(Minghui.org) As part of the process of cultivation, Falun Dafa practitioners frequently compare and share their day-to-day experiences. We do this to deepen our understanding of the Fa and to encourage each other in our cultivation.
Falun Dafa practitioners in Ottawa, Canada held their annual cultivation experience sharing conference on August 4, 2013 at the University of Ottawa. Eight Western and Chinese practitioners shared their experiences of studying the Fa, cultivating their xinxing, sending righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth.
Ms. Rankin began practicing Falun Dafa in 1999. She talked about how she introduced Falun Dafa to native Americans. She and a few other practitioners visited the Hopi tribe in Arizona in 2002. They were received with great courtesy by the tribal elders. People in the tribe understood that these Falun Dafa practitioners came to share with them the sacred principles.
Ms. Rankin also shared her experience of introducing Falun Dafa to Navaho and other indigenous people. A Navaho man who had obtained the Fa spread Dafa to the people in his tribe so that more people could benefit from it. Two native American women who had learned the Falun Gong exercises from Ms. Rankin met with her again at Canada Day, and they told her that their diseases disappeared after they did the exercises and they felt strong energy. Ms. Rankin said that the experiences helped her cultivate her mind, eliminate her attachments and offered her opportunities to improve herself.
A practitioner who worked as a reporter for NTD Television for years talked about how he overcame difficulties and challenges, and cultivated and improved himself through participating in the media work. This practitioner interviewed many Canadian MP's in the past year regarding the forced live organ harvesting committed by the Chinese Communist regime. Through the media their voices of justice were heard by the public.
Mr. Watson shared his experience in cooperating with ticket selling for Shen Yun Performing Arts and improving himself through working in the media. He noted that when he maintained the state of “gaining without pursuit”, miracles continued to happen.
Mr. Ram said that he was able to always remain in the state of cultivating as well as when he first began practicing, by studying the Fa and looking within to eliminate his attachments. Many physical problems he had in the past were resolved, and he was also highly recognized for his achievements. He received the “Queen's Award” from his former company after two years of his retirement.
One practitioner who has been working in Fa-validation projects said that she conducted herself strictly by following the standard of a cultivator in her work environment. While getting involved in many projects, she treated her everyday work seriously, kept studying the Fa more and sending righteous thoughts more, and thus was able to constantly let go of her attachments.
A practitioner who is a project manager in a large North American company has participated in the online truth clarification effort. He said that he has greatly benefited from daily group Fa study.
Many practitioners attending the conference said that experience sharing enables them to reflect on their own cultivation state. Afterwards they felt greatly encouraged and determined to do better in their cultivation and efforts to save sentient beings.
