A Suggestion to Practitioners Regarding Family Matters

Teacher says in "Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan,"

"There is another issue. Remember that you do your cultivation in ordinary human society. All along you haven't done well dealing with the issue of having family members who don't cultivate. The expression that I used earlier holds true here, too--a three-foot block of ice doesn't form overnight. After you fail to handle things well at first, the resentment starts to pile up until it grows serious, and it will become, over time, a rift that seems completely irreconcilable. This kind of situation will bring difficulty to Dafa disciples as they attempt to validate the Fa. In every instance, however, the problem lies with our Dafa disciple. It is because you didn't handle the situation well initially that it has turned into what it has. With many things, it turns out that if you can balance things well and arrange your affairs correctly, there won't be any delays brought to the Dafa things that you do. [The problems] stem precisely from your not handling things well and overlooking what I just described."

Thinking back on my path in cultivation, it was my fault that I did not do well in handling the issue of family members who do not cultivate. If I had believed in Teacher and practiced what Teacher had told us, I would have done well. Perhaps some may wonder why they still do not do well even though they have listened to what Teacher has told us. The process of cultivation is a process of continuous enlightenment and improvement. We have to continue to study the teachings until we fundamentally understand our problems and can change our hearts. The same problem can not be solved with the same method; we have different understandings from the teachings each time we study.

I would like to remind those practitioners who do not do well in the matter of family members who do not cultivate to read "Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan" calmly and thoroughly. We must look deeper within our minds in every circumstance. We must study the teachings more often and eradicate our attachments based on the teachings.

Practitioners must fundamentally believe in and respect Teacher and the teachings.