Notes from the TruthWalk in Greece

Everyone has been open to receiving the Falun Dafa flyers. Three young men we met wanted to learn the exercises. Some of the older gentlemen we came across were very interested in discussing more about Falun Dafa and the situation in China .We promised to return to show them the exercises and bring pictures so they could discuss it from village to village.
One day we prepared ourselves to meet with as many Chinese people as possible since we had a Chinese speaking practitioner with us. Time flew by and we only visited about five different shops but were encouraged by how pleasant and polite they were to us. One man said he would read the books that he has and a couple said they would come to the practice site. We noticed a TV station sign. When we climbed the stairs we met a lady who took our materials and suggested the exercises could be shown each morning on TV. She would present this idea to her boss.
Afterwards, we went to practise by the Mediterranean Sea with a huge statue of Alexander the Great on horseback with a sword outstretched in his right hand. Hundreds of people passed by. A sight-seeing train kept passing by. I saw someone sitting on the pavement focusing his camera—there were about 40 people taking pictures. I thought it was the media who had found us but it turned out to be a camera club. This group attracted even more people who stood around admiring the Falun Dafa exercises. A man from Albania said it would be a wonderful thing to take Falun Dafa and Zhen- Shan- Ren [Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance] and the exercises to the people in his country. They need to know this truth because China has told different lies to each of the little countries and after closing its embassy for 3 years it re-opened it two weeks ago. This inspired me to continue visiting cities in southern Europe. Another man asked what Greece could do for us. We had a lengthy conversation and his challenging face softened and his wife said she thought it was a terrific and amazing thing what one person could do to bring this shocking news to everyone so they would know the truth. The man said his religion believes in Truth, Compassion and Forbearance too. I said most religions do but Falun Dafa practitioners truly live it. We kept exercising until the sun settled in the sea. We ate at a Chinese restaurant and shared information about Falun Dafa there too.

November 10 2001

Canadian Practitioner in Greece