Reflections on My Trip to Dublin

By a German Falun Gong practitioner

It’s been about two weeks now since I came back from Dublin after attending the Irish Fa [Law and principles of Falun Gong] Conference there. But the impression of some insignificant things that happened during my two-day stay in Dublin still vividly remain in my mind.

Courteous treatment at the airport

When going through Customs at Dublin Airport, a Customs officer queried me very strictly and asked me to fill in my lodging address in Dublin in a declaration form because the passport I held was not issued by an EU country. Since I forgot to bring along the invitation with me, I was not able to tell her the exact address, but I told her that I’d like to offer the phone number of the local contact person for her to check it out. Then she asked me about my purpose of visiting Dublin. I told her that I was going to attend Falun Gong’s experience sharing activities there. As soon as she heard of Falun Gong, she smiled immediately and said “Oh, Falun Gong, Very nice!” upon hearing me talking about Faun Gong, a gentleman working at the next desk stood up excitedly, and showed us two movements of Falun Gong’s exercises. Instead of asking me about my itinerary, the lady who queried me earlier asked me with curiosity what we would do at the Falun Gong activities and how many people would attend the event. Finally, she friendly wished our activities a great success and a pleasant stay in Ireland.

The youth hostel welcomed us to be back again in the future

Local practitioner's arranged for those from other places to stay at a youth hostel. Prior to our departure, I remembered that while we were renting the bedding at the service counter yesterday, a clerk told us that we could just leave the bedding on the bed before leaving. But I still folded the quilt. When I looked around, I noticed that all the practitioners had done the same thing so as to keep the beds neat and tidy. Afterwards the local practitioner arranging the lodging for us told me that after checking the hotel rooms, the hostel’s clerks had an extremely good impression of us and said that it was very rare for them to see people keeping the rooms and beds so neat and orderly before checking out. They also welcomed us to stay at the hostel again when we hold the activities there in the future.

Ireland's rainbow

On Saturday, we spotted a beautiful rainbow twice in just half a day. When the airplane was flying in the sky above Dublin, we first spotted the gorgeous rainbow penetrating vertically into the dark clouds like a sharp sword. Regardless of the rain, we marched in a parade to the entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon, and one of the practitioners represented us to submit a petition letter to the Ministry. When the rest of us kept sending forth righteous thoughts on the opposite side of the street, the rain suddenly stopped, and the sun came out again. At that moment, we again saw a clear and splendid rainbow stretching across the vault of heaven.

I once again felt the kindness of Dafa. In my heart, I quietly wished this country and its entire people a glorious future with the righteous thoughts of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.