The practitioners in our district have been giving many seminars on Falun Gong in English this year. Each seminar usually takes one to two hours and the response from the audience has been very positive. The first few seminars, we emphasized the fundamental features of Falun Gong and its outstanding effects on mental and physical health, however, we neglected to mention the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Government. A lot of questions we received during the seminars were related to the latter topic and the audience expressed their concern and sympathy for the Falun Gong practitioners in China, and their confusion on the cause of this matter. We realized that we should not have tried to avoid this serious topic nor answered the related questions passively. Rather, we should take the initiative to tell people the truth about the persecution of Falun Dafa and its practitioners by the Chinese government, thus providing them with the full story of Falun Dafa. This is very important to people's understanding of the true manifestation of Dafa in the human society. At the same time, we can reveal the facts concerning the persecution of Falun Gong, so people can understand what is really happening in China. Therefore, people will realize the sheer mistake made by the Chinese government in its crack down against Falun Gong. This is also complimentary to the promotion of Dafa in a positive way.
We always explain to the audience the cause and truth of the Chinese government's persecution of Falun Gong. In addition to the simple historic background introduction of Qigong, we explain the relationship between Falun Gong and Qigong, the uniqueness of Falun Gong as well as how its cultivation practice influences mental and physical health. Depending on availability of time, we either play 'Falun Gong - The Real Story', or simply describe the facts of the persecution. The audiences show strong interests in this topic and deep concern for practitioners in China. After the question-and-answer period, we teach two sets of Falun Gong exercises. The feed back from the seminars is very positive. At the same time, we realized the importance and significance of telling the truth about Falun Gong.
