Don’t Say Falun Gong Or Beijing Will Ban You

Falun Gong – The Next Age will be banned in Beijing because of mentioning these words. Also if I say Tianamen Square or Free Tibet, it’s toast. I wonder if they have a Google alert for these words? Last week the Chinese government opened a crack in the door to allow Olympic journalists to access some web sites that would normally be banned. This change came as a result of pressure to make them live up to their word to the IOC when they got the games to allow uncensored Internet access for visitors. It is still not the full access promised. This access does not include any sites that talk about Falun Gong.

I talk about humanity evolving to the next level of consciousness. Changing from a paradigm of “follow the leader” to one of “following yourself.” I have also said that it will take all of us to make this change happen. There has been a lot of global changes in the last 50 years that I can look at and use as examples of humanity becoming more unified.  The world waking up to the remembrance of who we truly are. I haven’t given much thought or consideration to a full 20% of our population when it comes to accomplishing this shift. China is virtually the last bastion of Communism in the world. Communism is an example of a population following the leader. I have to include them in my picture of unity and self-empowerment for us all.

Starting on August 8th the world’s attention will be centered in China. They have obvious population and economic influence in today’s world but can they also be a catalyst for change and help bring on the shift that I call the New Age? Is Falun Gong the key to this change?

In 2000, along with my complete shift in perspective, I was also having changes happening in my body. My body was communicating to me or maybe I was finally listening. All day long I would be stretching unconsciously. I had an amazing amount of energy or chi that was flowing through me. My body would show me where I would need to stretch to release any blocks that I had. I am sure it looked strange but probably overshadowed by the words and concepts that were spewing from my mouth.

The feeling was similar to when we wake up in the morning and need to stretch. Looking back, it is probably the same thing, only I was waking up to a whole new me and I did it all day long. This impulse to stretch led me to look at Tai Chi and Yoga but when I discovered Falun Gong I knew that was going to work for me at that time.

Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline that is Buddhist in nature. It consists of moral teachings, a meditation, four gentle stretching exercises that resemble tai-chi and are known in Chinese culture as qigong. It’s teachings include the harmonizing of our body, mind and spirit to obtain balance and health. Another key part for me in the philosophy was the recognition and return to our original true self. It’s about taking responsibility for one’s self and behaving in a way that embodies truthfulness, benevolence and forbearance. Practitioners describe these qualities to be universal principles that we should all strive for. It fit perfectly at the time for what I believed and what I was experiencing with my body changes as a way to allow the chi to flow freely.

The practice of Falun Gong or Falun Dafa was, and still is, for me, an amazing system for stimulating free flowing life force and experiencing still-mind meditation. It is also an effective practice for anyone who is interested in alternative ways to maintain body conditioning. It is now practiced by millions in some 70 countries outside of China which is a testament to it’s validity.

What I see with Falun Gong relative to China is that it can be used as a wake up call for a population that has been under the thumb of a repressive government for a long time. Something needs to happen to shake things up. Maybe it’s Falun Gong. Maybe it’s the Olympics.

Falun Gong became so popular in China that the government felt it threatened their continuing hold on the population.

This practice is centuries old and was handed down from single master to single disciple until 1992 when Li Hongzhi, the “master” of Falun Gong brought it to the public. He introduced not only the exercises, but the teachings that accompany it, which are messages of enlightenment and awakening. The popularity soared to 70 million practitioners until 1999 when the government out of fear or possibly jealousy of it’s popularity, began to imprison and persecute followers of Falun Gong. Some Party leaders saw Falun Gong, with its belief in the existence of Buddhas, Daos, and gods, and its conviction that anyone can reach a divine realm through self-refinement, as being in conflict with Party ideology. These struggles have been well documented since 1999 and the subject of human rights violations of the Chinese government.

Will these Olympic Games help change that? They seem to be showing some signs of change. Will it be just for the sake of the games after which it will be life as usual or will they bring about real change? We are all in this together. We need the billion plus people of China to wake up. To unite in this shift. To join in the awakening to the next age. The world is visiting this month. Can we help?

If Falun Gong is meant to survive in China, it will. Is it the catalyst for change in China? I have a feeling it is. All I can do is use my small voice to help spur it along but unfortunately my voice won’t be heard.

The Next Age will definitely be …

Banned in Beijing!

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