(Minghui.org) A Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on September 6, 2014, at the Nordic Light Hotel in downtown Stockholm. Practitioners from across Sweden as well as Norway, Denmark, Finland, and other European countries attended the event. Eleven Western and Chinese practitioners shared their experiences in cultivating themselves well and compassionately awakening people in their respective projects.

Practitioners share their cultivation experiences on stage

Learning to Let Go of Self While Promoting Shen Yun Performing Arts

Guan Jing, a young software engineer, recalled the six years that she has been cultivating. She said she realized that all her trials and tribulations were to test her, to see whether she could remain steadfast in her belief in Master and the Fa and if she could let go of her human attachments. She shared her experience promoting Shen Yun Performing Arts two years ago.

When more practitioners were needed to help with tickets sales, a coordinator asked if she could take a few days off from work. Her company was about to cut several jobs. Although she agreed, her mind was unsettled. It seemed that whether she took a few days off or not would determine if she would be laid off.

After struggling to make up her mind, she decided to let go of her notions, and thought that she should do what Master wants, which is to help people understand Falun Dafa. She made up her mind to ask for the time off.

After she finished selling tickets for Shen Yun, her company manager announced who would be laid off, and she still had a job.

Improving My Mind/Heart Nature While Helping People Awaken

Ms. Hao moved from a small city to the capital of Sweden and put all her efforts into distributing an informational newspaper and speaking to people about Falun Dafa and the persecution at tourist locations. She did not quit no matter what difficulties or interference she encountered. She said her xinxing was tempered and she improved.

Looking back on her path and how she made it through, she said that, as long as she was helping people to awaken, she had gained everything she wanted and was content.

She said, “I was able to go to a tourist site every day to distribute the newspaper. Then I wished that I had an extra European truth clarification newspaper, and it actually happened. I noticed that a young practitioner had an artistic gift, and I asked her to help with the layout. We worked together to produce the newspaper.”

Ms. Hao said, “Although there were hardships and difficulties, as well as conflicts and notions in the process, they were all because of my human attachments. Thanks to Master's arrangements, my attachments were exposed, and my wish to awaken people was fulfilled. Moreover, when I focused on reaching people at tourist sites, I gradually found that I had fewer complaints and more tolerance.”

Shouldering Responsibility and Walking the Path Master Arranged

Peter and his wife both began practicing Falun Gong in 1995. Peter is a diving expert. Because of the nature of his work, he has a strong sense of responsibility. He puts a great deal of effort into his work to avoid making mistakes. But he would not readily take on responsibility in a field that he was not familiar with.

Two years ago, after he saw the movie "Free China: the Courage to Believe," he realized that the movie would help people from all walks of life understand Falun Dafa and the persecution.

Peter shared how he overcame his attachments to seeking comfort, being intolerant, low self-esteem, etc. With fellow practitioners' encouragement, he took on his responsibility as a Dafa practitioner.

He cooperated with fellow practitioners, and, through the screening of the movie, they were able to help many political figures learn the facts, and, finally, they screened the movie for Members of Parliament (MP) in the Swedish Parliament. The MPs who understood the true situation, in turn, offered help and enabled a successful forum to be held six months later on the Chinese Communist Party's forced organ harvesting atrocities.

Peter wholeheartedly thanks Master for having arranged all this for him so that more people were awakened to the truth!

"From Being Irresponsible to Becoming Responsible"

Vasilios Zouponidis is a successful entrepreneur. Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf even awarded him an Honorary Prize. He began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. He said, "I began the practice with many attachments: I was easily affected by emotions, I was afraid of being tired, I didn't want to assume responsibility, and I was lazy.

“I thought that a Dafa disciple should not be attached to money, because it doesn't matter what job one does or even if we work at all. I once lost my job for a period of time due to this thought, which brought me financial difficulties. It actually resulted from my attachment to not wanting to take responsibility. Because I was lazy, I thought how wonderful it would be if I didn't work. Later I realized that this thought was wrong, and, shortly after I started a very successful company."

He also noticed that, when he is responsible and does things rationally, he gets along well with others. He understands that one of a cultivator's responsibilities is doing the exercises, even if one is very tired. Then one is motivated by a sense of responsibility instead of emotion. He understood that the emotion he referred to was the attachment to being afraid of being tired. "One must strengthen one's will. How to make it?" He said, “It's actually quite simple--just use responsibility instead of emotions to judge things.”

Solidly Cultivating Myself and Saving People While Selling Ads

Ms. Zhang talked about how she made use of her spare time to sell ads for the Epoch Times newspaper. She realized that selling ads and saving people via the media is important during the Fa-rectification. As long as she did it with a pure heart, Master would help. She also understood that perseverance leads to success!

During her cultivation, Master always let her see hope. Ads, big or small, would miraculously be placed. With the increase in ads, she was able to sell more tickets for Shen Yun Performing Arts each year. She said, "Master arranged for me to do ad sales. He not only arranged for me to awaken predestined people, but also let me see my attachments to competitiveness, showing-off, jealousy, the attachment to myself, and many others. I had to pay attention to the cultivation of my xinxing."