German Practitioner: Being Able to Practice Falun Dafa Is a Tremendous Blessing

(Minghui.org) The sky was still dark, and there were few pedestrians on the streets on Saturday, shortly before 5 a.m. on December 27, 2025. Nora, a sociology graduate student, got on her bicycle and headed to the train station to begin her trip to Berlin. Four hours later, after traveling by regional train, express train, city train, and taxi, she finally arrived at the venue where the German Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was being held. As she listened to practitioners read their cultivation experiences and stories, the fatigue from her long journey disappeared.

That day, Falun Dafa practitioners from all over Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking regions Switzerland, gathered in Berlin to listen to fellow practitioners share their cultivation experiences. During the break attendees exchanged their insights with each other.

“It’s wonderful to be able to listen to practitioners’ cultivation experiences, so I can improve and gain a new understanding of my cultivation state. It’s especially wonderful that we can hold this Fa conference, meet so many fellow practitioners, and be in such a beautiful energy field. Being a part of this is truly a blessing.” Nora said.

“Many stories touched me deeply. One practitioner completely expressed my feelings, which moved me so much that I almost shed tears. For example, the practitioner talked about ‘self-value perception’, which is also something I am currently focusing on. And many of the attachments another practitioner mentioned are also ones I have. Their sharing was very helpful to me,” Nora continued.

Many other practitioners shared similar feelings, and they all looked forward to the afternoon session.

Falun Dafa Dispelled the Dark Cloud in My Heart

Nora said it’s a tremendous blessing to be able to practice Falun Dafa.

Nora first learned about Falun Dafa during a university physical education class twelve years ago. Having practiced yoga, she was looking to try a new exercise method. After learning the Falun Dafa exercises, she continued practicing for three consecutive semesters. This was not only because the law student who taught the exercises was very kind, but also because she clearly felt that Falun Dafa benefited her greatly.

She recalled, “After I started practicing the exercises, I noticed that I wasn’t in a bad mood for a whole week. I was always irritable before, in a bad mood, and very depressed; my mind and heart felt like they were shrouded in gray clouds. But after I started practicing, the clouds disappeared, and sunshine entered my heart. I often experienced that after practicing the exercises, I felt like a completely different person; my worries and fears truly disappeared, and I felt happier and more relaxed.”

Although she was reading Falun Dafa books at the time, she didn’t yet fully understand them. Therefore, after she stopped practicing, she suffered from depression, and required long-term treatment. During one course of treatment, which involved practicing qigong, she suddenly thought, “I don’t want to practice just any qigong. I want to practice Falun Dafa.” So, five years ago she contacted a local coordinator and resumed practicing Falun Dafa.

Falun Dafa Brings Me Hope

After she resumed practicing, Nora found that the stress from her parents’ divorce and her sister’s painful experiences no longer affected her as much. She understood why these things happened and knew there were other ways to interact with her family. She also rediscovered her desire to start a family and have children, because she felt that Falun Dafa brings hope to humanity. She understood that while the world appears chaotic, everything happens for a reason. “Many people suffer greatly because they feel lost and hopeless in the midst of this chaos. They have no way to transcends the worldly, human level. I used to be the same, suffering from despair about the world,” Nora said.

She realized that Master and Dafa have opened a completely different dimension for her. She said, “Everything seems to be coming to an end, but this is also where hope lies—the hope for renewal and change. Even though the existing things are being destroyed or broken, it’s not necessarily a bad thing, because something better and grander can be built afterward. Yes, I believe the universe is being reshaped, and we don’t have to perish, but can enter a new universe.”

Nora now teaches the Falun Dafa exercises in her university’s physical education class. She said with a smile, “I want more people to know about this wonderful practice. Besides, with university physical education classes, I just need to register the time and date, and people can come and learn. It’s that simple.”

I Hope to Be More Diligent

Mariken and her daughter hope that they can write about their experiences for the next Fa conference.

Mariken works in IT sales at a large company and is also a mother of two children. Her entire family of four practices Falun Dafa. Attending the Fa conference allowed her to experience the honesty and courage of fellow practitioners, their willingness to face their shortcomings, and their diligent cultivation. This was encouragement and inspiration for her, “Yes, I can do more. When I see the efforts some practitioners are making, I realize that I have been too complacent in many aspects. This is something I’ve come to understand, and although it’s a little painful to admit, it is the truth.” She hopes to write a sharing paper for the next Fa conference.

She said the Fa conference was very meaningful. Practitioners gathered together, and after the meeting dispersed, each with their own experiences related to Dafa, and everyone cultivating themselves. They are not alone; they exchange their understandings with each other, and everyone’s understanding is valuable.

Mariken’s father, who practiced Falun Dafa, recommended it to her. She learned about it simply to fulfill her father’s wish, although she also hoped to become a better person. As she began practicing Falun Dafa, she discovered that her hip joint problem, which was to require surgery, healed without any medical treatment. She also experienced many of the states described in Falun Dafa’s main book Zhuan Falun, along with numerous other miraculous experiences, and she increasingly understood the merits of Falun Dafa.

After she had practiced Falun Dafa for two years, her daughter was born. Even before her daughter’s birth, Mariken had been thinking about how to help her child understand what is right and what is wrong, and to understand it completely, not like when she was a child, when some adults told her it was okay to pick up money from the ground, while others said not to. As she continued reading Zhuan Falun, she learned how to discern right from wrong and good from bad, and she understood the reasons why. She used Falun Dafa’s teachings to guide her children, and she gradually noticed that her children became considerate of others.

Her daughter, eleven-year-old Lian, attended the Fa conference along with her for the first time. Lian said, “Every presentation was excellent, each with its own unique points. These sharings have been very helpful to me, showing me the attachments that I have. I hope to improve myself and continue studying the Fa.” She also thought about writing a sharing article of her experiences because she felt that the fellow practitioners who spoke “all did very well, and I want to do the same.” She also hoped that her own sharing of experiences would “inspire others.”

Hoping Chinese People Understand the Beauty of Falun Dafa

Marcel, who drove 800 kilometers (497 miles) from Switzerland to Berlin to attend the Fa conference, felt that the trip was well worth it. The discussions among fellow practitioners about eliminating fundamental attachments deeply inspired him, and he said, “I should also look inward and find out what my fundamental attachments are.” Several other sharings also deeply touched him.

Marcel, who is an optician, said he learned about Falun Dafa from a customer ten years ago. After practicing Falun Dafa, he felt like he had entered a pure land where everyone was striving to be a good person. “This is the best thing we can have right now; its preciousness is beyond words. We are extremely happy and grateful that Falun Dafa exists today.” He added that he also wanted to tell Chinese people that they should try practicing the Falun Dafa exercises—he hopes this way they can understand the beauty of Falun Dafa.