Free Tibet Protest

Today I joined with a small group of protesters on the west side highway to demonstrate against the Chinese in there recent genocide against Tibetans. The crowd was much smaller than anticipated probably due to the weather and lack of publicity/promotion. Even though the crowd was small they were very passionate and consistent. Mainly made up of Tibetans they shouted out slogans like, free Tibet now, long live the Dali Lama, China must leave Tibet, China is a murderer and even, Hu Junta go to hell. I was surprised at the last slogan given the framework of there compassionate culture but I understand at the same time considering the history. There were no monks at the protest , at least that were dressed in monks robes. There were some westerners and even some that were in seated meditation. Being around people outside in seated meditation is really amazing. All of the movement around you stills and you see and feel really warm energy coming from the stillness of just observing the bodies of the meditators. It was actually one of the most powerfull parts of the protest. Shouting out long live the Dali Lama was touching and more prayer than protest because of my personal connection with His Holiness. Just hearing his name shouted by a group of people is enough to stir emotion, and feeling.