Kaohsiung-International College of Surgeons held “2016 International Conference on Humanitarian Medical Missions—Five-Year Reviews and Future Perspectives of Asia Medical Mission” at Kaohsiung Medical University on October 16, 2016. Experts and doctorsfrom Indonesia, Thailand, HongKong, Malaysia, Poland, China and Taiwan gathered together to present academic reports, share their experiences of medical services, and discuss the future of humanitarian surgical medical services.

Tai Ji Men QigongAcademy, a non-profit culture group renowned as “International Goodwill & Peace Ambassadors”, brought for the participants an unprecedented cultural during the opening and middleof the symposium and the evening banquet, with the theme of “The Angels of Conscience, Spreading Kindness Around the World”. They spread the energy of bravery and joy to the influential doctors through cultural performances, encouraging them to save more people.

Tai Ji Men has visited all continents for years, uniting people’s hearts through cultural exchange and gathering positive energy so as to build a world of love and peace together. Tai Ji Men also promoted the “Movement of An Era of Conscience” and the global endorsement of “The Declaration of the Movement of an Era of Conscience” and “The Declaration of World Citizens”, hoping that more world citizens can spread kindness and advocate peace.

International College of Surgeons(ICS) responded to the Movement of An Era of Conscience last year and became one of the joint promoters because they shared similar core values of charity. During the activity on Oct. 16, Professor Aij-Lie Kwan, Vice Presidentof International College of Surgeons, and a representative of Tai Ji Men dizi, Ming-Feng Chen,presented certificates of appreciation to each other. Professor Kwan especially appreciated the support from Tai Ji Men members for they came all the way from Taipei to Kaohsiung.“We have the same mind. Our mind is all to take something good to do, but it’s different in presentation. From Tai Ji Men, it’s presented like from the spirit, but for us, just do it,”she said.

Before the conference began, the little angels of “An Era of Conscience”dressed in bright yellow T-shirt and the Energy Boys & Energy Girls of Tai Ji Men dressed in bright orange jacket gathered at the both sides of the entrance to greet the distinguished guests with bright smiles and hearty rounds of applause. All the distinguished guests were very happy about the reception and full of energy and eager to take pictures with them.

The president of KMU, Prof. Ching-Kuan Liu, endorsed the “Movement of An Era of Conscience”. He mentioned that medical service itself was very much similar to humanitarian task. If you wanted to be a good medical staff, you had to become a wholesome person first, that is, one person with love.

“Choir of World Love”, composed of the youth of Tai Ji Men, spread their warm love through the song “The Angel in Your Heart”to the distinguished guests and inspired the angel in everybody’s heart to help themselves and others. Tai Ji Menyoung female dizis performed a sword dance which represents a balance of gentleness and strength with a determined heart and perseverance. They encouraged everyone to break through all the difficulties, lead a well-rounded life, and create a world of harmony.

Prof. Chung-Sheng Laifrom the Department of Plastic Surgery of KMU was very astonishedby the sword dance. He thought those girls were like angels flying in the sky with their bodies and mind being combined as an ethereal beauty. Such kind of art had reached an admirable level which seemed not to exist on Earth.

Prof. Edyta Madry from the Department of Pediatrics of PUMS, Poznan, Poland, has five-year’s experience of leading student groups to awaken their conscience in Indonesia. She said that promoting the “Movement of An Era of Conscience” can help everybody lead a better life. Having the idea of conscienceis everybody’s duty and obligation, which should be spread to the youth. She will promote it to her medical staff. She was much touched by the sword dance of Tai Ji Men, and she said, “It was touching not only for their mind, for the beauty of the ladies’ dance but it was totally for the heart. It was the gentleness and strength together, especially the sword and the gentleness of the movement and the strongest was so unusual, so it was amazing for me.”

In the lecture hall, an international volunteer of An Era of Conscience, Yun-Ting Liang, acted as a xiaosheng (a male lead) and sang Taiwanese opera, with the lyrics as follows:
The sounds of gongs are echoing with joy in the hall.
It is a great chance for us to gather together here.
The chaos nowadays make people ill at ease.
Yet goodness and justice rise at this moment.

Energy Boys & Energy Girls of Tai Ji Men presented a dance performance titled“Happiness Is Everywhere”to motivatethe participants to move forward for a brighter future and spread love and joy.

At the evening banquet in celebration of the 62nd KMU Anniversary, Tai Ji Men presented cultural performances which impressed the participants and the alumni of KMU with a wonderful experience.

Photo: Prof. Edyta Madry (the middle of the back row) from the Department of Pediatrics of PUMS, Poznan, Poland, believes that promoting the “Movement of An Era of Conscience” can help everybody lead a better life and that it is everybody’s duty and obligation.