Deities and Faith
If a wish is already difficult, does continued prayer guarantee changing the result?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Not necessarily. Continued prayer seeks another chance for change, not a guarantee of exact fulfillment.
We have told people at the first reading that a goal seemed difficult. Strong wishes led them to request further teacher and divine help. Compassion may lead us to more blessings and lamps, hoping for improvement, yet outcomes may still not fully meet expectations.
Disappointed people may ask why we did not declare lifelong impossibility initially. But the future has not happened, and nobody can state everything with certainty. Divination assesses present conditions and possible developments, rather than knowingly hiding a fixed ending.
Trying again does not erase the original difficulty. Hope remains possible alongside understanding that prayer and assistance seek potential change, not a promise of a specified outcome.