Breaking the Seals: How Spiritual Powers Saved Me When Modern Medicine Failed
Chinese and Western medicine could diagnose but not resolve my somatic symptom disorder. At the end of 2024, recommended by a friend, I came into contact with a Taoist healer. Taoist healers primarily use spiritual powers like incantations or mantras to treat illnesses, without prescribing medicine or using acupuncture. Having never encountered supernatural power before, I found it unbelievable.
Because I already mastered I Ching (Zhouyi) divination, a long process of searching and screening was started.
After the Chinese New Year in 2025, I saw senior Taoist doctor Zhang Zonghai on TikTok (Douyin). In early April, around the Qingming Festival, after I paid the registration fee, his TikTok account was banned for violations. The old gentleman angrily stopped seeing patients. I waited endlessly, and he never responded.
This lasted until September. During this time, I continued searching for highly skilled Taoist healers, but none possessed the ability to cure my illness. By then, I had screened around 100 masters, but none of them are capable enough to resolve my illness. However, I did witness firsthand that they were capable of curing minor, general ailments.
In late September, I met a master from Henan and underwent treatment with him for two months. It was from him that I later learned about the existence of “seals.” He removed two seals for me, and right after, my head felt much lighter. However, two months later, physically I didn’t feel completely cured, and I felt there were still unresolved seals. In the meantime, I even had him save a friend who had been bedridden for three years. My friend miraculously stood up and returned to a normal life. But regarding my own problem, I judged that his spiritual power was insufficient to resolve it completely, so I continued seeking someone more capable.
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After December, I started traveling to mountains and temples, constantly looking for higher-level masters to seek “seal removals.” When people heard what I was saying, they thought I was mentally ill or crazy. But I had nothing to say in my defense, because I had personally experienced that feeling of relief when a seal was removed.
Before the Chinese New Year in 2026, I found an old master. I later learned from him that there was more than just one or two ghosts following me. However, due to his advanced age, he was no longer handling such matters for people. Because I had studied many books, I hurriedly started reciting the Golden Light Mantra. As a result, my head felt lighter whenever I chanted it. At this point, I had found a way to alleviate the symptoms, but I was still very anxious inside because I still hadn’t found a powerful enough master to thoroughly save me.
I continued my search and divination, screening about 200 seemingly skilled Taoist priests, living Buddhas, and folk masters.
In mid-May 2026, I found a folk master in Jiangsu. His spiritual power was truly immense. He said I still had unresolved “nails” on my body, especially the one on my forehead. He said I had been harmed by someone 17 years ago. I stayed with him for two days, and he removed all the seals. After that, the pressure feeling in my head instantly vanished. I never expected the ability gap between masters to be so vast. It took two months for the Henan master to resolve just a little bit, while it was entirely resolved here in two days. Thank heavens, I had a narrow escape from death.
Now it is June. During this time, he has been performing various rituals for me to clear away negative things. I have much more energy in my body and finally feel normal.
Postscript:
Most of the masters I encountered during my search for treatment had limited abilities. Because this industry lacks standardized management, this occupational group also has the highest number of scammers. Without sufficiently strong divination skills or great spiritual powers, one should not easily trust these masters.
My experiences tossing and turning while seeking treatment in Western psychiatric departments in previous years showed me that a large proportion of psychiatric patients cannot be cured, and many people’s lives are ruined. In 1929, the National Government completely abolished the Zhuyou department (traditional spiritual/incantation healing) to promote medical modernization. Is this really progress?
