Chase for good fortune and Good fortune accounting ~

SGI members tell you often that attending meeting is good fortune, studying Ikeda’s writing is good fortune, doing home visits is good fortune, contributing money is good fortune, doing gakkai activities ~ singing / presenting / bringing guests to meeting is good fortune. And everyone here is playing to increase their good fortune score. Call /chase people constantly if they are slipping in their practice or not attending zadankai’s [the unpopular district (non)discussion meetings] to increase your good fortune & eradicate your karma.

What I fail to understand is, in this mad chase for good fortune, is it ok to derelict your duties & responsibilities as a wife, human being & professional. SGI members marker “gakkai activities “ as the only authentic source to earn good fortune brownie points. The whole concept is: more we are struggling to take time out for activities(only sgi), more we are earning good fortune. Those who are opposing your practice (even if they have valid logical points) are devilish functions. If your husband wants to spend a Sunday morning with you then this is your test of Faith to struggle and come to meeting.

Is this “good fortune “restricted only to SGI sphere? What If I am devoting my spare time in bonding with family , developing new skills, doing workout or yoga for fitness which will bring happiness to me & my family members. Will my good fortune score decline?

According to the "strict law of cause & effect", everything you do that is good and healthful for yourself and others counts as "good cause" which brings "good effects", aka "fortune". So helping your neighbor move is a "good cause" - UNLESS it means you have to miss your District (non)discussion meeting. According to SGI, the "good cause" of helping your neighbor instantly transforms into "negative cause" that will bring you misfortune, because you put SGI second to something else in your life.

According to the SGI, the only way to bank "good fortune" is to ALWAYS put SGI first, ahead of neighbors, friends, children, spouse, even self. According to Ikeda, THAT is the quickest way to "fortune" and "happiness".

What do YOU think?

And what if instead of contributing to gakkai twice a year , if I am donating my money/resources towards animal welfare societies/ ngo or sponsoring a meal for old age home would nt that be a good fortune too?

Why are they so insistent on creating an emotional dependency on the group.

In my understanding every good act you do is good fortune whether for gakkai or outside gakkai. The actual test or proof of Faith is how much your own life is getting better so that you can influence and happily impact the lives of everyone around you. It begins with personal effectiveness. It begins with taking control, action & taking responsibility, making tough choices. True Faith means the courage to take action, make firm decisions and ability to reflect on our own tendencies.

Faith is not about hiding yourself behind the big concepts of kosen rufu and shakubuku and escaping away from what you need to do right in your life. Why do members/leaders use faith as escapism, waiting for some mystic phenomenon to happen without taking the right actions in their life. Source