Stop the persecution.
Greetings! I hope you will take a moment to watch the video to Call to Conscience, here or in hi-res on youtube. I'll tell you about these songs, but please don't let that scare you away from listening to them. My songs were written to draw attention to the severe persecution that's been taking place in China since 1999 against practitioners of the gentle qigong practice Falun Gong. I started practicing Falun Gong in 2002 after an acupuncturist I'd been seeing for shoulder and back surf injuries told me I'd never need to see her again if I tried this practice. I was skeptical, but since it was free, I went to a local exercise site. What she said turned out to be true...I never needed to see her again for treatment! Since I've been practicing Falun Gong freely in the U.S., practitioners in China have been tortured, murdered, and even forcibly had their organs removed and sold for profit. On the threshold of the Olympics in Beijing, these crimes against humanity are still taking place in China. Because so many major media outlets are either sponsoring the Olympics or seek to maintain good relations with China for the sake of business, information about the persecution has been censored out of the news. This is an attempt to get the word out, despite the major media blackout. Recorded on Garage Band with only a midi and cheap walkman headphones, this album is part of the story of Falun Gong cultivation practice and the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Thank you for listening. Please help spread the word towards ending the persecution.
Story behind the song
Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in China in 1999, several different torture methods have been used by Communist officials against Falun Gong practitioners in detention. The stated goal of the Communist Party's "6-10" office is to force the Falun Gong practitioner to recant his or her belief in truthfulness-compassion-tolerance. Forms of torture include burning, electric shock, sexual abuse, psychiatric abuse and injections with unknown drugs, forced-feeding, savage beatings, sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme conditions, forced abortion, and persecution of children. How can the Olympics, an international event that celebrates the unity and dignity of humanity, reward the Communist regime in China for their ongoing crimes against human?
Lyrics
People, wake up. People, wake up.
People, wake up. People, wake up.
Call to conscience, call to conscience.
Call to conscience, call to conscience.
People, it's time to wake up, it's time to make a choice, it's time to take a stand.
Everybody has a voice.
Everybody makes a choice.
Take a stand for the truth.
Choose a future that's good.
End the persecution of Falun Gong.
Call to conscience, call to conscience.
Call to conscience, call to conscience.
People, it's time to wake up, it's time to make a choice, it's time to take a stand.
Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance.
The world really needs more of that.
Falun Gong is good.
Persecution should end.
Come on people, take a stand.
No more torture, no more killing, no more Chinese Communist Party.
As members of the free world, and the human race.
It is our opportunity to help the people of China.
The Communist Party has persecuted the Chinese people since 1949
Resulting in 80 million deaths.
It's time to free the people.
No more torture, no more killing, no more Chinese Communist Party.
Set the people free.
The whole world is one family.
Set the people free.
The Chinese people you and me. (repeat)
No more torture, no more killing, no more Chinese Communist Party.
No more torture, no more killing, no more Chinese Communist Party.
