Everyday Life
Do blessings or removal of misfortune require undressing or intimate contact, and must relatives be present for prayers?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Blessings, removing misfortune, and exorcism do not require stripping naked or exchanging sexual dual cultivation or intimate acts. In years of helping people, Sheng Zhen Men has never needed to ask anyone to undress. Even if someone calls it divine instruction, examine the demand. Hearing a deity's name does not mean agreeing to everything.
For example, if praying for a mother, the mother should be the ritual's recipient. How could her recovery require the daughter to undress and let a teacher touch her? Illness in the family causes urgency, but greater urgency calls for calming down and thinking clearly. Such a demand has no sensible connection with the person to be helped.
Blessings do not always require personal attendance. Family can sometimes make contact or register on someone's behalf. When relatives pray for elders or children, Sheng Zhen Men first performs divination and then assists with resolving misfortune without physical contact. During the pandemic, we also discussed remote handling according to circumstances. The recipient remains the person needing help, not someone sacrificing their body as a substitute. Clarify whom to help, what is intended, and how it will proceed.
Also notice anyone claiming power while threatening secrecy and saying family will suffer if you refuse. I have met clients threatened with family safety to pressure them into being with a teacher. Having witnessed unusual displays, they were frightened. Supernatural ability cannot justify this demand; assess character through human behavior.
A genuinely virtuous teacher should explain the process clearly and act reasonably. Faith helps people understand and choose, rather than make things mysterious and frighten them out of asking. A demand unreasonable in ordinary circumstances does not suddenly become reasonable in a divine setting.
Types of contact must also be distinguished. I sometimes shake hands or touch someone's head for blessings, while observing limits, avoiding inappropriate areas, and having staff assist nearby. This differs completely from demanding undressing or intimacy in exchange for a family's safety. Understanding what is being done and why matters more than hearing someone claim a divine identity.