Practitioner Forum, Benefits from the Practice

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  • Some Thoughts on Chinese-English Communication

    Even in many areas outside China, the majority of the Falun Gong practitioners are Chinese. In group discussions among practitioners in these areas, Chinese is the language used most frequently, with English interpretation provided for those who do not understand Chinese. From this particular environment, there seem to be many different notions that have appeared.
  • A Life That Has Been Changed Forever

    One day, Xiaoqi's mother met a fortuneteller on the street. The fortuneteller told her, "Your son has a serious kidney problem." His mother begged the fortuneteller to guide her to a way out. He said, "Everybody's life is prearranged. If you want to change your son's life, you only have one choice and that is to find a master of cultivation."
  • I Finally Know What True Cultivation Is

    I would change back and forth when studying the Fa, and gradually I concentrated my mind and calmed down, and I could enlighten to Fa-principles. I learnt that Master has been teaching me to cultivate myself well and get rid of selfishness to be the person that always puts others first. I saw that Master taught me to cultivate while totally conforming with ordinary people's lives, still having family, friends, colleagues, social relations, but cultivating oneself solidly.
  • Looking Inward Whenever a Conflict Emerges

    A new colleague recently came to work for our company. He is very smart and a quick learner and so I was very happy for him to be there. I soon found out his shortcomings. He prefers to do what he likes, and he avoids or procrastinates on those tasks that he does not like. When he does that I have to take on more tasks. I began complaining to our supervisor, however I didn't want to report him to our boss.
  • Rising above Fear: "A Wolf Is Coming, So I Should Close My Doors and Windows"

    Though I appeared calm, the idea that "a wolf is coming, so I should close my doors and windows" kept playing a role. After going back home, I still took some security measures in a human way. Though I also sent forth righteous thoughts more often than before, in fact I was doing this out of fear and it still belonged to "closing doors and windows."
  • Finding the Root Attachment behind Making Excuses

    Fellow practitioners tried to persuade me to go to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, but I did not want to go. I found an excuse to cover my fear: "Not going to Beijing does not mean I quit cultivation; my level is not high enough to go."
  • Making Sure We Help Those Who Wish To Start Practising

    He endeavours to discipline himself in all aspects. He said to me that Falun Dafa has changed him into a totally different person, that now he has learnt how to be a good human being and that he no longer leads his life as he did in the past. He now trades fairly and no longer tries to rip off the customers; his business is now even more profitable. In the past, he was always ill and often took medicines. He once suffered from cerebral thrombosis. Now, through practising Falun Gong he has become much more healthy.
  • My Understanding of Seeking Within and Showing Tolerance Towards Others

    When I encounter a problem, I know I should study the Fa with a tranquil mind and eliminate the identified attachments with the Fa. However, at times it is not easy to identify my hidden attachments. Often I don't realise that I am completely consumed by them or further nourishing my hidden attachments. It is not until my conflicts with fellow practitioners reach a deadlock that I finally identify my selfishness.
  • How I Began Practising Falun Gong

    Through working with this family, I had two personal experiences that provide profound testimony to the supernormal nature of Falun Dafa. These experiences also changed my outlook on life. My previously indifferent, numb attitude and mentality toward Falun Gong changed.
  • Looking at Conflicts Among Practitioners with Righteous Thoughts

    In this matter, the malfunction of the CD burner was only one kind of interference, which would cause conflicts between practitioners to test their hearts. In any conflict, everyone should look at his own shortcomings first, and at the same time, eliminate the interfering factors with righteous thoughts. We should not be upset and point fingers at others.
  • Coming Here With the Grand Wish to Start My Cultivation and Fulfil My Vows

    My name is Tomek; I'm a Polish Falun Dafa practitioner. Even before I started to practise Falun Gong, I felt that nothing happens without a reason, and I saw my life as a chain of events which were leading me to the one righteous direction. I didn't see at first, however, the reason for being born in the city of Skierniewice. Some time after starting my cultivation, I came to realise how long ago I had actually started to search for Falun Dafa and the opportunity to fulfil my vows
  • Zhuan Falun, My Constant Companion

    Before I became acquainted with Falun Gong, I was interested in different esoteric practices and had spent a lot of money looking for an answer to my many questions. Over time, I had begun to notice more and more that these meditation techniques were not satisfactory, and I had the feeling that I was not evolving anymore. I eventually distanced myself from all those practices, and I ended up feeling very empty and in search of a real profound meditation practice.
  • My Cultivation Experiences in the Ukraine

    One high ranking official stopped and told me, that what he read in the 6th issue of “Falun Gong Around the World” newspaper, he sees as a program for cultivation and reflection of the principles according to which we cultivate. He thanked us for clarifying the truth with our posters and our own explanations about the horrors of the persecution. He told us that after such explanations he called the Chinese ambassador in the Ukraine, on his own initiative, and asked for an appointment at an important political meeting.
  • Always Look at People with Loving-Kindness, Trying Not to Miss Anyone

    I continued to hand out leaflets to the passers-by, when I suddenly saw the elderly woman again. She was standing in the middle of the sidewalk, not moving, with her back towards me, approximately 100 meters away from where we were practising. At first I was surprised thinking to myself, “Why is she standing in the middle of the sidewalk and not going anywhere. Maybe she has lost her way, or has forgotten something”. Nevertheless, it seemed very strange to see her standing there for so long.
  • A Dancer Shares Her Experiences

    I enjoy dancing because I like to present its beauty and grace, and I find that it is a powerful way to give people a chance to learn more about Falun Gong, clearly highlighting the evilness of the persecution. Through almost one hundred performances that I have been involved in, we have reached thousands of people in many communities.