From Prisoner to Awakener —A Journey of the Soul's Escape

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From Prisoner to Awakener: Gazing Upon the Light of Heaven from the Cage of the World

—A Journey of the Soul's Escape

Jiejing Celestial

May 14, 2025

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People often think that life is nothing more than the revolving door of daily necessities, joys and sorrows, partings and reunions. Little do they know that the place we inhabit is not truly a realm of freedom. Until one day, a voice pierced through the fog of my soul: "You are a prisoner. Earth is a prison."

Those words thundered through my mind, awakening the slumbering self within me. From that moment on, I began to truly contemplate my destiny and soul, embarking on a path toward heaven—a path to break free from my chains.

Last night, the wind stirred the banana leaves in the Merit Garden of Lifechanyuan Internantional Family Society Thailand Branch, their rustling like whispers. I was sitting in the Fei Xian Ge, listening to the Soul Purification Class with other members.

Suddenly, a sentence reached my ears: “Earth is a prison in the universe, and we are the souls imprisoned within it.”

In that instant, my heart trembled, as though the entire universe was answering all the suffering and confusion I had endured over the years. It became clear: my pain, my struggles, my doubts—none of them were accidental. They were the inevitable reckoning under the laws of the universe.

Looking back at my past self, I once resented fate for being unfair. I was entangled in the warmth and coldness of human relationships, chasing after what the world called love and security. But now I understand—those were all illusions within a cage. They were the webs of imprisonment I had woven through greed, desire, and attachment during countless cycles of reincarnation. They were karmic debts my soul owed, now being repaid little by little.

I once thought that entering the Second Home of Lifechanyuan would mark the beginning of peace. But in truth, the deeper the cultivation, the greater the trials. My heart would often be stirred: Why must I bear more? Why can’t my emotions flow freely? Why am I different from others? At first, I felt wronged. But when the truth that "Earth is a prison" was revealed, I finally awakened: I am not being punished—I am being saved. I am not being suppressed—I am being purified.

It turns out that all those feelings of resentment and unwillingness were the lingering smoke of a "prisoner’s mindset." In my view, the Second Home is a pure land created by the Greatest Creator for souls who are willing to repent—a transitional purification station on the path to Heaven. Here, I feel that every drop of sweat, every act of selfless giving, is a key to unlocking the shackles of my soul. And those obsessions with “love”—especially emotional entanglements based on possession, whether one-on-one, one-to-several, or even one-to-many—are precisely the heavy iron chains wrapped around my heart. If I still cling to these low-frequency romantic attachments, if I continue to control or possess others within the prison walls, and still hope to find freedom and wholeness inside the cage—then how can I possibly be liberated? How can I break free?

I have also gradually come to understand the role of Satan. The being I once misunderstood as the god of temptation and downfall—I now learn is, in fact, the gatekeeper of cosmic order. He does not harm by his own will, but stands eternally at the door of release, allowing only those souls to pass who have truly repented and been purified. I no longer see him as an enemy, but as a necessary threshold—a checkpoint placed by universal law, testing whether I am truly ready to regain my freedom.

On this path of return, I am not groping in the dark alone. The Greatest Creator has never abandoned His children; time and again, He has sent guides to lead the way. Jesus Christ opened the door for imprisoned souls with the love of the cross. Buddha Shakyamuni illuminated the path of liberation with the light of wisdom. The immortal Laozi revealed the illusion of the mortal world through the principle of wu wei (non-action). And Guide Xuefeng has lit countless lamps of the heart for today’s lost ones with  Lifechanyuan Values. They are the pioneers among the prison-breakers, the luminous messengers who illuminate the soul’s way home through the night. If I am willing to follow their path, willing to repent and to purify myself, then the gate of this prison will open, and I will be free.

And the true meaning of “love”—I have also come to understand gradually through spiritual cultivation. It is no longer attachment, no longer possession, no longer confined to one-on-one emotional bonds. It is compassion for all life, reverence for nature, surrender to the Greatest Creator. It is the love that sets no traps, asks for no return—the love that is free. In the Second Home, it is precisely this high-frequency, spiritual love that is gently awakening the long-slumbering self within me.

I have also gradually come to understand that the purpose of cultivating the Tao is not to change others, nor to gain anything, but to transcend the self. It is the act of pulling myself back from the edge time and again in the darkness; it is the birth of a deeper longing for light in the midst of loneliness. Even if pain still comes, even if I still get lost or shaken, I am willing to move forward—inch by inch, step by step—toward my true home: that realm of freedom, clarity, and liberation from suffering.

Now, I am willing to continue learning, working, repenting, and offering myself in the Second Home. I am learning to let go of my grievances against destiny, to release my attachments to the world, and to loosen my clinging to the self. With purity, with faith, and with action aligned to the Tao, I seek to respond to the Greatest Creator's mercy—and to those radiant guides who have come to help us break free from the prison of illusion.

And if one day I truly transform from a “prisoner” into an “awakened one,” then with a light and unburdened soul, I shall go and knock on the gates of Heaven.

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Prisoner’s Awakening
—A Spiritual Journey of Escaping to Heaven

I once thought
Earth was a vast paradise—
Mountains picturesque,
Human hearts tender and warm.
Until one moment, the truth pierced my ears:
This world is nothing but an invisible prison.

I ran, struggled, chased love, raged,
Only to exchange one form of chains for another,
Claiming freedom,
Yet sinking ever deeper into the maze of reincarnation.

O Satan, you are no enemy—
You stand as the gatekeeper at the exit,
With countless trials,
Filtering souls truly worthy of freedom.

Only gratitude remains in my heart—
Gratitude for the Greatest Creator’s boundless love that never abandoned me in the dark night,
Lighting a guiding star of return amid the vast cycles;
Gratitude for the cultivation in the Second Home,
Like a pure land, spreading a path of return for my weary self.

Through selfless giving without attachment, I have learned repentance and letting go;
Through soul purification, I have reclaimed long-lost peace and clarity.
None of this is something I deserve—
It is the Greatest Creator’s mercy that rekindles within me once more the hope of return.

This is a deep struggle and awakening of the soul—
Illusions have swallowed me repeatedly, yet also awakened me time and again.
Sometimes through silent prayers in tears, sometimes through collapse in stillness,
But never extinguishing the faint light of yearning for true freedom.

May I, under the Greatest Creator’s compassionate light,
Traverse all the obstacles and trials set by Satan,
Step by step, ascend to the pinnacle of life and LIFE,
Though my steps be heavy, my heart remains as resolute as ever.

Because I know,
I do not belong to this prison of sorrowful worldly existence;
My true home is that realm of clarity, freedom from suffering, and radiant light—Heaven.

Now,
I am willing to continue diligently working in the Second Home of Lifechanyuan, constantly offering gratitude and repentance.
Under the Greatest Creator’s illumination and the guidance of the saints and sages,
I step closer, step by step, to that long-lost homeland—
The truly free Heaven.
Until one day, I truly transform from a “prisoner” into an “awakened one,”
Carrying a pure soul, I will knock on the gate that belongs to light and love.