❂debian-newma...@lists.debian.orgn Can you change your karma and thereby alter your fate ? Unsubscribe email In the Eastern culture we believe that whatever happens to us - good or bad - is due to our deeds in previous lives. That’s why in the East people can accept why they are born rich or poor, healthy or sick. Yet many have pondered, if we can change our karma, can we change our fate? Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong), an exercise and meditation practice from China is based on a complete cultivation system directing a person to enhance one’s ethical standard. A complete cultivation system affects not only mind and body, but also spirit and the transformation of karma. As there is karmic retribution for every action, a heart which follows the principles of truthfulness, kindness and forbearance by abandoning bad habits, will get the best response in body, mind and spirit. By cultivating character, practitioners are directly and positively affecting their physical wellbeing. This is thought to be one rationale why the practice of Falun Dafa has such outstanding health results. An orthopedic surgeon from Taiwan who is an proficient martial arts specialist and tai chi practitioner of 15 years gave it all up to take up Falun Gong because, according to him, he understood that all this training to build physique and control energy was like earning money, limited only to this lifetime. “You die and it is all lost. Only Falun Gong clears your past karma, helps cultivate your body, mind and spirit in the present life and guides you on your way to enlightenment in future lives.” In America, investigators in basic sciences have begun to show interest in studying Falun Gong. Dr. Lili Feng, professor of immunology and molecular biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, observed the life span and function of white blood cells, neutrophils (a common type of white blood cell) in specific. Her initial results proved that the in-vitro (means in laboratory conditions) life span of neutrophils from Falun Dafa practitioners was 30 times longer than that of control groups and the heightened immune function among these cells was significant. What one cannot understand is how a spiritual practice that was introduced to the public back in May 1992 and quickly gained popularity could be suddenly prohibited in China. Unable to acknowledge the overwhelming popularity of Falun Dafa and acknowledge the growing numbers of Falun Dafa practitioners that were exceeding the membership of the Chinese Communist Party, the then-president Jiang Zemin put a ban on the practice on July 20, 1999. Seventy million people were following Falun Gong when the horrific persecution started. Since then, people who practice Falun Dafa in China have been illegally detained, imprisoned, tortured and even killed for their organs. To find out more about these crimes go to faluninfo.net and see the articles in the section called PERSECUTION.
