Reflecting over the various campaigns in the history of China, I can not help but feel that the crackdown on Falun Gong is quite different from any other campaign. Under the powerful mechanism of dictatorship, all the other campaigners and activists have disappeared, but not the practitioners of Falun Gong. Faced with the powerful state-run propaganda machine and overwhelming slanderous attacks, Falun Gong adherents from young children to eighty-year-old seniors run the risk of death to ask justice for Falun Gong in a dignified and honorable way. Their behavior has earned peoples admiration. What kind of power can encourage those practitioners?
The answer - Meditating on the three words of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I feel that Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is the source of courage and power. The three words include every component of a human life. A person who looks for Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance must be a perfect being that can adapt to any environment. This kind of being with dignity, compassion, and a sense of justice is needed in every environment. Being unyielding, but peaceful, this kind of being can change the circumstances around him, melt the accumulated hatred between people, resolve arguments, and rid the world of displeasure. The three words of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance contain the beauty that humans have been searching for.
Ancient Chinese history and culture have turned people smart and cunning. People worry about their personal gains and losses. Particularly those who have experienced different campaigns and movements will not easily believe in any theory or concept. They tend to look on and bear an attitude of self-defense. However, the spread of Falun Gong has made people think. They feel that Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance cannot be denied by anyone. If there were no Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in our lives, the outcome would be terrible; the human world would be filled with hatred, jealousy, rumors, violence and killing.
Viewed in this way, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is the fundamental principle to sustain the human society as well as the primordial and most precious characteristic of human life. From this viewpoint, we know that the endless power of Falun Gong originates from human awakening and quest for returning to the beauty of life. Without involvement in politics nor any personal purpose, this kind of awakening and quest is the only explanation for the behavior of Falun Gong practitioners. As an ancient Chinese saying, Patience and tolerance forges a great person, and unselfishness arms one against the evil.
On one hand, there is the national mechanism of dictatorship, firing out slanderous attacks and enforcing torture. Presented is the picture of bitter war. On the other hand, there is generous tolerance, courage and firmness, just like the fall harvest, plain but abundant.
Apparently the victory will belong to Falun Gong because Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance awakens the remaining conscience of human nature. In consequence, people with their aroused conscience will surely have more to gain from life. This is the awakening of all humans. Their tremendous changes, which come from inside, will never be held back by any external force. The crackdown on Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance will surely be smashed by the powerful righteousness of humankind. I am looking forward to the coming of that day.
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