(Minghui.org) The UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Fa Conference was held in London on August 26, 2012. More than 20 practitioners shared how they learned to truly look within in order to let go of attachments and become better people. They wished to progress more diligently to save more sentient beings.
The 2012 UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in London.
A Falun Dafa practitioner shares his experience in the practice at the 2012 British Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference.
A Falun Dafa practitioner shares her experience in the practice at the 2012 British Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference.
Promoting Shen Yun with Righteous Thoughts
Ms. Mo from London talked about how she promoted Shen Yun to mainstream society and clarified the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong while she participated in media work. Ms. Mo stressed the importance of keeping righteous thoughts at all times. Once she visited a mayor, and suddenly had a thought of “this person may not be interested in what I have to say.” She quickly realized and negated this thought. The practitioner who went with her saw the hesitation on her face and began to send righteous thoughts. After Ms. Mo introduced Shen Yun to the mayor, he showed great interest.
In the process of promoting Shen Yun, Ms. Mo also saw how the sentient beings are eager to learn about traditional Chinese culture. To answer questions people frequently asked, she carefully read the English version of the part of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party that was about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) destroyed the Chinese culture. This way, when she promoted Shen Yun, she could answer questions from different angles.
Cultivating Oneself Well to Better Save Sentient Beings
Mary is from Leeds, and she talked about how to clarify the facts about the persecution to the city government. Before the London Olympics, practitioners in Leeds applied to speak at the General Assembly of Leeds. They wanted to talk about how the Chinese authorities tortured Falun Gong practitioners. They also planned to talk about how CCP agents harvested practitioners’ organs while they were still alive and profited from organ sales. At that time, the Chinese Olympic delegation lived in Leeds, and a city councilor worried that letting practitioners speak would hurt trade with China and relations between Leeds and sister cities in China. The application was denied. A practitioner wrote in a letter to the city councilor, “Knowing the truth will not bring harm. It will be the pride of our city to let a Falun Gong practitioner speak. History will prove it.” Later, the city government decided to let the practitioners speak.
On the day of the General Assembly, a councilor came up to Mary and said, “You must be Mary. I have been expecting you.” He was the councilor who was concerned about the practitioners’ talk offending the Chinese delegates. The mayor, city councilors, and city officials at the Assembly sat quietly listening to the practitioners' speeches. After that, many councilors went to shake hands with the practitioners, thanking them.
Mary said in her sharing that she had a more comprehensive understanding of cultivating self well. Before, she often sent righteous thoughts to eliminate interference in a symbolic way. She did not truly look within and look for her gaps. Now she knew the importance of “cultivating self well.” It was not for consummation but for better saving sentience beings.
Spread the Truth with Kind Thoughts
Ms. Zhou insisted on studying the Fa, doing the exercises, sending righteous thoughts, and clarifying the facts of Falun Dafa every day. Besides calling China to help the Chinese people quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations each morning, she went to the local tourists spots to give out Falun Dafa fliers and the Nine Commentaries. One time an indifferent man said to her with his eyes looking away, “I am not interested! I don’t believe in anything, neither the CCP nor Falun Gong.” Ms. Zhou still kindly explained to him the truth of Falun Dafa. In the end, the man quit the Young Pioneers and asked Ms. Zhou to take good care of herself. Ms. Zhou thought of what Teacher said in Hong Yin II “The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos”,
“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring
Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world.”
Thoughts of New Practitioners
The first time Ms. Li met a Falun Gong practitioner was in 2006 in Chinatown. She impatiently rejected that practitioner and refused to listen to what he had to say. In May 2011, she brought her daughter to learn the Falun Dafa exercises. She shared how she went through a change of heart. “I now understand that those who stood on the streets were Dafa disciples who were assisting Master to rectify the Fa and saving sentient beings. I began to practice, yearning to be a Dafa practitioner during the Fa rectification period. I clarified the truth. Standing on the street, facing the indifferent beings, I saw myself years ago. I felt so sorry for their addiction to this world. When people glanced coldly at me sideways, I felt the compassion in the practitioner who once saved me. I understood how precious Falun Dafa is and how hard it was for me to get to know the practice.”
After Ms. Li finished the draft for the Fa conference speech, she learned that her mother-in-law's cancer had spread to her lung. Further tests were needed to make sure if she could still have another surgery. Ms. Li told her mother-in-law to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and she agreed. In the next few days, Ms. Li went from nervous, anxious, to gradually calming down and looking within for her attachments. She said, “I painstakingly let go of my attachment to family and at that moment I felt unprecedented relaxation… Five days later, my mother-in-law told me the two doctors who examined her were shocked. They did not find any cancer cells. The doctors said it was impossible that the cancer cells just disappeared. My mother knew exactly what happened.” Ms. Li felt so happy and blessed. She was happy that her mother began to practice Falun Dafa. She felt blessed because she witnessed a divine miracle.
Rain or Shine, Peaceful Protest in front of Chinese Consulate Goes on
Practitioners shared several stories that happened in front of the Chinese Embassy. One day at 2 a.m., Ms. Gao was meditating. She felt someone standing across the street for a long time. She opened her eyes and talked to the man. He was a poet who had just finished recording a show for the BBC. He wanted to know more about Falun Gong. While they were talking, a young man on his bike went by. He did not see Ms. Gao because Ms. Gao and the poet were talking behind a poster. Later the young man told Ms. Gao that he frequently went past the protest site and he always saw someone there. That day he did not see anyone, so he thought that the persecution of Falun Gong was over. If that was the case, he would want to text all of his friends the good news. If it was that no one happened to be on duty, he planned to stay there to help until a practitioner showed up.
A girl from China lived close to the Chinese Embassy. One day the girl told Ms. Li, “I pass by this place every day and I see you doing the exercises every day, rain or shine. How much do they pay you to work this hard?” Ms. Li told the girl how she benefited from practicing Falun Dafa, how the CCP agents tortured her in forced labor camps because of her practice, and how she escaped and fled overseas. She told the girl nobody gave her a dime because it was what she wanted to do. The girl was moved. From then on, when she saw Ms. Li at the protest site, she raised her thumb and told Ms. Li, “Keep it up and China will change!”
