Returning to Simplicity in the Second Home of Lifechanyuan

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Returning to Simplicity in the Second Home of Lifechanyuan: A Debtor Soul’s Journey Home

Jiejing Celestial

June 1, 2025

（Edited by ChatGPT)

I first set foot in the Second Home of Lifechanyuan in July 2011. That summer, the sunlight in China was gently tender.

At that time, I was still young, my soul like morning dew—clear and radiant. Upon arriving at the Second Home, it felt like stepping into a living scroll of landscape painting: fresh countryside, innocent companions, warm laughter, soft morning mist... it was as if a pure land had quietly unfolded in this world, just for my soul. I lived there for three years—three years like a song, as pure as a first love.

Our life was simple. We rose with the morning light, spent the day alternating between online work and field labor; in the evenings, we strolled through the woods chatting with fellow members or watched films and read alone; at night, starlight poured down like a waterfall, and our hearts felt as light as clouds. There was no conflict, no pretense—people related to one another like springs meeting in a stream—clear, open, and transparent. It was the first time I tasted the flavor of “freedom,” and the first time I truly experienced the joy and happiness of collective living.

Yet the tides of fate often surge forth when least expected.

A sudden downpour of reality swept me from the serenity of the Second Home into the clamor of worldly life. I once believed I could preserve that inner clarity amidst the dust of the secular world, but I was gradually swept up by the pressures of work, the shackles of marriage, the entanglements of human relationships, and the weight of societal expectations. On the surface, it looked like a cloak of responsibility, but underneath, it was woven with layers of debt: debt to my boss’s expectations, debt to my parents’ sacrifices, debt to nature for my lack of reverence, debt to my loved ones for unfulfilled gratitude… These invisible burdens loomed like dark clouds overhead, stacking one by one into the backpack of my life, dimming the light in my eyes and weighing down my every step.

I began to long for those debt-free days of freedom.

On April 21, 2023, the door of destiny slowly opened once more. After enduring the cracks of a broken marriage, the tug-of-war with worldly life, the passing of my parents, physical illness, and that long, dark night of loneliness after being abandoned by my partner, I arrived at Lifechanyuan International Family Society Thailand Branch.

At that moment, I was like a wounded bird caught in a storm, suddenly glimpsing a ray of light rising with the dawn—the light of freedom, the breath of nature, and the gentle love and compassion from the Greatest Creator.

When I first arrived at the Thailand Branch, the tranquility was so profound that it left me feeling at a loss. There were no blaring advertisements, no noisy social chatter, and no one urging me to “hurry up and finish the task.” I felt as though I were standing on the barren plain of my own soul, facing an inner self I had avoided for years—silent and still.

Then the music began to play—soft and slow—like a warm stream flowing gently into my heart. And once again, I encountered the guiding light of Lifechanyuan Values and Xuefeng’s wisdom, which pierced through the fog like dawn’s first light, leading me step by step back onto the path of return.

I began to relearn what it means to live “simply.”

Simplicity is not about deprivation or retreat, but rather a clear and transparent order of energy.

In the mango garden of the Thailand branch, I often sweep the courtyard, cut grass, and pick up trash… These seemingly ordinary tasks gradually brought a lightness to my being. Because I understood that every drop of sweat was a repayment of past debts, and every act of labor was a release of accumulated negative energy.

I had owed too much—to my parents for their love and care, to my ex-husband for the tenderness I failed to offer, to nature for the reverence I neglected, and to my own soul for not living truthfully. I finally came to understand that within the life program of the Second Home, all of this could slowly be cleansed: through labor, through service, through study, and through cultivation. I began to fill those black-hole-like debts, little by little, with selfless dedication.

The process of spreading  Lifechanyuan  Values in English brought me immense joy. To connect soul-to-soul with like-minded individuals is a resonance of energy; and to coexist harmoniously with those of different frequencies is a sharpening of the soul.

The most exciting moments are those of games and gatherings. Visitors from around the world came like fresh breezes, opening the blossoms of tranquility in our home. Barbecues, hot pot meals, games, and dance parties—within the liveliness was a sense of spirituality, and within the laughter, a quiet awareness.

Here, I finally began to understand something:

What we call “debt” may be the unfulfilled promises, unresolved responsibilities, and emotional burdens I carry in my relationships. They act like invisible forces, tightly pulling at my soul, making it hard for me to break free and feel light.

On the other hand, “favor” can be the kindness, care, and love I offer to others. Each act of giving is a release, a purification, and an elevation of the soul. As grace accumulates and the bonds loosen, my soul becomes unburdened and can move forward with ease.

As Guide Xuefeng said in The law of Gravitation of LIFE-Advanced Practice :

"The law of the universal gravitation of LIFE can be expressed thusly: Gravity exists between or among any destined LIVES in the universe. Their magnitude of gravity is directly proportional to the amount that they owe to each other and inversely proportional to how much favor they have done to each other;

That is to say, the greater the debt is, the stronger the gravitational interactions will be, but the greater the favors, the stronger the reaction forces will be.

The main reason that the souls of many self-refining people cannot reach the Thousand-year World, the Ten-thousand-year World or the Elysium World  after leaving their physical bodies is the effect of gravitation of the Earth towards their LIVES. This is the procedure of Tao, which cannot be overcome only by consciousness.

Transmigrations and reincarnations of LIFE will gravitate toward the world from which you were over-debt in your previous life. If you owe a debt to someone, you will return to serve them in your next life as a person, or even as an ox, horse, dog, or sheep to do the same. If you owe a debt to an animal, you will return as one, or even as food for it.

Buddhists attach importance to predestination, but what is it? It is the combination of debts and favors. In China, there are sayings such as “Though born a thousand miles apart, souls which are one shall meet” and “A fated match across a thousand miles is drawn by a thread”. Here, the meaning of the word “thread” is the gravity of predestination which is also a combination of debt and favor and is inescapable by anyone.

A Chinese saying says, “Husbands and wives are foes”; in the mortal world, marriage is just like living in a protracted lawsuit against each other.

Pay your debts and free yourselves from the shackle of the gravity of lower LIFE space! Pay that final farthing that you owed to the lower space LIVES! The best way to do this is to give alms formlessly and accumulate merits. Do you know why the best way to self-improve and self-cultivate is to help construct Lifechanyuan? It is because we are initiating the Lifechanyuan Era for humankind and this era will not only benefit humankind, animals, and plants, but also rivers, lakes, the sea, and the sky. We are accumulating the greatest merits which are sufficient to offset ALL that you have owed to all forms of LIFE throughout all time, including what we owe to our families. Why should we revere LIFE and nature? This is the basic principle.

The law of the universal gravitation of LIFE tells us that the magnitude of gravity is directly proportional to what we owe but inversely proportional to what we have favored. The more that one owes, the greater their magnitude of gravitational interactions will be and the more difficult it will be for them to reach Heaven, however the more that one has favored, the less that the gravitational force will pull on them and the easier it will be for them to leave for Heaven. When we face our imminent deaths, we will rest in peace if we are free from all concerns and debts; otherwise, we will turn over in our graves with restless souls."

The debts I owe to others have bound me through countless lifetimes of suffering and reincarnation; yet the favor I give shines like lamps of the soul, illuminating the path that leads me home.

From my personal understanding, on the level of energy, debt is a blockage, a burden, a dark hole of entangling energy; while  favor is flow, release, the light wings of the soul.

This world to me is complex—good and evil intertwined, cause and effect blurred. But the life program of the Second Home is clear and pure, like a crystal-clear stream that washes away the dust on my soul.

Now, as I gaze at the sunset spreading its light over the mango garden in the twilight, I sometimes recall the self who once carried a thousand burdens, weary and exhausted. I know those debts are being repaid one hoe stroke at a time; and that favor is returning through every word, every deed, every smile.

I am finally walking the path home—
not a homecoming of the flesh,
but a homecoming of the soul,
returning to the source of light—
the heavenly home.