According to the recent media reports from various parts of the world, the Chinese authorities have intensified their strict control of various dissidents during this especially sensitive time. They have even made Falun Gong cultivators in China - who simply seek to maintain a strong and healthy body, improve their Xinxing (heart-mind-moral nature) and be good people - targets of their attack. Ignoring the fact that Falun Gong is neither involved in politics nor against the government, they have imposed on it labels such as a religion, a superstition, and even an evil cult, and repressed it without any reason. This has shown that during this sensitive period, some of the authorities are over nervous and are in a state of misjudging what is right and what is wrong. This serious situation can be easily exploited by people with ulterior motives, creating an opposition of the government against the mass of good-hearted Falun Dafa cultivators. If the situation continues as the way it is, it will cause serious consequences. The attention of the public should be aroused so that the development of the situation can be guided with joint efforts toward a peaceful and positive direction.
According to the media reports, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party recently held an emergency meeting regarding Falun Gong. They decided internally to categorize Falun Gong as an evil cult and developed a series of extreme procedures to sternly repress Falun Gong. They will soon start arresting people and even attempt to extradite the founder of Falun Gong back to China. The seriousness of the news has, of course, caught the attention of the world and severely hurt the feelings of the mass of Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Dafa teaches a person to cultivate the body and mind according to the principle of "Zhen (truth, truthfulness), Shan (compassion, kindness, benevolence), Ren (tolerance, forbearance)" and brings benefit to people and society. This fact is bound to be recognized by people in different countries of the world through various channels. Such a virtuous practice should be widely supported and promoted, and absolutely not to be persecuted and impeded with no reason.
As a matter of fact, anyone who takes an objective look at the situation can see very clearly that the authorities have a big misunderstanding of Falun Gong. The rational behavior of the over ten thousand people who went to Zhong-Nan-Hai on April 25th to peacefully express their opinions, has already made known to the world the "Zhen, Shan, Ren" noble style of Falun Gong cultivators. It was a non-political act that was entirely compelled by the arrest of many Falun Gong practitioners in Tianjin on April 24th. They were fully aware that there could be danger and they could be subjected to attack and persecution. Some people even had their wills written before going to Zhong-Nan-Hai to peacefully express their opinions. Their intent was to let leaders of the central authorities to justly understand Falun Gong and its cultivators, so that they can offer people the freedom to learn Falun Dafa and to cultivate their mind to be kind-hearted, and provide a safe environment for cultivators to practice. Their conduct was so rational and peaceful. However, the event was labeled as something that had to do with the 10th anniversary of the "June 4th" incident, and was further made the cause for a series of harsh persecutions. The authorities should quickly sober up to avoid an even more severe consequence.
Take another look: Isn't the act of imperiously pushing one hundred million good people to the opposite side itself producing another "June 4th" incident? Falun Gong practitioners cultivate their Xinxing, and behave as good people. They absolutely do not participate in politics nor oppose against the government. Over one hundred million good people have contributed to the social stability of China, enabled the morality level of Chinese society to re-ascend, and greatly improved peoples' health which has saved a tremendous amount of medical expenses for the government. These are astonishing and indisputable facts. Why cannot such good people and good things be allowed to exist in China? Why is it dictatorially attacked as an "evil cult" and categorized as a target to be outlawed? Why was the rumor of so called "Xiangshan Mass Suicide" started deliberately? The confounding of black and white, starting of rumors with ulterior motives, persecution with various means as well as terrifying signs should call for kind-hearted peoples' deep thought and considerations!
As far as the attempt to extradite, at any costs, the founder of Falun Gong, who resides in the U.S., through the form of reducing the favorable trade balance, this is itself an indication of the degree of the unscrupulous measures of repression and complete loss of common sense and reason. The United States is a country that has a deep love for freedom and safeguards human rights. How could it give up its consistent stand on the freedom of faith and human rights? Therefore, this kind of plot will absolutely not succeed.
The cultivation environment for Falun Gong in Mainland China is extremely rigorous. Ever since the Guang Ming Daily incident in 1996, deliberate suppression from operational departments of the government has escalated continuously. This is a serious fact. No matter how difficult the environment is, each of our cultivators will follow the principle of "Zhen, Shan, Ren". We will treat all people with compassion and provide them with opportunities to justly understand the facts about Falun Dafa. All kinds of related information can be found from our web sites on the Internet. We also welcome articles from everyone sharing their personal cultivation experiences. We hope that all kind people in the world will have the opportunity to know about and benefit from Falun Dafa.
Editors of Falun Dafa Bulletin Board
June 2, 1999
Original text from: http://falundafa.org/fldfbb/notice990603_eng.doc
