Spreading the Fa Experiences of Dafa Practitioners in Columbus, Ohio at the Great Lakes Conference

Dear Master,

Dear Fellow Practitioners,

I am a Dafa practitioner from Columbus Ohio. Today, on behalf of the Dafa practitioners in our region, I am giving this report on our current cultivation. At first, we Dafa practitioners from Columbus, Ohio want to extend our highest respect to our most respectable and benevolent Master. Master, we miss you. We also want to solute to those fellow practitioners in China, who fail to bend before evil persecution and defend the truth of the universe with their lives. Dear fellow practitioners, we are with you.

Before writing this report, we held an experience-sharing meeting during the Thanksgiving weekend to thank our Master. I summarized what the practitioners said and wrote this regional report. We hope it could be of some help to other regions. When I was writing this report, many practitioners joined in and helped me recall the cultivation history of our group. They provided me with their personal experiences and suggestions. Some practitioners also helped me revise this report. I want to express my gratitude to them.

On whole, our Columbus practice group is a solid cultivation group. All of us have been actively taking part in the Fa-rectification cultivation. Every true practitioner is playing a role of a Dafa particle. During the process of validating Dafa, defending Dafa and eradicating the evil force, we cultivate ourselves diligently; encourage each other and have achieve improvement as a whole group. Every one of us takes a lot of effort to keep this cultivation environment supportive of each other. So our whole group is full of vigor and vitality.

After the publication of Master's article, "Towards Consummation" and other recent articles, we realized more and more clearly that the true nature of our cultivation is the Fa-rectification cultivation. The greatness of us is that we are assisting Master to rectify the Fa of the universe. Only when we are truly involved in the great practice of the Fa-rectification from the bottom of our hearts, can we truly become a particle of Dafa and go toward Consummation. Meanwhile, we also realize the historical task of validating Dafa, telling the truth, and saving people in the world. So far, every true practitioner in our group has actively taken part in the Fa-rectification.

During the Thanksgiving experience-sharing meeting, practitioners from different angles expressed a same understanding, namely, when we are truly involved in the Fa-rectification cultivation from the bottom of our heart, all that doesn't meet the requirement of the Fa will be exposed; all demon nature and all human mentalities will be eliminated rapidly. The Fa is pushing you upwards. For example, one practitioner said, when promoting Dafa, selfishness is like a solid shell blocking her all the time. Giving up selfishness, thus, becomes part of her cultivation. When she is determined to give up the mentality of "Selfness," she felt that the capacity of her heart is expanding and becoming larger and larger and she melts into the vast universe. Another practitioner said she was once attached to sentimentality too much. But when her heart was on the Dafa, she found that the sentimentality she was attached to was eliminated naturally. One practitioner realized that every practitioner is a particle of Dafa. There is no coincidence to any practitioner doing anything. He gave up the attachment of liking to do something or not liking to do something. He did his best to do anything that was needed. One practitioner said that during the process of telling the truth, the attachment of fear emerged when encountering evils. Another practitioner said he spent less time of studying the Fa and practicing because of laziness when time was tight. Some other practitioners found they lacked compassion, lacked righteous thoughts and lacked wisdom, etc. In the Western US Conference this October, Master said, "There's something I told you before. I said: What is a Buddha? 'Tathagata' is what humans call someone who's come with the truth and the power to do what he wants, whereas real Buddhas are guardians of the cosmos and are responsible for all righteous elements in the cosmos. Nevertheless, in this affair, they have also fully shown the positions of their xinxing after their deviation from the Fa and have fully revealed their impure side. This has resulted in many situations that shouldn't have occurred and all kinds of interference; this is quite similar to the performance of our students' xinxing at present during their own cultivation. All beings in the cosmos are amidst the Fa-rectification, and all that they do might reflect in this human place since I'm doing this in this human place." We realize that we cultivate ourselves according to the evolving principle of the universe. During the course of the cosmos's rectification, everything that is not righteous is reflected in us, being exposed in our cultivation. When we are genuinely involved in cultivation, following every step of the Fa-rectification, we are harmonized and assimilated by the Fa, and becoming its particles. We also realize that personal understanding is always limited, however, as long as we follow Master's words without any hesitation, we will do things correctly, though we may not understand the principle at that moment. We also realize that at the present our benevolent Master is pulling us up and creating opportunities for us to realize our problems through the Fa-rectification practice and then get rid them. At the same time, Master is also giving opportunities to everyday people and letting every Dafa particle create more vitality through the motion of the matter in the universe. We should cherish the precious opportunities and melt our heart into the great Fa-rectification practice.

This experience-sharing meeting, on the other hand, also revealed some problems that needed attention. Some practitioners could not be strict with themselves and make good use of their time. Therefore, they spend less time studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. We think this is not right. Without studying the Fa and practicing the exercise, we will lose the basis of cultivation. We should not neglect our laziness and other elements that prevent us from melting into the Fa with the excuse of being busy. Instead, we should take the limited time as a motivation, being even more strict with ourselves and diligent in studying the Fa. This is the requirement as well as an opportunity that Dafa has offered us for our improvement during this period.

On the Thanksgiving weekend, we Columbus disciples gathered together to thank our great and benevolent Master. We took a photo with Master' s picture, and shared our cultivation experiences. Although it looked like it was us who were expressing our thanks to Master, it was, in fact, our Master who saw our hearts toward the Fa and him, and thus arranged an opportunity for us to improve. Thanks to our great benevolent Master.

Before the September New York Conference, we focused most of our work on Chinese people. After the conference we realized the importance of promoting Dafa and telling the truth to the mainstream western society. We have since strengthened our efforts in promoting Dafa to the American society. We now work on both sides since both are important.

We continue to work hard on the Chinese. We feel very sad when we see that some people have been misled by the lies of the Jiang Zeming's Government. Affected by karma and all kinds of distorted notions, they carry a malicious attitude towards the Law of the universe, "Zhen, Shan, Ren". Some other Chinese have lost their righteous mind and become indifferent while Jiang Zemin is willfully violating the laws and Constitution, as well as brutally persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. These poor beings don't know what they will face in the near future. Master wrote in his December 1st scripture, "...all bad people will be destroyed by gods." In Master's recent speech in San Francisco he said, "During the time when the evil came in an overwhelming way, a lot of people were fooled by the vicious fabrications and deceitful lies; they had hatred toward Dafa and my disciples; those people were fated for elimination in the future; yet even with that being the case, by presenting the truth we've enabled them to know the facts and get rid of their previous views and evil thoughts, and it's very likely that they can be saved." Master said in the article "Towards Consummation", "Sentient beings, your future positions are chosen by you, yourselves."

As disciples, we tried our best to tell the truth to the people and help them establish righteous thoughts. The following are some things we have done.

We believe that practitioners outside China making phone calls to China is a process of cultivation, as well as eliminating evils and appealing to the Chinese government from overseas. Our words have energy and they are Gong. When our pure and righteous substance is sent out, it will have the effect of eliminating evils no matter how it looks from this dimension. Some of our group practitioners spend a lot of time on making phone calls to China. One practitioner regards making phone calls as a daily routine. Once, a practitioner found from Internet that some policemen had brutally beaten practitioners using electric batons. He phoned to the police station right away. The man who answered the phone call was just one of the thugs. Our practitioner asked him: "Why are you so cruel? Do you still have a human heart?" The thug tried to be evasive and asked back loudly: "How do you know? Did you see it?" "Put your hand on your heart and tell me whether you have done this," the practitioner said sternly, with the force of justice. There was a long silence on the other end of the phone line. Finally, the question came out, "Why should I tell you?" The speaking tone, however, was no longer assured. Not long after, we found the updated information on that policeman. He often went to the homes of those whom he had beaten and slapped his own face, saying he has done bad deeds and feels very miserable. Poor being--perhaps he still has a little bit of conscience that it has not died out yet.

When making phone calls, we have noticed that different people have different evil nature and obstacles. We need to apply different means to different people. In the example mentioned above, the practitioner questioned a thug sternly, whereas in another phone conversation, a practitioner talked with a university staff member who had similar thinking. The practitioner told him the truth and the facts until he was finally convinced. In summary, there are all types of cases, all of which are complicated. We must NOT follow the same pattern. In the seventh chapter of Zhuan Falun entitled, "The Issue of Curing Diseases", Master wrote: "There is a specific supernormal capability for healing each illness. I would say that there are over a thousand kinds of supernormal capabilities for curing diseases, and there are as many supernormal capabilities as illnesses. Without such supernormal capabilities it will not work no matter how wonderful your treatment may be." We realize that the process of helping others according to their different situations is to get rid of their various mentalities and evil factors as well as establish their own righteous thoughts. This is also a process of testing our understanding of the Fa, harmonizing ourselves with the Fa, and suffocating the evils. The American practitioners in our group also actively joined in giving Chinese practitioners great encouragement. One American practitioner said, "I can't speak Chinese, but I can contribute my phone card to the group." Another American practitioner phoned to a Chinese foreign affairs office and said in Chinese: "I am an American. My Chinese is not good. Can you speak English?" The man on the other line laughed and responded: "Your Chinese is better than my English." Then the American practitioner said, "I want to talk about Falun Gong. What I want to tell you is that Falun Gong is good. Falun Gong practitioners are good people". Then he wanted to say that Chinese government should not persecute Falun Gong practitioners, but at that time he did not know how to say the Chinese word "persecute." Later on, he asked a Chinese practitioner the word for "persecute." He used the word in his next phone call.

We also used other means to let people in China know the truth. A practitioner used small font to print the facts of Jiang Zemin's dictatorship on one or two of pages and then mailed them to Chinese government officials and offices of education. Another practitioner told his former university classmates what Falun Dafa is and what is happening in China after he found a list of his classmates' addresses. One practitioner couple makes good effort to practice cultivation while conforming to the everyday people's life when their parents live with them in US. Whenever there is a conflict, they will do self-examination and self-criticism. They gave their parents a lot of materials that tell the truth. Gradually, their parents changed their attitudes toward Dafa practitioners and recognized Jiang Zemin's evil nature. Later on, this couple realized that only Dafa is able to change one's mind. They established a family Fa study group. They read one chapter of Zhuan Falun each day and after reading Zhuan Falun several times, their parents have changed without knowing it. In October this year, they bravely put on yellow T-shirts and joined the Dafa parade. For the first time, they saw Master at the San Francisco Dafa Conference. A practitioner once read a report on the Internet regarding assailants' crimes in a labor transformation camp and found that some teachers and students from his previous university were suffering in this labor transformation camp. He then made phone calls to the university president and party secretary as an oversea alumnus. He exposed the crimes committed by the assailants in the labor transformation camp and requested that the university bail the practitioners out. This practitioner clearly told the leader that it is worth visiting the school because of these respectable people. However, I feel very sorrow that they are jailed. Later, he found a listing of phone numbers for bosses from the companies of the jailed practitioners. He exposed the crimes and requested their release. Meanwhile, he tried to tell the assailant's workplace, family members, and workplace of the family members about the crimes the assailants committed so as to have a collective positive persuasion. Dear practitioners: what we are doing is a great and sacred cause of helping our Master in the human world. Do not think that each individual's deeds are not worth mentioning. Small drops may become a thunderstorm, which can alarm the people and tremble the evils. Once they receive the good-will persuasive phone calls, and once they read the good-will persuasive articles and letters, and after they hear the family members and friends' kind persuasion, those thugs who did not know the truth as well as the ones who still have kindness in their heart, may have some humanitarian thoughts from their minimum conscience when they raise their electric batons to beat people. When he raises a leather whip high, he will need to make a decision whether he wants to swing it down. He is sure to find that it is harder for him to swing it down. In everyday people's words, this is a psychological hint. It is the force of psychological hint. In our view, it is the cosmic climate of Master's Fa rectification having reached this stage. It is the power of compassion. It is the powerful matter and spirit's integrated energy field of pure compassion that is speedily established and spread in the lowest dimension--the human dimension.

As for the overseas Chinese, we did a lot to let them know the truth. Some practitioners carry Dafa materials in their cars and bags, and tried to tell people the truth of Dafa whenever the opportunity arose. Some practitioners seek support from the local Chinese churches and have made some progress. When an art delegation came to Columbus to give a performance, we grasped the opportunity to pass out Dafa fliers. One practitioner keeps putting Dafa newspapers in Chinese restaurants, exposing the crimes of Jiang Zemin. Many practitioners distribute Dafa materials to Chinese people who live in other districts. In a recent incident of an evil person attacking Dafa anonymously, one practitioner exposed and suffocated the evil using his wisdom (evils fear being exposed very much) and solved the conflicts with compassion and rationality. From this incident, we realize that the power of compassion is enormous. The demons in other dimensions will be eliminated when we treat conflicts with a pure compassionate heart. We also realize that as Dafa particles, must stand out to safeguard the Fa whenever truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance--- the fundamental law of the universe-- is attacked. Our deeds, however, should be compassionate. In his New Zealand lecture in May of 1999, Master said, "Forbearance does not mean no deeds. On the contrary, it is a manifestation of a practitioner's all deeds." In short, we are continuing to expand our promotion of Dafa to the Chinese people. We found that this process is a good opportunity for cultivating our heart. Facing the interference of everyday people's various mentalities and the bad things in their thought, it is not easy to maintain one's xinxing. It is easier to get things done as long as we keep studying the Fa and keep a practitioner's mind. We are glad to see that some righteous people are giving us great support. The boss in a Chinese grocery store insisted on selling Dafa books at no charge by selling the books at wholesale price. Some people gave him a hard time because he sold Dafa books. He told one of our practitioners, "These people said a lot of bad words. I don't want to repeat what they have said. But I told them that all men should have the freedom of belief. If you don't believe this, you don't have to buy the book." Our practitioner was deeply moved. One practitioner promotes the Fa to senior Chinese people for a long period of time. Once, when she was giving a Dafa newspaper to an old woman, the woman said: "Young girl, your Falun Gong is great. Take care!" When another practitioner was distributing Dafa newspaper to a Chinese restaurant, she was hesitant at the beginning. To her surprise, the boss agreed to have the newspaper inside the restaurant immediately after she explained her intention. The boss said again and again, "Practicing Falun Gong is a good thing. Being a good person is a good thing." He promised to give the newspaper to Chinese customers and put the newspaper in the most eye-catching place. The practitioner realized that we should not hinder ourselves with mentalities when promoting Dafa. Our mind must first be right.

As to promoting Dafa to the western mainstream society, we have done the following work:

1) We got in touch with many places to hold free workshops so that the voice of Dafa could be spread throughout the cities and countryside of the US. We held activities in public libraries and placed advertisements in library notices and newspapers. Although those activities were started just a month ago, everything works very smoothly. Up to now, we have held workshops in about 20 towns and cities. Although we haven't been to some cities yet, their local newspapers have also carried a few articles introducing Dafa. During those activities, we received much help from kind-hearted people. Some librarians helped us to contact newspapers and make advertisements. An aid for a library director also works for a few local newspapers. She not only helped us publish articles and introduce Dafa without any charge, but also downloaded color pictures and articles from Dafa web sites and posted them in the library. Some library directors put workshop flyers in the library so that readers could get to know the workshop schedule conveniently. Newspaper editors and reporters also gave us much help. Some reporters interviewed us before workshops and published interview reports for workshop promotion. Editors, reporters, and photographers also attended our workshops and reported the activity afterwards. All of these jobs play good roles in spreading Dafa. Some people working in libraries and newspapers are very interested in Chinese culture. Some of them have also practiced Tai Chi before. They have shown a strong desire to get to know Falun Dafa. In one of the most recent workshop held at the Lakewood library, reporters from two large local newspapers joined this activity. A practitioner used slides to introduced Dafa and the Chinese government's persecution of Dafa practitioners in China as well as exposed the Chinese government's lies to people. After that, six practitioners from Cleveland and Columbus demonstrated the exercises. Dafa's peaceful music, elegant movements, as well as camera flashes attracted the attention of everyone in the room. Our demo won applause from the audience. At the end of our workshop, many people didn't want to leave. A reporter told us it was a pity he couldn't learn Falun Gong that day since he had to do his job and report the activity. He left his name and asked us to tell him the workshop schedule.

When we held workshops in other cities, we went to universities, bookshops, gas stations, and stores to distribute Dafa flyers when time permitted.

The practitioner who sets up workshops said she had so many touching experiences and often had new understandings of Dafa during those activities. She wrote, "Every time I saw people so eagerly participating in the workshop and not want to leave, or every time I heard them share their feelings with us and talk about setting up a new practice group, or when people came to our workshop on windy nights or firmly shook hands with me to express their gratitude, and when they asked when we could come again, I couldn't say how happy I was for them. In the meantime I had infinite blame for myself. These people may have been waiting for Dafa for a long time! I should make every effort to spread Dafa to more and more places." She said, "I also truly realized that promoting Dafa and telling the truth is an integrated part of our self-cultivation. Whatever we do or meet at any time, under any circumstance, is a chance for us to cultivate. We should keep the sense of promoting Dafa in our mind all the time, make use of every chance to let people know Dafa and tell truth to everyday people. Under no circumstances could I not be deeply moved by Master's benevolence to save sentient beings. I realized that our Master arranged all the chances for us so that disciples could improve themselves while promoting Dafa. No words in my heart could express my gratitude to Master's benevolence and the only thing I should do is to cultivate myself more diligently."

In this process, we also deeply realized the importance of inviting everyday people to join in promoting Dafa and truth telling activities. Sometimes, everyday people have more convenient opportunities to spread Dafa to the society. And at the same time, this is our saving people. In the speech of U.S. Western Conference this October, Master said "On the surface, we're seeking public support for Dafa. This is the thinking of the worldly human side, manifest in this human place. Yet it's reversed on the other side. Whoever supports Dafa or advocates for Dafa is establishing for himself his being's existence in the future and is laying a foundation for obtaining the Fa in the future."

We found that having a good relationship with the library director and media is very beneficial way to spread Dafa later on. It's also quite important for us to use our wisdom in everyday people's society. We always keep our word and give workshops on time. We also try to do well every time. We normally set up two to four workshops every week. In the week prior to this conference we held 11 workshops. We're promoting Dafa in the whole state of Ohio.

The second part of spreading Dafa to the western society is participating in public activities. There are many good opportunities to promote Dafa in the US, such as expositions, cultural festivals, parades and so on. We participated in three Asian festivals, two Universal Light Expos, two International Festivals in Columbus, one in a small town in Pennsylvania, and finally, two involvement affairs for incoming students at the Ohio State University. We also recently attended the homecoming parade at the Ohio State University. When we first started these kinds of activities, we didn't have much experience and sometimes applied too late. We didn't get approval from a new age festival that was a qigong exposition last year for the same reason. Master tells us "tell truth with the wisdom." Then we went to the festival trying to find out if there is any opportunity to spread Dafa although we didn't get approval at that time. When a practitioner saw that materials could be put on a table at the entrance, he wondered: "Can we get a booth if someone fails to come to his reserved booth?" He waited there for a whole morning and was finally given the booth. We were very successful when spreading Dafa at the New Age Festival, the International Festival and the Asian Culture Festival. It was very often heard that "It is so beautiful". After July22, 1999, the words "keep up" were often heard from kind people encouraging us. During one qigong exposition many people told us, "Your energy field is so strong. I was drawn to your booth by it." Some people with supernormal abilities even could see auras around practitioners. We later learned that we need to pay attention to these kinds of potential opportunities and try to apply as soon as possible. To make these activities successful, the image of our practitioners and booth are very important. At the exposition, there were many booths around and a lot of people slowly passed by. We found our practicing continuously was the best way to catch people's attention. Arrangements differ according to the activities subject and the characteristics. During the homecoming parade this October, our yellow costumes and banners were conspicuous and eye catching. When a practitioner was on her way home, a policeman recognized her costume and raised up his thumb saying, "Falun Gong is good." During Columbus International Festival this November, we were awarded "The Best Education Booth" by our simple but nice decoration of booth, elegant demonstration and costumes with distinctive Chinese features. At the exposition we were often asked when workshops were available. At the beginning, we told them they could come to our practice site any time, but this was not effective. Later we thought that a one or two hour workshop is better for spreading Dafa on a large scale. We combined the introduction classes with the exposition and told those who were interested that we were going to have a workshop soon and got the contact information from them. Then we scheduled the workshop one or two weeks after the exposition and told them to come. Arranging the activities is also a cultivation process. Although it was not very successful at the beginning, with patience and persistence, the situation turned around.

Media is the third method we use to promote Dafa to the Western society. We held a small press conference in late September, exposing the brutal prosecution of practitioners in Mainland China. On October 1, the largest newspaper in Central Ohio carried a report on our press conference. Meanwhile, we made use of all opportunities to contact the media. In doing so, we prepared many information packages that could be given to a journalist at any time. Most of our opportunities to contact the media came from large public activities. For example, in a Universal Light expo, a television reporter came to us and asked us to appear on her television program. On Election Day in November, we gave a package to a journalist. We also invited the editor of a newspaper to participate in our workshops given in different places. We finally met him. Recently, the largest media of Ohio interviewed us when they knew about our Dafa workshop activities. There was also a small newspaper that contacted us and asked us questions. During the course of contacting the media, we discovered one feature of the American local media: that is, they will become interested only when events relates to their circulation or coverage. For example, Falun Gong is an international affair. After they found there are some practitioners in local places, they may do a report on Falun Gong, since they found that they could connect international affairs with the local matter. To some extent, our free workshops are a way of building these local links.

Seeking government support is the fourth method we used to promote Dafa to the Western society. Because the local government gives support to the law of the universe, "Zhen, Shan, Ren," this will bring a beautiful future for people in this place. Many of our practitioners wrote to and called government officials. We also grasped the opportunities to promote Dafa to the government during the election season. We attended the speeches by John MaCain and Al Gore at the Ohio State University. We attended the vice presidential speech and passed out a lot of flyers seeking international support of Falun Gong. We also attended the presidential speech and made an announcement together with practitioner from other areas. On the Election night, we divided into two groups: three practitioners went to the Democratic Party's camp. Another three went to the Republican Party camp. Since the Republican Party required formal attire, the practitioners wore suits and had "China, stop persecuting Falun Gong" badges pinned on their suits. Our practitioner shook hands with the re-elected Ohio Senator and congratulated him on his victory as well as expressed gratitude for his support on passing a resolution condemning the Chinese government's violation of human rights last November. We asked for his continued support. We also had a long talk with his family members and the talk was very nice. We talked to the journalists who were present in the party and gave them the information packages. One journalist said she would like to interview us when the election was over. Since the Democratic party's celebration only required casual attire, the three practitioners went there with T-shirts reading, "China, stop the prosecution of Falun Gong practitioners." The party was in a bar and most people were watching TV while drinking, so the practitioners decided to buy some soft drinks in order not to look different. While walking towards the counter, one of practitioner suddenly heard a voice asking, "Do you want to buy a drink?" The practitioner looked up. A white lady was looking at her. " Can I buy it for you?" "All right, we want three cups of Sprite." The practitioner thought that she might be a waitress in the bar. The lady bought three cups of Sprite, however, using her own credit card. When the practitioner wanted to pay her back, she declined firmly. The practitioner asked her why and she answered, "I know Falun Gong. I first knew it in Chicago. I support you." The practitioner was touched deeply and thanked her for her kind heart. Before the Election Day, some practitioners in our group went to the election campaign offices seeking support from the candidates. Why did we do this? Because we think that the election season is the time when government officials will sit down to listen to the voice of their constituents. Everything in the Fa-rectification is arranged, so we should grasp every opportunity, "...strengthening the Fa's manifestation in the world." ("Rationality")

We now realize, more and more, the importance of promoting Dafa to the government. The Fa-rectification proceeds rapidly. The support of a local government to Dafa is very important to the local people. In his letter to the New York congress and Mr. Leffer, Master said: " I would like to express my gratitude to the New York Congress, meanwhile I hope I can bring the beautiful life and happiness to the New York People."

In the Western US conference this October, Master said, "I'd also like to take this opportunity to really thank the various levels of government in the United States and Canada for the honors they've bestowed upon us and upon me. (Applause) Under this special circumstance, I can't thank them individually, but I will bring them a wonderful future. (Applause)"

The aforementioned experience is what our Columbus practitioners have done. Now, we are promoting the Fa more widely and deeply. As for the width, we try to let more people get to know Dafa so they can have a chance to place their positions. We also try to extend our work to adjacent states and support their works. Recently, we mailed out lots of Dafa newspaper to Chinese students and scholars in one university. We are going to mail more. Now our work is becoming bigger and bigger. As our free workshop reach the whole state, more and more media help us to promote Dafa and give us humanitarian support. We are also contacting intellectuals in US. We have already received an invitation to give a class presentation from a professor in Indiana. As for depth, we try to upgrade our understanding of Dafa as group and make our work root deeper in people's heart. Meanwhile, we try to further expose the incredible crimes in the most evil area in China such as Shandong Province. Many practitioners have done a lot of great work quietly and I couldn't list all of them. Much of the work has been done by many people--including this report. When we arrange those activities, we encourage everyone to participate and motivate everyone enthusiasm. For example, some practitioners are good at English and practitioner in charge of the arrangement will encourage them to do work that requires good English. Some practitioners are very considerate, we encourage them to do sophisticated work; some practitioners have more time, we then encourage him to do some tasks that needs more time; some practitioners want to contribute to Dafa, but do not know how to handle many situations. Experienced practitioners will then tell them about some techniques. We realize that it is also extremely important to mobilize other practitioners, to give everyone a chance to upgrade themselves in practice and achieve the holistic improvement of the whole group.

Now our report has come to an end. I feel that we have done too little. We deeply understand that what we have done are far from enough. We are ashamed to face Master's grant benevolence. Because what we have done is far from enough, many ignorant beings are suffering in pain; because what we have done is far from enough, practitioners in China are still earning time for us in pain. Benevolent Master, great practitioners in China, we, Columbus Ohio practitioners, are determined to give up everything to eliminate evil, to be compassionate to all sentient beings, and to turn over the new page of history with our life. Thank you Master! Thank you everyone!

Practitioners from Columbus, Ohio