Spain: Promoting Falun Gong and Explaining the Facts in Lerida City

After attending the Health Fair in Lerida, Spain, practitioners from Madrid and Barcelona returned to Lerida City on March the 22nd to help local practitioners set up a new practice site.

It was a fine day with a clear blue sky. Early in the morning, people came to the spacious area of grass in the centre of the city to learn the Falun Gong exercises. A man who has practised meditation for eighteen years felt a very strong energy field while reading a Dafa flyer, as well as when he saw the photos on display and the demonstration of the exercises at the Health Fair. He immediately sensed that Falun Gong is extraordinary and brought three of his nephews along with him to learn the exercises. A lady from the Lerida Cultural Centre invited practitioners to teach the exercises at the Cultural Centre during the Health Fair. On our first day in Lerida, after learning that we wanted to find an outdoor space for our practice site, this lady took leave to enthusiastically show us around the centre of Lerida City, as well as various parks, to find a suitable location. She also encouraged her colleagues to learn the Falun Gong exercises.

By noon, the streets were crowded. All those who passed by slowed down to look at the pictures displayed and take flyers. Some took the initiative to sign their names on petitions in support of Falun Gong practitioners or join the free exercise class. When we were practising the fifth exercise, which is a sitting meditation, some elderly people and children on a lawn in the distance earnestly learned the actions of the hand gestures. A lad passing by on a bicycle stopped to watch practitioners teaching the exercises for quite a while, and exclaimed sincerely, “It’s so beautiful!” A little while later, he came back and asked for a copy of Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Gong, saying that he would definitely return next weekend with his girlfriend to learn the exercises.

In Lerida City, we came across some kindhearted Chinese people. Some of them had not heard the facts about Falun Gong and when we talked with them, we could tell that they were shocked. They attentively listened to us, and asked many questions. They also appreciated the truth-clarification Video-CDs, newspapers and flyers that we gave them. They said that they would pass these materials on to their relatives and friends after reading them.

We also met a Chinese person in town on business from Mainland China. He had read a Falun Gong leaflet distributed by practitioners in Madrid Airport, and learned some of the facts. He told us that he used to work with a public security agency and that, although he has left that agency himself, he still has many friends working in public security agencies. He also told us that one of his close friends was recently transferred to the “610 Office”. Since his friend knows that those who practise Falun Gong are kind-hearted people, he didn’t want to work for the “610 Office.” However, there was nothing he could do because his superiors arranged it. Practitioners asked him to tell his friend not to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, and that if he tries his best to treat Falun Gong practitioners well and help them while in his position, he might end up with a good reward in the future. This man said: “I’ll definitely tell my friend that, and I believe that he will deal with it in this way.” Before leaving, practitioners gave him a collection of all the materials revealing the facts about the persecution that they had, and asked him to give them to his friends. He said seriously, “Please rest assured that I’ll do that.”