(Clearwisdom.net) During the Christmas and New Year holidays, UK practitioners held a retreat in London. Every day, practitioners studied one or two lectures written in Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Gong] in the morning and one or two of Master Li's latest articles in the afternoon; group exercise practice took place in the morning with meditation in the evening. After Fa study, practitioners shared their experiences and understandings about cultivation during Fa-rectification. Some practitioners gave specific accounts of their experiences and understandings of cultivating themselves, sending forth righteous thoughts and validating the Fa. The experience sharing enabled everyone to develop, within the Fa, a more clear and rational understanding about the Dafa practitioners' mission of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings during the Fa-rectification period. It also strengthened their confidence in doing well in the three things Master requests of practitioners at this time.

Some practitioners talked about the importance of coordinating and cooperating harmoniously together, and resolving conflicts between fellow practitioners with compassion. Everyone hoped that practitioners in UK will make holistic improvements after this retreat. Practitioners came to join the study from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and the number of the participants reached about one hundred. Upon the completion of the activities, many practitioners indicated that they had spent a very beneficial New Year holiday together with fellow practitioners.

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