by Anonymous, Mullumbimby NSW
I went to a concert and end of year party. Unlike many other parties at this time of the year, there was no alcohol or drugs, no fights or emotional outbursts.
When I was a drinker and a smoker, the thought of going to a party without any drugs sounded so boring to me. I just could not imagine how anyone could have any fun without being under the influence of something.
Well, recently I had a blast! Danced my little butt off… and really enjoyed myself.
I ate delicious, healthy gluten and dairy free food as part of a shared meal, and water was my drink of choice for the night.
I listened to an amazing music concert, performed by various artists who had written their own music and really put their hearts into expressing lyrics that were meaning-full and didn’t leave anyone feeling sad or emotional. The dances that were performed on stage were so well thought out and so inspiring: one in particular by the Baldwin sisters was just so beautifully performed. I was so happy that my daughter was there with me to witness it, as these women are such great role models. (There are some pretty scary role models out there when you are 9 years old and everyone you know at school is into Pop Stars!)
It was absolutely great to be around 300 or more people who were having a great time… and it was beautiful to watch people dance, express themselves in their own individual way and have fun.
Big thanks to Natalie Benhayon, Michael Benhayon and Curtis Benhayon who are so professional and supportive in the clinic setting, in the sessions they give – and yet come out and be so playful and joyful. Your music and dance moves are just beautiful to listen to and watch.
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If only we dared to go out without having any form of alcohol or drugs we would experience such a beautiful feeling of being at one with other people, the one thing we miss the most.
US having a great time, is very different to us under the influence of drugs, alcohol and other substances, ‘letting loose’ on a night out.
There’s nothing boring about knowing who you are and having the confidence to express that, in fact, the magnificence of knowing who you are makes drugs and alcohol boring and an extremely poor substitute.
There are circumstances when normal hits abnormal and tables get reversed.
I agree it is just beautiful to see the Benhayon’s be totally on the game of being professional and supporting all their clients to feel the truth and for them to step out onto the stage and be totally committed to expressing with their music and dance moves. Really inspiring for sure.
The Universal Medicine parties are truly amazing, they invite a new way to celebrate by simply being connected to the essence of who we are within and letting it out in full. A love filled joyous event!
Really boring parties are the ones where everyone is getting out of it on drugs and alcohol, for as if a sober participant, it is clear to see that the party is all happening in their own heads, as there is no real connection at all with each other.
How refreshing and inspiring it is to see and feel a celebration that that does not impose on us that we need to be stimulated or under the influence to enjoy ourselves. What could be more confirming than celebrating who we naturally are.
I guess when we bring love to the party, there is no need for drugs, alcohol and the like. Nor any reason for emotional outbursts and fights. Sounds like a recipe for a way of life.
All of my social outings now are alcohol and drug free and often when I’m at a celebration of sorts, whether it be a wedding or end of year party, I always feel so humbled by how much more I enjoy connecting with people without the need of stimulants to mask the fact that I’m not comfortable with who I am.
Pure joy can be so simple when we allow ourselves to be who we are and then joy is simply an emanation of this inner wealth.
That seemed to be a great party you had been. How wonderful that everybody was not influenced by any drugs or alcohol – I am sure there are only a few people out there who can share about such an experience. That is really something worth sharing so that people can see that it is possible to enjoy a celebration without being drunk.
True, and there is so much to appreciate and celebrate….
I’ve been to only one Universal Medicine party and it was unforgettable, like no other hundreds of parties I’ve attended. What I loved about it was the sense of unity, sharing of home cooked food, true laughter and it finished at a decent time so we could be home in plenty of time to have an early night. What a contrast to what I grew up around.
These days this is my type of party- connection, love and inspiration. What more could you want in a night out.
It’s very true, it is possible to have a great time at a celebration without the need for alcohol or drugs, it is a time to enjoy being yourself and being with others, no comparison or judgment just the joy of being with each other.
Universal Medicine celebrations share the joy of connecting with everyone.
It is beautiful the way our children are welcomed to all the Universal Medicine celebrations and the powerful reflection they receive from hundreds of adults enjoying themselves immensely without any need for alcohol or drugs.
I too love that juxtaposition of Curtis, Michael and Natalie Benhayon, the practitioners with Curtis, Michael and Natalie the performers. It’s not that their playfulness is totally absent in their healing sessions, or their exquisite professionalism is not apparent in their performances, it is more that they fully express in whatever they do.
In the past I would have felt quite awkward going to a party without alcohol. Alcohol used to take the edge off and used to make me what I thought was ‘more relaxed’. Its awesome now to be in a space where I don’t need alcohol and feel quite comfortable going into any situation without needing a buffer.
I have really become used to the Universal Medicine concerts and now being in a an environment where drink is not a part of celebration. What replaces it is music and dancing that is there for everyone to be a part of equally, whether you are on stage performing or dancing in the aisles, or just sitting listening. No one is less for wherever they are in the room, which encompasses what Universal Medicine is all about, everyone being part of the whole and equal in that status.
It’s interesting that a lot of people think celebration and alcohol are synonymous and also that it is harmless. But as with anything if we are honest we really need to see both sides of the coin and open our eyes to the dark side of alcohol and the fallout it causes from the behaviours that we would usually never do unless we were under the influence of alcohol or worse, are even excused because someone was drunk.
Today I clocked how normal it is for me to enjoy life with no need for a glass of wine at the end of the day. There was a time when I was pretty reliant on a glass of wine and today it doesn’t even cross my radar.
When you’ve been a drinker, then there is something quite special about attending and enjoying an event that has no drink and allows you to leave with a fresh clear head. And that special leaving never grows old. It feels so good to not have to link alcohol with having fun, because actually it has been more fun to party without it, and no consequences to deal with.
I love going to parties these days where people are not drunk. It has made me realize how absolutely boring people are when they have drugs and alcohol on board. It is so much more fun to be with people who want to be real and who enjoy just being themselves.
for many years I was uncomfortable at a party without a drink in my hand. And when I decided to stop drinking alcohol, my first experience at a restaurant was fraught with discomfort, as I could not imagine not having my favourite food without wine. However, my fears were soon to be quite unfounded, and as I found out, food actually tastes better without alcohol. We have been fooled, I am afraid, yet again.
It’s rather sad that we need a substance to allow us to let our hair down so to speak and enjoy the moment. We are certainly not born this way and these events have awakened so many including myself to the joy they once celebrated every moment with when they were a child.
That’s it! We’ve just forgotten what it’s like to really have a party! Being drugged is not the way, being present and joyful and alive for sure is! I say Go!
I have got to get me to one of those parties!!! Until then I will have to be the host and encourage expressions of interest for the dance floor!
I celebrate every word as every word is the truth! And with the new year fast approaching as I write, I am looking forward to waking up on January 1st with energy and vitality that back in the day of boozy parties until the wee small hours, I could only dream about and long for.
Having just attended an end of year celebration with Universal Medicine it is truly joyful to be at these events and to see the amazing talent we have amongst the student body.
This super simple blog was very needed for me today. As Christmas time approaches and everyone is drinking more and more, I feel like I can’t escape being surrounded by “festive” drinking at every night time event, I understand this is considered a very “normal” occurrence and I was once very much a party to this but its still lovely to be reminded of another way. That its possible to take your children to a party and not worry about them being in danger, knowing that the party is actually a good influence in their lives.
I am so deeply appreciative of the opportunities I have had to attend such celebrations by Universal Medicine and the Benhayon’s. Up until then, I hated parties particularly because of the self abuse and self harm that is so prevalent with most in the consumption of alcohol, drugs, extremely loud imposing music and late nights. I now know that yes fun can indeed be had having a party that is honouring of the body. In fact it is even more fun because the entire body is with you the whole way.
Universal Medicine and the Benhayon’s are setting new standards for everything. Including partying. The parties are totally inclusive, lots of dancing and singing and mingling and people of all ages. Because there is no alcohol it is totally and completely respectful of everyone. Now these are the only type of parties I want to go to.
I had a wonderful dinner party the other night. Most of the guests usually drink quite a lot of alcohol but I don’t and don’t allow it in our house (although have no issue with what other people do outside of our house) so had warned them. They joked that they would make sure they had several before coming but they didn’t! We had a great evening, lots of laughter, fun and connection and everyone enjoyed themselves. The next week I saw them again and they commented on what a wonderful evening it has been and they had not missed the alcohol at all and in fact had a much better time without it.
So true, the Benhayon’s, the Baldwins and other Universal Medicine students are great role models to have in the world for ourselves, our young as well as our elderlies. They inspire us to a truer, healthier and sounder way of being not tolerating any form of abuse, denigration of women or violence between men and this shows in the way they dance, walk, talk, make music and their enjoyment and absolute commitment to life.
I never was a drinker and most of my university friends were not much into alcohol either. This is something very unusual as I have come to realise! And I used to struggle going to other people’s parties as it was all about alcohol and drugs, and this was not really my scene. However, I did know how to have fun without alcohol, but what I did not know was how to be myself. Having met the Benhayons, and having worked hard at re-discovering myself, I now stand so much more confident in accepting myself as a non-drinker, but this time one who can have fun whilst no longer hiding who I am. It has been wonderful to meet more people who also know to have fun without drinking, and who accept me for who I am.
When I was deep in the partying scene, drinking, drugs were part and parcel, I also thought people that didn’t party like that were boring. It turned out that I was boring because when I drank every weekend I would…….
# Go out, then wake up and realise I had done things I regretted
# Or in most cases stay out so long that I didn’t sleep for a few nights, all this to put off the regret.
# When I finally slept and then finally woke up, I was hungover for days which was totally predictable
# I did this over and over, year in year out, the parties and people changed but it all felt the same, some might say that it was boring, working all week to spend all our money on a substance that intoxicates you so badly you don’t have feel anything other then surviving its effects.
I love that I am free of the merry go round that was my existence then. Now every party I go to has purpose and I never feel hung over, I get to sing and dance and be sexy without feeling dirty and regretting my actions, every year just keeps getting better, Universal Medicine parties rock, its what I wanted all those years but could never find at a pub or club, innocent fun.
Setting a new trend.
How gorgeous that your daughter can grown up inspired by role models that are choosing to live outside the normalised culture of alcohol yet party no less… truly knowing and expressing the amazing women they are.
It really is great to be in a room of people who are fully present and with themselves and therefore present with everyone else and having genuine fun.
I recently attended a party at the end of a retreat here in the UK – no alcohol, smoke or drugs – none needed to dull us or ‘have a good time’. It was such fun – lots of dancing, meeting people and good connection – celebrating all of who we are.
Alcohol has embedded itself so deeply into society that we have forgotten the joy that can be experienced by connection alone.
The Universal Medicine celebrations are a celebration of being together and sharing the love of who we are, certainly something to sing and dance about with no artificial stimulants necessary.
I too recall this evening and it was a beautiful night, a room full of people enjoying themselves and celebrating together. It certainly wasn’t a boring night and proved that you can have a great night without any stimulants of any kind.
This is a delightful step back in time, but a very enjoyable one. Thanks for the memories and many more to come.
Thank you for sharing that perhaps we don’t need all the stimulants in life to have fun. I can say that when I have used a party to indulge; be it food, alcohol, drugs, dancing all night – then my body pays for it the next day. So how is it truly a celebration if I am harming my body just to feel like I have escaped in my mind the night before? To celebrate now, is with all of me – no hangover, no indulging, just confirming, I never looked at celebrating like that before – it was always a release or a climax – but this took me very far away from being in my body.
That’s lovely to hear Amita, it shows us there is absolutely no need for stimulants or alcohol of any kind. There is so much fun and joy to be had just being ourselves why would we want to take any substance that could alter that?
Great sharing Anonymous – when we’re not altered by drugs or alcohol we can be present and fully enjoy the time being together in celebration, and we can also remember it the next day because there is no hangover 🙂
Thank you Dragona, I agree, this is a great question that you are proposing. I used to fill myself with a variety of drugs so that my-life felt somehow complete, I always continued to look for something outside of me for what I thought would be a pleasure. These memories are now something from a horror movie or a nightmare, which no longer have any hold on me. At the end-of-year celebrations I have been in so much joy without any of the trapping energies of what would smash me in the past. Last Saturday night was a prime example with a complete repertoire of music that was preformed with any hooks or the emotional trappings that is prevalent in the music industry.
You only need to look up to see that society has gone mad for alcohol, drugs and partying, I used to be the classic ‘party animal” but what I realise now is that I was only doing this as there was a deep lack of understanding of who I was, and not sure who I was I needed substance to help me fit in.
When we are young children we know how to play and have fun just being with each other and so what is it that changes so that most people feel the need to have alcohol and\or drugs to have a ‘good’ time and usually end up feeling hung over for at least the following day? The end of year celebration party put on by Universal Medicine and its students have no alcohol, no drugs, delicious nutritious food, with the best ever concert and dance music and is by far the best party I have ever attended and I feel great the following day.
With schoolies coming up soon in Australia I would love for young people preparing to attend to read this blog first and at a minimum, know that there is a choice around drinking and using drugs and general high risk behaviours and that a good time can be had just by being your natural self.
It just goes to show that alcohol is not the key to bringing the ‘life to the party’ if anything the complete opposite! These celebrations set a new standard on parties and how we can be with one another in a social setting – the fact that we don’t have to alter ourselves to enjoy the company of others is HUGE when you consider that in this day and age it is seen as weird if you’re the person at the event that says they don’t drink and not just because they are the driver home.
I remember well my first Christmas, my first new year’s eve, my first birthday and my holiday sitting on a beach with sunset without alcohol. All those moments that for years I would never celebrated and enjoyed without alcohol. Now I know that the celebration and the joy are not in the alcohol, nor in these moment, but they are inside of me.
Great article – going to a party where you can actually connect and be with people is way better any day, than being at a party where everyone is numbed and checked out. I know which party I’d rather be at!
I can so relate to your blog, when I was younger, a party without 2 or 3 bottles of wine in hand or a bottle of vodka was not a party make. It was almost inconceivable to attend a party without drinking. But to attend a Universal Medicine end of year party see and feel what it is like to be around so many people enjoying themselves, without alcohol, dancing and having such a great time is just amazing and wonderful to be a part of.
It is so true that the Baldwin sisters are amazing role models for all woman and children as are Natalie Benhayon, Michael Benhayon and Curtis Benhayon. It is so needed today for our children to see that it is possible to live, love and share who they are and not need alcohol or drugs to escape from life. That it is fun being who we truly and naturally are and we are indeed worth celebrating.
Sounds like a blast and no drugs or alcohol
It is so amazing to have such a great time, without the need for any substances such as drugs or alcohol. To have fun and feel the joyfulness of everyone.
When people think they need alcohol and drugs to lose their inhibitions and to induce a good time while catching up with friends or family it could well be an indicator that you somehow don’t think you are good enough just as you are…
I can relate to that Suse, I spent most of my teenage years getting drunk where as if my self worth was stronger and I had spent time to get to know the true me then I know I would never have been able to drink what I did. In not dealing with the emptiness inside that I reached out for something to make it ‘better’.
It is amazing to think that drugs and alcohol are used to break down inhibitions and make you feel like you are having a good time yet my experience at functions where there are no drugs and alcohol to interfere is that there are more real connections made, and no hangover or fuzzy Sunday mornings.
Yep, me too Nicole. I am finding more and more like minded souls amongst my friends after they took a month off drinking thanks to some of the Dry July or Febfast initiatives. It needs a sustained gap and then many social occasions to realise why we needed the drink to then make an informed choice about when to drink and when not to. I certainly don’t miss it any more, I have a blast and feel just the same the day after as the day before..no highs…no lows.
Yes, to enjoy a party and dance, listen to music, minus the use of alcohol or any other stimulants, feeling instead the joy inside the body expand and envelop you is the very ultimate in celebration.
Absolutely! A drug and alcohol free gathering of people is by far the most awesome thing ever!! Everyone gets an opportunity to really be who they are, and it’s such a lovely feeling.
It is so deeply ingrained in our world that you cannot have fun without alcohol and drugs. I have fun every day, whether it is at work, with friends, with myself at home, or over dinner. I don’t need alcohol or drugs to enjoy myself, the joy is inside me and I just bring this everywhere I go.
This is true Mariette, if we consistently have fun with everything we do then there is nothing in our bodies that says it want’s to take drugs and alcohol. I very much more prefer the continuous enjoyment of myself rather than having the peaks and troughs of alcohol and drugs
So well said Oliver, peaks and troughs of alcohol and drugs are so not worth it especially when as you say there is the continuous enjoyment of ourselves to be had instead.
So true Mariette, I now enjoy life whereas before I was focused on going out drinking to have a good time when all along deep down I knew I wasn’t enjoying harming my body.
It was really lovely to attend a party where people celebrate in such a way that drugs and alcohol are not even considered and thus unable to taint the true fun being had. It was an amazing day that was a true blessing to be a part of.
This is so true of my experiences of the end of year events too, they are an amazing opportunity to revel in the joy we already are and enjoy being surrounded by so many people who know true joy and fun comes from within.
Yesterday I attended a concert and celebration dance at the end of the Universal Medicine courses in the UK. What an amazing event to take part in. Michael Benhayon and Miranda Benhayon along with many other performers with beautiful songs followed by dancing. No drugs, no alcohol just a huge lot of fun which included us all with attendees being encouraged to join the fun on stage and express as they felt. A super all inclusive event where as an audience member I felt held by the love of the music as it wasn’t coming at me and imposing upon me, but embracing me and then leading on to the dancing part of the evening. Awesome to share with so many.
I have never been to one of the end of your parties but they sound so good the way you describe them! The comments after the blog built on your account and show that there is an alternative to the alternative party scene for young people growing up. Adults don’t need to ‘grow out of’ this one!!!
Too true, it’s super hard to find a good role model in the pop industry (unless your into dancing your butt off half naked maybe haha) I love the end of year concerts. One thing I have found with these celebrations is that I don’t feel uncomfortable in the big crowds, whereas I use to want to drink when out to get over my uncomfortableness and feel like I could talk to people. With the universal medicine concert it feels safe, everyone’s so open and it’s heaps of fun so the alcohol is no longer needed!
Beautiful how it is possible to be able to celebrate an event and do so in true joy and harmony with those around you and without the need for alcohol or drugs.
There is something really joyful about the Unimed celebrations and events. There is no pretence and a real appreciation of each other. People aren’t checked out with substances but are simply enjoying being in their bodies and connecting with each other.
Thank you Anonymous. Isn’t it amazing how many people can often feel they can’t enjoy themselves without some form of stimulants, such as alcohol or drugs? It makes me ask the question What is the world coming to? What I am learning, is that until we choose not to have stimulants at a party or get-together , then we don’t know what this really feels like. Without the use of stimulants, I have felt, I am able to enjoy myself in a completely new way, it is amazing and is the best ‘high’ yet!
Even the words party and celebration feel so different. It’s gorgeous to be with each other without any of the false crutches like drugs or alcohol and freely expressing in the joy of sharing with others.
Love your blog, it goes to show that having a great celebration and a lot of fun doesn’t have to have any influence of drugs or alcohol. I have also been to a few of these amazing end of year celebrations and each time I have so much fun. I felt so much joy in everyone. It really is true celebration when we all leave with joyfulness and love.
This is the real way to celebrate where you can be yourself and enjoy and appreciate the joyfull beings that we all are.
Wild dancing Anonymous, If I lived around the corner I would come and join this awesome party. Thank you for sharing your inspiring experience.
It is truly amazing the fun we can have without drugs and alcohol , just like the awesome kids we used to be and still are holding that joy. Its funny how society has brainwashed everyone so much that a lot of people feel they need the alcohol or the drugs to be able to loosen up and be themselves and also us by allowing it to be the norm in a world that is now at a breaking point with the societal costs associated with alcohol in relation to violence and workplace productivity.
Universal medicine is leading the way with hosting such awesome events.
I did stop drinking for a period of six months when my life was still primarily about going out and drinking as a form of socialising, and I always had a good time so knew I could have fun with out alcohol. The difference with an event like Universal Medicine is the amazing vitality and lack of awkwardness people have in socialising and not needing drugs/alcohol to have fun. I love that my daughter also has seen not drinking and partying as normal, by the great role models that she is surrounded by.
I love thus – to have true fun you don’t need to have drugs or alcohol, you just need to be yourself.
Great blog – I too can remember a time when the idea of not drinking or smoking when going to a party was unthinkable and seemed to be against the point of going out! How things change and so much for the better when you can let these things go and realise that it’s very easy to have a great time without having to hang on to those crutches or beliefs.
I used to go out partying a lot too, many, many years ago. I met this guy one night and he was very honesty with me and admitted that when he found out through our mutual friend that I didn’t smoke, drink alcohol or take drugs, he had this preconceived idea that I was very boring. He then apologised to me during the night and expressed how that wasn’t true at all after meeting me. I remember really appreciating his honesty and it reminded me to also not carry any preconceived ideas about people who I have met.
It is indeed ‘beautiful to watch people dance, express themselves in their own individual way and have fun.’ For me this is an absolute joy.
I remember how uncomfortable I used to be at social events without a beer or beverage in my hand, or how I felt I needed to have wine with dinner when I was out. How those times have changed… and the food actually tastes so much better without wine – fact.
Snap…Adam…The drink or the joint was the perfect way to be ‘doing something’ until it kicked in and you were off… the reality it was all to hide my discomfort or not deal with something that was going on in life…
Beautiful and Thank you for sharing the joy of celebrating with others in a safe and nurtured environment at any age.
It’s a funny thing but I too would never have gone out straight, I just didn’t see the point. I used to call going out ‘wiping the slate clean’ as it gave me a feeling of release. It took me many, many years of clubbing to realise that nothing was getting wiped clean, in fact everything was just getting buried deeper !
I remember from as early as 14 a party without alcohol and or drugs was considered lame or daggy. It is quite a strong cultural and social consciousness to break that you can actually have a fantastic time with out either. Which i have really enjoyed experiencing it is much more fun and you can remember everything you do.
So true Toni – it was the opposite of fun. For me, whenever I did drink alcohol I never felt myself, I was never comfortable, I was trying to fit it…now that I am more of myself, that is fun in itself.
It is quite amazing that our society settles for the complete opposite of what it means to have fun and party. Even though we have really off moments and times, not to mention the horrors of the next day due to partying in this way, we still believe this type of partying is fun. I know when I used to party in that old self abusive way, I used to see people who did not party in this way as too scared to have fun and let their hair down, and I believed that they were missing out on the best experiences because they didn’t want to go outside the box and brake the rules. I can now see how false these ideas were as I have so much fun celebrating with friends and family these days and the reason it is so great is because I do not compromise my health in any way, yet have the most amazing time.
So very true. It has become extremely uncommon to attend a party where alcohol is not a major part. Alcohol has become synonymous with having a good time. I find it concerning that generally people need alcohol to relax at a party and have fun. Being ourselves is not good enough. I too have attended a Universal Medicine party and it really is something to be yourself, with many others simply being themselves. The amount of joy in the room is incredible.
I am so relieved that today I am able to celebrate and have such an amazing time with friends family, and even strangers, minus the copious amounts of drugs and alcohol I felt I needed to have fun…
There was a time when I wouldn’t go to a function unless I had had a couple of drinks first to take off the anxiousness of meeting new people. But having attended the celebrations with Universal Medicine where everyone is just at ease with themselves and truly enjoying being with others, it is clear that alcohol isn’t needed to have a good time.
So true. If I think back to my party days, one thing is for sure, I may have thought I was present, but I actually wasn’t. Now, with the lack of any stimulants, I am totally engaged with everything that is going on around me. I feel a constant connection to the people around me, not just at the start of the evening and I have so much more fun!
Yes I love these celebrations! and if alcohol and drugs were involved it definitely would not be the fun that it is.
The end of year celebrations, or any celebration with Universal Medicine, be it a ball or a concert, are so totally joyous. I used to dread going to any kind of party or large social gathering with a whole lot of people I didn’t know and yet was supposed to engage in conversation. I was always eager to leave early. I would definitely have a glass or two (or more) of alcohol to calm my nerves. The events at Universal Medicine have shown me there is another way to celebrate without alcohol or drugs, and I no longer dread meeting and connecting with others.
Thank you for your joy-full sharing sharing, I enjoyed reading about the lovely time you had at the Universal Medicine end of year party.
I have partied under the influence of drugs with a false state of being with senses on alert not really feeling comfortable, hallucinating to some effect, paranoid, looking around at people, drinking alcohol as well to build courage to dance or talk to a girl. All men were enemies unless I was really wasted and did not care, or they were my friends – the behaviour was whatever was there and there was no control in how things played out.
The idea was to find a woman to have sex with, and if that was not happening, to binge drink and consume myself into a state when all of my issues were hopefully forgotten. I was out to have what I thought was a “good time” and forget about the rest. It was only a “good time” because I was intoxicating myself .. it was short lived and the feeling afterward just confirms it was an artificial high and not really a good time with the way I felt soon there-after.
True celebration, where now I can compare the feeling as better than taking drugs, I do not come down because it is not an artificial high, and I do not feel depressed the next day or weeks after, it is just the next day.
Celebrating You and life and freely expressing with no judgement around you is worth celebrating! There is such a large contrast after experiencing both and there is no comparison. Celebrating or creating a false scene of stimulated excitement is not true, where I have nothing to show from all those times wasting myself and well-earned money. It does not work for true celebration when the body does not feel good the next day. “In moderation” is the same to creating that artificial high — why is it needed?
I can celebrate all day everyday by the way I feel since attending Universal Medicine — it is an obvious feeling that does not need anything – pure Joy from the Heart that is an endless well of energy that is free and a choice I make, moment to moment – true Celebration!!
I love this Rik and I love and appreciate your honesty.
I love it when parties start early and end at 9pm! In the ‘old’ days the ‘cool’ people only came to a party at 11 pm and then go through the night. I was a party girl, but had to drink a lot of coffee and some alcohol to keep the nerves busy. What I loved most, was the dancing. All the other stuff around it actually bored me.
Now I have it all, parties that start and end early, no alcohol and a lot of dancing!
Thanks. I was of the idea that without something like a glass of whatever (something you can hide behind) dancing was simply not possible. Alcohol has been long gone from my life. Still dancing was a difficult chapter. Thanks to True Movement I have started re-imprinting my relationship with it.
I’m right with you! I recently had the priviledge of attending the wedding of a couple of Universal Medicine students and it was the best wedding I have ever attended! no alcohol, no drugs, clean food and no over indulgences, just flat out love! It was so awesome and so refreshing to not feel like I’d been hit by a tonne of bricks for just being there. It’s unbelievable when you get to experience another way!
Thank you. This really was a celebration to remember. In the past I had always felt that alcohol ‘made’ the celebration but experiencing celebratory events held by Universal Medicine has opened my eyes to the fact that alcohol actually destroys any chance for connection and true playfulness. It seems so obvious now that I have experienced another way.
Well said Leone, alcohol does destroy any chance for connection and true playfulness. I could always feel the falseness that came with alcohol and reading your comment just confirmed what I had always felt.
Great blog – thank you.
In the past, I could not imagine a party without alcohol and getting ready required alcohol and now I know why. The fact was I needed it to keep me going as without it, I just wanted to sleep as I was exhausted. To stay up all night and party required me to abuse my body and think somehow that that was having a great time.
Having experienced many ‘true celebrations’ now, I can honestly say Universal Medicine sure knows a thing or two about party but without the alcohol and drugs and YES you really get to have a great time and nothing is missing.
When it’s over, I am not mindless, where I don’t even know where I am at or where I will end up. Instead I leave with a feeling that is complete and I don’t need anything more.