Poland: Three Falun Gong Seminars at the University of Lodz
Reported by a practitioner in Poland
(Clearwisdom.net) Some time ago, some practitioners
revealed the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong to the editor of a
student magazine. Because the editor-in-chief was so touched by the details
given, practitioners were given two full pages to write an article, and were
encouraged to use a picture of a practitioner doing exercise five [a
sitting meditation]. A friend of one of the practitioners read the article and
decided to arrange seminars to hlep the staff and students at Lodz
University learn about the persecution by Jiang's regime. The result was
three seminars, which each lasted about 90 minutes. A married couple, Falun Gong practitioners, gave the
presentation. The husband has been practicing for some time, but his wife
has only been a practitioner for several months and was usually a bit shy.
At the beginning, the husband thought that he would do most of the talking.
He worried about his wife and was a bit anxious. During the seminar, he
tried to overcome his uneasiness, and was very pleased when his wife spoke
with confidence and wisdom. She began to reveal the facts about the
persecution and speak from her heart about how she personally benefited from
practicing Falun Dafa. There was, however, one student in the audience who had
spent 14 months in China. He was a bit hostile at first and said things like
"Well, I was there. I even went on a tour of a labor camp and I didn't see
any torture devices or people being mistreated." The female practitioner,
who knew a lot about Polish history, said: "Do you remember stories about
the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw during the Second World War? People walked by
and went about their daily activities as usual outside the wall. But on the
other side, inside the ghetto and sealed off from the world, was a
completely different scene of murder, torture, and starvation. Yet people on
the outside either just didn't know the truth of the situation, or were so
scared of the Nazis that they didn't even dare to think about it or
acknowledge it, much less to do anything about it. The more insistent
outside observers were told that the Jews had good living conditions, or
were taken on guided tours of areas. The authorities let people see only
what they wanted them to see." She also used other examples from history to
discuss facts of the persecution in terms that were familiar to Polish
people. Practically all the students nodded in agreement. The female practitioner also talked about what Falun Gong
meant to her. She told a story about how she looked at the picture of a
little girl meditating on the cover of a Dafa flyer to help her learn how to
cross her legs for the sitting meditation exercise. People warmed to the
practitioners and the discussion became easier and more natural. She told
everyone that during the presentation she frequently felt as though it was
not just her speaking but a magnificent force was helping her. After the events, the male practitioner said, "The last
seminar in my view turned out to be the best. By then I had become quite
calm and I let go of my worry. I realized my wife was doing fine. We
eventually both talked naturally about our personal experiences and the
information about the persecution and human rights violations just came out
by itself. We chose the moments that felt right to use the materials we had
prepared. Even a professor, who had only wanted to talk about groups and
politics, and had tried to challenge and pick apart what we were saying,
became silent and even started to ask questions about the practice of Falun
Dafa. Soon we all became just like old friends chatting. I feel that it is
very important to hold the right balance and not go to any extremes. I feel
that it is most important share our experiences in a way that moves peoples'
hearts, rather than transmitting a certain quantity of information. That way
I feel that more people will get to know what Falun Dafa is and whom Dafa
practitioners really are.
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