(Minghui.org) Practitioners in Scotland and the surrounding areas gathered in Edinburgh on May 6, 2023 to celebrate the 31^st anniversary of Falun Dafa’s introduction to the world. They demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises and told people about the persecution in China. Tourists from all over the world got the opportunity to learn about what Falun Dafa is, and some signed a petition to end the persecution.

The Royal Mile is the busiest street in Edinburgh. Edinburgh’s old city town hall is located there and thousands of tourists visit the historic district every year. The practitioners’ information site was opposite the old town hall and many tourists stopped to read the information and talk to practitioners.

Practitioners demonstrated the exercises.

People learn about Falun Dafa

The Principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Could Solve Many Problems

A French lady said that she lived in China. She asked why Chinese people were so good but the CCP was so bad. She pointed to the practitioners who were practicing the exercises and said that the exercises were so peaceful and beautiful. She could see the practitioners’ inner peace and how their spirit was into it. She couldn’t understand why the CCP persecuted Falun Dafa.

A French lady wanted to learn more about Falun Dafa.

She looked through the Minghui magazine about how Falun Dafa was spreading around the world and also asked about the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She believed that these principles were essential and should be followed by people. She said that if every government and all the individuals could comply with these principles, many problems would be solved.

People Support Practitioners’ Activities to Expose the Persecution

People signed on the petition to support practitioners.

An English couple were shocked after they read the information. They had not heard of Falun Dafa or the persecution in China before. After they talked with practitioners, they signed the online petition to support their efforts to expose the persecution. They could hardly believe that such tragedies were still happening in 2023.

One American gentleman knew a lot about the CCP’s organ harvesting from practitioners while they are alive and the Uyghur re-education camps. A practitioner told him that according to the judgment by the Independent People’s Tribunal in London on March 2020, the organ harvesting from living prisoners of conscience has gone on for many years on a large scale in various areas in China. Falun Dafa practitioners might be the main source of the organs. The man signed the petition to end the persecution.

Huzaifa Patel just graduated from a university. He had heard of Falun Dafa before. He understood why the CCP persecuted good people after he read through the display board. He signed the petition and said that Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance were good values and should be acknowledged by the world.

Huzaifa Patel signed the petition.

An English gentleman knew about the dreadful persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. A practitioner told him that The Independent People’s Tribunal in London chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice was playing its role, and the House of Lords pressured the British government based on this judgment and demanded the government change its ways in dealing with China. This gentleman thanked the practitioner for telling him this positive news and said that he would do further research on it.

The activity ended at 5 p.m. Tourists from North America, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Andorra, Scotland's Coatbridge, and other places learned about Falun Dafa. Many people signed the petition. Some of them took photos in front of the display boards and with practitioners as they demonstrated the exercises.

Falun Dafa Teaches Me to Be Compassionate and Tolerant

Retired hydrographic surveyor Eddie Aitken practices Falun Dafa

Eddie Aitken lives in Aberdeen, North Scotland. He was a hydrographic surveyor before he retired. He was studying Korean martial arts in July 2004. The wife of his martial arts teacher recommended that he practice qigong. This opened up Eddie’s curiosity. When he was searching for all kinds of qigong, he came across the Falun Dafa website. He felt Falun Dafa could bring him light and hope. At the same time he also saw the CCP’s propaganda against Falun Dafa. He decided to try practicing Falun Dafa himself and then decide.

He contacted the local practice site coordinator Ioulia, who told him to read Zhuan Falun and Falun Gong. He did. To his surprise, Zhuan Falun answered for him some of the deeper questions of life. He couldn’t find any answers to those questions anywhere else.

Two months after he began practicing, he participated in activities with other practitioners. He got to know them. He said that was a good experience and he felt their positive energy, wisdom, and trust. Afterwards he had no more doubts and believed in Falun Dafa.

His parents required him to be truthful since he was young. But Falun Dafa taught him to be compassionate and tolerant. His biggest change was that he got rid of his attachment to work. This happened in 2005 after he had practiced Falun Dafa for one year. He said Falun Dafa’s wisdom set him free.

On the occasion of World Falun Dafa day, Eddie wants to express his gratitude to Falun Dafa, which helped him see more clearly despite the chaos in society and let him live meaningfully and understand why we are here.