(Minghui.org) World Falun Dafa Day is celebrated on May 13, 2024 every year. It is also Dafa’s founder’s, Mr. Li Hongzhi’s birthday. In the month of May Minghui.org published a series of reports, greetings, experience sharing submissions, and proclamations from around the world to celebrate the special day.
Rachael Chan lives in Taiwan and works in the banking industry. She said she was impressed after reading the proclamations from around the world. “The US Congress raised the US National Flag on May 13 to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day and pay tribute to Mr. Li. This made me feel that the light will win in the battle against darkness. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) slanders and demonizes Falun Dafa, while the US government pays the highest respect to the founder of Falun Dafa,” she said.
“In the proclamation sent by the governor of Maryland, he says that practitioners demonstrate high levels of honesty and capability, and win people’s trust and respect. He also said that Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance inspire people, and win their admiration. This serves as a reminder for me that, as a practitioner, I need to hold myself to high standards at all times. I need to live up to the expectations for a Falun Dafa practitioner and fulfill my mission to let everyone around me know what is happening to the practitioners in China in the persecution.”
Another thing Rachael noticed from reading the World Falun Dafa articles is that the practitioners come from all age groups and all walks of life. “One was an ex-gangster, some are students, some are business owners. Everyone can practice Falun Dafa,” she said.
Rachael said she was moved after reading “Compassion Can Melt Ice.” “The practitioner in her 70s was persecuted and tortured in prison. She was able to let go of her grudge toward the prisoners who tortured her. She helped one of them clean up, and provided food for another. I don’t think I could do that if I were her,” she said.
At work, Rachael said that she was often misunderstood, ostracized, and bullied by others. “I always chose to tolerate it quietly, and not fight back. However I was unable to treat my coworkers with compassion. At most I’d talk to them reluctantly about work because I had to. That reluctance comes from me being selfish and trying to protect myself.”
From the article “I Finally Discovered One of My Fundamental Attachments” Rachael saw another level of compassion. “This article mentions that wanting people to like you and not telling them about the good things they can do to improve their moral level is equivalent to hurting others. We fail to awaken the goodness and Buddha nature in them. I also realize that putting up with the bullying does not make me a kind person. I have an obligation to kindly remind them not to commit bad deeds, even if they don’t understand or criticize me, which I am very afraid of. I should still talk to them without resentment. How they choose to behave is their choice.”
Rachael expressed her gratitude for Mr. Li and Falun Dafa. “Without Falun Dafa, I’d be lost in this world and go along with the flow. On this special day, I hope that more people can learn the practice, and I hope that they will soon learn of the crimes the CCP has committed in the persecution of Falun Dafa.”
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