When we arrived in Goslar in the afternoon, the weather was sunny and mild, but the closer the time approached to Jiang's arrival, the worse the weather became. It turned drab, cloudy, quite cool and altogether oppressive. That will actually suffice for a description of the whole atmosphere. In close proximity to Jiang, one feels weighted down. One does not dare to move about freely, no one feels at ease. Even the good burghers of Goslar no longer felt that they could move about unhampered in their own city. This depressing mood hung on for a long time, as if everything was frozen in time, without life.
During this whole time all the practitioners had sent forth righteous thoughts. Some had tried diligently to approach the "Kaiserpfalz" (The Royal Palace) where Jiang stayed, to get closer to the evil. Together with other practitioners, I was also on my way to find a better vantage point. After a while we found a spot not more than 50 meters (approximately 160 yards) away from the evil. The police had not cordoned off this corner of the Reception Hall. That's exactly where we sat and sent forth righteous thoughts.
When I began to send out righteous thoughts, I physically experienced this oppressive mood I described already. It was not my imagination -- I felt a distinct pressure on my chest, so strong that it almost took my breath away, to the point where I had difficulty breathing freely. Even after a few minutes of sending forth righteous thoughts, nothing changed. The customary 5-10 minutes did not achieve the desired effect here. I therefore decided to lengthen the time and continued to send out righteous thoughts, accompanied by the hand gesture. While I held this meditative pose, something like a battle took place. I could not see it, but I felt that my hands and arms, of their own volition, became hard as steel, solid like diamonds and immovable. It felt as if I was determined to let nothing move me. I only fulfilled my task of sending out righteous thoughts. The longer I did so, the deeper my state of calm became and my concentration increased. Forty-five minutes or perhaps even an hour had passed when I suddenly noticed a physical change in my body. The pressure I had felt in my chest and all over my body had gone away. I could suddenly breathe freely once more! If I must describe this sensation, I could best tell you that my hand, in the typical posture, held off a kind of membrane or skin that had tried to envelop my whole body. In the area of my body where my hand could hold this "skin" at bay I could breathe freely, because there was no room for the evil. This experience was very powerful and directly connected to sending out righteous thoughts. That drove home the point that in the process of sending out righteous thoughts one has to have total concentration and persistence.
How wonderful it would be if this oppressive mood that made itself felt in Goslar and effects all beings around the world could be eliminated in such a way as I had experienced. Room to breathe freely; that is what Dafa creates; that is Dafa's Pure Land.
A short bit of news to all those who helped to send forth righteous thoughts during the Goslar visit:
The practitioner with me had the idea to go to the Palace after Jiang left, to bring information about the "state visitor" to the guests still remaining there. We went and distributed flyers and handed out information about the persecution to probably three-dozen guests, who were business people and other important individuals. Every single one of them accepted our flyers and read the informational materials right away. Some requested more flyers for their acquaintances; others nodded to us in an approving and friendly way. It seemed to us that most of the assembled guests were relieved that the drama of the "state visit" was over.
That incident taught me that it is never too late; one can offer salvation to people even when it appears that their thinking has already been poisoned. By sending out righteous thoughts one is in a position to make salvation possible, and every location the evil has visited can be purified afterwards, and the truth explained just as effectively. Keep on! Never give up!
The above are only my understanding and experiences.
May 2002
(Original text in German)
