“Why am I suffering so much? Why is life like this? Why does my family treat me badly? Why are some people so bad? Why do I live here?” These were the many questions that a chronically depressed Romanian woman was struggling to seek the answers to. Reclaiming her mental health was getting seemingly impossible with each passing day. It wasn’t until she came across the self-improvement cultivation system of Falun Gong, which is being violently persecuted in communist China, that she felt empowered from deep within to pull herself out of the endless destructive thoughts to eventually recover from her severe depression. Much-acclaimed for its profound spiritual and physical health benefits, Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) is rooted in the universal tenets of “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.” The self-cultivation system—currently practiced by over 100 million people worldwide—comprises five gentle exercises, including a sitting meditation, and focuses on the …