Experienced Power of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance

Author: A Dafa practitioner from China now living in Toronto

Experience sharing from the 2009 Canada Fa Conference

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Greetings, Respected Master,
Greetings, Fellow practitioners,

In “Teaching the Fa in Canada, 2006,” Teacher said: “Dafa has been established in human society, and your form of cultivation has you conform to ordinary society to the maximum extent. Many people think it’s about being lenient with and making things convenient for our cultivation, but diligent students don’t see it that way. It is, rather, the path that Dafa disciples must take as they cultivate. So everything that you do, be it your balancing well your family relationships while you live among ordinary people, balancing well your relationships in society, how you perform at your workplace, how you conduct yourself in society, etc., none of these are things you can just go through the motions on. All of these are part of your cultivation format, and are serious matters.”

I came to Canada in 2004. As I was persecuted in China, my family members wanted me to have a stable life when I finally got to Canada. Going to school seemed to be the first step in getting established in Canada. However, my memory had been damaged from the persecution I suffered at a forced labor camp. I had difficulties remembering the English words I had learned, not to mention learning new words. I had to take the English exams twice for the University of Toronto and failed them both, but somehow I was accepted into the master’s program in Urban Design. The course load was very heavy at U of T and I didn’t know how I could face the two years of study with my poor English. But I thought, since Dafa gave me an opportunity to study, I was determined to validate Dafa and save the sentient beings in this particular environment.

I used all the opportunities I had at school to clarify the truth to my classmates. In one of my history courses, we had to do a presentation on selected topics. One of them was Marxism. In western universities, communism is still poisoning the students. So, I decided to use this issue to clarify the truth. It was a difficult topic for me, but I thought it would be a good opportunity. I borrowed the books from the bibliography and found that they were of the same tone as the propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to the professor’s requirements, we should first of all give a summary of the literature. But I decided to give a presentation with content contrary to what the books said. This might irritate my professor, and with my poor English, I may not have been able to argue my point eloquently, but I did not care about my marks. I just didn’t want communism to continue to poison sentient beings. So, I collected many posters from the Cultural Revolution period and a picture of how the CCP persecuted a white nun, along with my X-rays showing the injuries that I sustained as a result of the persecution. These pictures helped me to illustrate my points. All of my classmates were engaged by my lecture. As soon as the class was over, my classmates said to me, “You are so brave. You spoke very well. I have learned a lot.”

When my roommates and I got back to our studio, we had more discussions about my presentation. They asked me about Falun Gong and why the persecution was happening. They were really shocked when I told them the truth. My classmates from Iran were especially shocked. They said, “We thought only the Iranian government was so brutal. Many anti-government people have gone missing. The Chinese government is even worse than the Iranian government because it even persecutes those who are not against it. They wanted me to show them the Falun Gong exercises. However, some of my classmates from India were not convinced of the benefits of Falun Gong. They thought Yoga was better. I decided that I would talk with them further at another time.

I have used all the opportunities that I had in my courses to expose the Chinese Communist regime. Students and professors have learned about the forcible demolition of people’s homes in China, the environmental pollution in China, and the Chinese government control of the Internet. They were amazed at the absurdity of the regime.

As time went by, conflicts arose among my classmates during group projects. This was especially so between different ethnic groups and even among the same ethnic group, such as the Iranians. It made it very difficult for people to complete their assignments. I was affected and many of my classmates complained to me.

I think that everyone I meet has a predestined relationship with me. My environment mirrors my heart. Their problems are reflections of the shortcomings that I have in my dimension. I enlightened to the fact that, first of all, I cannot be affected by them. No matter who is right or wrong on the surface, I would not get involved. In addition, as I am a Dafa practitioner, I should use the Fa principles to help them solve their problems so that they can feel the compassion of a Dafa practitioner. So every time they complained to me, I would talk to them using Fa principles in a way that they could understand in order to help them put things in perspective. I tried to tell them to look at things from others’ perspective. Usually, after I talked to them, they felt better.

As well as completing school work, my husband and I also have to do a lot of Dafa work. Time is tight. However, many classmates asked for my help with their assignments, such as what do to for their thesis or an idea for a design. It was time consuming for me to come up with even my own ideas and it was almost impossible for me to help others. Sometimes I was really annoyed and thought, “I am just your classmate” or, “I am not your teacher. Why don’t you go ask your teacher? Don’t you know that I am also tired? Why are you so selfish?” But then I realized that I should not be deceived by this illusion of ordinary people. They would rather talk to me than their teacher because their knowing side wanted to hear the truth. This was also an opportunity for me to guide them with Fa principles and righteous thinking. Think about how hard it was for Teacher to save us and we know how much Teacher suffered. As a practitioner, with a mission to save sentient beings, why should I be concerned about being tired? So I tried very hard to help them. They were all very appreciative.

Towards the end of the second semester, I was even busier with Dafa work, but I did not want to give up my studies or to appear abnormal to other people. Teacher said: “Don’t go to extremes with anything; do things rationally and with a clear head. That is the mighty virtue of a Dafa disciple. Whoever manages to remain steady while following this ordinary-society cultivation format, that person is truly doing what’s best in this format of cultivation. If with this format someone exhibits behavior that is out of line with this format and at odds with it, then perhaps that person hasn’t done well enough. Since Dafa disciples’ cultivation is conducted with a format like this, this format is able to forge Dafa disciples, and it can create incredibly high future Attainment Statuses. Departing from this format or not conforming to it will obstruct your cultivation; those things are actually the product of attachments.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital, 2006”)

In the third semester of my program, we planned to go to Chile’s capital city. Prior to our departure, one class was rescheduled and one of my classmates had to do a presentation, which she was not prepared for. I had also been very busy with Dafa work and had also not studied. While many of our classmates were packing, I decided to stay with my friend. She was desperate. She said, “Cindy, help me. I only read the article once.” I told her, “Say to yourself that Falun Dafa is good.” To my surprise, she opened her mouth and started shouting from St. George Street to College Street and then Harbour Street. A miracle happened as she memorized everything. She did not even have to refer to the originals when she did her presentation.

In the last semester of 2008, I had several courses and also needed to work on my thesis. At this time, the CCP had started to round up Falun Gong practitioners. I was very busy with Dafa work. I didn’t have time to be with my classmates. I wanted them to see the Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts performance, but although they were very interested, they did not go. I thought that my classmates were interested in the arts but the economy was not good and they did not have money for it. Although I didn’t have a lot of money, I thought it was important to invite all of them and so I paid for their tickets. They all dressed up for the occasion and they were very impressed with the show. Some of them were interviewed by the Epoch Times. They expressed their appreciation for traditional Chinese culture and their support for Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance and that they are against the persecution. They were very pleased to see their interviews on the Epoch Times website. They said that they finally understood where my beautiful color schemes came from. Some of them even got their color inspirations from the Shen Yun show for dressing up during their graduation thesis.

The proposal for my thesis was rated number one during the third semester. But when I finally presented my thesis to the committee, it was rejected by some of the advisors due to their notions. My supervisor suggested that I refer to the designs of a famous modern architect. I have always liked traditional designs, as if they have existed in my mind for a long time. In the five years I studied modern design in university, I could not understand how such designs came into being. After I studied Dafa, I understood that traditional architectural culture is the orthodox culture and modern design is the products of aliens. I think in order for me to be able to cultivate Dafa, my mind had been protected so I did not focus on modern urban design. But then I had problems fitting into ordinary society. As my supervisor wanted me to model modern design architecture to create my own design, I talked about it with my husband from the Fa perspective and finally understood that looking from above, the geometrical shapes of modern designs look like huge air stations. If one travelled in the air in a UFO, it would be very clear. So I came up with several designs and each of them captured the essence of modern design, which surprised all of my committee members. However, modern design is not from civilizations of human beings; it does not concern itself with human life and it is even in conflict with nature. So I modified it so that my design would merge into the natural environment and integrated human life into the design as well. When I had my oral defence, my department invited specialists to sit in the committee, including a person in charge of the urban design program of Harvard University. The specialists had a lot to say after my classmates presented. But they were silent after my presentation. After a short while, one professor said, “Let me say something. You have done a lot of work on your design and you solidly established your thesis. You have been very successful in using examples of modern design and you have proved the values of your creativity.” This is the professor who was against my design in the first place.

Two days later, although I was tired, I invited everybody to come to my class for a get-together to teach them Falun Gong. One of the western practitioners also came to help us. All of my classmates came with their spouses and children. They learned the exercises and everyone picked up a copy of the truth-clarification materials and CDs. My husband and I prepared a nice Chinese dinner for them. At the party, people who did not talk to each other started to talk, and a male student from India proposed to a female student from Iran, whom he didn’t like at first. The positive energy of Dafa cultivators rectified the environment and everything was harmonized.

During this process, I enlightened to what Teacher said: “As a Dafa disciple in this society, no matter what kind of setting or corner of society you find yourself in, you are playing a positive role. Regardless of whether you are clarifying the truth and validating the Fa or doing things not so directly connected to Dafa, you are nonetheless saving sentient beings and are playing huge roles, and that is because your righteous thoughts and compassionate field are having a positive effect.” (Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital, 2006)

Looking back at the past two years, when I was clarifying the truth or getting along with ordinary people, I tried to follow the standards of cultivators so that ordinary people could see the beauty of Dafa and be impressed with Dafa. It was a difficult process. But it was worth it.

My English is the worst in my class and yet I got an “A” in most of the subjects. During the two years of my study, I was a top student in my class. I also assisted all of my classmates to get their degrees on schedule. This is a miracle of Dafa. I experienced the power of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.

Declaration of the Anonymous Netizens, 2009

Hello,Mr Censor of the Chinese Governmental Department,

We’re the anonymous netizens.For so long a time we’ve discerned your doings of unreasonable blockage of the freedom of expression,your hostility towards the advanced internet technology,your distortion of the sober truth colluding with the propaganda,your envenomation of the public opinion using those network commentators……all these doings have deeply countermarked in our memory.Along with the recent notice of compelling installation of the so called “Green Dam” and the evil-minded slander towards Google,your ugly face of a complete censorship and control of internet has been clearly showed up.So we anonymous netizens declare,we’ll start an all-round attack on your censorship system in all over the world from the day of July 1,2009.

To defend the freedom of internet,to improve the tendency of cyberization,and to protect our own right,we’ll make a series of attacks which will give you the lesson of how chickenshit your censorship system is in front of the real network strength.You’re the public enemy No 1, we’ll stay the course whatever you befool the public opinion through the propaganda.Your stark means, your culture-revolution dated slogan clamour,your ignorance of internet,your false lecture of “for the sake of the next generation”……all these have been knolling the passing bell for your final disaster.You couldn’t escape or be saved by the nation violence,we’re everywhere and whenever a fellow slip up another ten would join with that.We clearly realize that you may use your confirmed trick of interclass struggle to attach a label of “unwitting masses” at first to delimit us from the ordinary people, then to attach another label of “lawbreaker fewness” to cast in a bone between ourselves which intends to destroy all of us one by one at last.We know it—in fact,we encourage it.The more you look on the people in this way,the more beautiful the emperor’s new suit speaks for itself.

The obsolescence ideology of the preponderant ruling class who is hostile to the cyberization has been the resistance of the historical improvement.The slander and crackdown,enmity and blockage has only indicated their terror and will be the last flounder before they’re washed out from the historical stage.Who tries to kick against the pricks will only lie in the bed made by himself.Even you’re slowly reinforced by some digital immigrants,you still couldn’t understand the internet in the foreseeable future.We also have a mood of reminiscence,we’ll enjoy your performances of the cabal-theory opinion and the culture-revolution style of writing which have been unchangeable towards the dissident and even the different for decades of years.We’ll also laugh at your ridiculousness of intending to draw a national boundary on the internet which will be a joke definitely recorded in the history.But then,we can frankly tell you that:

Nobody wants to alternate your regime,we have no interest in your timeworn political power concept and your rotten pickles like ideology.You can’t understand why the magnificent recounting clears up in front of the historical tide of internet,you can’t understand why the concept of country and nation will fall to pieces,you can’t change your unwisdom towards the internet.Your regime won’t be our real enemy.We’re neither a friend nor an enemy of whichever a country or an organization.The biggest enemy who is digging the perish and catabolic tomb for you is just yourself. We have no interest in the things which will be soonly threw away into the dustbin. You couldn’t block the cyberization trend which has been a future direction.In fact,we don’t oppose to your actions of snatching the absolute information control by cutting off the Pacific benthal cable—the more you counteract the historical improvement and deepen the conflicts,the more drastical the social movement will accordingly be, this kind of countermarch will only speed up your own course of being catabolized and replaced.The sun of tomorrow won’t shine on the person who is afraid of it.

We’re the anonymous netizens.We’re the global netizens’ summation.We’re integrative.We dominate the internet.We’re without number.Every member’s slipup means another ten fellows’ joining in.We’re everywhere.We’re super abled.We can’t be held back.We have no weakness.We make use of all weakness.We’re the humanity concealing behind the every mask.We’re the mirror of humanity.We’re born equally.We’re born free.We’re a field army.We don’t forgive.We don’t forget.

Freedom leads the internet.

We’re coming.

Translated by QXBBS.ORG from Chinese

Chinese Regime-Hired Gang Attack Demonstrators During Hu Jintao’s Trip to Slovak

By Huang Qin
Epoch Times Staff
Jun 21, 2009

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Su, who was pushed down over 20 steps by thugs hired by the Chinese Communist Party, told Slovak media, “They tried to kill us only because we said ‘Falun Dafa is good.’ ” (Guan Yuanfang/The Epoch Times)

BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic—On June 18, the first day of Chinese chairman Hu Jintao’s visit to the Slovak Republic, several hundred activists peacefully protested in front of the presidential palace. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent about two hundred overseas Chinese and spies to disrupt the protests. The spies attacked and injured several Falun Gong practitioners, and police arrested nine men hired by the CCP for disturbing public order.

“All the local Chinese stores were closed and there was a welcoming committee organized up by the CCP to welcome Hu Jintao,” said Ms. Zhang, a demonstrator at the presidential palace. “We asked a Chinese man in the welcoming committee if he received any benefits for participating, and he replied that he did. At about 3:00 p.m., when Hu arrived, my friend and I were standing at the exit of a large tunnel and holding a banner which read “Falun Dafa Is Good.” CCP-hired thugs first tried to block our banner with theirs, and then one of them just grabbed our banner and ran away. They also threatened to take our camera if we tried to take pictures of them.”

“Each of us still had a small banner, so we displayed these as best we could and we shouted ‘Falun Dafa Is Good’ very loudly together. There were three CCP-hired thugs behind us, and one of them said, ‘You two do not shout anymore, I will buy you dinner if you stop shouting.’ We ignored him, and then they pushed us down over 20 steps. Fortunately, I fell on a pedestrian so I was not injured too much. However, my friend, Ms. Su, was wounded badly. There was blood all over her body and on the ground; her arms and wrists were also injured.”

Although Zheng was injured, she still stayed there to protest. She said, “When we were practicing exercises quietly beside presidential palace, those thugs came over and yelled at us. Even the police couldn’t stand them anymore and pushed them away,” Zheng continued.

“Those CCP-hired thugs attacked people in public, but they couldn’t achieve their goal. On the contrary, their actions exposed themselves to the media.”

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Last Updated
Jun 21, 2009

Chinese Delegation Attacks in Slovakia Spark Public Outcry

By Peter Sedik
Epoch Times
Staff Jun 20, 2009

Chinese agents in dark suits (left) charging at the human rights activist holding the yellow banner. After they attacked him and seized his transparent, the activist was arrested by the Slovak police for violating public order. (Peter Sedik/The Epoch Times)

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Chinese Chairman Hu Jintao left Slovakia on Friday to visit Croatia during his European tour. While the top Slovakian leaders expressed satisfaction over strengthening bilateral ties with China, heated discussion continued in the Slovakian media and public over the clashes between human rights activists and pro-communist demonstrators in front of the Presidential palace that occurred on Thursday.

About one hour before the arrival of the Chinese chairman, human rights activists approached the Presidential palace where the two heads of state were to meet. As soon as they unfolded their transparent signs, they were assaulted by a Chinese delegation allegedly there to welcome the president. Some of the activists were physically attacked as the pro-communist Chinese tried to grab their banners and tear them down.

To everyone’s surprise, the Slovak police didn’t initially protect the human rights group. Instead, they allowed the Chinese agents to continue their abuse. The police didn’t step in until the demonstrating participants made multiple calls for help.

Mrs. Xu bleeding from an injury to her forehead after a member of the Chinese delegation pushed her down some stairs. (Peter Sedik/The Epoch Times)

“The square in front of the Presidential palace was occupied by Chinese cops and Chinese Communists, who crudely and violently acted against the citizens of this country [Slovakia], in a foreign territory. And this state and its organs didn’t prevent this; on the contrary, they hampered us, the citizens of this country, from standing for freedom in China,” Slovak publicist Stefan Hrib summed the events.

Violence of the Chinese Delegation

Several people witnessed the violence in the walk-through on Hodza Square where the demonstrations were happening. When two women held a banner reading “Falun Dafa is good,” a Chinese activist suddenly pushed their backs, causing the women to roll down some stairs. After they landed on the marble floor of the passageway, one of them was bleeding from a wound on her forehead caused by her breaking glasses.

The attacker tried to hide in the crowd. According to the CAS daily newspaper, the Slovak police already have proof that the perpetrator was a member of the Chinese delegation. If convicted, he could face up to two years in prison for causing bodily harm.

Chinese agents also beat up the Deputy rector of the Comenius University, Peter Osusky, who ended up with a torn shirt.

Men in Black

The controversy arose around the Chinese “men in black” with blue nametags and walkie-talkies, who acted like security personnel, and instructed the Chinese pro-communist demonstrators to attack the human rights activists and to steal their signs.

Deputy rector of Comenius University, Peter Osusky, in a torn shirt, after being beaten by the Chinese pro-communist demonstrators. (Kamil Rakyta/The Epoch Times)

Some of these agents participated in the fights. One dark-suited man was caught by a journalist trying to surreptitiously throw a stolen banner in a wastebasket.

“Who were they and what exactly was their role in the conflicts in front of the Presidential palace when their compatriots aggressively attacked the Slovak human rights activists?” asked the SME daily.

Former Interior Minister Vladimir Palko points out, that if those men were Chinese secret agents or the Chinese President’s guards, their acts could be classified as an infringement on the Slovak Republic’s sovereignty.

“Man in black” running away with the human rights activist’s banner. Former Interior Minister Vladimir Palko asked if the Chinese agent’s acting against Slovakian citizens constitutes infringement on the Slovak Republic’s sovereignty. (Kamil Rakyta/The Epoch Times)

Slovak MPs from the opposition SDKU-DS party asked the Interior Minister Robert Kalinak to explain to the extraordinary session of the Defense and Security Parliamentary Committee why the police were so slow to intervene and protect the human rights activists. Mr. Kalinak defended the police actions and dismissed the media’s opinion that the Chinese agents were deployed against Slovak citizens.

The incidents will be discussed in the Slovak parliament next week.

Last Updated
Jun 20, 2009

Rape Case Reveals Flawed Legal System

By Fang Xiao
Epoch Times Staff
Jun 16, 2009

Chinese legal expert Yuan Hongbing (Chen Ming/The Epoch Times)

According to Chinese legal expert Professor Yuan Hongbing, the public should not only focus on the legal procedures of the rape case of Deng Yujiao, but also take note of China’s autocratic infrastructure. He says China’s legal system is an inherently flawed system designed to protect the interests of government officials.

“Looking at the case from the perspective of a bad legal system will only lead to confusion,” Yuan explained. “The real problem is that the communist legal system was created to protect corrupt officials, while sacrificing the safety and wellbeing of ordinary people like Deng Yujiao.”

The Deng Yujiao rape case has caused a hurricane of protests throughout China, both on the Internet and in the streets. Deng, an entertainment center waitress in a small town in central China’s Hubei Province, stabbed a government official to death and injured another when they tried to sexually assault her on May 10. Initial efforts by local authorities to imprison the rape victim resulted in a wave of protests from all levels of Chinese society. On June 16 Deng was finally released from detention after a closed-door court hearing.

Yuan said he has also paid close attention to Deng’s court proceedings, as well as pubic opinion regarding the case.

“The public has been calling for justice, but most people miss that the bigger problem is the autocratic legal system itself. They have lost sight of the real cause of this tragedy,” Yuan said.

“It is useless to base our discussion and judgment on the laws and legal procedures laid down by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),” Yuan remarked. “Because of this flawed system, tragedies will continue to befall people like Deng Yujiao.”

Yuan explained that this is why so many government officials dare to relentlessly bully people—they know the CCP has established a system that protects the privileged class and encourages the abuse of power.

“Take the Deng case for example,” said Yuan. “The CCP’s court completely ignored the appeals from Deng’s lawyers to investigate the injured official who was allegedly connected to the sexual assault.”

“Deng Yujiao could only rely on her own physical strength to defend herself,” Yuan continued, “because the political system does not protect her with just laws.”

He added that people are entitled to the right to defend themselves from tyranny.

Before the June 16 court hearing, Chinese authorities announced that Deng Yujiao was found to have mental problems and she was charged with partial criminal liabilities. Based on this determination, Yuan predicted on June 15 that the court would either sentence Deng for a minor offence or release her without punishment due to public pressure. “After all, they have to appease the enraged public who barely tolerate these corrupt CCP officials anymore,” he said.

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Last Updated
Jun 17, 2009

Chinese Professor Questions Rape Case Result

By Fang Xiao
Epoch Times Staff
Jun 19, 2009

Deng Yujiao at the June 16 court hearing. (The Epoch Times)

On June 16, a court concluded that Deng Yujiao, victim of the widely publicized rape case, was guilty of assault. The court then released her without sentence on the grounds of a claimed “mental disorder.” While some celebrate Deng’s release, many challenge the legitimacy of the court’s decision.

Chinese professor He Weifang wrote in a web article that the real criminal in this case had not been brought to court as a defendant. He argued that Deng’s stabbing the officials was not an independent incident, but a defensive action following an attempted rape. ”The court should have first investigated the sexual assault before placing any charges on Deng,” said He.

“As a matter of fact, the court should first investigate the rape suspect, Huang Dezhi,” He said in the article. “If Deng stabbed the officials while resisting rape, then the court should be handling a rape case. But now the court is judging Deng’s behavior without mentioning the attempted rape.”

As for the mental disorder claim, He said it was a cunning excuse for blaming Deng without having to punish her, and for letting the rape suspects walk free.

The volunteer legal support group for Deng stated on June 17 that the verdict of guilty was not acceptable. “We believe that Deng is not guilty as her actions were made in self-defense,” the group said in a statement to the press. “The guilty charge is by no means legitimate.” The group also proposed to make May 10, the day Deng stabbed the officials, Self-Defense Day, and to use this day as an occasion to educate the public about self-defense and other legitimate ways to defend their own legal rights.

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