(Clearwisdom.net) On November 9-10, 2002, the first Body, Mind & Spirit Expo was held in Indianapolis, the capital of the state of Indiana. At the expo, local Dafa practitioners introduced Falun Dafa and held free Falun Gong exercise seminars to display the beauty of Falun Dafa to the public. The following are some episodes during the expo.
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"It's so peaceful, I've never seen it before."
One staff member of the Expo sponsor walked to our booth. He expressed his sympathy for Dafa practitioners who suffer persecution in China. He also said that he had met Falun Gong practitioners while sponsoring expos in other cities and they had left very good impressions on him.
He came to our booth again by the end of the two-day expo, saying, "I noticed you were so peaceful while sitting in meditation (sending forth righteous thoughts), I've never seen it before."
"It's just what I want."
Anita from the booth across from us came over to request introductory information and materials. After listening to our brief introduction and through her careful observation of us, she said approvingly, "It's just what I want." She requested more flyers and materials so that she could place them in her shop and provide information for interested customers. She also invited us to hold Falun Gong seminars in her shop. She was very happy to take some materials in Chinese for her Chinese friends. Her co-worker Ann set up a table to do fortune telling for people, while opposite her table was a TV that was repeatedly broadcasting Teacher's exercises instructions. She pointed at the TV, saying, "I've watched it for quite a long time. It's what I want to learn." She also said that this event was not a coincidence.
"Why haven't I heard about it earlier?"
Bob is a doctor of holistic medicine working in a local hospital. He was introducing a therapy of curing allergies using acupuncture and medicine. He told us that he used to be a skeptical and apathetic person. Multiple traffic accidents and misfortunes urged him to think his life over from a new perspective and choose a different path of life. He became engaged in studying an overall therapy of improving the body and mind. When we introduced to him about Falun Gong's effect on healing and keeping fit, purifying one's mind, upgrading one's morality and enabling one to return to the pure origin, he was very excited and asked if we could go to his hospital to introduce Falun Gong to his colleagues. We also talked about the persecution against Falun Dafa in China. He was very surprised, saying, "Why haven't I heard about all this earlier?"
"I want to introduce these exercises to more people."
Many kind Americans watched our exercises demonstration during the expo. They were shocked after learning that such a good cultivation practice is suffering brutal persecution in China. Many of them requested Dafa truth-clarifying materials, and expressed that they would learn more about Falun Gong and help those persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China. One person came to our booth on the second day and said, "I came to learn the exercises yesterday, and I felt the exercise was so good. Today, I have come back to take some materials to read. I want to introduce this practice to more people."
A woman appreciated very much our paper fans with the words "Falun Dafa is good" and the information of the main Falun Dafa websites on it. She said, "It's a good idea to make such elegant artwork to introduce Falun Dafa. Can I have some more, as there are many people coming to my office daily and I want to help you introduce Falun Dafa to my friends."
"It just shows that Falun Gong is good."
A Westerner who has lived in China for many years came to have a conversation with us. After learning that Falun Dafa has been warmly received in over dozens of countries, but is only persecuted in China, he said, "It just shows that Falun Gong is good."
"Where can I go to learn the exercises?"
Many people came to our booth and asked, "Where can I learn the exercises?" Some people felt very good after learning the movements at the free seminar on the first day, and wanted to learn to practice the five sets of exercises with us. When they learned that we do and teach the exercises outdoors, even in the winter, they expressed that they would try to help find an indoor site so as to provide more convenience for us. After the expo, though it was very cold, several Westerners who had learned the exercises at the expo or had learned about Falun Gong joined us in an outdoor group practice on the weekend. Some of them bought a copy of the book Zhuan Falun and began to practice cultivation.
Through this activity, we have clearly seen that so many people are yearning for Dafa. We feel it is our responsibility to do Fa-rectification and introduce Dafa to more people, thus offering them a bright future. We will try to do better to live up to Teacher's expectation and not let down the sentient beings.
