Super-model Pooja Mor shares how one meditation keeps her grounded in the world of glamour

Poised to become one of the emerging faces of diversity in fashion, this New York-based Indian model’s story is one of faith, perseverance, and a clear belief in trusting one’s instincts.

Pooja Mor is taking the international modeling world by storm; she has already walked for reputed brands like Calvin Klein, Alexander McQueen, Tory Burch, Stella McCartney, Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, and others. But this 25-year-old super model is much more than just another gorgeous-looking lady from the fashion industry!

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Like any other Indian girl, Mor was focused on completing her computer engineering—and modeling was never a part of her master plan. Her career in modeling kickstarted when she was organizing a pageant and one of her friends submitted her name as a joke.

To her great surprise, Mor was declared as the winner of the event, “Clean & Clear Ahmedabad Times Fresh Face,” in 2012.

After her studies, Mor decided to move to New Delhi to try fashion modeling. A few stints at the Fashion Week in New Delhi and Mumbai gave her a taste of things to come. International opportunities came knocking at the door when a friend of hers, represented by Elite NYC, posted a picture of her on Instagram.

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Elite New York signed her up in 2015, and she soon found herself modeling for the Louis Vuitton Resort collection in Palm Springs. In 2016, she relocated to New York City to explore further opportunities.

Everybody thinks that the life of a model is glamorous. But if one takes a sneak peek into their lives, one will discover that there is more to it than champagne and the yachts.

Mor reveals that moving to new environments and countries will displace you from your comfort zone. Adjusting to different cultures, societies, and cuisines is difficult even if you’ve been doing it for years. Modeling brings numerous physical and mental challenges and Mor was in search of something that would keep her grounded.

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Almost three years ago, the budding super-model was introduced to Falun Dafa, a meditation practice centered around the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. It involves a set of meditation exercises that strengthen the body, and moral teachings that focuses to enrich the mind with goodness and positivity.

In an interview with The Epoch Times, Mor shared that every time she does Falun Dafa exercises, she feels connected with herself.

“I always keep some time for myself [in the morning], doing Dafa exercises,” Mor told The Epoch Times. “That time is my time that connects me to myself—to look within. Being born Indian I always did meditation—yoga and meditation, you just do since you’re a kid. My family is so spiritual. That makes me look at life differently.”

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Mor also reveals that practicing Falun Dafa has made her a better person and is her source for inspiration. Previously, in a trying situation, she used to always find faults with others and blamed them if anything went wrong. But now, she acknowledges her faults first and reflects on how she can improve herself to turn the situation over.

Pooja Mor at a candlelight vigil in New York City for Falun Gong practitioners who have died during the persecution inside China. Credit: Benjamin Chasteen for The Epoch Times

She always keeps sometime in the morning for herself for meditation and the practice is the secret to her being grounded.

Pooja Mor doing the fifth exercise of Falun Dafa. Credit: Benjamin Chasteen for The Epoch Times

Talking to the Epoch Times, she said: “What I’ve seen here, is how people are always stressed about what is going to happen. I think if you can just let go of that, and just follow your path, it’s easier. So if you can really live every second, you will really feel the beauty of life on a much deeper level.”

“Follow your destiny and be grounded in yourself,” she added.

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Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) is a self-improvement meditation system based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. It was introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in 1992 in China. It is currently practiced by over a 100 million people in 114 countries. But this peaceful mediation system is being brutally persecuted in China since 1999. For more info, please visit: www.FalunDafa.org and www.FalunInfo.org.

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纽约超模莫尔 Pooja Mor：修炼让我在喧哗世界中沉静

普贾·莫尔2016年春登上《时尚芭莎》杂志封面。(Pooja Mor/Facebook)

【大纪元2017年09月28日讯】（大纪元记者Kati Vereshaka采访报导，张小清编译）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。在骄人的职业生涯之外，莫尔拥有十分独特的人生故事，贯穿其间的是信仰、坚忍，以及听从内心直觉的召唤。

普贾·莫尔的面孔近年来风靡国际时尚界，作为T台和平面模特，曾代言诸多知名品牌，包括Calvin Klein、Alexander McQueen、Tory Burch、Stella McCartney、Givenchy、Roberto Cavalli等等。近期，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”。而这位25岁的印度女孩可不仅只是一位身披华服的佳丽。

普贾·莫尔入评国际知名时尚杂志《Grazia》“时尚界百名最有影响力人物”。(Pooja Mor/Instagram)

谦逊冷静，柔声细语，素面朝天的莫尔向大纪元记者回溯了人生的奇妙转折。

定居纽约的印度超模普贾·莫尔（Pooja Mor）。(Ace Amir)

意外成为“艾哈迈达巴德小姐”

像其他印度女孩一样，莫尔在大学期间专心攻读计算机工程硕士学位，当模特从来不在她的生涯规划之内。2012年，她参与艾哈迈达巴德市一个模特选秀大赛的组织工作，没想到友人开玩笑地替她报了名。

当观众狂热地为选手们欢呼时，莫尔走上台维持秩序，没想到观众们开始狂喊她的名字。于是评委们让她表演才艺。她决定只是简单走到台前。她转过身，摆了几个“奇怪”的姿势，就这样成了这场“可伶可俐（Clean & Clear）新面孔”选秀的优胜者。

毕业后，莫尔决定搬去新德里“试水”做时装模特。她在新德里和孟买时装周上几次亮相后，时尚界为她敞开了大门。纽约《时尚精英》（Elite）杂志报导过的业内友人在Instagram上传了莫尔的照片，随后，登台国际时尚盛事的机会接踵而至。

2015年莫尔成为《时尚精英》（Elite）杂志的签约模特，很快开始在加州棕榈泉为路易威登度假（Louis Vuitton Resort）系列走秀，并由此成为鲍伯·霍普（Bob Hope）未来家居的代言人。2016年，为寻求更多的发展机会，她迁居纽约。

普贾·莫尔摄于中央公园。(Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times)

努力适应新环境与新挑战

在外人看来，模特的生活十分迷人光鲜。不过，深入他们的生活你会发现，模特的生活不只是游艇加香槟。

莫尔透露，新的国家、新的环境，让她脱离了习以为常的一切。适应不同的社会、文化和饮食不是件简单事；而做模特这一行，也面临很多身心方面的挑战。

她不时从潮流的喧嚣中退隐，回到印度家乡修整，然后再回到热力四射的纽约。在内心，莫尔寻找著一种可以让她踏实沉静、处变不惊的东西。

邂逅修炼 回归本我

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，在强身健体功效显著的五套功法之外，以心性修炼为核心，要求修炼者以慈悲与正念主导心灵。

如今，身处压力巨大的时尚业，莫尔能够处之泰然、与之“无缝对接”，她将其归功于总是保持积极正面的态度。“其余的会随之而来”，包括“T台表情”，她说，“在这么多人面前你需要很强的信心，他们正从头到脚地盯着你。即使只有30秒，你也真的能感觉到”。

此外，莫尔从小就学习了一种历史悠久的印度古典舞——卡塔克舞（Kathak），曾盛装登台表演神话舞剧。“人们注意到我的舞姿和别人不一样。我觉得舞蹈对我也有很大的帮助。”她说。

莫尔说，每次她炼法轮大法时，都有一种回归本真自我的感觉。

普贾·莫尔参加集体炼功活动。(Courtesy of Pooja Mor)

“我总是会为自己留些（早间）时间，炼法轮大法。”莫尔说，“那是我和本真的自己连通的时间——我会向内看自己的心。生为印度人，我此前一直做瑜伽、做冥想，从小就会做。我的家人都很重视精神信仰，这让我以不同的视角看待生活。”

普贾·莫尔炼习法轮功第五套功法。(Pooja Mor/Instagram)

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，以让局面得到真正的改观。

修炼法轮大法的印度裔超模普贾·莫尔参加7·20反迫害烛光夜悼活动。(Michael Mahonen/Facebook)

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。

受访时她说：“我在这里看到的是，人们总会对未来将要发生的事情备感压力。我想，如果你可以放下这种执著，只走你的路，那就很简单了。如果你真的能珍惜分秒，活在每个当下，你会从更深的层次上感受到生活的美丽。”

“顺从命运的安排，沉下心来做自己。”她补充说。

普贾·莫尔摄于中央公园。(Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times)

天马行空小问答

记者：你在业界的偶像是谁？

莫尔：布莱克·莱弗利（Blake Lively）。我在印度看到她代言Gucci很受启发，我也喜欢她的风格，她呈现自己的方式非常美。

记者：你看到镜头下的自己是否会吃惊？

莫尔：创造一些与你不同的东西，又和真实的你相关联，总是很棒。

记者：你如何作美容保养？

莫尔：我不用香皂洗脸，只用清水，再涂些椰子油——椰子油对皮肤和头发都很好。

记者：如果涉足美容界，你会选择什么样的产品？

莫尔：最好是各种天然有机的护肤护发品。化妆品可以给你很多灵感，有很大的创造空间。

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记者：你离开家乡古吉拉特邦，最喜欢去哪里旅行？

莫尔：巴黎，我爱这座城市，第一次去的时候，感觉是走在一个梦里。那里的建筑真的感动了我。现在我已经习惯了那里，但我还记得第一次去，只是沿着河畔走，整个城市如梦如幻。

记者：如果有时光旅行，你选择去哪个时期？

莫尔：我可以回答这个问题，但是从印度文化的角度。我会去黄金时代（Satya Yuga，又称灵性时代或真理时代）。 那是人类原初的时代。在印度文化里，时间分成四阶段：黄金时代、白银时代（Treta Yuga，又称思想时代）、青铜时代（Dvapara Yuga，又称能量时代）以及铁器时代（Kali Yuga，又称物质时代）——也就是现在。

记者：为什么选择黄金时代？

莫尔：因为我总是会从故事中听说那个时代——文化是那样深刻，人与神非常接近，你可以跟任何一位神对话。人没有太多的痛苦或承受。人们会向色彩女神寻求更丰富的色彩。有很多电视剧讲这些故事，你也可以从经典中读到。

记者：你希望通过自己的工作向世界传达什么样的讯息呢？

莫尔：最重要的是你应该知道你想做什么，也应该知道你不想做什么，你自己做决定。有时候，女孩子为了事业发展，会在压力下做些事情。但如果你有天赋，你的事业将会发展得很顺利。拒绝某一件事，并不能阻止你做另外一千件事情。#

From: http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2017/10/5/355109.html

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Watch: Candlelight Across The Street 【傳奇時代】街對面的燭光

Just off Oxford Street in London, there is a quiet road – Portland Place. There are lots of embassies here, also the BBC headquarters, and the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1875, The Qing Dynasty Empress, Dowager Cixi bought an office building here. From then on, this place has been China’s embassy.

On June 5th, 2002, a group of people appeared across the street. Since then, day and night, they have been staying there. Why are they there day and night? What kind of effect do their actions have? Behind their quiet demeanor, what kind of people are they?

在英国伦敦市中心最繁华的牛津大道旁，有一条幽静宽敞的大街，波特兰大街。这里使馆林立，英国广播公司BBC的总部，以及英国皇家建筑学院也在这里。1875年，清朝的慈禧太后买下了这条大街的一栋办公楼，从那时起，中国驻英的外交机构就一直在这里。

十多年前的6月5日，在中国大使馆的街对面出现了一群人，从那天开始，无论白天黑夜，他们从来没有离开过。他们为什么要昼夜不停的待在哪里呢？面对强势的中共政权，他们的行动又能起到什么样的作用？在他们安静的身影后又是怎样的人生？

Watch Candlelight Across The Street 【傳奇時代】街對面的燭光

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(The following letter was written by Ben Chen, a principle dancer of Shen Yun Performing Arts. His mom has been the coordinator of this 24/7 vigil of Falun Gong practitioners sine June 5, 2002. He wrote this letter to his grandpa why his parents were always so busy.) 

(這是陳陽暮月寫給爺爺奶奶的信，他在替他父母解釋，爲何他們會那麼忙。他的母亲連續十幾年，與其他一百多名法輪功學員一起，輪流在倫敦中領館前晝夜連續24小時靜坐。)

The letter is from this documentary: Candlelight Across the Street:

此傢書摘自紀錄片《街對面的燭光》：

I always believe that hardship can temper one’s character, enrich his experiences, and improve his morality. This is similar to the principles of cultivation. Of course we are not seeking suffering. But amidst life’s difficulties when other people mistreat me, even while being persecuted, I cannot give up. I have to walk my path with determination.

艱苦的環境能磨練一個人的品德，充實人的經驗，提高人的心性，這和修煉的道理是相通的。當然我們不是故意找苦吃，而是在生活困境中，別人對你不好時，甚至是被迫害中，都不能放棄，都能依靠堅定的毅力走出自己的路。

Thinking back, if I had not grown up this way, I may have become spoiled and lazy, unable to accomplish anything. Had I been too comfortable, I may have gradually abandoned my beliefs, and become lost in material indulgence. While I did not have time to play video games, I might have spent my time on composing music. Without pursuing a luxury lifestyle, I had time to read and enrich myself.

現在回想起來，如果我不那麼成長，也許會變成慣壞的懶人，什麼都不會幹，嬌氣又傲慢。也許太安逸了，也許就會慢慢放棄了信仰，去追求物質享受的無底洞了。沒有玩遊戲機的時間，我可能用在了創作音樂上，沒有享受物質生活的時間，我可能用在了讀書和豐富知識上.

I gradually started to understand why my parents were so busy. My parents were busy, because the persecution has been going on, and it still continues. Many people don’t know that. Human life is so precious. That’s my mom and dad may work day and night.

我慢慢理解了小時候理解不了的，爲什麼大人都那麼忙，理解了當年爲什麼爸爸媽媽都那麼忙。因爲我們處在非常時期，處在被迫害中，而且至今打壓還在大衆不知道的背地裏進行著。人命關天啊。所以爸爸媽媽有時會沒日沒夜地幹。

You said effort ought to be rewarded. This is certainly true. So many years have passed. No matter it was with our family’s situation, or with the way my parents raised me, we may not see the reward at the time. Instead, they will be shown many years later. Dad and mom’s efforts were not in vain.

爺爺奶奶說付出就應有回報，這的確是真理。這麼多年過去了，不管是爸爸做報紙也好，還是家長小時候對我的教養也好，有些事情不一定看到回報，而是很多年後才看到成果的。爸爸媽媽當年那麼費力不是枉然的。

Confucius taught justice and destiny. We should do righteous things without considering if we can succeed or not. We do what we can wholeheartedly, and try to be worthy of our consciences. Regardless of the outcome, we have all succeeded, because in terms of morality and conscience, we will always be in an invincible position.

孔子講過「義」和「天命」，知道一件事情在道義上是對的就應該去做，而不用考慮成功或不成功。我們能做的唯有全心全意去做，對得起自己的良心。這件事不管最後成功不成功，我們都成功了。因爲在道義和良心上，我們將永遠處於不敗之地。

From: http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2017/12/27/a1356229.html, http://legendsunfolding.com/en/, https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2018/1/17/a-letter-to-grandpa-

[Video] Memoir of a Communist Slave

Memoir of a Communist Slave tells the harrowing and true story of David Huang—a man whose wife was murdered by the same oppressors that forced him into China’s notorious prison ‘gulag system’ in the early 2000’s. It was there he suffered and endured ‘re-education through labor’ for his faith.

The belief system he follows is a traditional Chinese practice called Falun Gong, a blend of Buddhist and Taoist-like teachings mixed with meditation. Falun Gong rose to enormous popularity in the 1990’s, with millions of Chinese participating in the practice. By 1999, the Communist State, under the direction of then dictator Jiang Zemin moved to eliminate and systematically persecute Falun Gong followers.

Emerging emaciated from incarceration after two years, David was tipped off that he was about to be arrested for a second time. Grappling with little other than the prospect of death, he attempts to escape China in a quest for freedom.

A story of tragedy, faith, and resistance in the face of brutal totalitarianism, Memoir of a Communist Slave is one man’s journey to uncover what he believes has held him and his people hostage for too long.

WATCH: Memoir of a Communist Slave

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Produced, written and directed by Gina Shakespeare

Cinematography, editing, and sound by Alexander Nilsen

Additional writing by Dan Granger & Judy Shakespear 

Narration by Benjamin Grundy

Translations by Christine Hond & Susan Wang

Music by BCrutchfield

From: https://www.theepochtimes.com/memoir-of-a-communist-slave_2424885.html

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Legends Unfolding 傳奇時代: Kung Fu • Seeking the Tao 功夫 • 尋道 (w/ English subtitles)

Since ancient times people have sought the true essence of martial arts. Were the legendary martial arts techniques real or fictional? In today’s busy world where can we find the spirit and morality of the ancients? And what is the true purpose of life?

自古以来人们在探寻功夫的真谛，种种绝世武功，是历史的真实，还是虚幻的传说？在忙碌的现代社会，到哪里能找寻那一种初心和古意？又如何明了纷乱世事之外的真机？我这一生几十年在武术中追求，越学越感觉到自己知道的少，更高深的境界究竟是什么？我一直也在想，我走过的这条路，我想告诉后人，他们从中也许能够得到启发，通往玄妙的境界。

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Kung Fu • Seeking the Tao 功夫 • 尋道

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From: http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2018/05/26/a1377113.html, http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2018/05/28/a1377472.html, http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2018/05/31/a1377883.html

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Korea Telecom’s Vice President, His Path of Freedom from Addiction

A pack of cigarettes, a bottle of hard liquor, plus beer, how did he quit his addiction? Let’s see his personal experience!

Jeong Ki Tae is the Vice President of Korea’s largest telecommunication company “Korean Telecom”. He is responsible for the development of technology. He is a sharp-minded, energetic individual with a healthy glow on his cheeks.

Hard to picture him who was hopelessly addicted to cigarettes and alcohol……

WATCH: Jeong Ki Tae’s Path of Freedom from Addiction

(youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgEYE8x_i7k)

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