by Greg Hall, Australia, BSc Eng (Civil) PrEng
Let’s go back a bit… 21 years ago I stood as a 19 year old beside my good friend, who was on life support following a near drowning whilst on his honeymoon. A reporter was interviewing his family in the hospital room, and upon completion presented his notes for the family to edit and agree to. A few days later my friend passed on, and the papers ran a story. The vivid memory remains of just how much the story had changed by the time it was put into print – names of family members and places misspelt, and a completely different, sensationalised story told to the world. I do not read the newspaper much, and from that day on I viewed news media articles from the perspective that the story will be written in order to sell it.
Life in South Africa from a news perspective changed dramatically in the 1990’s, whereby escalating crime and human suffering took on a proportion that flooded the news media, to the point that the nation seemed to become overwhelmed and numb – we could hardly tolerate the smallest pinch of what was truly happening, never mind contend with trumped-up, sensationalised versions of events. The news media became almost silent about the goings-on in society.
More recently we immigrated to Australia, and I recall a news headline in early 2009, of how officials stopped traffic on a Perth highway to allow a family of ducks to cross to the other side – how refreshing!
In the past two weeks I have again stood beside friends amidst renewed evidence of the sheer lack of integrity and professional ethic in our local news media, for I am now cast, amongst others, as a member of the world’s newest ‘cult’ movement (yes, the news has spread to New York). And this because I have chosen of my free will, to pay to attend presentations afforded by Serge Benhayon. Not only am I free in the choice to attend or not, Universal Medicine hold no more of a record of me than the name I give them when I pay at the door – so they would have no way of contacting me (coercing or otherwise).
Those in my greater family, friends and work colleagues know me well enough to know that I am no de-railed, mindless drain on society, as implied by the reference to a ‘cult follower’, so my life goes on… but the sheer gall to print unqualified lies for the rest of the world to be misled by presents one little choice but to provide a response.
So who am I and why do I associate with Universal Medicine?
I am a 40 year old male, father to three sons, and husband in a loving marriage of 17 years young. I qualified as a professional Civil Engineer in the early 1990’s, and have worked myself into management roles in the construction sector that afford me a comfortable living, by world standards.
Despite growing up in Africa I consider myself fortunate to have lived a sheltered, easy life, but from as far back as my early teen years I recall periodic feelings of ‘emptiness’ and a sense that my life could be so much more. I changed companies from time to time, thinking more money would satisfy the source of these feelings, I bought newer and bigger cars, we bought a bigger house, acquired extra dogs or cats; I even (having been a reluctant member of sporting activities during school years – having your head kicked in at the bottom of a rugby scrum is not really enjoyable – but merely provides scars as a ticket to mingle with the rest of the ‘men’ in society) took up long distance river canoe and ocean surf ski paddling around the age of 30, along with personal gym training sessions 3-4 times a week (old school mates hardly recognised me with this ‘new’ physique). All of this was an attempt to fill that ‘emptiness’. But guess what? After buying that new car, or house, or canoe, or landing the ‘better job’ or punishing the body, the feeling of ‘emptiness’ would always return at some point.
Medically, I have lived a very ‘healthy’ existence, and only really appreciated the wonders of modern medicine when I broke several vertebrae in my back as a result of a motorbike accident. Oh, and of course caesarean section meant that my wife and sons all survived childbirth – the first one certainly would have put an end to them otherwise.
It was the birth of our first child that led my wife and I to investigate the possibility that there was more to medicine than a ‘quick-fix’ bottle of chemicals – all our friends just dished it up, and our parents would comment “you survived ok on it”, but it simply did not feel right! Homoeopathy seemed to make more sense, and quantum physics could at least explain somewhat how it worked and that it was all derived from natural products. We were introduced to a network chiropractor who performed a ‘form of energy healing’ light touch massage that settled our 4-month-old screaming baby, and he slept for six hours straight for the first time in his life. After follow up sessions he would even sit quietly and look out the car window on the way home. My curiosity led me to cranio-sacral therapy (as I understood at the time, the origins of which lay with an Australian), and from an engineering background of logic and math I was ‘blown away’ one weekend when I attended an introductory course, and could actually feel the cranio-sacral pulse of a fellow student’s body in my own hands.
It was a Sunday morning in July 2008 when my wife and I woke up, looked at each other, and announced in unison “let’s have a look at relocating to Australia” – having never considered leaving our family and friends in South Africa we surprised even ourselves; nonetheless our lives were packed up and relocated by the end of that year. After the chaos of settling into a new life in a foreign land subsided, that feeling of ‘emptiness’ in my life returned.
In early 2010 we saw a pamphlet in a dentist’s rooms for a presentation by Serge Benhayon of Universal Medicine. Having researched their website, I arrived at Heart Chakra One on a Sunday morning with a healthy dose of scepticism – after all, if you’ve only read his writings once you’ve got to question which era in history that version of English comes from.
I came home from that first presentation feeling that I had been offered a point of view with such honesty and clarity, that it somehow made sense of so many of the unanswered questions of life that I held. I chose to go back to the next presentation. Albert Einstein is quoted saying “The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” There certainly was a curiosity to understand more of what I felt to be so true in my body from what this man, Serge, had to present. Not only does he present a possibility for our consideration, but lives his own life as an example of what he presents.
I have come to meet many students of the Way of the Livingness. I could not describe them as overly friendly, courteous or polite or any combination of these, but there is something about the way so many of the students simply know who they are (and know who I am that it does not need to be questioned), and in their presence you feel a love for yourself that is indescribable. Suffice to sum it up as the most awesome experience that you wish would not wane when life continues ‘outside’ of this meeting.
What I am learning of myself is, that the ‘emptiness’ returns in smaller and smaller doses the more that I feel into who I truly am and allow this great love I have in me to simply be. I have been presented with so many examples of students living from the love within their inner heart, that I strive for the same within me, and in my life. I have noticed too, that the more I allow my love to be and guide me through my day, that it has a positive effect on all those around me too.
Imagine being on a construction site (I manage a construction company that employed nearly 200 men in Brisbane last year), and when you’re around hardly anyone utters a swear word; and if they do let the odd profanity slip, it’s out of old habit and has no force or anger behind it! I had one of the foulest mouths around until I made the conscious choice to no longer impose words of anger onto others.
Similarly, I made a personal and conscious choice one evening to leave the beers at home and take only cool drinks in the esky to our men’s poker evening. I cannot describe how liberating it was to admit to myself that alcohol is a poison to my body that makes me ill to some degree each time I ingest it. The only reason I chose to drink was to ‘fit in’ with my Dad and my friends, and so that society in general would not think I was deranged. It never ever felt good in my body (we even had a slogan: ‘the liver is bad and must be punished!’). Having made the conscious choice and openly saying I do not drink because it does not feel good in me, I have never again been second-guessed – not by my family, friends, colleagues or society.
I stopped eating gluten and dairy, again as a personal choice, which requires considerable ‘effort’ and commitment as just about every pre-packed, processed meal or food item contains one or the other, or both… (dairy had always affected our children, either in their mood and behaviour, or in the ear, nose and throat infections that always presented soon after they ate it). Several months later, I began to feel my body responding to the food I eat. I am still exploring, and am amazed how sweet so many foods taste just with their natural sugars. I recall in my early working career caring little about the food I ate, and I lived on meat pies to the point that one day my body simply refused to allow another one in – the same happened after a few years of regular take-away burgers and the likes. When I look back, it was the time in my life that I was the most unwell from a health perspective, with colds and flu, lethargy and generally run down – even though I was in my twenties and should have been feeling ‘bullet-proof’.
Something else that simply makes sense of the ‘emptiness’ is the possibility that I have spent a life being identified by what I do and achieve, and not simply being accepted as the love-filled being I am. How profound an opportunity it is for me as a parent to be (for the first generation in humanity’s recent history?) aware of the possibility to simply love my children for who they are – to forget about placing expectation on them to do, or be, or achieve anything in particular in order for me to grace them with love and acceptance. Wow, that’s huge!
It is for all these reasons that I continue to attend Universal Medicine presentations and healing courses, of my own free will. I am convinced Serge Benhayon does not need any of us there – he has his own life sorted, but for the same reason as I described on the construction site, it feels really awesome to feel that others respond to your choice to be the love you are – by recognising, even in the tiniest amount, that they too have the same love within themselves. And that your choice may one day show them that their ‘emptiness’ may be filled too.
So in summary, I say to the news media world:
Be of true service to humanity; be the love that you are; the millions of dollars in media (and others’) bank accounts that you strive to top up, cannot be taken to the grave (or even your next life – what if, hey? We were all convinced once that the world was flat, were we not?).
Feel every story with your heart and make a difference now. Thank you.
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Greg you sound like a very healthy boss to have.
When we love ourselves first and foremost, we are already in service, for that love reaches out in so many wonderful ways, and all we are doing is being ourselves.
Its easy to go round in life with this emptiness until we let ourselves really feel it and we become aware of the sheer devastation it is leaving in the world. I can understand that journalists want to get ‘a good story’ ( although it pays to ask ourselves what this means) and that they are under pressure to come up with the goods fast, but does this justify grabbing stories that are potentially very damaging to many people and not checking out whether there is any truth in them? We all have the ability to stop just for a second and connect to our heart and feel what is true. We can notice the loud thoughts that try to control us and steer our movements – and say ” no”. We can give space to a wisdom that is inside us, always there waiting to be accessed and honoured.
The trap of life – how we all fall into the pictures of what success look like – which always boils down to our status in life, the job we do, how much we earn… health has no place here as long as you have material wealth! That said, with the huge increase in illness and disease, our health and well-being is already a new commodity of richness…
This was written in 2012. Yet what is exposed and the message at the end could not be more relevant to today’s media which has been rapidly descending into an industry that considers hits/ or copies sold as far more important than integrity, caring for people and reporting the Truth. “To the news media world: Be of true service to humanity; be the love that you are; the millions of dollars in media (and others’) bank accounts that you strive to top up, cannot be taken to the grave ….. Feel every story with your heart and make a difference now. Thank you.” Spot on.
Since society is quite numb, journalists specialise in creating ‘sensations’ that is, stories that appeal to our human senses, that is the way of the sensationalist press.
That is what true parenting is, to have no expectations whatsoever but to raise them in the knowing that our children are already everything and we are there to guide them to live with all of who they are in a world that asks them to be all that they are not.
I agree it is a profound opportunity to be able to parent with the awareness that you can just love your children for who they are with no expectation. We are constantly being fed by this idea of getting it right or wrong and this model has been separating us from ourselves and each other. This is an amazing opportunity, and responsibility, and not having our own children doesn’t warrant a get our of jail free card.
A great call Greg, to feel everything with our hearts and live in a way that honours that.
The inner emptiness cannot be satisfied with material goods or accolades; it is the being craving its beingness and true settlement.
Beautifully and precisely expressed Gabriele.
Great blog Greg, to embrace all that Serge and Universal Medicine offers humanity is totally life changing, I remember the first time I went to one of his presentations, not only did I hear and feel the truth in what he presented I had to ask myself why was no one else presenting this because it made such perfect sense to me.
How devastating for a brand-new wife and family to lose a loved one and then have the sensationalized inaccurate story reported in the media and disseminated to the world. It just goes to show how discerning we have to be when we read or listen to anything shared by another – and that applies not only in regard to the media, but in our normal everyday conversations with others too.
More and more it feels clear to me that the quality of the love for ourselves and humanity that we take with us when we pass is a responsibility to honour completely. This applies to every human being, so if we are not living with integrity in our everyday – regardless of our ‘jobs’ then we are living with a heart that is forced to contract from truth against its own free will. It is only the mind that chooses to be less than the love we innately are in our essence.
“How profound an opportunity it is for me as a parent to be (for the first generation in humanity’s recent history?) aware of the possibility to simply love my children for who they are – to forget about placing expectation on them to do, or be, or achieve anything in particular in order for me to grace them with love and acceptance. Wow, that’s huge! ” As a parent who is in her seventies I feel too how what you have expressed above is so huge, to have this opportunity to express to your children true love in honouring who they truly are divine sons of God and appreciate the reflection and opportunity for evolution each family member brings.
Thankyou Greg, your writing is very engaging and beautiful to read. This paragraph in particular stood out for me; “What I am learning of myself is, that the ‘emptiness’ returns in smaller and smaller doses the more that I feel into who I truly am and allow this great love I have in me to simply be…. I have noticed too, that the more I allow my love to be and guide me through my day, that it has a positive effect on all those around me too.” Allowing our own great love to be – it’s so simple isn’t it? I also feel the profound effect this love has on others and how easily they can reconnect to it inside themselves in the presence of someone who is connected.
Questioning life is everything – we all know there is so much in the world that is not right and not ok, if we simple accept it all and don’t question what and why and how all this is happening then nothing will ever change. Questioning is the first step towards changing what is not right for good.
Emptiness cannot be filled because it is space we have filled with emptiness. We have to renounce emptiness as a filler and stop trying to fill it up in whatever way.
Thank you Greg for this absolutely marvellous testimonial, packed full of integrity and truth. If this were made public in mainstream media we’d have real journalism of a kind that would bump even those ducks off the front page!
I agree this kind of truthful, honest and integrity-filled kind of writing is exactly what we need in journalism and in all our newspapers.
This is a very clear and beautiful account of a life lived in a very scientific way. Trying and feeling things like a change of diet or a change of old ingrained habits and feeling that the changes have really made a huge difference in your overall health and wellbeing can hardly be called cultist behaviours.
I really do love the detail in this piece you share your life with an open heart, the way that you speak directly to all media outlets is very touching too. The changes that have occurred at your work are inspiring and how down to earth and no nonsense a man you are, surely speaks volumes to the reader of what type of person might attend an event like Universal Medicine. What affects me about the “cult” lies that have been spread is the fact that now, a company that has done everything in its power to be truthful beacon, who has a spotless reputation and the highest integrity now has the “cult” word detracting and possibly affecting other people’s ideas of what attending a talk of presentation is about. There are literally hundreds of students that have had very life changing occurrences from attending talks or having a session and to think someone may be afraid to attend out of fear of being labelled as a cult member makes me sad. I have never in my 10 years of being involved with Universal Medicine been asked to attend an event or even told or informed of dates of an event; you have to go on the website and figure out when things are on. I am never pressured or told what to do, I work in the community and I am not isolated and have no rules set.
So powerful, so claimed and so ready to stand up for truth, thank you for you contribution.
The media and others may continue to defame and slur Universal Medicine but to those who chose to find out for themselves there is an ever open door and, no surprise, many who come choose to stay and hear more about The Way of The Livingness and introduce it into their own way of living.
I am delighted that I was drawn back to your blog today Greg as I have been pondering a lot lately on the fact that for the majority of my life if I thought someone was wiser than me I never questioned what they were sharing. How disastrous was that at times, but I never seemed to be able to let go of this ‘placing people on a pedestal’ behaviour. It wasn’t until I arrived at my first presentation by Serge Benhayon and heard him say that we all needed to question everything that he shared that I began to stop the instant trusting that had led me astray way too many times. I was stunned when he said it as I had never heard a presenter ever say that, but it was one of the best, and life changing, pieces of advice that I have ever been given. Today I listen, I discern and then a make a choice that is mine and mine alone; no one to blame and the responsibility as to the outcome is also 100% mine.
I can feel how that experience with the media regarding your friends passing would have exacerbated the hurt that everyone would have been already struggling with. That facts get distorted into fiction, that anyone can knowingly present incorrect details on any topic is wrong on so many levels and this is relevant to all that we present be that verbally, in written words, in our intentions and actions anywhere, anytime. It is also important to note that this is not just applicable to the media but everyone equally.
I love the message you have written to the world’s media, Greg. How amazing it would be if they were all able to read it, and how even more amazing it would be if even a few of them made the choice to live and work by what you have written, especially these wise words: “Feel every story with your heart and make a difference now.”
Thank you Greg! To remind us that Einstein once said “the important thing is to not stop questioning”. This is some of the greatest advice we could be given in this world. To me, my life has meaning far above what it would have had if I had not met with Serge Benhayon and The Way of The Livingness.
To parent without placing expectations on children is true and unconditional love.
Greg, I loved reading your experience and although the details are different, my experience of Universal Medicine has been the same as yours in that I have never been coerced into attending anything by them. It has also been my choice – completely free will so for some sectors of the press to report Universal Medicine is a cult is not only ludicrous but an out and out lie.
A very beautiful sharing and very lovely to read how you are approaching your parenting and how you will support your children to be all that they are. This is a true foundation for living life.
It is very interesting and a salutary lesson for us all, do we speak up whenever there is abuse by the media and discrimination or do we wake up one day and discover that we are the target of lies, slander and orchestrated persecution and suddenly wonder where is our recourse to justice or a foundation of truth, the foundation that we had contributed to its neglect for all those years. But we can start now to make the difference.
Loved hearing about the changes that you’ve made in your life Greg and how natural they have been. Words can be used to manipulate and put a spin on anything and this is something the media and news are very good at.. One day when enough of us call for it the media will be wordsmiths of truth rather than lies.
What a beautiful piece calling the media and us all to choose to feel what is true and what is not, it is us who support this way of reporting, by the falseness that we choose to live.
What a beautiful calling out of the Media. How can they respond to this? You’ve exposed their lies and greed with honesty and love.
Thank you Greg – saying no is such a strong thing when you want to choose that which truly supports you. By saying no we automatically say yes to that which is true for us.
A beautiful calling to truth for the media Greg, you’re so right you can have all the money in the world but it’s worth nothing without integrity, truth and care.
Greg, I enjoyed reading your story and how your association with Universal Medicine has impulsed so much change, yet nothing that you personally had not felt to do for yourself. Your sharing is clear and offers any one who reads it a moment to pause and ponder on life, their health and general well being and to place the thought in their bodies, that they actually have the power to choose to change anything that feels harmful, or as you share ’empty’.
This is a great story Greg. When we know the Truth nothing is ever the same again . . . no half baked non-truth is ever going to cut it again.
This is an amazing story Greg. The media is a reflection of what we have allowed as a society as they simply print the news we collectively ask for. If enough people stand up and demand news with integrity we will get it, however first and foremost it is our responsibility to discern what is true from what is presented to us.
An amazing testimony to living and speaking truth.
I also was blessed by experiencing the power in the wisdom that Universal Medicine presented… noticing how the emptiness became less and less as I connected to the love within me and allowed it to guide me through life… a profound and transformational experience that the media could never report on without understanding…. something that sadly they do not care for.
Not much has changed in the media and it only seems to get worse. But sometimes it takes time to choose love and truth. The beauty is, it all starts with ourselves, and from there we can be a point of inspiration, for all those around us, including the media.
Well said Adam. Those involved with Universal Medicine have simply been able to see truth when it is presented and see through the illusion that is the way of life at present on earth and understand that this loveless way of living isn’t it.
Today I talked to a work colleague about media, and he was talking about how the media “sells us” the message it wants to sell. In this case it was about Muslims. We are fed the hysteria surrounding Islam and terrorism, and then in the next breath the media proclaims itself to be the one calling out the very antagonistic behaviour it started. But this is where it gets interesting. He then talked about how his friends perpetuate similar myths on Social media – that by perpetrating wives tales and conspiracy theories they also end up playing the same game the media plays. And he raises a great point. Well might we point out the flaws in the professional media. But now we all have our own media, what are we doing about it? Do we use it as a platform to deeply consider the truth of all things, or do we simply use it to sell our own brand of how we see the world, just as the traditional media has always done…
Thank you Adam, I agree, it makes no sense at all, unless we delve into history where the truth has always been attacked. So why would anyone go out of their way to ridicule, judge, lie and continually pour energy into discrediting the truth, could it be the energy they align to?
Indeed Greg, the world was once flat and pigs could fly and this was when we aligned to the energy that held us in these grouse untruths. As Albert Einstein said “every thing is energy” and Serge Benhayon states, “if everything is energy which is undeniably is, then everything is because of energy,” with this understanding, and when people align to a false energy the truth get pushed into a corner to be hidden from the masses. Thanks to the presentations by Serge Benhayon the Students of The Livingness we have come out from the corners and the dark recesses of our own making to reclaim the truth, which is to realign to the true energy of being a living Son of God.
Very true Greg – I also agree with Albert Einstein, the times in my life when I stopped questioning I closed myself off to hearing the truth and the wisdom within.
Questions allow us to remain open rather than shut down and closed off from the possibility of there being more. If the universal is constantly expanding then by not asking ‘what is next? what is this new expansion about? etc’ are we not then letting the updates build, build and build? It’s like putting off updating our computers and then when it gets to a certain point it stops operating with the systems in the world because it can’t support those platforms. From the presentations of Serge Benhayon I can say this has been the experience in my life, delaying the updates in how we live then doesn’t support what is available to us now. Is it possible that the media are simply choosing to delay even more by circulating these old tired lies?
Greg your blog is powerful and a joy to read – the media have the potential to serve humanity greatly but most of what they dish up is actually a dis-service – great call to have them feel with their hearts first for that is where truth resides.
I know that when I stop questioning, I close the door on understanding more about myself and life. Just asking questions and being open to receiving the answer means it will come. This is what is happening with me and Universal Medicine.
A real life story that could be printed in a million newspapers today, of how ONE man Serge Benhayon has inspired so many people to love and care for themselves and others. Blog sites like these are really needed so that we can all keep documenting our 1st hand experience of Serge and the ripple effects across the globe.
I agree with you Greg and with Albert Einstein, don’t ever stop questioning, we may not get an immediate answer but if we sit back and stop questioning life and everything around us we stagnate and life becomes empty and boring.
A call out to the media moguls to report Truth and to STOP the lies – whoever you are reporting on. Thank you Greg Hall!
Everyone is looking for an answer, however maybe the answer isn’t what we expected it to be. Thereby an openess and discernment at every point in life is essential.
That is such a great point Luke, well said.
So true alisonmoir. There is an amazing and inspirational story to report about Serge Benhayon. As the media has not told this story, it is being told in these blogs and comments.
So true Gail, love is the one thing that we are all searching for – we have been mislead as to what love is and how it feels, hence the feeling of emptiness and the searching. Beginning with self love we can then offer a reflection of what love is so that others may know this too.
Beautiful Greg. I too by my own choice attend Universal Medicine events and presentations. I go to some and not others, as I see fit and what feels true for me. There has never been any coercion or pressure to attend an event and I have heard Serge Benhayon on many occasions say to the audience that they can leave at any time and ask for a refund on the way out. I have not seen in any other organisation the level of integrity that Universal Medicine has.
I agree Lee. In fact in the beginning I was a bit miffed that nobody seemed the least bit interested in whether or not I returned for another event as I am so used to all types of organisations being invested in whether or not I would remain a customer. I now deeply appreciate the absolute lack of imposition that is consistently demonstrated by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
There is so much in your blog Greg and I love how logical everything has been – I have felt the same. Great logic in discerning life, being loving, kind, valuing truth, honesty and integrity. If we as individuals need to make these choices to be the change we want to see in the world then why hold back?!
I loved rereading your story Greg and find it deeply inspiring. It is clear, straightforward, very real and shows the curiosity you bring to life. It is a ‘whole’ story that brings the reality and truth. The media can learn from you.
A powerfully written blog Greg, thank you for sharing your journey with Universal Medicine. This blog has many gems worth repeating, your call to the media is beautifully expressed here – ‘Be of true service to humanity; be the love that you are; the millions of dollars in media (and others’) bank accounts that you strive to top up, cannot be taken to the grave (or even your next life – what if, hey?’
OMG…people have made choices that lead to good health…and…they went to talks by a man that spoke of self love and personal responsibility. Be alarmed…be very alarmed. Not only that but nobody preaches and everyone is free to choose. I’m shocked.
I am reading this blog 3 years after you have written it Greg, but what you wrote then still stands today. The media industry is still writing rubbish, printing ‘…unqualified lies for the rest of the world to be misled by…’ about Universal Medicine, Serge Benhayon and the thousands of people who choose to listen to what is presented, of their own free will.
Sensationalism is demanded by the people it seems, who actually don’t want the truth but rather a good story to compare their own existences with. It is a sorry state of affairs and needs to change.
The way you have written this blog is the ideal way for such change to take place. You have written with such a steadiness, unreactive to the lies, not defensive and with complete openness for the choices you have made and the effects of those choices on your life. That truth needs to be told and is a truth worth listening to.
“Feel every story with your heart and make a difference now.” We have become so intellectulised as a society that we seem to judge everything with our heads. We over think things and try to create a life for ourselves as best we can but as you say often end up with a feeling of unfulfillment and even emptiness. How lovely to start giving the head a rest and allowing the heart to show us the way. Listening to the body and letting ourselves become still inside and moving and responding from there.
This feels like a gentle nudge to the media to take responsibility for what they write. I really enjoyed reading this Greg.
Very enjoyable Greg and of curiosity too mixed with wonder (!) Your words here: “What I am learning of myself is, that the ‘emptiness’ returns in smaller and smaller doses the more that I feel into who I truly am and allow this great love I have in me to simply be” – perfectly truly stated.
This was so beautiful to read Greg, thank you, there was so much in it that was profound, and for me today, most particularly your last line “Feel every story with your heart and make a difference now.” I shall endeavour to do so.
Greg this was such an amazing blog as you wrote with such openness and honesty. Your story is a story shared by so many, feeling unfulfilled in life no matter how materially successful you are. I too had felt that there had to be more to life than this. It was not until I came upon Universal Medicine that I too began to see life with more clarity and that perhaps that longing for more was really just a deep desire to reconnect to the me I had long ago walked away from. Your blog reminded me of this, and it is stories like yours that the media are missing, stories that inspire and show that true change is possible when we commit to making our life based on being the true us in the world. Thank you for sharing you.
Greg, what I really enjoyed reading your blog was the sense of both curiosity and openness you have shown to what has been presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine students. This has then allowed you the grace and space to find your own truth around various issues in your own timing, which makes perfect sense. It is a reminder to me to not be impatient, but to let things unravel as each issue comes up to be dealt with. Thank you.
The media have a habit of favouring a whole host of lies over the simplicity of what is true. It is all under the guise of ‘truth doesn’t sell, sensation does’ and if this is true, then why do we seek a source of nourishment that can only leave us hungry and asking for more as it lacks the very substance of our Soul? What Serge Benhayon presents is nourishing on every level and so the ‘more’ that we come back for is not coming from a place of lack; a great hole needing to be filled such as the emptiness Greg is describing, but an absolute knowing of what is true and so lacking in our world. Truth does sell, but only if we buy.
This is truly awesome, Greg. You are a living testament to the fact that when we follow and listen to what our bodies tell us, and our instincts of what to eat, what to drink and how to live, we can shape ourselves a path of how to live that is joyful and supportive.
Your blog feels like reading a love story. It makes me want to read more. More of the truth that you bring.
That was pretty cool to read, Thank you Greg. Feeling things for myself has been the most freeing way to live I have ever experienced and learning daily to apply this into all aspects of my life is something I don’t see myself living without now. Questioning and using our feelings to be our guide of such curiosity certainly is not something that should be avoided but supported and fostered in life.
Great sharing Greg.
I especially loved this line ‘I cannot describe how liberating it was to admit to myself that alcohol is a poison to my body that makes me ill to some degree each time I ingest it’ I know I did not feel that way when I stopped drinking, infact I felt it as a curse! Why did my body not allow me to partake of this action that all others seemed able to do!? Ha. I now know it is a poison to all bodies, no matter how much smoke and mirrors they put up to pretend otherwise.
I also love that you raised the point that we can grace our children (OR anyone/all for that matter!) with our Love no matter what they be, say or do! A point I needed to be reminded of today xX
So much has been presented about Universal Medicine in the media that is simply not true. What is given here is a true account of the typical relationship those who attend Universal Medicine events have with the organisation, and with the philosophy that is Universal Medicine. It is by no means a dogmatic set of rules – rather the opposite – in that it encourages attendees to question live a little more deeply – and that can never be a bad thing. Thankyou Greg for presenting the truth so simply.
I loved reading your story Greg and it is clear you are not in a cult…. You sound extraordinarily sound of mind and through your words allow people to feel the truth of Universal Medicine and the beautiful and rewarding life that is possible when the inspiration offered by them is responded to.
Amazing that over a time when we were meant to be young fit and at our healthiest “the 20’s,” it was a time I recall being my wildest and irresponsible days. My body was like a dumping ground that just seemed to keep going until it was forced to stop either by accidents or getting seriously sick… Until Universal Medicine shed some light on the subject of self care and love, turned my world upside down and I’m forever grateful and would not change a thing.
It has been a complete honour to share in your experiences in life and how you came across Universal Medicine. Heart-felt thanks to you for writing this blog and sharing it with the world. I once had what I thought was a bottomless pit of ’emptiness’ my chest and tummy… “What I am learning of myself is, that the ‘emptiness’ returns in smaller and smaller doses the more that I feel into who I truly am and allow this great love I have in me to simply be.” It turns out I don’t have bottomless pit of emptiness’..my body is now filled with a huge amount of love, love that I share, and all because someone reflected the love they live within and I was open to feeling love grow within me. That is what Universal Medicine shares with the world, journalists!
Its very lovely the way you call the media to account Greg – without judgement or reaction. In this you are a great reflection of the living way that Serge Benhayon presented and originally inspired you.
So true what you say here “it feels really awesome to feel that others respond to your choice to be the love you are – by recognising, even in the tiniest amount, that they too have the same love within themselves.”
Brilliant Greg, curiosity is a remarkable thing as it gives us choice, without it we simply bludgeon our way through life or take what is given to us.
You are evidently a great inspiration to your family, work colleagues and friends Greg, bringing what feels true for you. If the journalists writing their stories to sell papers or promote themselves took Einstein’s advice, and took time to investigate the truth, they would find that Serge Benhayon is an extraordinary ordinary man inspiring many with his loving way of living. Like you, I have felt the truth of his profound and simple philosophy and religion.
This is very beautiful to read and to know more about you, your family and where you have come from. And great title, Einstein was so right, we must never stop questioning. I remember when I was a child, my brother would never stop asking questions, people would answer and he would ask why? He drove people crazy. My feeling is that it can be unsettling for people when you start to question and turn life’s assumptions upside down because it unsettles the comfort but is such a healthy thing ultimately because it leads to an evolvement.
I am with you Greg, Shannon, Einstein, and Shannon’s brother. Let’s turn life’s assumptions upside down, and question everything that does not feel right.
I love your blog Greg. Once it was presented to me to love your children without needing them to be or do anything I couldn’t understand how we had ever been doing it any other way. This is true for so many of the teachings of Universal Medicine. As a student I too have been offended by the mindless devotee the media has stated I am. I join you in your call for them to inform us of truth not spread slanderous lies.
I so agree with this ” it feels really awesome to feel that others respond to your choice to be the love you are – by recognising, even in the tiniest amount, that they too have the same love within themselves.” It’s not that it’s an amazing experience for me, but deep down we all have a knowing that being and living lovingly with each other is actually very natural and normal and what we are all capable of doing and being.
Greg thank you for sharing your story. It was great to read how you were able to see beyond your seeming comfort and success to be open to another way of being, one that is more true and supportive of the man you are, and thank you Universal Medicine for making this possible for so many.
We have reflections of heaven on Earth. You did so well, Greg, to invite the media to write about this. And we don’t have to wait for the reporters and scientists to wake up, we can create media that tells our stories. Yay!
‘I had one of the foulest mouths around until I made the conscious choice to no longer impose words of anger onto others’. Wow, the power of self responsibility in action – thanks for sharing Greg. Imagine what our work places would be like if we all chose to refrain from behaviours that impose on each other.
“to be aware of the possibility to simply love my children for who they are – to forget about placing expectation on them to do, or be, or achieve anything in particular in order for me to grace them with love and acceptance. Wow, that’s huge!” It is huge and we can say that of our friends and other members of our family too. In fact of anybody. Thank you for a great article that covers many angles, not least of which is the lack of integrity in journalism and the newspaper industry.
A powerful article Greg. Thank you for sharing your connection to Universal Medicine and the beneficial effect of the choices you have been inspired to make. It is so true where you say of Serge Benhayon “Not only does he present a possibility for our consideration, but lives his own life as an example of what he presents.”
Wow – I loved reading your story – thank you, I usually find long blogs a struggle but I couldn’t put this one down.
Awesome Greg. I enjoyed reading your story and the changes and insights of your life. So relateable and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your sensibility sincerely and openly. As for the media….maybe when the masses have a stomach full and stop buying their news, they too may change.
Thankyou Greg, that was an awesome article that you have shared. You totally exposed that tick box existence of I’ll be happy when I get that new dress or car, that bigger house, after I have my next holiday or even when I get married. It is never enough to fill that insatiable emptiness of not feeling enough just as you are. The truth is in every moment we are exactly where and how we should be learning exactly what we need to learn.
Thank you, Greg. Such a joy to read this blog. Having met you in person, the feeling I get is how solid you are in your commitment to the truth and love. Beautiful confirmation.
Thank you Greg an interesting journey and story for you and your family. In the beginning when i first came across studying with Universal Medicine I would sometimes feel like I was standing in and x ray machine and people could see all these amazing things inside of me and I didn’t understand what they could see. These qualities were always there and many people have alluded to them throughout my my life. A bit like when someone pays you a compliment and you say thank you out of politeness but you but don’t really feel the same about yourself, so can’t truly appreciate what they say. as I have developed more of an understanding of who I really am and understood the hurt behind of all the beliefs about what I am not, I can now live on a daily basis with much more of an connection to these qualities and have even discovered a whole lot more, these are not things outside of myself but rather they were found hidden deep within.
This is an awesome blog, Greg. I wish a reporter would pick it up and run it as a step towards rebalancing all the mistruths that has been written about Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon.
Beautiful and inspiring blog Greg, Thank you. I too have done things in the past to seek recognition to find my place in the world. Now, I am aware how harmful it is to seek recognition, I choose to be more aware everyday and to learn to live every moment of my life in love and harmony for myself and others. You mentioned about expectations on children. It is a huge change to raise our children without imposing on them, putting expectations, goals and achievements for them to live up to. How many children are put under immense pressure? Instead, we could choose to raise our children from a place of respect, consistency, understanding and love, allowing them to be who they are.
Thank you very much for writing this Greg. I fully agree with that Serge Benhayon’s presentations offer “a point of view with such honesty and clarity”. It is a real shame that the media keeps failing to report the simple truth.
Emptiness drove you to the glorious road to reclaim your fullness. Not a bad journey! There is something in your delivery that is very powerful and inviting. Really like it. Thank you Greg!
Thank you Greg for sharing your story. It’s lovely to read how you made changes based on what you felt in your body, and the realization of being identified by what you do and “..not simply accepted as the love-filled being I am.”
What a beautiful reflection you provide for your children.
Thank you Greg, a great sharing and testament to yourself and the commitment to the changes you have felt inspired to make after being open and willing to listen to and observe Serge Benhayon. And so true what you say here “it feels really awesome to feel that others respond to your choice to be the love you are – by recognising, even in the tiniest amount, that they too have the same love within themselves.”
Thank you Greg, what I love about your sharing is your dedication. There is a dedication in standing up for what is true from your own personal experience and to share this truth with others in all its practicality and common sense. Perhaps one day even the media might cotton on to fact that what you share is THE story.
I loved reading this Greg, I particularly liked these few words which say so much “simply love my children for who they are” . Awesome
I agree Julie – those few words say so much – and they are lovely words to read and warm the heart by.
Dear Greg, I loved every word that you have written. Thank you.
‘The important thing is not to stop questioning’, I am beginning to realise just how important a questioning mind is. From questioning so much is revealed.
I agree Fiona – it opens a whole new way to live and amazing conversations with people.
I love watching someone stop and connect to how they feel because I have asked them to consider – Is it possible?
I agree. I love these words of Einstein:“The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” …. I have found that looking for answers is a sure fire way to stop asking questions because once that question is answered, it gets put in a box, forgotten about and we end up with a host of beliefs such as ‘the world is flat’, that are not true and do not serve. The trick I am finding is to ask the right questions that rather than lead to answers, actually lead to more questions, that then lead to more questions etc. so we are continually looking at the world in which we live with the fresh, child-like, wide-eyed wonder we were born with. In this way we seamlessly allow ourselves to deepen and expand along with the Universe in a way that leaves us with so much space, we will never fit what we know in our hearts into a mere box. True wisdom is not contained. It is lived. And we are naturally very curious creatures.
Yes Liane, when you are overwhelmed and you know you are I find that it is easy to get caught in trying to fix it with another giant to do list which is just more of the same. Stopping and asking questions allowing ourselves to deepen and expand – helps break the cycle.
I love to simply ask ‘why’ – why does it have to be that way, or why not – why can’t it be this way. It’s like sowing seeds, those who wish to see will stop and watch them grow.
Absolutely, through questioning we are consciously making the choice to allow our awareness to be greater, when we stop from questioning we are shutting down our awareness and stopping it from growing
And further, when we question from our heart the clarity and understanding will always be there.
The way you describe a building site with no swear words from what I understand is you not saying to anyone not to use foul language but by you being love is extraordinary.
Thank you Greg, beautiful piece of writing. Your sentence about Serge Benhayon’s writing makes me smile, I love his version of English, it is so true and speaks directly to the heart!
This was a really lovely read, Thanks Greg.
Your love and dedication to yourself, your children and your co-workers shines through your writing Greg. We need journalists with this same degree of integrity that Serge Benhayon lives, and inspires us to live, to respect their readers and present the truth.
Greg, great to read your story, and how simply your life has changed. No-one made you do it, you simply followed where your heart lead you. If only we all listened to our heart, that feeling in side it, that we tend to shut down at times for fear of standing out.
You are a man living as a true man, and not a victim of the ideals men are made to live.
Thank you for sharing your story, it’s clear you are a person living the temporal life and have had lots of experiences to be capable of choosing what is going to be true for you. Definitely not someone who is brainwashed as some detractors are saying that Serge Benhayon is.
Thankyou Greg, I can relate.
Top blog Greg, I loved your comment ‘if you’ve only read his writings once you’ve got to question which era in history that version of English comes from.’ Whatever era it comes from it just shows that the wisdom that Serge Benhayon presents will always stand the test of time.
haha Dragana, I loved that bit too, this is a lovely piece of writing.