France: 2004 French Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference

On the 31st of October, the 2004 French Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in the Paris Overseas Chinese Culture and Education Centre. More than two hundred Falun Dafa practitioners from France, Belgium and the Kingdom of Lesotho took part in the conference. Many new and veteran western practitioners from outside Paris also came to join the conference this year.

Practitioners from France and Switzerland, who are currently in New York taking part in large-scale activities to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong, submitted their cultivation experiences from their time spent in Manhattan. They talked about sending righteous thoughts and how they gave up attachments to fame and gain, jealousy and laziness by studying the Fa and sharing with other practitioners. Some practitioners also talked about how they told people the facts about Falun Gong in their daily life and workplace, while others shared their experiences in giving up attachments in the process of working with other practitioners to raise awareness of the persecution.

A group exercise practice was held, along with activities in Chinatown. Practitioners had a frank and deep sharing on the issue of how to cooperate with each other when there are different opinions among the group, particularly during important Dafa projects to expose the persecution, so that more practitioners can be actively involved in the Fa-rectification period.