Family
Revolution
Hello, my name is Shalini, and it
has been 9 months since I took to this practice. At the time when I took
to this faith, my life was in utter disarray. I had no clue, whatsoever,
where my life was heading. I wasn't sure at that point, if I wanted to
take up a job because at the back of my mind I always wanted to own my
own business.
Immense dissatisfaction amongst family
members and disharmony in my family only worsened the situation. I was
on the verge of leaving home to escape the tumultuous upheavals in my environment.
I needed an anchor, I needed peace, I needed a guiding force.
Attending gosho meetings, studying
the gosho, and of course chanting gave a new meaning to my life. I realized
that this practice is your life; a life which somewhere along the line
I had stopped feeling reverence for. I held onto my faith like holding
onto a twig in choppy waters. I plunged myself into hours of chanting.
I never missed a single day of gongyo, made it a point to attend meetings
religiously, and to take part in activities.
I gradually started to realize my
mission, a mission to bring about immense happiness and harmony to my family
members. The constant arguments at home reached the point where my father
left home — only to make me wonder why and what was happening? I sensed
stagnation in all areas of my life, including my finances which were ebbing
by the day.
Reading Sensei's guidance, my own
assiduous practice, and with fresh resolve each day, I single-mindedly
chanted for harmony at home, for my home to become a Buddhaland. Gradually,
I sensed the subtle change taking place within me and in my environment.
I chanted for clarity, and to be able to make the right decision, and to
stabilize my finances. And on that particular day, I stumbled upon a very
lucrative business opportunity. I knew instantly that this was a gift from
the Gohonzon. Not only did this business opportunity serve to strengthen
my faith, but it also helped me unveil my true potential.
I was all the more encouraged that
I could show more actual proof to my family. I knew I had a mission at
home — that all my family members must embrace the Gohonzon, and realize
Sensei's dream of a happy, harmonious, kosen-rufu family. I single-mindedly
chanted for the happiness of my family members. And yes, no prayer goes
unanswered.
My father came back home, a completely
changed person. My family also noticed how changed a person I had become.
I sensed the human revolution taking place within me, and they noticed
it too. They noticed how I altered my anger completely.
Awakening to our true potential, a
life filled with limitless energy and hope, the battle to break the shackles
of karma, faith in ourselves and in the Mystic Law: all hardships turn
into nourishment for growth.
Today, all three members of my family
have taken to this practice and the happiest day of my life was when I
heard my father say the words “NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO.”
He received his big breakthrough just
three days into the practice. His elder brother, with whom he hasn’t had
any communication in the last 20 years, called him — and they had a heart-to-heart
conversation. That day, my father told me that this practice is very powerful.
That day, I realized the profundity of Sensei's guidance — “Whether or
not you can receive benefit, whether or not you can enrich your life force,
and whether or not you can overcome your destiny, all depends on one’s
faith, and a very strong ichinen.”
Thank you Gohonzon, thank you for
all the support of all the lovely members, I have been able to report victory:
A happy and harmonious family, my home a Buddhaland, all three family members
taking to this practice, and a financial benefit in the form of a business
venture.
I determine to wholeheartedly dedicate
myself to the law, propagate the law and continue to show actual proof,
encourage everyone to do the same, and be Sensei's true princess of happiness.
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