Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Northwest China

1. The China Central Television (CCTV) program "Focus Talk" has slandered Falun Dafa repeatedly. Seeing that the hosts committed crimes against Falun Dafa without knowing the true facts, a practitioner felt immense compassion in her heart, so she wrote a letter to one of the hosts. In the letter she used her personal experiences to explain the truth. She also suggested that this host change his/her career. Soon after that, this host was no longer seen on the program.

2. Between July and August of 2002, the capital city of one of the northwestern provinces was hosting a nationwide event. During the opening ceremony, two huge banners that were directly behind the ceremony stage opened up and hung off the roof of the museum. The banners read, "Falun Dafa is Good" and "Falun Dafa is the Righteous Fa." [Fa can be roughly translated as, “Law”, “Way” or “Principles”] Although there were many police officers, government officials, and reporters from the Xinhua News Agency at the scene, the banners hung from morning to dusk. [Xinhua News Agency is the official Chinese news agency for releasing information abroad.] At dusk, event personnel collected balloons and other banners, but they dared not remove the two Falun Dafa banners, as they were afraid of karmic retribution [In traditional Chinese culture, people believed that good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds punished. In western culture the equivalent is “What goes around comes around”.]. Finally, a few military policemen took down the banners.

3. Before practising Falun Dafa, a practitioner was diagnosed with several terminal illnesses; the hospital believed that she would not live for more than six months. After practising Falun Dafa, all of her illnesses were cured. Her supervisor at work said that it would have been very nice if everyone at work had learnt Falun Dafa from her before 1999 [The year when the persecution began]. On National Day of 2000, this practitioner went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Dafa, and was arrested. She used her personal experiences to show that Falun Dafa is magnificent and sacred. The police officer was so moved that he personally accompanied this practitioner to the bus stop and told her to continue her cultivation after she got back home. After she came back from Beijing, she actively clarified the truth to people. The community office manager was moved to tears by her story, and he/she voluntarily changed his/her job soon after. When the local "610 Office" [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] attempted to take her to a brainwashing centre, the local police station and community office refused to cooperate. When they ran into this practitioner on the street, the "610" personnel were speechless after several rounds of verbal sparring. They never bothered her again.

4. During the 2002 Chinese New Year, a practitioner called up his supervisor from a previous job. He asked this supervisor if he/she still practised Falun Gong. This supervisor did not give a direct answer; instead, he/she told this practitioner a story. This supervisor has a nephew who works at a military compound. Every day, many people practise Falun Gong in the courtyard of the compound with the exercise music. Their exercises and group Fa-study have never been interrupted. This is because the head of the military division has ordered that there will be no disruption when Falun Gong practitioners are practising.