By a German practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) On December 30, 2004, a Falun Gong experience
sharing conference was held by the German Falun Gong Association in Erbach. Over
two hundred practitioners from Germany and the German-speaking areas of
Switzerland and Austria attended the conference. Experience sharing articles
were read by five practitioners and a group of practitioners who work on the
same project to expose the persecution happening in China. A western practitioner shared his experiences of going to Manhattan twice to
join in the large-scale efforts to raise awareness about the persecution. He
felt that this was a special historical period and he could really see how
narrow the path is that practitioners need to walk: even deviating a little can
cause huge damage. This cannot be felt in a normal environment, but is very
obvious in Manhattan where the requirement for practitioners is very high. Another practitioner talked about the obstructions she faced in the procedure
of applying to hold an activity. She realized that it can cause difficulties to
the activity if practitioners rely on other people too much. A practitioner also
shared his experience of how to follow the requirement of Truthfulness,
Compassion and Tolerance, be brave to correct the mistakes he made and deny the
old force's arrangements with righteous thoughts and actions. His talk made many
practitioners cry. A practitioner who works in the field of art gave a talk which left a deep
impression on others. He started drawing at the age of thirteen and had strict
training. He believed art should give people wonderfulness and hope, but was
very disappointed for many years because he was not keen on the direction art
was taking, which led to him stopping drawing for nearly a year. He said:
"After reading Master's talk on "Teaching the Fa at the Discussion on
Creating Fine Art', I was really shocked. I finally realized the path I should
walk and continue to walk: The road of creating fine art, creating works of
beauty to praise the Gods. It seems simple but I spent such a long time
discovering it. I am glad that I has walked out of a dangerous situation, and
made myself righteous to walk the path Master points out for us. The righteous
way we practitioners walk will also be left for people in the future." Five practitioners who were involved in a German newspaper project shared
their understanding of the project and how to deal with the relationships
between family and work, Fa study, doing exercises, sending righteous thoughts
and other truth clarification activities.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/1/1/92589.html