(Minghui.org) To celebrate the coming 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival, Falun Dafa practitioners in Australia and New Zealand gathered to send greetings to their founder, Master Li Hongzhi, and express gratitude for the teachings that guide them and offer people hope amid the chaos in today’s world. Practitioners said Master Li teaches them to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in improving themselves. They found the key to happiness, cultivating the heart and mind, which often leads to better health, inner peace, and conflict resolution.
Practitioners in New Zealand wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practitioners in Sydney, Australia, wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practitioners in Melbourne, Australia, wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival
Practitioners in Queensland, Australia, wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practitioners in Canberra, Australia, wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practitioners in South Australia wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practitioners in Tasmania, Australia, wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practitioners who go to Chinatown in Adelaide, Australia, to tell people the facts about the persecution wish Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival
I Found What I Have Been Searching For
Deiter Hild, a practitioner in Queensland, extends gratitude to Master Li for introducing Falun Dafa.
Deiter Hild from Germany is 82 this year and lives in Brisbane. He owned a successful construction business. “I had a successful career so I was wealthy. Yet I did not know why I existed—what is the meaning of life? After I moved to Australia, I started from scratch. I learned English, established my business and had a family. I continued to search for the true purpose in life.
“I spent lots of money and tried many different things such as walking on hot coals with bare feet, even parachuting. I went to different churches yet I always felt something was not right. I also gained nothing.”
He was troubled by his marriage. His wife made him unhappy. When he realized his wife did not treat him as he hoped, he was determined to find an answer.
He began to do in-depth research and read many books in search of the truth. In 2020, he noticed a woman meditating. He asked her, “Why are you sitting here in this position? What do you gain from this?” She asked him, “What are you searching for?”
He replied, “I’m searching for the truth! Why are some people rich while others are poor? Why is it that some are happy yet others are sad? Those are my questions.”
The woman explained she practices Falun Dafa – a spiritual practice from China. He said, “I wasn’t interested in Chinese culture. If she was Chinese, I probably wouldn’t have asked what she was doing, but this woman was British. We chatted and the way she answered my questions made me curious.”
He went to the practice site the next day and the practitioner gave him Falun Dafa’s main text Zhuan Falun. Deiter said: “I took the book home to read. The book was full of unfamiliar Chinese terms, even English words like cultivation puzzled me. I never heard of this concept before.”
He had been searching for something for a very long time and he often felt lost and empty. He persisted in reading Zhuan Falun and searched for information about Falun Dafa online. He discovered people practiced Falun Dafa all over the world.
“When I read Zhuan Falun many questions I had about life were answered. Master’s teachings in the book inspired me. I suddenly understood and things that baffled me were solved—where we come from, why we exist on earth, what we are searching for and where do we go if we follow the righteous path. Everything is so simple and clear and reasonable!
“A friend heard me mention Falun Dafa, and she sent me some negative reports about it. I read them and learned there are people fabricating lies to vilify Falun Dafa, yet one hundred million people practicing this globally, this goes against logic.”
Deiter thought life must be logical just like building a home, everything needs to be stable and logical. He observed that everything in nature is orderly and steady. “Because Zhuan Falun explained the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, it made me determined to walk on the path of cultivation.”
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, he gradually understood everything that happens in cultivation is arranged for him to improve his character. He realized, “I should treat my wife with forgiveness, she is actually helping me in cultivation in another way. Master teaches me to become a good person, I should start by being a good man. When I improved my character, I gained a clearer understanding of the teachings. Looking within, and getting rid of human notions—this brought me inner peace. Through practicing Dafa, I am able to face hardships in life, my life becomes relax and filled with purpose.”
On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Deiter is aware of Master’s great sacrifices said, “Thank you Master! I thank you for guiding me in what I have been searching for my whole life – Falun Dafa.”
Falun Dafa Guides Her Life
Ms. Long in New Zealand said she often feels the power of Dafa despite going through difficulties in studies, career and life.
Shiaolu Long began to practice Falun Dafa in 1997 with her mother after she graduated from primary school.
Because she was a child she did not understand what it meant to cultivate. Soon after she began practicing, the persecution began. She then realized the meaning of cultivation. She said: “The more the CCP persecutes Falun Gong, the stronger my conviction became because the CCP was obviously lying. Anyone who’s read Falun Gong books would know everything the CCP says are lies.”
She moved to New Zealand when she was in high school. She pursued post graduate studies in nutrition and public health, had a family and career.
After making New Zealand her second home, she feels life is meaningful and she’s happy to be in a cultivation environment, surrounded by other practitioners. Whenever she encounters hardships in her studies, career and life, when she calms down and remembers the teachings she feels the power of Dafa. She gradually understood why she came to the human world and what her responsibilities are.
“As young people my friends and classmates say they often feel lost and helpless. They don’t know how to handle setbacks. This makes me feel how lucky I am to be a Dafa practitioner. I avoided many detours because I’ve always practiced cultivation, so I don’t feel lost. I know my goal in life, my heart is steady, calm and secure.”
Her children have begun to practice Falun Dafa.
From a young practitioner to mother of the next generation of Dafa practitioners, Ms. Long feels deeply grateful. She has benefited from Master’s protection and constant guidance.
On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival, Ms. Long thanks Master for saving her, for the magnificence of Dafa and how extraordinary it is!
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