By Practitioners from Sunshine Coast, Australia
Falun Dafa practitioners on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland held an activity
to coincide with the UN ‘International Day of Peace’ on September 21st, 2002.
We displayed the magnificent and peaceful nature of Falun Dafa and clarified
the facts of the persecution to the general public through this event. We prepared
several weeks in advance, folding hundreds of paper lotus flowers and designing
a beautiful scroll to be handed out with a title of ‘An Appeal for Peace’. We
informed the public of the persecution and practitioner’s peaceful response,
which exemplified the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.
The public was drawn to our eye-catching presentation of the exercises and
beautiful display of baskets full of paper lotus flowers placed around the stage.
The entire Plaza was filled with people carrying lotus flowers and balloons!
One little girl who was about three years old, sat attentively with her mother
watching our exercise presentation. She was so captivated by the exercises that
she got up on stage with the practitioners and began performing the exercises
for several minutes, even sitting quietly in meditation.
One of the practitioners is also a member of a local school Craft Group. Prior
to our event, she invited other ladies (non-practitioners) to assist with folding these lotus flowers as support for the practitioners being persecuted
in China. The craft group was happy to lend a hand and placed a full-page notice
in the local school newsletter, which allowed more parents to position their
hearts in a positive way.
In advance of our presentation, we even brought some of our lovely lotus flowers
as gifts to the local Media who subsequently reported about our event. By introducing
Dafa on this day, we provide others the opportunity to see the peaceful nature
of our practice.
Posting date: 28/Sep/2002
Original article date: 26/Sep/2002
Category: Events
