(Minghui.org) The Colorado Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Denver on December 2, 2023. Falun Dafa practitioners from all Colorado attended the conference. Twelve practitioners shared their cultivation experiences. Attendees also watched the video recording of Master Li’s lecture in Australia.

Falun Dafa practitioners at their Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference

Falun Dafa practitioners share their cultivation experiences.

A practitioner named Deanne shared how she had cultivated herself under Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) compassionate guidance. As CEO of her own company, Deanne looked within when facing conflicts at work, especially when dealing with complaints from customers and employees.

Practitioners Share Cultivation Insights

Deanne realized that her life had been so occupied by attachments and busy pursuits that she couldn’t sit down to study the Fa, do the exercises, or put any effort into projects that validated the Fa. However, she was amazed to find that if she spent her morning on Fa study, meditation, or sending forth righteous thoughts, her days went smoothly, and she was facing fewer issues. Instead, she seemed to have more time. When she skipped Fa study, she would face more challenges during the day, which eventually would take more time to deal with. She broke through the illusion of “having no time for Fa study” or “worldly things taking priority.”

Deanne also shared her experience of being protected from injury in a recent car accident.

Elaine, who started to cultivate in 2020, shared how she had overcome human notions at the beginning of her cultivation. She learned how to view things from the perspective of a cultivator, which sped up her progress in cultivation.

Elaine realized that her attachments couldn’t be eliminated simply by her will, and it would only make them stronger. She realized that the only way to eliminate attachments was to study the Fa, improve her xinxing, and correct herself based on the principles of the Fa. Doing exercises also helped her overcome attachments to different things. After realizing this, her attachment to coffee was gone.

Through project work of letting people know about Falun Dafa, Elaine realized that her notions and attachments to validating herself had deviated from the Fa. She took the opportunity to uproot her notions and attachments.

Court had started his cultivation several years ago, but after moving to Colorado, he had focused on advancing his position in life and slacked off on cultivation for a few years. He suffered terrible back pain and couldn’t do anything except stay in bed for months.

Court started treating cultivation seriously. He said that doing the Falun Dafa exercises had restored his health and made his back better than before. He found group study and group exercises especially helpful. In the meantime, his career took off when he resumed cultivation. Court and his brother started their own studio and publishing company. They work with fellow practitioners to write film scripts.

Elliott, who started cultivating in 2021, shared how he had broken through tests of receiving praising words, and how he had experienced the power of Falun Dafa.

When Elliott clarified the facts of Falun Dafa, wrote articles or shared his experience, many people, including fellow practitioners and non-practitioners, told him that they were moved to tears. Some fellow practitioners had also praised him in other ways. He realized that the praises he had received were tests as Master had described in his teachings. Eliot reflected upon himself and found many attachments, for example, attachment to self-importance and showing off.

Elliott also found his subconscious narcissism and over-estimating the power of thought karma. When sending forth righteous thoughts, he had paid more attention to the “thoughts” than the “righteous.”

Elliott realized it was the profound Fa that had blessed him, a tiny particle in the vast universe, with a tiny bit of wisdom in the lowest dimension. He reminded himself about humbleness, and that the Fa encompassed all.