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Saturday, May 26, 2018
感受体育新境界 冬奥会奖牌得主的奇妙体验
【大纪元2018年02月13日讯】（大纪元记者田云综合报导）高大健壮的马汀斯•鲁本尼斯（Martins Rubenis）是拉脱维亚的体育名人。这位无舵雪橇项目的高手，多次在国际比赛中获奖：1998年世界青年锦标赛第一名，2003年再添两枚银牌，2004年世界锦标赛铜牌，2005年世界杯铜牌。
在2006年都灵冬奥会上，鲁本尼斯夺得了男子单人无舵雪橇的铜牌，这是拉脱维亚的第一枚冬奥会奖牌，鲁本尼斯因此当选为国家年度体育人物。
2014年索契冬奥会，鲁本尼斯再度出征，与队友获得了团体接力比赛的铜牌。为了表彰他们，拉脱维亚政府特别出版了一枚纪念邮票。鲁本尼斯现在担任拉脱维亚奥委会成员及国家体育队的教练。
2005年11月6日，鲁本尼斯获得世界杯无舵雪橇比赛铜牌。 (Ilmars ZnotinsAFP/Getty Images)
2006年2月12日，鲁本尼斯在都灵冬奥会比赛中。 (ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)
东方修炼功法显奇迹
长年的高强度竞技运动，使鲁本尼斯的身体不负重荷。他说：“在我二十几岁时，我感觉好像是45岁，我的背部疼痛，肌肉酸痛，在赛场上的表现大不如前。”
他迫切地需要一种改善健康的功法。去哪里找呢？鲁本尼斯开始在中国文化的宝藏中寻觅，因为自幼时起，华夏文明就令他神往。功夫不负有心人，2005年的春天，他找到了法轮大法（又称“法轮功”），也找到了人生的目的地。
鲁本尼斯回忆说，“第一次炼功后，我感到有很强的能量在体内通过，疏通了背部。那种感觉真棒。当时我出了很多汗，好像是在做体能训练。我知道，我的身体发生了很大的变化，整个人感觉非常好。坚持炼功大概一个半月之后，背部和其它部位的疼痛全都消失了。”从此，他不再依赖药物，甚至没再做过按摩理疗。
鲁本尼斯遵循大法的“真、善、忍”原则，要求自己做一个更好的人。渐渐地，他发现，周围的一切都发生了可喜的变化。他变得开放、友善，他用心照顾家人，并且结交了更多朋友。与此同时，他改变了过去的竞争心态，于是，“竞赛成为一个战胜自我的美好旅程”。
“修炼法轮功以后，在雪橇上，我能清楚地感到自己在一圈接一圈的滑道上要做的所有事和全过程——犹如进入一条时间隧道，那由无数个静止瞬间构成的连续运动，就像一场与时间的对话。”鲁本尼斯表示，那种感觉太奇妙了。
他说：“这都是我学炼法轮大法以后发生的。我明白了：身体、心灵和思维彼此相连。当你的思想改变了，身体也会跟着起变化。”
学会分享 无私助人
鲁本尼斯告诉记者，过去的他相当自私。比如，他总是把自己制作的设计精良的雪橇藏起来，不让对手看到。修炼大法后，他不再这样做了，比赛前他就让雪橇亮相，谁都可以过来看，没有秘密。
他说：“我意识到，我应该更加无私。你必须放弃才能得到。当我和他人分享时，就会得到新知识，新的想法也会冒出来。情况真的就是这样。”
退役后，鲁本尼斯担任了拉脱维亚国家体育队的教练，同时还负责设计一种新式雪橇。从运动员到教练的转变很有挑战性，鲁本尼斯起初难以适应。当他以“真善忍”准则对照时，思路便清晰了，也懂得如何去做。他说：“我感觉，我变得更加谦虚、无私，这不只是为自己而做，而是帮助他人达到目标。虽然我在幕后，但是我的职责比以前更重要。”
鲁本尼斯说，当遇到问题时，他会向内心查找自己的不足。“修炼之前，我把不如意的事情都当作是麻烦。现在我认为，这些正是机会。如果我有什么事做得不对，我就向内看自己，从而提高。”
在体育场外，鲁本尼斯热心投身于人权事业。他积极地向公众讲述法轮功的真相，呼吁中共停止迫害法轮功。他觉得，大法无比珍贵。他想对所有人说：“我确实经历了所有的奇迹”，“不管你的阅历、背景如何，出生在哪个国家，都会从法轮大法获益。”
参考资料：
Daksha Devnani，Martins Rubenis, an Olympic Medalist’s Story of Change，新唐人电视台，2018年1月26日。
荷雨、诺娜：当奥运滑雪选手与古老东方修炼相遇，明慧网，2013年5月28日。
责任编辑：苏明真
From: http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/18/2/13/n10140215.htm
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Friday, May 18, 2018
Sick and desperate businesswoman was planning her own funeral—Then a miracle smiled on her
I had tried everything but saw no way out. I began to think less about recovery and more about death. I prepared for my own funeral. My husband was still young and I worried that he might remarry and my children would be mistreated by their stepmother. I often woke my husband at night and asked him to divide our property so that I could leave my share to the kids. I would say, “Death is after me, my time is near.”
My will was sapped. Instead of believing I could summon enough energy to fight off my many diseases, I began to enjoy listening for the sounds of the pathogens lurking in my body, waiting to attack when I was at my most vulnerable. At night, all I could do was count each breath as I gasped for air.
I had run out of tears, and my heart was broken over and over again by the endless suffering. I no longer took medication. I didn’t care anymore and only waited to be taken by death. I wished I could just fall asleep and never wake up.
This is the sorry state I was in after years of debilitating disease and failure to find relief. I had given up all hope when a suggestion from my brother opened the way for me to experience joy and health in my life once again—an incredible turn of events.
Shattered Life
I grew up in a poor, god-forsaken village. It was hard to make a living, so the young people would flee to the cities hoping to make a fortune. I did the same, choosing to leave home and start anew. I found a husband who was a dedicated man. We had a sustainable business and two beautiful children. Overall, life was good.
But you can never guess what the future holds.
One day at the age of 26, when I was still enjoying my youth, I suddenly collapsed. From then on, diseases attacked me one after another. Some became chronic or were incurable, and I had no choice but to live with them.
It started in 2008 with chronic stomach pain due to a bacterial infection in the stomach lining. It’s an inflammatory disease that can lead to stomach cancer.
I also had swallowing and breathing problems, which the oncology hospital diagnosed as nasopharyngeal inflammation (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the pharynx that connect with the nasal cavity). Although I took the prescribed medication, I was in unbearable pain. I went back to the hospital several times, but the diagnosis stayed the same. I was exhausted and my body got weaker. I lost my appetite and had insomnia.
Then I started losing weight rapidly and had diarrhea almost every morning. I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with proctitis (inflammation of the lining of the rectum) and an internal hemorrhoid in the anal canal. Then came a diagnosis of arthritis, followed by sinusitis. By 2011, I was also suffering from vestibular disorder (damage to the system includes parts of the inner ear and brain) and severe cervicitis (inflammation and irritation of the cervix).
Adding to my suffering was the fact that I could never have a proper sleep. I needed to change the position I normally slept in, otherwise I might choke due to a tumor partially blocking my airways. I had been diagnosed with a tumor in the nasalpharynx, the upper throat that lies behind the nose. This explained why I had breathing and swallowing problems.
I was completely distraught. I totally depended on medication. At an age when most women were blossoming, I was in terrible shape—so sick and weak that a gentle gust of wind could have knocked me off my feet.
Seeking Help in Vain
I travelled to different hospitals across the country in hopes of finding a cure. I would try new treatment regimens but nothing worked, and in the end I saw I was just going around in circles.
When I realized that Western medicine was a waste of time, I looked for help from Chinese traditional medicine. I switched to herbal medicine and visited every doctor I heard of.
By this time I could barely eat. The only thing I could force myself to swallow was plain porridge, because if I ate anything else I would have diarrhea right after. I spent a lot of time in my bedroom, though I could only sleep for one or two hours a night. The rest of the time, I gritted my teeth in suffering and wondered how life could be so tough. No matter how I tried, there was no comfort for me.
Having had no luck with everything I had tried so far, I ventured into the realm of non-scientific, spiritualism-based treatments. I invited all kinds of shamans and other types of healers to my home to perform ancient rituals, divination, magic, etc. I didn’t care how much it cost, all I cared about was getting my health back.
However, nothing changed and my hopes died. I saw nothing ahead of me. I had no gods to count on. There’s a saying that when one door closes, another opens, but to me, the only door open at that moment was the one to the underworld. I gave up everything and was ready to be welcomed by death. I began to make arrangements for my funeral.
Curiosity Piqued
Yet life is full of surprises. One day, my brother came by to see how I was doing. I told him: “I’m not any better. I will probably die soon.” He suggested I look up Falun Dafa, a practice from China that had spread around the world and had helped cure many people.
Every time I heard of a new treatment my heart leapt in happiness, which was why I lost my money for nothing many times. However, I still looked up Falun Dafa on the internet, also called Falun Gong. I came across a demonstration of the practice’s easy-looking exercises and, honestly, I was disappointed, because how could this simple practice help me recover when science-based medication could not?
I continued to read about Falun Dafa and the more I read the more curious I became. I learned that it consists of doing the exercises and following moral teachings, summarized by just three words: Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance.
After finding the Falun Dafa website called minghui.org, I was touched and broke into tears when I read the articles written by people who had found peace, health, and happiness from this practice. Among them were some who had suffered from the same diseases that I had.
Although I was still doubtful, hope indeed rooted in my soul. I called the number of a volunteer contact person who answered all the questions I had, including how much it cost to learn.
I was surprised that everything was free on the internet but if I wanted to buy some books, they were very affordable. Since no one scammed others for such little money, I decided to buy them.
A Suffering Body Cleansed
After I got the books, I looked at them and sighed, unconvinced that this practice could help me. I put the books away and forgot them for a long time.
My condition got worse, and the pain haunted me day and night. One night, I got up and walked around to ease my mind and stopped by the bookshelf where I had put the Falun Dafa books. Suddenly I wondered what was written in them and thought I should give it a go. I picked the one named Zhuan Falun and began to read it.
Thus, I began practicing Falun Dafa.
As I did the exercises and read the books, my body began to be purified. I had diarrhea more frequently and the pain got worse. The book had mentioned this, so I trusted that and continued to practice. It also emphasized the importance of following the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. After a short period of suffering, I noticed positive changes in my condition.
The more I studied the teachings and strove to follow them, the more changes I experienced. In about a month, the pain decreased tremendously. Amazingly, I began having better sleeps, undisturbed by trips to the bathroom due to diarrhea or excess urination.
Soon, the pain was completely gone and I was able to sleep through the night and wake up refreshed. My appetite also improved and I was able to eat food that I’d been unable to eat for years.
‘Rebirth’
After three months I felt like a new person, and I truly believed that Falun Gong had healed me. My complexion improved, I gained weight and was no longer “Miss Skinny,” and I enjoyed life once again.
People were astonished to see the significant changes in me. From a person in a sad, pale, and weak body, I returned to my old self as I was before the onslaught of illness.
Some who had witnessed this “rebirth” joined me to practice Falun Dafa. I reached out to as many people as I could, since by now I was aware of how powerful this practice was. I gave them the books for free and helped them learn the exercises.
My sister, who also suffered from poor health and spent more time in hospital than at home, took up Falun Dafa after seeing the changes in me. She, too, recovered quickly.
Boundless Benefits
Zhuan Falun teaches us to be kind, put others before ourselves, and raise our moral standard. As a businesswoman, I’ve seen both good and bad in the business world. I strive to apply truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance at work and have achieved remarkable outcomes.
It has been four years now since I first started practicing Falun Dafa. I shudder to imagine how my life would have turned out without it.
I am grateful from the depths of my being, and I hope that more people can discover the beauty and grace of this wonderful practice and experience its boundless benefits as I have.
Nguyen Thi Tuoi lives with her family in Vietnam.
Editor’s Note:
Falun Dafa is a cultivation practice of mind and body that teaches truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance as a way to improve health and moral character and attain spiritual wisdom.
For more information about the practice, visit www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available free of charge.
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一门东方功法如何改变西方精英人生
“我不再需要药物，这些年来，我甚至没再做过按摩理疗！法轮功的柔和功法和打坐绝对是健身、保持身体巅峰状态的最佳方式！” — 拉脱维亚的著名运动员，马汀斯•鲁本尼斯（Martins Rubenis）
【大纪元2018年05月17日讯】（大纪元记者叶枫综合报导）5月10日，美国纽约曼哈顿联合广场。一位西方女歌手站在广场舞台中央演唱一支中文歌曲，歌声饱含深情，明亮而动人。她一身蓝底印花的长裙，一头齐腰秀发，明眸皓齿，美丽的面庞上带着温暖的微笑。一曲唱罢，她向观众鞠躬致谢，台下爆发出一阵喝采欢呼声。
她是美国专业音乐人米卡•黑尔（Mika Hale），演唱的歌曲名为《生生为此生》。谁能想到10年前，她的人生竟充满了无望，“我的人际关系一片混乱，尤其是和家人之间的关系非常紧张。2007年，我对人生充满绝望，我甚至每天在窗外祈祷──祈祷自己被杀死，（以获得解脱）。”
“这一切在我修炼法轮功后发生了改变。我能和家人交心谈话了，和母亲、妹妹，还有孩子之间的关系也变得出奇的好。”
作为一名法轮功修炼者，米卡•黑尔参加了纽约为期4天的恭贺法轮功创始人李洪志先生华诞暨世界法轮大法日19周年的庆祝活动。她的歌表达了自己的心声，也代表了亿万法轮功学员感恩的心。正如一位法轮功修者所说：“假如一位医生治好了我的绝症，我会感激他一辈子；假如一位老师教给了我人生的真谛，我会永远尊敬他；假如一个人把我从毁灭的边缘救回来，我会永生永世不忘他的恩德，而您就是这样的恩人！”
法轮功以“真、善、忍”为原则，包括五套功法动作，最初由李洪志先生在1992年5月13日在中国长春公开传出。此后，人传人，心传心，修炼人数迅速增长。1995年3月，李洪志先生受邀远赴法国巴黎，向海外传授功法。至今，法轮功已洪传世界120多个国家和地区，令各族裔民众身心受益。《转法轮》一书被翻译成40种语言在全球发行。李洪志先生本人四次获诺贝尔和平奖提名。
以下是部分西方法轮功学员的修炼故事：
加拿大地产大亨富二代的经历
他的父亲是一位白手起家、实力雄厚的加拿大地产大亨。他子承父业，努力工作并赚了很多钱。他曾无限度地追求昂贵的服装和汽车，穿“雨果博斯”品牌的西服和五百美元一件的“范思哲”牌衬衫，他在不同时期曾拥有过18辆汽车，也拥有同样多的女朋友，还有其它更多的奢侈挥霍……
但是，在30岁出头的时候，他开始对自己的生活和财富感到不满足，虽然脑子总想着不由自主地要做什么工作，但是，无论做什么，他都无法摆脱一种空虚；无论做什么，就好像在努力填补一个自己都感到茫然的空洞。
为了寻求精神的解脱，他休假一年，去了埃及、以色列和印度，会见了一个又一个宗教门派领袖，参观了一座又一座寺庙。最后，他觉得好像只要他有钱，每个人似乎都会给他一个答案。但是，这些都解决不了他心中的疑惑。
从印度回来一年多后，他妈妈接触到了一门古老的东方功法──法轮功。首先令他关注的是：法轮功不收费。法轮功的这一原则使他产生敬意，他开始跟妈妈一起炼功。
法轮功的功法很简单，能量却非常强大。炼完功后，他惊喜地发现终于能控制自己的大脑了。“那天晚上，我睡得像婴儿一样安宁。”
“在接下来的几个月中，我体会到什么是真正的慈悲和怜悯。我感到了平静和满足，职业道德也有了改善，我甚至在父亲去世之前，愈合了我与他之间的裂痕。”
以上是加拿大一位地产大亨富二代乔•契布卡，为庆祝2018年世界法轮大法日，向明慧网投稿介绍自己走入法轮功修炼的经历。
和中国大陆一样，海外法轮功学员遍布社会的各行各业，也不乏各领域的精英人士。
冬奥会铜牌获得者体验的奇迹
马汀斯•鲁本尼斯（Martins Rubenis）是拉脱维亚的著名运动员，但病痛缠身。“我当时只有20多岁，感觉却像是45岁，背痛、肌肉也痛，这让我无法达到最佳竞技状态。”
2005年，马汀斯开始修炼法轮功。几个星期后，运动造成的疾病和伤痛都不翼而飞了！2006年都灵冬奥会上，他重登运动生涯的顶峰获得男子单人无舵雪橇铜牌。
马汀斯激动地说：“我不再需要药物，这些年来，我甚至没再做过按摩理疗！法轮功的柔和功法和打坐绝对是健身、保持身体巅峰状态的最佳方式！”
“这时在雪橇上的我，已没有了以前与其他运动员竞争的心理，竞赛成为一个战胜自我的美好旅程。”
2014年索契冬奥会，鲁本尼斯再度出征，与队友获得了团体接力比赛的铜牌。
鲁本尼斯表示，过去的他相当自私。比如，他总是把亲自设计和制作精良的雪橇藏起来，不让对手看到。修炼大法后，他不再这样做了，比赛前他就让雪橇亮相，谁都可以过来看，没有秘密。
他说：“我意识到，我应该更加无私。你必须放弃才能得到。当我和他人分享时，就会得到新知识，新的想法也会冒出来。情况真的就是这样。”
退役后，鲁本尼斯担任了拉脱维亚国家体育队的教练，同时还负责设计一种新式雪橇。他说：“我感觉，我变得更加谦虚、无私，这不只是为自己而做，而是帮助他人达到目标。虽然我在幕后，但是我的职责比以前更重要。”
“运动只是我人生的一部分，法轮功真的改变了我的整个人生。”他说，修炼法轮功的美好就在于“每一个人有意愿、有勇气来改变自己”。
比利时吸毒青年重归正道
在比利时，贝纳斯父子三人共同修炼法轮大法。最先得法的小儿子约翰曾经误入歧途，他接触毒品、喝酒、放纵自己，令家人失望。在十八九岁时，他甚至想结束生命。约翰说：“那时我经常用另外一双眼睛看我自己，看到的是一个失败并且没有希望的生命。”
后来经同事介绍，约翰开始阅读《转法轮》（法轮功主要书籍）。他写道：“我清楚地记得我第一次读《转法轮》时，刚读了50页，我就清楚地意识到这就是我长久等待的事情；那些深奥的法理能够如此简单地表述出来，非常简单明了。”
约翰立刻按照法理的要求改变自己。“我剪去我的长发，我一次性地停止了吸烟、吸毒以及喝酒。我的外表、思想、行为，所有的一切都在短时间中改变着。”
约翰的变化令家人震惊，逐渐地，“他们意识到这对我以及我周围的每个人都是具有真正意义的事情。”他的父亲和哥哥同年也走入大法修炼。
纽约超模莫尔：修炼让我在喧哗世界中沉静
定居纽约的印度超模普贾•莫尔（Pooja Mor），是近年来欧美时尚界炙手可热的东方面孔之一。她曾代言诸多知名品牌，包括Calvin Klein、Alexander McQueen、Tory Burch等等，也是《时尚精英》（Elite）杂志的签约模特，并登上了美国时尚杂志《VOGUE》封面。她还入评国际知名时尚杂志《Grazia》“时尚界百名最有影响力人物”。
在骄人的职业生涯之外，莫尔拥有十分独特的人生故事，贯穿其间的是修炼、坚忍，以及听从内心直觉的召唤。
身处压力巨大的时尚业，莫尔能够处之泰然，她将其归功于总是保持积极正面的态度。
三年前，一位友人向这位超模新秀介绍了法轮大法──以“真、善、忍”原则为根本指导的佛家修炼法。早上留出时间炼法轮功，这就是莫尔踏实沉着、处变不惊的心法秘密。
莫尔说，每次她炼法轮功时，都有一种回归本真自我的感觉。
莫尔说，修炼法轮大法使她成了一个更好的人，是她的灵感源泉。以前，面对困境，她总会挑他人的毛病，如果出状况就归咎于他人。而现在，她会先看到自己的不对，并反思如何改善与提升自己，让局面得到真正的改观。
挪威富商：这是我一生的追寻！
“挣了不少钱，但那又如何呢？我还是不知道自己究竟为何而活。当有人问我感觉如何，我的回答是‘一无所获’，那就是当时的我。”这是挪威富商彼得•吉特森（Peder Giertsen）1999年前对自己心灵的诠释。
1990年，彼得创建一家管理咨询公司。10年间，彼得挣了不少钱，可他并不感觉快乐。一次他与朋友外出午餐时，席间朋友谈到人生意义与法轮功，使他的人生发生了改变。
在看完法轮功创始人李洪志先生的教功录像后，他欣喜地决定买下这录像带。“付钱时，我发现那录像带出人意料地便宜，而我以前买的此类资料都非常昂贵。我意识到，学法轮功仅仅收取极低的材料成本费，其实就是免费授功啊，因为只有最珍贵的东西才不能用钱来衡量价值。”
彼得立即开始学炼法轮功，他认定“法轮功就是我一生追寻的东西，是唯一应该坚持修炼下去的功法”。
“当我读完第一遍《转法轮》的时候，对师父讲到的‘返本归真’印象特别深，人依照‘真、善、忍’的原则升华自己，最终回归生命的本源──这就是我以前一直在追寻但没找到的生命的意义。”
随着大法修炼，彼得的生活态度发生了巨变。“以前，我总要表现出自己比别人聪明，经常为难别人。在为别人提供咨询时，我常不经意地表现出挑剔和嘲弄的态度；修炼后，我努力理解别人，站在他们的角度去思考问题，并施以真诚帮助……周围的人开始乐于与我交流，愿意和我相处了。”
“比如交通拥挤的时候，路上每个人都想抢先。可大法修炼让我能更多地想到他人，我会选择放慢自己，让别人先走。”他说。
听从内心呼唤 选择站出来
挪威的彼得刚走入法轮功没几个月时，中共对法轮功的迫害就开始了。尽管修炼时间不长，但基于对法轮功的亲身实践，彼得认定是中共错了。“一开始，我对是否参加游行和一些公众活动来制止迫害，还持保留态度。我属于中产阶级，从未游行过；另外，我当时还没想清楚，上街游行是不是涉及了政治。”
经过慎重思考，彼得认识到，告诉世人大法的美好、揭穿中共的谎言，这不是搞政治，而是维护正义。他终于走出来，加入了在挪威奥斯陆市中心举行的首次反迫害法轮功游行。
19年来，彼得、米卡、莫尔、鲁本尼斯……更多千千万万的海外法轮功学员都汇入这一反迫害的洪流之中。
2003年，加拿大的乔-契布卡，起诉中共驻多伦多副总领事潘新春在海外报纸上诽谤迫害法轮功；2004年，加拿大安大略省高等法院判潘新春诽谤案指控成立，判处潘新春有罪。
冬奥会奖牌获得者马汀斯•鲁本尼斯也站了出来。鲁本尼斯曾在中领馆前绝食72小时，抗议中共对法轮功的残酷迫害。“我们到了一个人类历史的最重要时刻，我们每一个人所说的每一句话、所采取的每一个行动，都将留下永恒的印记。”
“今生有机缘得法，我非常感恩。‘真、善、忍’，这是宇宙的真理，这是整个世界千万年、亿万年所等待的。”他说。#
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