(Clearwisdom.net) Group Fa-study is a cultivation way our Teacher has left to us. Under the circumstances in which the persecution has receded, group Fa-study in various regions of mainland China has been gradually restored. However, it was found that recently many practitioners who have families don't pay attention to group Fa-study. Some are husband and wife, some are sisters and brothers, or sometime all the members of some families are practitioners. The cultivation environment for many such families is good. In such good family environments, every member bears some responsibility on the path of Fa-rectification. However, some practitioners that are in families have many advantages over others, yet they rarely study the Fa together. One practitioner said they all like to study the Fa with other practitioners but there seems to be obstacles for the family members to study the Fa together. There are even practitioners who don't like to join other practitioners or family members to study the Fa.
To be a couple, a family, or fellow practitioners in this life is probably the wish that these practitioners had when they came to forge that predestined relationship. Mutually upgrading during cultivation, mutually encouraging, and striking forwards hand-in-hand on the path of Fa-validation is one side of the relationship. Another side of it is to create an excellent family environment. A good family environment standing against the evil persecution--isn't that Dafa's choice to use to collectively validate the Fa? Therefore, such a good environment must be preserved at all times for Dafa and the strength of collective Fa-rectification. We must rise to the standard right to the very end of our Teacher's Fa-rectification. Those practitioners should treat themselves as relatives and fellow practitioners, and they should have a very good family environment from the perspective of Dafa. "Everything down through the ages, all came for Fa" (A Play in Hongyin II)
A good family environment is actually for our Fa-rectification today. However, for the last several years, some practitioners have not paid attention to it, and they merely treated it as their family environment, not as an environment needed to protect Dafa. Forming a Fa-study group among family members is convenient and safe. Especially for the families that bear certain responsibilities, the family members must pay even more attention to group Fa-study and make the family become a true cultivation environment in which all members can help each other in studying the Fa and cultivation. Every member of the family can upgrade step-by-step, and eventually the family will become an unshakable group, and the family environment will become purer and safer for completing important duties in Fa-rectification. If husband and wife or other family members cannot pay attention to group Fa-study, and they only treat each other as relatives, sometimes they will disagree with each other on small things and even not talk to each other for days or longer. If they cannot place Dafa and their cultivation as first priority, it will be very difficult for them to form a strong field of righteous thoughts and become more potentially secure. If this situation lasts long, evil will take advantage of this loophole and bring distractions and losses to the individuals and the group.
Fa-rectification has reached the final stage of the final stage. Whether the practitioners can handle their relationships, and whether they can maintain a family environment brings up the question of whether they can be responsible for Dafa. Therefore, I'd like to remind fellow practitioners that they must pay great attention to group Fa-study, and help each other to upgrade on our path of validating the Fa.
Due to the limitations of my cultivation status, please kindly point out any inappropriate points.
February 5, 2007