by Bernadette Curtin BA, MA Fine Art RMIT, Australia
Many years before I had heard of Universal Medicine I had decided to stop drinking alcohol because I felt awful even after a small glass of champagne or wine. I realised that I could still have a great time without it and that I didn’t need any props to give me more confidence, make me more sociable, or provide more ‘Dutch courage’ when in large gatherings. I enjoyed not feeling flat or having a headache the next day.
Then I began cutting down on coffee, which I loved – especially the social aspect with a sister, girlfriend or three. I discovered that I felt more vital and didn’t need the coffee to enjoy another’s company.
Next went cheese – my mother told me her doctor had suggested that it can contribute to migraine headaches, as well as chocolate. Again, there was more noticeable improvement with my health and wellbeing.
I stopped watching violent movies and sensationalised TV as I was aware of the dark energy that took hold in my body – and also how I was affected by others’ anger and depression.
My life was looking very good. I had a loving husband, I lived in a beautiful part of the country in a lovely house, I loved my practice as a painter and art tutor, and I had a wonderful family and friends. So what was missing?
Well, there was a difficult relationship with my son, which was a times very painful for both of us.
But there was also this persistent underlying feeling that this wasn’t ‘it’. I had tried a variety of alternative therapies, read new age books promising much, and was almost convinced that my life was really great compared to how millions on the planet are living!
How arrogant is that?!
Then I noticed how my son was changing, transforming and becoming the beautiful gentle man I knew he always was. He spoke of a guy called Serge Benhayon. I thought I had better go along and check this guy out for myself. By now I was very sceptical, as Byron Bay has its share of gurus. However, several friends whom I respected had also been attending presentations by Serge.
It has been over four years since I began to attend his talks and workshops.
How has my life changed?
The way I wake up in the morning, enjoying how I feel in my body with my dear husband beside me. The way I shower and dress – staying with myself as best I can, the way I prepare for the day with a gentle breath meditation, the stillness I enjoy when painting or drawing, the joy I experience with those I work with – it is no longer about what I am doing but how I am with what I am doing.
I have always enjoyed cooking, but now there is a deeper awareness that if I am cooking with love, consciously present and not checking out, the food will nourish with the energy that has gone into the preparation.
Gone is the anxiety or fear of growing older, along with regrets about not being younger (love this one!) – as I now know I will have a beautiful quality of life if I keep living this way, I sleep well, and there is more.
I realised that although I was doing my best with life, there was so much more to life than being comfortable. Learning about energy and how it works, taking responsibility for my physical, emotional and psychological health with practical simple ways and techniques that are based on energetic integrity, as well as having sessions with Universal Medicine practitioners, meeting many inspiring people also on their path to true harmony and joy, learning how to nurture and love myself, respecting others’ choices – all have changed my life from being ”Great” to being love-filled, expansive, and true. I feel that I am truly living now, with purpose, rather than having a good existence.
Thank you to Serge Benhayon and to all the Universal Medicine practitioners who are so inspiring in the way they live life with integrity and love, dedicated to serving others as their equals.
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
When I read this Bernadette I feel this might be the “holy grail” – not finding the big outside treasure but that the gift is already within. We just have to first realise that it’s there, connect to it and just let it be,
To live life with purpose and not to merely have a good, even great existence that is what I’ve learned from Universal Medicine, that life is about so much more than me, that it’s about all of us.
We can hide behind a transparent glass. When we fill it with alcohol, we can get the illusion that we are able to share more of us and that illusion keeps us in a drinking mood, yet it only cements our ability to hide and the anguish that comes with it, that later requires another drink to cope, until we feel the jail we have constructed for ourselves.
There comes a time when comfort is not ‘it’ anymore and doesn’t give us what we are really looking for: connection with our essence, our universality and with God. With all the New Age modalities on offer and millions of people ‘searching’ it is very liberating and empowering that Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine offer the truth and not another form of comfort.
“There is so much more to life than being comfortable” absolutely, I have recently been feeling into why we hold on to the slightest comfort, and found that it is in order not to feel the ache of separating from the truth, yet when we stand in full commitment of the truth there is no need for comfort.
I agree – there’s so much more to life than being comfortable. Through Universal Medicine, I am constantly deepening my understanding of who we are and what life is all about.
In living a life that centers on our connection to our body and being, we are guided to live in a way that is founded on love and truth. As such our relationship with life and others is one of enrichment, evolution and purpose, with the realness of who we are being naturally present in all we do.
Comparing ourselves to others in the way they choose to live and thinking we are better off than them is nothing but a justification to deliberately avoid evolution. If we are here on our path of return which in truth we are then it is a responsibility to carry this out. Our path belongs to each and everyone of us and is not determined by any other or situation.
As you say Bernadette it’s all about responsibility – and it is this consistent commitment to responsibility that supports us and allows us to live our potential.
I love reading Bernadette how your life has gone from ‘great’ to pretty magical.. knowing we are part of something much greater than ourselves, that our purpose in life is simply living more of who we are, committing to life in full, and learning to read energy.. there is always so much more to learn about ourselves, each other, who we really are, and that’s what makes life never-endingly fascinating and beautiful.
I think you can say that life is great until you start to unleash the truth of who you are from within, then life is not just great but something else that doesn’t even need wording because it’s just who you are.
“I realised that I could still have a great time without it and that I didn’t need any props to give me more confidence, make me more sociable, or provide more ‘Dutch courage’ when in large gatherings. I enjoyed not feeling flat or having a headache the next day.” Oh, the true confidence we can feel when we are with people without the influence of alcohol. If we only knew how confident we can feel if we only allow ourselves to feel a bit uncomfortable first, without numbing it out with substances. To be in the presence of someone is magic. I read somewhere that it’s only in the presence of others that you have the possibility to self-realise and I feel there is a lot of truth in that. We need other people to really know who we are. But it has to be done, not under the influence of anything other than life itself.
Thank you Bernadette for sharing your evolving awareness here. Understanding life from an energetic perspective brings a whole new dimension to be ‘seen’ and this exposes comfort as a stagnation and not something to be sought.
It is great to hear what has changed for you. There is absolute zero doubt that my life has improved since knowing Serge Benhayon. What I am feeling and aware of more and more is however, it always comes down to me though … what am I choosing in every moment and how am I living. There is always going to be this stock take throughout life and this is not a burden but instead truly empowering.
I grew up not looking forward to growing older and the seemingly downhill progression over my later years, as presented to me by the accepted beliefs of society. So how delighted was I to finally find my way to Universal Medicine and from the presentations of Serge Benhayon have my whole perception of ageing turned on its head. And like you “Gone is the anxiety or fear of growing older, along with regrets about not being younger ” to be replaced with the joy of feeling younger every day, feeling more vital than I ever have and enjoying every single moment of my life as I head closer to my 68th birthday.
Since learning about energy, my impact on the world, reading life beyond the physical outplays and reintroducing my ability to feel into how I understand life has brought riches that no amount of material wealth or achieved accolade could ever match. Life is far more beautiful and these days I never have a ‘bad day’ only lessons to learn joyfully.
Bernadette exposing your areas of comfort and living a true life is inspiring to read about, what a powerful reflection you offer in the community as an Elder who is living this deeper love and responsibility in her life.
After reading this article I am wondering if that was the thing I was looking most for, the true purpose to life. I remember not understanding things that would go on: how things could be this way, what was the reason for things that happened? I had what I thought were so many questions but maybe they all came back to one, what is the purpose of all this? I remember growing up and feeling let down when I looked at life. You grow up, buy things, have things and then it’s the end? I know it’s general but essentially I couldn’t see the purpose in doing what I was doing and it made me feel confused. I would try all manner of things to see if I could make sense and find the purpose to things and yet at the end of them all I would come up with the same questions and empty handed if you like. Once I started to see life simply, as points or moments to truly connect with what is in front of you and that that true connection was everywhere and started with how I am with myself it was like everything started to fall into place. Life wasn’t only making sense but you could almost see the future, as it was only an extension of what was happening right now. The power in truly connecting with yourself and anything you do in any moment brings you consistently a fresh and different view of what is next. My purpose is clear, simply truly connect and the rest all comes from and after that.
People who drink alcohol may well stop and ask themselves: what am I really asking alcohol to do for me? Is it helping me to be more me? (or less)? Is there any way I could be more me (which is what everybody longs) without it? Do I really need it at all? Is ‘need’ a good impulse to make decisions with ?
The truth is that alcohol is a great cover up of a way of living that is profoundly not it (and we know this), that its not needed and that it makes life much worse.
There is an uncomfortableness in the comfort that we seek, and that feeling gives us a sense that there is more to life than what the comforts are giving us, so beautiful that through the changes you saw in your sons life you were open to all that Universal Medicine offers, which has changed your life also.
Comfort is a killer….Why would anyone walk away from comfort? Isn’t that what we are all chasing? It may appear that way but comfort is like an elusive un-obtainable guy or girl in high school. I remember I had one, he was tall and hot and skated and all I wanted was to be his girlfriend but of course I thought it would never happen, as he was in year 11 and I was in year 7 but alas the next year he asked me to his year 12 formal as his date and guess what, although he was sweet and it was everything I thought I ever wanted, when I got it, weirdly I felt nothing, all the pining and obsessing and now here he was in the taxi with me, drunk, we were kissing and I felt empty, I was not satisfied. I know that seemed like a long winded and irrelevant story to tell but comfort is like that to me, once I get it, its not quite as good as you think its going to be, its okay for a minute but it keeps you wanting more, never truly content.
Dear Bernadette, this blog shows me the power of The Way of The Livingness (http://www.unimedliving.com/the-way-of-the-livingness). It was not through your son saying, you must go see this man Serge Benhayon, it it was through this living way that you were inspired to see Serge, through the changes that you witnessed in your son.
This is where true change occurs, through the way we live, the quality of energy in which we choose to live, which can serve as inspiration to another. And then with free will, it is entirely up to that person if they choose to embrace or reject it. Thank you, Sarah
“I discovered that I felt more vital and didn’t need the coffee to enjoy another’s company.” This is a simple a beautiful statement, it is amazing to discover that no outer stimulants are needed to feel inner contentment, that it is possible to live in a way that makes living in one’s own body very enjoyable.
! realised that although I was doing my best with life, there was so much more to life than being comfortable.” I so agree Bernadette. What Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine offer is beyond priceless. Comfort doesn’t cut it when we realise there is multi-dimensionality, which is dulled by comfort.
What a great truth you have shared here… that there is so much more to feel in life if we are open to feeling it, to live beyond our comfortable, beyond what we have taken as normal. I cannot imagine putting myself back in the box that I see I had lived in before.
As you share there is so much more to life than comfort Bernadette. To grow we do need to step out of our comfort zone and that can be scary at first but wonderfully exhilarating when we fly as you have done.
It could be easy to ignore what is truly happening in life, when that life is very comfortable. The level of comfort is an individual thing as well. Thank goodness that you felt there was more to your relationship with your son, that asked you to step outside of the comfort and say you are more too.
I have forged and carved my way to the most comfortable life possible… (which includes being emotional, indulgent and hanging onto hurts) only to realise, this I have done on purpose, as any which way to stop the development of my relationship with my soul…a relationship with is ultimately about evolving myself with everyone together. I have resisted it with every sneaky way imaginable, but there is grace in even this, because to recognise it is to take the first step.
It’s true – a comfortable life is never enough! Nothing replaces the feeling of evolving and growing and actually keeping moving forward, you can have every great thing in the world but it means nothing without a sense of daily purpose and knowing who you are and why you get out of bed in the morning.
I too thought I had a very comfortable life but at the same time felt uncomfortable that something essential was missing. Meeting Serge Benhayon and the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom I am having fun finding my way back to the essence of true love and enjoy the purpose of being and sharing all that I am.
I’ve always felt a tension and and anxiety in my body by how I was living… I would pretend my life was great and all was doing well, but I never ever thought or felt that. Something that I learned from Universal Medicine was the importance to appreciate ourselves and our lives. This was something I had never dreamt of doing. Appreciation of myself and others has changed my life.
I wonder how many would be so honest as to question the ‘good existence’ and actually realise that there is more… so much more to who we are, and the quality and purpose we can bring to our lives and thus all we come in contact with.
A beautiful sharing from a woman clearly blossoming. Thank-you Bernadette.
Wow Bernadette your sharing about your change is so powerful as it showed that a life in comfort is not it. You invite the reader to be more open for more – how wonderful is that!
“it is no longer about what I am doing but how I am with what I am doing.” If we can accept this and embrace it fully, then all need to achieve and be recognised for what we are doing drops away. We realise that true success is living the quality of ourselves as much as possible.
My life is a lot simpler and things flow more than I expect since taking responsibility in the quality of life I now choose. It just gets better and better especially the way I feel about myself. Thank you Universal Medicine.
That comfort is quite deep rooted in us I feel.
And the beautiful fact is that fresh starts are available all the time.
I love what you bring to the fore here, that there is always more, but not how we learn it, such as gaining more wealth or succeeding in something, but as you say, more in the sense “to being love-filled, expansive, and true.”
Well-said Bernadette, we can spend most of our lives making this comfy nest for ourselves when in truth we can always feel something missing – I know I did this anyway. The comfortable life was a way for me to fill the emptiness and misery I felt, thankfully attending Universal Medicine presentations changed all this for me as well, the simple self-loving techniques supported me to be more responsible and to make choices that supported me to finally bring true and lasting change.
I felt the same as you Bernadette prior to meeting Serge Benhayon, and I can very much relate to what you’ve shared. Choosing to live a true life is a lot more joyful than choosing to stay stuck in a comfortable life. A true life supports us to evolve, to expand and to continuously deepen our relationship with ourselves, with others and with God. A comfortable life is like choosing to resist our evolution, hence why it makes sense that it never feels great because our natural way is to evolve.
Thank you Bernadette for sharing this, this is absolutely true.. A life full of comfort is a life a reluctance and so are we choosing to be unaware (numb) of the evil that comes through us.. As what seems to sit still is in fact not standing still at all. Coming from a life full of comforts I can tell that by living a comfortable life there is no such thing as a true clear view you can live from, as the accepted form is limited to ones choice to have it a certain way.. Which brought me to a point where I had enough, and am now stripping off all the layers of comfort I had held.. Must say that it is absolutely worth getting rid of the comforts, as life and everything becomes real and there is so much more love to give and receive.
Thank you for writing this Bernadette, reading about your story makes me appreciate what I have chosen, seeing that all that has changed in my life after living a way inspired by Universal Medicine, it is huge what can change.
Thank you for sharing this Bernadette, I love how seeing a change in your son inspired you to begin to explore the teachings that Serge Benhayon presents. And even more so the beauty you now live with.
Yes this makes so much sense really, that we would be inspired by our children, family and friends when we see positive changes in the way they live…. but it doesn’t always happen because of comparison or jealousy etc. Amazing though when we do choose to take steps in our own lives from being inspired by another. Serge Benhayon was that person for me.
“I realised that although I was doing my best with life, there was so much more to life than being comfortable.” Comfortable keeps us numb and locked into our own world. Thank you Bernadette for breaking through the comfort that held you to now be the inspiring very much alive and vital women you are today.
There is definitely a time in life when we need to look inward. When we need to shower ourselves with love and affection because this may be what has been lacking for many years – I know this very well and am spending a long long time re-learning about nurturing. But then, I am finding that even though there is still more self love to deepen and explore, there comes a point when it is time to step out in to the world with that love and to be a part of life, of society and community. Knowing that old patterns are still there to be looked at and broken down, but that there is a greater calling than my own journey.
I enjoy re reading your sharing Bernadette. It is a lovely uplifting sharing of your journey and the feeling of harmony I get from reading your words is beautiful too!
Great point you make about how we settle for a ‘good life’ or sometimes even just existing, instead of continuing to push the boundaries and make it truly loving.
“it is no longer about what I am doing but how I am with what I am doing.” This is such a powerful teaching.
Isn’t incredibly beautiful and humbling when we allow ourselves to be inspired by another. I am a forever student of myself; I am learning and it is through being inspired by another in their livingness is what is truly supporting me to be and live in all the love that I know I am.
A great reminder Bernadette that living comfortable life is not necessarily evolutionary or true.
Living a true life instead of a comfortable life can sometimes be very uncomfortable indeed.
Ageing gracefully becomes a reality when we commit to living our everyday with purpose and integrity.
This highlights Bernadette that all of our previous hurts can be healed and we can move our relationships on from being difficult and challenging to deeply loving and healing. We don’t need to hang on to anything and if we do that is our choice.
‘there was so much more to life than being comfortable’. With comfort we lose our sense of purpose in life and forget that we are here not just for ourselves but to raise humanity up from the desperately sad state it is in. For this to happen we must all contribute, not just by giving money, but giving of ourselves actively in our communities.
It is really beautiful to read of the transformation and expansion you have experienced from committing to making your life more loving and letting go of things that did not support you or your body. Replacing comfort with purpose to live and share the quality your do is deeply inspirational and greatly needed in the world to show others what is possible.
I would like to add that it was through the support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that I can now say that my most important responsibility in life is maintaining my connection to myself for when I reconnected to me I am connected to the whole, to everyone and everything.
Hi Bernadette even though this blog was written at least 4 years ago it is still a valid point you make. I certainly can relate to what you have shared. Nearly 20 years ago I also gave up alcohol as it seemed that I would suffer a hang over from hell if I even thought of having a sip, my body just simply said enough was enough of this form of poisoning. It simply was no longer worth it. We lived in paradise on an acre of tropical gardens full of exotic fruiting trees and flowers surrounding a playground which included a volley ball court, a soccer/cricket field, a huge swimming pool . . and yet with all that comfort there was something vitally missing and that was a true connection with myself. I now understand that there is nothing outside of myself that can ever fill that void.
The way we are constantly presented with the ideal life through advertising, magazines and promotions that show the ideal life as nice house, successful partner, all the comforts, is so misleading to what is truly fulfilling as a human being. To find a way of life that shows us the way back to our true selves is such a blessing. To discover it is not what we do but the quality of energy we do things in, changes everything. I remember hearing people say things like “he’s done very well for himself.” And that made me question exactly what the values were behind a statement like that. I never felt that having everything was the answer to living a full life, yet I didn’t feel that rejecting possessions was the answer either. Knowing now that there is a way to live me, a way to care for myself and a way to keep learning and allowing my life to unfold and evolve, is a treasure.
Thank you Bernadette for sharing your life changing story, from one of comfortable existence to one filled with true purpose and taking responsibility for self love choices and acceptance of others .
Before I found Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I was ticking a lot of boxes – attractive, great job, plenty of party invites, plenty of friends, travelling the world etc. It looked good on the surface, however, I found myself in deep despair knowing that I was born to serve a purpose and I was not connected to it. Your blog shows me that I am not alone in the joy of being reconnected to the truth about who I am and what I am here to do as a result of the incredible support offered by Serge and Universal Medicine.
I can relate to what you’ve shared Bernadette. After achieving the ‘comfortable’ life I couldn’t work out what was missing or what to do about it. It wasn’t until I chanced upon an esoteric practitioner and found my way to a talk by Serge Benhayon that I found the missing link which was actually my connection to me and nothing beats that.
” It is no longer about what I am doing but how I am with what I am doing.” – Thank you Bernadette for this simple and beautiful reminder.
How inspiring to see you were able to recognise the changes your son was making and look into it for yourself, therefor changing the direction of your own life too.
What a lovely sharing Bernadette! I can totally agree with your words “it is no longer about what I am doing but how I am with w hat I am doing”.
I agree joe, and I feel how much you should appreciate yourself for the choices that you have chosen in life Bernadette. Your living way goes to show how much love and care you had for yourself from the very beginning. We all have niggles and tension and your tension has brought you to the work of Serge and in that so much more has been offered to you. An incredible story.
What I love about your sharing is that you were able to let go of ‘being older and knowing better’ and being open to observing the changes in your son and learning from him- this is very beautiful. I love that we can learn from anyone regardless of age as wisdom is not linked to this but more to the connection you have with yourself and in turn all others.
Thank you Bernadette for sharing your journey. I had a similar experience with alcohol many years ago, I gave up drinking it because I didn’t like how I felt after it even though I only drank a small amount very rarely. Then I came across Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and the world started to open up, here was the truth I too had been searching for through many New Age books etc. I know there are many changes and much work to do still but I am very willing to continue to be a Student of Universal Medicine for as long as it takes !
“But there was also this persistent underlying feeling that this wasn’t ‘it’.” I am ever grateful to Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and The Way of the Livingness, for presenting the absolute depth and truth of life and who we truly are, the ‘it’ that was always previously missing for me also Bernadette. Thank you
this was a great line – “I feel that I am truly living now, with purpose, rather than having a good existence.” got me wondering about how many people are actually living an existence.
When our lives appear to be quite good compared to others we can be tricked into that is it. When we receive a reflection of how our lives can be when lived in the fullness of who we divinely are there is no ‘that is it’, as there is no limit to go to, but an ever-expanding evolution to be more and more love. Serge Benhayon gives such reflection to be inspired when chosen so.
I really enjoyed the quality with which this was written, it is obviously reflecting your life choices.
It definitely feels you have fully embraced the true you in life Bernadette, what a true inspiration you are.
I feel most of us can relate to this feeling of emptiness regardless of how comfortable we are in life. That feeling of emptiness, for me was from not living my life with true love, truth, awareness and connection to who I am. I still have a long way to go to fully living with love and truth consistently. From paying attention to my awareness and to wanting to change the way I lived has already made such a huge difference. I am feeling the most comfortable in my body, feeling love and joy in my life more so than ever before. And this is the only the beginning of my journey in returning to love and truth. It is inspirational and a deep blessing for me to have come across Universal Medicine.
I was very similar to you, I had chosen not to drink alcohol or coffee for the same reasons because it made me feel awful. I didn’t see any benefit in eating or drinking something that made me feel so sick. With my life, I have an amazing partner and beautiful children but I also had this ‘persistent underlying feeling that this wasn’t ‘it’. I was aware that I was not feeling joyful or amazing about life. But why? I wasn’t depressed but I felt there must be more to life than simply just existing. Since meeting Serge Benhayon and attending Universal Medicine events everything just made sense to me, as in my life, and why I am here. I now have a deep sense of purpose and knowing for me what truth is. I haven’t tried any other modalities because they never seem to present the truth and Universal Medicine simply resonates truth through and through. I am loving every step I take, learning and become more aware and my unfolding path of truth.
Thank you Bernadette for sharing your lovely down to earth blog , what an inspiration you are, and searching for the truth which can sometimes be neglected when our lives can be pretty good compared to others .
What an inspiring life you are living Bernadette. It is really quite amazing that you were able to feel that there was more to your existance given that you had a life many others strive for as the “end goal”. It is also interesting that you mention the relationship with your son as a a tell tale sign that all was not as rosy as it seemed. It is a great reminder to allow myself to be aware of the reflections that present in all aspects of my life.
It is always lovely to read how people attending Universal Medicine have been able to let go of their hurts and bring understanding and love into their life and relationships. Choosing ‘a life that is love-filled, expansive and true…is a deeply inspirational and healing way to live for all involved.
Bernadette Curtin thanks for showing us all that true contentment and joy in life is more than just lifestyle change or improving diet, exercise,work etc. It is about the quality of our presence, or our being, and therefore our every movement while we are doing all these things. Profound.
Wow now that is truly living with love!
The changes in your life with how you feel in the morning and the way you are in relationships sounds beautiful… It’s great you were able to make this changes in you life, with food as well, it’s seems like a special life journey of always learning.
Beautiful, Bernadette..! It is adorable how we are returning to who we truly are once we’ve started listening to our inner voice. There’s no more comfort of arrangements needed!
The never ending search for a comfortable life is a mere trick to think we’ve ‘made it’, when in actual fact we are so far off the mark.
I agree Matthew, it certainly is a trick and I have been living in it for so long. I was living in such a way striving for this falseness of comfort which is like you said is a total trick. When I realized this, I wasn’t at all shocked because it never really felt right from the start. But I was in it and not really knowing how to get out of it, not daring to stop to step out in case I stood out or daring to question what truth is and what is not. I was pretty much just following what everyone else was doing. I made a choice to just fit in. Now, I am learning to connect to what is truth and learning to express it and also express myself when I feel something is not truth. It is also incredible to know that I do not have to choose to live a life full of tricks. I can choose a different way, The Way of The Livings and people inspires me every day return to love and truth.
Very beautiful story to read, the change love and the awareness of energy makes is so much better than just a good life.
Gorgeous Bernadette, as you are. Simple choices you have made that have helped you connect back with the essence of your beautiful self, a choice that gives our life purpose, which is not defined by age, colour, status, nationality or religion. Thank you Universal Medicine for all you bring to the people of this world.
I relate deeply to what you have shared here Bernadette – my life has also transformed since I started listening to the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom presented by Serge Benhayon – I am consistently more responsible for myself and my choices and as a result my life is full of the love that I am within, and lived each day with purpose.
‘Gone is the anxiety or fear of growing older, along with regrets about not being younger (love this one!)’
I too love that I have let go of my fear of aging!
We are so blessed through Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine practitioners and students of Universal Medicine that we have people of all ages living in a loving, healthy and beautiful way! So much inspiration!!
I like your response here mccannelizabeth as you remind me that life is about being filled with love and having true purpose in life.. Which I feel is supporting all those around us to also fill their lives with love. Thank you.
This is a truly lovely blog that answers some of the question I have about contentment in life and those feelings of dissatisfaction. Thank you for sharing Bernadette.
I love how inspired you were by your son’s loving changes, despite being skeptical to begin with, you knew, or rather could feel that there was truth in his expression. Pretty wonderful!
I love how you describe the difference between a comfortable life and a truthful life, with how it is not what you do, but the way you do what you do. True for me as well. I had a very comfortable life (without alcohol and coffee) but felt empty and depressed. It is not that everything I do that has changed, but the quality of the energy I do things in is completely different. It is also not only about my family being ok, the world is getting bigger for me.
I know well the comfortable life too Bernadette. My life has been pretty great, but I like my life better now because there has been a switch in the quality of me as a person since I started becoming more aware of energy after listening to Serge Benhayon present. My life doesn’t look all that different to the way it looked before I had heard of Universal Medicine but it feels poles apart. It’s just a feeling, that there is way more to life than what we see here on Earth. Thank you for sharing with a very real and simple approach to living life.
Exactly Suzanne, I would feel the rubbish that I put into my body and how much that affected me, after indulging and feeling the mess my body became, it was then ‘common sense’ to eliminate certain foods from my diet! When what was so called normal or good for you did not feel right in my body i.e. bloating, lethargy etc, why did I indulge in it? It took the presentations by Serge Benhayon to turn that common sense awareness into an understanding of how energy works in our body, thus making us aware of the values of self-love and self-nurturing approach to eating and life.
I agree Bernadette, my life is no longer just great and yesterday I found myself saying out loud in the car ‘My life is Amazing’ and it truly is. I am now living life more fully and with a depth and breadth that was not there before. The words of Serge Benhayon have guided me on my path to find the real me – the one that I kept hidden for so long. It is lovely to be emerging from this vacuum of nothingness and to feel really alive.
Thank you Bernadette, a great sharing. Many Students of The Livingness, myself included, had actually given up drugs, alcohol, gluten and dairy, before meeting Serge Benhayon.
Me included. I ditched many foods that were making me feel crappy years ago, just good ole common sense.
Beautifully expressed Bernadette, and deeply inspiring.
I agree Doug. So many of us settle for second best, which is comfort and security in life and we think we have it made (or so our mind keeps telling us) but what are our bodies telling us?
What a lovely blog, sharing with us all the beauty of what it is to look after one’s self and learn about all the energetic ways within the world. For me I feel that arrogance is there within many of us ~ when we don’t want to take responsibility for ‘our part’ in the world we live in. Awesome way of explaining how much you have deepened your relationship with you and with that, your relationship with your husband as well as your son. Amazing.
So beautiful that your son inspired you to go to Universal Medicine!
And that a true life is so much more fulfilling than a comfortable life.
Great sharing here Bernadette, if things can look good from a temporal point of view we sometimes get caught up in thinking that ‘this is it’. I love how you expose that there is so much more than just being comfortable in life, there is always a deeper understanding to get to, one layer at a time.
To live with purpose, that’s it, Bernadette. I searched for this purpose in constitutional religion, philosophy, psychology, new age modalities, yoga… until I came across Universal Medicine. With Serge Benhayon the search was over. I could connect to the purpose within, without ideals and beliefs.
Absolutely felixschumacher8 and Danielle. Without true purpose we are merely treading water. And our purpose in life is to evolve and support others to evolve.
More recently I’ve realised how easy it is to get hooked in the ‘better’ life, even the ‘better Esoteric life’. Seeing that with a bit of work and commitment I can make my life smooth, my relationships easy, family caring, sleep well and money rolling in the door. But this ‘better’ eventually can feel actually ill or toxic if it’s all about me. Now I’m feeling the need to bring this life to everyone I meet, that it’s not just about me and being cushy in my life and that true love is about constantly evolving and growing for all.
Thank you for a great contribution to the topic Danielle and very much what I need to consider and be aware and reminded of right now too -life with a small amount of effort gets ‘better’ but if not shared the ‘better’ will have a toxicity, a tension and it can be difficult to discern why it is there without this understanding.
Absolutely the ‘better life’ pretty quickly becomes very toxic if we try to keep it for ourselves to stay comfortable. Inspiring and supporting others around us to evolve is the best way to ensure our own evolution, this is something that should be discussed and taught about in schools, especially talking about the difference between true support and being nice and helping.
Your words are so soothing and nurturing to me as I read your story Bernadette. Thank you, I can feel the integrity and honesty of the way you live. I too can relate to the void feeling of living a good life. Since discovering Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon I too have discovered true purpose and inspiration has a presence in my life.
Beautiful Bernadette, I thoroughly love and can appreciate what you have shared about how living true to yourself affects not only yourself, but inspires everyone around you to claim the same for their own life.
Beautiful Bernadette, just beautiful. I love how (and what) you share. There is a lot of love in your words.
Great exposure of the ‘comfortable life’ many of us establish, but as you say your’s has altered from ‘great’ to ‘love-filled’ that is a transformation.
Hi Samantha, your comment so reminds me of how forfilled we get when our life is based on love, as if love feeds us back and allows us to feel content and nourished within ourselves. To be ‘love-filled’ is seems like the absolute key to it all.
Great point Samantha Davidson. We can have a great or comfortable or successful life but it will still feel empty or hollow or dull or bland in some way if love is missing. We only have to look at the private lives of many very successful people who seemingly have everything you would ever want in life but still appear miserable or self destructive. If life was a cake the not so secret missing ingredient to make it rise is love.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us Bernadette. I thought I was living a good life, being a caring, obliging person but not really being true to myself, often bending to the will of others. Since becoming part of the Student Body of Universal Medicine and listening to Serge Benhayons presentations , I see the way I have been and the way I am becoming as two different people for which I am forever grateful.
Thank you Bernadette for sharing your journey from comfortable life to true life. I have had a similar experience in my life. Before attending the presentations of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon I had a very comfortable life. I thought I was living my life very well and certainly a lot better than most but in truth I wasn’t living I was just existing. I have been inspired to know what ‘true life’ really is, and as you say, I now know there is a purpose.