Relationships
Will devotional mountain prostrations make an ex-partner return?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
We cannot treat earnest devotional mountain prostrations as a guarantee that someone will change their mind. A relationship involves two people. After separation, we still need to settle down and understand why the relationship reached this point, rather than immediately attributing everything to karmic creditors.
The practice has its religious intention. Spending time and physical effort on prostrations expresses devotion and repentance. From an energy perspective, I understand action as strengthening the power of a vow. That intention and a guarantee that events follow our wishes are still different matters.
In our religious experience, karmic creditors may affect relationships, but every troubled relationship does not have the same cause. Even when seeking help, understand what assistance is needed and which deity has a corresponding connection. Copying what someone else did does not guarantee the same outcome.
I therefore advise allowing relationships to follow their conditions rather than forcing them. Examine why you separated, adjust what can be adjusted, and face the possibility that some relationships have ended. Understanding the problem before deciding the next step faces the present more effectively than rushing to exchange a ritual for a restored relationship.
People have also asked whether Sheng Zhen Men offers reconciliation magic to bring back former partners. My answer was that we do not provide services using harmful occult methods to force relationships. You can pray to the Old Man Under the Moon or Bodhisattvas. In our faith understanding, if a connection already exists, they might help remove interference. But relationships still involve both people’s wishes and interactions. One person’s desire cannot simply pull the other back.
I discussed news about someone demanding that people seeking reconciliation go to a hotel and have sex in the name of a “god of sex” ritual. Strong desire to restore a relationship must not stop you questioning whether such demands are reasonable. If you cannot think clearly, tell family or friends what is happening. If communication and changes have already been attempted but you still cannot be together, gradually face that outcome too. Do not let relationship pain lead into greater harm.