I have to say Universal Medicine knows how to put on an end of year celebration, and Saturday’s was without a doubt the best one yet.
Not only did we get to move and groove to the oh so funky beats of Glorious Music, but several students took part in a concert for the rest of us. And while each performance was completely different, from the joyfully playful Juzzie Smith, the angelic Victoria Carter, the stylish and soulful men’s choir with Chris James, to the outrageously truthful Baldwin sisters, Rebecca and Sarah, and the deeply inspiring songs of Michael Benhayon, Emmalee Benhayon and Miranda Benhayon, you could feel the absolute dedication to life, humanity and true expression in each one.
I laughed, I cried, I clapped and cheered and I got up and sang along when we were invited to. It was an amazing feeling to be part of such a joyous celebration. I am incredibly inspired and had so much fun just being me. And all of this without alcohol or drugs, and best of all, no hangover!!!
The other wonderful part of this whole day was the knowledge that amongst this gathering of over 300 people, my 6 year-old son was completely safe even though he wasn’t sitting with me or with me on the dance floor. He’d found something far more interesting – the sound desk! He was just allowed to be himself as all the children are at Universal Medicine events. They are welcomed and as much a part of the celebrations as everyone else. No better way to describe this than as a true family.
To Serge Benhayon and the Universal Medicine team, a heartfelt thank you for your continued love and commitment to us all and for inspiring in me the ongoing development of joy, love and harmony in my life.
By Michelle Sheldrake, Brisbane
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
WOW, indeed Michelle, as much is appreciated because of the total non-imposition from any event of The Ageless Wisdom teachings and celebrations.
I liked the bit about your son finding the sound desk and being safe to enjoy himself amongst 300 people. I feel it’s important for children to have role modeling in every part of life, including how we celebrate, and that a party can be done without trashing the body with alcohol, drugs, junk food, etc, as the greatest celebration is to simply be the essence of ourselves and share that together.
The Joy of celebrating with others who we are can’t be emulated or acted, but just confirmed in a party like this, because being ourselves is something daily lived. No wonder that nothing else is needed as everything is already complete in itself.
Celebrations like this one with Universal Medicine shared by Michelle, are important – we often forget to celebrate in a truly uplifting way and currently in our society, a celebration is synonymous with getting drunk, overeating and or having a late night and feeling terrible the next day (certainly not uplifting and inspiring). Larger celebrations can be markers but can only be true markers if we have celebrated in smaller ways each and every day. Hence a large celebration is really the end result or culmination of all the little celebrations that then begin another cycle of celebrating. This means that life can actually be enjoyed all of the time!
Michelle, it is so beautiful to read of your heartfelt appreciation and inspiration from having attended this (and surely other) celebrations with Universal Medicine. I agree, there is so much on offer for everyone, and the beauty of the day stays with us for many days after and always remains as a memory and inspiration deep within.
Life is a celebration when we understand our purpose and responsibility to then simply reflect the Love from our essences that we all innately are.
Returning to live a life of purpose and presence is a celebration in itself.
Absoulutely LJ as it is a joy and acknowledgement of the appreciation for the Love of God we celebrate from our Lived Way or Livingness.
In my teenage years, when i was amongst people who I had not seen before, when I went out was never comfortable. It was like I had to control, to be careful about my bag or even about myself. Sometimes when we got drunk I could feel that I was completely alone even though I was between many people. The hangover the day after was horrible but I didn’t have any other model to see another way to have fun. Coming accross Universal Medicine was like opening a new door to see the most natural way to enjoy and celebrate with others that I could ever see. It was really funny without any need of alcohol or drugs, weird but familiar at the same time…a new way of having fun to explore where I could feel safe and very free to express. I love this kind of celebration because it leaves me full, very content with myself, vital, more alive and truly joyful. A very special moment to claim, celebrate and enjoy all the preciousness inside us.
Universal Medicine certainly know how to organise a celebration, ‘I love this kind of celebration because it leaves me full, very content with myself, vital, more alive and truly joyful.’
Love reading about such a celebration like this Michelle. It feels very open and inclusive for everyone regardless of the gender or age. Being in a place where we can be just ourselves and enjoy who we are is very rare to see in this world, but very needed and valuable. Thanks for sharing
These events bring nothing but an invitation to connect with yourself and truly let your hair down – move to the beat of your body, sing from your heart. What a better way to end a year and start a new one?
Never have I enjoyed big events or celebrations as much as I do with Universal Medicine – they are remarkable in that it’s just amazing to enjoy being with people and totally feeling at home with hundreds of people.
The beautiful thing about the performers at the Universal Medicine events is they aren’t held as special or superior because of their skills, they are simply learning to express through music soulfully and sharing that with everyone. The music is very different in the sense that it’s not written or performed with emotions, but it is sharing the truth of who we are and supporting our evolution back to our souls and to God.
Serge Benhayon and the Universal Medicine team indeed provide a space for true celebration, ie.everyone being and expressing who they truly are.
It makes you realise how little celebration there is in most celebrations, even birthdays where we have the opportunity to really deeply appreciate someone have become perfunctory and more about the cake or the presents than cherishing the amazing people in our lives.
I love these events, where everyone is welcome and no one is excluded. Where there is a feeling of being one big family. More of that please.
What I have learned from my experiences with Celebrations given by Universal Medicine, is that it is not meant to be an escape or distraction away from truth or reality in life. But an extended confirmation of what we have build in our lives that truly works, so far.
Gorgeous and really love the fact that at such a big event everyone, especially children and young people are so safe, and respectful of each other yet allows themselves to have an amazing time. This is my experience with all Universal Medicine Celebrations ✨
Absoulutely Vicky and these amazing times of joy are also then lived out every day as we can not seperate from the amazing-ness we are and share at these events.
By and large we play extant scripts of what is a celebration. These tend to include a self-harming aspect that we love to engage/indulge in. What Universal Medicine brings on board does not play ball with any of that. That is why is feels so beautiful. There is no self-harm, just joy.
Even when I was a big drinker I felt uncomfortable about having young kids at parties that had alcohol and ashtrays around. It is so lovely to be able to have a dance with your kids and have fun with other adults in a family friendly space.
A celebration in the true sense – to celebrate glory and to move and groove in that.
Universal Medicine celebrations are the epitome of what celebrations are truly about. A coming together in honor of the glory of who we are and how we religiously choose to live. As such a true celebration is a religious ceremony, whereby we come together to rejoice in our Soulfullness and the joy of what we live together.
There are not too many things you can do these days without the influence or addition or alcohol. Whether to drink or not isn’t the issue for me but it’s more about the difference in the quality of what goes on and the people around you. We are all great people but from experience when you add alcohol that greatness is diminished and so any function that gives people a chance to genuinely and truly chat and interact has my vote.
Beautiful to read how you could let your hair down and have such a great time, just a room full of people who are able to celebrate themselves and each other without the need for alcohol or drugs.
I’ve attended only one end of year celebration and I loved being in the presence of like minded people and could feel the love. It didn’t matter whether I could sing or groove, I was part of one big divine family.
I love the way children are welcomed at Universal Medicine events and as you say Michelle are allowed to just be themselves – so beautiful they can see and feel adults having a wonderful time without absolutely no drugs or alcohol.
As a parent it is a joy to attend a celebration or event and for my child to feel at home, to celebrate equally and to know that he is cared for by everyone who is there.
These Universal Medicine celebrations have confirmed the fact that we can have fun with others without medicating ourselves. What on earth were we thinking when we actually believed we were connecting with others when we were under the influence of substances that numbed us and perhaps were used to brace ourselves to be with others without getting hurt?
“I am incredibly inspired and had so much fun just being me.” Certainly something to celebrate and share with others.
Universal Medicines end of year celebrations are so much fun to be a part of with so much joy being expressed in the celebration of true family true brotherhood enjoying what each and everyone brings in their unique expression of appreciation for all that has been offered and chosen throughout the year.
You make a great point, a party where your children are safe and taken care of is rare, its quite sad really that the only way that most of us know how to have fun together is through getting inebriated. What does that show our kids? What example are we setting for them to then make there own choices as young adults? The beauty of Unimed end of year events are they are showing us that the fun you have at a party is not because your wasted, its because you are dancing and expressing and coming together.
That feels like you all have had a wonderful celebration! If I would live around the corner I am sure nothing would prevent me to be a part of it!
I grew up sharing a Birthday celebration with my sister each year and my parents having parties. I then continued going to parties and having many of my own including hosting one of the biggest celebrations in my place on the Gold Coast which was a party destination. The difference between these “2 live’s” was emotions, alcohol, drugs and stimulation, to freedom in the body and feeling a whole lot of joy. Universal Medicine knows how to celebrate especially with music.
So true Rik the music at these events leaves you alone to be your natural self without any heightened emotions that pull on our bodies 👽 in strange ways.
Yes every celebration with Universal Medicine has that wow factor and they just get more and more glorious.
Each of the celebrations are a marker and an opportunity to claim what has been lived and where we can go from there. I enjoy that everyones different expression is valued and celebrated.
The Universal Medicine parties are amazing – it’s a celebration of love, joy, harmony, brotherhood and incredible dancing and music! The food is pretty awesome as well. In real terms of what most celebrations are today it stands out because there are no alcohol or drugs and everyone is safe. The celebration is really of what we live – and not an escaping of what we live. These are true Soul-full parties!
Life is worth truly celebrating – and we can certainly do this without alcohol and drugs or harming our bodies, but instead simply from the joy we experience from living naturally and honestly every day.
I love going to celebrations and parties these days and waking up hangover-less which is a complete contrast to my past when I thought to mark any celebration, reward or accomplishment an alcoholic drink was required to heighten that feeling.
Being at “parties” where everyone is equally welcome, and without any form of alcohol or drugs is priceless, as it of course should be. We are however used to the opposite. I love when children, parents, friends are all included. Feels like one big family is celebrating.
Welcome to the party Matts as we live more in the love we all are, as their is no need to be elevated by any out-side stimulus.
Yes Michelle, the end of year celebrations held by Universal Medicine are a joyful night for all who attend – the feeling of brotherhood and love at these events is what true family is all about.
I love this line – ‘And all of this without alcohol or drugs, and best of all, no hangover!!!’ – because it is testament to the fact that we can be truly joy-full without the use of external stimulants. There is simple joy in true community with others when those people are simple connected to the love they are in their hearts.
Thank you Michelle for sharing, my attendance was after 2012 but I have since celebrated the following years events; so much joy taking part in these events and enjoying the amazing talents we are treated to on stage.
The celebrations, whether end of year or other times during the year, put on by Universal Medicine are just so much fun. I really get that feeling by what you have shared here Michelle and it’s certainly been my experience too. People of all ages are welcome and anyone can perform. It’s very beautiful to see everyone enjoying the company of each other and celebrating each other.
Hi Michelle, you wrote this in 2012 and the Universal Medicine celebrations just keep getting more and more celebratory and not just at the end of the year, but throughout the year!
Having just attended the Arabian Nights Ball in the UK – a celebration put on by Universal Medicine, a beautiful, fun, joyful and confirming time was had by all and to top it all I woke up the next day feeling energised and vital – a far cry from my party/gig years before Universal Medicine.
It is a joy to see so many people having such a blast without any drugs or alcohol and leaving an event so inspired by each other… a blessing to witness.
“No better way to describe this than as a true family.” Beautiful Michelle. I love Universal Medicine celebrations – everyone enjoying themselves – and not a drop of alcohol in sight.
These must be one of the first celebrations I have ever been too where there is complete harmony between everyone including the adults and the children. It is equally fun for all with out a doubt and this is rare as most children do not in truth like the celebrations many adults tend to part take in and visa versa
I spent many years partying and going to social events that always involved a lot of drinking, the Universal Medicine Celebrations are by far the most joyful events I have ever experienced.
A beautiful celebration of a Universal Medicine Celebration. A celebration and appreciation of all who have answered the call to be students of The Way of the Livingness.
Beautiful Michelle – I can feel your appreciation that the event was a gathering in which all felt safe to be their playful, joyous selves – opportunities like this are awesome especially when we are part of a larger group.
Every year the end celebration gets better and better. I agree with your statement Michelle, children “are welcomed and are as much a part of the celebrations as everyone else. No better way to describe this than as a true family”.
What better party can you have than one where all are choosing to be the love that they are, and to share that with everyone?
It’s a party that leaves you truly rejuvenated and revitalised. And not with any drugs, alcohol, stimulants, late nights either. Just simply a feeling of waking the body up and feeling so alive and confirmed. There are no parties on earth like this one that truly is healing to be a part of.
Everyone coming together in this way is a real celebration. As a kid I craved this especially at Christmas yet often family dynamics and other issues got in the way and then mixed with alcohol it would just get messy. This has shown me what a real family celebration can be like.
Some parties I have been to have felt like there were sections or partitions such as ‘the kids area’, ‘the corner where all the guys hang out’ etc, but like you’ve shared Michelle my experience with the Universal Medicine celebrations is that there is none of that division of the room. There is an openness and a freeness for everyone to be with everyone.
I agree Michelle, an amazing celebration filled with love and joy.
Very true Michelle, it was an amazing gathering
What I experience in the Universal Medicine community is that I am not judged. I feel very safe in that sense. If I express love, I feel loved back but not treated “better” than others, if I express less than love I am loved all the same. This is quite heavenly and, as you say, Michelle, true family.
I agree Felix. It has been an amazing experience to feel the love of the Universal Medicine family. It was hard to accept at first but over time I have learned to let others in and this has supported me in my own expression of love back. I doubt I would have learned this anywhere else in the world. I wasn’t at the event mentioned but I can definitely understand why others feel it was worth talking about. What a celebration for those present and is a representation of how students are learning to celebrate every day as a natural part of life.
I wasnt there but I can feel the joy in your expression
Beautiful to read, and as I have experienced with some Universal Medicine celebrations, there is always an amazing feeling of unity and oneness present in these gatherings of all those beautiful people.
Thank you for sharing Michelle…it was indeed a fabulous night out…and we have the potential to live this joy, vitality and appreciation every single day.
An amazing and inspiring day beautifully captured and your wholehearted appreciation deeply felt. Gorgeous.
What a beautiful way to celebrate, bringing and being all of you with your true family, love it!
Michelle your use of the words ‘true family’ struck a chord with me. I momentarily felt the truth behind those words and then also glimpsed what so many of us feel with our blood relatives. It’s not that we don’t ‘love’ our blood families, it’s just that there is often so much other stuff in the way. When I feel what true family is,there feels to be a natural expansion and yet when I feel what blood families have come to mean there is a feeling of contraction.
Universal Medicine celebrations are a celebration of true love and brotherhood.
Joyful and with dedication up to the utmost detail as everything that is touched by Universal Medicine. A true reflection of God.
Beautiful words Michelle. Although I wasn’t present I can feel the joy and expansiveness of the night. I especially loved your comment – ‘And all of this without alcohol or drugs, and best of all, no hangover!!!’. This is true celebration – true family.
Thanks for sharing your joy and appreciation Michelle, there should be so much more of that in the present world we live in.
Hi Michelle that sounds like a lot of fun – I would join you without questioning!!!!
Sounds like really good wholesome clean fun. I love this and for everyone.
The end of year celebrations are such a glorious expression of joy, love and fun in celebration of claiming our re-connection to Soul and the way we choose to soulfully live, for ourselves and everyone.
The events that Universal Medicine hold are amazing – they are genuine celebrations of the vitality and love that is each and everyones potential.
Three years on, if we used to think that the celebrations were fun then, they are now even more joyful and gorgeous affairs. A week ago we celebrated at another Universal Medicine event with a 6 piece band plus three powerful vocalists. It was absolutely spectacular, better than any concert I have ever been to.
These events are so worth appreciating – thank you Michelle – I was there that night and wholeheartedly agree. It was a celebration of true love, true connection and true family.
I brought my own daughters to a couple of Universal Medicine events. They were truly welcomed there. It was truly remarkable how well they responded embracing to the open heart welcoming them even if they knew no one and if they could not speak the language everybody else spoke. This fact is very telling and inspiring.
Thanks Michelle for sharing your evening with us. The joy in your words is there for all to feel and when we have the celebrations in the UK we get to feel exactly the same love and dedication from all involved. As you say…true family.
Thank you Michele, for sharing your joy, and the fun that was had by all at Universal Medicine’s end of year celebration.
True family – something worth celebrating. Thank you for sharing Michelle.
With a few friends gathered we watched the celebration from our lounge in the UK and we had such fun being part of it. It truely was a celebration of life lived with love. Awesome.
We also gathered here in the UK and I agree it was awesome, even from the other side of the world.
I agree! It was an awesome gathering. And what i noticed was all the children (and there were quite a few) were completely content with what they were doing. Whether they were playing together, by themselves, dancing, singing or checking out the sound desk! They were definitely feeling the love (my 2 1/2 year old son was chatting and dancing with everyone…!). What an amazing atmosphere for young and old!
I too really love the family feeling we all enjoy having the young children around at the larger UniMed events. It gives a real feeling of community. As for the entertainment – it was world class both in quality and the fun factor. Most memorable!
Thanks to modern technology I watched the celebration in a cosy fire lit room in London. Although we did not get up to move and grove 😉 our hearts certainly did.
It was fun, wasn’t it? And so lovely to have all the children there as part of a loving group of people who watch out for and take care of all of them. Truly, a cause for celebration!
Hear, hear Michelle – it was amazing and awesome, and so much fun! Such uniqueness and amazingness in those who shared their music, and such joy to celebrate and boogie together – yep, no hangover and the best fun ever!
Michelle, it was a blast and my daughter Lydia simply loved being part of it. Universal Medicine and the people who attend rock!
Absolutely beautiful Michelle – your appreciation of al the performances and the joy-full, safe space created by Universal Medicine is deeply felt.
I agree the evening was full of fun, dance and laughter. It is awesome to just celebrate ourselves with others who are enjoying the same, thank you everyone for such an amazing evening…
I loved the end of year celebrations too as it was so much fun.
I wasn’t there but you have really captured the feeling of the day, thanks so much for sharing this.
It was so much fun. Thank you!