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Using Bookmarks to Clarify the Truth
2004-04-14
We recently realised in our area that bookmarks can be used very effectively to clarify the truth. The bookmarks are printed with colourful pictures and the words, "The world needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance," and "Falun Dafa is good." They are appealing to all, regardless of their gender or age. Everyone takes the bookmarks with a smile, and nods agreement at the practitioners' advice, "Remember Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance is good, and for more information there are websites you can visit on the back of the bookmark!" -
What I Have Learned from Looking Inward
2004-04-12Our Teacher told us that looking inward when there is a problem is a major difference between ordinary people and Dafa practitioners. I have found that there are still many practitioners with a very blurry view about looking inward, especially regarding conflicts that on the surface make it seem like the other party is wrong. During these times those practitioners do not know how to look inward, or don't make the effort to look inward, but instead unconsciously criticise others. This does not meet the standard of looking inward. -
Introducing People to Falun Gong In Costa Rica
2004-04-12She ran over to her mother to show her the flower who was standing in the background watching. She then proceeded to show her friends. I also gave one to her teacher. Our guide translated to the teacher what the little message said about Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance on the lotus flower. She nodded, smiled and thanked me very much. Dayana never stopped smiling after I gave her the flower, even after she took me back to the bus, she just stared at me with her big smile and we waved and waved to each other, never taking our eyes off each other, until the bus was out of sight. -
Searching Inwards and Examining Issues from a Positive Perspective
2004-04-11When I examined this practitioner’s situation with a peaceful mind, I noticed that whenever this practitioner exchanged cultivation experiences with others or searched inwards, he became trapped in extreme self-criticism. I have never heard him say what he had done well. It made me recall that I had encountered the same problem in the past: In the process of searching inwards, I went astray on many occasions. The searching-inwards turned into examining issues from a negative perspective. -
Recent Experiences Making Phone Calls to China
2004-04-11Truth-clarification is not about how well you can speak, nor about lecturing people. The key is to communicate from heart to heart. When we gradually tell the listener the truth with pure, serene and compassionate energy, when he truly feels that we are benefiting him, we can lead him to make the right decisions. Only the principle in people's heart can really regulate people's behaviour. -
Attending Teacher's Lectures on the Teachings of Falun Gong in Person
2004-04-11I listened to Teacher's lectures with fascination, hoping that Teacher would tell me more. Falun Dafa opened up a brand new world for me and it was exactly what I was looking for. Now, when I look back, that period of time was indeed extraordinarily precious. I withdrew from the rat race of seeking fame and self-interest. My wounds were healed and my diseases were gone, and I started a new journey. It was Teacher who pulled me out of the mud, cleaned me up and led me to a clean and bright road, and guided me in the right direction. -
In a Few Words: Holding on to the Fundamentals of Cultivation
2004-04-10Presently, should we as true practitioners concentrate on quickly reinstating Fa study groups that are unaffected by any other specific matters? Places where three or five, eight or ten people, every week set a time to study the Fa and exchange experiences together just like it was before the crackdown of Falun Gong happened in China in 1999. Let our Fa study groups blossom like flowers everywhere, where every practitioner has a chance to exchange experiences. -
Cultivation Stories of a Young Falun Gong Practitioner
2004-04-10Seeing a puzzled expression on Laura’s face, I said: “If every time you forgot something, and mum brought it to you, you would form the bad habit of forgetting everything. Whenever you forget something, you wouldn’t care much, knowing that mum is always there to help you. Now that you know mum won’t bring to school the things you have forgotten, you will try your best to remember to bring them. -
A Story from the 60th Session of the UNHRC: The 4th Birthday of Little Fadu
2004-04-09Although little Fadu is only four years old, she is already a frequent visitor to Geneva. In March 2002 when she wasn’t even two years old, she and her mother came to Geneva for the first time. On the day of the grand opening of the Human Rights Commission, lots of Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world gathered in front of the United Nations and held a press conference in Places des Nations, where people heard Fadu and her mother’s story for the first time. -
UK: A Few Stories that Happened at the Chinese Embassy
2004-04-08 I told him that Falun Gong teaches people how to be good. There are rich people and poor people and some of them definitely want to be good people. But how can you be a good person in today’s society? They found the answer in Falun Gong, and that is to follow the characteristics of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. This is the most precious help that Falun Gong had given to them. I also said that it is not only the rich and poor people in China that need the help of Falun Gong, but the people of the whole world needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance because it is the hope of the world. -
Clarifying the Truth to Our Families
2004-04-08My experience is: persistence is important. To let people hear the truth repeatedly is a powerful way to change them. Some practitioners may feel disappointed when people do not listen when we clarify the truth to them, but let's think about it, they have been poisoned by lies from Jiang's regime's media, isn't it necessary for us to clarify truth to them continuously? Gradually, those people will change. Many fellow practitioners have heard people say: "I heard of it before, but I'm not convinced. Now after hearing from you, I believe it now." -
Overcoming Difficulties in Practising the Sitting Meditation
2004-04-07An elderly practitioner said that she had set a standard for herself that she would try to endure the pain for as long as possible to meditate in the “Double Lotus” position. One day, she finally managed to sit in the “Double Lotus” position, and she clenched her teeth and endured the pain. Even when she collapsed due to the pain, she refused to put her legs down. Another fellow practitioner said that, as soon as she had put both legs crossed on top of each other when Practising the sitting meditation, she would ask her family to leave a bowl of water on her head to prevent her from moving or twitching until she finished the meditation. -
A Story of a Falun Dafa Practitioner who Lives in a Rural Mountain Area
2004-04-07In the market, at school, on the road, in the farm field, no matter where I met people, I tried my best to clarify the truth to them. Many people in the rural area understood that natural disasters are in fact man-made disasters. So I chatted with them about these things. I talked about how to be a good person and about "Zhen-Shan-Ren" [Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the main principle of Falun Dafa]. I told them the facts about the persecution of Dafa. Finally, I would hand them the truth-clarification material. -
China’s Hope
2004-04-06However, Jiang Zemin ignored numerous reports about the positive influence of Falun Dafa on Chinese people’s health and morality and started to officially persecute Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. Obsessed with the desire for absolute power, Jiang ordered persecution against tens of millions of innocent Falun Gong practitioners who are ordinary citizens in Chinese society. The persecution against Falun Dafa is the largest and the most appalling persecution in Chinese history. -
Overseas Practitioners, Please Pay Attention to the Issue of Regularly Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Four Times a Day
2004-04-05For a long time, many practitioners, including myself, have not been able to continuously send forth righteous thoughts four times a day. Especially in the early morning, I usually could not get up to send forth righteous thoughts. Just because of our laziness, a lot of bad things still exist. It is our own individual problem.
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