by Annelies
Universal Medicine is all about a commitment to a way of life, living naturally from our inner heart. To say I follow Serge Benhayon, NO WAY… I live the life that I feel is true to me. Are Serge Benhayon and his family, or indeed anyone who lives from their inner heart an inspiration? YES. And that is what the world needs – more people who are living in a way they feel is true, so that other people around them can see and feel that they are more naturally loving, joyful, vital and self empowered.
Six years ago my partner came home from a Chris James course he had attended, with a new breathing technique, saying, “you do not need anyone or anything outside your inner heart to tell you what is right for you, everything is there in your inner heart”. This was the Gentle Breath Meditation as inspired by Serge Benhayon.
At the time I totally resisted this. We were followers of a guru – yes, a real one – and I did not intend to let it go. You could say I was really nasty to my partner, accused him of being selfish etc.etc.
But he was just going on with his gentle breath meditations, and after a while the name Serge Benhayon was mentioned, the first book of Serge Benhayon appeared in the house and later on he started to listen to the audios from Universal Medicine.
In a few months I could feel and see changes in him: he was more open than ever, less irritated when he came home after a day’s work, more loving to himself and our family and definitely more vital than before.
After years of doing all kind of new age courses and workshops like Reiki, Yoga, training in intuition, Gestalt therapy, rebirthing, bodywork, etc, I never felt or saw a real change that had stayed in either myself or him.
Slowly, slowly I began to question him about what Serge was presenting. And he always just answered my question, no more no less. So I started to try the gentle breath meditation for myself, and after doing that for the first time ever in my life I had the experience of being able to stay connected with myself whilst around others.
I had always absorbed other people’s emotions, adjusting to the energy of others and suppressing my own feelings. Always trying to fit in, doing what people expected from me, trying to be liked.
This had made me a very mental, frustrated, anxious person. I was having migraines, feeling tired from pleasing others – that was my life.
So now I was the one reading the books, listening to the Universal Medicine audios, and our life together developed into choosing a life that was and is, simple and natural to us.
We felt to change the way we were eating and drinking, sleeping, working etc., just because, in the process of becoming more self loving, we became more aware of what our bodies were telling us. We were and are learning to trust our feelings, knowing that we have a choice in every split second of every day. (“The best medicine is how you live on a daily basis” – Serge Benhayon).
Why was I resisting in the first place? Living naturally in this way makes you responsible for everything you do, say and think, you cannot blame anyone. I had not made very loving choices in the past and this had an effect on everybody, to take responsibility for that… well let’s say this is not always easy… simple but not easy.
This was the start of a new way of living, individually and together, sharing this love from inside out with the people around us, our children, family, friends, colleagues etc. And this is an on-going process. (And I had not even met Serge Benhayon yet.)
After the first year we both started to visit the workshops and courses that Serge Benhayon presented in England. For the last three years our children have come with us. We take the opportunity to have sessions with the amazing practitioners from Australia to support our way of living as well. And of course to be inspired by the immense love that Serge is and lives. To be inspired by all the people who have made this same choice. To enjoy and celebrate who we truly are.
Thank God for Serge Benhayon and his (extended) family for their endless love for humanity.
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
The Gentle Breath Meditation was my realisation that there is so much more to being human than being human.
Absolutely Mary, see how the Gentle Breath Meditation is for you… https://www.universalmedicine.com.au/services/free-audio-library/gentle-breath-meditation
The end result of anything we engage with shows what its integrity is. For me working with Universal Medicine has meant I have become more loving with myself and others and healed many traumas within myself, which has led to more joy and vitality in my life. Many of the modalities, and New Age or spiritual books and audios I used prior to Universal Medicine led to no true or lasting change in my life, and some things actually made me worse. In some instances, things I engaged with felt helpful but they were actually just distractions and providing temporary relief as they could not support any true change. What I’ve found with Universal Medicine is they have supported my reconnection to my soul and from that connection, I know how to bring more love and healing to my own life.
A few key words struck me whilst I read this blog, ‘living naturally’ and ‘inspired’. Often people think we are followers, yet those words are the reason why people appreciate Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. They simply inspire us to live in a way that is innately within us all.
If we truly feel how we feel after doing something, whether it is eating, drinking or going to bed late, maybe we will realise that it isn’t the way, or supportive for our bodies. It is only through experimenting for yourself that we realise about these things.
When we actually attempt many courses, gurus, workshops etc and none get to the core of it, then its always worth looking at the why? What’s going on? Is it me, or is it the courses, workshops, or gurus?
I found the same and in that none made any differences, probably just touched the surface of it all. Until I was inspired, they just happened to be called Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, it could simply be someone else.
Serge Benhayon does inspire us to live in a way that is true for ourselves, to feel and discern what is actually true, not just follow like sheep, ‘I live the life that I feel is true to me.’
“After years of doing all kind of new age courses and workshops like Reiki, Yoga, training in intuition, Gestalt therapy, re-birthing, bodywork, etc, I never felt or saw a real change that had stayed in either myself or him.” It is that living proof that shows the validity of what Serge Benhayon presents and that it is just a choice whether one discovers this for oneself or not.
When I was a kid, I just so hated being told what to do – it could be anything from when to go to bed, helping out with house chores, or doing homework or it really could be anything. It’s not that I didn’t want to do whatever the activity, I just hated the dictation and the control I could feel in those commands. I just wanted to be left alone, and be trusted that I knew what to do when and how for myself, and that I didn’t have to do it according to someone else’s ideal but be allowed to find a way around in my own timing.
I dislike being told what to do because of the dictation and control that I could feel as you say Fumiyo, ‘that is what the world needs – more people who are living in a way they feel is true’. The world needs people to connect to their innermost and honour their truth, not be controlled, manipulated, and dictated to from a false narrative.
I enjoyed very much reading your sharing Annelies. The way your partner stayed with you even you both were making different choices speaks about an exquiste respect towards you. Coming accross Universal Medicine was your absolut choice, no one told or invite you to join in. Love how you step by step, in your own pace, discovered a new way of living that feels natural and very amazing. I can relate about that. Thanks for sharing with such honesty.
The changes Annelies saw and felt in her partner after he had been doing the Gentle Breath Meditation, reading one of Serge’s books, and listen to some of his audios, ‘In a few months I could feel and see changes in him: he was more open than ever, less irritated when he came home after a day’s work, more loving to himself and our family and definitely more vital than before.’
I love reading your blog again, Annelies. The process you experienced is very earthy, personal and relatable at the same time. It seems that you discarded what was not working in your life and went to the essence, connecting deeper with yourself and others.. and you did it from a personal choice of embracing life responsibly, so I can’t but appreciate your brave and honest decision, as well as all the blessings that have come into your life since then.
Doug your comment reminded me of the word ‘esoteric’ and how this means ‘inner-most’ and that this is what we are followers of, our inner-most heart, and that we are students of Serge because his ability to live fully from his inner-most heart offers much inspiration and support.
Thank you Annelies, I enjoyed reading this again. I can understand your comment about seeing the true and lasting changes in your husband. When I began studying with Serge and Universal Medicine I could not believe the changes I was feeling in myself, changes that were lasting that I continued to build upon. There are so many untrue pathways, modalities, philosophies, etc, that can temporarily make one feel good but they fall flat with providing a practical way to make real and lasting change in life that comes from within. This was my experience with spirituality and the various alternative and complementary therapies I tried before coming to Universal Medicine. What Serge presents is true and lasting change, as it comes from the love within, and it happens at our own pace as we are students of ourselves.
What Serge Benhayon shares and lives supports us to live a life with true and lasting changes, ‘We felt to change the way we were eating and drinking, sleeping, working etc., just because, in the process of becoming more self loving, we became more aware of what our bodies were telling us. We were and are learning to trust our feelings, knowing that we have a choice in every split second of every day.’
It’s definitely a different way of life living from the inner heart. It’s that still, quiet, loving place within ourselves. We all equally have it but we may not be connected to it. I find both the Gentle Breath Meditation and using the gentle breath throughout my day, helps me to stay connected to myself and to feel my stillness. I’ve really been noticing that when I’m not connected to my essence and soul, that’s the true stress, along with my reactions to life that take me away from me.
It is a remembering how to consistently live from our inner heart, tools like the Gentle Breath Meditation support us with this learning, “you do not need anyone or anything outside your inner heart to tell you what is right for you, everything is there in your inner heart”.
To listen to Serge Benhayon present is the most loving thing I can do. “And of course to be inspired by the immense love that Serge is and lives.” Of course, after that and equally so is to love myself in the same vibration.
Following a guru is maybe an option only if you have no clue that there is something your body feels totally at ease with; something that is totally natural to you which will change your life if you align to it.
In any presentation I have attended of Universal Medicine I have never ever been told what to do or how to live and never asked to follow or join anything. I enjoy the presentations because they present a way of life that supports a deeper inner connection with my own wisdom and intuition so I can make the call about how I feel I want to live to enjoy a fuller, more vital and joyful life. So far everything that has been presented on these workshops has worked beautifully!
We expand by appreciation, appreciation of what is : we are love !
Lovely Danna, your comment is a little bomb of joy!
Yes, it is as simple as choosing to live more lovingly and to listen to the internal conversation from our body.
I really appreciate that you can say how much you reacted to your partner wanting to change. We don’t like to admit when we are not behaving kindly but it is the only way we can let go of past behaviours.
Thank you Lucy and it is the only way to feel the space that is actually there when we let go of what we have been invested in.
Being more loving in how we live what we consider the basics of our daily life such as the way we sleep, eat, exercise and interact with others is the foundation of all that we do. Unfortunately all too often we get distracted by the complexities and fast pace of the world around us and tend to forget this fact and take the basics for granted. This in turn disrupts and quality of everything we do.
We can react to people around us who show us that the way we are living every day is not it. It disturbs our comfort zone, it asks us to truly think outside of the box we’ve placed ourselves in and If we’re honest, we can admit that that’s the last thing many of us want to do.
A beautifull expression Annelies and I reiterate this ‘Thank God for Serge Benhayon and his (extended) family for their endless love for humanity.’ Reading this what I felt was gosh how off track have we as humanity been and currently are, in that we are not connected to our truth each and every way each and every day.
I feel more and more people will eventually realise why so many of us are already saying, ‘Thank God for Serge Benhayon and his (extended) family for their endless love for humanity.’ We are all so blessed to have this man, and his family in our lives, and in our world.
We can be inspired and in fact we often and do need that inspiration, that’s how we support each other, and this is what Serge Benhayon does superbly, no dictation, just a presentation of a way of living and being that is love first, truth first always and then you do what you do with it, and so people get inspired and choose to live this for themselves. This is the power of true reflection.
I think this is a big one for us to read because we don’t often consider that there is a way to live that is natural for us. Often we do things, we work out, we apply certain diets that we think is good for us but quite often this approach fails in one way or another. If we truly listen to our bodies however the way forward is quite clear.
I agree with you Matts, listening to our body and allowing it to guide us through life is something we are not encouraged to do when we were growing up and in society in general. In fact, when I look around, everything seems to encourage us to do the opposite, by ignoring and numbing our body. We use food, beverages, entertainment, education, career, exercise and the list goes on to numb our body.
Truly listening to and honouring our bodies is super important for many reasons, one being our well-being, our health, “The best medicine is how you live on a daily basis” – Serge Benhayon).’
How much do we honour committing to a relationship with our bodies and our inner heart? I reckon it is not our normal and therefore we live at the mercy of all the expectations and demands of life.
For me it was also the experience with the Gentle Breath Meditation during a workshop of Chris James in which I became aware how disconnected I had become from myself.
How beautiful to breath my own breath now.
When we are truly listening to the guide of our inner heart and our body we start taking responsibility in life.
Magnetic pull is beautiful. When we live, we reflect and the world can See and feel the shine and this is Truth being seen.
And all without effort or having an investment in someone getting it
To enjoy and celebrate who we truly are, we do not do this enough, because the norm is to go into comparison and jealousy when another shines because it reflects too much our own choices of not shinning. But at any moment we can make one different choice, that leads to the next and the next.
‘you do not need anyone or anything outside your inner heart to tell you what is right for you, everything is there in your inner heart’, such a powerful reminder for me as I move forward in my new cycle of living and being impulsed by my Soul and making that my only way.
When you witness someone especially your partner living true to themselves and the changes that occur, we get a reflection, and then it is our choice to choose that or not, but we all equally have that choice.
True, when we are naturally inspired it is pure, someone accepts us as we are, knowing we are the same in essence and in our own time making our own choices, mistakes, experiences to learn and grow from life.
We can try as hard as we wish, but only when the body is capable of returning to what feels utterly natural to it, will we know we are on our way home and we’ll deepen and expand.
There is a huge difference between change and real change. Change can happen when we participate in new age workshops or have sessions, but does it last? or is it because of an excitement fuelled by emotion? thinking we have good intentions, but find it is not true. There is no emotion whatsoever when real change occurs – it can be very subtle, but it remains as we move on and say yes to what is next to let go of and change to support us in our evolution.
‘And that is what the world needs – more people who are living in a way they feel is true, so that other people around them can see and feel that they are more naturally loving, joyful, vital and self empowered.’ And this is the Way of The Livingness, the religion we live connects us to who we are.
It is more than 5 years ago since you wrote this blog and I have seen both you, your husband and your children change so much over the years, it is hard to put that into words. A before and after would be a great gift and reflection to the world. And it keeps deepening and refining for there is no end to the depth of love.
I agree Monika, an update would be wonderful, and a family before and after a very interesting read.
‘Universal Medicine is all about a commitment to a way of life, living naturally from our inner heart.’ Simple. Universal Medicine just presents what is possible for us to live. It’s our choice to commit with ourselves and make it possible.
There is nothing better than finally realising you don’t have to live in tension of the world. The freedom in that alone is worth everything. Realising that you don’t have to absorb people’s emotions has changed my life. I used to want to understand how people felt and I did it by literally taking on all their stuff and ‘putting myself in their shoes’ almost literally. It’s no wonder I was exhausted and a bit of an emotional mess.
Beautifully inspiring Annelies, we can learn so much from one another, especially when we notice the changes in people we know well, and are able to see the difference it makes to them, because we realise that we too can make similar changes.