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Hi, I am melody,a student in Douglas college, B.C. Canada. After I read the core books of Falun Gong,Zhuan FaLun, I found it is questionable.please, give me a feedback after reading the argumentation below, thanks.Email Add.:panhongyan@hotmail.com
"Qigong is not exclusively a product of our country(China). It exists in foreign countries as well,
but they don’t call it Qigong. Western countries, such as the United States, Great Britain, etc.,
call it magic. David Copperfield, a magician in the US, is a master of supernormal abilities who
once performed the feat of walking through the Great Wall of China. When he was about to pass
through the Wall, he used a white cloth as a cover, pressed himself against the Wall, and then
proceeded to go through it. Why did he do that? Doing it that way would lead many people to
consider it a magic show. It had to be done like that since he knew there are many people in
China with great supernormal abilities. He was afraid of interference from them, so he covered
himself before he went in." ------ Chapter I Introduction FALUN GONG by Li Hong zhi
Wow, David Copperfield possesses supernormal abilities! Is that striking to you? No matter
what, the paragraph is quoted exactly from the Book Fa Lun Gong, wrote by Mr. Li Hong Zhi,
the founder of Fa Lun Gong. One may be wondering what Fa Lun Gong is? Based on its own
definition, Fa Lun Gong (also called FaLun DaFa), founded in 1992 in China, is an ancient form
of QiGong, the practice of refining the body and mind through special exercises and meditation.
Like tai chi. It also claims that there are seven hundred thousand practitioners in China, and three
hundred thousand oversea practitioners. Mr. Li Hong Zhi, the founder of Falun Gong , living in
America, used to be an office clerk in China. He wrote two books as the core texts. One is Fa
Lun Gong, the other is Zhuan Fa Lun. An article on Timesasis.com says,"Li's rambling
dissertation, Zhuan Falun, has only added to accusations that Falun Gong is a cult. Li writes he
can personally heal disease and that his followers can stop speeding cars using the powers of his
teachings. He writes that the Falun Gong emblem exists in the bellies of practitioners, who can
see through the celestial eyes in their foreheads. Li believes "humankind is degenerating and
demons are everywhere"—extraterrestrials are everywhere, too—and he boasts there is a 2-
billion-year-old nuclear reactor in Africa. He also says he can fly." Is Fa Lun Gong a cult? It is a
super controversial topic. In order to answer this question, this essay will be focused on testing
FaLun Gong's credibility by intensively analyzing lecture one to Seven of the book Zhuan Fa
Lun.
The origination of Fa Lun Gong
On this topic, Mr, Li repeatedly emphasizes on the vast and profound history of FaLun
Dafa. For example, in Characteristics of Falun Gong ,lecture one, Mr. Li claims," Our Falun
DaFa is one of the eighty four thousand cultivation ways in the Buddha school. During the
historical period of this human civilization, it has never been made public. In a prehistoric
period, however, it was once widely used to provide salvation to humankind. In this final period
of last Havoc, I am making it public again. Therefore, it is extremely precious." In The Issue Of
Pursuit, section 5, lecture two, Mr. Li further indicates, "It has taken us many generations, an
extremely long period of time, and a frightening number of years to form this FaLun." Moreover,
in Energy Field, lecture three, he repeats that a genuine cultivation way is always passed down
from a prehistoric time. It has been preserved from quite a remote age and has successfully
cultivated numerous great enlightened people. Such a thing can only take place in this Dharma-
ending period of ours. These things have never occurred throughout the history.
Arguments appear here. According to the passage above, Mr. Li carelessly makes two
paradoxes. First of all, he says," FaLun DaFa has been used once broadly in a prehistoric period.
However, latter, he says Fa Lun Da Fa never happens throughout history, and it can only take
place in this Dharma-Ending Period. Secondly, he claims that FaLunDaFa can be derived from
Buddha school, and in a prehistoric period, it used once. Can anything be used before being
produced? In the prehistoric period, which at lease ten thousand years ago, FaLun Gong was
used once, unfortunately, the historical Budda, Shakyamumi, was born twenty five hundred years
ago in North Central India(Rob Nairn.3).
The paranormal abilities of Mr. Li
Based on the lecture one to lecture7 of the book Zhuan FaLun, Mr. Li not only saves
mankind but also possesses large numbers of paranormal abilities, including flying, predicating
with his celestial eyes, healing, making precognition and retrocognition appearing in enormous
numbers of Fa Shen(A body made of paranormal power) ect.. In QiGong Is Cultivation Practice,
lecture one, Mr. Li asserts that over ten thousand genuine supernormal abilities exist. In
addition, in QiGong is prehistoric culture, lecture one, he seriously says," I made a careful
investigation once and found that humankind has undergone complete annihilation eighty one
times." Another example of his powerful abilities is the omnipotent Fa Shen. In Fa Shen, lecture
five, Mr.Li explains that FaShen is born in one's Dantin area and is made of paranormal power.
FaShen itself is also a complete, independent, and realistic individual life. He further states the
capabilities of Fa Shen in Section 1, Lecture three," My FaShen are so numerous that they are
uncountable. Besides these practitioners, no matter how many more people there are, I am still
able to take care of them." Furthermore, in section 8 , lecture four, Mr. Li reveals, " Your illness
will be cured directly by me. Those who practice at exercise sites will have my FaShen to cure
their illness. Those who study Dafa by reading the book on their own will also have my FaShen
to cure their illness." He adds, " As a practitioner, your path of life will be changed from now on.
My FaShen will rearrange it for you." In the same section, he further states," We have told you
here that I can do it because I have numerous FaShen who possess my mighty divine powers.
They can demonstrate great supernatural powers." A further example of his abilities is flying.
Take, Transcending The Five Elements and Three Realms, lecture two, for example. A
practitioner wrote a report to Mr. Li that he has reached many levels of Heaven and seen some
scenes. Mr. Li told him to climb up further. Mr. Li even confirms," He have found that some of
those Qi Gong masters in the past had very high gong column that reached beyond the Milky
Way; they far beyond the three realms."
Arguments rise here again. If he had power to predict, how come he did not stop the tragedy
on Sept. 11? If he had celestial eyes, how come he did not tell his protector, President Bush,
where Bin Ladin is? If he had the ability of flying, if he had the numinous FaShen, how come he
did not bring Bin Ladin back to justice. If he had ability of precognition, how come he did not
change the result prior to FaLun Gong's being Banned by Chinese government in 1999 as an evil
cult. If he could heal illness, how come 1,600 his followers were killed by driving them insane or
telling them to reject medical help when practicing the FaLun Gong(cnn.com).
Paranormal abilities of Fa Lun Da Fa
Like Mr. Li, Fa lun Da Fa also possesses endless powerful paranormal abilities. For example,
in lecture two, there are five basic paranormal abilities: celestial eye, clairvoyance, precognition,
retrocognition. FaLunDaFa insists everyone practicing DaFa can have paranormal abilities. For
example, in section 5 , lecture one, Mr. Li says," Think about it, every one; one can develop
supernormal abilities through cultivation practice." The practitioners can gain celestial eye,
compound eye, and clairvoyance. For instant, Mr. Li writes about the celestial eye in section one,
lecture two," we are opening the celestial eye for everyone here." In addition, he also explains,"
the celestial Eye that we refer to is, in fact, located slightly above and between one's eyebrows,
and it is connected to the pineal body." He also explains how normal eye works: the images are
formed in the brain. That is what we see through the eyes is sent to the pineal body in the rear of
the brain via the optic nerve and then reflected as images in that area. Namely, the actual
reflected images are seen in the pineal body of the brain. Modern medication also recognizes
this. Another paranormal ability Fa LunDaFa has is to prolong practitioners' life. In section 7,
lecture one, Mr.Li says, " Yet some people have limited time left in their life, our FaLun DaFa
can solve this problem and shorten the course of practice. With consistent practice, your life will
be constantly prolonged." Mr. Li also says," Elderly women will regain menstrual period when
practicing FaLUn DaFa, which is also a common phenomenon."
Arguments boost here. First, what Mr. Li explains the function of pineal body shows he
does not even have the basic medical knowledge. Based on the book Human Anatomy, Pineal
body is a gland controlling a hormone called Melatonin, which helps control period of sexual
maturation in male (Eldra Pearl Slomon, 141). Where the actual reflected images are formed on
the retina, and then nerve impulses must be transmitted to the visual areas of the cerebral cortex
(121). Furthermore, it 's abnormal for elderly women to regain menstrual period. In fact, most of
women cease menstruation at about age 50(285). If Mr. Li could prolong practitioners' lives, how
come he did not prolong the life of 12 year old practitioner who died from a suicidal arson with
her mom and four other practitioners on Tian An Men Square in year 2000.
Although the fakes exposed in this essay reflect just a tiny part of the huge iceberg, they
manifest convincingly the evil nature of Fa LunGong and its founder, Mr.Li Hong Zhi. It is ease
to draw an assured conclusion that Mr. Li Hong Zhi is an ignorant liar. FaLun DaFa is a sham Qi
Gong Organization. On this vast world, the shams, like Mr.Li Hong Zhi, are enormous. How can
one distinguish the wolf covered with the skin of sheep? Mr. Hans Christian Andersen, a famous
author, has provided an answer in his meaningful story Emperor's New Clothes. In this live play,
the Vain Emperor is played by the practitioner of FaLunGong; the Scoundrel Tailor is played by
Mr. Li Hong Zhi. Dear readers, do you want to play the role of Outlookers to obey the falsehood,
or play the role of the little Boy, a hero to smash the falsehood.
Work Cited
Li, Hong Zhi. FaLun Gong. 4th . www.falundafa.org
Li, Hong Zhi. Zhuan FaLun . .www.falundafa.org
Nairn, Rob What Is Meditation.Shambhala. Boston.
Solomom, Eldra Pearl. Introduction to Human Anatomy And Physiology. W.B. Saunders Company.
Timesasia.com." Special Society Or Evil Cult?" Vol.157. No. 26.July 2.2001
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