(Clearwisdom.net) An important period of my cultivation was to complete my graduation thesis at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. When I decided to choose a topic somewhat related to Dafa, a path suddenly appeared in front of me: I could introduce Falun Dafa and the persecution in China from the perspective of music.

Because of the topic of my thesis, I faced some resistance the first time I talked with my professor. But I succeeded because the professor found my idea good and interesting. I wrote an outline of the thesis. Once my professor modified it slightly, I was very clear about my path.

After deciding on the contents of my thesis, I did not encounter any further obstacles. My professor gave me an excellent review. I finished the basics of my thesis. I used one song as a foundation, and studied all the relevant information, including the writer's motivation, the effect of the song in the society, media reactions, fellow practitioners' involvements, and my detailed explanation of the music and lyrics.

After some time, the department head formally agreed on my thesis topic. About one year later, I completed the thesis. In the first chapter, I introduced Falun Dafa. I chronologically listed the spread of Falun Gong in China to the beginning of the persecution. In the next chapter, I described some aspects of the persecution, such as the motivations behind the persecution, the brainwashing, torture, genocide, and the bad effect of the media propaganda.

The music portion was divided into different genres and categories, including Western, Eastern, traditional, modern, anti-persecution, praising Falun Dafa, instrumentals and songs. This is to illustrate that regardless the style of music, because Falun Dafa practitioners always follows the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance in their daily life, their music is always extraordinary. It is the same for everyone. Therefore, their music encompasses their understandings of the principles of Falun Dafa, and the music has something special and pure inside.

In the subsequent chapters, I analyzed the different types of music described earlier. There is one chapter especially about a Lotus CD from Germany. The last chapter is about the Falun Dafa Choir in Europe.

Overall, I wrote about the life of Falun Dafa practitioners, emphasizing the musicians among them and the life of Falun Dafa practitioners described in their songs.

This allowed me to clarify the truth to the society on a broader level. When I was writing, I often thought of one sentence in Zhuan Falun, "Due to the influence of traditional conventions, no one today has systematically compiled such findings." (Zhuan Falun, Lecture One, "Qigong is Prehistoric Culture," 2000 translation)

Of course, this sentence is taken out of context, but I have always felt that I was the person with an opportunity to compile things systematically. No one outside China had summarized practitioners' music in such a way, especially in the form of a university thesis. I realized that this is a high honor, as well as a big and important task. Especially when my professor told me that this thesis is unusual because it will remain in the university's references relating to China, I clearly realized the importance and seriousness of the matter. It is not a trivial matter. To a certain extent, people after me will refer to my thesis. My professor also told me that because the university has maintained good relations with China, my thesis is considered to be opposite China's view and thus able to serve as reference. In addition, I was able to use my thesis in a report for another subject.

In early March, I had my graduation oral test on my thesis. Right before the test, my professor once again explained to the director of the department the importance of the subject in a simple and clear fashion. That is because no one had written a thesis on this subject before and there was no reference. So I felt the pressure that I could not make any mistakes. I tried to send forth righteous thoughts with anxiety. At the same time, I also knew that there wouldn't be any problem if I was within the Fa. During the examination, I could mostly speak fluently. I could always remember what the next sentence should be. During the process, the committee asked some questions, and I was able to answer with ease.

Overall everything went very smoothly. I was even praised, although I knew that I could have done better. Our every moment will last forever in other dimensions even if it is not perfect. There was some time during the completion of the thesis when I was not very diligent, which resulted in some losses.

There are not any unimportant events during Fa-rectification. There are not many opportunities like this that allow one to treat validating the Fa as a primary job in society for several months.

I am grateful for the honor and enlightenment bestowed on me by Teacher.