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[Clearwisdom.net] Belgium: Falun Gong Warmly Welcomed by High School Students and Teachers (Photos)

March 11, 2006 | By Belgian practitioners

(Clearwisdom.net) After a successful day last year, practitioners were once again invited to a school in Belgium to give a presentation to four classes of high school students. The event was based on a school health initiative, so the practitioners explained the difference between Western and Eastern medicine and how practicing Falun Gong has a great effect on people’s health.

Practitioners introduce Falun Gong and explain the exercises

The students watched a demonstration of the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Some students were curious and asked questions about the exercises: “Why do you close your eyes? “Why is it called Falun Gong?” “Why isn’t it possible to practice these exercises in China?” Some of the students also joined in practicing the second meditative exercise.

A practitioner made use of some prints of paintings of the Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition as well as some photos to make the explanation livelier. The students were enthusiastic when they saw the beautiful pictures about China, but were displeased when they heard about the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. This indignation grew when they heard that in China, people of their age who practice Falun Gong are expelled from school and that even little children and babies have been physically abused.

Afterwards, the youngsters learned to make lotus flowers out of paper. There was a pleasant atmosphere and the students also enjoyed this activity. Some students made use of the more personal contact with practitioners to ask them questions and express their happiness over the flowers they made. Most of the teachers hadn’t heard about Falun Gong before and were glad to find out about it.

At the end of the day, the practitioners were invited to the staff room to talk with some teachers and the school principal about the day’s successful activities. An invitation was offered to come back next year. The principal said that he has contacts in other schools and promised to promote Falun Gong to them.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200603/31839.html

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Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.

To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.

For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.