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“As Prime Minister, I can sacrifice my life for the Emperor. Whether I should succeed or fail, it is for the heaven to decide. How could we not do what we should, and worry about failing?”
Lin Fusheng recalled, “It was very hot on the day Master lectured. Many practitioners did not bring any water with them. We were very thirsty. After the five hour plus lecture, everyone hurried to find water during the break.”
It is hard for the people to know clearly what’s happening in the society right now. Having experienced so many political movements, especially the Cultural Revolution, old people like me will not criticise, nor will we want to follow others. Who is right and who is wrong? We will wait and see.
When I was a young child, I would often contemplate the meaning of life. I always sought to get closer to nature so as to understand the underlying reasons and order of things in the universe. I knew, as most everyone must, that there was something more to life than what was being presented to me. Perhaps it was childish self-centeredness, or maybe it wasn’t.
In the above excerpt from Zhuan Falun, Master Li Hongzhi clarified the essence of “look for reasons within yourself” and “cultivate your inner self.” This is why, after practicing Falun Gong, many practitioners changed into very tolerant people and their family relationships greatly improved.
This is a story about a person that, because he took other people’s property, became a slave in his next life in order to pay back what he had stolen. The retribution that followed is very touching.
At present, Falun Dafa is being persecuted in Mainland China. Dafa practitioners have withstood enormous pressure under this unprecedented tribulation and made it through several years. There are many heroic and inspiring stories of Dafa practitioners. This article is a review from the historical perspective and discovers how we had steadfastly cultivated ourselves in our past lives.
There are many similar incidents in our life where we judge others based on our prejudice and later discover that we have been blind to the truth.
In Zhuan Falun it states, “Some illnesses cannot be detected at a hospital, even though people are actually ill. Some people are diagnosed with illnesses that do not have names, since they have never been seen before. Hospitals call all of them “modern diseases.”
Dedicate this to all of the countless Falun Dafa practitioners in China who continue their peaceful appeal for justice under the spectre of a most brutal persecution – our hearts are one
