Deities and Faith
What did Master feel while seeking connections with a past life in Japan?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
While seeking places connected with me, I have arrived at a location and suddenly felt like crying, sometimes even finding tears flowing. Although I had not known that person in this lifetime, the feelings were very deep. I understood this as part of the soul’s memory, and the experience had a profound impact on me.
Through spiritual practice at the time, I gradually received some clues and felt that my previous life might have been connected with Japan, so I tried to investigate. Some locations were graves, while others were places frequented in the past. When I reached them, the feelings emerged.
I used to be very skeptical too and would not believe everything simply because someone said it. I wondered whether, if I had really been there before and left traces, I might find places that could be compared with those clues. This led to that journey of seeking my roots. Visiting personally, together with what I felt on site, added another layer to my understanding of faith.
However, this is my own experience that I can share, not something everyone can discover in the same way. Sometimes you may only know that it could have been in a certain country, without knowing the village or location. With too little information, it is difficult to pursue. There is no need to expect everyone to go through the same process.