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A German Citizen Supports the Lawsuit Against Jiang
2004-05-14Later on, my husband told me, “I am sure these men were dispatched by the Chinese government. Not only are they persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in China, they are extending the persecution to our country. In the past, I could not understand why Falun Gong practitioners wanted to file a lawsuit against Jiang. I wondered why you wanted to sue Jiang even though he has not persecuted Falun Gong in this country. Now, I have witnessed it myself!. You ought to sue him. Your lawsuit against him is perfectly right! -
Charlotte, North Carolina: Artist Practitioner Clarifies the Truth on TV Channel 21
2004-05-14As an amateur artist, Ms. Xia said that her painting skill was inborn. Before practicing Falun Gong, she painted just to please everyone. Seven years ago, she started to practice Falun Gong and her painting style changed to a serene, steady and joyful one. Ms. Xia said, "Since beginning the practice of Falun Gong, my inner self has changed. I started to feel very tranquil, pure and comfortable in my heart. I wanted to express that feeling for others to see. When I see practitioners practicing the exercises, I can feel their peace and comfort. -
Cultivate from the Fa and Oppose the Persecution More Clearheadedly
2004-05-13Thus they take for granted the police's torture as karmic retribution. I think this understanding is not correct. First, we should clearly realize that the day we stepped into Dafa cultivation, Master rearranged the path of our lives. Although we don't know how Master arranged it for us, one point is clear: Master would not have arranged for us to be imprisoned and tortured by the police. Does having a lot of karma mean that we have to be tortured? The purpose of cultivation is not bearing hardships; the upgrading of character is the most crucial. -
Do Not Use a Critical Eye When Studying or Memorizing the Fa
2004-05-13When it comes to memorizing the Fa, those practitioners prefer memorizing some lectures to others. They spend a lot of time and are very fluent with some chapters but not all chapters. They even pick a few paragraphs within one article and only memorize those few paragraphs while ignoring the rest since they think those paragraphs are "well said," "very important," or "directly related to themselves." Personally, I don't think this is the correct way to study the Fa. I believe it diminishes the quality and effectiveness of the Fa-study. -
All of the Penalties Imposed on Falun Gong Practitioners Are Illegal According to Chinese Law
2004-05-12I am a legal worker and I have a good friend who is a Falun Gong practitioner. He is a very nice, kind-hearted man. He has an interest in law, so we often talk about legal topics and issues. After Jiang Zemin started the persecution of Falun Gong, we discussed our understandings of the issue. We contemplated the issue from a legal point of view again and again. We also consulted a good number of books. I was amazed to discover that there are severe fundamental flaws in the way the Chinese government handles the Falun Gong issue. -
Officials of Daqing City in the Datong Area Attempt to Fabricate a "Falun Gong Suicide"
2004-05-12The officials immediately wanted to cut open the dead man's stomach. They asked Kong's family to say that Kong Zhaoyuan went insane because of practising Falun Gong. They even guaranteed to pay his funeral expenses if they would say this. Kong Zhaoyuan's family refused, saying that the old gentleman could not go to the funeral with a "self-inflicted" wound to his stomach, and there were no Falun Gong practitioners in the village. They know nothing about Falun Gong. -
Thoughts on the Anniversary of "4-25": From Scientific Studies to Falun Gong Cultivation (Part 2)
2004-05-11I had not begun to practise Falun Gong, yet I knew instinctively that it was a high-level qigong [ A form of traditional Chinese exercise which cultivates qi or “vital energy.”] practice. Later, I understood that my holding back really was due to my deep-rooted atheist's point of view. It was such an interesting difference when I look back on it now. -
Lessons Learnt From Having "Complacency in My Cultivation"
2004-05-10I ran into more and more conflicts. I even felt that it was strange. Why were there so many difficulties? I regarded them as interference that should be rejected, rather than looking within to see if I, myself, was the problem. Later on I just followed my feelings when running into problems. One most obvious example is that for a long time I did not know what I was reading when studying the Fa. I did not even feel that there was something wrong with such strong interference. I still believed that my cultivation state was quite good. -
Look at Problems from the Standpoint of a Cultivator
2004-05-10After helping her many times in the middle of all the other things I had to handle, I became impatient. I thought that her computer was only worth one or two hundred yuan, and I had to put in so much time on it. If I were paid by the hour, I would have earned enough to buy her a new computer. 'But when I offered to buy her a new one, she refused. The more impatient I became the slower the computer ran. First, the browser locked up. Next, the network card stopped working. The more anxious I got, the messier the situation became. -
The Persecution of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" Violates the Human Rights of 1.3 Billion Chinese People
2004-05-09Since I came to the United States, I was able to see or hear a lot of information that I could not see while in China. This, plus my experiences in the "Tiananmen Square Student Democracy Movement" in 1989 and other experiences in life made me very aware that if one wants to know the facts of something in China, one cannot listen only to the official statements. One needs to do a totally independent study and conduct an objective analysis while considering all aspects of the matter. So I tried to learn more through the Internet and newspapers about the proceedings of April 25 as well as the incident in Tianjin City where police arrested Falun Gong practitioners. -
My Experience of Being Intimidated Into Serving as a Special Agent for the "610 Office"
2004-05-09The "610 Office" personnel also asked me in a leading way if that fellow practitioner pushed me to go to Beijing to appeal, trying to get me to agree to their agenda. I said no and told them that it was me, alone, who decided to go. However, they changed their manner of questioning and asked me if my appeal was done under his influence. I clearly knew that the purpose of such an interrogation was to shift all responsibility on to that fellow practitioner. Even so, I shamefully went along with it. -
Talking to a Western Practitioner who Regularly Hands Out Flyers in London's Chinatown
2004-05-08Many Falun Gong practitioners around the world take the time and effort to go to Chinatowns to clarify the facts about Falun Gong to the people there. Edward is a 26-year-old physics graduate who lives in London, and frequently goes to Chinatown. He was interviewed by a Clearharmony reporter. -
I Was the Only Survivor of Fourteen Leukaemia Patients Because I Practiced Falun Dafa
2004-05-08No matter who it was who knew my situation, they said, "You are still alive!" I replied, "this is because I have practiced Falun Gong. It is my teacher who saved my life from the brink of death. Now I have already lived another ten years, and it is Dafa that cured my chronic lymphatic leukaemia." Our whole family could not find the words to express "how good Falun Dafa is!" My son is a doctor and he said: "Father! In our hospital, there were fourteen leukaemia patients, but you are the only survivor. Falun Dafa has really demonstrated a miracle, and it is really a supernormal human science. In the near future, I will learn the exercises from you." -
Journalists of the World: Please See Through the Lies About the Largest Persecution in the World
2004-05-08Previously, I had the good fortune to work as a newspaper reporter, and to this day I still treasure the experience. While reporting, I learned first-hand about the many challenges facing journalists: In this computer age, reporters are bombarded with information at an ever-increasing rate. Because of the Internet, traditional media outlets also face far more competition than just a generation ago. Moreover, costs for producing news media continue to rise, particularly for newspapers. These and other factors all constrain the amount of time journalists have to investigate the stories they are reporting on. -
Our Actions and Speech are Important
2004-05-08After I gave her the phone numbers of other Chinese schools in the area, she said, “Of the three principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, you have scored high on Compassion!” Her compliment took me by surprise. I said, “I am only doing what I should do!” As soon as I answered her call, I kept thinking how to find a way to mention Minghui School to her so that I could clarify the truth about Falun Gong to her through introducing the school principles of Minghui School. But it had never once crossed my mind that she was evaluating my speech and manners the whole time.