本研究結果主要有以下發現:
一、 信眾求助問題的內容與類型包含身體健康、工作事業、婚姻感情、學業運途、房子土地、其它,以及靈體議題。
二、 針對妙華慈惠堂提供的宗教助人方法,依協助對象歸納出個別療癒模式,和集體療癒模式。
三、 長期信徒從修行中所得到的宗教療癒分為世俗層次和靈性層次。
(一) 世俗層次療癒:現實生活上的問題得到幫忙和解決。
(二) 靈性層次療癒:1.信徒和神明締結深厚的信任關係。
2.信徒從實踐修行活動中,鍛練出境隨心轉的定靜和智慧。
3.信徒從消災解厄、解冤釋結的功果累積,對此生或來生有所盼望。
四、 瑤池金母信仰的宗教療癒是循序漸進的過程,可分為短期療癒和長期療癒。
(一) 短期療癒:現實生活上的問題得到幫忙和解決。
(二) 長期療癒:認同瑤池金母信仰,參與宗教活動、協助堂裡的服務,並開始修行,而擁有新的自我。
This thesis aimed on the phenomenon of Yao Chih Chin Mu religious belief , and the believer’s experience of religious healing and the connotations of religious practice on the Miao-Hua Tsu-Huei-Temple in Beitou district of Taipei City. It was allowed to participate in the daily works of spiritual healing in this temple. Through participated observation and intensive interviews, the healing processes as well as people's subjective healing experiences were collected and analyzed by content analysis.
The results showed that:
1. The problems brought to God for help include health, careers, marriage, study plan, live orientation, house renting and buying , spiritual issues and other.
2. The religious helping methods of Miao-Hua Tsu-Huei-Temple can be categorized as the individual healing mode, and the group healing mode.
3. The religious healing of the long-term believers get from religious practice divided into secular and spiritual level.
(A) The secular level of healing: problems in life reality were helped and solved.
(B) The spiritual level of healing: (1) long-term believers establish deeply trust relationship with Gods. (2) believers cultivate their mind to gain the wisdom of quiet and calm from religious practice. (3) through solving misfortunes, repentance from sins and accumulation of good blessed karma, believers has been getting hope for their life or their next life.
4. The religious healing of Yao Chih Chin Mu beliefs is a gradual process, can be
divided into short-term and long-term healing.
(A) Short-term healing: Problems in real life were solved directly.
(B) Long-term healing: confession of Yao Chih Chin Mu beliefs, participation in religious activities, service in the Miao-Hua Tsu-Huei-Temple as volunteer, and start to cultivate himself, finally getting a new self.