¹Fettered by antiquated Confucian views, Yi Sang-ho and Yi Seong-yeong were completely unable to accept Taemonim’s domain of spiritual authority.²Taemonim would peer into the mindset of these two men, and whenever She was struck by spiritual inspiration, She would exclaim, “What heels! Such heels!” and strike them with Her tobacco pipe.³The two men feared such blows, which also caused them to lose esteem, so they sought to avoid Taemonim.

⁴Observing such behavior from the Yi brothers, Taemonim said, “Such fools conduct themselves foolishly.”

⁵Initially, the two men’s goals in serving Taemonim were to secure their own legitimacy and to expand the following and influence of their dao order through Her spiritual authority.⁶But after they actually began serving Taemonim and viewed the means, methods, conduct, and words employed by Taemonim as She undertook the Work of Renewing of Heaven and Earth, the two of them viewed these as simple shamanistic acts even though Taemonim was acting in accordance with the way of spirits.⁷And so, the two men said, “Can this be? If the outside world ever saw this, the respectability of our dao order would plummet.” Afterward, they chose different quarters for Taemonim and served Her there.⁸On the surface, this had the appearance of honoring Taemonim. In actuality, however, this was intended to hamper the scope of Taemonim’s activities and Her comings and goings.

⁹Taemonim lived a life of near confinement due to the unrighteousness and selfish desires of the original followers of Yonghwa-dong Village.¹⁰As the days passed and She atoned for sins on behalf of humanity, Her health deteriorated all the more severely.