Ireland: Practitioners Hold a Two-Day National Fa Study

County Laois is situated in the heart of rural Ireland and here Irish practitioners held their 2003 national spring Fa study. Most of the practitioners arrived on Sunday June 1st. Soon after arriving, practitioners participated in the 11am global sending forth righteous thoughts, which lasted for five extra minutes as part of the worldwide efforts to assist the lawsuit against Jiang launched in Chicago, after which the Fa study began.

One practitioner had compiled an agenda for the two-day period that began with reading Master’s “Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.”. There was a fairly even mix of Chinese and Western practitioners and the reading took the form of a paragraph in English followed by the same in Chinese. After the reading finished, practitioners openly discussed any understandings or questions they had from this reading. After a slow beginning the pace increased and many very serious questions were discussed. Some understandings were profound and showed a remarkable improvement in the newer practitioners’ grasp of Fa principles.

After a short break “Lecturing on and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference” was read. Master’s expounding on the Fa during a question and answer session incited a good discussion among practitioners. Many understandings were shared until time caught up and the first day of the Fa study came to a close. One practitioner was heavily pregnant and she was very clear that, though not yet born, the baby was already quite familiar with the Fa after the parents’ continual study. Some practitioners decided to do the exercises, while others prepared for dinner. At this point, one practitioner entertained everyone by playing the piano while another played the violin and flute. By midnight everyone had settled for the night and a good day of sustained Fa study came to an end.

Monday morning was bright and sunny and the number of practitioners increased. Among them was a lovely child named Jasmine who came along with her Grand-Parents. Jasmine, though shy at first, soon warmed to everyone and became a joy to all the practitioners. By 7am, most practitioners were out in the garden performing the five exercises. It was a wonderful sight as the Dafa music penetrated the morning air and the sun shone. After breakfast, it was not long before practitioners were all gathered and seated to commence the second day of the National Fa Study.

Practitioners started the Fa study by reading Master’s “Fa-Lecture During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference”. Later, there was a discussion and after lunch practitioners watched a collection of videos ranging from the history of Qigong to an explanation of the procedures leading up to the lawsuit pending against Jiang Zemin and the 610 office in Chicago U.S.A. This brought the National Fa Study two day session to a close. Practitioners felt that the experience was extremely worthwhile and that so much was gained from the group Fa study and the opportunity to share with each other. It was most evident that every practitioner became acutely aware of Master’s insistence that we must hurry up and do well and that time is slipping by: we must seize the day.