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Can you change your karma and thereby alter your destiny ?
In the Eastern culture we believe that whatever happens to us - good or bad - is due to our actions in previous lives. That’s why in the East people can understand why they are born rich or poor, healthy or sick. Yet many have pondered, if we can change our karma, can we alter our destiny?
Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong), an exercise and meditation system from China is based on a complete cultivation system guiding a person to improve one’s moral standard. A holistic cultivation system affects not only mind and body, but also spirit and the transformation of karma. As there is karmic reprisal for every action, a heart which follows the principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance by letting go of bad habits, will get the best response in body, mind and spirit.
By nurturing character, practitioners are directly and positively affecting their physical health. 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 accomplished martial arts expert and tai chi practitioner of 15 years gave it all up to take up Falun Dafa because, according to him, he understood that all this training to build physique and regulate energy was like earning money, limited only to this lifespan. “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, researchers 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, examined the life span and function of white blood cells, neutrophils (a common type of white blood cell) in specific. Her preliminary results proved that the in-vitro (means in laboratory conditions) life span of neutrophils from Falun Dafa followers 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 accept the tremendous popularity of Falun Gong and acknowledge the growing numbers of Falun Dafa practitioners that were surpassing the affiliation of the Chinese Communist Party, the then-president Jiang Zemin slapped a ban on the practice on July 20, 1999. Seventy million people were practicing Falun Gong when the horrific oppression started. Since then, people who follow Falun Dafa in China have been illegally arrested, imprisoned, tormented 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.