Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) are Members of a society/group that practice spiritual activities together as a small community. They support one another in their daily lives and search for the divine within.
For many decades past and present, these people have been persecuted by the Chinese Security Force domestically and internationally. When Falun Gong members gather, local and provincial police gather to keep an eye on them and ultimately identify the members and then arrest them. Those arrested have been tortured, unjustifiably imprisoned for long terms, and once released, socially ostracized by their employers, local community governments and education centers. Why?
Someone in the Central Polit-bureau has a long-term distaste for these innocent practitioners of Falun Dafa. Totalitarian Governments are often suspicious of smaller groups of people gathering for a reason a Communist could not understand: spiritual and communal reinforcement. Because the organization is so popular internationally, especially among the Chinese Diaspora, the Chinese Government considers this organization much like a counterrevolutionary organization. Those leaders who practice internationally are often spied upon, followed, and sometimes physically attacked. Attempted manipulation and malevolence towards those who promote Falun Dafa continue daily worldwide.
May 13th was the 33rd Falun Dafa Day, celebrated by hundreds of thousands of members and supporters worldwide. The Media sucked up this event broadcasting its wholesomeness and ritual. But did the media mention the thousands of members who have suffered and perished at the hands of Chinese Security Hoodlums? Not often enough. Have they continually interviewed members who have been persecuted? Sometimes yes, but the topic of Chinese Governmental persecution of this organization is viewed as an unpopular subject, a story once heard to be passed for a more positive story. Furthermore, many media outlets and Local Newspapers are owned by Chinese Corporations whose allegiance is owed to the Communist Party Central Security Organ. Every Chinese Corporation, including the many that own global media outlets, must show undue loyalty to the Chinese Military and Security Needs.
So you have a group numbering well over a million members worldwide facing persecution from a major superpower, yet each individual member continues to practice their craft, their spirituality, while supporting their membership. That is something to talk about ,is it not? Truly Honourable!
Will China ever respect the rights and privileges of its own citizens, rights which are enshrined in the Chinese Constitution? Will Falun Dafa ever be practiced in Tiananmen Square in the future? Perhaps it can happen, but only once the aged members of the Central Committee are dead and gone.
Perhaps a selection of the Falun Dafa will explain why those who respect power, influence and forced loyalty(like the CCP) oppose Falun Gong…
“Some ponder what true faith in the Divine may be
It is not about staunchly defending one’s religion
The only way to Heaven is to forsake attachments and become gentle as lambs, like divine ones. Holy Wars are meant to be affairs of the divine alone
To fight one’s fellow man over faith is to harm humanity and allow Man’s evil side to grow stronger as his kindness ebbs.
True faith in the Divine is shown when we forsake all worldly attachments and wicked thoughts, for Heaven welcomes only the good and kind” (January 6, 2016 ), Hong Yin V – The Grand Verses.
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“Falun Gong is the Chinese spiritual discipline of mind and body. Its tenets lead members to search for the truth of their life existence and Purpose”(The Vatican News)
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
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