Australia: Young Practitioners Hold Experience Sharing Conference in Sydney (Photos)
By practitioners from Sydney
(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of September 5, 2004, the Sydney Young
Falun Dafa Practitioners' Experience Sharing Conference was held at the Sydney
Minghui School. About 60 young practitioners attended. Among them, the youngest
was only 3 years old, and the eldest was 18 years old.
Experience sharing articles were collected during the two weeks prior
to this conference. Many parents were very busy, and although they not
only need to work and take care of family, but also have lots
truth-clarifying work to do, they still assisted their children to write
experience sharing papers. Young practitioners in Sydney often participate
in various kinds of activities with their parents. Some elder children
take the initiative to validate the Fa, distribute flyers, collect
petition signatures, and clarify the facts face to face with people.
Especially in large-scale parades and art performances, young
practitioners' performances attract much attention. This time, many young
practitioners wrote their own papers. Some young practitioners seldom use
Chinese to communicate during their everyday lives, and had difficulty
writing the paper. They asked their parents or teachers to help them, and
tried their best to express their understandings of the Fa principles. The Fa conference began at 8:30 a.m. Young practitioners Gao Xiang and
Wu Zhao hosted the conference. First, young practitioners recited
Teacher's article "Lun Yu" as a group. Then the masters of
ceremony recited poems written by young practitioners from China.
Altogether, 19 young practitioners submitted their experience sharing
papers. During the experience sharing, young practitioners talked about how
they eliminated their attachments to jealousy and computer games. Some
talked about how they went through tests of "losing face,"
family interference, and sickness karma. They also related their
experiences and feelings of going to the U.S. to attend Fa conferences and
take part in parades. Although some papers were short and some were long,
they all discussed their own experiences and understandings. Gao Xiang is the eldest among the young practitioners. He just turned
18 this month. He attended the Second Young Practitioners' Experience
Sharing Conference held in July 2004, in Washington DC. This time, he
said, "When I calm down myself, and adjust my heart, I understand
that I am not doing things for others, but doing a sacred thing, and it is
what Dafa requires, it is for the sake of saving people. At that moment,
my fear is gone. I feel my mind is clear and I know how to do the work
well." Although Xu Yang is only 15 years old, she has practiced Falun Gong for
5 years. She talked about her daily life, and how she passed tests when
she had conflicts with her mother. She said, "I could not understand
for a long time why I was not moved if other people accused me, but
whenever my mother criticized me, I felt aggrieved, and thought it was
unfair. After thinking it over, I found the attachment of ¡®sentimentality.'
In the human world, that is sentimentality with family members." She
said, "Although the relationship with my mother isn't perfect, from
our shortcomings we can improve ourselves and elevate ourselves... My
mother once told me, ¡®In fact, it is very good to realize our mistakes
and shortcomings. But as a practitioner, we should constantly improve
ourselves ¨C Just saying but not doing is not good. We should cultivate
ourselves well!'" Eight-year-old He Zihao and seven-year-old He Zixin are brother and
sister. They are "veteran" practitioners ¨C they have practiced
Falun Dafa for seven years. Through studying from Minghui School, they
have been able read the books (the teachings of Falun Gong) on their own.
He Zihao is very concerned about those young practitioners in China, and
understands why we try to introduce Falun Dafa to people. He said,
"What we can do is to tell people about the real situation of Falun
Gong, let people know that Falun Dafa is good, and help end the
persecution as soon as possible." Liu Houxian was once attached to playing computer games and almost
forgot that he was a practitioner. Through studying the Fa, he understood
that he should not waste his time, but should make good use his time
clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings. What moved us was that two young practitioners, Zhu Guanghui and Li
Xinhang did not prepare their exchange sharing papers in advance, but they
requested to speak at the conference. Their extemporaneous speeches moved
all people in the audience and won warm rounds of applause. During the sharing, several young practitioners recited Teacher's poem,
"Dafa is Good." At around 10:10 a.m., the Sydney young Falun Dafa practitioners'
experience sharing conference successfully concluded with the song, "Falun
Dafa is great." Some parents expressed that this was a very good experience sharing.
One said that his child could realize his shortcomings and he found that
these young practitioners became more and more mature. Teachers of Minghui
School were also very happy that these children were able to write their
experiences and express their feelings and understandings in Chinese.
Young practitioners sharing their experiences
Young practitioners sharing their experiences
Young practitioners reciting Teacher's poem, "Dafa is
Good"
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/9/12/83988.html
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