Germany: Helping People Understand Falun Gong and the Persecution in China (Photos)
By a German practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) On October 1st, 2005, a district senior citizens center
in Cologne held their 2nd annual Health Information Exhibition for
senior citizens as well as the midlled-aged citizens-the future seniors with the
theme "keeping your health." When Falun Gong practitioners in Cologne
learned about the news, they contacted the organiser to get involved. The
organiser gladly invited them to participate in together with forty other
groups. After receiving the invitation, the practitioners embarked on the preparation
for this activity. Everybody gathered in the house of a fellow practitioner to
prepare banners, exhibition boards and paper Lotus Flowers. All this is also
part of their cultivation path to learn how to cooperate with each other and
give up the attachment to one's own ideas and accept others' opinions when it is
necessary. All the efforts were not for oneself, but to help everyday people
understand Falun Gong and understand the truth of the persecution and benefit
from it. At the beginning of the meeting, the practitioners first visited all the
other groups in the exhibition and presented them with paper Lotus Flowers.
People liked the delicate Lotus Flowers very much. Soon the Lotus Flowers were
everywhere, over the desk and on the walls in the whole exhibition arena. With a
brief introduction, our practitioners introduced Falun Gong and invited people
to participate in the exercise teaching in the afternoon. Many senior citizens attending the activity had not heard of Falun Gong, and
they listened to the introduction with keen interest. When they heard that Falun
Gong was suppressed and practitioners were persecuted in China, they were
shocked. They wanted to offer help and did not hesitate to sign their names to
show support. The head of the district and the organizer also came to Falun
Gong's exhibition booth. Our practitioners introduced Falun Gong to them in
detail. Before leaving, the head of the district gladly pinned a paper Lotus
Flower on his suit and wished practitioners a success during the exhibition. Many people came to learn the exercises, among them an 85 year-old
grandmother. She learned all five sets of the exercises in high spirits. Some
senior citizens who had problems with their legs sat on chairs to watch others
learn the exercises. A reporter from a local newspaper took a lot of photos.
Later practitioners introduced Falun Gong to him and answered his questions. A younger lady learned about the situation of Falun Gong from our
practitioners on the podium and stayed to ask a lot of questions afterwards. At
last she said to our practitioners she could not understand why Falun Gong
practitioners in China would be persecuted for practicing such peaceful
exercises. She expressed gratitude to our practitioners and left with something
to think about. Some people enquired about the time and place they could learn
the practice. They were surprised to hear that Falun Gong is taught all over the
world for free. The activity was very successful. Practitioners said that they would continue
their hard work to seize every opportunity to let more people learn the truth
about Falun Gong.
Chinese version available at
http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200510/45697.html
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