Stories from the Canadian Falun Dafa Festival (I)
By practitioners in Canada
[Minghui Net]
On the afternoon of May 18, when several practitioners were on their way to
participate in the parade in Ottawas Chinatown, they met an old Chinese
gentleman. He came up to the practitioners and spoke to them about Falun Gong.
He mentioned that last week a local Chinese newspaper used the name of a Chinese
association to petition against Falun Gong.. The old man disliked the petition a
lot. He said with a slightly agitated voice, "Those people cannot represent
me, and they cannot represent Chinese people outside China." He also said
that he wrote an article in response to this incident, yet the newspaper did not
dare publish it since they were being pressured. The old man suggested
practitioners use legislative ways to protect their rights. He said that the
article in the newspaper slandered Falun Gong recklessly, and he thought the
author had violated the law. "The article was against Canadas consistent
policy of advocating multicultural development. Canada is a tolerant society,
where everyones beliefs should be respected. Although I do not practice Falun
Gong, I do support you practitioners!"
During the celebration, Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world
shared how theyve greatly changed after practicing Falun Gong, and they were
well understood and supported by the audience. Among them, two practitioners
from Toronto beautifully expressed their calls for justice and their good wishes
for all kind people with their singing. A western practitioner from Ottawa sung
a song that was personally written, pushing the celebration to its height.
During the celebration, there was some light rain. However, when the parade
was about to begin, the sun suddenly came out from behind the clouds and the
blue sky appeared. From this change in climate, all practitioners drew
inspiration. In the afternoon, accompanied by the bright sunshine and the
peaceful music of Pudu and Jishi (Dafas music), the parade went through the
major streets of downtown Ottawa and concluded at the Chinese Embassy.
Practitioners did the exercises on the lawn in front of the Embassy building,
peacefully appealing to the Chinese government. The pictures taken by
practitioners show various colors of light being emitted by the huge energy
field. We deeply felt the great power of righteous belief and thoughts emanating
from practitioners. By 9 PM, when the activities had finished, it suddenly
started to rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning. According to a local
practitioner, it hadnt rained this heavy in the past year. The weather
forecast had said there would be thunderstorms all day.
On the Evening of May 18, during the thunderstorm, a practitioner from the U. S.
saw a huge Falun in the sky. The swiftly spinning Falun was cleaning up the evil
beings in the other dimensions with an unprecedented speed.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2001/5/24/11419.html
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