(Clearwisdom.net) From January 4 to 6, practitioners from different parts of Italy met and
shared experiences for three days in Bergamo, a city near Milan. It was the first time that
practitioners in Italy held this type of conference.
Practitioners in Italy live far from each other, and as a result it is not easy for them to meet
regularly, and because of the language barrier, communication between the western and Chinese
practitioners is quite difficult. As a result, the practitioners cherished this chance to meet and
share experiences. Some practitioners overcame financial difficulties and time constraints to join
the conference. Practitioners studied Teacher Li's new articles and the Falun Gong book Essentials
for Further Advancement together, and also discussed how to study the Fa [Principles of Falun
Gong. Here it refers to Teacher Li's books and articles].
After the gathering, the practitioners felt that everyone had changed positively. One western
practitioner said that he previously thought that it was completely impossible to overcome the
differences between the Western and Chinese practitioners. However, he thought that through
experience sharing and communication, practitioners had become like one body. One Chinese
practitioner said that she had come to a new understanding of improving together through the
experience sharing.
Practitioners shared their experiences with open hearts. Anything unclear was discussed and
understandings were shared. Teacher Li has emphasized in several recent articles the necessity for
compassion among practitioners, so we all realized it was a problem that we should pay more
attention to. Any misunderstandings between practitioners in the past also disappeared because of
the kindness everyone had towards one another.
Some practitioners who had gone through the persecution in China shared their experiences and the lessons they had learned.
Two practitioners from Germany also joined the gathering and shared their experiences and understandings with the practitioners in Italy. The practitioners thought that the conference really had an effect in helping everyone to improve in every aspect. Practitioners also decided to organize similar experience sharing conferences in the future.
