Communication and Boundaries
What matters if a teacher presents a ritual in a video but someone else performs it on site?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
First establish who actually conducts your ritual. Liking a teacher’s explanation differs from knowing who acts on site. Trust in one cannot transfer directly to another.
Discussing spiritual viewing, I mentioned a teacher personally recording an introduction while clients received the service from someone else. I found that less than ideal. In our understanding, different practitioners may differ in cultivation, intention and strength. Learning one form does not make performance identical.
As I shared Sheng Zhen Men’s programmes then, I also personally served clients seeking my readings. Besides hearing a teacher, understand the actual helper and process. Personal cultivation and virtue deserve attention alongside ritual form.