(Minghui.org) Practitioners from more than 30 European countries attended the 2023 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference on August 27, 2023 in Paris, France. Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, sent a greeting to the conference. 

Attendees shared their thoughts afterward and said that they benefited greatly from the experience-sharing speeches. They were touched by fellow practitioners’ stories of improving xinxing and their dedication to various truth-clarification projects. Many new practitioners said they were inspired to cultivate diligently to keep up with the pace of Fa rectification. 

Letting Go Attachment to Self and Trusting Fellow Practitioners

Joy, a British practitioner, said, “I was deeply touched and moved to tears after hearing the experience of the practitioner in charge of the Shen Yun Shop in Spain. She lost her equipment because the lock on her car trunk was broken while she drove at night. She looked within and found she distrusted the other practitioners and did not delegate the work to other team members. After she corrected herself, the team members helped her and shouldered some of her responsibilities. The total sales turned out higher than she expected, and all the items were sold!”

Joy said she had a similar attachment and was a perfectionist. She tried to control the smallest details and wanted everything to go her way. “I learned a lesson from this sharing. I should eliminate my attachments, trust other practitioners, and listen to their opinions.”

Offering Salvation at All Costs

Yukari from Japan

Yukari, a Japanese Falun Gong practitioner, said that she could tell the pure heart of the fellow practitioners who gave speeches. “I felt myself melting into the Fa while listening to them. I was truly encouraged. I even felt some of my karma dissolve. It was wonderful! I was especially touched by a practitioner’s story of how she took responsibility for her project without hesitation.” 

Yukari said that when she clarified the truth in Japan, some people believed her, but some refused to listen. “After hearing the experience sharing today, I realize that my righteous thoughts aren’t strong and I’m not determined. It’s really alarming to me. I have to offer salvation to people at all costs.”

Yukari also noticed more new practitioners in Europe this year. “Fellow practitioners from so many European countries came to the conference. We speak so many languages, but there are no barriers between us and we can open our hearts and speak sincerely. New practitioners continue to enter cultivation. Despite our language and cultural differences, we form one body, because the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance transcend all races and religions.”

Facing Family Member’s Death with Righteous Thoughts

Misha from Czechoslovakia 

Misha from Czechoslovakia said, “I was moved to tears several times by the sharing speeches. A French practitioner talked about how she overcame her sorrow after her husband died and did what a Falun Dafa practitioner should do. I was deeply touched and realized how serious the attachment to emotion was. It allowed me to identify and let go of my sentiment about my deceased husband. I understood that cultivation is serious.”

Misha was also impressed with another practitioner’s sharing. “A practitioner in France went to three banks to open a charity account for the Tianti Bookstore in Paris, but kept being rejected. She finally realized it was due to her own competitive mentality. She apologized to the first bank (her own bank) manager for pressuring him. She was eventually able to open the charity account with her bank.” Misha said that it was the result of improving oneself. “Her tenacity was touching! I’m grateful for all the sharing of practitioners!”

Many practitioners said that they were greatly inspired by other practitioners’ experiences, and that they were determined to do better in their cultivation and assist Master with Fa rectification.