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Twenty Minutes of Clarifying the Truth to a Member of the European Parliament By a practitioner in Germany (Clearwisdom.net) Because of the resolution in the European Parliament
Conference on December 19 regarding Hong Kong's Article 23 of the Basic Law,
practitioners from various countries came to the European Parliament Conference
held in Strasbourg, France to clarify the truth to representatives from their
respective countries. Some practitioners made phone calls in advance to arrange
for an appointment, but the members of parliament were all very busy and their
assistants frequently said that they had no time for us. We therefore went
directly to knock on their doors and went up to them to clarify the truth. I
realized that during this time our hearts were very righteous and the response
of the members of parliament were also very positive. I recalled that I went with one practitioner from Germany to visit an MEP. He
had not heard of Article 23 of the Basic Law and his responsibility does not
have much to do with China. In the beginning his expression was that of
indifference. We analyzed the contents of the Article 23 with him and he was
able to understand quickly that this law was against democracy and freedom. He
asked us when was the voting time [to reach a resolution for or against Article
23 of basic law], and we told him. He plainly told us that he would not be in
Strausborg at that point in time and was unable to take part in the voting. We
told him that we only wanted to let him know about this matter with the hope
that he could talk about this matter with his colleagues. Later we diverted the
topic to Falun Gong. We told him our first hand experience of democratic
countries putting Falun Gong practitioners on a blacklist due to pressure from
the Jiang regime and also Hong Kong's unfair trial against sixteen
practitioners. We used the chance to explain how Hong Kong and other countries
would be affected if the Article 23 of the Basic Law was enacted. He continued
to listen and then suddenly he said once again with much regret that he was
unable to be present at the voting. However, this time his tone of voice was
different. When we bade our farewell, he shook our hands and sincerely wished us
success and expressed appreciation for our passion regarding this matter and for
letting him know about it. Master said in the Philadelphia conference, "As I've said, everything
that happens today in the ordinary society is the result of Dafa disciples'
thoughts" (Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia,
U.S.A.) Frequently in the process of ten or twenty minutes, we see people change from
being disinterested to being grateful to us and admiring our courage and even
wishing us success. As long as our hearts are righteous, our environment also
changes accordingly. But when our righteous thoughts are not strong, we cannot
awaken the righteous thoughts of those we are speaking to and do not get any
response. As long as we study the Fa more and maintain righteous thoughts at all
times, we can take each step well. Posting date: 12/28/2002 |