitioners practiced the exercises on the lawn in front of the Jiantan Activity Center, Taipei City.
Practitioners treasure such a group sharing environment. Every year, more new practitioners join the conference. This time, more young practitioners appeared at the conference, including college students, those serving in the military or some just embarking on their careers. This tells us that Falun Dafa, with its principles of "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance," has a clear message in today's complicated society and the young generation is also taking up the practice.
Some practitioners shared their experiences. One elderly lady from Sanchong said she used to have a bone spur that caused severe back pain. She said if it were not for a friend who introduced her to Falun Gong, she couldn't imagine how miserable her life would be. After practicing Falun Dafa for a few months, the bone spur disappeared and her back pain was gone. So she introduced Falun Gong to a friend who had a tumor in her abdomen. The friend went to a nine-day Fa lecture session. After the third day of the session, the friend dreamed she had a stomachache and then the tumor was relieved. When she woke up, it felt like the tumor had disappeared. So the friend went to see the doctor again. The doctor did an examination and found that the tumor was gone. The doctor felt that this was beyond human imagination.
A granny from Taoyuan shared her experiences. She walks 30 minutes to the group practice site every day, regardless of wind or rain. Several times she has experienced illness related to karma elimination. Her family wanted to send her to a hospital but she believed what Master said in Zhuan Falun and thought this was just a process to cleanse the body. So she told her daughter she was fine and continued her daily housework, practicing the exercises and studying the Fa. After a few days, all the symptoms of illness were gone.
On August 13, practitioners held discussions on different topics
A practitioner who works for the media shared an experience. Once, the editor selected an article from a new reporter instead of his article, which he had spent a lot of time on. At first, he felt it was unfair. Then he remembered that he must look inward to find the problem, and only then did he realize that he was attached to fame. So he decided to change himself, and willingly provided his own photos to the new reporter. The story became more attractive and colorful with the addition of the photos.
One woman shared her experience of bringing harmony into her family and work. Before she practiced Falun Dafa, she was upset about her boss's irrational accusations and her colleagues pushing more work onto her. After practicing Falun Dafa, she realized she needed to raise her xinxing level and began to require herself to live according to the standard of a practitioner. Then the boss's temper became better, and he began to value her highly. A housewife also shared her experience about how at first, her husband was unhappy with her practicing Falun Gong. But she didn't fight back and simply took care of the family better and better. After a few years, her husband also became a 100-percent supporter of Falun Gong.
Another practitioner shared his experience of understanding the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts.
At this conference, practitioners also arranged a session to correct practitioners' exercise movements. Several groups played the videotapes of Master's exercise teaching. Many practitioners who don't often participate in group practice said that they were surprised to realize that some of their exercise movements were wrong. They therefore understood the importance of group practice.
The two-and-a-half-day conference soon came to a close. Practitioners encouraged each other to be diligent in cultivation, not to fail Master's expectations, and to each fulfill their own prehistoric vows.
