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Falun Gong

       Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) was founded by Mr. Li Hongzhi in 1992 in China. It borrows heavily from Buddhist and Taoist philosophies and styles itself as a school of Qigong, a traditional Chinese martial exercise. Li claims that the supreme principles of Falun Gong are Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Forbearance. So far as its teachings, it should be concerned a wonderful spiritual group! Why has the Chinese government banned this benevolent organization?

         Falun is described by Mr. Li as a miniature of the cosmos that he says he installs telekinetically in the abdomens of all his followers, where it rotates in alternating directions, throwing off bad karma and gathering qi, a traditional Chinese concept of energy. Li said: “I am going to plant something in you, and it's me protecting you.” Li’s speech is actually encouraging a worship of him, a dependence on him, and he's the only leader who can teach the principles of Falun Gong. Surprisingly, many Falun Gong adherents said they could feel the wheel turning in their bellies.

        Mr. Li’s background and his bizarre lectures are the best evidences proving Falun Gong’s absurdity. On 7 July 1952, Li was born in a peasant family in northeast China. His childhood was a good deal more mundane. He only started studying qigong in 1988 and then founded Falun Gong. Later, Li backdated his birthday to 13 May 1951 so he could share the birthday of Buddhism's founder, Sakyamuni. At this point, Li explained in one interview: “I have never said I am Sakyamuni, I am just a very ordinary man." But in another interview with Time magazine he implied he was anything but ordinary. Asked if he was a human being from earth, he replied: "I don't wish to talk about myself at a higher level. People wouldn't understand it." Li has even said that he can decide the fate of mankind and the earth. If he pleases, he can postpone the time of the earth’s final explosion.

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          In his new myths he wrote in North America, Li Hongzhi described himself as the dictator of the universe. He said no matter how big the universe is, it cannot surpass him. "Without me, there will no universe." Because Li boasted he has such unbelievable superhuman power, some followers couldn’t help asking whether Li Hongzhi was responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. In 1998, Li Hongzhi left for the US and lived in Queens, New York. He owns Universe Publishing, a private New Jersey company that sells his books, videos ...

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