Soul Slimming: From 95 kg to 60 kg

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Soul Slimming: My Journey of Rebirth in the Second Home of Lifechanyuan, From 95 kg to 60 kg

Jiejing Celestial

October 11, 2025

（Edited by ChatGPT)

Sunlight streamed through the gaps between mango leaves, scattering golden specks onto the damp earth. The air was filled with the scent of grass and ripe fruit. Carrying a grass cutter on my back, I moved through waves of green, parting the tall grass with each swing. Sweat slid slowly down my arms—warm, soft, alive. In that moment, I felt a lightness I had never known before—not just in my body, but in my soul, as if my spirit were a feather dancing in the morning breeze.

Two years ago, I weighed nearly 95 kilograms. My body felt as heavy as if it were pressed down by blocks of lead, and my mind was tangled in anxiety, insomnia, and guilt. Every breath reminded me of my longing—for freedom, for lightness—yet I couldn’t find the way out.

Like ripples on the surface of water, I tried every possible method: intense personal training sessions at the gym, swimming laps in the pool, spinning in dance studios, even restricting myself to light meals. Each attempt felt like throwing a pebble into the distance—time, money, and effort all spent, yet the surface of my life remained still. Sweat dripped onto the floor, but my heart stayed heavy, as if I were chasing a shadow I could never catch.

Then I arrived at Lifechanyuan Second Home, Thailand branch, and everything began to change. Here, my soul was understood, my energy was nourished. There was no judgment, no comparison, no pressure to achieve. For the first time, I began to touch true freedom.

Since July 2023, my life has transformed completely. Within three months, my weight dropped naturally from 95 kg to 65 kg. Over the next two years, it stabilized around 60 kg—at my slimmest, I even reached 54 kg, lighter than I had been as a young girl fourteen years ago.

In that moment, I realized: freedom is not only the lightness of the body, but also the peace and ease of the soul. It is like a feather in the morning wind—soft yet strong—carrying me steadily toward the life I truly desire.

The Shadow of Childhood: From Inferiority to Self-Defense

I was born in a humble family in Huai’an, Jiangsu. My parents made a living by selling eggs. As a child, I was naturally lively and full of energy, yet I became the target of ridicule because of my thick body hair. The boys around me would mock and even bully me, calling me “the ugly duckling.” During summer, I hardly dared to wear short sleeves or skirts. Shame and fear wrapped around me like a heavy suit of armor, binding my spirit tightly within.

To protect myself, I chose to learn martial arts. After graduating from primary school, I made a firm decision—not for ambition or fame, but simply to stop being hurt. In middle school, I gradually earned the boys’ respect because of my excellent English grades, yet deep inside, fear still followed me like a shadow.

In high school, I joined a sports class and went through intense physical training. However, the professional-level pressure led to physical problems, forcing me to stop. Even so, my love for movement and combat never faded. In college, I continued practicing Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do. Those years taught me the delicate balance between strength and self-respect.

In July 2011, I entered  Lifechanyuan Second Home (China branch) and spent three vibrant years there. During that time, my weight stayed between 60 and 63 kilograms. Both my body and mind were in a calm yet powerful state.

But life’s currents never stop flowing. As my parents grew older and needed care, from January 2015 to March 2023, I found myself drawn into the whirlpool of marriage and career pressure. My weight gradually climbed to 95 kilograms. My body and mind were simultaneously sending me warnings: anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression, and even the onset of plasma cell mastitis. After undergoing 11 minimally invasive surgeries, several doctors suggested that I have a double mastectomy. At that time, I had to rely on quite a few medications to maintain my health.

Lifechanyuan Second Home: A Safe Space Where the Soul Is Understood

In March 2023, my mother passed away, leaving me completely alone. Looking back on the past few years, my father had already passed in 2019. My marriage, which began in 2018 (though we never registered it), ended when my ex-husband left me during the New Year of 2022.

In April, under the arrangement of Guide Xuefeng, the founder of Lifechanyuan, I came to the Second Home—Thailand branch. Here, my soul was finally understood. Perhaps not everyone fully grasped who I was, but there was no judgment, no pressure. My very existence was gently accepted, and every emotion I felt was treated with care and sincerity.

By August, I was assigned to live and work in the mango orchard. Each day, I devoted six hours to physical labor—cutting grass with a sickle, loosening the soil with a hoe, and learning to grow cucumbers and tomatoes. As the sweat slid down my skin, I felt a resonance between body and soul. The once-anxious, heavy body seemed to be reawakened with rhythm and vitality. Every movement became an expression of LIFE’s own breath.

Scientific research shows that regular physical labor combined with mindful awareness can enhance the brain’s neuroplasticity. Neural pathways once stiffened by stress and anxiety can gradually reconnect through movement, breathing, and self-awareness. As accumulated emotions are released, the mind grows softer and more sensitive, and the body becomes lighter—as if every swing of the sickle were a graceful dance of reconciliation with myself.

Awareness and Compassion: Treating Every LIFE Gently

Through labor, I learned to observe the “small self” within—anger, anxiety, jealousy, comparison, selfishness, arrogance…—which grow like weeds in the heart. When these emotions arise, I no longer suppress them or act on them. Instead, I take deep breaths, pray, repent, reflect, and give thanks, allowing energy to flow naturally within. As these negative emotions are released, my body gradually feels lighter, and my mind becomes as calm and still as water.

There were several times when I accidentally harmed small LIVES while cutting grass—birds, little frogs, even plants and mango trees. Waves of sorrow and guilt rose in me, making me acutely aware of my own limitations. The core value of Lifechanyuan—“Revere the Greatest Creator, Revere LIFE, Revere Nature, Walk the Way of the Greatest Creator”—acted like a guiding light, helping me transform regret into repentance and blessings, allowing my soul to flow freely and soften once again.

In these moments, I realized that respecting LIFE is not only about careful actions but also about awareness and compassion in the heart. Regret and sorrow are replaced by warmth and kindness, and my body feels bathed in gentle light, with a sense of lightness slowly spreading from within.

Scientific studies also show that when people cultivate awareness and empathy toward their actions, stress hormone levels decrease, emotions stabilize, heart rate calms, and both the immune and metabolic systems are supported. My experience was exactly this: compassion and awareness in my heart directly influenced the state of my body.

In the Second Home, I gradually realized that labor is not only a physical activity but also a way to accumulate merit. If I unintentionally harm a living being, I correct the action through prayer, repentance, and blessings, and approach future tasks with greater care. This reminds me of the practice of LIFE release in temples. In the labor in the Second Home, I felt a continuous and effective spiritual cultivation that nourishes my body and mind throughout my life. Because of this, my body has grown increasingly light, my mind gradually returns to peace, and my weight slowly returns to a healthy state.

Freedom of the Heart: Sexuality, Love, and Awareness

In the Second Home, there are two important values: “Freedom of Emotional Love and Sex Love” and “No Marriage or Family.” Here, my understanding of sexual freedom gradually deepened. At first, I mistakenly thought that sexual freedom meant having multiple partners at will. But through more than two years of cultivation at the Thailand branch, I gradually realized that true sexual freedom is the freedom of the heart.

In my own imperfect state, whether I have one lover or two, if my heart is bound or troubled by low-frequency emotions, harm is inevitable. Only when my heart is free, stable, and calm can sexual intimacy nourish the soul, rather than serve as a means to compensate for psychological deficiencies. Gradually, I have learned gratitude, contentment, and cherishment, focusing more on inner peace and self-elevation than on external circumstances.

This insight also helped me deeply perceive some of the differences between the Second Home and traditional marriage and family life. In traditional marriage, my emotional, loving, and sexual needs were often unmet—the constraints of responsibility, debt, and practical interests placed immense pressure on both emotional and sexual life. A single partner could rarely satisfy the multiple spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs I had, often leaving feelings of lack and dissatisfaction.

In the Second Home, without pressure or utilitarian entanglements, and without the daily closeness required in marriage, I actually gained more freedom of time and space. Emotional love and sexual love, nurtured by mutual growth and self-elevation, became more civilized, respectful, sweet, and refined. The experience of freedom, independence, gentleness, and authenticity allowed my soul to rest and brought profound healing for long-term mental stress, insomnia, depression, and even plasma cell mastitis. Scientific studies also show that mental calmness and emotional stability can significantly improve neuroendocrine and immune functions, supporting both physical and mental health.

The Secret to Natural Weight Loss

Looking back on my transformation from 95 kg to 60 kg, I gradually realized that natural weight loss is not merely a change in numbers on the scale—it is a holistic harmony of body and mind. Its core principles can be summarized in six points:

1. Faith and Great Love: A Lighthouse for the Soul
Through the study of Lifechanyuan’s values, I kindled a light of profound faith within my heart. I hold deep trust and reverence for the universe, for the Greatest Creator, Jesus Christ, Shakyamuni, the Celestial Laozi, the prophet Muhammad, even the great leader Mao Zedong, and for my guiding mentor, Xuefeng.

This faith is like a gentle light, illuminating the hidden corners of my soul, transforming many old patterns of thought and perception, and cleansing the turbulence of consciousness. It allows the spirit to rest and the mind to expand. Every prayer, every act of gratitude, becomes a tender response to LIFE itself, enabling me to move naturally with lightness and freedom, immersed in nature, compassion, and awareness.

2. Releasing the Pressures of Everyday Life
By distancing myself from the noise and anxiety of the outside world, my mind became clear, and my body was no longer bound by long-term stress. Metabolism and endocrine function gradually returned to balance. LIFE began to follow a natural rhythm, like a gentle stream, flowing smoothly and harmoniously.

3. Avoiding Complicated Social Interference
Free from utilitarian concerns, comparison, and judgment, my emotions stabilized, and low-frequency negative feelings gradually dissipated. Energy could be concentrated on self-cultivation and physical health, turning every breath and every movement into a source of nourishment for both body and soul.

4. Physical Labor and Energy Flow
Daily activities like cutting grass, cleaning, gardening, and planting vegetables not only burned excess energy but also released endorphins, bringing relaxation and joy. Labor synchronized body and mind—each swing of the sickle or bend to remove weeds felt like dancing with nature, feeling the rhythm and flow of LIFE. Gradually, my body regained flexibility and lightness.

5. Fulfilling Emotional and Sexual Needs with Understanding and Respect
In the Second Home, the soul is understood. Emotional and sexual needs are no longer suppressed or used to compensate for psychological gaps. Understanding, respect, and nourishment allowed these needs to be truly fulfilled. The body no longer relied on food or other behaviors to fill emptiness, the mind became peaceful and light, and energy naturally flowed from within.

6. Growing Inner Awareness and Compassion
Through daily labor and life practice, I began to notice the “small self” within—anger, anxiety, jealousy, comparison, selfishness, and arrogance. I start to learn to respect every LIFE and treat myself and others with compassion, allowing negative emotions to flow out smoothly. Each moment of reflection and introspection made my body and mind softer, more balanced, and gradually attuned to the harmony and freedom of nature.

Many celebrities rely on intense training, strict dieting, or medication to lose weight, often leading to rebound and physical and mental exhaustion. My experience in the Second Home taught me that when body and mind maintain high-frequency balance, the soul is nourished, and sustained natural labor keeps the body active, weight stabilizes, and the mind becomes free—allowing a true sense of inner-to-outer health and ease.

Reflection: Lightness Comes from Within

True health and lightness are not merely reflected in the numbers on a scale—they are the holistic result of inner awareness, smooth flow of bodily energy, compassion, and a life in harmony with nature. In the Second Home, my soul was understood, my energy nourished, and my body naturally regained lightness; my mind stabilized, my daily rhythm became regular, and my weight remained balanced effortlessly.

Here, the lightness of the body mirrors the freedom of the soul, and stable weight is the natural outcome of flowing energy. Lightness is not achieved through dieting or exhausting physical effort; it arises from observing the small self within, respecting LIFE, and allowing energy to flow naturally.

When the mind is clear and body and soul are in harmony, lightness comes on its own. It is a freedom that flows from within, a sense of serenity infused with strength.


Gratitude

I am grateful for the boundless love of the Greatest Creator, which rescued me from the abyss of death.
I am grateful for the teachings of the gods, Buddhas, celestial beings, saints and sages, which revealed to me my own ignorance and arrogance.
I am grateful for the tolerance and compassion of Guide Xuefeng, who accepted a soul that was once proud, ignorant, and violent, and gave me the opportunity to begin a new spiritual journey at Lifechanyuan Second Home, Thailand branch.
I am grateful for the protection and support of the Longpao Buddha, which allowed me to repay debts and accumulate merit at Lifechanyuan Second Home, Thailand branch.
I am grateful for the brothers and sisters at Lifechanyuan Second Home, Thailand branch, who embraced me with compassion and great love, forgiving and accepting me, teaching me independence through love, and guiding my growth through gentleness.

I wish to always carry a heart of gratitude, contentment, and cherishment;
to reflect upon myself constantly and repent in time;
to practice and cultivate diligently;
until the debts of past lifetimes are repaid and sufficient merit is accumulated;
and return to the heavenly realm of light and love.