A concise INTRODUCTION

To

FALUN GONG

Of

FALUN DAFA


By



Ben Aicha with acknowledgments to Master Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Dafa.

About

The Divine STEPS on the PATH of RETURN
to one’s ORIGINAL TRUE SELF








Falun Dafa also known as Falun Gong, is a profound, comprehensive and high level system of cultivation practice introduced by Master Li Hongzhi in 1992 in China. It is a genuine system for improving and elevating one’s Mind/Body and spirit towards higher levels. Master Li Hongzhi have said:

“Born into a sphere of suffering
Men struggle just to survive,
One day, behold, the great law gained
Cease not your steps on the path of return”…

The profound meaning of this concise poem is dwelling in the very essence of life on earth and spells the fervent invitation to every human being to embrace the worthiness of a human life that is supposed to be consumed on a single aim that is: Returning to one’s original true self as an enlightened being as a Buddha.

This path of return through enlightenment is called the FA (the Law) and its vehicle is baptized Falun Gong, which is a practice embedded in a cultivation method of Body/Mind assimilating the practitioner to the supreme nature of the universe. Indeed the human body’s mysteries dwell in its most profound origin and thus is regarded as a part and parcel of the immense universe of gross and fine matter; the finer the matter, the subtler the energy, the higher its dimension of existence in space. The human body needs these finer energies to evolve hand in hand with the Mind/Heart nature. During this process of evolution, the body while reflecting the ongoing deeper closeness of the Mind to the Heart, is accordingly being assimilated to the sound characteristics of the universe namely “Zhen-Shan-Ren” or “Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance”. This supreme nature manifested in all dimensions has no additional new concept of God competing with the one reflected in all existent orthodox faiths. Thus “Falun Dafa is not a religion”! It is simply an inestimable added value to bring about to all humankind togetherness on the path of ONENESS. This is a “Practical” divine helping hand to transcend all differences between all faiths and all denominations, “Different Paths-ONE Goal!”. Falun Dafa is thus a sort of a virtual organization, the name stands for simple identification, there is no institution as such to which one can send donations etc. This makes Falun dafa an outstanding Inner Power on a Benevolent basis at the service of humanity that communicates from Heart to Heart rather than through a human institution, this reveals its closeness to what can be called Universality; the non-tagged value that can play the Missing link in society to raise “Morality” in a very effective way.

Falun Dafa aims directly at people’s hearts and makes it clear that cultivation or Xinxing (Heart/Mind nature) is the key to increasing Gong (Cultivation energy drawn from higher dimensions). A person’s Gong is as high as his/her Xinxing level, and this is an Absolute Truth of the Universe. Xinxing includes the transformation of Virtue ( White substance) and Karma (Black substance), the abandonment of ordinary human desires and attachments and the ability to endure the toughest hardships of all. It also encompasses many types of things that a person must cultivate to raise his or her level. The body cultivation is accomplished by performing the profound movements of the Five simple exercises. These movements aim to strengthen the practitioner’s Supernormal Abilities and Energy Potency, thus achieving “The FA refines the Practitioner”. The most outstanding unique feature of Falun Gong practice. Indeed, as practitioners have to work, study, eat and sleep every day, they are not able to do the exercises twenty-four-hours a day. Nonetheless, the Falun (“Law wheel”) installed on the lower abdomen area of the human body, rotates constantly helping the practitioners to achieve the Effect of doing the exercises twenty-four-hours a day. So though practitioners can not do the exercises every moment, the Falun still Refines them without Interruption. This solves the problem of finding time for cultivation towards higher levels. Moreover, during this practice, many living beings are to evolve in the practitioner’s body. In high level cultivation practice, the “Immortal infant” will be born, and many abilities will be developed. The exercise movements are necessary for transforming and cultivating these things. So Dafa is a comprehensive Mind/Body cultivation system which is also called the “Great consummation way” meaning, the practitioner’s body will gradually attain the different degrees of “Purity” offered within the Universal Dafa cultivation system; namely : The “Milky-White-Body” then the “Pure-White-Body”. Finally sanctioned by the appearance of the “three lotus flowers on top of the head” marking the end of what is called “In-Triple-World Fa” cultivation. This attainment is of extreme importance in today’s life for it solves the unavoidable “Fate” of the ordinary body to decay to a point one looses completely his/her independence. This is the “Nightmare” of every single person approaching critical “Old Age”! Dafa offers a unique way of preserving one’s body with enough capabilities ensuring full independence! Family ties are thus strengthened between parents and children and stay healthy until the last breath.

This practice culminates in the experience of “Complete Enlightenment” while in the secular world. The final stage of attainment is called “Kaigong” or the unlocking of Gong ensuring the “Preservation of the Human Essence” through this Ultimate ascension. From then on, one must continue cultivation within the transcendental practice called “Beyond-Triple-World Fa” cultivation, thus one is then called “The Awakened”:

“Ordinary people know him not
He sits amidst mystery;
Where there is profit and desire,
There he is not,
After others pass away,
Only He remains.”

This poem written by Master Li in Feb2,’87 is, in this case, given as a gift to every diligent practitioner to strengthen one’s closeness to the highest essence in human life.

As a conclusion, let us keep in mind the profound feature of the Fa and clearly notice that, among all the theories in the world, the Fa is the most intricate and extraordinary science. In order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional thinking. Otherwise, the truth of the universe will forever remain a mystery to humankind, and everyday people will forever crawl within the boundary delimited by their own ignorance.

Written by Ben Aicha with acknowledgments to Master Li, founder of Falun Dafa.