Spiritual Protection and Energy
If deities continue working in the seventh lunar month, will they capture every ghost?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
No. Sheng Zhen Men’s deities continue their work in the seventh lunar month, but do not capture or strike every ghost they see. If unseen beings are acting reasonably and have done nothing requiring intervention, deities do not interfere unnecessarily. When a genuine problem occurs, there is a reason to assist.
The programme used students’ summer holidays as a comparison. Students being on holiday does not mean all teachers and everyone else stop working, much less that students may harm others freely during the break. Even if we accept the idea that ghosts have a holiday in the seventh month, that does not mean the spirit world has no management or order.
In our faith, the spirit world has its own rules and karmic relationships. Deities helping with matters that need attention does not mean treating every unseen being as an opponent. Understanding this makes it less likely that the seventh month leaves us frightened and scaring ourselves.