Practitioner Extols Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Falun Dafa in Letter to Oregon Governor
Governor John Kitzhaber Office of the Governor State Capitol Salem, OR 97310 10 December 2002 Dear Governor Kitzhaber, Thank you for proclaiming today to be Human Rights Day in Oregon. I commend
you for your speech, "Proclamation of Human Rights Day, and apology for
Oregon's forced sterilization of institutionalized patients." I too am
concerned about human rights and especially upholding those rights in mental
institutions. Like you, I am interested in medicine and I plan to be a doctor
of Chinese medicine. I became interested in Chinese medicine after my experience with qigong,
another ancient Chinese healing practice. Through my practice of a kind of
qigong called Falun Gong, I recovered from serious problems in both body and
mind. In body, I was healed from what doctors believed to be degenerative
arthritis in my neck. In mind, I recovered from what doctors told me would be
a permanent condition of manic-depression. I know firsthand about the tribulations that those in mental hospitals
face, because I lived through it for years and I probably would be in a mental
hospital now if I hadn't discovered Falun Gong. I do not resent any of what I
suffered then, in large part, because my experience has given me empathy for
those who are in that situation. Empathy is a natural part of the practice of Falun Gong, since we follow
the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Since I have found
Falun Gong to be so beneficial to me, I of course happily share the practice
with others by leading a practice site here in Portland. At the same time, I am painfully aware of the plight of Falun Gong
practitioners in China who face terrible persecution. It is sad that China, a
country that has such a rich history in both medicine and good values is now
harming its own people. According to human rights groups, one of the torture
methods employed is forcing perfectly healthy Falun Gong practitioners into
psychiatric institutions and forcing them to take medications. I can empathize
with what these kindhearted people are going through, so I feel compelled to
write to you and others to ask for help. I believe that if you issued a proclamation in support of Falun Gong and
its universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, as other
Governors in the United States have (examples attached), you would be helping
to uphold human rights in the world. From the bottom of my heart, I ask you to
do this noble act while you are still our Governor. I would very much like to
meet with you to discuss these issues in more detail. Thank you very much for
your time and I hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, Simon Thomas 1515 SW 11th Ave #402 Portland, OR 97201-3376 Phone: (503) 784-4236
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