(Minghui.org) The Minghui School Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Sydney on September 27, 2024. Thirteen young practitioners shared their stories of how they followed the principles of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance) in their lives, striving to eliminate their attachments and improve their xinxing. The event was an opportunity for the young people and their teachers to learn from each other and improve their understandings of the Fa (teachings).
The Minghui School Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Sydney on September 27, 2024.
Before the conference, the attendees watched the movie, The Eternal Story. In their opening remarks the two hosts expressed the young practitioners’ gratitude to Master and their determination to fulfill their vows.
Falun Dafa practitioners between the age 6 and 15 talked about their cultivation experiences.
Studying the Teachings Changes Bad Habits
Alice, who is in preschool, shared that one day she joined her father in memorizing the Fa with the adult practitioners. The next day she was able to wake up by herself early in the morning. She messaged her father to tell him that memorizing and reciting the Fa helped her eliminate her attachment to comfort.
Yoyo, 11 years old, said she could not stay quiet during class when she was in second grade. Her teacher talked to her mother many times about her disruptive behavior and she had to eat lunch in the principal’s office every day. Worried about her, her mother encouraged Yoyo to read Hong Yin online every morning at 6:30 a.m. with other young practitioners, and do the exercises for half an hour afterward. The number of young practitioners who studied online increased over time, and eventually they read all six volumes of Hong Yin several times. Now they read Zhuan Falun together. “The routine helped me to get out of bed in the morning. Studying the Fa also allowed me to learn many words and the Fa principles,” she said.
Twelve-year-old Jiang said that his progress in playing violin slowed down because his schoolwork became overwhelming. He wanted to change the situation, so he looked within. He realized it happened because he slacked off in his cultivation. He decided to study the Fa and do the exercise every day. After a while he found that he felt energetic and could stay focused. He was able to do more each day and his life was fulfilling. “After I studied ‘What a Dafa Disciple Is,’ I realized that practitioners have enormous responsibilities because we each represent many sentient beings. We must maintain righteous thoughts and actions in this modern society and measure ourselves with Dafa’s standards. We shouldn’t slack off,” he said.
Keeping Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance in Mind
Preschooler Zichen played on the computer before his mother got home one day. When his mother asked if he’d used the computer, he wanted to lie and say no, but he didn’t because he remembered that Falun Dafa practitioners must be truthful.
Zhezhen, another preschool pupil, said she didn’t get upset when a classmate called her names, because she knew he was giving her virtue. She felt she improved her xinxing, and she actually wanted to thank him like Master Li said in Zhuan Falun.
Rick, 10 years old, talked about how he eliminated the attachment to playing video games. He used to like to play video games after school but was worried that he wouldn’t have time to do his homework and practice the piano. He remembered that a character in the film Heaven Kid said that the addiction came from being controlled by a demon, so he stopped playing games. Now he finds video games to be boring and meaningless. As a result, he has more time to do homework and practice the piano.
Fifteen-year-old Chenxi stopped being attached to winning a scholarship. He said he used to go online to check his grades after every test, and at the end of the semester he averaged all his grades, eager to know if he would receive a scholarship at the end of the year. He realized that he was too attached to money, so he stopped thinking about it. One day, his parents received a notice that he was awarded the scholarship that year. This experience taught him to follow the course of nature, as he would gain things naturally without pursuing them.
Zhenyu, who is in kindergarten, talked about how she stopped being calculative about doing chores. She is the oldest child at home and whenever her parents have all three of the kids help with chores, her younger sister and brother would run off, leaving her to do them. She thought that it wasn’t fair and became upset. To make her siblings listen to her, she yelled at them, which further drove them away, and made her even angrier. Later she sensed that she was being calculative. She started to control her emotions, and, after she stopped caring about who did what, her siblings helped her.
Preschoolers’ Amazing Experiences
Wenwen recently began attending Minghui school. One, day the GPS in her mother’s car broke, and she and her mother got lost. Her mother couldn’t find her way home and it was getting dark. She was very nervous and asked Master to help. Wenwen also joined her mother and recited “Falun Dafa is good, Zhen-Shan-Ren is good.” Soon after, the GPS started working, and her mother found the way home. After witnessing the power of Falun Dafa, her mother told Wenwen, “We must thank Master for helping us. I was afraid and about to cry. In the future we should remember to ask Master to protect us in emergencies, and he will help us.”
The youngest practitioner, Jie, said he also had some amazing experiences. Once, he injured his head and it bled profusely, non-stop. He was terrified and cried. His mother asked him to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Zhen-Shan-Ren is good.” In a few minutes, Jie said, “My head stopped hurting, and the blood stopped. My mother cleaned me up and we thanked Master in front of his photo for saving me. I still have a scar on my head.”
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