Metaphysics Q&A 073 – Having your fortune read in the past
Q073: Respected Master Lu, during your Dharma Function, “The Art of Applying Comprehensive Metaphysics” held on 6th June 2010, you mentioned that fortune telling is not good. However, most Chinese people would have had their fortune read at least once. I have personally experienced that after having my fortune read, both my fate and fortune were affected and disturbed. After my reading, I seem to have lost what I was destined to have according to my fate. In addition, Master Lu said that readings from fortune telling are only accurate sometimes for predicting misfortunes, but mostly not accurate for predicting fortunate events. If predicted events have already happened, does it mean that the karmic retributions are over, or do the karmic retributions still continue? If the fortune telling was performed by transcendental power without using the date of birth, would my fate and fortune still be affected? If we have already had our fortune read in the past, how should we repent for such misconduct?
A073:
Fortune telling is indeed not very good. When you have your readings done, you write down details of your birth date and time. This information is then notified to beings in all of the heavens and other spiritual realms. Once you have your readings done, you are disturbing the fundamental components of your fate, and your fate and fortune would be severely affected.
After you have had your readings done, the duration of the disturbance is based on your predetermined fate and karmic conditions from your past life. The exact length of time of the disturbance is not related to the fact that you have had your readings done. If a fortune teller says that you will experience misfortune at the age of 25, and you then experience misfortune at 25, then the fortune predictions for when you are 25 were accurate. If the fortune teller says that you will be wealthy at the age of 30, but you are still poor at 30, then the predictions are not accurate anymore for when you are 30.
Readings based on the date of birth or through the use of transcendental powers are both generally considered to be fortune telling, and both are not very good. In particular, you should not have card readings because it is similar to risking and playing with your own life.
For people who have already had their readings done in the past, the first step is to never have their readings done again.
In the meantime, you can recite the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Li Fo Ta Chan Hui Wen). Before you recite the sutra, you can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva forgive me, <your full name>, for being ignorant and having my fortune read in the past. I sincerely hope that my karmic conditions and causalities would not be altered.” It is best to recite the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance 7 times in a lump sum. For the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance to have dynamic spiritual effects, it is best to recite it 7 times.
Q073: Respected Master Lu, during your Dharma Function, “The Art of Applying Comprehensive Metaphysics” held on 6th June 2010, you mentioned that fortune telling is not good. However, most Chinese people would have had their fortune read at least once. I have personally experienced that after having my fortune read, both my fate and fortune were affected and disturbed. After my reading, I seem to have lost what I was destined to have according to my fate. In addition, Master Lu said that readings from fortune telling are only accurate sometimes for predicting misfortunes, but mostly not accurate for predicting fortunate events. If predicted events have already happened, does it mean that the karmic retributions are over, or do the karmic retributions still continue? If the fortune telling was performed by transcendental power without using the date of birth, would my fate and fortune still be affected? If we have already had our fortune read in the past, how should we repent for such misconduct?
A073:
Fortune telling is indeed not very good. When you have your readings done, you write down details of your birth date and time. This information is then notified to beings in all of the heavens and other spiritual realms. Once you have your readings done, you are disturbing the fundamental components of your fate, and your fate and fortune would be severely affected.
After you have had your readings done, the duration of the disturbance is based on your predetermined fate and karmic conditions from your past life. The exact length of time of the disturbance is not related to the fact that you have had your readings done. If a fortune teller says that you will experience misfortune at the age of 25, and you then experience misfortune at 25, then the fortune predictions for when you are 25 were accurate. If the fortune teller says that you will be wealthy at the age of 30, but you are still poor at 30, then the predictions are not accurate anymore for when you are 30.
Readings based on the date of birth or through the use of transcendental powers are both generally considered to be fortune telling, and both are not very good. In particular, you should not have card readings because it is similar to risking and playing with your own life.
For people who have already had their readings done in the past, the first step is to never have their readings done again.
In the meantime, you can recite the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Li Fo Ta Chan Hui Wen). Before you recite the sutra, you can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva forgive me, <your full name>, for being ignorant and having my fortune read in the past. I sincerely hope that my karmic conditions and causalities would not be altered.” It is best to recite the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance 7 times in a lump sum. For the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance to have dynamic spiritual effects, it is best to recite it 7 times.
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