I've seen them get called a psyop by MLs, and my interest is piqued. I know Epoch Times is very right wing, but what else is there?

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Mr. Li differentiated himself from other qigong masters by wrapping his regimen in a cosmology that promises salvation through the refinement of one's character until the body literally evolves into another form of matter. At that point, the saved person is capable of flying to paradise, which may exist out in the cosmos, or in another dimension.

      He said interracial children are the spawn of the ''Dharma Ending Period,'' a Buddhist phrase that refers to an era of moral degeneration. In an interview last year, he said each race has its own paradise, and he later told followers in Australia that, ''The yellow people, the white people, and the black people have corresponding races in heaven.'' As a result, he said, interracial children have no place in heaven without his intervention.

      https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/30/weekinreview/the-world-rooting-out-falun-gong-china-makes-war-on-mysticism.html

    • Weedian [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      http://www.theserenity.net/

      well this is some PR straight from a falun gong follower who PMed me on :reddit-logo:, funny too because I checked his history and he never participated in genzdong where I was commenting on how falun gong sucks so he must be searching for threads on falun gong to try to message people.

      here's my favorite part:

      "Supernatural Abilities

      Supernatural abilities are usually connected with Qigong practices in China. Falun gong is seen as a Qigong practice as well and they talk about supernatural abilities. Doing cultivation practices is thought to bring about abilities but it can't be display clearly among society because it involves secrecy and people having to come to terms with people having to awaken on their own to their spiritual journey. If everyone can see a cultivator levitate then everyone would practice. It is not a big deal though since people believed Jesus Christ performed miracles, and the general population didn't have problems with it."

      also I forgot to add that falun gong are partially behind the "Chinese organ harvesting" propaganda as they claim practicing falun gong makes your organs super good and strong which is why the CPC targets them for organ harvesting. The other main reason for the harvesting narrative is that China has had an opt-OUT system for organ donations, where being a donor upon death is the default as opposed to opting into donation after death.