by Jonathan Stewart, United Kingdom
Before meeting Serge Benhayon I was a full-time practising remedial masseur and kinesiologist of 16 years experience. With my then partner, and now wife, we had over 8 years established a thriving kinesiology clinic specialising in brain function and in particular treating children with learning disabilities. We were so confident in our work and approach to healing that we had founded a kinesiology college with arguably the highest training standards in the UK and were well on the way to establishing a fully residential training centre par excellence. I was the UK trainer for my main discipline and on its International Board, spoke at international conferences and sponsored many leading international kinesiology trainers to teach in the UK. Over the 16 years I had spent thousands of hours training, teaching, treating, attending courses in a wide spectrum of complementary therapies and met, both professionally and socially, many of the leading practitioners in the field of complementary medicine. However, within a matter of hours of attending a Universal Medicine workshop presented by Serge Benhayon, both my wife and I were feeling we had to question the very foundation of our confidence and approach to healing.
On the surface, and to all intents and purposes, Esoteric Medicine does not appear dis-similar to other complementary therapies. As with Universal Medicine, they talk about/work with the subtle bodies and energies of the human body; perceive that unresolved emotions underpin illnesses; that the mind and stress impact upon our wellbeing; that what we eat influences our emotional, mental and physical states; address the cause of an illness rather than the symptom; and appear to have many other aspects of healing in common. However, within 6 months we had made the decision to abandon all our future plans, irrespective of all the time and money we had spent, and to forsake kinesiology completely in favour of a whole new approach to life. So you may ask, why would someone give up in such a short time all that they had so successfully established and planned over many years to start all over again from the beginning for something that appears so similar?
I have been a student of Universal Medicine and living the work for six years now and so feel able to express with confidence what makes it different and distinct from other modalities.
- Code of Ethics: When establishing our kinesiology college we looked at many models and what we established was very rigorous but nothing compared to the standards of Universal Medicine, which are arguably the highest in the world. Not only is the training of the highest standards but also the code states that practitioners are to abstain unequivocally from pornography, the use of alcohol, recreational or illicit drugs, nicotine and/or any other substance that will obscure and/or alter in any way their state of being. A practitioner accepting this code of ethics also commits to the best of their ability to live a lifestyle that supports in every way a reflection of the esoteric way of life.
- Integrity: From my previous experience of practitioners, complementary and orthodox, myself included, it was common practice to advise a healthy lifestyle and then privately do things we told our clients and students not to do. It was not at all uncommon for lecturers to go out and party, smoke and drink, have unhealthy relationships, view pornography, abuse their status, etc. With Universal Medicine practitioners you know categorically that this is not the case. They “walk their talk” and this is lead by example by Serge. This importance of practitioner lifestyle is increasingly being shown to have an impact on client health. In 2010 Dr Siân Williams, director of the Health and Work Development Unit at the Royal College of Physicians, stated in a news bulletin announcing an audit into the standard of care in the NHS that, “Evidence shows that healthy staff deliver better care to patients”. With Esoteric Medicine this is taken much further in that how you are in everything you do and think becomes the expression of your energy and it is that energy that you bring to the treatment room and impacts on the client. If you have any energy that is unloving, angry, abusive etc. you cannot leave it outside the treatment room as you enter.
- Energy: Most complementary therapies claim to work with the energies of the body with many practitioners calling themselves ‘energy healers’. In the case of kinesiology it claims to be the therapy that interacts most evidently and visibly with the body’s energies and that the body actually determines the treatment procedure. However, no therapy that I know discusses the actual nature of energy, if there are different energies and if there are, how to discern them or whether some can be harmful. This was not even presented in the course that I taught, The Energetic Sciences of Man.
In the first session of the first Universal Medicine workshop that I attended these questions were directly addressed and demonstrated clearly and succinctly through simple exercises. If there is murder, rape, paedophilia and other such atrocities, which are not loving, and there is also love it then follows these must be different energies. In fact, there can only be two energies: either that which is love or that which is not love. As everything is energy, as stated by Einstein and a scientific fact, and everything is because of energy, as observed by Serge Benhayon, then surely everyone should be able to discern what energy they engage and work with, if not at least a practitioner claiming to work with energy? This question challenged the whole foundation of the integrity of the way my wife and I worked.
- Soul and Spirit – Fire and Prana: So many complementary therapies talk about, and claim, to work with the ‘Higher-Self’ yet never really questioning or understanding what they are claiming. As with the issue of the nature of energy, whatever belief fits with their ideology, or what is most in vogue at a given time, is naively accepted and espoused. For Universal Medicine this is not acceptable. As everything is energy then the ‘Higher-Self’, too, must have an energy and be discerned. Again clearly and simply the nature of this was presented and that there are in fact two distinct energies: the energy of the Soul, which is the energy of Love known as Fire, and the energy of the Spirit, which is not of love and is known as Prana. There is no attempt at persuasion or argument by Serge, or any Universal Medicine practitioner, to get anybody to conform to what is presented. The question is posed and it is for the individual to discern what is true or not true for him or her. The simple exercises to discern energy enable one to do this.
- Innermost: Most, if not all, complementary therapies and many other practices, medical, social and religious, support the concept that in our innermost we are ‘healthy’, in balance, and this is our true nature. All that is required is to remove/heal that which is not of the innermost. In Buddhism there is an analogy with gold. When gold is extracted from the earth it is in the form of 9ct or less and to make it 24ct pure gold one needs to remove the impurities and so, too, it is with us.
Initially when Serge talked about the innermost, which is actually the meaning of esoteric, I thought I understood what he was presenting and how to connect with it. However, after time I came to appreciate that what Universal Medicine presents, and Esoteric teachings have presented consistently throughout the ages, is fundamentally different to all other approaches that I know.
As with the Buddhist analogy all other approaches endeavour to connect to this innermost by removing and/or healing what Buddhists call ‘obscurities’, generally perceived as illness, symptoms, behaviour patterns, unresolved emotional issues etc. With this approach one is coming from the outside to get to the innermost. What the Esoteric presents is that to truly heal and remove the ‘obscurities’ it is necessary to connect first with your innermost and using the energy of the innermost, the energy of the Soul, to express outwards to dissolve those things that are creating the dis-harmony in the body and in life. From this approach one is working from the inside out. Energetically this is completely different and consequently the two approaches are using two different energies.
With the standard approach you are using the same energy that caused the problem to heal the problem – the energy of the Spirit, Prana. If you have a mental problem, such as anger you use a mental approach, such as anger management, to address it, or physical symptoms, such as obesity with changing your diet or use pharmaceuticals to modify the body responses. If none of these work then the choice is usually to suppress and/or numb the symptoms using drugs – pharmaceuticals, social (coffee, alcohol etc.) – or distractions such as excessive exercise, computer games, hobbies etc.
- Function: The primary marker for an improvement of health, of ‘moving closer’ to the innermost, by traditional approaches is a lessening of the symptom and an improvement in function. With kinesiology we had great success in achieving a functional change and improvement for our clients: freedom from physical pain, a lessening of stress in daily life, greatly enhanced brain function demonstrated by academic results and the improvement in physical co-ordination for children at school, etc. Personally I had struggled throughout my life with dyslexic and related issues. Through kinesiology treatments, in particular the brain function work, I experienced great functional change that resulted in a far more positive lifestyle, by society’s standards, compared to my life prior to my involvement with kinesiology – a string of broken relationships and not very successful work endeavours.
The question posed by Serge Benhayon was, if function was such a valid marker to determine health, how come that top athletes, who have the greatest care taken of their bodies that money can buy and science can deliver, still get ill and have mental and emotional problems, as do the super rich who have the same opportunity? In my own case I was overweight, drank coffee for energy along with alcohol regularly (verging on being alcoholic) for the sugar and relaxation due to work stress, and my relationships were not conflict free.
What was posed was that by addressing the function one was still addressing the symptoms, however much kinesiology and other modalities claim they are treating the cause. Because they are using the same energy that was responsible for the problem in the first place they can never see the bigger picture, ‘not see the wood for the trees’, and thereby have a truly objective perspective, or means, to address the situation in its full context – see it spherically. They are always looking at the problem in pieces. The consequence is that the best that can be managed is to move the energy of the problem around the body conveying the impression of improvement but in truth resulting in the problem arising in another form (the multi-symptomatic condition), or to numb the body so the problem is not felt, which in reality is burying it further into the body.
- Healing: No illness suddenly arises without a process of development. And that process is not something that randomly happens to us but is something that results from our choices. For example, if one goes to bed late the hormone system becomes disrupted depleting the body of adrenaline, which puts it in an energy crisis. If one then counters the tiredness by consuming refined carbohydrates, sugar, alcohol for the sugar, caffeine and/or other forms of energy ‘hits’ these then in turn upset the blood sugar and insulin levels, which over a prolonged period, leads to putting on weight and can take one on the path to diabetes. At whatever level in the process one decides to attempt to address the situation the normal route is to take oneself and the condition to the doctor and/or complementary therapist to get ‘fixed’. Depending on the condition and approach one may be given medication, dietary and lifestyle advice, or a combination of these. The Esoteric approach is completely different.
There is no attempt at ‘fixing’. The practitioner presents, through whatever modality they are using, whether it be gentle touch, massage, counselling etc., loving gentleness that enables the person to connect to their own innermost and it is the energy of that person’s innermost that does the healing – not the practitioner. This eventually leads to one realising that one’s health and general wellbeing is a reflection of past decisions and it is not possible to blame anyone or anything for the situation one is in. In that acceptance of responsibility one comes to understand how and why one is not making self-loving choices, which result in the dis-harmony and unhappiness in one’s life, and to now change that and to make self-loving choices instead. This is not instead of modern medicine. Where it is appropriate it can be the most loving choice at a particular time in the healing journey. Esoteric Medicine supports this demonstrating it is truly complementary. This was a radical change for me as I had taken on the perspective through the kinesiology, and which is common among so many other alternative and so-called, complementary therapies, that modern medicine is one of the causes of the worsening health conditions.
In my own case, although the kinesiology had ‘switched-on’ my brain and I was functioning more successfully in society, it had not solved but only masked the underlying causes: the feelings of lack of self-worth, not being good enough, feeling unloved and depressed. When tired and overwhelmed these feelings would return with the old patterns of anger, depression and worthlessness. Kinesiology had given me an identity so I did not have to be with myself. With the Esoteric I was presented and supported to reconnect with my true essence. Through the guidance of the presentations from Serge Benhayon, the support of treatments from Universal Medicine practitioners and my own endeavours I have learnt to make self-loving choices for myself. All this has lead me to know and be with myself with no need for an external identification, that I am complete and full requiring nothing from the outside for acknowledgment and recognition. I do not manage this all the time but it is becoming increasingly consistent.
- An Esoteric Practitioner: For a practitioner to practise Esoterically there is a primary distinction from all other types of practitioners that I have encountered. And that is they bring no agenda to the treatment. This is because they are complete in themselves. They have confidence in their own worthiness and love for who they are without any reliance on the skills and experience they have. They are just themselves and just meet the client for who they are without any judgment. They do not have to prove anything to, or need anything from, the client. From my experience all other practitioners required something back from their clients to validate themselves or their practice in some form or other. As a kinesiologist I used to say my reward was not in the money but in seeing the improvement in my clients. In fact, I needed them so that I could feel good about myself.
This Esoteric approach brings a quality to the treatment that no other does. As the practitioner does not require anything from the client so neither does the client have to provide or give anything either. This creates and allows a space in which there is no need for defence, judgment or criticism and whatever is there can be seen for what it is, released and the appropriate action taken. To achieve this, it is not in skills learnt or qualifications gained by the practitioner but by the way they have lived and developed their own connection with their own innermost.
It is for these reasons primarily that Esoteric Medicine stands heads and shoulders above any other complementary therapy. At the time my wife and I met Serge Benhayon and the Esoteric Medicine we did not have this understanding, but we felt the difference in our bodies. That difference and the common sense of what was presented we understood, felt and knew was Truth. We knew that we could not go back and treat in the same way we had been doing. We could no longer say with integrity that what we were doing was the best that we knew, either for our clients or ourselves.
When my wife and I stopped doing kinesiology we both believed we would be able to just switch modalities to be Esoteric Healers and everything would flow effortlessly. When we made that step we did not appreciate the level of shift required. My wife has since given up being a practitioner and is so much lighter and joyful for doing so. Although the majority of my time is doing general maintenance and gardening work I have managed to continue to practise. However, it is only in the recent few months that my practice has become steady with a regular flow of clients.
The changes I have made have been gradual, occurring when I have felt ready to make them and prepared for the next step in my healing. This is an on-going process and un-folding of my innermost, which is becoming my everyday expression. Only a month ago I was triggered to recall how I used to feel before I came across kinesiology and realised that deep down I still had not completely let go of constantly battling to fight off feelings of depression, helplessness, worthlessness and needing external recognition and acknowledgement to feel okay. I realised how powerful the kinesiology had been to suppress and numb me so well from feeling all of this that I had no longer even remembered how I had felt. All it had done was to strengthen and harden my shield from feeling love and accepting love from others. With the Esoteric support of Love I have been able to face and feel the hurt for what it is, to take responsibility for my choices and to move on. This has resulted in my life being increasingly joyful, feeling love and value for myself without needing external acknowledgement to endorse it. My marriage is now one of so much more tenderness and I am feeling and am far more healthy and fitter than I can really remember (I have lost 63lbs/28kg which is about 18inches round the waist in six years) and enjoy whatever I am doing without striving to be something.
This on-going journey of unfoldment of my true nature has come about from the inspiration and loving support of Serge Benhayon, his family, the Universal Medicine practitioners and my own willingness, even if reluctantly at times, to take responsibility for my choices. This loving support has never been one of telling me how I should live, what I should or should not eat but rather from a sharing of lived experiences that work and that I have chosen in my own time and pace to experiment with and adopt in a way that that is correct for me. This approach is not the way of a cult or a guru, but of the most loving, truthful friend that you can ever have. Thank you Serge Benhayon for being the love filled, inspirational man you are.
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
I love what you wrote about an esoteric practitioner: ‘For a practitioner to practise Esoterically there is a primary distinction from all other types of practitioners that I have encountered. And that is they bring no agenda to the treatment.’ This is my personal experience as well, both as a client and a practitioner. Nothing more loving and powerful than giving and to given space.
The last time I went to the hospital for a small operation I remember asking the surgeon to not drink any alcohol the night before the surgery, and I realized that I would love all medical practitioners to live by the code of ethics that apply to an esoteric practitioner.
What amazes me from your experience Jonathan, is the level of honesty you had to let go a ‘well-functioning’ way of life for the sake of the truth you strongly felt. The undeniable connection to that truth as well as the honesty you steadily sustained during the years, is what made possible the huge changes you both experienced. Something to deeply appreciate and an inspiration for others who also decide to walk their life with integrity in connection to their Soul.
If a few hours can make you realize that what you have been doing for 16 years straight is not true, this reveals to what extent our body recognizes truth.
That is so correct Eduardo. I could not deny what I felt in my body – it is through our bodies that we know what is true or not as our mind is only capable of having beliefs of what is true, not true knowing.
It is very important to appreciate that conventional medicine is both an essential and integral to healing our bodies.
It is the integrity part of this article that I find so touching. It warms me to the bone, because I know that this way of living is possible and although I may not be able to live it in full just now, I know that there are others who are and this I find deeply inspiring, I find it makes me review my standards of what I am willing to accept both with myself and in the world – but not from a selfish place, in fact it is a place of wanting to give everything.
“So many complementary therapies talk about, and claim, to work with the ‘Higher-Self’ yet never really questioning or understanding what they are claiming.” I also trained as a Kinesiologist and in addition did Reiki, and I can remember ‘thinking’ I understood the ‘Higher-Self’ yet I just went by the pictures that showed a stream of light from the top of the head – but I never questioned to what was it connecting to?! I just focused on the top of my head… which then meant I was in my head and not in my body. It’s funny to me now looking back, but I can also see how irresponsible it is to not address and present on the two and only energies that are at play. Universal Medicine indeed leads the way when it comes to integrity, responsibility, commitment and absolutely walking the talk and presenting on discerning everything and everyone.
Serge Benhayon was the first presenter on complementary healthcare that taught about energy to the detail. Every other presentation I had been to on that topic was quite broad and general, but what Serge presented was very different and provided a more solid understanding on what happens beyond our eyes and without a belief.
An amazing article Jonathan, thanks for sharing your experience with kinesiology, I would have loved reading more of your experiences and journey.
Thriving and evolving are two different concepts.
When I ventured into the world of the ‘new age’ before I came along to Universal Medicine, something just didn’t sit with me no matter how much I tried. What I observed in myself and in others was that it was all about me and filling the emptiness within me. The glamour and the need for recognition was huge. I couldn’t keep it up because something from inside me was telling me this way of being was not it. Beginning to claim being an Esoteric practitioner feels worlds apart to the days when I was practicing reiki, the difference being that reiki was practiced for self gain and the Esoteric is for the all, with not one ounce of self and if I do find myself needing any recognition whatsoever, I am immediately on the case to nominate and call it out exactly for what it is, something which was unheard of when I was participating in the ‘new age’ techniques and modalities.
This is a great point you make, Caroline, that to be a ‘new age’ therapist you have to be something that is not you, which is like putting on a coat. While being an Esoteric practitioner, the more one is oneself without airs and graces, the more you are able to help and support others, which is the objective of being a therapist.
I remember the arrogance in myself and what I observed in practitioners of the ‘new age’. Looking back on it, the energy was saying back off I am better than you I am more highly ‘evolved’ (or so was thought) than you so don’t question me or discern me, I know better. Not once have I ever felt or smelt a whiff of this anywhere near Universal Medicine or Serge Benhayon. Actually, Serge Benhayon was the first presenter/practitioner I heard mention discerning energy and even discern him in all that is expressed.
Yes Aimee, what makes Serge Benhayon different to what I had experienced in the past with practitioners from the ‘new age is that Serge Benhayon knows the divine energy that flows through him is not from him but from a source from the universe… this I find inspiring and is a gorgeous reflection of humility that is very much lacking in the ‘new age’ movement we have today.
I also practiced as a ‘complementary health practitioner’ as well as nursing. As I began attending healing sessions and course through Universal Medicine and began re-connecting to my own inner heart and inner wisdom, it became abundantly clear that I was meant to be nursing. What I could feel with that was how healing nursing is, which I had never considered. Everything that has been shared in this article equally applies no matter what area of work we are in. Our living way becomes the inspiration to which another becomes inspired to heal their own life. It’s never a modality that provides healing or a practitioner, it’s ourselves. No modality that I had previously studied had ever presented this.
“It’s never a modality that provides healing or a practitioner, it’s ourselves. No modality that I had previously studied had ever presented this.” This is so true Jennifer and as you so rightly say it does not matter what one does for it to be healing if we live lovingly in everything we do.
‘What the Esoteric presents is that to truly heal and remove the ‘obscurities’ it is necessary to connect first with your innermost and using the energy of the innermost, the energy of the Soul, to express outwards to dissolve those things that are creating the dis-harmony in the body and in life. From this approach one is working from the inside out. Energetically this is completely different…’ Yes it is, and as I and many thousands of others have discovered by how much our lives have transformed because of the increased awareness of knowing what needs letting go of (the old baggage) that no longer serves us or our future.
What you share here is very valuable, Jonathan. Through your experience you have realised the very difference between true healing and what other modalities really offer. Slightly similar in the surface, but completely different in the core of them.
This is a very inspiring and in-depth contribution that not only debunks kinesiology and many other modalities but also throws light on the fallacy of function as the measure of success.
I am still uncovering the depth of what being esoteric truly means. I can feel how I was trying to get it ‘right’ being esoteric and it is only now that I am realizing how that attitude is the very thing that compromises being esoteric in true sense. I used to do bodywork as profession, and in the beginning, I was thinking I could just apply ‘being esoteric’ to the technique I was practicing, but as you say Jonathan, it is not as simple as that. It’s not about choosing which hat to wear. It is of a completely different dimension.
I agree Jonathan, we have made life about function only, ignoring the very fact of our origins which connect us to the grandness of the universe beyond our wildest imagination. For in truth it’s not something that we need to work on to live it, just the acceptance of that which is our natural right.
If as a healer you yourself don’t embrace, respect and honour the lifestyle advice you give to your clients and privately do things you tell your clients not to do when you think no one is looking, it’s actually quite of hypocritical and definitely lacks integrity.
I totally agree, Suse, however my arrogance and that of other practitioners who say, ‘Do as I say and not as I do’ believed this ‘honestly’ gives one the illusion that one is in integrity. What an excuse for irresponsibility!
I agree Jonathan, energy is widely discussed as part or complementary and alternative therapies training, but never did I hear talk of the source of energy, or more concisely, the two sources of energy -Soul or Spirit.
A huge transformation Jonathan to live with integrity. You had it all as a successful practitioner and trainer beforehand and yet you were humble enough to realise that the foundation it was all based on was actually unsupportive.
Serge has the ability to pose a question that so readily exposes the lie and calls us to know the truth.
And the questions are always posed with so much lack of pretension, need for acknowledgment or force – just with love.
I think it says a lot about your integrity Jonathan that you were willing to not dismiss what you realised from attending that presentation with Universal Medicine and didn’t hold back from changing the way you live and work to be true to what you had reconnected with in yourself.
This is a remarkable and extremely important piece of inspirational writing Jonathan. What a turnaround!!! This piece of writing leaves no stone unturned. It is a thorough observation and investigation into of the quality and integrity that Serge Benhayon lives and therefore has brought through in all the Sacred Esoteric Healing modalities that he has founded since 1999. Serge Benhayon has never professed Universal Medicine to be an alternative to conventional medicine but rather as complimentary . It is a testimony to your own integrity that you have been able to make the amazing changes you have.
Thank you Johnathan, re reading is a great reminder of how important Love is to all that we do in this life. Your story will be an inspiration for many!
Seeking any need for recognition clearly exposes a lack of love for self. We are not being and living the love we are when we create and set conditions in place.
What a beautiful humble account of returning to truth. What you have shared is not an easy journey when one has invested many years into something. It’s very powerful to read and feel that letting go of our investments can bring incredible change.
Universal Medicine presents absolute truth in healing and that can be sometimes difficult to swallow as it exposes the lies that we have been living, and it is through our willingness and commitment to truth that once again we can reignite the love which lives within us all and that is the best medicine we can ever have access to and share with all.
In my view the trouble we currently have with healing and human life in general is that any contact or increased awareness we have beyond the physical three dimensional life is considered greater or a good thing, however we are not discerning the quality of what we are making contact with and whether this energetic aspect of human life is actually truly healing or not.
Great dissection and article you have written here Jonathan on the art and science of healing. I completely agree that it is not enough to say we are working with energy without qualifying which type of energy we are actually working with and asking the deeper questions about whether this energy is actually harming or healing.
I love the precision and scientific nature of your article, one that makes clear how Universal Medicine and the Esoteric therapies and practitioners are so radically different from other, so-called alternative modalities. As long as we treat what needs treating with the same energy source that caused the problem in the first place, we will keep turning around in circles and not get anywhere; all we do is suppress, numb and possibly make functionally better. The deep healing shifts happen when we change the source of energy.
Although the different modalities and therapies that we have for restoring /supporting health and wellbeing other than conventional medicine can be grouped under banners (e.g., alternative, complementary), even in the case of those that are complementary to conventional medicine are not comparable.
If we think of them in terms of movement, every modality is a different one. This is a nice way of looking at them since it is pretty straightforward to observe the differences when anybody walks. It just is not the same and does not feel the same.
Thank you Jonathan for a truly inspiring story, I so appreciate what you have shared about the differences between Universal Medicine and other modalities of which you have a vast knowledge and experience of, to be open to feel and accept the love and truth that was being presented to you while being heavily invested in Kinesiology is truly amazing, I love your last sentence. “This approach is not the way of a cult or a guru, but of the most loving, truthful friend that you can ever have. Thank you Serge Benhayon for being the love filled, inspirational man you are.”
Wow Jonathan what a complete turn around, and what an absolute commitment to truth you both have chosen. You both have broken a massive consciousness that many invest in, I’m blown away and inspired, and what an incredible account of what makes Universal Medicine stand out from other healing techniques. Universal Medicine offers a level of truth, integrity and love in my experience are not matched by any other techniques.
We can have so many different pictures that we think are true for us that it is only through connecting with our innermost we realise that they are not true for us after all. As we let go of these pictures we get to know who we truly are and reflect this to the world through our own unique quality of expression. I too were drawn to becoming a complimentary therapist before I met Universal Medicine and then decided to put it aside once I was introduced to The Way of the Livingness. Attending Universal Medicine I found out that it wasn’t about becoming a practitioner and solely a practitioner but about how I was with myself and the way in which I lived my life.
A beautiful honest and inspirational blog Johnathon! Your clear and concise expose of the differences between Universal Medicine and other complementary therapies show us the truth between the two energies we have a choice of using. Prana that is of the Astral Plane, or Soul that is Fire the energy of God. You also make us aware of the stringent Esoteric Practitioners Association that is expected to be followed by Practitioners.
I was reading a recent article
online published on Alternative Medicine and the fact that it is such a growing and popular trend in America and around the world. The differences between Alternative Medicine and Universal Medicine are remarkable, not to mention Universal Medicine is a complementary modality working closely alongside Western Medicine. It appears to me that Alternative Medicine’s typical approach to the general public is…..(below are points from the article)
• Say they have all the answers.
• Maintain that their therapy is the only effective therapy.
• Promise overnight success.
• Refuse to include other practitioners as part of the healing team.
• Seem more interested in money than in your well-being.
Universal Medicine does not claim to fix anyone or anything and yet is super popular. Serge Benhayon really is leading the way in what Complementary Medicine can truly offer.
But back to you, Jonathan, you should attach photos to this blog for the gradual and true change you have made in your everyday living. It would be remarkable to see ‘before and after’ photos.
Well presented Jonathan, I came from the same place – knowing that all these aspects of energy work existed. But had not come across the truth of energy, and so before doing so, I’d settled for a modality that was so far from the truth by the sheer fact that it was so ‘close’. I now know very clearly the difference between truth and fake and am hugely appreciative of the EPA for supporting in detail what it means to practice with true integrity.
Absolutely Rosanna, the EPA is an exemplary organisation in the way that it supports all its members to continually develop the depth of energetic integrity and responsibility that they hold in their lives, for the benefit of everyone.
I had never heard or thought about many of the things that Serge Benhayon presented on when I first met him. When I heard him talk it just made so much sense and I wondered how I had never been conscious of or thought about these things before.
Wow – what an amazing account of a total life transformation. One of the biggest difference I have observed from Universal Medicine practitioners and other complimentary practitioners is that they do indeed “Walk their Talk”, which is super rare in the world. For example, where doctors smoke and drink and suffer with obesity problems, but how can someone who is struggling and unwell help you with your health? Practitioners who walk their talk are the only way forward that makes sense.
This is an article with much comprehensive understanding in relation to Esoteric healing and other complimentary therapies. I love how it is written and know without a doubt that true healing can only come from within. As it is ourselves that ultimately determine how we go about living our lives. No one can force us to live with integrity and honour, this must be chosen, then lived.
So true, Leigh, the more we appreciate, understand and accept that ‘true healing can only come from within’ the greater the healing can then occur.
What a great and big ‘inside scoop’ from someone who knows exactly what he is talking about! It looks like many therapies or so called religions are using the right/true words but without the true content. Quite apart from what is truly lived. I had a lot of offers in my life to go for alternative healing, denominations, cults, indulging in food, alcohol and other drugs…but nothing gave me the knowing of truth. Always I was searching for more, even though ‘a lot’ was given. With Universal Medicine (UM) I get the reflection of all I ever wanted of what is inside of me and I am connected to the responsibility to express this. UM is calling for nothing less than everything. I respond to this call, like everyone does because we are all despaired and want to become again who we truly are. But this has consequences and not everyone likes them.
You Jonathan made such a big change and I am impressed to see how willing you are to live truth again. You gave up on a big temporal success, which was otherwise energetically destructive. To become aware again of our energetic being gives us a whole new view on life. And finally life make sense again. So, no wonder that truth is ignored and gets dismissed by so many – it is lighting up what we have done so far (what is scary) and calls us to a totally different way of living. Energetic integrity is calling us all of the time and you said ‘yes’ to that call in full. Hats off!
Thank you Jonathan for setting out so clearly the responsibility and integrity in the chosen way of living that is the essence of a practitioner of Esoteric Healing.
What an extraordinary step for someone to take… To let go of so much investment of time and money and energy, it is as if there is something within us all that, when it feels something that is intrinsically true, recognizes that and this recognition engenders the commitment that makes it possible to let in such a profound way.
So correct cjames2012. When Truth is presented we cannot help to recognise it. If we reject it we feel disturbed, out of balance and confused. If we accept it in full then I have found that then sustains me with whatever challenges unfold, because I am in alignment with Truth.
What a powerful expose of the complementary ( and alternative) health modalities and an enlightening look at what constitutes an approach that is truly complimentary to Medicine. Your humility is very inspiring Jonathan and it is easy to read such an account due to the fact. It takes a lot to renounce something you have put your life towards for many years and gained such accolade and success in. But to do so from a place of seeking truth, allows your words to be so much more powerful.
“As the practitioner does not require anything from the client so neither does the client have to provide or give anything either.” Until reading this line I hadn’t considered how much pressure is put on clients by so many practitioners, when the practitioner is seeking to help, save, fix, heal etc. their clients, and so going on from that, if a client does not ‘improve’ then the practitioner thinks they have failed, thereby communicating to the client that they are a failure too, which is just adding more issues to the pile and is simply not true.
When there is no investment in an outcome then miracles can occur.
With your whole career and life once based around a modality that turned out to be missing the mark, I am amazed you were able to continue to explore what life is truly about without just spitting the dummy. I am sure you were not perfect in it but it is a huge pill to swallow and not only have you accepted that you were leading yourself and others astray with this modality but you have also stepped into being a living inspiration for truth and that supports amazingly to bring others back to themselves. This challenge speaks volumes for the man you are.
I feel your story Jonathan is a very important one in the context of what Universal Medicine is about and what it offers society on a truly global scale. For why would a successful practitioner who was thriving in his business choose to forego this and hit the reset button were it not for something truly special. This is where the real story of Universal Medicine lies, in the lives of people who have seen there is something remarkable on offer that requires a change of approach to life, work and even a successful career.
Universal Medicine therapies teach me that life is one big sphere and I cannot just look at one part, call it a ‘problem’ and have it fixed and consider it healed. As you say so beautifully, their teachings are to be lived and it shows me how beautifully simple yet grand life is.
To hear how you walked away from the kinesiology and business that you were so heavily invested in shows to me just how touched you must have been by your experience of Universal Medicine’s esoteric modalities to make the changes that you have. Changes that are not just for you but for the true benefit of your clients and everyone really.
What you have expressed Jonathan is so true and I appreciate how much you have shared. I also have had to discard and am still discarding from my old patterns. My path of return to my Livingness will be my continuing choice from here to eternity, and like a lot of words ‘eternity’ has lost it’s true meaning so my feeling is that it probably is me being ‘fully connected’ to every aspect of the forever-expanding universes.
Thank you Jonathan – I very much appreciate what you have shared here and your understanding of the difference between that which is truly esoteric and that which is not. There is so much one could comment on here but I feel to highlight the importance of integrity and ‘walking the talk’. When we have true integrity our words come with true power too. Like you, I have lived without that integrity and more latterly with it. When we live the ‘do as I say not as I do’ ‘philosophy’ – our words cannot be heard in the same way they are if we do ‘walk the talk’. I see it in many ways – businesses being one of them – where there is a message or value base promoted but not lived – and the business is undermined as a consequence. What you have shared here is an example of real integrity and hence power. What a blessing.
Jonathan,
I too practiced kinesiology along with Bowen therapy. Like you, not long after experiencing a workshop with Serge Benhayon I made the decision to no longer practice these therapies. With the awareness that I began to connect with for myself, I could feel how energy simply moved around the body with these therapies, often going deeper into the body, hence they appeared to help, as the symptom presenting improved or went away completely. Yet the energy was still in the body, so it would again manifest into a symptom, that may well be more difficult to treat and truthfully heal. Once I felt this, I could no longer use these therapies. It is really insidious how much they trick us into believing they are healing because we look at healing as a quick fix so we can continue on with our life. My understanding now is in line, completely with this article, that healing is truly about arresting and changing the behaviours the have caused the body to move, contort, or contract for long enough that illness, disease and pain become present within it.
It is the insidiousness of alternative therapies like kinesiology are in truth so harmful in the long-term as they give the illusion of healing an issue in the short-term.
This article is a great expose on alternative therapies such as kinesiology i.e. implying that the therapy be used instead of Western Medicine. Where as the Esoteric Therapies are complimentary to western medicine. This is a big difference in these words.
Once Serge presented on the difference between Spirit and Soul, so many pieces of the puzzle fell into place and so much of the world and myself made perfect sense. Now the journey to understanding and the way of connection to the Soul has become a path of great joy as the light of oneness of all and of our responsibility to all becomes clear as our one true way of being, as part of the Universe and all that is.
The integrity of the EPA is evident in the Practitioners living, and that they really do ‘walk their talk’. One only has to meet a practitioner and they will know this for themselves. The reflection may bring something up for us, as we know we are not living to the level of love and care that we could be, but rather than fight this, or attack them, it is wonderful to appreciate and embrace the healing this offers.
I have known you Jonathan for the last 17 years, spanning the whole of my teenage and adult years. The humility and tenderness that you share with me and all others was simply not there at the beginning, and there is not a shadow of a doubt that this is due to the deeply healing and inspiring work of Serge Benhayon. Your account of Universal Medicine reflects so much of what I have experienced when looking to mainstream complementary modalities and the Esoteric Modalities as presented by Universal Medicine.
I only have appreciation of Universal Medicine and the practitioners who live what they present. It’s not many in the world who “walk their talk.” (Although many walk a talk that is not asking us to be all of who we are and gives us permission to be comfortable with what is not true.)
Walking the talk is expected of those in positions of influence and if they do not do so people become upset. This tells me we do know what integrity is and that it is fundamental to our society’s health and well-being. We understand knowing the talk is very different to living the talk, and living it with no interest in protecting any pockets of self-interest. This is why Serge Benhayon is so inspiring. He is showing us what is possible, as are other students of The Livingness.
Thank you Jonathan for explaining so clearly the differences between Universal Medicine and other modalities. I have always felt that Universal Medicine was different and knew in my heart that it was above and beyond anything I had ever experienced. With any other modality I was always left with an uncomfortable questioning about the effects of the treatment or the way the practitioner was living, Universal Medicine has laid all that to rest for me and given me a deeper understanding of energy and my responsibility as a body of energy.
All of our choices accumulate and so the quality of these choices not only lays the foundation for the quality of health and wellbeing we have in our daily lives today, but the quality of our future health and wellbeing equally.
This is an unbelievable account of events, you are truly a humble man, it has made me deeply reflect in the responsibility we all hold on this earth, with ourselves and with each other.
I agree and share part of your journey Jonathan. Attending wine and cheese evenings for the natural therapist association meetings, or talking about stress and still being reactive in my own life. talking about energy but not deeply understanding the responsibility that comes with this awareness. Enter Universal Medicine, that has so consistently and comprehensively shown a way to be with the practicalities of life (within ourselves) that delivers.
Jonathan, it is inspiring to read what you decided to let go of. I have known you for the past 7-10 years and all I can say is that it has been a pleasure to watch you unfold and be the gorgeous tender exquisite man that you are. In fact you always were, just had put so many layers on top of it. Just like Serge Benhayon you are now a role model for many as well.
To feel to let go of the successful business you had and choose to live and embrace the wisdom presented by Serge Benhayon, speaks volumes for the truth spoken and felt in his words…. a truth that has since shown you in its wisdom how to transform you life and your health in a way that transcends better functioning… and encapsulates true healing. Gorgeous.
‘…will tell you not what you may wish to hear, but how it is.’ This is what a true friend will do and one knows that Serge will never falter from this.
i agree Jonathan, Serge is the most loving truthful friend one could possibly have – the friend who, out of his enormous boundless love for you will tell you not what you may wish to hear, but how it is.
It is so confirming to be a member of the Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA) as one is joining a community which has a Code of Ethics are the highest in the world, establishing the principles of a way of living that is practical and appropriate for all in all walks of life and not just therapy practitioners.
I love that the EPA exists. Rather than dictating to me how I should be conducting my life, the EPA is an organisation that confirms the way that I am living and the choices I am making for myself. It is a joy to be a part of it knowing the standard of ethics and values that it stands for. I now wouldn’t settle for anything less.
Beautifully expressed Alex. It is so true that we can spend lifetimes looking externally for the answer when in fact it lies within us. It is with the deepest gratitude to Serge Benhayon for the showing and reflecting that truth to us.
I was searching for true healing my whole life, not because I suffered any complaints, much more because I somehow knew that healing, living and what life is all about in some way were connected. Universal Medicine presents an all-encompassing down to earth approach to healing that embraces every aspect of life and makes absolute sense. I found what I was looking for, first through Universal Medicine, but then actually inside myself as what is taught by Serge Benhayon is known by everyone and can be restored by reconnecting to one´s innermost, where we meet our divine origin.
I can relate to what you say Alex, knowing there must be a fundamental underlying principle behind true healing and how it relates to life and illness and relationships but not really getting a complete picture. Thanks to Universal Medicine there is now a far deeper understanding of how healing fits in with our place in the world and its place in the cosmic order, in absolute congruency. It doesn’t get bigger picture than this.
Being an esoteric practitioner is somehow radical as it is not about what you do but first and foremost who you are in what you do. That requires the highest level of responsibility.
Yes, the Esoteric Practitioners Code of Ethics and Practitioner Conduct is absolutely outstanding and way surpasses anything in any field of work.
Jonathan, thank you for explaining the difference between Kinesiology and Universal Medicine therapies. The differences are clear and distinct. What struck me most was the code of ethics and practitioner conduct of such high integrity. Also that Universal Medicine is welcoming and complimentary to conventional medicine, which is a holistic approach unlike kinesiology and other alternative therapies.
Jonathon, thank you for expressing in such detail your experience of Kinesiology and giving us such a clear understanding of the difference between Universal Medicine Therapies and other complementary therapies. I used to practice a modality called Neurological Integration System which was based on Kinesiology and though people often appeared to be relieved of symptoms and sometimes had amazing results I realize now I never felt totally aligned with it and as soon as I came across Universal medicine I dropped it like a hot cake and never went back to it. Like you, once you see that something is false you cannot continue with it even though it might be your livelihood. Reading your blog has given me a greater understanding of why Kinesiology appears ‘successful’ but is actually harming the body. Thank you for exposing this.
Although I haven’t been an alternate practitioner myself, I certainly was a devoted follower of alternative practises for a few decades… and in all this period, energy or the difference (or even mention) between fire and spirit, was never mentioned – and although I saw several practitioners during that period who seemed to maintain healthy physical lifestyles, something often didn’t add up. I gave my power away at the time because I marvelled at their expertise and what they knew about the human body even though it meant over-riding that it often didn’t feel right and that they had their own unresolved hurts which they brought to the sessions… Learning about fire and prana made absolute sense of everything and explained all the things I had felt during this period. It’s been an awesome opportunity to truly deal with my issues and hurts by taking responsibility for them rather than trying to get someone else to ‘fix’ me.
No detail left unchecked Jonathan; thank you for your in-depth analysis and explanation.
Indeed, Jonathan did a meticulous analysis precisely nominating every detail involved to get an understanding of true healing. That is rarely done by practitioners who often do not know the full scope of their doing especially in the realm of so-called energy healing.
When looking around to study a modality I could never find one that truly had the answers in providing a true level of well being. There seemed to be something missing in each of them and they always fell short of the mark. This came from years of experiencing every modality I could find as a way to help me heal the misery I was in. And of course this made absolute sense when I finally found Universal Medicine after having a session with an Esoteric Practitioner. What I felt in that first session was that I’d finally found the truth and a true way to heal and now I understand that what I was experiencing was that the practitioner was coming with the integrity of a true way of living.
The vast number of testimonies now available, like yours deborahmckay, is the living proof of validity of the Esoteric Healing Modalities to truly heal is based not upon knowledge and technique but the fact “the practitioner was coming with the integrity of a true way of living.”
The realisation that it is the practitioners livingness, i.e. his lived quality which will initiate healing by emanation and reflection and not the applied technique as such is revolutionary although ancient. On the receiving end, the client may choose to resonate with such vibration or not; it is in his responsibility to identify the practitioners quality as being harmonious with his own innate and natural harmony or not. This is much more done by the body than the mind and happens very naturally.
I very much appreciate and am inspired by your deeply honest reflection Jonathan.
Thank you for highlighting the importance of always discerning the source of energy in any and every interaction Jonathan.
When we work from the innermost, we come from the truth that we are love. This is completely different from coming from a place of our insufficiences or issues. I had an experience where my body was showing me a symptom and sensation, and as I focused on this symptom that is what is wrong, anything that I then do would be to improve a so-called “problem” and not surprisingly, nothing worked and frustration levels increased. So I stopped. In the stop I went back to the deepest place of truth, my true heart and felt the truth from there, that I am simply love which is a deep silky warm tenderness in feeling. I simply sat with this feeling irrefutable in my body, and then the physical symptom dissolved a lot and there comes a much clearer awareness of what the symptom is about.
So true Adele. This perspective of understanding the cause(s) of a symptom/illness with the marriage of Western Medicine, where necessary, is the most profound form of medicine there is.
That is so beautiful Adele, we cannot solve any problem with the mindset that created the problem in the first place. We can change our attitude to one of humble honesty, responsibility is good medicine.
I agree Jonathon all that I have experienced from Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon is inspiration to make choices that truly support my well-being and understanding how what I choose reflects to others. I can choose to live with integrity for me and humanity or impact, there is no judgment just truth and choice for me to feel.
It is such a huge awakening to feel the difference in one’s body, the difference between soul and spirit, fire and prana. Although I obviously felt it in my body when I first heard it expressed by Serge I did not appreciate that fact but only acknowledged it on an intellectual level. Even though I managed to make such a huge and massive change there was still huge resistance within me and it took me a long time to actually appreciate feeling that difference in my body. As you say, shellyjones44, it is something that continues to grow.
Universal Medicine is not just a collection of heavenly healing techniques based on a common sense fact: you cannot heal something using the same energy that has caused it in the first place. Only the Soul energy heals (and never harms). Universal Medicine presents above everything else an approach to life; an approach that is healing in and by itself. There is nothing like the Way of the Livingness.
Making medicine a very practical everyday matter, a way of living or lifestyle where the patient is his own healer, and at the same time being in full recognition and appreciation of what western and complementary medicine offer to assist in one´s healing process.
Jonathan, this blog is full of deep insights. This has really got my attention this morning as I can relate to these feelings with other alternative therapies I have used in the past. They would take me so far and ‘fix’ things, but not show me the way to truly connect with my essence, which Universal Medicine presentations continually inspire me to do so.
“In my own case, although the kinesiology had ‘switched-on’ my brain and I was functioning more successfully in society, it had not solved but only masked the underlying causes: the feelings of lack of self-worth, not being good enough, feeling unloved and depressed. When tired and overwhelmed these feelings would return with the old patterns of anger, depression and worthlessness. Kinesiology had given me an identity so I did not have to be with myself. With the Esoteric I was presented and supported to reconnect with my true essence”.
Thank you Jonathan for setting out so clearly the difference between Esoteric Medicine as presented by Universal Medicine and the many other complementary and alternative therapies. The understanding of the opposing energies of Fire and prana makes sense of so many questions.
Yes the understandings of the differences between the two energies are profound and they should be taught in every home and every school. What a different world there would then be. In time this will happen as truth always eventually wins through.
“there can only be two energies: either that which is love or that which is not love.” Before I attended a presentation by Serge Benhayon I had never stopped to consider energy beyond turning a light switch or putting fuel in a car. Serge Benhayon turned on the light for me and I continue to deepen my understanding and appreciation of all that Universal Medicine offers to humanity.
Thank you Jonathan what an amazing story. To be able to say that the ‘success’ of the kinesiology was in fact numbing you and burying your issues further is ground-breaking – as so many people get incarcerated in this way – ‘thinking’ they are better and more functional, when the underlying emptiness and hurt is still there. Healing from the ‘inside out’ as you say is the way of a truly healing modality, as we first connect to our wholeness, and from there we can feel what behaviours, choices and emotions are not who we are but have been allowed through our choices – true liberation, inspired by the most liberated and free man I have ever met, Serge Benhayon.
What you say about Esoteric Medicine, Fumiyo, is so true. No greater integrity can be asked than that which is practiced in Esoteric Medicine as presented through Universal Medicine.
I used to practice bodywork as a complimentary therapist, but there’s something I have always found irritating about so-called alternative/complimentary therapies: they differentiate themselves from conventional medicine claiming their methods to be more natural, ancient, holistic etc. yet, what they aim to do is just the same as conventional medicine – removal of symptoms. It might call out some substances, habit, emotion as a cause of the problem, but how that choice was made is never addressed, even if they try it feels like they just circumnavigate within a self-made trap. Nobody has ever talked about how energy really worked – even though the word itself gets uttered very often. It always left me with a bit of murkiness. Esoteric medicine has been the only medicine I have encountered that asks for self-responsibility, and leaves no stone unturned.
Well said Fumiyo, we all live in a physical human body, and thus conventional medicine which focuses on the physical body is absolutely vital to the healing process.
You story is one of such greatness.
There are many things within its content that I resonate to and that help support true understanding of the way of life for esoteric practitioners, esoteric students and esoteric teachers.
Jonathan it takes a lot of courage to admit that the foundation of a successful business is false and start again from a true base of love. Thank you for this very detailed account of your unfolding story. I too was totally disarmed by Serge Benhayon’s commonsense approach, and the fact that there is more than one type of energy. Before I had this nebulous idea of energy, but in a short time I was given the experience and tools to discern if an energy was serving or not.
I never cease to be amazed at the changes to one’s life when meeting Serge Benhayon. It is a true blessing and healing to hear and read about people’s lives evolving into a joyful stillness after years of self-doubt and powerlessness. I’m only at the beginning of my journey and know there is so much unexplored. Thank you Jonathan for a great blog.
“The true power, harmony and love that is within when we stop hiding ourselves from ourselves”. This is such a great truism, Stephanie. It is a marvellous pleasure to see this in all the people, yourself included, for whom this happened through the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
Thank you Jonathan for sharing your amazing journey from Kinesiology to Universal Medicine. The last complementary therapy course I was studying was also kinesiology over a long weekend, I recall feeling that something was missing from this modality as I felt completely empty from what was being presented. Luckily there was a woman I meet at this course who mentioned Serge Benhayon and that he was a healer, I instantly knew I was to meet him and my whole life has also changed beautifully since meeting Serge Benhayon and making choices to truly heal.
Yes, Monika, a huge, huge thank you to Serge for being the living example of a practitioner ‘walking their talk’ to inspire others to also do so and accept nothing less.
Thanks Jonathan, I remember in my student times it was not uncommon for professors and lecturers to go out and party, smoke and drink, have unhealthy relationships, abuse their status, etc. With Universal Medicine practitioners you know that they “walk their talk” thanks to Serge being us a real example.
Yes, Rachel, I totally agree with you that integrity is the core of this blog. I and Rowena based not only our kinesiology practice but also our living upon integrity. On encountering Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine we were presented with a level of integrity that by reflection showed us to be living a lie and was hypocritical. We had a stark choice: either choose integrity or continue to live what we now knew was lie. We chose the former and it is now a history that continues to unfold. Thank you Don Chisholm for introducing us to Serge, Serge for presenting Truth in a non-threatening way and for mine and Rowena’s willingness to hear and respond to the Truth.
The stand out for me in this blog is Integrity – this may seem rather simplistic in the light of the very solid analysis you have provided of what makes Universal Medicine and its therapies so true. Yet integrity is the foundation for everything you have said Jonathan. The way I understand is that Integrity is adherence to truth in action, that ALL that is said and done is in alignment, not just to itself but to the greater Universal laws. The EPA is the first association I have joined that is absolute alignment to these laws – unapologetic and clear as day. It ticks every professional box, but also ticks boxes that other professional associations have not yet dreamed possible.
Universal Medicine must be true for you to have changed your way of life when seemingly doing so well. Your account says wonders.
Yes, Jade, that is such a true observation,”our willingness to live a life where our decisions reflect true responsibility, love and care for self”. My appreciation of this is continually deepening.
Wow Jonathan this is such a powerful piece that so clearly reflects the power of our choices. The level of detail with which you have written about the difference between the esoteric modalities versus other alternative practices was amazing and clearly showed a distinction in approach, but also quality. I felt highly informed, but also I came to see that it comes back to our willingness to live a life where our decisions reflect true responsibility, love and care for self.
Thank you Jonathan, this does show so clearly that only if we live ourselves how we truly are, we will feel at ease and at the right place.
Jonathan Stewart – what a gorgeous post. Your writing speaks with Love and is the epitome of what Universal Medicine is about. THANK YOU!
You are so correct Paul that Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon has set a bench mark of integrity of the highest standards for all as a way to live. Through the Practitioners Code of Ethics, a Code of Ethics not just for health practitioners but for all humanity, this is endorsed and written for all to see and replicate in their daily lives.
It is always a joy to see you in UK and how you spread so much joy together with your beautiful wife Rowena. You both are coming from a long way but now a great reflection to many.
Thank you Jonathon for your frank words of expression of your on going journey of awareness and discovery of our true self. The integrity of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon is a new bench mark that the world should sit up and adopt as a way of living.
I too can speak from such authority on Kinesiology and expose how it only suppresses and numbs rather than offers a true healing. It is a testament to the absolute healing power of what Universal Medicine offers, that you can walk away from the successful life you had created and choose to take the time to start again with energetic responsibility at the core of each step. It is clear from how your life has unfolded and the wisdom you possess, that your willingness to commit to the principles of love and healing that Universal Medicine presents has been a blessing to your life.
Thanks Jonathon for your explanation of the differences between what is commonly offered through alternate therapies and Universal Medicine. Some of the common terms you mention are easily thrown about with no real understanding of what is happening in treatments. When I first heard Serge Benhayon present, I had to stop and really pay attention because it required a far deeper level of connection just to grasp and discern what was being said. But it did register inside of me and I have been steadily building my way of living with fiery energy ever since.
Discovering that there are only two forms of energy – love and that which is not love – is so simple, powerful and as you say ‘mind blowing’. In hindsight it seems incredible that all those other modalities make it so complicated and yet never actually talk about energy.
Thank you Jonathan for your beautiful understanding of what energy is. I practiced a few modalities and even though chakras, meridians and energy in general were taught, as you say there was no notion at all of the nature of energy. This was extraordinary to learn this, and like you, Serge Benhayon presented this in the first workshop I went to. Understanding the truth of what love is has been ‘mind blowing’. I’m not constantly living it but am committed to making that my way of living and being.
This is a fantastic account of your experience of Universal Medicine and how it differs from other complimentary medical practices. Your professional experience with other modalities adds a lot of authority and will be of great value to people who may be wondering what, if anything, makes Universal Medicine different. Thanks for telling your story Jonathan.
Once one is introduced to the fact of the importance of “discerning the quality and the source of that energy is crucial” it seems so obvious. With that understanding it brings a completely different awareness and approach to everything one does, not just in the treatment room.
You have mentioned so many things here Jonathon Stewart in great detail that define the esoteric healing modalities and approach. It is an indication of your own integrity and genuine intention to support your clients further that you recognised that what you were doing and practicing previously was not the full picture. Everything is energy first and discerning the quality and the source of that energy is crucial.
Wow Jonathan, this is a really powerful article as it so clearly depicts how the Esoteric works with reference to other seemingly similar modalities. Your lived experience is gold in this regard, and something worth sharing everywhere.
How very powerful was your initial choice to let yourselves feel the truth in the difference in energies as presented by Universal Medicine. As you share the Code of Ethics says All that Universal Medicine represents. This is what we choose not only for ourselves but for every one we meet in life. How we live matters to All.
As you say Sandra, the Universal Medicine Code of Ethics is for everyone. It is an incredibly practical foundation of how to live, not just by therapy practitioners, but for all people from all walks of life.
“You are held with love and care and are absolutely free of any judgement or expectation” and the role model with which Serge Benhayon ‘walks the talk’ with such integrity, gives the support that definitely enables people to make the changes that you share, Michael.
What has made Universal Medicine so accessible for me was that it is absolutely unimposing and leaves it up to you as to whether you are prepared to deal with what truly causes the symptoms you suffer from or not. You are held with love and care and are absolutely free of any judgement or expectation. Experiencing the unique level of integrity, meaning that they truly walk their talk in every moment of life, allowed me to trust and open up for the first time in my life. This, like in your case Jonathan, has completely changed my life: from being a shy, reserved and arrogant guy who was hiding behind knowledge, hating people, suffering stress and always feeling like a victim of life………. to an open, loving, truly caring, tender and gentle man who loves being with people, has taken responsibility for his life and through self-love and self-care has made enormous changes to his life.And in this ongoing process the joy and cheeky playfulness, I can well remember from my early childhood, is coming back again.
It is amazing to read how much you had – success, knowledge, training etc and yet when presented with undeniable truth, none of that was more important. And having known you before and after, the change is superb and unquestionable – there is definitely a difference and it is clear to see in the way you live as well as work.
Totally agree Doug, INTEGRITY written large, Jonathan is an awesome inspiration.
Jonathan, you have presented an outstanding example of the difference between knowledge and truth in regards to complementary medicine. If, there is no integrity in a practitioner, where is the truth ?
What a fantastic article, much appreciated. What stood out for me was unlike other modalities you can’t just switch and learn to instantly become an Esoteric Practitoner, yes the Esoteric modalities are not hard to learn, they are beautifully simple, but more is required then just technique to treat others as a professional practitioner. Living from the innermost and understanding that is the true foundation for Esoteric Practitoners, not as a perfection, but in an integrity of living to the quality of love. That is something that takes time to master, as does understanding the difference between the two sources of energy, spirit and soul. This requires a great adherence to responsibility to others as a lived way, not as a set of techniques. It is truly awesome to study with Serge Benhayon!
What an amazing blog Jonathan! You clarify what other practitioners of various healing modalities have to recognise, and that is that we need to be first in the livingness of our inner most, and to recognise the truth and love of God. Universal Medicine, with Serge Benhayon at the helm, is an incredibly ethical and amazing organisation that you have described so well.
How many people are working in the field of energy and healing and do not have a clear understanding of what energy they are working with. This is an amazingly clear article that has the potential to answer many questions that I’m sure have been felt and niggle away at anyone working in the field of healing and alternative therapies.
I completely agree Joshua. It was acknowledging and appreciating this when it was presented by Serge Benhayon, it was the foundation that stimulated me to make the changes I did.
Great insight here Jonathan. The bottom line is that if one is not living what they speak then how can they be presenting something that is true from their bodies? It’s just a theory or concept until one has actually lived it. That’s why I find working with the esoteric to be so so real and practical, it just makes simple sense!
This so true Jamie. Through the presentations of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine one can see through the seduction of the spiritual new age to the truth of its contradictions and falseness.
It is a testament to the delivery of truth that is presented by Serge Benhayon, that one can see through the fog of the spiritual new age; to serve people is what is really needed
It is huge what you present here Jonathan Stewart. You write with such a detail, understanding and authority that is lovely to read and is a great testimony for the life you now live, a life that is so appreciated by the many people who know you. Thank you for making these choices in your life as you have described in this blog through which you have become the beautiful and tender man I appreciate to be a fried with.
These changes are remarkable, and a demonstration of what is possible when responsibility for the all is lived.
And also when one is open to seeing the bigger picture. Its easy to become set on one way – but being open to whatever is shown to us is key
Thank you for highlighting the difference between Esoteric therapies/ practitioners and those who do not practice under the EPA guidelines – which as you have shared are unlike any other and ask for a level of energetic integrity that we would all hope for in our practitioners. I loved your honesty in exposing that you and many other practitioners need something from their clients. This is definitely not the case with Esoteric practitioners. I hope that the EPA can lead the way back to a way of healing that has integrity and soulful energy.
With Einstein saying, ‘energy is everything’, for kinesiology, reiki and other complimentary medicine therapies to employ energy in the ways they do without endeavouring to define what energy is, is like someone not seeing their nose. In the same way that one needs a mirror to see one’s nose, Serge Benhayon provided that mirror for me and you and countless others.
So very true Jonathan, Serge Benahyon provided that mirror for me too and it changed everything! I now live my life with the knowingness that everything is because of energy, so there is a new level of responsibility for me in how I choose to live everyday allowing me to experience more joy, love and harmony than ever before.
Jonathan I enjoyed your comprehensive coverage of the difference between complementary and esoteric approaches to healing. I can recall learning reiki and kinesiology at the introductory level and feeling ungrounded in the ‘energy’ side of things, it was all so mysterious. On the other hand the way Serge Benhayon presents is very practical and he explains how things actually work in a way that resonates, and can be felt in the body. Once you know this then there is no going back, so I totally understand why you had to take the courageous decision to roll back your practice and business and take a different path.
Yes that certainly is a true healing. Doesn’t it feel so much more fulfilling and alive to be committed to be present in life rather than to some external ideal or belief, to give oneself over to that and be run by that?
Thank you Jonathan, for sharing this. A lot resonated with me…but especially the bit that you wrote about not being able to continue the work you did in integrity. When I first came accross the work (Universal Medicine) I was doing psychic readings for people, and had started to train people in such as well! I can now feel how sold out and disconnected to my own feelings I was to allow any energies (spirits) to enter my body and run it!
It feels so much more true to commit in full to living in my own body and inspiring others to do the same! Now that is true healing!
Amazing to read your blog Jonathan. I loved this short passage ‘to connect first with your innermost and using the energy of the innermost, the energy of the Soul, to express outwards to dissolve those things that are creating the dis-harmony in the body and in life’ – it felt so expansive to read and I felt my body responding and becoming more harmonious.
This is a super inspirational piece. I love the willingness of Jonathon to discredit years and years of his work and success so easily, seeing that it was harmful and then speak up about it. Thank you!
Jonathan congratulations for standing behind truth, integrity and love before everything else. You have brought such clarity to every angle and with complete transparency.
So very well outlined, Jonathan. Crystal clear. You went through this process, so everybody else can walk this path with more ease and clarity. Thank you.
Thankyou Jonathon for such an awesome and inspiring article. I loved every word you expressed!
Thank You Jonathan for so clearly putting into words your experience of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayons’ teachings. Which is so valuable and needs to reach many more people! Your article is of great INSPIRATION to me. Thanks again Jonathan x
This is a great contribution Jonathan. On the one hand, an amazing testimony of a brave and extremely honest person that was able to renounce to his investment when you knew it was not it. On the other hand, it dissects kinesiology very thoroughly and makes very clearly the differences with the esoteric. It would be really amazing to have one similar from other practitioners that come from other complementary therapies. It is really a pleasure to read and very enlightening! Thank you!
Yes I agree Eduardo, it would be amazing to have more articles from other practitioners who have experiences coming from complementary therapies. That might be me as well, I have quiet some to share, you have inspired me Jonathan, thanks for your amazing blog.
What an amazing story. No quick fixes or magic here, one loving footstep after another on the path of return. What an incredible phenomenon to have an organisation with a group of practitioners with such and high level of level of commitment and dedication to themselves and their clients.
An excellent article Jonathan. It is so great to read of your experience. It is amazing that you were a top practitioner in your field of work but let it all go when you felt the truth of the Esoteric work. And what a transformation you have been through, and what healing you have brought to yourself and others by doing so. This is very inspiring and should be read by practitioners everywhere.
There is a truth that many perhaps are not aware of, and many perhaps that do not want to be aware of is that how we are affects everything we do.
This is very true. To be aware of this means one can no longer accept what is not representing the truth just to maintain the status quo. That can be uncomfortable and requires so much more responsibility both of which many people do not want or feel able to take on. However, if we do not we collude in the falseness, perpetuate and deepen it. Eventually truth will triumph and the more painful it is to accept the longer the lies have been allowed to continue.
Jonathan, this is awesome! A landmark in the history of medicine. You have explained a major area of confusion, with great love, honesty, eloquence and clarity. Thank you.
This article should go viral Jonathon! Thank you so much for sharing your understanding and experience of the difference between modalities and being honest enough to surrender to what you felt was truth. You explain so clearly the level of integrity that Universal Medicine Practitioners have and the code of ethics involved, which suggests that it’s not a modality anyone can just sign up to, it’s so much more than that. It requires the individual to take complete responsibility for their own lives and to heal their own hurts first and foremost before being able to assist others to do the same. So awesome!
I agree with you Elodie, Jonathan has captured in a nutshell (a rather large nutshell) the essence of what Universal Medicine is and what makes it different from other complementary medicine modalities. Not only is this an amazing story of how two people found true healing, it is also a lesson in discernment, choice and true wellbeing.
This is such an amazing description of what the esoteric modalities are about and how different their practice and application is when compared to other complementary modalities.
Jonathan, your honesty and wealth of experience speaks volumes about Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon. This blog really spells out so well the what is, and the what is not in Universal Medicine therapies. So great, thank you!
Absolutely brilliant blog Jonathan. I just said WOW! after reading it. Very powerful and inspirational. I have to say it again ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! Thank you Jonathan.
What a beautiful comprehensive blog and well worth all the wows! I thought it was a long blog until I started to read and realized it was timeless. You have clarified points that I had not quite grasped. Thank you for your effort Jonathon.
Thank you Nick for recommending this blog to me. I agree it’s worth all the wows. I have forwarded to friends to read. I loved it.
Thank you Jonathan for taking the time to write this inspiring and really informative blog.
Beautifully said – I agree – the humility and integrity it took to make this massive change is amazing.
This really is a great blog Jonathan – you say that esoteric practitioners, “walk their talk”, which I completely agree with and as a practitioner myself, doing this has resulted in not only a better experience in life for myself, but that I am better able to provide a higher quality of service and care for the clients that I work with.
Wow a fascinating read Jonathan – thank you. It’s inspiring what you gave up because you knew it was no longer right. I love how you say – ‘This approach is not the way of a cult or a guru, but of the most loving, truthful friend that you can ever have,’ I very much agree.
As you say Jonathan at first glance Universal Medicine’s teachings might appear like other teachings but as I too discovered there is actually a huge difference. Thank you for articulating the difference so clearly. For me the importance of knowing that there are 2 types of energy in the world was life changing because it explained so much about what had occurred in my life.
As a health care professional my nursing practice has been enriched a billion percent from living by the Esoteric Practitioners Association Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Knowing about the two types of energy is so significant, it gives / explains so much about why the world is the way it is. What an amazing change there will be when it is taught in schools!
So well expressed Rachel that Serge Benhayon, the Esoteric Practitioners Association and Universal Medicine have restored truth to healing and that “The way that the practitioner lives is central to the quality they bring to their practice, without question”.
I agree Jonathan it does seem obvious now that the way the practitioner lives affects the energy which they bring to their practice.
For me it isn’t just that I have recognised and given up the stimulation of certain foods, for instance, it’s the way in which that has happened. There is none of the self- gratification and sacrifice that would have surrounded my giving up chocolate for Lent for example.
I still enjoy the smell of freshly baked bread but there isn’t one single of part of me that would want to eat even a crumb. Beginning to listen to my body (and it’s a process of constant refinement) brings such a different type of change.
Thank you for sharing your immense change Jonathan. To have put so much time and effort into that modality, and then to have the courage to let is go is an inspiration. We receive so much of our identification and sense of value in the world from what we do. To walk away illustrates two things, your willingness to be absolutely honest and the absoluteness of the truth represented by Universal Medicine.
The Code of Ethics and Conduct of the Esoteric Practitioners Association, the body that represents the modalities, represents the future for the way all Codes will one day be written. The way that the practitioner lives is central to the quality they bring to their practice, without question. There can be no secret little indulgences, for all that is done is done in and with energy, the energy that our clients receive. I have signed on to live by this code in every moment, and to represent in full all that means to be a practitioner of the esoteric healing arts.
I too thank Serge Benhayon, the Esoteric Practitioners Association and Universal Medicine for the truth they have restored to healing.
Thank you Jonathan for sharing in such detail the story of your life as a practitioner, both before and after meeting Serge Benhayon. It is very inspiring to read how you embraced truth in such a short period of time and then had the courage to renounce all your investiments in your old way of living. Jonathan I very much enjoyed, reading about your journey to becoming the tender loving man you are today.
I learnt such a lot from reading this blog, thank you Jonathan you have put it together in a way which is easy to read and clarifies things.
Thank you Jonathan for sharing your deep understanding of energy and Esoteric Medicine. I was present at the workshop where you and Rowena met Serge Benhayon and feeling very out of place as I was not really into the world of alternative/complementary therapies, wondering ‘Why am I here?” I had never even heard of kinesiology but I could feel very clearly the message that was being presented by Serge Benhayon and it made sense to start from the inner-most out to address the issues that were held in the body. It changed my life too.
Thank you Mary. Now that we know to start from the inner-most it seems so natural and common sense I wonder why it has not and is not widely practiced? It is like needing a mirror to see one’s own nose and the original mirror in this case was Serge Benhayon and now we can all be mirrors for others.
Thank you Jonathan for setting out the differences between Universal Medicine and other complementary therapies so clearly and also for sharing your own journey with it so honestly. It is truly inspiring how you were willing to start afresh once you felt the truth of what was being presented to you and the amazing changes that you have made are testament to your on-going commitment.
Thank you Jonathan for this superb, honest article laying out the differences between the Esoteric modalities that Universal Medicine offer and other modalities. It speaks volumes as to the integrity of Universal Medicine and their practitioners that their Ethics and Code of Conduct is second to none. I would also like to acknowledge the integrity you and your wife have shown in letting go all that you had worked for in the pursuit of what you felt is the truth. Very inspiring. This article is testament to anyone listening to their ‘innermost’, that any change is possible.
Thank you for sharing, Bina. You may not have the big business but you definitely have the huge quality that shines forth and is inspiring. I echo your sentiments, “thanks to the life and work of Serge Benhayon who has shown me another way to live that is real and has meaning and purpose.”
This is excellent Jonathan Stewart and thank you for your descriptive post here. It is very real and profound. I am inspired by the changes you have made and I know for myself as you did when you came across the teachings of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that their Code of Ethics are arguably the highest in the world.
They are the first organisation to define that there is a clear and distinct difference between the spirit and the soul. This gave me the understanding why I was completely exhausted and very ill immediately after presenting my spiritual new age workshops.
Like you I gave up my past way of existing and making money and that meant stopping my book that I had written. This was a huge financial loss and everything had to change simply because I was being presented with what I could feel was real and is the Truth.
I love what you say in this blog about a practitioner of Universal Medicine is not about qualifications and skills gained but about how they are choosing to live their life in every area. This is a huge responsibility and one that I can say has taken me some years to develop and live.
Today I do not have loads of clients, tons of money and a huge company with lots of staff. What I have is a quality within me that is reflected to all those I support and the sheer volume of feedback confirms that I am on track – thanks to the life and work of Serge Benhayon who has shown me another way to live that is real and has meaning and purpose.
I agree jsnelgrove36, I met Jonathan when he first attended Universal Medicine presentations and feel inspired by the changes Jonathan has made in his life since.
A great blog honestly written
Thank you Shami. At the time it seemed we had no other choice and seemed so obvious, however, looking back now I too find it quite astounding.
Jonathan, I so enjoyed reading this. And it is astounding the changes that you and your wife were willing to make when you were presented with the possibility that there is more than what you had previously come to know as true. Very inspiring.