Falun Gong Geeks Slip Through Internet Ban
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The continuing story of Falun Gong and the Internet ban in China took an interesting twist. A group of computer experts from the Falun Gong spiritual group are offering free software to break through the firewall put up by the Chinese government to block the flow of information on topics like Falun Gong.
It’s available on Internet Freedom’s site. If you don’t know the history of the persecution of Falun Gong’s practitioners you can download a PDF of it here. As discussed in my last post about Falun Gong, my knowledge of Falun Gong is from a practitioner’s perspective not a political one. It has been my practice of choice for many years. I also know the spiritual teachings that accompany the exercises. The practice is based on the principles of Truth, Benevolence and Forbearance.
I cannot see anything political about this practice any more than Tai Chi or Yoga. The Chinese government’s opinion differs from mine. Wang Baodang. a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., tells Washington Times’ Willis Witter that Falun Gong is;
“an anti-China political organization bent on undermining social stability in China and overthrowing the Chinese government.
Over the years, it’s been making every effort to preach cult doctrines, cheat the public, fabricate lies vilifying the Chinese government and engage in activities to sabotage China-U.S. relations.”
I know there is always two sides to every story, and as I offered in the last post, Falun Gong may be feared because of the self-empowering attributes of it’s teachings. This blog is not about politics, but it is about empowerment, and it is about the fact that we are all in this together, including the people of China.
As Willis says
Falun Gong claims it is a benign spiritual group dedicated to helping its practitioners achieve enlightenment through a combination of breathing and other meditation techniques.
Doesn’t sound very threatening to me. Part of Global Internet Freedom’s mission statement is:
Inform, connect, and empower the people in closed societies with information on a free Internet.
This kind of news about change and human ingenuity circumventing systems for the sake of freedom is of interest in the big picture of global enlightenment. The new age is about freedom and empowerment. Allowing all flavors of the truth without judment or persecution. Waking up to a world where love, compassion, unity and wisdom replace division, ignorance and hate.
Way to go Falun Gong Geeks!
The full article from Willis Witter of the Washington Times is here.
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Falun Gong - This blog will be banned in Beijing because of mentioning these words. Also if I say “Tianamen Square” or “Free Tibet” then 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 and 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 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 feel the 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, and 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. 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.
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