By a German practitioner

(Clearwisdom. net) On Sunday, August 11, fellow practitioner Miss Chang and I arrived in Dresden to clarify the truth to the local government, police and media. Miss Chang had cried out to Jiang Zemin, "Falun Dafa is good!" during his visit to Dresden in Germany. A Chinese secret service man grabbed her by the throat and then two German policemen took her away. The media in Dresden reported the incident.

That evening when we arrived in Dresden, the city was experiencing a heavy rainstorm. Many streetcars had stopped running because the tracks were flooded and damaged. We found the spokesman of Ministry of Domestic Affairs in Sachsen State, and talked to him for two and a half hours. At first he said that they did not regard Miss Chang's action as a violation of law, and had not recorded her name. He wanted us to set our minds at ease. We told him that we did not come for this purpose, but because of the illegal behavior of the two German policemen who took Miss Chang away during Jiang's visit. The spokesman defended the two policemen, saying that they took Miss Chang away to protect her from harm from Chinese security agents, and that Miss Chang should not have stood within the security zone. We stated that if the policemen had meant to protect Miss Chang, they should have taken the Chinese security agents away. It has never been a policy for the police to ignore those who do harm to others, but instead take the victims away in a violent way. Besides, those who welcomed Jiang were still shouting their greetings there. As a Chinese person as well, why was Miss Chang not allowed to stand there as other Chinese? This was a violation of democracy and freedom of speech.

Then, we clarified the truth of Falun Gong to the spokesman and told him why we asked for days off work, spent our own money, and took risks. Gradually, the spokesman lowered his head, saying, "If I agreed with you, I also . . ." When we told him that we would file charges against the two policemen, he immediately gave us some suggestions and promised to hand in our letter and Dafa truth-clarifying materials to the Minister of Domestic Affairs.

Later, we visited the state government, all political parties, police stations, parliaments and the media. But because of the worsening floods, the city transportation was blocked, and the TV stations had a power failure. As a result, we could not find those we wanted to talk to.

This week, Dresden suffered from severe floods, the likes of which had not happened in 500 years. The water level reached nine and a half meters. The goods in the stores had to be thrown away. With no electricity or hot water, most of the stores closed. The places that Jiang paid visits to were flooded. After the water was pumped out of the buildings, the ground was covered with a layer of black stuff. It took several days to pump all the water out of the basement of Hotel Kempinski in Dresden.

It is a heavenly principle that people who commit crimes against Dafa will suffer retribution. It is the mission of Dafa practitioners to offer salvation to human beings; however, after Jiang left Germany, we provided no timely remedy for the possible damage. Because the city where I live is far away from those that Jiang visited, I thought that practitioners in those cities would take care of it. Consequently, failing to be seriously responsible for Dafa, myself and sentient beings, I did not think of how to clarify the truth tactfully and thoroughly in Germany. People committed crimes against Dafa out of ignorance, and also because of not being told the truth on time. When I heard the ambulances' sirens everywhere, I knew they were to alert me to my indifference.

Two days later, we brought hundreds of copies of newspapers to Dresden. We chatted with local residents and told them the truth of Falun Gong and the wisdom of ancient China. Based on Chinese wisdom, whenever there is a tragedy, the reason must be that people have done something wrong, and thus people should reflect on what they did. Some of the residents kept silent; others said that people in Europe should reflect on their behavior and they should make dramatic changes in how they think. There is a German saying, "people think, but God decides." Human beings always consider themselves powerful and strong, but humans are helpless against the force of Nature. We saw their suffering and inner frustration. We also saw the mixture of human ignorance and kindness in them.

"In this Fa-rectification, the best opportunity has been created for the colossal firmament's sentient beings; all sentient beings have the best opportunity to lay a foundation for their future." (Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston) I will try my best to help them. I deeply feel that time is urgent to offer salvation to sentient beings.

Posting date: 9/2/2002
Original article date: 9/2/2002
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/8/20/35261.html

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