(Clearwisdom.net) When sharing cultivation experiences with fellow practitioners, some practitioners discussed harmonizing family relationships. They seemed to mean taking care of the family first, then doing the Dafa work required of practitioners. It sounds right but I remembered that Master only said that we "harmonize with the Fa" and maintain balanced family relationships.
On many occasions in the past when I tried to "harmonize family relationships," I ended up slacking off in my cultivation. I was affected by human attachments and was unable to be diligent in cultivation. Today when I quieted down to reflect, I realized that there is a fundamental problem with the understanding mentioned above. We harmonize with the Fa because we are Dafa practitioners and we are required to do things well and do them righteously. We need to let people see the wonderfulness of Dafa and thus offer salvation to sentient beings. We should not be lost in human attachments.
Whatever practitioners do, we must put validating the Fa as the utmost priority. If not, we could become lost in the false things that we seek in the world and thus miss the opportunity of this predestined relationship with Dafa that comes by once in a billion years.
July 12, 2008
