April 20, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
Regarding the SARS virus having raised concerns and caused panic in the world, I feel that there is something I must say. This is what a responsible person should consider: It is just like when a person is deceived by a big lie. When he notices a liar deceiving another person, he will feel obligated to let the innocent person know. I would like to talk from my own experience in seeing how the Chinese Communist ruling officials have deceived and lied.
I came to the United Kingdom three years ago. I had never left China before. I was very shocked when I saw on the Internet that in 1989, thousands of Chinese citizens and students had been killed by the Chinese army's gunfire and by being run over by tanks on Beijing's streets. Inside China however, as average Chinese citizens, the information we got from the government-controlled media did not mention anything about any student or citizen getting hurt. On the contrary, the media said that a few soldiers were brutally killed by "thugs" (they called the students thugs). Of course it is impossible for you to get any real information from the Internet inside China. Real information is blocked off outside the gates of China.
Actually that was not the most shocking thing to me. The most shocking thing happened on a day in July of 1999. Starting from that day, Falun Gong, an ancient high level cultivation practice that had spread to over a dozen countries in just seven years, and is now being enjoyed by over one hundred million people, was slandered and labeled with all kinds of terrible and vicious names. Before that, my confidence level towards the Chinese government was about 50%. But in July 1999, when I was watching this report on TV, I was stunned and I couldn't be more disappointed towards the government.
I first learned about Falun Gong in 1997 when my father suddenly stopped smoking and told me that it was because he started to practice Falun Gong. Before that, my father had smoked for several decades. After reading Zhuan Falun, I saw the world differently. Teacher Li Hongzhi systematically elaborated on the characteristics of the universe, "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" in the book. I followed the book's principles in handling tribulations in everyday life. I became more compassionate, relaxed, and peaceful. My changes made people around me start to notice Falun Gong. I knew an elderly practitioner who was over 60 years old, and who had a full head of white hair. He started to grow dark hair after he took up Dafa practice. Such a good cultivation practice was slandered by the government propaganda to become something totally unrecognizable; cultivators like me are thrown into labor camps, jails and mental hospitals. Hundreds and perhaps even thousands of people have been beaten to death, including an eight-month old infant and his mother. Officials and police claimed that those who were beaten to death, with wounds all over their bodies, committed "suicide."
The reason I mention this is because I want to remind everyone that the Chinese government is being run by a group of liars and people who don't care about other people's lives. These people bring disaster to China and the Chinese citizens; they also bring disaster to people of the world. Due to the loss of morality, they put the world in danger. Even though they may appear sanctimonious, deep down all they want is to deceive people.
In recent years, China has continuously attracted foreign investment, and China is described as a big market with great potential. But the truth is that many foreign businesses have lost their original investment and could not obtain justice through the Chinese law. The government has taken the money from the foreign investors, and part of the Chinese citizens' hard earned money, and put on a mask of peace and tranquility. They built beautiful buildings in large cities and completely ignored the fact that many people cannot even secure basic food and shelter. They also have used a quarter of the gross national income to persecute Falun Gong. They control the media, build jails, and hire police officers and corrupt people in society to detain and viciously beat Falun Gong practitioners. They even send agents overseas to monitor Falun Gong practitioners and conduct spying activities. From the start, their persecution of Falun Gong was based on lies. The scale and the methods of the persecution are all extremely evil and they have resorted to every conceivable means. Their lies follow one after another, and are directed toward the Chinese people.
Recently, SARS has become the focus of the world. Reportedly, the word "SARS" was designated as a sensitive word to be filtered on the Chinese Internet; it is treated the same way as the term "Falun Gong." The government has tried to make people believe that SARS is already under control. The reality is that the Chinese government's reports about the disaster are fabricated.
Ancient Chinese viewed the world as "heaven and people being one;" this view of the world maintains that people's behavior should be in accordance with nature and the universe. When a country or nation has high moral values, and they discipline themselves, everything will proceed smoothly, the country will be safe, and the citizens will live in peace. Doing the opposite will cause disasters to occur, one after another. People need to treat this wisdom seriously. Controlling disasters is not just a matter of technology; it is necessary to go back to the fundamentals of being human and rectify the root of the problem.
