Establishing the Swedish Radio Programme "Falun Gong Time" (Berlin Fa-conference 2003)

[This is one person's contribution to a report made by the Swedish Radio Team at the Berlin Fa-conference 2003. One report has already been published - With Compassion, Hurrying to Explain the Facts With Our Media The contributions by the other team members will be published on Clearharmony in coming days]

Greetings respected Master. Greetings fellow practitioners.

Our Respected Master said in Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Washington DC Fa Conference: “Clarifying the truth is something each and every one of you Dafa disciples must do.” Using the media is a quick way to expose the evil and people on a large scale. Almost two years have passed since we established “ World Falun Dafa Radio” on the 4th of Jan. 2002 in Gothenburg, Sweden. From conception to launch, from one language to the three languages that we use to explain the facts to people, this process has not been plain sailing. Under the guidance of our respected Master’s teaching, every member of the (radio) team is strict with themselves according the standard of the Fa, in improving our character. We have high school students, university students as well as social-workers in this team. Each practitioner is doing what Dafa Disciples should do with the pure and clean heart now that the current time has been pushed faster. We are exposing the evil and clarifying the truth, thereby allowing more people to know the unforgivable crimes that the evil regime has committed against the Dafa.

Half of us are western practitioners, and half are Chinese practitioners. You would think this kind of combination is the best. But we had a small episode of difficulty before we built this radio team. At the beginning I once hoped to set up a national Chinese radio station in Sweden. When I consulted with the relevant organizations, I was told that it was impossible to have a national Chinese radio but only a local one since there were no more than 20,000 Chinese people altogether throughout Sweden. I agreed with them, then the next day I received forms and a pile of documents, which were all legal terms and conditions. Actually I was afraid of reading those legal documents since my Swedish was not so good. I wanted to ask a Swedish practitioner for help so we could do Chinese-Swedish bilingual broadcasting. Then I found a fellow practitioner and told her of my ideas. To my surprise, she gave me a categorical answer: ”I absolutely can’t do such a thing.” It really was a harsh blow. I said: “I will do it even if you can’t do it with me, but can you drive me to have a look at that radio station in that area today? I have never seen a radio station.” She said: “I will not help you with the radio. Today I will just accompany you to have a look at it”. And I replied to her: “What you will do later is fine if you can go with me today.” Since then we have cooperated well-together.

After we had run the programme, “Falun Gong Time” for a while, many practitioners asked us with concern, “how many people listen to your radio, can you establish some statistics, so as to avoid wasting money and time?”. Some practitioners who were afraid of not having a large audience suggested changing the name from “Falun Gong Time” into other names. I inquired into the possibility of an audience survey, but found the cost was quite high. Considering that the sum of money could be used to pay for one more year of broadcasting, I decided not to do the investigation. Even if there was no human being listening to our radio, the gods in other dimensions would be listening. Falun Gong Time is not simply a radio, it is a power to suppress the evil, is a divine tool of our Dafa disciples, it is a sharp sword shooting out at the evil. The main items of Falun Gong Time are as follows: the weekly important news, the facts of persecution, list of those carrying out the evil acts, stories of prophecies, and of reward and retribution for good and evil. Special Commentary, Special Reports, Ancient Historical Stories and Dafa Music" We persist with the radio broadcast if we have team members available. At the beginning of August 2003, we found propaganda materials from Chinese Embassy in the rest room of the radio station. Nothing can be accidental and it shocked me. I realized that Fa-rectification is not a laughing matter. It is what we as Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples must do. It is to save the sentient beings, it represents boundless mercy, but at the same time it's solemn and dignified. Fa-rectification can never be taken advantage of by any beings or any human hearts. After this event, all the practitioners in the radio team agreed not to change our radio name.