(Minghui.org) A Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Semarang, the provincial capital of Central Java, on September 30, 2023.

Practitioners traveled to the conference from various cities in Indonesia, as well as East Timor, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia. Twenty practitioners presented their cultivation experiences, and described the physical and mental benefits they gained from practicing Falun Dafa. They experienced Master’s compassionate salvation and their hearts are full of gratitude beyond words.

Practitioners described their cultivation experiences, how they looked within, let go of attachments and assimilated to Falun Dafa’s guiding principles, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, whether they were at home, at work, or participated in projects to let people know about Falun Dafa. They talked about the great changes they experienced in their bodies and minds, while helping people understand the facts about Dafa.

A Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Indonesia on September 30, 2023

Pay Attention to the Quality of Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts

Primantara who has practiced Falun Dafa for 18 years, described how he improved his xinxing after he took charge of a project this year. In the beginning, he just wanted to do his task as well as possible, and everything went smoothly. However, as the project developed, he found that time became increasingly tight. There were many meetings every week to upload and disseminate important information and help solve problems practitioners encountered during operations. This seemed to take all day, every day. He became tired. The time he usually read the Fa with his wife was disrupted. His sleep time was reduced. He felt exhausted both physically and mentally.

Primantara also faced financial pressure. His contract for a software technology system he provided to a company was about to expire. He needed to have a face-to-face meeting with the company to find out whether the contract would be renewed or not. This has added extra pressure, because if the contract was not renewed, it could have a significant financial impact on his family. He began to feel a bit lost about the future, and he became anxious. He was easily agitated and the smallest thing made him angry.

One day while he was reading experience sharing articles on the Minghui website, he came across an article talking about the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts. He shared the article with his wife, who is also a practitioner. They earnestly looked within and realized that they had not paid much attention to sending forth righteous thoughts. Moreover, their main consciousnesses were often unclear when they sent forth righteous thoughts, even their hands drooped. This situation had been going on for a long time. 

The article on the Minghui website inspired them and encouraged them to do better, and he and his wife immediately adjusted themselves. They decided to extend the length of time they sent righteous thoughts and make sure they were focused. They simply wanted to rectify themselves without seeking any other goals.

A week passed, and Primantara realized he no longer felt anxious about the contract renewal. He was able to calmly and let nature take its course. The seemingly insurmountable difficulties gradually became smaller. After a few months, his children’s grades in school also improved. The contract renewal issue that he was so worried about was resolved. In fact the contract amount increased significantly. This unexpected good news allowed him to focus wholeheartedly on the truth-clarification project with a peaceful mind.

Saving Sentient Beings Is Actually Saving Oneself

Ully, 59, and her husband are both coordinators of the local practice site. Ully said that their practice site in the park was closed three years ago when COVID spread and the Indonesian government closed public places. She felt it was necessary to continue doing the exercises in public. She and her husband searched for a new location, and they finally found one in a new residential area. The pandemic did not affect her practice, and she was still able to introduce Falun Dafa to people.

She recently learned that Gan Jing World was recruiting volunteers to introduce the new media to the general public. She immediately signed up. The event took place at a new subway station that just opened. When she and her husband went on duty, she, who didn’t understand technical issues, argued with her husband. At first, they did not realize where the real problem lay. They focused on getting the TV screen and speakers connected, and ignored the loopholes in their cultivation. She struggled to solve the immediate problem while distributing brief introductions. 

She later realized that she should look within, and her husband also simultaneously recognized the root of the problem. As a result, the TV and sound system suddenly worked. Ully believes that to assist Master in saving sentient beings, one needs a pure and sincere heart.

From Practicing Alone to Opening a Practice Site

Nata said his bad habits were gradually eliminated after he began practicing Falun Dafa. For example, if he had a conflict with someone before he practiced, he couldn’t set aside his resentment. It was difficult for him to forgive others. He always cared about petty losses and gains. He took the easier tasks and passed on the difficult work to his colleagues. He was very jealous of his siblings and thought his parents favored them.

When Nata increased the time he spent reading the Fa, the habits that were difficult for him to let go of, such as smoking, drinking, and being obsessed with surfing the Internet, were eliminated. As his character improved, he noticed he became healthier. His digestive problems, susceptibility to the flu and fever disappeared.

He was the only practitioner in his area. He was later able to contact practitioners in other islands and they read the Fa and discussed their cultivation experiences online. Practitioners like him, who are scattered in different regions and cities without forming a cultivation environment, practice alone for a long time, and he wanted to break through this dilemma.

Nata said he can now study the Fa and exchange experiences with practitioners from other regions. Through studying the Fa, he realized that he should set up a practice site. So, he opened a practice site at a local gym in 2021 and has been consistently maintaining it to this day.

Measure Against Dafa When Facing Tests of Character

Nyoman, 65, is a retired policeman. He was often sick and in 2001 the doctor told him he had epilepsy. One of his colleagues told him the facts about Falun Dafa in 2005. That May he joined the practice site near his home. The assistant on that site lent him a copy of Zhuan Falun  (Falun Dafa’s main book) and he started practicing. A year later, he no longer needed to take any medication because his epilepsy was gone.

His workplace built several new houses, and he learned that one of them was going to be given to him because he didn’t have his own house yet. But one policeman said that he needed the house more and it should be given to him. So the chief officer transferred the house to him. Nyoman didn’t argue. He understood that this was a test for him, and he remembered that he practiced Falun Dafa. He remembered that Master said not to be obsessed with fame and fortune, so he did not insist he be given the house.

Nyoman talked about his experiences in clarifying the truth to tourists from China. He often encountered aggressive behavior, and some Chinese tourists verbally abused him or even spat at him. He was very angry, but he recalled the story about Han Xin that Master talked about in Zhuan Falun. Nyoman realized that when he was humiliated by others, as a cultivator, he should exercise greater tolerance and continually improve his character, so as to help people see the greatness of Dafa.