(Clearwisdom.net)

Over the past a few days, practitioners from all over the world gathered and sent forth righteous thoughts in front of the Chinese consulate in Chicago. Practitioners divided themselves into several groups One group visited different communities in Chicago to distribute truth-clarification fliers. The other group went to Chinatown to clarify the truth and distribute fliers to the local Chinese organizations, shops, restaurants, and Chinese people. Practitioners invited fellow Chinese people to come and enjoy practitioners' performances, parades, and other celebrations in Chinatown and in the downtown area. Here are some stories.

For over a year, practitioners in Toronto have been using a big screen TV to help clarify the truth in their local Chinatown. This time, they brought the big screen TV all the way from Toronto to Chicago to help better clarify the truth to the local Chinese people there. It was a tough trip, and they almost had two car accidents on their way to Chicago.

The big screen TV was a huge help. Some people tried every means to interfere with the effort. With the practitioners' efforts of clarifying the truth and sending forth righteous thoughts, the big screen TV managed to stay in Chinatown. Many passengers stopped by to watch the programs and ask for materials. One old gentleman watched a video program. When he left, he sincerely said to the practitioners, "Thank you so much!"

An owner of a shopping center has a great conscience. He asked a practitioner, "Is it useful to appeal in such a peaceful way? I don't think your petitions and condemnations would fundamentally solve the problem. You have to get rid of Jiang. Ever since it first seized power the Chinese Communist Party has never done a single righteous thing. You need to get rid of the evil regime as what the United States did to Saddam Hussein."

The practitioner answered, "We've been doing what our Teacher told us to do. People might treat us badly. However, we do not treat other people badly. We are cultivators. Cultivators would never get involved in politics, so we won't fight for power. We only hope to stop this evil persecution. If all the kind-hearted people and people with conscience could stand up to condemn the head of the evil gang, and if everyone could bring Jiang to justice in the court of morality and in the court of conscience, this persecution would end. "

When a practitioner distributed truth-clarification materials to a Chinese restaurant, the wife of the restaurant owner said, "I know Falun Gong is good. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people practicing it. Some of your fellow practitioners talked to me before. I wanted to learn it. He even gave me a book on Falun Gong. However, I've been too busy to read the book. Now, since you are here, please don't leave before teaching me how to do the exercises."

One of the staff said, "You will definitely win!"

In a certain Chinese clinic, the family doctor initially wasn't nice to the practitioners. She thought they were getting involved in politics and she thought that their petition in front of the Chinese Consulate was a shame for Chinese people. One practitioner told her, "I was illegally imprisoned in China for two years because I practice Falun Gong. During that period of time, my wife was in Canada. She talked to all kinds of people to call upon kind-hearted people to help rescue her husband. Can you say she was involved in politics? Now, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners are being illegally detained in China because of their belief in Falun Gong. They have lost their jobs, and even their lives. What practitioners living abroad have been doing is simply trying to rescue those innocent fellow practitioners from brutal torture and inhuman persecution. Can you say that this is politics?"

After three practitioners clarified the truth to her for over an hour, that doctor said, "You have been wronged. Your name will be cleared."

A practitioner gave a flier to a Chinese woman and invited her to come and watch practitioners performances and parade during the weekend. The practitioner also asked her to bring her family and friends. The woman said, "Give me some more fliers. I'll give them to my colleagues."