Last week I was told that not 1 but 2 of the talisman that I have written, someone saw beings coming out from it. And the person that saw it, is someone from another faith!
I was in Kam Dong San on Friday evening (23 Oct), one of our member C asked me “Sifu, the Bai Lian 白莲 Talisman, if we offer things should it be 1/15 or 2/16?” meaning asking me should offer on the 1st or 15th Day of the Lunar Month or 2nd or 16th of the lunar month. I shared with C it is up to you. Then she proceed to tell me that her niece saw beings coming out from the talisman. I asked C what sort of being did she saw? She said the niece told her it is a White Colour Robe Old Person. She told me her niece told her the being from the talismans wants tea offering and so on.
As you look at the Bai Lian Talisman you can see it was not indicated anywhere that the Deity of the talisman wears white robe. Furthermore C’s niece is from another faith since birth, therefore possibility of her to have the subconscious impression from other place is even far more remote. In fact the the Bai Lian Deity, even many who have some knowledge into Taoist Deities would not have saw his image or statue unless they knew someone who have belongs to this Taoist Sect.
Then C added “My niece told me she saw 7 beings came out from the 5 Ghost Talisman!” C told me she argued with her niece telling her niece there is only 5 not 7. She was very sure her niece was mistaken or imagining things.
She have in her house some gold paper that she bought to offer the the 5 Ghost Carry Treasure Talisman 五鬼运财符 that I have drawn for members during our fund raising events many years back.
C then showed her niece the gold paper offering.
She pointed to the gold paper and told her “Total is 5 not 7!” Her niece told her they have 2 helpers not printed on the gold paper. C niece all this while have told them that she can see ‘things’ especially so when they are doing prayers for Qing Ming or prayers to ancestors.
But seeing beings came out from talisman is the 1st time. As someone who grew up in another faith without much subconscious impression of Taoist or folk Deities, her description for both the Bai Lian Talisman and also the 5 Ghost seems to be very close. Both of Bai Lian Deity and also 5 Ghost are not the usual statues you would find in a Chinese Taoist household.
Have someone told you that the Talisman they have at their homes, have beings coming out from it?
