[Minghui.org] A Tribute to Innocence at the International Doll Expo in San Francisco

 February 07, 2002 | By a Western practitioner

As a mother and grandmother, and like other practitioners all over the world, I was deeply grieved by the story of the torture deaths of Wang Lixuan and her baby boy, Meng Hao.

(Minghui.org)

As a mother and grandmother, and like other practitioners all over the world, I was deeply grieved by the story of the torture deaths of Wang Lixuan and her baby boy, Meng Hao (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/6/9304.html). So, being an original doll artist by trade, I decided to honor them by creating porcelain dolls in their likeness, with the intention of using these powerful images to help raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

On January 24, 2002, I was one of 150 vendors at the IDEX (International Doll Expo) trade show in San Francisco, where people came from all over the world to buy and sell collectable dolls and stuffed bears. I displayed the portrait dolls next to a printed information sheet which showed the photo of Ms. Wang holding her baby and told their story, and also gave some background information about the practice of Falun Gong. Many people who came into the booth for a closer look at my dolls paused to look at this pair. It was hard to watch their smiles of delight turn into looks of sadness and disbelief as they read the printed flyer sitting next to the dolls.

I gave everyone who showed interest in the dolls a copy of the information sheet and talked to many people about the persecution. In answering their questions and sharing their sorrow, I learned that many were mothers and grandmothers like myself. The pain that they felt over this atrocity was clearly visible on their faces. Some shared their own stories of injustices committed by the Chinese government. Others expressed appreciation for what I was doing and declared that this was a very good cause. One kindhearted lady who said she had adopted a little Chinese girl six years ago wept openly and bitterly. In one way, it was difficult for me to call people’s attention to the evil at this otherwise carefree, lighthearted event. But on the other hand, I was grateful to get the chance to use my skills as an artist to clarify the truth to this particular segment of the American population about the ongoing persecution in China.

The Ms. Wang doll stands 17″ tall, and Meng Hao is proportionately shorter. They were originally sculpted in common clay, then plaster molds were made of the body parts and they were cast in porcelain. After this stage, the details of the heads and hands were further refined in porcelain, and then new molds were made to produce the finished dolls. It is customary to produce original artist collector dolls such as these in editions limited either by time or number. Only 50 sets of these dolls will be produced.

All profits from the sale of these two collector dolls will be donated to Friends of Falun Gong, a non-profit organization created to raise public awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Information Sheet

Chinese version available

Source: https://en.minghui.org/emh/articles/2002/2/7/18509.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.

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【慧园】国际娃娃展览会上的中国母子像 (图)

 文/戴安娜．艾芙纳(Diana Effner)

【慧园】作为一位母亲和祖母，象世界上其他法轮大法学员一样，我在得知王丽萱和她的男婴孟昊被折磨致死的消息后陷入了深深的悲恸之中。为此，作为一名职业娃娃设计艺术家，我决定依照他们俩的形像创作一对瓷像，既纪念他们，同时也想用他们强有力的形象唤醒人们，使人们深入了解法轮功学员在中国所遭受的迫害的真相。

2002年1月24日，我与其他150名展销者共同参加了旧金山国际娃娃展览交易会。来自全世界的人们在这个交易会上买卖具收藏价值的娃娃和绒熊等。我将一张介绍单摆在这些瓷像旁边，介绍上印有王女士抱着她的婴儿的照片以及他们的故事，同时还讲述了法轮功修炼的背景资料。当人们来到我的摊位欣赏娃娃时，许多人都停下来看这对母子的瓷像。当我看到他们读着瓷像旁边的那张介绍，面部表情从喜悦的微笑转变成悲哀和难以置信时，我也很难过。

我给每一位对这对瓷像感兴趣的人们一张资料，并向很多人讲述了有关这场迫害的真相。在回答他们的问题并分担他们的悲哀之时，我得知他们中的许多人同我一样也是母亲和祖母。她们得知这些暴虐行径后，脸上显露出痛苦的神情。一些人也讲述了中国政府对她们犯下的不公行径。还有一些人表达了对我所做之事的感激，并郑重地说这是一个非常正义的事业。一位善良的女士当众痛苦地留下了眼泪。她说她六年前收养了一个中国小女孩。

从一方面来说，在这样一个轻松愉快、无忧无虑的展览会上，让人们注意到这场邪恶迫害，我心里也并不轻松；但是从另一方面来讲，我非常珍惜有这样一次机会可以利用我掌握的艺术向美国人民中的这一特定人群讲清在中国发生的这场迫害的真相。

王丽萱女士的瓷像有17英寸高，孟昊的瓷像按比例短些。按照惯例，往往制作这样的具收藏价值的原创艺术作品都是只制作一定数量或一定期限。而对这个特别版，我将会持续制作生产，直至这场迫害在中国结束，所有的大法学员都获释放，法轮大法和其创始人的名誉得到恢复。而售卖这两个收藏品的收益将会捐献给非盈利组织“法轮功之友”，该团体的目标是让公众了解中国法轮功学员在中国遭受的迫害。

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资料：王丽萱母子被迫害致死

王丽萱自1999年7.20中国镇压法轮功以来，先后8次上访（其中3次怀着身孕，2次抱着儿子进京护法）。2000年10月21日进京途中被抓。2000年11月7日王丽萱母子被双双折磨致死。其亲属接到通知到北京看到的是王丽萱母子冰冻的遗体，法医检查：王丽萱颈椎已断，坐骨断裂，头部凹陷，腰部留有一针头。孟昊脚脖有两道深深的伤痕，头部有两块紫斑，鼻子有血，据分析：暴徒们竟然连婴儿也不放过，当时可能将手铐铐在孟昊的脚脖子上倒悬所致的痕迹！

Source: http://huiyuan.minghui.org/html/articles/2003/6/1075.html

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朋友，您知道吗？从1992年5月开始，到2010年底为止，法轮功已经传到114多个国家，在那里人们都可以自由自在的炼功…

可是，在中国，从1999年7月20日开始，江泽民因为妒忌法轮功人数众多，对法轮功恶毒的诽谤与迫害。社会上很多人听信了共产党媒体的宣传和煽动，对法轮功产生了很深的误解与仇恨。

最为恶劣的，是在2001年1月导演了一场所谓的”自焚”闹剧，并通过新华社以从未有过的速度向全世界散播，嫁祸法轮功。这场闹剧，后被包括服务于联合国的国际教育发展组织（IED）在内的多个国际组织认定为虚假编造。朋友，您愿意把法轮功真相与更多的人分享吗？

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请观看: 金色的国度

(https://youtu.be/5kV8BnZ6yek)

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[Minghui.org] New Western Practitioner from Australia: Master Gave Me an Immense Gift of Life

 May 31, 2018 | By Xia Chunqing, a Minghui correspondent in Melbourne, Australia

“It has taken me a while to look inward and begin to truly understand cultivation. I no longer see the trivialities of life as mundane or try to escape from life through food.

(Minghui.org) Miraculous changes were experienced by a lady from Melbourne after she started reading the main book of Falun Dafa, Zhuan Falun, every day one and a half years ago. This Australian mother of four children lost more than 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of excess weight within five months. After a subsequent serious car accident, she was unable to drive alone due to extreme stress but was able to eliminate this psychological barrier in only two months. Her daughter, who suffered from dyslexia, changed from being irritable, unsocial, and struggling with learning difficulties, to becoming cheerful, confident, and having many friends. Her husband, whose condition required awakening from sleep regularly and emergency hospitalization four times per year, no longer needs to be awakened from sleep.

Geraldine Beck does the second Falun Dafa exercise—the Falun Standing Stance.

Geraldine Beck and her family were amazed and delighted. She said, “Master Li is showing me the immense gift of life, I have only just started living.”

Pondering the Meaning of Life Since Late Teenage Years

Geraldine had frequent bouts of depression and apathy from the time she was a teenager. “Since my teenage years, I often pondered the meaning of life,” she said. “After building a house with my husband and living a good life, I felt empty and discontent. I spent all my spare time reading romance novels. Then we had children and health issues, during which I started actively searching for meaning and answers to life and its purpose.”

She said, “This at times provided short-term comfort but was very shallow. During this time I would follow a strict diet that I could not maintain over the long term, and some weight would come off. I would feel better for a while but it was always unsustainable. My weight subsequently ballooned, depression returned, and I would then feel exhausted. Repeating this cycle for many years resulted in a feeling of very low self-esteem and helplessness.”

Miracle after a Serious Car Accident

Geraldine had a car accident in August 2015. Her car was damaged. “I was not hurt, but I just had no consciousness or awareness of what was going on. I was extremely stressed and had no memory of the event or anything else after the accident. It had a big impact on me the following year. I felt mentally uneasy, I felt odd and not normal after the car accident,” she recalled.

Once Geraldine was able to drive again, she had such intense anxiety that she could not manage to drive. She contacted a friend who had shared her interests over many years, and he introduced her to the nine-day video lectures [given by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa]. She immediately began to watch.

“I watched one each day for nine days, after which I felt happy and light,” Geraldine said. “Then I started doing the exercises and studied Zhuan Falun every day. I felt good, I felt balanced, I felt my thoughts return to normal.”

“Within two months the anxiety was gone, I was able to drive by myself. I lost 36 kilos (79 pounds) in five months. My father was delighted because he often worried about my health.

“I also started to do more of the housework. I had not been a very energetic person, and everything required a big effort. I found that this was no longer the case. I now have the energy to do things well and I no longer get tired. I used to sleep 9-10 hours per night, but now I sleep just 5 hours.

“The kids were really pleased to see my changes—I was more energetic, ate healthier, and maintained a tidy home,” Geraldine said.

Husband Overcomes Sleeping Danger

Miraculous events were also experienced by Geraldine’s non-practitioner husband and her daughter, who read Zhuan Falun occasionally.

“My husband has type 1 diabetes and needs insulin injections three times a day. When he slept he could lose consciousness, so I had to wake him up, give him a needle in case the glucose level was too low. I had to call an ambulance at least four times a year. The injections are not good for his kidneys.

“He improved a lot after I started reading Zhuan Falun. I no longer need to give him injections since he never loses consciousness when he is at home. I haven’t needed to worry about that during the past year.

“He feels the differences himself and has noticed a major difference in me as well. He encourages me in the practice,” Geraldine said.

A Totally Different Daughter

“I have two daughters and two sons. My daughter has learning difficulties at school, which caused her to develop very low self-esteem. She has dyslexia.

“When I started reading Zhuan Falun around that time, I had a problem with her. She didn’t want to go to bed and didn’t want to go to school. It was a very difficult time.”

All this completely changed over a year ago.

“When she had a bit of anxiety and watched me reading Zhuan Falun, she read with me for four to five minutes, which really helped her.

“She has changed her self-image and is happier with herself. Her social skills and self-esteem have increased dramatically. She asks for help and no longer experiences depression.”

Gratitude to Compassionate Master

Geraldine appears open and full of energy in the eyes of her husband and kids. She said, “I now have the vitality to live, and a heart that is being fulfilled and opened through the practice in a way that I have never experienced before.

“It has taken me a while to look inward and begin to truly understand cultivation. I no longer see the trivialities of life as mundane or try to escape from life through food.

“Master Li is gently guiding me step by step to learn and understand the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in my life through my relationships.”

As a new practitioner, Geraldine is full of gratitude. “Master Li is showing me the immense gift of life, and I have only just started living,” she said. “Falun Dafa is allowing me to have the life I often dreamed of.”

Chinese version available

Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2018/5/31/170604.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.

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【明慧网】澳洲西人新学员：师尊给予我生命的巨大恩赐（图）

 

这些脱胎换骨般的身心巨变，令她和家人倍感震撼和欣喜，她说：“通过修炼，我明白了，生活中的这些磨难都是能让我找到自己的不同执著的珍贵时机。我也深深体悟到，师尊给予我生命的巨大恩赐（the immense gift of life），我的生活好象才刚刚开始。”

【明慧网二零一八年五月二十七日】（明慧记者夏纯清墨尔本采访报道）一位四个孩子的澳洲母亲，在日常食量增加的情况下，110公斤的超重体重在5个月内减少了超过30公斤；原本严重车祸后因极度紧张几乎无法独自驾车，仅两个月后摆脱这一心理障碍，同时，困扰了大半生的、在与人共事时无法控制的焦虑紧张感消失了；罹患失读症的女儿，从易怒、自我隔离、学习困难，变的开朗自信、朋友众多；平均一年四次需要叫救护车急救的丈夫，不再需要从睡眠中被叫醒注射毒副作用很大的、控制1型糖尿病的药物……

图：贝克（Geraldine Beck）女士炼法轮功第二套功法——法轮桩法。

这一切奇迹般的变化，都发生在这位墨尔本的50岁西人女士贝克（Geraldine Beck）从一年半前开始每天阅读《转法轮》之后。

这些脱胎换骨般的身心巨变，令她和家人倍感震撼和欣喜，她说：“通过修炼，我明白了，生活中的这些磨难都是能让我找到自己的不同执著的珍贵时机。我也深深体悟到，师尊给予我生命的巨大恩赐（the immense gift of life），我的生活好象才刚刚开始。”

中学时代焦虑中开始思考生命的意义

从中学时代起，贝克经常陷入抑郁和消沉的困境。“那时候开始，我经常琢磨活着到底为了什么。”她说，“中学毕业，在和丈夫组建家庭、建造了我们自己的房子之后，生活的舒适让我觉的空虚，变的牢骚满腹，我把所有的业余时间都花在读言情小说上。有了孩子们之后，我的身体亮了红灯，于是我又开始寻找人生的意义和目地。”

贝克的情绪变的时好时坏，短暂的满足之后仍然感觉自己很肤浅。这期间，她尝试过许多次严格的减肥食谱，但总是难以维持很长时间就放弃了，减肥和增重的过程不断重复，导致抑郁症卷土重来，她觉的当时自己整个人都精疲力尽。

“如果我的周围有其他人，我会总是有忧虑和紧张，觉的难以控制自己的意识，即使身边是父亲和兄弟。因为害怕在工作中出现错误，我会非常非常紧张，以至于脑子一片空白。”

她说：“我的体重在过去很多年都处在过重的状态，每次严格的节制饮食几个月后，坚持不下去放弃，体重又回来了，不仅如此，还再增加10公斤，就这样不断重复着这个周期，直到2016年底，体重达到110公斤左右。”

“我的自信心快降没了，感到自己恐怕已经没救了。”她说。

严重车祸后的奇迹

2015年8月，贝克遭遇了严重的车祸，车子被撞毁了。“我没有受伤，但极度紧张，以至于事后对大概前后7个小时内的经历、当时都发生了什么，我没有任何记忆。”

车祸后，驾照被吊销12个月，“这个车祸对我接下来一年的生活影响巨大，将近12个月，我都感到心情沉重，整个人的状态很不正常。”她回忆说。

驾照恢复，贝克也无法独自驾车。“我几乎不能开车上路。因为如果是独自开车，我无法控制自己的紧张情绪，非常危险。”她说。

一个多年要好的朋友、丈夫的同事，在修炼了一段时间法轮功之后，得知贝克的情况，推荐她上网观看法轮功创始人李洪志先生的九天班讲法录像，她立即照办了。

“我每天看一讲，连续看了九天。”她说，“看完九讲，我顿时感到轻松愉悦，真的很美妙。”

她接着回忆道：“之后我开始学炼五套功法，并且每天阅读《转法轮》，渐渐能控制自己的情绪，原先失衡的状态消失了，生活恢复了正常。”

“两个月后，在我开始参加集体炼功后，奇迹般地终于彻底摆脱紧张和焦虑的情绪，能轻松独自驾车了。而且，在接下来的5个月，我的体重也自然而然地减轻了36公斤，不是刻意减肥，只是三餐注重营养均衡而已，食量比以前还大一些，但体重就这样恢复了正常 。父亲看到我的变化非常高兴，因为我之前的健康状况是他的一大心病。”

“我也能轻松做家务了，以前做一点点事情都需要很费劲才能完成，而现在，我有足够的力气把家务事做得很好，再也不觉的累，这一点感受太深了。我过去每晚要睡9-10个小时，现在只需要5个小时。”

“孩子们对我的变化也是非常非常开心，他们现在有了一个活力四射的妈妈、更健康的三餐和干净整洁的家。”贝克难掩欣喜地说。

丈夫摆脱睡眠危险

奇迹般的变化也发生在贝克尚未修炼的丈夫和不定期阅读《转法轮》的女儿身上。

“我丈夫有1型糖尿病，每天要注射三次胰岛素。过去，他每天睡觉的时候，总是面临失去意识的危险，我需要叫他起来，如果血糖太低，就给他注射。”但还是会发生危险，她说：“每年平均有4次，我不得不叫救护车，因为他失去意识了。过多的药物对他的肾脏损害很大。”

“在我开始阅读《转法轮》之后，他的身体状况也改善了，我不再需要给他额外注射，而且，过去的一年多，他在家里，再也没有发生一次失去意识的危险情况，所以一年多了，我不再需要担心他出状况了。”

“因为他明显感觉到自己的变化，更是看到我的巨变，所以鼓励也很支持我修炼。”贝克说。

判若两人的女儿

“我有四个孩子，两男两女。其中大女儿在学校学习很吃力，造成她极度不自信，对自己的评价也非常负面，因为如此，脾气也很暴躁，不合群，没有朋友。”

“后来，我们意识到这是不正常的状态，带她看了医生，确诊为读写困难（也称失读症）。”

贝克说：“在我开始阅读《转法轮》之前，每天晚上让她按时睡觉非常困难，而且，她总是不想去上学，我感到束手无策。”

但这一切在一年多前也彻底改变了。

“当时，她感到很焦虑的时候，看到我在阅读《转法轮》，就坐下来和我一起读，仅仅4-5分钟后，她发现焦虑消失了。此后，她就不定期的和我一起读，每次时间都不长，但足以彻底改变她的精神状态。”

贝克接着说：“她对自己的评价开始正面起来，内心感到快乐，她的朋友圈和自信心都戏剧性地增加着。她不害怕向别人求助，她也不再感到沮丧。现在，她在中学里有很多要好的朋友了，成了一个开心的孩子，我们没有给她吃治疗失读症的任何药物。但她和12个月前判若两人。”

感恩慈悲的师尊

如今的贝克，在丈夫和孩子们眼里，开朗精干、活力四射，她说：“通过修炼，我觉的浑身很有劲，内心也觉的很充实和开朗，我感到内心充实，也很平静，能够坦然面对各种疑难问题，甚至可以自己解决这些难题了，这是我之前从来没有体验过的。”

她说：“我花了不短的时间，才学会向内找，才开始真正明白什么是修炼。我现在不再将生活中的小磨难看作普通的事情，或者通过暴饮暴食来逃避生活，因为我明白，这些磨难都是能让我找到自己的不同执著的珍贵时机。”

“我体悟到，李洪志师父慈悲地一步一步地指导我的修炼，以及在日常生活中处理与周围人的关系时，不断展现和启悟我对‘真善忍’原则的从浅到深的理解。”

作为新学员，贝克内心充满感恩，她表示：“师尊给予我生命的巨大恩赐，我的生活好象才刚刚开始。而这就是我梦寐以求的生活，人生有目地、也有方向，更重要的是，我还有一个师父在随时支持着我。”

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English Version: http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2018/5/31/170604.html

Source: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2018/5/27/368068.html

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朋友，您知道吗？从1992年5月开始，到2010年底为止，法轮功已经传到114多个国家，在那里人们都可以自由自在的炼功…

可是，在中国，从1999年7月20日开始，江泽民因为妒忌法轮功人数众多，对法轮功恶毒的诽谤与迫害。社会上很多人听信了共产党媒体的宣传和煽动，对法轮功产生了很深的误解与仇恨。

最为恶劣的，是在2001年1月导演了一场所谓的”自焚”闹剧，并通过新华社以从未有过的速度向全世界散播，嫁祸法轮功。这场闹剧，后被包括服务于联合国的国际教育发展组织（IED）在内的多个国际组织认定为虚假编造。朋友，您愿意把法轮功真相与更多的人分享吗？

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请观看: 《转法轮》赋予波兰青年全新生命

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4VyDC30id0)

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[Minghui.org] São Paulo, Brazil: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

 May 21, 2023 | By Falun Dafa Practitioners in São Paulo, Brazil

Micaela also used to bully a classmate at school and called her ugly. After she learned Falun Dafa, she felt sad when she realized that she shouldn’t have done that. “I felt sorry for [my classmate],” she said.

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in São Paulo held an event at Avenida Paulista on May 13, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of Falun Dafa’s introduction to the public. They played music and displayed banners emblazoned with “May 13: World Falun Dafa Day,” and “Falun Dafa is good.” Practitioners also decorated a car with banners and drove through several districts of São Paulo. 

At their location on Agenda Paulista, practitioners demonstrated the peaceful and calming Falun Dafa exercises. They also displayed information boards introducing Falun Dafa’s spread around the world and exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the practice in China. Many passersby stopped and asked more about the practice and the persecution. 

Passersby read the information on the display boards.

Demonstrating the fifth Falun Dafa exercise.

Practitioners decorated a car with banners reading “May 13: World Falun Dafa Day” and “Falun Dafa is good.”

Learning the Dafa Exercises

Evaldo learns the Falun Dafa exercises for the first time.

Evaldo Ferreira dos Santos, 50, a professional driver, has known about Falun Dafa for two years. On this day, he finally decided to not to just watch, but to learn the exercises. 

“I felt peace in my heart, and my mind emptied of everything,” he said after trying the exercises. 

Dos Santos said that if he had known the exercises would feel so good, he would have started learning them sooner. 

“From now on, I’m going to cultivate,” he said. “[Falun Dafa is] really good. It made me feel good.”

Neuropsychologist: “This is my birthday present”

Alan Alexander Lunardi, whose birthday is May 13, was moved to tears when he learned that the practice of Falun Gong is persecuted by the CCP regime.

Alan Alexander Lunardi, 48, is a neuropsychologist who volunteers at Doctors Without Borders. He received a flier about the practice from a practitioner and exclaimed, “This is my birthday present!” 

Coincidentally, Lunardi’s birthday is on May 13th. Since he is already adept at yoga, he became quite interested in the Falun Dafa exercises. 

“I’m going to search [about this] on the Internet. I’m also going to learn about it a little more in depth,” he said. “Nothing is by chance – it caught my attention.”

When he heard about the persecution, Lunardi was moved to tears when he saw the images of tortured practitioners on the information board. 

“I think it is a totally unfair act, especially when dealing with meditation practices, he said. “I am totally opposed to any kind of oppression against the [Falun Gong] movement. This is human terrorism. Certainly there should be some kind of punishment from higher authorities, at the top [of the Chinese Communist Party], but unfortunately corruption wins, both here and in any other country.”

Before leaving, he said to the practitioners, “Keep going, and you can count on my support.” 

Practitioner Expresses Gratitude

Gisele Paz (middle) and her children Micaela (left) and Davi (right) practice Falun Dafa.

Gisele Paz found out about the practice in 2015 because of its health benefits, but only started practicing Falun Dafa in 2019. She credits Falun Dafa with broadening her heart. 

“I think that this spiritual elevation, this purification of my heart, is what brought improvement to everything in my life,” she said. 

Before practicing Falun Dafa, Paz suffered from ovarian diseases. After taking up the practice, these diseases disappeared, and she is now healthy. 

“My body feels lighter. The best that practicing Falun Dafa has given me is that sense of purity,” said Paz.

Paz’s daughter Micaela is 10 years old. She feels she has changed for the better after practicing Falun Dafa as well. Before, she used to steal money from her mother, but after she learned the teachings of Falun Dafa, she stopped doing that, as she knew it was wrong. 

“Otherwise [if I steal] I lose virtue,” she said. Micaela also used to bully a classmate at school and called her ugly. After she learned Falun Dafa, she felt sad when she realized that she shouldn’t have done that. “I felt sorry for [my classmate],” she said.

On World Falun Dafa Day, Micaela thanks Master Li. “Thank you for helping me, because now I know what is right and what is wrong.”

Davi is Micaela’s 11-year-old brother. He said Falun Dafa taught him “not to fight back when attacked.” He and his sister handed out many fliers and lotus flowers to people passing by.

“One has the Right to Live and Believe What they Want”

Andreia Falcão, 46, is a street sweeper. He heard about Falun Dafa for the first time at the event. 

“I see Falun Dafa as meditation,” he said. Falcão thought that the persecution was a terrible thing to do to people who simply want to practice their faith.

“[This persecution] is the end of the world. I feel a pain in my heart. How could people do this to other humans?”

He encouraged practitioners to continue to practice and exercise their freedom of belief around the world. 

“Everyone has the right to live and believe what they want,” said Falcão. 

“Knowing a single word of this Fa was worth the wait of a million years”

Bernardo Schotgues sits in the full lotus position to perform the fifth Falun Dafa exercise.

Bernardo Schotgues, 26, a master’s student in neuropsychology, started practicing Falun Dafa in January 2022. Schotgues and another practitioner drove seven hours from Curitiba to participate in the event in São Paulo. “This is a day that practitioners can meet with other practitioners to clarify the truth to people, and it is very good. It was very beautiful.”

Schotgues said he was very happy because just this week, he was able to cross his legs for the first time in the full lotus position, a meditation position required for the fifth Falun Dafa exercise. On World Falun Dafa Day, he expresses his gratitude towards Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, for the newfound purpose the practice has given him. 

“I want to thank Master Li for taking care of me, even when I didn’t know it, and for giving me this very important opportunity,” said Schotgues. “I always think that knowing a single word of this Fa was worth all the waiting of a million years.” 

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Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/5/21/209454.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.

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Watch Candlelight Across the Street (English Dubbed Version)

(https://youtu.be/M6ZSwcxTUMM)

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