(Clearwisdom.net) Since the Sixth Internet Experience Sharing Conference for Practitioners in China started on November 1, 2009, over a dozen articles have been published daily. Practitioners outside of China are quite touched by these articles, and are thankful for the forum provided by the Minghui/Clearwisdom websites, enabling practitioners inside and outside of China to come together as one cultivation body. As a result, many have realized the seriousness of cultivation, learning from each other and reminding each other to do better. This sharing will help the whole body to improve faster.

Inspiring Articles Elevate the Whole Body

Ms. Chen in Taiwan has been practicing Falun Gong for eight years. Since the first day the articles began to be published, she hasn't missed one. She found that they all touched her heart and helped her to enlighten and improve. She said, "This online experience-sharing conference by practitioners in China is unique. The articles were written by practitioners who, despite being persecuted, are validating the Fa with their whole hearts. The articles are meaningful in terms of cultivation. They serve as a great reference for those who are not diligent and encourage them to catch up. As a result, practitioners in a relatively more relaxed environment will improve as one body."

The day after Ms. Chen started reading the articles, she began to do the morning exercises at 3:30 a.m. along with practitioners around the world. She did not find it difficult to get up. She said, "In the past, it was difficult for me to get up at 3:30 a.m. I had all kinds of excuses and could not continue doing it, but these articles woke me up and gave me very righteous thoughts." She said that what touched her the most was practitioners' determination to persist in cultivation despite tribulations, and their determination to save sentient beings without consideration for themselves. Their determination resulted in righteous actions, which are detailed in the articles.

Always Thinking about Sentient Beings

"One older practitioner did not know how to use a cell phone. She first learned how to dial numbers, then saved money to purchase calling cards, and is now able to make phone calls around the county to clarify the truth. She gets up daily at 3:30 a.m. to do the exercises, then walks to other places to make phone calls until late in the evening. Then she prepares phone numbers to use the next day, finishes her housework, studies the Fa, and sends forth righteous thoughts before she goes to bed. She also helps other practitioners to eliminate their fears and shows them how to effectively clarify the truth. To avoid being tracked down, she goes to different locations daily to make the calls. Because it's difficult to find a toilet along the way, she does not drink any water during the day, even when it's scorching hot in the summer. She makes phone calls as she walks. On one occasion, when she finally sat down in a shady spot, people thought that she was a thief. They interrogated her, and some even drove her away. Some terrible things have happened to her, yet she is very clear that her extended life is for cultivation, validating the Fa, and saving sentient beings. As long as she has the basic resources to live, she devotes all of her time to save other people. She knows that if she can save one person, she is actually saving an immense universe of beings."

That was just one of the many stories read by Ms. Chen. "These articles are documentaries of cultivation, recording how practitioners are using every second to save sentient beings. They are not doing it to enhance their own virtue, but to help people understand the truth and thus save them. They wanted to do that from the bottom of their hearts."

Altruism

Ms. Chen commented, "The evil has set up many traps and barriers in China. Most of the sentient beings are very hostile towards practitioners. Yet in order to save sentient beings so that they don't commit crimes against Dafa, practitioners overcome many tribulations, including xinxing tests and sickness karma. They don't waste any time in order to clarify the truth to sentient beings with compassion, righteous thoughts, and unwavering faith in Teacher and the Fa. Many walked out of the prisons with righteous thoughts, helping previous practitioners get back on track, setting up study groups and materials production sites. All this time, there has been no model to follow, and no one to applaud you when you succeed in clarifying the truth to someone. I see their divine compassion throughout all this."

Catching Up on the Path to Divinity

In comparison, Ms. Chen felt that in Taiwan's relaxed environment, she did not study the Fa well, and that her mindset and behavior were not that pure. She decided to do the morning exercises from now on and to recite the Fa. She has enlightened to new meanings for the words "saving sentient beings." She thought that she was performing her truth clarification work well, until she finished reading all the articles. She realized that practitioners in China have passed their tests in the Fa-rectification period with flying colors. She compared practitioners in China to diamonds, and herself as an artificial diamond, in an entirely different league.

Ms. Chen thanked the Minghui website for providing this forum. Outside of China, she can purchase an airline ticket and fly wherever she wants to attend an experience-sharing conference. However, one cannot attend this particular experience-sharing conference like that. This experience helped her to understand how great enlightened beings are developed. Every article helps her to cleanse herself of her indifference and laziness. "This has provided me with an opportunity to learn from other practitioners. I have enlightened to a higher selfless realm that is needed to save sentient beings, and I decided to catch up on my path to divinity."

November 11, 2009