(Clearwisdom.net) On October 1st, 2005, a district senior citizens center in Cologne held their 2nd annual Health Information Exhibition for senior citizens as well as the midlled-aged citizens-the future seniors with the theme "keeping your health." When Falun Gong practitioners in Cologne learned about the news, they contacted the organiser to get involved. The organiser gladly invited them to participate in together with forty other groups.
After receiving the invitation, the practitioners embarked on the preparation for this activity. Everybody gathered in the house of a fellow practitioner to prepare banners, exhibition boards and paper Lotus Flowers. All this is also part of their cultivation path to learn how to cooperate with each other and give up the attachment to one's own ideas and accept others' opinions when it is necessary. All the efforts were not for oneself, but to help everyday people understand Falun Gong and understand the truth of the persecution and benefit from it.
At the beginning of the meeting, the practitioners first visited all the other groups in the exhibition and presented them with paper Lotus Flowers. People liked the delicate Lotus Flowers very much. Soon the Lotus Flowers were everywhere, over the desk and on the walls in the whole exhibition arena. With a brief introduction, our practitioners introduced Falun Gong and invited people to participate in the exercise teaching in the afternoon.
Many senior citizens attending the activity had not heard of Falun Gong, and they listened to the introduction with keen interest. When they heard that Falun Gong was suppressed and practitioners were persecuted in China, they were shocked. They wanted to offer help and did not hesitate to sign their names to show support. The head of the district and the organizer also came to Falun Gong's exhibition booth. Our practitioners introduced Falun Gong to them in detail. Before leaving, the head of the district gladly pinned a paper Lotus Flower on his suit and wished practitioners a success during the exhibition.
Many people came to learn the exercises, among them an 85 year-old grandmother. She learned all five sets of the exercises in high spirits. Some senior citizens who had problems with their legs sat on chairs to watch others learn the exercises. A reporter from a local newspaper took a lot of photos. Later practitioners introduced Falun Gong to him and answered his questions.
A younger lady learned about the situation of Falun Gong from our practitioners on the podium and stayed to ask a lot of questions afterwards. At last she said to our practitioners she could not understand why Falun Gong practitioners in China would be persecuted for practicing such peaceful exercises. She expressed gratitude to our practitioners and left with something to think about. Some people enquired about the time and place they could learn the practice. They were surprised to hear that Falun Gong is taught all over the world for free.
The activity was very successful. Practitioners said that they would continue their hard work to seize every opportunity to let more people learn the truth about Falun Gong.
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