The World Health Organization (WHO) was established on April 7 in the year 1948. Since then, April 7 is celebrated as World Health Day and it would be nice if each person on this planet pledges to contribute towards making the world a Healthier and Happier place to live in.  This day assumes greater significance since we are still coming to terms with the effects of the corona pandemic and the toll it has taken on different facets of our lives. We should be more aware and prepared for dealing with such unforeseen health setbacks in the future.

Even though 82.8 crore people are fully vaccinated in India, there is always the fear lurking of a new variants and yet another wave. According to health experts, your immunity is the only defense and remedy for diseases like corona. Since there are still restrictions on full scale outdoor activities, learning online meditation practices at home has become increasingly popular. Today, we would like to introduce to you a unique cultivation practice which is becoming very popular through online webinars and is effective in increasing immunity. Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong), is an advanced cultivation practice of mind and body.

In Falun Dafa five gentle and effective exercises are taught, but emphasis is given on cultivation of the mind or cultivation of moral character. These exercises help in opening up one’s energy channels, purifying the body, relieving stress and providing inner peace. Being a perfect practice of mind and body, people get amazing health benefits in a short span of time. Many people experience health improvements such as better sleep, less stress, increased energy, decreased irritability, improved digestion, etc. Many people have benefited from diseases like cancer, diabetes, hepatitis and heart disease. Several people have said that the practice has reduced their urge to smoke and have been able to give up tobacco and other addictions.

Effective in increasing immunity

According to research by Dr. Lili Feng, Professor of Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, Falun Dafa is effective in increasing immunity against diseases. Dr. Lili Feng investigated the life span and function of white blood cells (neutrophils), which found that the in vitro life span of Falun Dafa practitioners was 30 times longer than in control groups and they were functioning better. It shows immunity and health benefits for some diseases.  Falun Dafa was first made public in China in May 1992 by Mr. Li Hongzhi. Today Falun Dafa is popular among more than 100 million people in more than 90 countries. But it is unfortunate that Falun Dafa is being persecuted in China since 1999, which continues till today.

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Falun Dafa was first made public in China in May 1992 by Mr. Li Hongzhi. But the sad fact is that in China, the birthplace of Falun Dafa, this exercise and meditation practice is being repressed by the communist regime since 1999 which continues to this day. However, the practice is popular with more than 100 million people in more than 100 countries. In India also it is being practiced in all the major cities. Many people from Mumbai’s fashion and film industry are practicing Falun Dafa. In their hectic life, they have been able to achieve the goal of physical health and mental peace through this practice. Falun Dafa has also been taught in many schools, colleges, corporate offices, NGOs, police academies and prisons across the country.

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Sarnath is one of the four holy sites of ancient Indian Buddhism in northern India. It was here that Sakyamuni first passed his Dharma. Here, Chris runs a homestay. The small brick house, just behind the big stupa, is hidden in the green trees.

Germany’s Christian Elisabeth Teich loved nature and travel since childhood, traveling to 55 countries for decades. Her family calls her by name Chris. At the age of 21, Chris visited India for the first time. She was a student studying sculpture at the time. Surprisingly, this ancient Buddhist country had a wonderful predestined relationship with her.

While being a social worker, Chris worked as a volunteer for seven years during the Great Famine in Ethiopia, helping to set up schools and children’s homes; then went to South America to serve local communities. She constantly saw peoples’ suffering and death. These experiences shook her heart. She was eager to understand what is the true meaning of human existence and what are the root causes of misfortune?

Attracted to the meditation and spiritual practice of Falun Dafa:

In those days of wandering, Chris’s doubts had not been solved. On one occasion, at the women’s day event, she saw an American Chinese woman meditating. She was immediately attracted to the meditation and found out that it was the ancient spiritual practice of Falun Dafa.

Chris had seen all kinds of doctrines and practices of spiritual devotion, and this time she encountered Falun Dafa, after which she devoted herself to research. After a period of contemplating, she determined to practice Falun Dafa. After 15 years, Chris said: “This kind practice has completely changed me. I used to be sick and had a lot of illnesses. After the practice, my health greatly improved. For any kind of problem in everyday life, now I can handle it on the ground and in peace.”

After practicing Dafa, Chris was healthy and peaceful and wanted to share this good news with others. She went on the road again and introduced Falun Dafa throughout India. To date, she has visited more than 60 schools and traveled to Ladakh, northeast India, Utap Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka.

Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted:

When Chris practiced with local teachers and students, she also talked about the sad things: “This peaceful cultivation practice is cruelly suppressed in its birthplace — mainland China. Because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promotes atheism. Since 1999, many innocent Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted and killed. When I introduced the miraculous effects of Falun Dafa to Indian teachers and students, I also told them how the CCP persecutes these good people, while worldwide everyone has recognized and welcomed this spiritual cultivation method.”

Chris’s face radiates calmness and joy. When talking to her, you can feel her heartfelt happiness and touching appeal, as if she can melt the bitterness of life. Looking back on the past wandering and wondering, Chris said: “I traveled around the world, I got a lot of love and warmth — but the best harvest is the peace of the soul… The suffering of the world has not ended and I found the practice of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. I love to share it with everyone. It allows people to regain hope and to lead a better life.”

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The memories of childhood were that of simplicity and freedom, exactly like my hometown, Coonoor where I was brought up. It seemed to me that the eccentric of the people was a replication of the town itself … humble, honest and gentle. Seeing back, I recall how my mind over and over again wandered away into the hugeness of the mountains. I at all times had questioned from where all of life and presence came from! As time passed, I moved to a city for my studies and then a job; life was a complete contrast compared to the serene life I had earlier. Trying to adapt to new ways I longed for the peaceful surroundings that I once had. Looking for ways and methods to experience a calm, which is untiring was very tough to find, almost the whole thing I came across was superficial and narrow.

During 2017, I started practicing Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong, a traditional self-cultivation practice of both mind and body based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance). Within a few weeks I was drawn to do exercises and meditation, from which I felt energetic, extremely conscious and connected to myself in many ways. Suggested by my friend who introduced the practice to me, I started reading the book, Zhuan Falun written by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa. The book led me back to the question I asked all along. I employed the principles in my life to become a better person and my world has truly changed for ever. I understood that to change fundamentally I had to uplift my mind and body, it became something I couldn’t part ways with.

During one of my trips to New York, I met a girl from China, we spoke a little and I shared my experience of how I feel like a changed person after practicing Falun Gong.  I sensed her being a bit apprehensive when she heard that, all she told me was that it wasn’t good and not to practice it. I was taken aback as I benefited greatly from the practice, just like millions of other people around the world.I realised then that I knew very little about why Falun Gong is being oppressed in China.

Looking up for information, I found that the Chinese Communist regime had unleashed a nationwide campaign to eradicate the practice since July 1999. Falun Gong’s increasing popularity and independence threatened the Communist regime, which believed in opposing ideologies. Since then the state’s security started tracking down, arresting, and detaining practitioners. Hundreds of thousands have been detained in labour camps, prisons, and brainwashing centers.

While in detention, many have been routinely persecuted, facing numerous forms of traumatic abuse as part of the regime’s efforts to force practitioners into renouncing their faith. After watching the documentary ‘Human Harvest’, what came across to me as most horrifying is the killing of  Falun Gong practitioners for their organs ! It is beyond conception that how the Communist government has made a market and  earning profits through trading live organs. Many are been targeted through strong nationwide persecution for over 20 years and continued till date.

Today in China, Falun Gong remains a subject which is unspoken of. Many people still have faith in false propaganda and fake data spread by political party, that creates fear in them or or even act indifferent towards Falun Gong practitioners.

In an attempt to know the reality, I found the truth. It only felt rightful to clarify the facts and raise awareness on this issue of human rights abuse, to put an end to this inhumane persecution. So people can make informed decisions and not be misled by false propaganda.

The circumstances existing in China is a glaring disparity for most of us, especially for people like me having wonderful memories of my hometown, where they still live a life of peace and simplicity as they are free to have basic right to belief ! On the contrary I found answers to my quest through the wonderful practice of Falun Gong. Amidst troubled times I found the greatest gift … and through my experiences I came to realise, the truth can never change … even if our surroundings change ! More so in these times the world needs truthfulness Compassion and Forbearance.

Monica Tomas

(Monica Tomas is a successful fashion model from hill town of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. She started her modelling career from Mumbai. Presently, she is in New York working with an international modelling agency).

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May 13th holds a special significance for people all over the world whose lives have been positively impacted and transformed by Falun Dafa, an ancient spiritual practice of mind and body. Falun dafa, also known as Falun Gong, was introduced to the public in China in 1992 by Master Li Hongzhi. From a remote age, this practice has been passed down from a Master to a single disciple. Today, it is being practiced by more than 10 crore people in over 120 countries.

In addition to the teachings, Falun dafa also offers a set of five simple meditative exercises  based on slow, gentle  movements and meditation that are easy to learn and are taught absolutely free of charge. The practice has many beneficial effects and can help uplift one’s physical health, spiritual well-being,  and moral character, not to mention its undeniable positive influence on the community and society as a whole.

Falun Gong and its founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi, has received more than 1500 awards and proclamations from all over the world wide. Mr. Li Hongzhi has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Sakharov Award for Independent Thoughts.

Falun Dafa in India:

Falun Dafa was introduced in India in 2000 and officially registered in 2004. Since  then, the exercise and meditation  practice  has been introduced in schools and colleges across the length and breadth of the country. Falun dafa was well received by the Police academies in Delhi and Hyderabad. Falun dafa practitioners have been invited by several large organizations to introduce it to their senior executives. Interestingly, jail superintends have also requested an introduction of the exercise and meditation practice to inmates.

Persecution in China:

Due to its health benefits and spiritual teachings, Falun Gong became so popular in China that by 1999, 7 to 10 Crore people started practicing it. The membership of the Chinese Communist Party was 6 Crore at that time. The then Chinese premier Jiang Zemin considered Falun Gong a threat to his sovereignty and despite its peaceful nature, banned it on July 20, 1999. For the last 20 years, Falun Gong practitioners are facing brutal persecution in China which continues to this day.

World falun dafa Day will be celebrated on-line:

Falun dafa practitioners from all over the world celebrate this day by organizing rallies, exhibitions and conferences. As outdoor gatherings are not possible in this lock down phase, Falun dafa practitioners of India have decided on-line option to celebrate this day. On this occasion, Indian practitioners have organized an on-line video conference to share their experiences about the practice.

The amazing phenomenon of  Falun dafa is summarized in the words of Mark Palmer, former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and board member of the Freedom House: “Falun Gong is the greatest single spiritual movement in Asia today. There is nothing that begins to contrast with it in guts and significance.”

If you are interested to learn Falun Dafa, you can find more information at www.falundafa.org or www.falundafaindia.org.

Rekha R.P-Coordinator

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Falun Dafa : Celebrity hairstylist Gabriel Georgiou’s  ‘secret’ of inspiration! When asked what keeps him grounded after all the success, he said it is daily meditation practice of Falun Dafa.

Gabriel Georgiou’s, hairstylist for Celebrities of Hollywood and Bollywood stars like Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Alba, Kareena Kapoor, Robert Downey Jr and more. This “up for an adventure” stylist credited his boundless cause of energy and inspiration to a passive meditation practice, which he performs daily.

Gabriel Georgiou flourished for himself in the sphere of glitz and glamour. From being bestowed as the “Best Hairstylist” by Vogue India, to summoning up the stunning red carpet looks of stars, and not to remark the gorgeous hairdos that Deepika Padukone displays, this fervent artist has embraced it all. The current quill in his crown is the fragile hairdo that Anushka Sharma carried at her marriage.

Childhood of Georgiou was mainly in Australia and Greece. He completed graduation from the Toni & Guy Academy of Hair in London. He mastered makeup, costume, wigs, and hair at Flagstaff college of TAFE, Melbourne. From Australia to Athens, London to L.A., he lastly intrude in the fashionable Indian city, Mumbai, 2008. The hair styling industry in India certainly astonishment to Georgiou. “I felt that I stepped back in time with the aesthetics and hairstyles that seemed to be stuck in the 80’s,” he says, “textured hair were never seen in magazines or on celebrities for instance. The younger actresses wanted to be more experimental and wanted to look like the Hollywood stars.”

Over the years, one thing led to the other, he started off with magazine shoots with celebrities, who then started booking him for advertisements, which in turn led to films. He troupe his awe-inspiring spell on all Bollywood splendour he operated. His iconic work that combines texture and structure has made him one of the most sought-after hairstylists.

When being tested about the most stimulating side of the hair fashioning industry, he says, “It is to not be believed up by the triteness while existing in the glamour-bubble of illusion. Staying true to one self and not being deluded by the industry.” For person to be this audacious and passionate, and not to remark so positive and calm, there is certainly a “secret” that is frolicking out behind the acts. When asked what retains him grounded after all the achievement, he said that he owed it to everyday meditation repetition of Falun Dafa (Falun Gong).

Georgiou was familiarised to Falun Dafa in 2002, Australia. “I linked to the fact that it is a drill of both mind and body, that it is grounded on the widespread ideologies of Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance, and that it is for free. Goodness and information are given from the heart, you don’t pay for that, and I at all times knew that deep down inside. He  believed the proverb, ‘When student is ready the teacher will appear.’  Everything comes to us for a reason and I felt that I had to give it a try,” he adds. He says, He told as a person he has seen continuous improvement. He acknowledged that he has become extremely healthy, improved energy level and he feels positive. He is able to handle tough conditions lightly

Falun Dafa was introduced in China in 1992 and grew immensely popular due to its health benefits. Above 70-100 million people were working this system in China mainly. Nevertheless, the former leader of the Chinese communist rule, Jiang Zemin, being concerned by its rising fame, unlawfully barred this passive practice on July 20, 1999 and began ruthless persecution of its followers, which continues till today. On the other hand, Falun Dafa is being trained in above 114 countries about the globe as well India.

When Georgiou, first heard about the ongoing persecution in China he was shocked. He says, “I couldn’t understand how a government would persecute something so beautiful and beneficial to society and something that is rooted in traditional culture.”

Despite his ever so eventful agenda, Gabriel takes out time to explain Falun Dafa workouts to fascinated people. He also makes it a fact to tell them about the ruthless harassment being writhed by its supporters in China. No doubt, Gabriel is giving a sample of how to balance a prosperous career and holiness in today’s worldly life.

For details on  Falun Dafa:www.falaundafa.org or www.falundafaindia.org

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