unansweredquestions wrote:

Unanswered apologies for these quote excerpts. They can be taken out of context and are not that concise and comprehensive. They are only a few different excerpts from various lectures that I found interesting and decided to share.

As for your questions I beleive they can be answered within the core book of Falun Dafa entitled 'Zhuan Falun. This is a much more comprehensive expounding of this practice and goes into depth about all the questions you have raised:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://falundafa.org/book/eng/pdf/zfl_new.pdf[/URL]