I read the leaflet and then went home to download China Falun Gong from the internet and proceeded to read the book and learn the set of five exercises. Later I joined the group in our city where we get together and read the Falun Gong teachings. I realised that my exercise movements were somewhat inaccurate. However I felt well while practising the exercises and my whole body experienced a hot sensation. On the first two days of practising the exercises, I felt a comfortable feeling that I have not experienced for a long time. I felt my heart fill with boundless bliss.

At first, I thought that it was just karma being released, as the sores were not really a big problem, and I felt that I had really been held back in the releasing of karma through my years of avoiding sitting in Lotus position. But as I began my trip to Poland, I suddenly found that I couldn’t walk properly, the sores on my foot leaving me with a bit of a limp if I wasn’t consciously trying to restrain it. This only seemed to get worse and worse, and during a visit to Norway I realised that it was really impeding with my ability to do what I needed to do.

After only two months of practising the Falun Gong exercises and reading the Falun Gong teachings I felt my body was lighter, the pain was reduced and I had more energy. In agreement with my doctor I reduced the dose of medicine. And to make a long story short: I am cured. The pain is gone; I am full of energy and I threw away the pills more than three years ago. My body has been purified.

The “Coming for you” European choir appeared for the first time in New York over 2 years ago, having been together for only a few weeks at that stage. Before this, I had no experience in such a task and never thought about participating. However, after deciding to follow this path, I really believed, “this is important and is something that I should be doing”. It is also a special way of giving people a chance to find out more about Falun Dafa and a chance to expose the persecution.

I was deeply inspired by the article, Ancient Chinese Stories of Cultivation: The 'Benevolent' Mr. Wang, a Buddhist Cultivator. In fact I was shocked after reading it and felt, as if awakened from a dream, because Mr. Wang's actions and thoughts are like a reflection of mine. A lot of my attachments and flaws were revealed to me while reading the article, and I would like to share my experience with other practitioners.

However, when I send righteous thoughts these days, I find that the mechanism does not disappear. So I now realise that the old forces arranged the same mechanism for each practitioner. If we cannot disintegrate it with our powerful righteous thoughts, we will be following the path arranged by the old forces.

I have often read materials on the Internet, in textbooks, or in educational materials in China that slanders Falun Dafa. I was particularly concerned after reading the article on March 20th, entitled, "Who is Responsible for Children Becoming Assailants?" The article describes how students from the eighth middle school in Weifang repeatedly assaulted Falun Dafa practitioners who were exposing this horrific persecution to those on the street.

Recently, I found out that I have attachments related to extreme selfishness. Showing off is the biggest one. No matter what I said or did, my first thought was whether I could benefit from it and whether I could show off. Such thoughts occurred frequently and seriously. A junior classmate in my lab frequently flatters me because I like to be flattered, which I had never realised before.

My experience is that when a person senses your compassion and kindness he is moved to quit the CCP. I remember to remind the person to pass on the information about quitting the CCP to their friends and relatives and to keep them safe. I tell them they can ask me to post the notice for others as well. This creates a good circle and multiplies the effect. Often, I meet "good friends" telling me that it was their friend who told them to join my Internet list. They sometimes immediately ask me to post a notice for them.

After reading the article "Sujiatun Concentration Camp Shocks and Enrages International Community" on March 12th, I shared the same feeling as many other practitioners--that is, rage. It has been seven years since the persecution started. Falun Dafa practitioners have compassionately attempted to save the precious Chinese people and Teacher again and again has given them opportunities. However, it seems that the time has come for the elimination of the evil Chinese Communist Party. As practitioners facing the murder of our fellow practitioners, how should we treat this issue?

Some even started imagining all sorts of things with attachments and couldn't calm down. The time during Fa-rectification moves very quickly. Now that the year 2005 is over, some people feel disappointed as they thought nothing special happened during 2005. Some even started questioning and doubting Falun Dafa and Teacher in different ways. I think this is a very serious and dangerous matter that cannot be ignored.

The second attachment was my heart of pursuing results. Each time I went to clarify the truth, I wanted to persuade that person and transform their way of thinking. When I noticed that the other party still persisted in holding on to his or her original opinion even after I had explained quite a lot, I started to lose patience and feel upset. Sometimes I even irritated the person. In fact, for everyone who has heard the truth, each time they hear the truth some of bad notions can be dispelled.

She told me that the cultivation system is easy to learn. But, you have to begin with changing from inside, through improving your morals and character. She gave me the flyers and website addresses. She also left me her phone number and asked me to call her back. We had never met before. She did not talk too much, and said just a few words. However, each of her words penetrated my heart."

We must walk a straight path, but how can we achieve this? This is not just lip service. Actually the path of cultivation that Master leaves for us is "very narrow". If we are a little bit careless, problems will arise. We should not only have a great goal, but also need to mind the details. Only by improving our characters can we walk a straight path.

Since the publication of Teacher's¹ article "Toward Consummation," I have searched for my fundamental attachment but with no avail. The issue of self-cultivation has been the most difficult part of my cultivation. Problems with my family have also been challenging. These things have been bothering me for the past several years. However, all of my worries disappeared after I found my attachment.

This experience reminded me: Aren't the conflicts among fellow practitioners the same? Not long ago when I heard some fellow practitioners' criticise my previous words and behaviour, I was only a little concerned. I thought that I had passed this test quite well, but actually when looking within, weren't those impure thoughts and matters coming back to me? Isn't it the principle of the universe "no loss, no gain?" So now I must undertake to repay it!

One thought can decide whether you choose good or evil. When you are faced with a choice between your conscience or your physical comfort or interests, it is a test for you. You shouldn't care about physical losses and gains. A person with wisdom should always choose conscience, since such a heart is priceless and only such a heart can bring you true happiness and a bright future.

When I looked at my feet, I found that the skin on my feet had turned black. My heart became even more desperate, so I asked a few people to take me to the hospital. I comforted myself by thinking, "Let Teacher and the hospital treat me together." That thought was even worse. I took some medication and felt worse and worse. Several days later, I realised that I had not treated the tribulation with a practitioner's righteous thoughts, so the persecution worsened.

If our thoughts deviate from the Fa, or if we deviate from the Fa in a certain respect, we will certainly not do well. In addition, if we fail to fully negate the restraints of the old forces, we are unwittingly walking on the path arranged by the old forces. As a result, the old forces will have excuses to give us so-called "tests," taking advantage of our attachments that have not been eliminated during cultivation. The saying that "The more diligent one is, the more likely to be persecuted" is wrong.

I said to him assertively, "We practitioners can. This is the glory Teacher has given us." He looked astonished. I asked him whether he had read the book Journey to the West. In that book, monk Tang said something like this: "A human body is hard to obtain, but you have it. China is a place hard to be born in, but you are born there. Righteous belief is hard to come by, but now it is before you. You should not let this opportunity pass you by."

After a long period of time, however, he still did not show any sign that he was going to return the money. I was very upset and often complained to my in-laws, who were annoyed by me and sided with him instead. I felt I was extremely wronged and was suffering great injustice. All kinds of attachments popped up at that time, including anger, jealousy and chagrin. Unable to find a place to vent my anger at home, I went around complaining to my fellow practitioners. Now looking back, I realised I was also interfering with other practitioners at that time. I am very sorry for that.

Because I left stains in my cultivation, I was ashamed to raise my head before other practitioners. When I found other practitioners' attachments I would not tell them because I thought that since I myself did not do well, how could I talk about other people's shortcomings. When I had some gain in human society I felt very glad and if someone took advantage of me I would really take it to heart. I liked to hear words of praise and if someone said something bad about me I would feel uncomfortable for quite a long period of time.

Through studying the Fa these kids improve the levels of their morality. They care about other people, and never swear or curse at one another. When sitting with legs folded, no one wants to put their legs down first. Now all of them can sit with both their legs folded for more than half an hour.

Two resolutions and a court ruling recently passed in the United States and Europe in support of Falun Gong, and in condemnation of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) crimes against Falun Gong. They attracted great attention among people of different backgrounds.

Since I started practising, I have recovered from illnesses that haunted me for many years, including atrium quiver, gastroenteritis, prostatitis, rheumatism arthritis, neck vertebra pain, and lumbar pain. I haven't paid even one penny in medicine bills since I began to practise. So what is wrong with practising Falun Gong?

Through this matter, I carefully looked inward: There had been loopholes in my previous thought, although it appeared to be quite righteous superficially. The nature of the loophole is that I was pursuing something. I pursued improvement by thinking that I would get an improvement as long as I gave up. The truth was that I had not genuinely given up my attachment. Now I have a more profound perception of this principle taught in Zhuan Falun.

Through studying the Fa and memorising the Fa, I broke through such notions and truly cultivated my character. I made up my mind to do well to make up for the losses I brought to Falun Dafa. My improvement in past years was heavily dependent on the experience-sharing I read on the Internet. How could I not contribute back to the Falun Dafa related websites?

Recalling the things I did in the past makes me so remorseful. Previously, I would fight about even the smallest matters, let alone big things. I changed the extreme way I dealt with things after I startyed to practise Falun Dafa. My brand new life is beyond my description and my gratitude towards Falun Dafa is immense.

I told myself to stay calm while I was busy trying to line up things, but my heart was jumping. What should I do? I left home and started to send forth righteous thoughts. My heart started to calm down, but there was one thought that came: didn't I need to make the phone calls? It's not about me, it's about our group! I must let them know immediately! We should increase our efforts to eliminate the evil persecution and deny the old force arrangements.

As a result, overseas practitioners utilise various forms to go against the persecution and clarify the truth during different time periods. Their approach is suitable for their situation, in order to better support Mainland practitioners. In fact, overseas practitioners' participating in these activities is doing something as individuals, and their fundamental goal is also to clarify the truth and save sentient beings.

When Master returned to Changchun City at the end of the year and realised what had happened, he was saddened but did not say anything. He still helped those people who begged him to correct and restore the Falun to its original state. He told them the reasons for the distortion of the Falun and reminded them to be careful next time. I could tell that Master's greatest heartache was that practitioners did not treasure the practice.

After boarding their buses, the people from mainland China were still looking at the different kinds of display boards we were holding up. As they were leaving, many of them nodded and smiled at us. They waved goodbye and gave us their thumbs-up.

After they left, I considered their words in detail, "What should I do?" They were afraid that their evil behaviour would be exposed on the Internet and that they would receive telephone calls from overseas Falun Gong practitioners. Therefore, they left, discouraged.

Over the past few years of the evil persecution against Falun Gong in China I have managed to rescue jailed fellow practitioners several times. I have since realised that rescuing fellow practitioners after they have been seriously persecuted is far from enough. To validate the Fa¹ and end the persecution, we should study the Fa together and communicate with them more frequently so that we can resolve any loopholes in our characters in a timely manner.

Then I suddenly realised that everything I was doing was for the purpose of "me being diligent and maintaining righteous thoughts." It may appear that I am very busy and very diligent in studying the Falun Gong teachings, but I have been simply trying to maintain all of this for myself. Although I am not attached to consummation, I am truly attached to the process of "self-improvement." The base of my starting point is "selfishness." The old universe's "selfishness" is hidden deep inside me. It is deeply rooted and ingeniously hidden.

At home, I did what I should do as a mother and wife. At work, I did my work very well and was nice to everyone. I let people see the goodness of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" of Falun Dafa. Gradually, my husband did not oppose me and I got on well with my colleagues and supervisors. I distributed Falun Dafa related materials to people who came to me for business so that I could enable them to learn about the practice and the persecution. Some of my colleagues, as well as other people, have now begun to practice

For a period of time, when many fellow Falun Gong practitioners around me met with tribulations which they could not break through for quite some time, or when they could not see something clearly from the perspective of the principles taught in Falun Gong, they would say, "Follow the course of nature." It seemed that they said it easily, but actually they didn't recognise the persecution arranged by the old forces clearly and they were passive and tolerant of the persecution. This phenomenon was not uncommon among some practitioners.

Everything that the evil party has ever done comports with this nature. That is if we keep dividing things to the very end, it turns out that there is nothing good about the evil party at all. Some people find it difficult to accept because they think that the result of such division should at least reveal a good side. In this situation, we practitioners may not even know how to explain things clearly. So we simply say, "For the evil party, it's not possible to separate it into good and bad sides! We must deny every part of it!"

The advantage of memorising the Teachings is that one can compare oneself with the requirements of Falun Dafa and thus be able to find one's fundamental attachments. Over the years, I have gained a deeper understanding about upgrading my character, which Teacher¹ mentioned in his lecture above. Writing down my experiences and realising the impact of memorising the Falun Gong teachings surely helps to eliminate my fundamental attachment, which was hidden deeply inside and had been causing trouble for so many years.

Although I didn't experience the brainwashing and torture associated with the "Same Song," when I first heard that CCTV was going to sponsor a show in North America, I immediately knew it was targeting the NTDTV New Year's Gala. I knew the evil wanted to counteract our efforts and the effect of our gala, and it wants to continue poisoning the minds of people in North America.

Take translating articles as an example. We should pay attention on how to improve the quality and speed of our translation, and not be satisfied with our current level of translation. We also must learn more knowledge to better clarify the truth. Such learning does not have time restriction. The more we learn the more we improve. We should constantly learn and improve.

There are some Falun Dafa practitioners who have been neglecting studying the Falun Gong teachings for a long time, studying on and off. However, as soon as they see one of Teacher's new articles published, their enthusiasm returns, followed by a few days of diligent study and hard work. They promise themselves that they will continue to work hard to upgrade themselves, yet every time they fail to keep up with the promise they made. They feel terrible themselves, yet are unable to persist.

But she said, "Don't always think that you are above others. You don't like those songs, but I like them! Don't force your opinion on others." After several confrontations, I realised that I didn't put myself in her shoes. Instead, I wanted to impose my opinion on her. In doing so, she couldn't feel my compassion, only orders. How could she accept my words?

Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spent a large sum of money to put on a show named after the "theme song" of the persecution - "The Same Song." The goal behind its wicked arrangements is not only to interfere with NTDTV's New Year Gala, the success of which rendered the evil's attempts in vain, but more importantly, to "recharge" their own energy. Here are some of my personal understandings.

Then, practitioners decided to build a more appropriate infrastructure in order to have SOH run more smoothly. I expressed some opinions on the draft plan, arguing that things should be this way or that way. My words triggered other practitioners' unhappiness and emotional reactions. I was also criticised. How come things went as they did? I thought it over, still feeling that other practitioners had some problems and my intention was just to do things well.

I have a strong work ethic and I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, so I'm generally nice and kind and my coworkers like to ask me for help. Gradually, however, I developed a deeply hidden attachment that I was superior to others. I thought I was more experienced and I thought I was always right. Because I am an expert in many areas at work, few coworkers dared to complain about me. When I did get some feedback from them, I brushed their comments away. I didn't realize that I wasn't being compassionate.

Posting articles to expose the persecution on the Internet is just like the practitioners in China posting materials along the street. We are merely doing it on computers while the practitioners in China are risking their lives or have to do it in the middle of the night.

At the end of 2000, the company laid off some employees and they had to wait at home for work. Someone, who did not know the truth of Falun Gong, reported to the company security section that a Falun Gong practitioner in our workshop was still working. The security section then called the workshop official. The workshop official told them, "My Falun Gong practitioner is different; he works very well." The security personnel did not know what to say.

After the New Year Gala successfully ended, we went to Times Square to pass out materials exposing the persecution going on in China against Falun Gong. We were standing at the street corners and tried to clarify the truth to people. When we could not speak English clearly, we would show them the materials. Besides standing at the corners, we were also walking on the street while holding poster boards up high.

When I recite the Falun Gong teachings, I feel that my body is enveloped in an energy field, and it feels wonderful! The more I think about the sentences in the book, I can sense the deeper and broader implications beyond the surface meaning of the words. Sometimes when I recite some sentences, I suddenly feel a warm current in my head, which is an indelible sensation that I had never experienced before with merely reading through the book.