What is participation in other people’s causal relationships?
A sentence we often hear, or often say ourselves, is called "you intervene in the cause and effect of others." So, can the cause and effect of others intervene? Before figuring out this result, you have to ask yourself three questions.
1. Under what circumstances can we intervene?
2. What may happen after intervention?
3. How to properly withdraw after intervention?
If you cannot answer these questions well, you will not be able to interfere with other people's affairs, and you will not be able to intervene in the cause and effect.
There are often believers who come and ask very anxiously: "Master, a colleague with whom I have a good relationship. His daughter is seriously ill and her condition is very serious. Can you help me?" Is the issue of child life erupting? "
First of all, this logic is wrong. Our predecessors taught us that "everyone has their own cause and effect, and their respective karma will be eliminated." In addition, we should not interfere too much in matters between parents, children, and couples. In this way, many people may think it is too pedantic and blunt? Of course, there are accommodations here, such as parents who do not believe in Buddhism or are too old and infirm to pray in person, or the other spouse does not believe in Buddhism and the children are still young. Because we are not the parties involved, we can say that we each have some connections and karma, but in most cases it is our own karma. As for outsiders, they definitely cannot be controlled.
No matter how close we are to colleagues, relatives or friends, if we are really enthusiastic and want to help them, we can ask them to ask in person. This is called a recommendation. As for whether the other party believes it or not, that is his problem and has nothing to do with us. In addition, if you are sick, you have to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. If you can't get treatment, then you should look for other options. This is the basic process of worldly law, and the rules of the world cannot be disrupted.
We often hear a saying called "good intentions lead to bad things". Although it is a worldly saying, it can also be applied to Taoism. Because we are not him, we cannot truly understand and meet each other's needs. In the end, the other party may not necessarily recognize and appreciate the things you take the initiative to do, and it is your own blessings that are wasted. Moreover, once you get involved, you will definitely lose your own blessings, which is called "using your own connections" in the world.
A senior brother is very warm-hearted and often introduces people to business or helps people solve their problems. In the end, he declined the offer of money. After finally telling the story to the master, he thought that the master would praise him, but he was scolded by the master.
Master told us that although these are matters in the secular world, if we intervene in matters that the other party cannot solve, we will undoubtedly use our own relationships. Without getting any rewards, this is actually a waste of one's own blessings. If something goes wrong, the other party will blame you, even if you don't say it verbally. Once, this senior brother placed a stick of God of Wealth Incense in the mandala. After seeing the incense, the master smiled and told the senior brother: "You are bringing in the incense of wealth. You are going to make money recently. As expected, it should be three It's about 50,000 yuan. I don't know what kind of wealth it is. You have to be careful." Sure enough, less than a month later, someone dragged the senior brother to do something and transferred it to him. It was more than 30,000 yuan. It was not difficult for the senior brother to see things and quickly solved the problem, but he declined the favor money of more than 30,000 yuan. Later, during a casual chat, when he mentioned this matter, he suddenly realized that he didn't want the money. The master looked at it and told the senior brother that the immortal master next to the senior brother looked angry and wanted to curse.
In other words, on the surface we thought the matter was easy and we didn’t ask for any money from the other party, but in fact it was our own fairy who worked hard to bridge the gap, and in the end we didn’t appreciate it. If something like this happens for a long time, the immortal master may not do such a favor anymore. Because they also know that what is wasted is their energy and the blessings of their senior brothers. Without blessings in exchange, it is impossible for others to give money easily. Everything in this world is not accidental, it must be inevitable.
In traditional Feng Shui, if a family's ancestral tomb needs to be adjusted, the Feng Shui master will first ask: "Who is the eldest son and grandson of your family?" There is also a rule to be followed here, and the eldest son or grandson must take the lead. Families in ancient times were very large, and some branches of the eldest son and direct grandson developed relatively quickly. If the seniority was very low, it was necessary to find the most virtuous and respected elder or clan leader in the clan.
In the past, men would marry multiple wives, but the one who had the most say could only be the eldest son and grandson. This is the same as the ancient emperor's succession.
In modern times, because the eldest son and direct grandson may not necessarily believe in this aspect, and it costs money to build ancestral tombs, these unbelievers are definitely not willing to spend money. Therefore, the modern rule is: whoever wants to build a tomb and can finance it should make the decision. For many people, it means "As long as I don't have to pay for it, you can do whatever you want. I don't believe it anyway."
The above mentioned are all rules. Without rules, there will be no success. This is even more true in Taoism.
Once, I heard that a relative was sick, and I thought that I also had a Buddhist temple at home, so I each burned a stick of incense and chanted in front of the hall: "May the gods and Buddhas bless so-and-so's health." Health..."
As a result, a sentence came to my ears: "Let him ask for it himself!"
I knew this was a kind reminder from the immortal masters. , because I cannot intervene in other people's cause and effect.
Later, after I understood this truth, I no longer asked for anything from anyone, because even if I asked, it would not work. After all, there were no immortals, masters or generals to carry it out. Another time, a female believer who often released animals with us told me a case. Once, they were having lunch after releasing animals together. While they were eating, one of the believers suddenly started talking nonsense. This female believer was the first to stand up and kept saying nice things to the other person. When she saw that it had no effect, she started chanting mantras and reciting Buddha's name, thinking how powerful she was. After seeing that it still had no effect, he started to scare the other person, saying: "If you don't go down, be careful of being punished by hell..." Obviously, it was useless to say this.
After returning home in the afternoon, the female believer began to feel weak and uncomfortable, and developed a fever in the evening.
At that time, I didn’t understand why she was being punished. Later, as I learned more about it, I finally understood.
Many possessed beings simply won’t accept your ideas. Moreover, many of these sentient beings are relatively advanced, and some are immortal masters and soldiers in the immortal sect. They have their own purposes and techniques. And if you can't meet the other party's requirements and properly accommodate them, they will simply ignore you. It's like two people are fighting, and you don't have any good ideas. If you try to break up the fight, won't you get scolded? And he might even get beaten by the opponent. All he needed to say was: "Stop fighting and come at me if you have any questions!".
The ancients taught us, "Don't persuade others when you speak softly, and don't join the crowd when you are poor." This is also the truth.
When you do not understand the needs of the other party and cannot meet the needs of the other party, it is best not to intervene unless you are really a highly respected person.
Especially for those people who are affected by spiritual bodies, if you want to persuade them, you can only persuade them to cultivate their moral character, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, etc. Never talk about things about spiritual bodies. Persuading people is a rule in the world, but for spiritual beings, it is a rule in the spiritual world. In the human world, people can persuade you, but in the spiritual world, it must be mediated by a mage with real problem-solving abilities.