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Recalling Happier Times
2004-05-28After checking out several places that we considered suitable, we found that there were already people practicing some other morning exercises there. While we were a little worried about finding a place, our most respected Teacher selected a different practice site for us. The practice site was smooth and flat, the environment was nice, and it could hold more people. After it was set up, the number of people coming to our practice site increased day by day. Within one year, the number of people practicing there increased from a few dozen to a few hundred. -
Some Thoughts on the Long Term Tribulations and Deadly Torture Practitioners Encounter
2004-05-28I read a story about a practitioner who managed to leave a detention center after going on a hunger strike. She had barely recovered when several policemen came to arrest her again from her home. She didn't open the door, so they tried to forcefully break in by ramming her window and door. She sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the persecution against her, but they kept on fiercely hitting her window. Suddenly a righteous thought came to her mind, "The evil is not allowed to persecute Dafa." In a split second they had gone. -
My Sister-in-Law Clarifies the Truth About Falun Dafa With Her Honest Behaviour
2004-05-27My sister-in-law is over 30 years old. Since she started practising Falun Gong, her diseases disappeared, she is more forgiving, and more even-tempered. She used to argue with my parents over trivial matters. After practising Dafa, she apologised to my parents about her behaviour and past wrongdoings. My brother noticed the positive changes and is supportive of her practising Dafa. -
Remembering the Days When Teacher Expounded the Teachings of Falun Gong in Chongqing
2004-05-26Teacher's meals were very simple and he was never into big meals. Sometimes he had a small bowl of noodles. Chongqing people like to eat hot peppers. Whether it is noodles or soup, they put hot peppers in it. Once Teacher had noodles for lunch and the restaurant owner did not know that Teacher was a Northerner and therefore did not eat hot peppers. He put a lot of hot peppers in the noodles. Teacher's face was sweating all over from the spicy food. Nevertheless, Teacher didn't say anything. He just quietly finished eating the small bowl of noodles. -
Strange Disease of A PhD Student at Purdue University Cured Through Practising Falun Gong
2004-05-24My parents are close to 60 years old: they had to support themselves and my younger brother and sister with their limited pension. It would be a big burden on them if they were to pay the medical costs caused by my disease. I thought of suicide. I decided to travel to the Grand Canyon. There I panned to end my life by jumping down from a cliff. I wrote a will and searched the internet at the same time to book a ticket to the Grand Canyon. At that time, I was full of despair because of the pain I was suffering. -
Seeing Teacher in Person; "Continue Cultivating with Renewed Diligence and Vitality"
2004-05-23After every lecture, Teacher would instruct us in the Falun Gong exercises. As we practiced the newly learned exercises, Teacher would slowly walk around the entire stadium, checking on us at the same time. That stadium must have accommodated up to a thousand people, but everyone was so quiet, and I could sense Teacher's soft gaze falling on each of us. Every day before class began, many senior practitioners would stand outside the stadium awaiting Teacher's arrival. At the time, I never realised just how precious this time was! -
The Wish to Save Oneself Trouble is Selfish
2004-05-20This attachment has been deep-seated within me for a long time. It becomes evident by the way I help others. I always think of myself first. If it doesn’t cost me much to help others, I will agree to help. If I need to go out of my way to help someone, I will try to come up with a solution that is easy for me while only solving the person’s problem partially. In my mind I call it a win-win situation because I’ve helped others and saved myself a lot of trouble. Now that I think of it, I have never put myself in others’ shoes. -
Those Having Predestined Relationship With Dafa Are On Their Way To Heavenly Homes
2004-05-17On the second day of the class, she felt the Falun rotating ceaselessly over her head. My wife had suffered from more serious diseases than me. But shortly after she obtained the Fa, the hemorrhoids that had plagued her for many years miraculously disappeared, and other diseases such as insomnia, allergy, aching all over her body, fear of cold, and other physical problems related to her menopause disappeared in half a year. Besides, all of my diseases also miraculously disappeared. Our skin became delicate and tender, and we feel much more energetic than ever. -
Placing Importance on the Number of Practitioners Persecuted to Death
2004-05-17The same paragraph appeared in almost every report. I hope everyone who writes similar reports in the future can check Clear Wisdom Net for the most up-to-date number. For example, the death toll of Liaoning Province is 104 on May 9th 2003. We have to be responsible for the accuracy of this number. Owing to the fact that the death toll used in everyday people’s news reports mostly refers to ours, we ought to take responsibility for the articles that we write. -
Placing Importance on the Number of Practitioners Persecuted to Death
2004-05-15Recently, there have been a lot of reports about the lawsuits in the USA and Great Britain against Bo Xilai, who is known for persecuting Falun Gong. These reports have resulted in an effect of frightening the evil. However, there is one problem. The number of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted to death as quoted in these news reports all refers to the same source, reports issued by the “World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong” in December 2003. -
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. -
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." -
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.