(Minghui.org) The New Jersey Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference, which attended by practitioners from New Jersey and New York, was held on September 20, 2026. Twenty of them shared their experiences of how they have cultivated themselves and saved sentient beings in the Fa-rectification period.

The speakers, some who have cultivated for more than 30 years and some who have just started, shared how they have overcome notions and reinforced their righteous thoughts and how they have experienced the power of Falun Dafa in their cultivation.

They also spoke about how they look within, let go of attachments, cooperate in Dafa projects, and live up to their mission to assist Master in saving sentient beings. They reiterated their firm belief in Falun Dafa and their commitment to saving sentient beings.

Those who attended talked about how much they benefited from listening to the experience sharing papers, saying they were encouraged to learn from each other, cultivate diligently, and improve together.

The 2026 New Jersey Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference on September 20 (Minghui.org)

Practitioners reading their cultivation experience sharing papers (Minghui.org)

Walking Well on the Cultivation Path That Master Has Arranged

Ms. Tong, who is Mongolian, started practicing Falun Dafa seven years ago. She shared how she has improved herself since she started to practice in 2019. She talked about working in a Dafa project that involves physically demanding tasks.

Facing physical hardships, she realized, “I must make a choice: will I regard myself as a practitioner and treat hardships as opportunities to dissolve karma and improve my xinxing or will I let myself be trapped by everyday people’s notions and regard the work as hardship and tiresome.”

She regarded every day as an opportunity to cultivate and improve and regarded her work as an opportunity to cultivate her heart, dissolve karma, and temper her will.

“There shouldn’t be any pursuit in cultivation,” she said. “I shouldn’t look for hardships on purpose, nor should I cultivate myself with any preconditions. When tests and problems appear before my eyes, I should look within, cultivate myself, look at issues from the Fa’s perspective, and regard them as opportunities to improve my xinxing.”

“On the surface, hardships seem to come from external material conditions and the environment. They actually come from one’s heart. Working on this project, I came to a deeper understanding of the Fa that I had understood only shallowly before. Hardships no longer bothered me when I changed my mentality. I regarded them as opportunities to improve myself and let go of attachments.”

Ms. Tong realized that only when she was guided by Falun Dafa’s teachings could she walk well on the path Master arranged for her.

Cooperating and Cultivating Diligently in Dafa Projects

Mr. Zhu shared how he cooperated as one body with other practitioners and the coordinators while he was doing a media project.

“The coordinator of the project sees things from a bigger scope and considers a larger body than I see. He is responsible to Master. I communicated with him; once he made his decision, I carried it out unconditionally,” he said.

“It is not easy, yet immensely precious, for us to follow Master up until today in the Fa-rectification period. In the limited time remaining, we should stay clear-minded and keep ourselves in check, continue doing the three things well, clarify the truth, and save sentient beings to achieve what Master and sentient beings expect us to.”

Ms. Yu, who works in the media, shared on how she let go of her attachment to self, cooperated with the coordinator, and completed her tasks in the project to validate the Fa with other practitioners. She realized that, wherever she is, either in daily life or in the project, her purpose is to cultivate herself and at the same time to complete her mission of assisting Master to save sentient beings.

“The wisdom and ability that I need to do a project cannot be obtained by my own will,” she said. “Wisdom and ability are bestowed upon us by Master, and they are the manifestation of the Fa’s power after we have let go of attachments, purified ourselves, elevated ourselves in the Fa, and achieved the standards and requirements of higher levels. When we do things and walk the path with a pure mind, we are validating the Fa, not validating ourselves.”

Walking One’s Cultivation Path Well with Righteous Thoughts and Actions

Mr. Ma, a senior manager in a large company, shared how he managed to overcome tests and hardships with righteous thoughts.

He realized after cultivating in Falun Dafa for many years that our righteous thoughts must be strong and that we must maintain them at all times as we cultivate ourselves in everyday society.

“We are in contact with everyday people and ordinary things in society every day. There are no formalities to restrict us. I can say that we need to cultivate ourselves every minute. We face choices of whether we keep our righteous thoughts or go along with human desires all the time,” he said.

“It is not easy to have righteous thoughts all the time when we cultivate in the human world. It seems that we don’t lose anything when we choose to do things in a more comfortable way or comply with everyday people’s notions. But as time goes on, we will become more relaxed in cultivation and seek more comfort in everyday life. We will get closer to everyday people’s states. Eventually, we may regard some unrighteous thoughts and bad habits as normal behavior.”

One day he noticed blood in his stool. He thought it would disappear if he didn’t take the issue to heart. But he had blood in his stool for three days. At the same time, he had sudden headaches, dizziness, and nausea at night. He became a bit worried. Later, when he walked upstairs, his legs felt weak. He thought it had something to do with the blood in his stool.

One day he realized that these were his human notions. As a Falun Dafa practitioner, he should have righteous thoughts. His wife’s words made him realize that his weak legs were not caused by the blood in his stool but were an illusion to shake his righteous thoughts. He reinforced his thought that only Master arranges his life and cultivation path. He felt strong in his heart after he had righteous thoughts. He studied the Fa and did the exercises more over the next several days. Everything soon returned to normal.

Experiencing the Power of Falun Dafa by Cultivating Solidly

Ms. Qiu is 85 years old. She shared her experiences of how she cultivated herself during the period of personal cultivation and later in the Fa-rectification period and spoke about how she experienced the supernormal power of Falun Dafa when she genuinely cultivated herself in daily life.

“I started to practice Falun Dafa to heal illnesses,” she recalled. “As I studied the Fa more and cultivated my heart, I gradually changed and became a genuine practitioner.”

She has been clarifying the truth and doing the exercises outside the Chinese Consulate since the summer of 2001. She has attended many Dafa activities, including festivals and parades, in New York and Washington, DC. During the process, she has improved her ability to clarify the truth to people and realized that she must treat people with compassion.

In 2024, she had severe pain in her hip and around her right shoulder blade, as well as severe swelling and pain in her left knee. She couldn’t eat or sleep for three days. But she studied the Fa and attended group Fa-study as usual. She kept righteous thoughts all the time. Several days later, the symptoms disappeared completely.