by Angela Perin, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA. DipT (ECE), BEd (ECE), Business Owner
I was introduced to the work and modalities of Universal Medicine in 2010, just over two years ago. One of my daughters had become quite ill with asthmatic symptoms to the point where she was missing many days off school. In the months prior, my eldest daughter was diagnosed with glandular fever and was also challenged with poor health as a result.
As parents, up until that point, we had prided ourselves in electing the alternative and natural medicine approach, and had largely avoided conventional medicine to treat any illness or symptom our family experienced. We felt we had a healthy lifestyle as we ate organic (wherever possible), and all participated in physical activity or sport on a regular basis. We didn’t eat fast food, my husband and I didn’t smoke, we didn’t have tattoos or body piercings, we didn’t drink excessively, and we capped our espresso coffees at 2-3 per day (we loved our coffee!).
Although I was personally aware that it would be better if I cut down on my coffee drinking altogether, or to avoid alcohol or the occasional sweet treats (chocolate, cake etc.), I always found this difficult. I defended this by telling myself that these things were ok in moderation, and that in respect of the ‘good’ diet and lifestyle I felt I had most of the time, that these things were part of a healthy lifestyle as long as they weren’t done in excess. In fact many, if not all of my friends and family, who had also adopted a similar attitude toward health and diet, also regularly drank alcohol and coffee. We felt our diet was a big improvement on the diets of most of the population, and therefore relatively speaking we felt we had taken responsibility for a ‘healthy’ lifestyle.
In saying that, our home and relationships were not always (and rarely in truth), harmonious and happy, and our business was oftentimes demanding and stressful. To counter this, my husband and I delved into various personal and professional development workshops and programs in an attempt to address and find a solution to the ongoing issues in our relationship and business. Our investment of time and money resulted in improvements or changes that were short-lived (mostly providing temporary relief), but invariably we found ourselves back confronting exactly the same issues with ourselves, and within our relationships. Despite believing that we were taking responsibility for ourselves, and not suffering any major illness or disease, the feelings of being sad, angry, stressed, depressed or tired remained.
Although I always had a sense that there was more to health than diet and exercise, and felt that factors such as emotions and relationships could also influence health, I believed at the time that the alternate therapies we had chosen to support our family were addressing the root cause of whatever was presenting. When a symptom or health issue arose we would address it with these therapies – and there always appeared to be a relief of symptoms and a feeling of physically feeling ‘better’ which followed. Although I had always struggled with my weight, together with digestion and bowel issues, I considered that this had little to do with my ‘healthy’ lifestyle and had come to accept my state of being and body as ‘normal’ for me.
When it came to my daughter being very sick, I was running out of options. No matter what we tried, her poor health continued to the point where she lost considerable weight and barely had the strength to get out of bed for several weeks. I could feel that something else wasn’t right and needed to be addressed, but couldn’t identify what that was.
As soon as my friend introduced me to the Universal Medicine esoteric modalities and practitioners, I knew instantly that this finally made sense. Although I didn’t grasp all of the details, I knew without a doubt that what was being presented was ‘true’ and complete, and at the same time I knew that I knew all of this already.
There was no imposition by the practitioners telling us what to do, or trying to fix us, or promising us solutions (including improved health). There was no feeling of judgment for the choices we had made up to that point or would continue to make, and there was no feeling of betterment or that they knew what was better for us than what we did. This differed markedly to the other alternate therapies and practitioners we had seen up to that date because even with perhaps the best intent, the treatments had always been about abiding by a certain set of rules in order to improve health (i.e. diet, exercise, etc.). In retrospect I have identified that we had given power away to previous practitioners who we upheld as having the answers to improve our health, and that it was ‘they’ who had the power of healing.
However, what we experienced with Universal Medicine practitioners was different to anything previously experienced. Through the esoteric modalities, they simply supported us in connecting back to, and listening to our bodies – and the choices we made in relationship to that connection were ours.
Initially, I took my daughters for treatments with the aim of supporting them with their physical health. As I began to understand more about the modalities, I could feel that I had hardened my body to not feel, and that underneath, my body was also giving me clear signs that there were things to look at. So I began having esoteric healing sessions myself, and began attending Universal Medicine workshops and presentations with Serge Benhayon. The more I did this, the more I realised how disconnected I had been from my body previously, and the ‘actual’ state my body was in.
Initially when I began to slow down and start to listen to my body, I realised that I was actually exhausted, and was functioning and running on constant nervous energy. I could then feel how I used coffee and also certain foods as a stimulant to ‘get’ me through the day. The questions I then asked myself were: why was I so exhausted, and how was I living that would lead me to be so exhausted? When I was honest with myself, I became aware that I was using alcohol as an escape and distraction from my life. Then I had to ask myself: why did I need to escape and what was I escaping from? These were all very exposing questions which required me to be really honest with myself about exactly what was going on in my body and my life.
The more honest I became and the more prepared I was to actually honour my body and what it was saying, the more I began to become aware of my relationship with food, sleep, exercise etc. By being gentle with myself, and feeling the impact of how I was living on my body, it was easier to make supportive choices around my diet and sleep, and also around my relationship with myself and others. So the choices I made in relation to choosing to not drink alcohol and coffee etc. were not difficult because they were not coming from a directive from anyone else, nor from an intellectual or mind decision or an ideal or something imposed upon me, but rather based on what I could actually feel these things were doing to my body.
Over the past two years, each family member has had the opportunity to experience the healing the esoteric modalities offer; healing that simply allows us to connect to our own bodies and thus be aware that we are truly masters of our own healing, and that true healing comes from within. Each of us has made changes within our lifestyle (diet etc.) based on what we are each ready to feel and take responsibility for.
Of course there have been times where I have been challenged, and I am lovingly aware that there are times when I over-ride what I feel in my body, but throughout this process neither I, nor any other family member, have ever been judged by Universal Medicine or Serge Benhayon or any of the esoteric practitioners. I have learnt to be more gentle with myself in relation to my own unfolding, and am learning to be more gentle with others in relation to where they are at, and the choices they are making. And thanks to the example of Universal Medicine I am learning to be less imposing and judgmental on the individual choices of others and to simply live my life with gentleness (to the best of my ability) around my own choices.
At the age of 46, I feel more ‘me’ and more connected to my body than I have ever felt. I have lost excess weight without ‘trying’ and without any conscious effort, and feel more comfortable in my body and appreciate more beauty in myself than ever before in my life. I take better (and more gentle) care of myself, have more energy (I no longer rely on nervous energy to get me through a day), have more awareness of what is truly going on for me and for those around me, and more appreciation for me just being ‘me’.
I enjoy regular gentle exercise, and feel (and look) better in and about my body than I ever did when I was heavily into running and regularly at the gym, and have an appreciation for western medicine that I previously criticised and defended against. Having spent a lifetime constantly feeling there were things I had to ‘do’ to be a ‘good’ worker, mother, wife, friend, daughter etc., I am gently becoming aware that the basis on which I ‘did’ all of these things was false, and that it was about fitting in or being accepted, and nothing to do with what was true for me; and that all of these things have been held in my body. I am gently re-learning that it’s not about the things I’ve done or continue to do, but who I am. Who I am then becomes the expression of the things I need or choose to do each day.
I have recently separated from my husband after a 21 year marriage. The separation has been more loving and supportive than I could ever have imagined for both of us and our three daughters, and has been based on an honest awareness that our marriage was never based on true love, but rather was founded out of need which grew into familiarity, convenience and comfort. Had we separated prior to Universal Medicine (as was the potential outcome many times during our marriage), the separation would have been in reaction to our relationship and the hurt that has been held there for a long time. We currently still have a business which we are working together, which prior to Universal Medicine, I could never have imagined or considered the possibility of occurring in consideration of our separation. We still have our issues presenting and are being offered the opportunity to heal these during this period. We both choose to still work together, and although far from perfect we have a more truth-full, honest and loving relationship now than we have ever had.
The quality of support, love and care I have experienced with Universal Medicine, Serge Benhayon and his family, and the esoteric modalities is second to none. And what is most observable now in retrospect, is that what was inspiring back then (and continues to be so), is the consistent way in which the esoteric practitioners live and the integrity with which they practise. They practise nothing less than what they live, for which I am deeply appreciative.
It was, and is, truly inspiring to be supported by practitioners and an organisation with the highest code of ethics and integrity that I have seen anywhere, and who never impose, but simply present who they are, and by reflection, who we also are – love. I am immensely and deeply grateful for the work that Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are bringing to humanity, never out of need for self, but always from service – and always and only ever, by reflection of love.
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
“For the first time in my life I was listening to my body.” Universal Medicine invites us to look within ourselves rather than seeking answers from the outside.
Our body brings consequences, truth and reality to our attention. No wonder we strive to escape it when we can – as it shows that we can’t carry on with our individual pursuits.
How many of us harden our bodies so as not to feel what is going on … turning a blind eye. When actually we cannot stop feeling our bodies are always communicating with us letting us know that the unsettlement we are feeling will not go away until we address what the unsettlement is. While we chose not to know our bodies will just get sicker and sicker that is a fact that surely is worth considering.
I love how honest our bodies are, how the symptoms are really a cry for us to stop, a message, asking us to listen to our body.
What Universal Medicine presents on life is the complete opposite to what we experience in life on a regular basis. Applying what is presented is world changing. If I look back at myself and my family 10 years ago you wouldn’t be able to recognise us. The changes have been simply amazing.
Yes, when love is the foundation and we get support for the hurt and the ‘issues’ we find hard to understand, a separation can be so loving.
I was struck by how many pictures we have of what is healthy and what is not and therefore are far more likely to look outside of ourselves for healthy solutions. What you share here is the ‘inside-out’ approach where we look at what our body is communicating and get very sensitive with that communication.
It is amazing what we consider ‘well’ and that if we are not in hospital etc then we are ‘well’ however what I am discovering more and more is that when I allow myself to be really honest and feel what is going on in my body, for me I would question how well am I. I recently read about the word wellbeing being how well is our being, the innate essence within, and how much are we truly connected to and living with/from this. This alone gave me a lot to ponder on, heal and change. Not including the exhaustion I have felt from saying yes to a lot of things but not saying yes to Love.
When we learn from what we feel in our own body the is no need for will power, diets or health kicks. We know it for ourseves because it it what is experinced and understood.
It is very revealing to look back a few years and feel how we behaved or remembered our diets and thought how healthy we were. I used to think a bit of everything wouldn’t harm anyone, but based my thoughts on what I read in the papers, not what could be felt in the body. Being led by what the body tells us is a totally different story.
Isn’t it interesting how we bargain with ourselves, that the things outside of ourselves will address the issues we are experiencing, inside of ourselves. I can relate to the things we indulge in, whether it is foods, drink or emotions, and then we take it other people, thinking they will be able to fix us.
Healing begins with us, making the choice that we are ultimately responsible for our own healing. Receiving support from the appropriate practitioner, is just as important. This, we need to be discerning all the time.
When we open up to True healing and drop all our judge-mental ways we then become aware of the energies that work in and through our bodies, which then allows us to see clearly what energy can do on many levels so we can Truly heal. True healing deepens our awareness and thus as you have shared Angela much does not serve our bodies any more and so called miracles happen.
I agree – to be left completely free to feel for ourselves, and to make choices for ourselves doesn’t happen very often. We might say we don’t like imposition and coercion but at the same time we know that is also a way to avoid responsibility.
“At the age of 46, I feel more ‘me’ and more connected to my body than I have ever felt.” This shows that at any time in our lives, we can choose ourselves, choose to connect to our bodies and live more of ourselves. #foreverstudent.
We can choose to connect to and listen to our bodies at any time, ‘ why did I need to escape and what was I escaping from? These were all very exposing questions which required me to be really honest with myself about exactly what was going on in my body and my life.’
“I defended this by telling myself that these things were ok in moderation…” – yes the body doesn’t look at moderation because it doesn’t know the existence of moderation; it looks only at what is true for it irrespective of the quantities… the defence of moderation being from the mind.
So true and I hadn’t considered where the justification was coming from but clearly, the body only has 2 responses – harm or heal.
The ‘masters’ of our healing, not anyone else here to fix us, but for us to make a choice to connect with our bodies and heal. Profound to have found modalities that support this without the imposition of trying to fix or force anything on you. I love the Esoteric Modalities..
The Esoteric Modalities, are like nothing else on this planet, so gentle yet so profoundly healing on many levels.
What you are expressing Angela, is that until we address our hurts and dissolve them, they will always be there and no matter how many counseling courses, one to one professional or otherwise workshops we attend, it is a waste of time and money because nothing really changes. It may feel like it has worked but in the end the same issues surface in different guises. I personally have found that Universal Medicine workshops, presentations and sessions have worked because I have been willing to unpick the hurts that I have used as a way of not dealing with life. I felt I was the victim, and it was everyone else’s fault but not mine kinda attitude. I just wish I had meet Serge Benhayon and all the he presents a long time ago, I would be richer in monetary terms alone; can you imagine how much money I spent going to see a psychiatrist on a weekly basis for 25 + years! And how frustrating it was not to feel myself getting any better, but just managing my life from week to week.
The bubble of the false image of what is good for us leads to ill-being in some point of the human chain for others to take note. False images are not self-sustainable.
Anything that allows compromise and/or betterment is not it, honesty, truth and love come with self responsibility in all areas of life (without perfection). We can think we are on the good and right path but how often do we deviate to suit us and how in truth do the good, right and nice things actually feel in the body. The body will not lie, we just need learn to listen and respond.
The Benhayon family serve as inspiration for so many people, people from the UM student body and outside. For when you are open and meet another human being who is so devoted to their fellow earth citizens, you cannot help but melt at the grace and care in their eyes.
Choice is first and foremost an energetic movement towards love or harm. From knowing this truth, I now understand how this impacts on the way I live my life. Inspired by a droplet of wisdom received at the weekend, I now have tools to break a particular pattern that can no longer imprison me.
To be supported to heal bodies and relationships is the way of universal medicine. In my own life relationships have deepened, expanded and new ones formed. What seemed unlikely two years ago has now materialised without even trying to make it happen. When we are true, alchemy set in motion transforms and touches all around us.
When we or one of our loved ones become ill it can really stop the momentum of how we have been living and force us to reflect on our past choices and realise there is another way to be and live.
So true Elizabeth it is amazing how flippantly we can justify or moderate what we know in our hearts are poor choices.
Yes, Angela. Universal Medicine has supported me to continue enjoying a caring and supportive friendship with my ex-husband, which is important, as we are always going to be in relationship even though it is in a different form.
The greatest thing is to make choice inside to truly change. Though things may come up to attack this commitment to Love, don’t let them dissuade or distract you from this path.
By living honestly we come back to love, and from there, everything can be truly addressed.
The more honest we are, the more love we are connecting to, this then allows the space for my truth to come to the surface.
Being and living honestly supports us to return to our truth.
The modalities Universal Medicine has brought forth are really amazing and is and will be such an amazing support when we choose to truly heal.
When we choose to heal the power of the Universal Medicine modalities help us accelerate the healing process, as they support us in clearing what does not belong in our body.
The Universal Medicine modalities are so simple, yet support profound healing, ‘ they simply supported us in connecting back to, and listening to our bodies – and the choices we made in relationship to that connection were ours.’
“Through the esoteric modalities, they simply supported us in connecting back to, and listening to our bodies – and the choices we made in relationship to that connection were ours.” – This to me is truly empowering, supporting people to re-connect back with their innate sense of wisdom through being more in tune with their whole body and inner being.
I agree supporting people to connect to their truth and there own healing journey through the connection to their wisdom is so powerful.
“Why did I need to escape and what was I escaping from?” Great question Angela. I used to spend my whole life trying to escape from the present moment, either anticipating my next treat ( holiday/ meal / outing etc) out looking back to the past – and ditto. Anything but stay with myself here, right now and in the present. I enjoyed the distraction and stimulation the former way of life offered. Still not perfect by any means, yet I now enjoy just being with me and the support that Esoteric Yoga offers with this is immense.
You describe the perfect family picture – the beautiful house, the beautiful children, successful business, healthy lifestyle – the dream. Yet, as you say, these things were not it, we can build a life however we like, and create a scenario where we are either the victims of life or the winners of life, but until we connect to true love and truth, we will remain in this illusion we call human life.
The perfect family and all with it comes from the true connection to our inner most, truth and true love. Without that we are living a life of illusion.
Practitioners are conventionally seen as being the ‘healers’ and being the ones that ‘make’ things happen and this is in fact a very disempowering approach towards to client. However, Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine has presented that a true practitioner is simply one who hold the space with a deep level of love whilst one does the healing – this in itself is a very empowering approach and also allows one to take it where one chooses and not as directed or imposed upon. “In retrospect I have identified that we had given power away to previous practitioners who we upheld as having the answers to improve our health, and that it was ‘they’ who had the power of healing.
Awesome sharing Angela and a wonderful way to show your appreciation of true support and the true choices and changes that you have embraced in your life today!
Yes a beautiful sharing of the true support and changes that have been embraced.
Universal Medicine practitioners lead by example, they inspire others from the way they live and move, ‘ what was inspiring back then (and continues to be so), is the consistent way in which the esoteric practitioners live and the integrity with which they practise. They practise nothing less than what they live, for which I am deeply appreciative.’
When we approach our wellbeing based on pictures, we tend to have a limited understand of what it is that you do not do (the obvious ones are clear) and by extension, of what is to be done to go to newgrounds.
What Universal Medicine imparts is nothing new in the sense that it is deeply known to us all. What I am learning through my own developing awareness of life as inspired by Universal Medicine, is that the world is jam packed with lies and irresponsibility. So many avoid true responsibility at all costs and the consequences are evident in our ever shocking health and well being stats which show that over 90% of the world has at least some form of pain or illness. We cannot ignore this much longer and have to start questioning whether the way we are living is truly true for us all.
What a beautiful example of how life can look so different when it is based on love and not need and security.
Yes what a confirmation and reflection for others of how life can be when it is based on true love.
The world very much needs these reflections of living a life based on true love.
The one thing about Universal Medicine that I embrace is the constant checking back in to where I am at. Living from the mind has no concept or base to actually know and feel where you are at. The mind does not hold truth: Therefore I have more of an understanding and settlement for who I am when I feel my body and be honest with myself.
When we give ourselves the space to slow down and feel what is going on in our body it is amazing what it can show us. To feel how exhausted we really are and how much we are running on nervous energy to get through the day is something I have found for myself, much less so now, but the more aware I am of my body the quicker I am able to stop and see what is causing me to go into drive and push my body out of its natural rhythm.
It is inspiring to read that if we do choose to split up from our spouses there does not need to be that hate and discontent which quite often lingers for many years after the break-up.
Well said Julie – amicable separations are sadly rare these days, but great to have some walking and breathing examples around to show that it indeed can be done!
Yes its lovely to have some examples around to show that it is possible to break up amicably, and still have a level of love and respect for each other.
Absolutely, to stay harmonious, caring and friendly with your x husband or partner is so much healthier for all, especially if there are children involved.
“The more honest I became and the more prepared I was to actually honour my body and what it was saying, the more I began to become aware of my relationship with food, sleep, exercise etc.” I have found it quite amazing what I have discovered and re-discovered about myself and my world as a consequence of listening to and honouring my body.
It is not until we are truly honest and truthful does true healing occur and then miracles happen – like a separation being more loving than staying together – and then miracles become the norm.
This is an amazing example of how it is not possible for true healing to just fix a problem and not have a ripple effect all around as life is one big sphere and we are all interconnected with each other.
Fumiyo there is always a ripple effect with everything, any healing will be felt throughout, every movement is felt throughout.
In the hustle and bustle of modern day life we are rarely gentle with ourselves, but when we are it is literally like a breath of fresh air for our body.
When we bring that gentleness to our body, it truly appreciates what it receives and responds back with the appreciation.
There is a strong case for finding something to fix what is clearly unsettled or just plain not working in the relationships at home and I too looked to alternative therapies at one point, hoping they would give me the answers to bring back all the love and joy we once had which seemed to somehow just disappear with out either of us even noticing how or when they became gone. But then, when the key to true love and joy in the home was revealed to me as coming from the inner-heart, a place where the soul resides, everything changed because in an instant the responsibility for the quality of our lives was firmly placed in to our hands and as a result, it turned out that we actually held the power to make happen what we felt was true for us. Beautiful and amazing, the inner-heart is the place from which true living can really be discovered and explored.
I used to believe in the everything in moderation approach as my parents gave me this example as a child but the more I honestly stopped and listened to my body the more I realised that that there was a difference between just functioning and getting by and truly living with joy and vitality and a deep connection with myself, and I realised that there are some things that are simply not supportive of this connection no matter how much or how little you have of them.
The more honest we are prepared to be with ourselves, the more we begin to feel which foods support us and those that don’t, and as we take the opportunity to change our choices we begin to feel the benefits in our body, our general health improves and we have more energy than we had before.
I agree, the more honest we are with ourselves, our body tells us what no longer supports us and what does support us. When we allow ourselves the space we are given the messages from our body, how amazing this communication is.
Just by being honest to our body, really honest, it will show us the truth. In fact, the truth is always there within us, but we distract and numb ourselves so much in not wanting to know, but when we are honest and humble enough to get out of the way, life unfolds.
The depth of inspiration offered from Universal Medicine, and consistently so is out of this world. We all know what is the most loving way to be with ourselves and other, the magic is when we are actually inspired to ‘go there’. Serge Benhayon walks what he talks this is why there is so much power in his presentations.
Absolutely. Serge Benhayon walks what he talks and there for the power in his presentations. If we take this step, we too can bring the same level of power. It really is a choice for us to choose and go there.
” experience the healing the esoteric modalities offer; healing that simply allows us to connect to our own bodies and thus be aware that we are truly masters of our own healing , and that true healing comes from within ” Thank you for sharing this is a huge learning .
‘It was, and is, truly inspiring to be supported by practitioners and an organisation with the highest code of ethics and integrity that I have seen anywhere, and who never impose, but simply present who they are, and by reflection, who we also are – love. ‘ I totally concur with this. The integrity you mention isn’t just in working hours, it’s a lived integrity 24/7. No double standards just genuine transparency that’s supported me to trust myself and humanity. I’ve been inspired commit to life again in every detail, in every way.
The ‘as long as it’s not done in excess’ mentality excuses any number of indiscretions that allows us to live a less than optimal life so long as it is ‘better’ than a worse extreme. We ought to challenge this common belief in society if we truly want to live our true potential as a community…
Angela, this article is interesting to read, I used to consider myself having a ‘healthy’ lifestyle in comparison to the majority in society, but in truth it was not healthy as I overrode my body often, pushed myself carrying things that were too heavy, was unconfident in myself and so even though what I ate and the fact I exercised looked good and ‘healthy’, the truth was that how I thought about myself and how I was in life was not healthy, I can feel how in society we often limit being ‘healthy’ to just what we eat and exercise rather than our whole way of being.
When we are ready to address what is really going on rather than resorting to solutions and quick fixes, there is no better recourse than the Universal Medicine Therapies which are based on The Ageless Wisdom.
A thought provoking sharing Angela. There is so much we have to learn about what we eat and how we are affected by these foods.
I would have previously described your early choices in life to have been pretty reasonable too Angela, relative to my own choices at that time too. But what comes across is how we can reduce abuse without actually changing anything, because the energy has not changed and we kid ourselves that we are ‘better’. You describe a lack of harmony in the relationships that needed changing and the way that worked out with your amicable separation sounded much more loving than your previous way of living.
It is very sobering and humbling to be honest enough to see that reduced levels of abuse hasn’t changed anything as the energy has not changed. So I can be at an ideal weight for example but if I’m eating in a way that doesn’t nurture my body – I’m starving myself, then overeating to avoid feeling something, I may look ok from the outside, but inside I’m not being loving with myself, accepting of life, of where I’m at, or seeking the support I need to deal with certain issues etc. to name but a few things.
What a lovely headline this blog offers. ‘A woman and her family start to make loving choices’. Real news, real lives, real change…real media.
Many will be able to take much from your great sharing Angela, now and in the future. Re reading your blog reminds me to appreciate just how amazing the Universal Medicine Practitioners really are and so supportive never putting pressure on anyone to change but rather supporting us to do what feels right for us.
I love the reflection offered here that a relationship separation can be a truly loving choice. I once believed that relationship separations were devastating, but now I see that was because I was very needy in those relationships. Once I came to the awareness that it is my responsibility to be the love that I am, this all changed. Now, relationships are all about the choice to be together – every day, in every moment – and the freedom to make the choice to not be too. There is great liberation in this and it is a true foundation for a loving partnership.
Whether a food or drink is consumed in moderation or excessively to me it is still abuse to the body. Every food or drink taken into the body that does not support it harms and disregards the body, a vehicle of expression that is to be taken care of and looked after so that the love of God flows through and is there to be expressed.
Connecting back to, listening to and honouring our whole body’s signals and communications re-connects us with an innate source of wisdom that we all have – 24/7 – it’s just whether we want to be aware of it or not…!
Thank you Angela, I appreciated this line “By being gentle with myself, and feeling the impact of how I was living on my body, it was easier to make supportive choices around my diet and sleep, and also around my relationship with myself and others”. Relationships are an area we can really be unsupportive in with our bodies, but because it’s no under the umbrella of health like diet and exercise is, we may not consider their full impact on our wellbeing.
Its interesting that you describe a very good standard at the start – quite a high bar with health food, exercise etc… but that bar is only ever as high as the areas where you drop in between. The checking out periodically, the feelings of sadness etc that come up from time to time. That is why we are always searching … and in raising those gaps to the same level as the rest of life we start to feel the consistency, and so become ready for the next step up.
Love that Doctors or the media’s advice is that things in moderation are OK, or even provide health benefits (thinking of the chocolate and wine here – although equally I’ve read articles on how natural and fine Cannabis is). All that does is legitimise them, allow them, and so when you are feeling OK then you have them in moderation. But when the chips are down and you start to struggle where do you go for solace… you binge on those same things because they are already part of your support system.
I was shrouded when I considered that 2 -3 coffees per day was normal and is it considered excessive – I was lucky to have one every now and then and I sort of enjoyed the taste. I more just drank it because it was the social thing to do. What we never stop and ask is, why are we needing all of these stimulation and distractions in the first place? Yes it may seem like extreme discipline to consider what it would be like to truly eat a clean and healthy diet, but we don’t think about why the excesses in the first place?
We can get so caught in trying to fit in, to be accepted that we often forget what is the truth for us and how living in that way impacts us, and in fact compromises our expression of who we truly are. To be able to come back to us is a true gift, and the Esoteric modalities are a huge support in finding our way to express and be us in the world.
You share that there are layers and layers underneath the image we present to the world. These layers don’t go away, they fester and we have coping mechanisms that mask what is truly going on till our body gives us a very honest and blunt reflection of what it has been trying to cope with. Thank you for illustrating that so well.
Images of a good diet and of a healthy life abound. So, it is about organics, whole food, growth hormone dairy free, etc as much as it is about acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopaths, etc. At some point these pictures break down and the disbelief is massive. Yet, this is a good thing since it reveals the extent to which they are simply images.
“It was, and is, truly inspiring to be supported by practitioners and an organisation with the highest code of ethics and integrity that I have seen anywhere, and who never impose, but simply present who they are, and by reflection, who we also are – love.” So powerful is the reflection of true love lovingly lived, in it’s power to bring change in the lives of others.
Imagine if every child was taught that their health is in their hands . . . that there are health consequences for being anything other than our selves in the way we think, walk and talk . . . Universal Medicine presents the responsibility we have to connect to our body and listen to what it is telling us as our own health is our concern and our choices do affect in our body. Thank you for sharing your story Angela
I was like you Angela and thought health consisted of a good diet, exercise and a ‘balanced’ lifestyle, all of which I did quite diligently; being a trained naturopath and acupuncturist I certainly had all the knowledge to attend to these things with quite some finesse. I still however suffered all sorts of minor ailments that I couldn’t shift, along with a recurring sense of sadness with no idea its cause. Not until coming across Universal Medicine and the modalities offered did any of this change… and all within a year or two, without ever actually trying to work on any of them.
“Although I always had a sense that there was more to health than diet and exercise, and felt that factors such as emotions and relationships could also influence health, I believed at the time that the alternate therapies we had chosen to support our family were addressing the root cause of whatever was presenting.”
My idea of health now, compared to before I began studying with Universal Medicine is truly worlds apart.
Health needs to be all inclusive, meaning the way you relate to your family and your relationships and how every organ in the body responds to what ever it is you are choosing.
We don’t have to be told what to do, how to behave or what to choose. The stunning thing about the Esoteric modalities is the way they let your body speak clear. And if you are just willing to listen it will keep relentlessly showing you what is true and what is not. It will never leave us but keep Loving us till the day dot. So why don’t we show it this Love right back? Thank you Angela for this reminder of how life works and the big changes that come from honouring us.
This is a great piece of writing. I especially can relate to the ‘all in moderation’ way of thinking and I hear it said a lot by other people too. To me, this seems to be the great excuse we give to ourselves to just not take that one extra step all the way in to absolute and complete responsibility – a state of being which I reckon actually comes very naturally.
I too used to say that ‘everything in moderation is ok.’ That is until at Universal Medicine presentations I was faced with the truth that consuming what is poison to my body in moderation is not good for my health.
It is true that there are incredible health benefits to be had when one learns to eat a “balanced” diet or in :moderation”, but only if you are comparing such a diet to the excesses of an extreme diet. And sure, you can get through life quite successfully in that regard. But a balanced diet is very much a bit of an ignorant approach in many regards. It is like the amateur stockmarket analyst who spreads their money across all types of shares in the hope that the good will balance out the bad. And as a strategy, it works. Although its success is limited of course by the bad trades that invariably end up in the mix, and is no where near successful as the fervount analyst who observes and looks at risk in a much more detailed way, and so eliminates to the best of his ability ALL bad trades. Our approach to diet in many ways should be no different. Sure, if function is what you are after, then balance will serve. But if true vitality is what you are after, if you want to truly know what is ours to behold by way of life force, then a balanced diet will not serve. The human body is of course remarkably adaptable, and capable of sustaining itself on almost anything, but that is not to say that in doing so it is operating in its most harmonious state
mmm, much to consider here. Makes total sense and debases balance over what is true and serves our bodies. We cannot do a one-size-fits-all as each of our bodies has experienced something different therefore it will need to be supported in the way that is specific to it – not a blanket approach. It really asks us to pay attention to ourselves and the communication coming from our bodies.
Love the parallel of investing here, and something well worth remembering when making a choice: What am I investing in?…
Universal Medicine is just as it says – Universal – available to all and all encompassing and Medicine – by addressing all areas of our lives by looking at the choices of how we eat, think, move and treat ourselves. Universal Medicine is about taking responsibility for our lives and the choices we make. This blog so beautifully encompasses all of this and more – Thanks Angela.
Its interesting that we can resign ourselves to having certain symptoms or life being a certain way. Then along comes someone who lives differently to that and we can be inspired that there can be more and through their reflection we can start to make different choices for ourselves that lead to a different end result.
It’s amazing how our whole lives can reconfigure when we get honest and open up to the possibility that there may be a different way and that it may involve listening more to our bodies and the way we feel!
At first there seems nothing revelatory about making self loving choices, and so such things are easy to write off. However, what we need to consider is why such loving choices then are not more commonly made. When you start to question that you start to realise just how truly amazing it is when one is able to do so.
That we are ‘truly masters of our own healing, and that true healing comes from within’ offers us the choice to be responsible for our every expression and action and not to try to blame ‘life’ for the way we feel.
What a beautiful testimony to you and your family Angela, a testimony to the choices you have made and the amazing return to yourself. There is just so much to appreciate here.
Its amazing how our mind can justify eating and drinking things ‘in moderation’ that we know we should not consume at all.
We may think it will be just great when we start to heal – but no. “Initially when I began to slow down and start to listen to my body, I realized that I was actually exhausted, and was functioning and running on constant nervous energy.” We have to face what we have done to ourselves, our body and surroundings. All is effected by our choices. This is challenging. But by starting to go on this way, we found as well so much joy and life starts to make sense. This is priceless and i will go through my challenges with the support of all the people who are with me on this way.
There are moments when I am sitting in the audience attending a presentation or workshop or having a session with an Esoteric practitioner when I can feel in my body that what is being said I know already. It is an uncanny feeling yet it feels so familiar; it is simply a re-awakening of that which I know to be true.
Totally brilliant blog Angela.The deep healing and true wellbeing for your family with coming to experience Universal Medicine Esoteric Modalities. I am in complete agreement with you – my life, health and level of joy has changed significantly since attending presentations and sessions with Universal Medicine practitioners.
“As soon as my friend introduced me to the Universal Medicine esoteric modalities and practitioners, I knew instantly that this finally made sense. Although I didn’t grasp all of the details, I knew without a doubt that what was being presented was ‘true’ and complete, and at the same time I knew that I knew all of this already”.
We are so much more loving that we sometimes think we are and when we let this love enter into our lives, you could say that magic is at play, because what then is presented as being possible was not even imaginable before.
This shows so beautifully how every part of our lives is interconnected and in living with this awareness of the true source of our problems we can come true solutions and a way of living that is more loving than ever before.
On reading your blog today Angela what resonated with me was your beautiful words about Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine; I could not agree with you more;
“I am immensely and deeply grateful for the work that Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are bringing to humanity, never out of need for self, but always from service – and always and only ever, by reflection of love”.
That Universal Medicine practitioners simply present who they are, and then through that state of being, or living thus, offer the opportunity for others to experience that same connection, is unique and beautiful.
It is interesting that because we live what we deem to be a healthy lifestyle, being aware of what we eat, drink and exercise and keep everything in moderation, that somehow this is the answer to making our lives better. The truth is this is small part of staying healthy, very few recognise that how we speak and communicate with each other also has an affect on our health and vitality
What I love about your experiences with Universal Medicine in relation to other modalities is that it is one of the few that actually asks you to take responsibility for your choices and the only one, at least that I have found, that asks you to take full energetic responsibility. I know I very much found the same and the fact that Universal Medicine empowers you is what resonated with me deeply when I 1st met Serge Benhayon – suddenly someone gave me the option/choice to take responsibility for my life.
It’s amazing how every aspect of our lives is interconnected, a change in one part or a part that is lacking affects the whole.
I agree it is amazing how everything affects everything else. To see life any differently, as I have wanted to in the past, is merely running away from the responsibility we are here to live.
I tried many therapies to support me with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome but it was Sacred Esoteric Healing that truly supported me. I always felt and knew there was more to healing than what I was seeing and experiencing and it wasn’t until I met Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that my feelings were well and truly answered.
I thought I was pretty healthy, until I became a bit more honest about how my body really felt, what fuel I was consuming and what emotions I was choosing. I do not judge myself, it is awesome to be more clear on what was governing my life, the choices I made were not truly loving or caring for myself. There have been huge shifts in how I treat myself, and Universal Medicine practitioners have definitely supported this change, consistent, professional, and inspirational in the choices they make to live and care for themselves and others.
We can often feel we are healthy, and I have certainly used the phrase everything in moderation in the past, but this moderation and the need to compare against a normal is perhaps what caps us from really feeling our potential and being open to setting new standards of well-being that will allow others to also feel that our current normal is not the wellness we might well achieve, through diet, exercise, relationships and expression of honest feelings.
The title of this blog says so much – “A Woman And Her Family Start to Make Loving Choices” – we could be living ‘healthy’, but really, love is what makes the true difference in the way we live and experience our life.
I love how you have described esoteric practitioners as “They practise nothing less than what they live” – this truly is remarkable, as it is often the case many of us try to put out a front that is somewhat different from our private life and perceived to be more acceptable, and perhaps desirable in the public eyes. And especially Serge Benhayon and his family, it is very much what you see is what you get, practicing the fact that our livingness is the biggest modality of all.
There is a lot more to healthy living than just diet, and whilst good diet is extremely important, and its importance cannot be overrated, it is not the only factor affecting our vitality.
“In retrospect I have identified that we had given power away to previous practitioners who we upheld as having the answers to improve our health, and that it was ‘they’ who had the power of healing.” Check sister. I have done this too and then I have handed over the responsibility for them to fix my health as well. To play all the parts so I don’t have to play mine. Universal Medicine is a good wake up call for ourselves – if you choose to answer the call.
Angela thank you for sharing such an amazing story with such openness and honesty. The way you questioned your lifestyle choices and your relationships rather than dig your heels in and resist true love is deeply inspiring to read about, what a beautiful deep healing your family has gone through and now you are open to truly connecting to yourselves and each other and making loving choices that support you all.
‘I am immensely and deeply grateful for the work that Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are bringing to humanity, never out of need for self, but always from service – and always and only ever, by reflection of love.” It is this line that gives us the key to why Serge Benhayon is considered by so many, including myself, to be an extraordinary man who live with such incredible integrity and love for all. He does not do any of what he does for himself. The way he lives his life from writing books, to taking out the trash, from cleaning his teeth to presenting at a workshop – is all in a quality that supports the whole of humanity. Nothing is done without taking in to account it’s effect on the whole. This is what he lives and this is what he inspires by way of reflection.
An inspiring and beautiful story thank you Angela. Certainly listening to our bodies and responding accordingly and lovingly is the key for me. Your blog is a timely reminder, lesson and reflection to do just that.
My experience of personal development workshops was similar to yours, high costs, and short lived changes, almost returning back to worse than I was when I started. Enter Universal Medicine, a game changing organisation that doesn’t offer for you to fix, or be better, but instead offers support for you to connect with you, and through that live a life you may never have thought possible.
It is interesting to reflect on how we use the term ‘in moderation’ about things we know are not really good for us. Drinking alcohol or caffeine, eating sugar, ‘in moderation’ and yet surely we are saying ‘in moderation’ because we are aware of the impact of such things on our bodies and our awareness. In moderation we get to control the impact on our bodies and our wellbeing, rather than feel the full impact of a complete binge – after which it is not uncommon in my experience to say ‘I’ll never do that again!’. Perhaps the person who binges gets to the truth of these things more expediently.
The power in living from our love within is endless, encompassing and actually our entitlement, there for us to live from, always. Your sharing highlights this and the true support that is offered by Universal Medicine, to encourage each of us to live by and from this love within.
‘It was, and is, truly inspiring to be supported by practitioners and an organisation with the highest code of ethics and integrity that I have seen anywhere, and who never impose, but simply present who they are, and by reflection, who we also are – love.’ This just about sums up Universal Medicine and its approach to healing. Thank you for a great blog. It shows very clearly how with the esoteric work, as presented by Serge Benhayon, we can go to new depths of understanding and living, not just knowledge, that can literally change our lives.
It is true our body is the greatest teacher – funny that we listen to every other body.
Angela what you have shared so openly, honestly and intimately about your life is nothing short of a living, breathing miracle. A gorgeous gift to everyone who reads this. Love and truth are pure and simple – never complicated.
“At the age of 46, I feel more ‘me’ and more connected to my body than I have ever felt. I have lost excess weight without ‘trying’ and without any conscious effort, and feel more comfortable in my body and appreciate more beauty in myself than ever before in my life. I take better (and more gentle) care of myself, have more energy (I no longer rely on nervous energy to get me through a day), have more awareness of what is truly going on for me and for those around me, and more appreciation for me just being ‘me’.” How many women (or men) at 46 years of age could honestly say this? The Way of the Livingness is open to all – give it a go – you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. I just turned 68, am still working because I enjoy it, and have never felt better within myself.
An awesome sharing, I particularly enjoyed how you describe your relationship breakup and how you were able to still be open with each other when very few can do this at this point in a relationship.
I love the detail you have shared about your life Angela and how you lived before and after Universal Medicine. Why I love the detail so much? Is because I’ve also discovered that love and simplicity is in the details… focusing on one part of our lives or one part of ourselves but leaving the other bits to just wonder in the dark as such, is where we can find ourselves slip into the ‘this is normal’ and get further entrenched in pictures of what is true health and what is having a good relationship look like. Your dedication to connecting with your body and feeling from there Angela is a testament to you and Universal Medicine.
This is a great testimony to Universal Medicine, its modalities and to your commitment to Truth Angela.
We are ‘truly masters of our own healing, and that true healing comes from within’. Beautifully said Angela.
I love the detail in this article but if some media publications had their spin on this you would be another statistic in the ‘trail’ of ‘broken marriage’s’ by Universal Medicine… right?
Well WRONG but the only way that we can counter the proper-gander that has been spread by certain cyber bullies and some Media outlets is to share true and detailed stories like this one. I find it truly remarkable that so many people going about their everyday lives, with mild depression, extra weight and digestive issues, thinking of all this as ‘normal’ now reap the benefits that Universal Medicine have to offer, its very inspiring.
One of the big things that stood out for me when I came across the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine was just how non-imposing the esoteric way of life, known as The Way of the Livingness is. To not be imposed upon is so healing because the truth of the matter is everyone and everything in society impose upon us, for example, parents, teachers, the media, the church, our peer group etc. The esoteric way of life simply asks us to re-connect with ourselves and when we do we find that we do have the answers that we are looking for. This is so empowering and liberating.
Angela, what an amazing sharing. What stood out for me was how you shared about separating with your husband but still being able to share a trusting and honest relationship, without perfection of course, This is unheard of theses days. It takes so much love for another to separate and yet still care deeply for another and continue to see them on a daily basis. This is certainly something for all of us to be inspired by!
There is a real honesty and humbleness in your story of how your life has changed Angela and the supportive role of Universal Medicine. My feeling is that it is the depth of honesty we are willing to go to that determines greatly the outcome of our health and wellbeing in the long run. A few years ago I could have said I was healthy and well but this was relative to what the term is associated as meaning and the examples across society. I now understand that wellness has a much higher marker of being well, that encompasses not just the absence of ill health but a vibrancy and clarity in my demeanour. The question that always arises is, why settle for less.
When you talk about the esoteric practitioners and say “they practise nothing less than what they live”, it is a very short, simple sentence but it encompasses so much. Having dabbled in many forms of healing, I was never 100% convinced that what people were telling me to do, they were living themselves and that their healing front is quite different to what goes on behind the front. So it did not feel true. But when what is presented and practised is real and lived, you can see that it truly works, then it is your choice as to what to do next, but you have been presented with a living truth – not a half truth, or a want to be truth.
A brilliant blog, thankyou – outlining how all encompassing the esoteric way of living is. It is no good to look at one aspect of your life and not worry about the rest, which is why so many diets, or attempts to fix relationsihps fail.
When we give our power away to anyone else we instantly lose our connection to our true power, the power of our own wisdom and grace from within.
Angela the title of this blog is something that should be front page news, when I see how the majority of us are not making loving choices, how we are caught up in this or that problem it shows just how important and inspiring sharing the fact here is another way can be. It also asks the question why is it that a women and her family and all women, men and their families are not already making loving choices?
Thank-you for sharing this article Angela, for to read of the separation from your partner after many years of trying to make it work, has been done without the reactionary emotions of hurt, rejection, lack of self worth issues, or failure is demonstrating that it can be done in a more respectful and honouring way for each other and is indeed inspiring. And your willingness to be honest enough with yourself to let go of those ideals and beliefs that weren’t truly supporting you, when in fact so many of us hold onto ideals and beliefs disregarding or overriding how we really feel. The healing process that came about through your sessions with the Esoteric Practitioners of Universal Medicine is as you acknowledge truly worth appreciating and as you say “they practice nothing less than what they live” and that is what Universal Medicine is all about, living energetically responsible lives with the quality of true love, truth and integrity at its very heart.
It was beautiful to read of the commitment you made to yourself to make the changes you felt were true for you… and not from thinking you needed to do or follow anything other than your own heart. The transformation you have made is a testimony to the truth in your choices.
Beautiful Angela. You share that in the end it is the inspiration you felt to be more connected to you and care for yourself, not rules and outward demands. This is what Universal Medicine and all that are associated with reflect. Our Choices and our responsibility.
Thankyou Angela. Delivered straight down the barrel. I have never been one much for self help groups and courses, but with Universal Medicine, I noticed something different straight away – and I’m still here as a result.
I really enjoyed reading your story Angela, not dissimilar to mine so it was a great opportunity to reflect on my life now also and appreciate Universal Medicine and the wonderful modalities and presentations they offer. These break down all the illusions and cover ups we make within ourselves to not feel and be the absolutely beautiful beings we all are.
Angela I too remember thinking I was doing alright with my health and my life before I first was introduced to Serge Benhayon, despite the fact that I was feeling desperately empty, spending every spare dollar on self-help books, tapes, courses, healing sessions, increasingly overweight, had been unable to sleep restfully ever since I was a child, required 3 strong coffees in the morning to kick start the day and a glass or two of wine at night to make me feel better etc. When I reflect back the only explanation for my blindness to my own condition, apart from being incredibly disconnected to my body, was the fact that I was doing better than others because I did not have a major illness and was a spiritual seeker. I am incredibly grateful that this illusion was cracked and that I am living more and more in connection with my body rather than being driven by my mind all the time.
Angela these words really stood out for me ‘Each of us has made changes within our lifestyle (diet etc.) based on what we are each ready to feel and take responsibility for.’ It made me realise how irresponsible I was before, and at the same time appreciate the choices that I have now made.
Wow Angela you cover so much in your blog, and it is beautiful to read how you and your family have made more loving choices, including your relationship with your husband, and even though you have separated you are both able to be more honest and truthful. It is amazing how much we can change when we become honest with ourselves, as to what we use to keep ourselves disconnected like alcohol, coffee, and sugar and how through connecting to love you realised that these were not supportive to your body, and when you get to that point the choice of giving them up is so easily made.
It is a huge revelation when we look at the difference that the teachings of Universal Medicine and their healing modalities have made in people’s lives. You have documented how your whole life and your family’s life has changed since considering those things Angela, and how life is more vibrant because of it. This is true medicine for us all and it comes with true self empowerment, true responsibility and true love.
This is something that is prevalent throughout society concerning our attitudes towards food “I defended this by telling myself that these things were ok in moderation, and that in respect of the ‘good’ diet and lifestyle I felt I had most of the time, that these things were part of a healthy lifestyle as long as they weren’t done in excess.” Special treats, moderation, one offs, celebrations are all linked with the ‘idea’ that if we do it some times it will not harm our health. I can only speak for the experience I have had with my own body, but the more I have let go of sugar for example the bigger the effect a small amount has, this tells me something about my body. If some fruit can create a racy, buzzy feeling in my head that my body needs to process and clear out what does a piece of cake do…energetically and chemically it would have a big impact on our homeostasis, our body then has more to process and clear and this is where some of the exhaustion comes from If our bodies are continually depleted, they get ill. If we feel how our bodies feel they tell us so much about what supports us.
Samantha I too hear that ‘everything in moderation’ comment a lot, especially at events like morning tea etc. when I choose to not eat the cakes and biscuits. This can make others uncomfortable so one day (a few years ago) I succumbed because someone had especially made a gluten and dairy free cake with me in mind. I found the ill-effects of the immediate sugar buzz after a mouthful or two incredibly unpleasant, and that this overrode the sugar pleasure in the taste buds that were kicking in. Considering I have been a sweet tooth all my life it was amazing to feel how strongly I simply didn’t want this feeling anymore! Our bodies certainly tell us a lot about what supports us or not.
Thank you Angela for sharing how the Esoteric Modalities gently supported you and your family to make more loving choices. This has also been my experience as well, it is beautiful to read how these amazing modalities have bought true healing to hundreds of people’s lives.
“As soon as my friend introduced me to the Universal Medicine esoteric modalities and practitioners, I knew instantly that this finally made sense. Although I didn’t grasp all of the details, I knew without a doubt that what was being presented was ‘true’ and complete, and at the same time I knew that I knew all of this already.” So many of us ‘knew all of this already’ because we have done the work of the Ageless Wisdom before in other lives – but chose to forget, until reminded by coming to Serge Benhayon’s presentations – and reconnecting with our essence.
Your description of what is different about Universal Medicine matches my own – ‘no imposition by the practitioners telling us what to do, or trying to fix us, or promising us solutions (including improved health)…..no feeling of judgment for the choices we had made up to that point or would continue to make, and there was no feeling of betterment or that they knew what was better for us than what we did.’ But even more powerful than all this, refreshing and totally unique, is the unwavering reflection of and tireless support around personal responsibility for the choices we make on a moment by moment basis.
It is beautiful to read how life changing making the choice to feel and Being in connection with our bodies is. I have experienced a massive change in body awareness and quality of life. I am much more joyful than ever before, and it will only get better when I make more and more self loving choices, confirming the amazing man I am.
Fascinating how we can fool ourselves that we are doing ‘OK’ as long as there are others who are obviously not doing so well. I have discovered that therein lies a greater ill. A person who has serious health issues knows that they have to stop and make changes to the way they live but, while I thought I was doing ‘OK’ I kept on living without honesty of the constant and insidious harm I was doing. Universal Medicine has given me a dose of powerful medicine to take responsibility for how I feel in every aspect of my body and life that is the marker of true health and not a comparison with anyone else.
Mary I love your comment ‘A person who has serious health issues knows that they have to stop and make changes to the way they live but, while I thought I was doing ‘OK’ I kept on living without honesty of the constant and insidious harm I was doing.’ This was me! Universal Medicine was the powerful medicine I needed to wake me up and take responsibility for all of me, and it has been a life changer!
Through the esoteric modalities, they simply supported us in connecting back to, and listening to our bodies – and the choices we made in relationship to that connection were ours. Accepting this brings us ever closer to the truth of who we are and the power at our fingertips.
Most of all, Angela, I appreciate your willingness to look at things which needed to be changed and make choices for it to happen. Deeply within we all know what we are doing as you described at the beginning of your blog. You learned that there is another way to health and wellbeing. But knowing is nothing without living.
Your story is very empowering, thank you.
“As parents, up until that point, we had prided ourselves in electing the alternative and natural medicine approach, and had largely avoided conventional medicine to treat any illness or symptom our family experienced. We felt we had a healthy lifestyle as we ate organic (wherever possible), and all participated in physical activity or sport on a regular basis. We didn’t eat fast food, my husband and I didn’t smoke, we didn’t have tattoos or body piercings, we didn’t drink excessively, and we capped our espresso coffees at 2-3 per day (we loved our coffee!).” A clear example of how we would love the world to be what we make of it, and not the spherical that it is. In truth, what it is includes also what goes wrong as part of the picture, and relates it back to the other features.
Angela this has been my challenge..” to simply live my life with gentleness (to the best of my ability) around my own choices..” It’s the gentleness part. Having the patience and appreciation for myself is all new territory for me. I have been my own worst enemy for my whole life. Your blog reminds me that it’s time to change this old pattern as it gets us nowhere. To choose a loving attitude to all my mistakes is still my learning curve.
It’s very inspiring to read about the changes that you and your family have experienced as a result of making choices that were truly loving.
What you say reminds me Angela is that when I was pursuing the ‘alternative health’ treatments to my issues, I also was aware clearly that they weren’t the answer. The people who were offering the treatments seemed to be suffering from the same conditions as me. Yet as you say I would have still defended these modalities and my choices. How powerful it is when we just get real and honest about what we deeply feel. Feeling what’s happened for you and your family Angela, is inspiring. Choosing this honesty is all we need to do.
This is a great blog, changing your life from supposable “good” to better is great to read about. Esoteric therapies do truly help us to see our own hurts and truly deal with them on a deeper level.
There are so many ‘change your life’ courses, modalities, workshops, books, you name it’s out in the world today all with the foundation of starting from being lesser and working up to something greater. But what you’ve beautiful shared here Angela is that Universal Medicine has none of that but actually starts from a basis of ‘you are love and all you need to be is love’. Changing gears from the ‘fix it’ to appreciation, this isn’t easy at first but with the support that is never ending from Universal Medicine and Esoteric practitioners it is very possible to gently turn the tide on our lives and the choices we make within them.
Leigh I love how you’ve described, ‘Changing gears from the ‘fix it’ to appreciation.’ When I observe how the ‘fix it’ approach permeates the core of how society deals with issues I get a deeper awareness of how I have used such an approach to my life – always trying to rid myself of issues rather than know I can simply stop creating issues and their solutions and return to a body of love.
Angela, your blog presents to us all that there is another way to live, to be in relationships, to live our daily lives with love and joy and to meet our issues full on with the support of the esoteric healing modalities, which truly get to the root cause of issues that may have been buried for a very long time. The ethics of esoteric practitioners is second to none I agree, and together with the support of conventional medicine go a very long way to true healing and opening the gateway to the re-connection to our true selves. Thank you for sharing 🙂
There are so many points I can relate to Angela. I will pick 2 of them: “that the basis on which I ‘did’ all of these things was false”. More and more I get the same feeling, my basis in the past was security and not love and that doesn’t feel right any more. And the second point is, when you talk about the UM Practitioners. The consistency they live is really amazing and inspiring, that is just wonderful.
Angela I love this part because it’s so simple and yet amazing ‘By being gentle with myself, and feeling the impact of how I was living on my body, it was easier to make supportive choices around my diet and sleep, and also around my relationship with myself and others.’ Is this not true Medicine?
To come back and read an article published 3 years ago like yours Angela shows me the level on consistency in the work Universal Medicine is presenting for humanity. As you say “Each of us has made changes within our lifestyle (diet etc.) based on what we are each ready to feel and take responsibility for. As is happening for all of us including Universal Medicine, we are more solid and true in our foundation and forever expanding and being offering more.
I have read this blog before but this what stands out most is how many topics are included throughout your sharing ie relationship issues, food issues, exposing self help techniques and courses as not the way, health all of which have been approached in a way that goes against the normal way. Thank you Angela there is much written that is inspiring and supportive of all Universal Medicine offers.
I can relate to the point you made about giving your power away to practioners as I had also done this in the past. However like you I have found the Universal Medicine practitioners and healing modalities non intrusive and non imposing and also very effective.
‘Convenience and comfort’ these words kept retuning to me after reading this article today. This was the way that I was living for decades – is it a wonder when dis-ease paid a visit, the control I felt that I had was shook to the core. My security blanket was taken from under me – no more comfort – I resisted making changes for too long. A true blessing when my path took me to my first Universal Medicine presentation with Serge Benhayon. Thank you Angela, a beautiful sharing of your journey and one that gently reminded me to appreciate all that we are presented with in life.
There is so much in your blog. Reading it today I’m inspired to ask myself the question you posed yourself:’ why did I need to escape and what was I escaping from?’ What if I stood completely still and felt what it was and named it for what it was? I know I do avoid things though I’m not even clear what they are. Every time I’ve stopped running what’s been chasing me has turned out to be a small mouse (sure, with a big shadow at times).
This account of your family’s ‘before and after’ is a truly inspiring read. It goes to show that when you start to feel what is going on in your body, honour it and take responsibility for yourself through loving choices, then life and the way you live and experience it changes exponentially, even when it brings up some difficult decisions. I totally agree that Universal Medicine operates with a code of ethics that is second to none in terms of integrity, consistency and yes, love.
“Through the esoteric modalities, they simply supported us in connecting back to, and listening to our bodies – and the choices we made in relationship to that connection were ours”. This is my experience of esoteric practitioners too, they support me without imposition and then it is my choice to move forward. I have also realised that it is only me that can take responsibility for my choices and I cannot blame anyone or anything outside of me. Thank you for your inspiring blog Angela, you have shown that by making simple loving choices for you and your family true healing can take place.
Its so freeing to get truly honest with ourselves. Many times we can become arrogant when we live a so called healthy lifestyle as long as we can hold onto our comforts and not look too deeply. You have shared so very inspiring choices her Angela, thank you.
Truly beautiful to re-read your story Angela, it shows an amazing transformation that we are each capable of bringing to our own lives if we so choose. What I love about Universal Medicine is that it presents the opportunity for us each to reclaim who we are, in our time and never is anything enforced or dictated. It all comes with a love that reflects the truth that within us all lies the truth of who we are. It is up to each of us to decide how much of who we are we choose to live in the world.
There is so much in what you’ve shared here Angela. One of the keys I feel here is “relatively speaking” in relation to our food and drink choices – we often fall for this line to justify our behaviour of numbing that which we don’t want to feel with the comfort coming from not only food but other activities which distract us from those feelings – I know I did. What you are sharing here about the experiences of your family was very similar to my own and I agree that the seeking of solutions is definitely not it. I like what you say in relation to each of your family members healing in their own time – no rules and no time applied and how amazing it is that you and your husband can continue working together in a more truthful way due to your commitment to healing with the support of Universal Medicine. I was also able to work through a difficult life situation in a far more harmonious way than I otherwise would have been if not for the support of healing sessions with Esoteric Practitioners and attending Universal Medicine events.
It is amazing when there is a point in our lives that we realise ‘we are responsible’ for all our choices and the distractions we use to escape feeling the truth of what is truly going on. Many gentle reminders here that I have taken on board – thank you Angela.
Yes so true Marion and this blog reminds me of one..” I rely on nervous energy to get me through a day”, this one is a biggy for me. I tried avoiding this one but it has become apparent that this is what I do far too often. It’s only through loving myself more that I was able to see this. So there are always two sides to every coin.
There is so many valuable points that I noted in your blog as I was reading. One aspect that stood out for me was the way we commonly compare ourselves to others to assess if we are ‘doing OK’ – the implication being that if they are making poorer choices then us, then it confirms that we are doing well. This can be a real trap as it allows us to stay in our cocoon of comfort. Well done Angela for facing the truth of how you were living and taking responsibility for making changes over time as you felt ready to do so.
You have written so much here on so many topics in one blog Angela. It sounds like you saw many things that you wanted to tweak about the way you lived your life once you started looking and yet none of it sounds like a drama, but a loving confirmation.
I love that you have clearly shown that you have never experienced imposition from Universal Medicine or rules to follow. Although clearly deeply inspired and supported by them, your amazing transformation has been from your own doing through your personal choice to change your lifestyle based on what you were ready to feel and take responsibility for.
‘Everything in moderation” is a term I frequently hear and recognise as a cop out from taking true responsibility for our health. I used to think nothing of having the odd glass of wine, pastry and coffee but what a huge difference since I began to experiment and found how much these substances were holding me back from living a full life. Being more in touch with my body now I can choose what supports me in feeling younger as I grow older – all from making more loving choices with the support of Universal Medicine and it’s Practitioners.
The Ageless wisdom as presented by Serge Benhayon supports true self love and responsibility.The way your life has changed indicates to me that you truly embraced this.
Thanks for sharing your story Angela.
This was a great journey to read Angela – I am inspired by your honesty and clarity with which you have detailed this journey. There is much which is supportive in this article but I really felt your deep appreciation to Serge Benhayon, practitioners and Universal Medicine for their unwavering love, guidance and presentation, without push or judgement to help bring those willing to the possibility of loving and joyful lives. I too share this appreciation. Words are hard to find to articulate my appreciation of the support and love presented – where I now can confidently claim and lay down the foundation of love in my life and watch the miracles unfold as this continues to deepen and develop.
Angela this is huge what you have shared and the changes that have been made within yourself and your family. Most importantly I can feel how open you were to the truth that was presented to you through your sessions, your body and the presentations by Universal Medicine – you said Yes to making your life about love.
When I felt the truth, which was simply confirming in my own body what I deeply knew to be true and which finally made sense of everything, it was not always easy, but it was definitely clear in that I had a foundation to build on and from, and that was bringing it back to love… which most importantly had to first begin with love for myself, and before it could be about love for another…
I completely agree with you Angela Perin that it is such a blessing to have the support of the Universal Medicine practitioners available to us. The way they live and present themselves is of such a exquisiteness that I have never found with other modalities. The support they have given to me in reconnecting to my body is invaluable, and thought this sessions I have become aware that there is so much more that I have not yet connected with. To reestablish my true me I will dictate my life to this reconnection with all the support I need and can get form the Universal Medicine practitioners.
Beautiful blog Angela. “We felt our diet was a big improvement on the diets of most of the population, and therefore relatively speaking we felt we had taken responsibility for a ‘healthy’ lifestyle.” The ideal ‘I am doing OK because everybody else is doing so much worse’ is so deceiving. I find that thinking that blinds you from seeing and feeling where you are truly at in your life, and conveniently says you do not have to look at your way of living as you are doing so much better than everyone else. This is a big illusion. Very beautiful; you chose to look further and see what was really going on in your life, and with that could truly change your life in quality.
Beautiful comment, Lieke I agree with you. What I also observe a lot is what Angela also wrote: how people fool themselves by considering themselves to live a healthy life, because they think they eat healthy and do some form of sports. While they know inside there are different choices to be made and there is more to ‘healthy living’ than just these 2 topics.
Yes that is an amazing point you make Monika. A healthy lifestyle for me incorporates so much more than just exercising and food. I currently look at how I move every moment of the day, how I walk from one room to another at my workplace or how I move when I get dressed. I notice what a huge impact the way I move has on how I feel and how I think about myself. For instance stressed or graciously. So yes I agree there is so much more to living healthy than just those two topics.
Yes Monika we can fool ourselves into thinking that a ‘healthy lifestyle’ consists of sport and eating health food but what about ALL the rest? The quality of our relationships, the way our bodies feel, the striving for perfection, the emotional ups and down to name but a few. There is so much more.
Yes Lieke, I’d have to say I was very good at the “I’m better than you” (& although I’ve worked a lot on this, am still continuing to work on this), and I agree, comparison is a classic way we can shift the attention to another so we can avoid looking at our own stuff and taking responsibility for our own choices and the way ‘we’ are actually living!
Great, Lieke how you share in your second comment about the awareness you are developing in how you move. The ‘how’ is for me the most important one. I can eat healthy food, go to bed in time and ‘do’ all the right things, but the quality I do them in and most certainly the quality I move, makes it a healthy choice or not.
What’s also so deceiving is the ‘everything in moderation’ – I hear that a lot (and I’ve also said it) – but does that actually mean everything in moderation – including abuse?
Yes I hear that one a lot too sarahflenley and I find it is the most harmful lie that is around. Even though I cannot put my finger on why, it is simply not true that in moderation everything is ok. As you say is abuse in moderation ok? Absolutely not – so why would any food or drink that is harmful to the body be ok in moderation?
That’s so true. Poison is still poison. So if we do something that is poisonous to our bodies, but do it moderation, what we’re really doing is giving our bodies a little bit more of a chance to cope with the poison, but we are still poisoning ourselves with ill consequences. I know the word poison is an extreme example but I could give the example of: if I move without being loving I could easily bash my toe, or if I drive impatiently I could easily cause an accident. Seems sensible to stop the ‘poison’ as best we can, rather than deem a certain level acceptable.
So true Lieke. When I look back there was an incredible amount of arrogance (whether conscious or not) in this feeling of ‘better than’. Sometimes I still find myself caught in this arrogance, comparing and judging myself to others, so I’m still working on this on a daily basis but now have my awareness as a tool to realise that when I get caught up in an ideal or belief, it’s usually because there’s something in my own body I don’t want to feel. Sometimes even with this awareness, I’m a bit stubborn and make choices to avoid feeling this, but it’s definitely easier these days and as soon as I take responsibility for the fact it’s ‘my’ choice, it immediately allows me the opportunity to bring the focus back to myself without pushing this back and blaming others.
This is exactly what I noticed too Lieke. There was nothing out of the ordinary about how Angela was living and it to most would seem a very ‘good’ quality of life. But this is just a cover as it may look good on the outside but underneath the true quality of our actions and intentions may not be so loving
I love how all that the esoteric modalities introduced to you was just more honesty and truth in your life.
Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon have been the missing link in me connecting to myself and starting to bring true health and harmony to my body and mind. After a lifetime of searching and trying many types of healing modalities and spiritual practices. I am deeply grateful to them for this.
What an amazing unfoldment back to the path of true healing Angela. I too once belonged to the “all things in moderation are OK” brigade and believed that so long as I lived a healthier lifestyle than the majority, did some exercise or yoga and consulted with an array of alternative therapists I was A-OK. But this was an idealistic illusion that is easy to be completely taken by because they is so much out there pointing to such as being the way to lasting health. However like you Angela I often felt exhausted without coffee and sugar and it was not until I experienced the Esoteric Therapies and esoteric way of life as presented by Universal Medicine that I began to enjoy true health, wellbeing and harmony in a much more sustainable way.
What stands out Angela is how you have come to re-define what ‘normal’ means, even down to your loving separation. You’ve inspired me to consider just how much of what I call ‘normal’ today is actually true and right for me.
Angela, I love what you have touched on here about becoming the masters of our own healing, and not giving your power away to a practitioner or a modality to ‘do the healing for you’. Universal Medicine has supported me to become truly responsible for my choices and my healing.
Thanks for sharing your inspiring story Angela. When talking about Universal Medicine and the practitioners you describe how they “..simply present who they are, and by reflection, who we also are – love.” Beautifully expressed.
Through reading this, I can feel a quality of gentleness in you, and that you truly live and embody this un-imposing way of being! Inspiring 💗
It is such a revolution in healing to have practitioners who do not provide solutions or try to have all the answers or make promises or claims but simply support their clients to have a more loving connection with themselves and their bodies and from there let the client heal themselves.
Angela, the way you have described the separation from your husband and your ability to continue your business together is inspirational, thank you for sharing.
Angela, this sentence struck a chord with me, ‘We felt our diet was a big improvement on the diets of most of the population, and therefore relatively speaking we felt we had taken responsibility for a ‘healthy’ lifestyle.’ I have done this all my life too, it is only since the introduction of Universal Medicine that I realised how far from healthy my diet was and look at what I am eating in relation to what I would normally eat or what I used to eat. What a difference this has made to me fine tuning and tailor making a diet that suits and supports my well being.
This is such a beautifully and clearly written article Angela, and one that I know will inspire others to know that it is possible to change the way we live. “Each of us has made changes within our lifestyle (diet etc.) based on what we are each ready to feel and take responsibility for.” Wonderful words of wisdom for others to read and to understand the importance of honouring exactly where they are; no drive, no push and no have to; just taking the time to feel, and from there making the next self loving choice.
Awesome true story Angela! I particularly like your reference to how your separation had the potential to look like before Universal Medicine. With the outrageous accusations against Uni Med, tearing families apart etc, your story is a true testament to the fact that what is presented by Serge Benhayon and Uni Med is based on love, acceptance and appreciation for all. Simple.
It’s hard to imagine healing any other way, other than via reflections of love.
Being supported by another who is absolutely only able to reflect through their own lived truth makes total sense.
That’s why if anyone is prepared to be reminded of what they already know, from someone living it, they can live it equally.
Dear Angela,
‘I am gently re-learning that it’s not about the things I’ve done or continue to do, but who I am. Who I am then becomes the expression of the things I need or choose to do each day.’ This sentence says so much. The more I live each day from who I am, so many of the things that I used to put value in drop away. The most beautiful of these is being able to see all as equal to me. I used to greatly value any moment where I deemed myself better than another. To let go of this is one of the most truly freeing experiences that I have had in this life, so much that comes with it, like the need to be perfect, to prove self constantly, to bully and override another’s way of thinking, to name a few are some of the ‘things’ that no longer rule my days. Instead a steady consistent choice to keep returning to my body and deeply loving myself, has brought with it the understanding of true responsibility. Understanding that the only thing I am responsible for is how I am living in my body; everything that happens, happens from this choice.
Angela its really interesting that we can look around at friends or society in general and consider that we are living healthy and well because we are living “better” than another. Perhaps we have friends that drink more than us or use substances that we don’t and therefore we consider we are fine – yet in all of that have we actually felt what is true for us regardless of what others are doing? Have we considered what truly supports our body and chosen to live that? Before attending sessions and workshops with Universal Medicine I know for myself I had not and it’s now an ongoing process.
Thank you Angela for sharing your journey and what an inspiring way you have chosen.
Such a beautiful blog Angela and a joy to read. I agree with so many things that you mention about Universal Medicine and in particular the unimposing way that you are treated when you have sessions. The choice to change comes from a knowing within and not from ‘advice’. Although at first I was looking to be told what to do I have learnt that I already have the answers once I learn to read the signs – as you say ‘the choices we made in relationship to that connection were ours’ and it feels that this is why the healing is so powerful as we can feel the unfolding that comes from deep within us.
I love this about esoteric healing practitioners. The changes that you have made in your life Angela is a testament to how they practice. They are so open, supportive, wise and never imposing – only speaking from what they live and sensitively and sometimes very firmly telling you what you need to hear. I spent many many years seeking and trying every healing modality under the Sun and none of them have allowed me to feel the potential Love and tenderness that I can live my life with than the esoteric healing modalities. Healing modalities sent from Heaven!
Thanks for sharing Angela, how you were able to live in a more harmonious way with yourself and family. Through healing and reconnecting to your true self.
What’s wonderful to read about what you have shared Angela is that everything has been your choice. You mentioned that you gave your power away to earlier practitioners, I don’t get any sense of this now and that is huge. Talking responsibility for our own lives can be difficult and you have shown how this can be done with grace and respect for yourself and everyone in your family. The results speak for themselves.
There is so much I can relate to within this blog, with regards to having a husband and a family which on occasions would get unexplained illnesses and resulted in us searching for the answers within conventional medicine and the alternative sector.
Finding Universal Medicine was like a breath of fresh air as it often felt like I had run out of options and I have since come to find that the answers to our ailments are within us – the clues were always there, I just didn’t see the importance of listening to the body.
What you have presented here Angela is so inspiring; I really loved reading about your experiences and the self responsibility you have chosen.
“I am gently re-learning that it’s not about the things I’ve done or continue to do, but who I am. Who I am then becomes the expression of the things I need or choose to do each day”.
Angela, you have presented so openly and in such truth. I can relate to many things you have experienced especially how supportive the esoteric modalities are and the level of truth in which they are presented to us.
This is a great testimonial to the esoteric modalities – they have deeply supported me through all the change in my life and I love them so much!
I love that you speak about the difference between doing things that are/feel true for you and decisions that we make to fit in or be accepted. We can live a whole life not living what we know is true and in the end it just ends in a very miserable person. Without the presence of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I would never have seen or acknowledged that my people pleasing ways actually contribute to ill-health.
Yea that mentality of ‘everything in moderation’ is super deceiving. It’s pretty much letting little things slide, which in turn let’s bugger things slide.
You describe beautifully how being more connected to our bodies opens up the possibility to change things very easily. It is a choice we make out of what we feel not from what we think will be good for us.
Thank you Angela for your honesty and level of openness. It is a beautiful example of letting humanity in and being love with nothing to hide.
Everything in Moderation is oft-quoted but in my experience it does not work that way. Once I feel that something is really wrong for my body and feel the reason why I am drawn to it, the sense of need gradually (or sometimes immediately) drops away.
The appreciation for me just being me is such a simple way of being and yet it throws a totally different light on everything that happens. Like finding everything I was ever looking for in my life.
I can relate here Angela to the ‘everything in moderation’ attitude. I too once had this approach to life believing that it was the best policy. However as I became more honest about how my body was feeling on a daily basis and how my lifestyle was influencing this, I came to the conclusion also that some things are just simply toxic to the body so why give myself even a small dose of something that is poisonous? It was a bit like, ok life is intense enough as it is, why am I choosing to carry around a load of bricks on my back as well?!
What a great blog, what is it that allows a society to over look such outstanding turn arounds in peoples lives? Facts or fabrications is a choice but when the media only presents the fabrication and lies humanity has had the wool pulled over there eyes. There are so many inspirational stories that are factual in every aspect, Serge Benhayon is the inspiration behind these stories. Could it be that the energy the media are aligned to won’t let the truth be shown! “Is it possible that everything is energy therefore, everything is because of energy?” (Serge Benhayon)
Great blog Angela, thank you for sharing, very inspiring and honest. I too thought that I was pretty healthy but at the same time I was also feeling tired, anxious, stressed, angry, sad and out of sorts. Since I have been introduced to Serge Benahyon and Universal Medicine, I realised that how I was feeling was actually not ‘normal’. My understanding of true health has changed especially having made some awesome choices to change what wasn’t working for me. I too have changed my diet by listening to what my body is telling me and I rest when I feel tired. By taking responsibility for my choices and choosing what I know is supportive and loving is something I haven’t really paid much attention to until now. I now have a marker for what ‘normal’ is, it is feeling energised, vibrant, playful, joyful, at ease and loving every day.
Thank you for sharing Angela. Your story is amazing and inspirational. I can relate to the comparative healthy organic way of eating and the occasional drink of alcohol and the piece of cake. Only 2-3 cups of coffee. Standing strong to the belief this is still a healthy way of eating. I have been there with this logic. I too effortlessly dropped 12 kg and reclaimed my vitality when I dropped the caffeine, sugar processed foods, Gluten and dairy. I used food as my medicine to numb, distract and feed my nervous energy.
Angela that was a beautiful testimonial based on truth and honesty. Thankyou.
You have touched upon so much here. The main thing I felt when reading was how I have a sense of ‘coming home’ and how Universal Medicine is a huge beacon of light, support, love and most importantly truth in reflecting to me that way. All that is left is for me to make the choices and changes in doing this, it also exposed the exhaustion I used to feel in constantly searching for what deep within me I knew to be true as well as constantly looking to ‘be fixed’. Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are the only body i have known to say STOP. Really stop, in life with the busyness and distractions and as you say gave space to ask ‘The questions I then asked myself were: why was I so exhausted, and how was I living that would lead me to be so exhausted? When I was honest with myself, I became aware that I was using alcohol as an escape and distraction from my life. Then I had to ask myself: why did I need to escape and what was I escaping from? These were all very exposing questions which required me to be really honest with myself about exactly what was going on in my body and my life.’ Something so simple as stopping and being really honest with where we are at in life, instead of ignoring and pretending it is okay, can start to bring about a great healing.
Angela it was so lovely to read all you have embraced in those 2 short years.
As a woman with a family I understand it’s not always easy to change a way of being that has existed for some time. As you have shared I have found it is only with the support of the Esoteric Modalities, Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that true and lasting change can be made.
I love the way your commitment to reflection, to knowing your body and reading it honestly, guided you to the truth of the inner heart. The steady and loving practice of living each day in connection uncovered the layers of numbing, distraction and need. I reflect on my life and am very aware that what drove me was this incessant need to connect at a deeper level with others. What I feel now is, the deep realisation that the truth is that it is about a deeper connection with myself first and then all else will follow. Thank you Angela for sharing the wisdom of what brought you to the amazing livingness you now share with your family and in life.
The ‘Everything In Moderation’ motto was also a big part of my upbringing, passed down repetitively it became the oath holding the consensus of what was the ‘right’ way of conducting oneself through life. For me, once I chose to become more honest with myself in everything that I do, I was ready to take responsibility for each and every choice I make, rather than coasting on the ‘little bit of this/little bit of that won’t hurt’ attitude, and brushing over what is true.
Same for me, Giselle – what I feel ‘everything in moderation’ means, is compromise, so we don’t stand out, keep fitting in and just not claim what simply feels right for ourselves.
It’s interesting too Elizabeth that in truth there is no reward for being trapped by our behaviours. We only start to rot in them, which not only affects us but all around us too.
The beauty of living from the beauty we are, and taking responsibility for every choice we make, awesome Angela!
A great testimonial to how huge changes can happen in a short time, because truth is presented and felt.
I love how the esoteric modalities unlike any other therapy I have received is un imposing I have never felt the practitioners try and fix me or have any kind of judgement towards me. It is so refreshing when practitioners do not pander and tell you what you want to hear instead they lovingly bring truth and awareness to the situation at hand.
Thank you for sharing Angela great to hear how this has affected your whole family to live more loving and harmoniously.
Angela, thank you for sharing how you and your family have changed over the years and thanks to Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon, how your whole outlook and approach to life has totally changed. From trying to find a fix for any issue, you have now the opportunity to understand what’s going on beneath the issue, and once you’re aware the underlying issue can be healed.
It is so inspirational to see a whole family committing to their well-being in all aspects of life, and willing to take responsibility in such a way that they are able to claim “The separation has been more loving and supportive than I could ever have imagined for both of us and our three daughters”. Beautiful.
What an amazing blog. Full of inspiration and humble appreciation.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story on how you and your family started to make different choices in your lives which again led to more love. That’s what it’s all about. Love.
Angela, your expression so clearly and completely encapsulates my own experiences with Universal Medicine, it’s teachings and practitioner support. It’s so beautiful that this level of love, integrity, healing and evolution is on offer to all through their services. What you have achieved with your newly inspired loving choices is something so grand and profound. Thank you of sharing.
You have certainly had some huge changes in your life over recent times and are coping amazingly. Even one of these changes would be considered major life changes ! With the help and love of the Universal Medicine Practitioners and Serge Benhayon you have been able to do this as you mentioned so congratulations Angela.
Beautiful blog Angela! What I particularly like about it is the fact that it touches upon a massive belief: my lifestyle is good because it is more consciously healthy than the average. So, instead of bread, we have whole grain bread, instead of regular milk, we have organic milk etc. All of that while you have digestive and bowel issues, nervous tension in the body which are all clear signs that something is not working. The belief that what you buy is better than average helps you to override the messages from your body.
Absolutely agree Eduardo, its so easy to measure your life as good by looking at what the average level of health awareness around is, and just settling into your own comfort, ignoring the messages your body is sending you constantly as presented in this beautiful blog by Angela.
It is not about measuring life and then settling in, but to keep on evolving constantly towards a deeper level of love.
Angela how truly inspiring it is to see how far you have come . You gave yourself the space and true support to consider how your choices were affecting you from within and not by seeking guidance from what others think is the right way to live.
I agree Kelly Zarb. Once we know what to do we can then slowly, simply and gently just get it done – basically understanding what Serge Benhayon says about health and seeing if it makes sense – and so far it was worked every time I am aware of.
I love this sentence “They (Serge Benhayon and his family) practise nothing less than what they live”. This is so true.
The observation you make about the Universal Medicine practitioners not imposing and offering a reflection of themselves that then allows us to feel who we truly are, has been my experience also.
It is interesting how we think we live a healthy life because we have a certain lifestyle that fits into the norm of being healthy in our society only to find that how much we are missing out on true health and vitality. I had also thought I lived a healthy life because when I compared myself to the rest of humanity I was right in the middle living a ‘normal’ everyday ‘healthy’ life. But I was not. I felt exhausted and depressed most of the time and though I did not have any ‘real’ health issues there was no vitality in my body nor any true joy in my life. Then through the work of Universal Medicine I got to understand that it was absolutely ok and actually absolutely vital to deeply care for myself in order to build a life of true vitality and health. And what a change that has brought is beyond belief what we are used to in this world. I often surprise myself how strong, vital and absolutely good my body is and feels.
Thank you Angela, I enjoyed reading this article. The sentence that stands out for me is where you say that you are “aware that we are truly masters of our own healing, and that true healing comes from within”. Before I found my way to Universal Medicine I was also in the expecting someone else to ‘fix’ me mode. Taking responsibility for my own body, my health and how I am with myself each day has put the fun back into being me.
Your blog is awesome Angela – a beautiful honest account of transformation on many levels – I loved reading every word of it 🙂 Thank you for sharing.
Angela your sharing is inspirational as truth is inspirational. Saying yes to be inspired by the Livingness presented by Universal Medicine and its practitioners, we respond to the truth we know within and of the body, and hence start living daily our universal medicine too.
A deeply honest sharing, it was lovely to read about your experiences Angela and to feel how instantly you knew the truth when it was presented to you by Universal medicine and your body.
What a beautifully expressed article of your continuing journey Angela – so many reminders that I can relate to. It always comes back to self love, living in a way that is truly honouring and gently unfolding.
Thank you Angela for the honesty of your blog. We all know deep down that there must be a more fulfilling and honest way to live as shown by Serge Benhayon and the many practitioners of Universal Medicine.
Knowing you all I can honestly say that each of you have an amazing capacity for love, not just for yourselves but for each other, and that this is what has been your foundation to develop a true and harmonious relationship with each other that honours and respects where each person is at. Now that is inspiring!
I agree Penny it is very inspiring when a group of people can develop harmonious relationships with each other. There is nothing like this anywhere else being reflected to the world.
There is so much I relate to in what you have shared. I find it fascinating that so may women, myself included let our health go and it isn’t until we see our kids suffering that we take action. This was also what happened in our family, then started on myself. There is something revolutionary about the way that the Universal Medicine practitioners work. The results worldwide speak for themselves. When I look around and see so many people struggling and then see what Universal Medicine has to offer I can see many people starting to notice that something different is happening over here something that is going against the trend of the rest of the world.
I can really relate to this Angela, ‘In retrospect I have identified that we had given power away to previous practitioners who we upheld as having the answers to improve our health, and that it was ‘they’ who had the power of healing.’ I used to think that the practitioners had all the answers and could heal me but have since learnt through attending Universal Medicine courses that it is us who heal ourselves.
Hi Angela
This a very honest and relative post to what many of us have felt in our daily lives.
‘The more honest I became and the more prepared I was to actually honour my body and what it was saying, the more I began to become aware of my relationship with food, sleep, exercise etc’
When I am honest with what my body is saying I am able to make more self-loving choices. This in turn, transforms the quality of my day to day livingness.
Thank you for sharing Angela and hats off to Serge Benhayon and the amazing Practitioners of the Esoteric Modalities. We are blessed. 🙂
Thank you for sharing your experience Angela. You have made a commitment to yourself and your family and now you appreciate you for who you truly are, lovely.
“in respect of the ‘good’ diet and lifestyle I felt I had most of the time, that these things were part of a healthy lifestyle as long as they weren’t done in excess”. I’ve been there too, I thought I had a healthy diet, so a bar of chocolate or occasional piece of cake was ok. It wasn’t until I found Universal Medicine that I realised WHY I was eating these foods and began to take steps to heal the reasons behind it. Why do we accept what society presents to us as being “normal”, when in fact it is not, the pages on this blog have shown that there is another way to live, as presented by Universal Medicine.
The fact is, it IS possible to live in harmony with ourselves, our family, colleagues, ex-partners and friends. You, in your article Angela, and the many other testimonies here, have shown that there is another way to live. How cool is that!
Thank you Angela for a most revealing and honest account of the journey back to love and wellness. Believing you were living a healthy lifestyle prior to Universal Medicine, I can completely relate to and endorse all that you say about the Universal Medicine Practitioners.
Thank you, Angela for this beautifully written account of your family’s return to an honest and more loving way of being. This testimony really gives the reader a true sense of the lack of imposition by the Universal Medicine practitioners and the grace of being able to make changes based on what your body is telling you, with the support of the practitioners every step of the way.
Thanks Angela, your blog exposes how we can hide under a layer of illusion where we feel we are making “healthy choices” but are being run by belief’s that may not truly support. Great bog.
Thank you Angela, it is inspiring to read about the changes you and your family have gone through.
Angela, thank you for sharing with such strength and truth. It feels so solid and so real. What sticks out is the constant reflection of love and support without judgement and the difference in the quality of living as a result. A blog we can all learn from.
Thank you Angela, amazing how bringing truth into our lives can make such a difference, thank you for sharing.
Such beautiful honesty here Angela.
Its amazing how safe life can appear if everything seems OK – but you and your family exposing what was truly going on shows a re-learning and reconnection that comes from love first. This is a really inspiring read
Thank you Angela. The ‘everything in moderation’ approach is an interesting one. I grew up with this mantra also. It feels like one of the ways that we shut down our awareness of our bodies and how our bodies are really feeling and reacting to our choices is by comparing our lifestyle to someone else. We can almost always find someone who has worse health, or a worse diet, or is more overweight etc than we are and it is easy to think we are doing ok in relation to that. However I have found the best approach is simply to be honest about how I am feeling and how my body is and make my choices from that place rather than going into comparison with others.
Great blog Angela, thanks for sharing this honest account of your journey. Your transformation is very inspiring and a great reminder to us all how our lives can be if we are willing to look at our issues.
Thank you Angela, there is so much sharing in this beautiful blog. One of the things I am starting to do, is to respect each person equally, to not judge then for when they express, but to allow them to express in truth by creating a space and openness. This allows me to create a beautiful energy with another.
Thanks Angela for sharing your story. Im sure it will inspire many people. Universal Medicine is such a great teacher on the huge subject of life and continually helps countless people to get things back on track.
An inspiring and honest sharing. Thank you, Angela.
Angela, I so enjoyed reading of your unfolding in relation to the connection you felt with Universal Medicine – so much change in so little time! It is testimony to your dedication to your family and to yourself. The fact you still work with your husband and maintain a healing relationship is inspiring. I’m left with a feeling &/or sense of completion based on a process of being truly willing to understand and learn about love and why things were the way they were. Thank-you for sharing an amazing journey.
Thank you for this inspiring blog Angela. Amazing to feel how normal exhaustion has become that we don’t even recognise it as such. Esoteric modalities are so supportive in how they connect us again to how our bodies are truly feeling beyond the props we use to get through the day.
This is great to read Angela, especially that you are “learning to be more gentle with others in relation to where they are at, and the choices they are making. And thanks to the example of Universal Medicine I am learning to be less imposing and judgmental on the individual choices of others and to simply live my life with gentleness (to the best of my ability) around my own choices.” This is something I have previously struggled with and that I’m slowly learning, I loved how you said you are simply living your life with gentleness, I find this very inspiring.
Beautiful post, Angela. I so agree with your comment that “the consistent way in which the Esoteric practitioners live and the integrity with which they practise. They practise nothing less than what they live. For this I also “am deeply appreciative.” Having been a practitioner of some spiritual modalities in the past, there was never this level of dedication either to self or to ones clients on a daily basis. Universal Medicine is truly a world leader in this. Some organisations now have brought self-care into the workplace, but without the daily consistency of how one lives one’s life, as far as I am aware.
Isn’t it amazing and profoundly important to note that you feel better Angela in your body from gentle exercise than you ever did from pushing yourself hard. This has also been my experience.
This article feels whole and complete. Full of love and appreciation. Very inspiring, thank you Angela.
This blog has a lovely flow to it. It felt great reading it and sharing in your experiences and awareness. I felt an integrity and self responsibility in the way that you have written the blog. I really appreciated reading “They practise nothing less than what they live, for which I am deeply appreciative.” The truth, is in living with self responsibility and acceptance of ourselves and others and having the inspiration of others who are living this way, is awesome.
Angela I love your blog, your open-ness and honesty in sharing. And it’s true, none of the other alternate modalities I tried were so gracious and non-imposing as Universal Medicine, no matter where I’ve been all Universal Medicine practitioners have always met me with nothing but graciousness and love, no judgement and thus allowed me the space to feel where I am, where I’ve been and inspire me to make more loving choices. And it’s great to hear how you’ve worked with your relationship to allow it to come to a graceful end without recrimination – this is an awesome showing of how love can be in any situation if we embrace and allow it.
Again brilliant to read how the simple changes make such a difference to the clarity in which we hold and then make choices from. It is beautiful how you describe the same outcome of your relationship ending, but the hugely different ways in which it could have been done, and the resulting impacts on you and everyone around you.
It is beautiful and inspiring what has been shared in this article and shows that changes in relationships with ourselves and others, to be loving, can happen with true support. Universal Medicine offers this for so many people and I like what you have said here — “And what is most observable now in retrospect, is that what was inspiring back then (and continues to be so), is the consistent way in which the esoteric practitioners live and the integrity with which they practise. They practise nothing less than what they live..” This is the key and has been the difference to any other alternative modalities I have turned to over the years. Thank you Angela.
Thank you Angela for the honesty with which you have shared your story. There is much in it that I can relate to.
Angela the commitment and honesty of your words is an inspiration.
Lovely post Angela. Reminded me of my own relationship which ended almost three years ago but we still live under the same roof. The more committed I have been to living the love that I naturally am, to the best of my ability, the better our relationship has become, in spite of the fact that we have a court case between us. Two days ago whilst I was chopping some veggies for my dinner, he asked if I had received the dates from my barrister for our next court hearing as if he wanted to know if I was using garlic or shallots in my cooking 🙂 and it almost made me laugh out loud, at how unconventional (to say the least) this was. I know it may sound ‘mad’ and many who know us and those who don’t are in disbelief at the whole scenario, but I have always felt that two people who apparently love each other so much in the beginning and for some, if not most of the time during their relationship, should not part with war paints and hatchets! This feels so very wrong and not how it is meant to be. It is Serge Benhayon who has always inspired me and encouraged me to be love with everyone equally, including those I wish to part from or they from me.
Since my relationship with my ex had not been founded on true love from the beginning (some 20 years ago) for all kinds of reasons, but perhaps the main one being that neither of us knew what true love really meant, I chose to part with nothing but love, and as a result he is a happier person too. Atypical- yes, but Awesome indeed.
I was struck by the absence of blame in Angela’s blog and in your comment Dragana. It must also be more freeing to separate without blame, but with simple acceptance that a relationship had not been founded on love. And as for parting with love, wow!. Bring on the movies about that, instead of all of the emotional blockbusters of the pain of separation. I guess if you took the emotion out of those stories the movie might only last for 5 minutes!
Thank you Angela, for your honest and inspiring sharing.
How amazing is it that many of us innately know that our lives; family, relationship, food, exercise, weight, job etc are not what they should be. However, we get comfortable and maybe even lazy because we look around at everyone else and see that we are better off so we falsely think that what we have or are doing must be ok. Thank you Angela for reminding all of us to never get comfortable and to always accept that our feelings are telling us something and should never be pushed aside or ignored. If we can listen to our feelings and our bodies we have an opportunity to live a true life and not just a better one.
Yes, I agree Sally, listening and honouring our bodies and feelings is paramount to living a true life. Comfort can sneak in, or be hidden and stops us being all that we truly are.
Thank you so much Angela for sharing, it feels so honest, truly inspiring.
Thanks Angela for the many lessons you have shared with us. Your comment, “I had to ask myself: why did I need to escape and what was I escaping from?” is quite profound, along with your honesty in answering that question and then embracing self responsibility.
Thank you for sharing how your and your family’s lives have turned around since discovering the support of Universal Medicine and its practitioners, Angela.
It is inspirational to hear how the break up of a long established marriage can lead to a more loving and supportive partnership in your business lives. This is something that is rarely achieved and serves as a wonderful example of how choosing to live more lovingly with oneself can and does flow into the relationships we have with those around us.
Angela, what you’ve shared, pierces through so many illusions as to what is a ‘good and healthy’ lifestyle – from our diet, our partaking in things that harm in ‘moderation’, and our choice of exercise & therapies, to how we are in our relationships. What tremendous personal change you have undertaken, and yet, this feels to have occurred with such grace, and due care to the many facets of your life (rather than a catharsis, or ‘drama’) – all testament to the love you hold, and inspire us all by, with a lovingly lived life, so openly shared. Thank you.
This is a refreshingly honest account that we can all easily relate to. Why is it that we tend to compare to other ‘worse’ situations in order to feel better about justifying our own stance, despite its crippling effects on us and our knowing that we are going against ourselves? It is true that we all have our own unique process of re-discovery and we have enormous support available to us if we allow it. Your story is deeply inspiring to us all to make our lives true and in doing so, the possibilities are endless.
I agree Deborah why do we justify our position by feeling it is ‘better’ than another and therefore ok and not stopping to ask ourselves ‘Is it really ok?’ or are we just hiding from the truth our body is offering? Great blog Angela.
Very true Deborah, it is a blessing to have these possibilities that’s for sure.
Thanks Angela, that is beautifully expressed and I loved reading it. It is unfortunate that some relationships don’t ‘make it’ so to speak such as yours and that you clearly recognise that the issues within it had always been there. What is so inspiring is the way in which you have been able to go about it, sustaining a relationship between you that is valued, respected and work on. There are so many things which happen to us these days which are not perhaps the way we’ve always thought they should be, but to continue meeting these with a willingness to be more loving and accepting of ourselves, others and our respective choices seems paramount to me. Thanks so much for sharing yourself and your family’s journey so personally.
It is true Jenny, this is great and there are some very valuable points here about respect, as this is something I am starting to understand on a deeper level. Respecting each human being as an equal, no matter what their relationship.
Angela
I was touched by the honesty and clarity of your experience of reconnecting to what feels right for you. I have witnessed this unfolding and can truly confirm the truth of your words.
Thank you for sharing this with us all.