This beautiful fairyland is created by hard work, especially manual labor, and it is built with one block at a time. Even the picture in our mind is very beautiful, but everything would be void if we did not do anything.

The beautiful life and environment are the products of creation, and no matter how grand and beautiful the ideal is, it will not be realized without the practice of hard  work.

Work can purify one’s soul. One who is not willing to participate in labor work is the one who looks down upon laborers and thinks himself superior. It is only when we join the labor work and are grateful for others’ contributions that can we cherish the fruits of other people’s labor and our own labor.

Xuefeng requests each resident member of the Second Home to pass the labor test first. No matter whether you are a millionaire or a talent, and no matter whether you are a man over eighty but still capable of working, or a young girl, firstly you have to be a manual laborer who is not afraid of doing dirty jobs. One who is not a slacker is someone useful and able to shoulder the responsibilities.

Every brother and sister in the Second Home must do one or two hours of manual labor each day to avoid becoming corrupt, even if they are a teacher or a website administrator. Actually, doing a manual job for one or two hours each day is a good adjustment for those who sit in front of computers for long periods of time and it is also good for maintaining the body’s vitality.

Each job in the community has one person in charge, but this is also flexible. When everyone is imperfect, people could have conflicts. so if someone is not happy working with someone else, it is fine to request changing which job they do. Because the community intends to make everyone feel happy and free, you can also request to change if you do not like a particular job or want to try another one. The spiritual guide or the branch manager will make a change when a situation calls for one. Therefore, nobody will feel unhappy because they are doing a job they do not like, and in the mean time, everyone has an opportunity to experience a variety of different jobs.

There are all kinds of group work projects in the Second Home, for example, mixing cement, moving bricks, fertilizing, watering vegetables, and planting flowers, trees, and potatoes. Collective work is always a happy experience because they are not only physical exercises, but they also make people feel happy as they joke with each other, and by working together, the job can be completed quickly. Therefore, all web administrators and teachers enjoy this kind of collective work very much.

In the Second Home, working is very enjoyable because no one needs to worry about their basic needs, and specialists in their fields wash the clothes, cook the food, clean the rooms, and do all the other jobs, and each member has a separate bedroom so they can enjoy their privacy and rest well. Members get along with each other very well and the living environment of the community is very beautiful, clean, and tidy. No matter what your job is, you will not be supervised or examined by anyone as long as you try your best.

Each worker is expected to work for six hours each day with high efficiency and to strive to deliver first-class results. As “paradise management” is implemented, each one has ownership of their job, so as long as the job is done and it does not affect others, it is up to the job owner to decide when and how it is done.

Because there is neither worry nor pressure, working has become an enjoyable game. Everyone one can put their talents into full play and enjoy the happiness and most jobs in the community are connected with nature. When working alone, one can contemplate the magnificence and secrets of nature quietly, but when working in a group, they can enjoy the comradery of team cooperation in a very relaxed and cordial atmosphere.

Manual labor can create material wealth directly and make life more comfortable and convenient, as well as preserving the living environment, clean and tidy. It can also purify one’s soul; people become more humble and know the importance of respecting the laborers as well as the importance of respecting both their own work as well as the work of others. They will also become grateful and realize that there is no free lunch, therefore they cherish their blessings and refuse to waste or live extravagantly. When one connects more with Mother Nature, their heart will become softer and they will realize the importance of revering LIFE and nature. 

Therefore, I feel that it is because everyone enjoys working and because nobody even thinks about exploiting or oppressing others, that the Second Home becomes so beautiful and harmonious. Everyone has the spirit of serving others and contributing to community. In this home, people who are diligent are regarded as very beautiful, especially the manual works.

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Action against the Fourth Branch of the Second Home is Starting

Xuefeng

(Translated by Ailian and Edited by Kaer) Nov 28, 2013

Following the forced cancelation of our contract on the third branch of the Second Home in Chuxiong, Yunnan, without any legal compensation and which forced our forty brothers and sisters in the third branch to leave, the landlords of the first branch which locates in Anning city, came in droves and wanted to cancel the contract with us. At three o’clock this afternoon, seven “guests” came to our fourth branch which locates fifteen kilometres away from Lincang city. These guests included the judicature leader of the Mangpan township government to which local villagers belong, the vice principle of Lincang technical school which has a signed contract with the local village committee, the landlord of the fourth branch, and another four unidentified people. The landlord said that these four people are his “friends” and that they came to inform me that local villagers want to take the land back and that the technical school has decided to return the land to the local villagers, and hence our contact is no longer legally valid. Our landlord said that he has no choice. Here I want to add this point, the local village committee signed the contract with the technical school, and later on it was transferred to our landlord. We have a twenty-three year contract with our landlord. The expiration date is 31st July 2034. The local villagers are requesting to take the land back because they think we changed the nature of the contract. In fact, the nature of the contract did not change at all. The nature of the original contract is to allow for planting and cultivating and also to provide a practice field for students in the technical school. We have always met and continue to meet those two requirements exactly. Obviously these are all just excuses; the essence is that their true purpose is to wipe out all three branches of the Second Home in Yunnan province within three to four months. Our requirement is that we want to carry on the contract.

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 The Second Home of Lifechanyuan in China Seeks Urgent International Help!

Nov 09, 2013

Our community is facing a calamity, as the government is trying to dismiss all members in the community.

Six months ago, the 3rd branch of the community, located at Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province, China had their power, telephone, and network cables cut, and a large hole was dug in the road leading to the community. Recently, twenty local villagers came to the 3rd branch under the authority of local government. They pulled down our gate and cancelled  the lease contract by force. They also required that thirty-six members who lives in the 3^rd branch leave, and they sent officers from local Police Station, Public Security Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, National Land Resources Bureau, City Building Bureau, and Forest Security Bureau to carry out their objective. Today, they even sent a bus intending to take people away.

Community members of the 3rd branch are going to be dismissed, after that, it is very possible that the government plans to do the same to the other two branches.

In the last four and a half years, we have never done anything illegal. Last year, 350 police officers were sent by Public Security Bureau a few times to do a thorough investigation of this community branch and confirmed that we had not done anything illegal and that we had no criminal backgrounds. Further, we have never harmed nature, Chinese society or any person, and we have never opposed the Chinese government and the Communist Party of China. We keep our community fully transparent and publish almost everything on the internet. Friends from France, India, America, Germany, Belgium, Malaysia, England, Japan and some other countries had visited us and bear witness that the Second Home is a very civilized community.

We have yet to determine whether the action was a decision of the provincial or central government.

I am asking for urgent help and moral support from international communities and ecovillages, as well as from other international organizations and individuals. Please do whatever you can to save our community as soon as possible. Please!

Xuefeng

Founder of the Second Home

Attached: The Full Story of the 3rd Branch Event

The Full Story of the 3rd Branch Event

June 13, 2012 The Public Security Bureau from Chuxiong city conducted an sudden investigation of the 3rd branch without notice. They claimed that they had received reports of illegal activities taking place within the community.

A pair of police officers interviewed each member and asked many questions, including the community founder’s name, the member’s home address and national identification number, how the community finances itself, the level of freedom that community members enjoy, our spiritual values, how children are educated, and the like.

They also checked every one’s room and the data in the personal computer. The police officers used three video cameras to record the entire investigation.

June 15, 2012 The Public Security Bureau informed our community founder Xuefeng that the investigation was a legal process and that all members of the 3rd branch were free. They also asked for our support in any future investigations.

Mar 6, 2013 We were notified by local Village Committee that the government was going to reclaim the land that the 3rd branch leased because the local villagers had insufficient land on which to live, but no formal written notice was presented.

Founder Xuefeng then wrote to the committee, explaining that as long as everything was being done through the legal process, we would be ready to support any decisions of the government.

Mar-April 2013 There were a few negotiations between the community and village representatives, but no agreement was met. We bought the property at the price of 540,000RMB. According to the contract terms, if any party breaks the contract, the other party would receive compensation equal to ten times the contract value, also counting in the investment that was put on renovation and new buildings, we asked for a total compensation of only 5,000,000RM. But the village representatives did not agree and also said we can take new buildings and roads with us.

Apr 25, 2013 The road leading to the 3rd branch was vandalized, and power and network cables were cut.

May 17, 2013 The wall of gate was pull down.

Note: During the last six months, we have reported the above incident to local police station. They came and investigated the case, but gave us no feedback and took no action to satisfy our complaints.

Nov 05, 2013 A group of people claiming to represent the Village Committee and other government bureaus, but without proper identification, came to the 3rd branch and called Xuefeng to tell him come to a meeting in Chuxiong city immediately.

On the same day, they informed us that our important guest Michiyo, the president of GEN Asia and Oceania, should not visit the 3rd branch.

Nov 06 -07, 2013 Xuefeng met with local village representatives who claimed that the lease contract signed between our landlord and us was invalid and that they wanted to reclaim the land. No photo or video recording were allowed during the meeting. After the meeting, they disassembled the gate to the 3rd branch and took it away.

Nov 08, 2013 In order to avoid any possible physical harm to community members, we decided to give up the property of the 3rd branch and agreed that we would move out before November 23. Government and village representatives then announced that the lease contract was cancelled immediately and that we would not be given any compensation. They also required all residents to go home and that they not go to the other branches.

Nov 09, 2013 A bus was sent to the 3rd branch by police and they contacted the families of community members and told them that Xuefeng is a big cheater and that the families  should take their relatives back home immediately. They also told people that they were coming to save them.

In the evening, Xuefeng had lost contact with all members in the 3rd branch including the branch manager.

On the same day, We decided that Lifechanyuan will apply non-violent noncooperation when facing representatives from any government departments.

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