Divination and Guidance
Does drawing the worst divination lot mean disaster is certain?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Do not immediately conclude disaster from the worst lot. First consider your question and the matter being highlighted, rather than frighten yourself with the label alone.
YOYO shared news of someone whose scooter broke and who wanted a large motorcycle. Repeated divine lots advised against buying, so the purchase was postponed. When the pandemic later affected business and income, the person felt glad not to have extra instalments. Escaping misfortune meant avoiding added living and financial pressure, not a road accident.
Having asked, be willing to understand the reminder. Sometimes an unwelcome answer prompts another attempt on the assumption of an incorrect question or interpretation. Repeating until satisfied can become merely seeking divine approval. Divination aims to understand problems and possible responses.
But reminders do not ensure everything follows our hopes. Before one trip, my helmet fell and its visor cracked. Feeling uneasy, I rode especially slowly and recited sacred names, yet a vehicle suddenly turning right still hit me. I believed the warning then too. Experiences need their actual sequence preserved. A lot’s favourable or unfavourable label alone cannot establish what must happen.