by Rod Harvey, Marketing Manager, Gold Coast, Australia
Throughout my life I looked to others for inspiration, or to be my guide. They included teachers, work colleagues, sport coaches, team-mates, self-help dudes and the myriad of ‘successful’ people I read stories about.
While I enjoyed their stories or accomplishments, little they said or did really rubbed off on me.
In early 2007 I listened to a presentation by Serge Benhayon and there was enough in what he said to intrigue me to go back again. I liked how Serge spoke in an assured yet humble manner. He was totally different to any of my previous role models.
I kept returning and was fascinated with his perspective on the world, philosophy, and life. There was much I was uncertain about, however I appreciated the way Serge lived his life with total integrity and love for humanity. I now know that he was (and still is) presenting us with a wonderful gift…The Way of the Livingness.
These teachings have helped me to unravel and understand many of the questions I had about life while also providing me with a number of simple and practical tools to take care of the occasional glitches that life delivers.
I now have a deeper understanding about life and death, the universe, God, religion, humanity, love, energy, health and vitality, our connection with each other, emotions, relationships, harmony, stillness, the future, the past and the present, brotherhood, divinity and purpose. Yet I have only experienced a glimpse of the wisdom that is available to us all. As a consequence of embracing these teachings I find there is much more meaning, joy and love in my life.
Throughout the early days I saw Serge as my guiding light and looked to him for inspiration and his approval. I would often say to myself, “I wonder what Serge would do in this situation?” and when an answer emerged, I’d be grateful to Serge, rather than acknowledge the answer came from within me.
Yet all along, Serge has discouraged any such following or devotion. Universal Medicine consistently promotes self-responsibility.
I realised I had built an expectation of what my life should be, based on other people’s lives. So now it’s up to me to be me, and I am grateful to Serge Benhayon for bringing this to my awareness.
Although I will continue to be inspired by The Way of the Livingness, I now live by being my own inspirational guide. Does that mean I’m up myself? Not at all – I make plenty of mistakes and bad choices, but at least they’re mine. After all, if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows what is going on within me. So it makes sense to be totally honest with myself and be my own leader rather than look to someone else.
Through Serge Benhayon’s inspiration I have come to the conclusion that within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.
Sometimes all we need is a nudge to flick on the switch.
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
“Universal Medicine consistently promotes self-responsibility.” And it is this that makes Universal Medicine stand out from anything else that I have ever come across with regard to self help or other ‘healing modalities’.
Through the teachings and presentations by Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon I have been inspired to be more responsible, it has been an interesting journey that has allowed me to understand and accept so much more about life, myself and others.
We can be inspired by someone but it is not about copying or following them, it is so that we make conscious choice to start breathing our own breath.
De-votion is a specific type of movement that allows anyone to deal with the tension of not desiring to evolve and the set of feelings associated to the avoidance of responsibility. It brings massive relief.
“After all, if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows what is going on within me.” Living from this acceptance is the regaining of one’s authority and this can only be achieved if one is totally honest and truthful with oneself.
What came to me after reading this blog is just how much I have bought into the silly notion (even if just on a subconscious level) that I should lessen or hide my light so as to not stand out and ‘overshadow’ others in my life. But nothing could be further from the truth, as allowing and accepting the infinite wisdom and love that is inside us and sharing this fully with the world, is the best way to inspire others to see it in themselves.
Aah a nudge to flick the switch and turn the light on … yes that’s a great way to put it, and that’s the power of inspiration and true role models, they offer us a mirror to see and feel how we too can connect to what is within us.
When we bring it back to the body we can connect to all of us and not just rely on the mind for answers. With this kind of connection we can allow for life to unfold and as we feel our way we build an inner confidence that has less dependence on others to give us what we really already know inside. We begin to trust ourselves.
I used to hear the word responsibility and shudder at the thought of it, to me it felt like I was being a ‘goodie-goodie’ and that life would become boring. I have discovered with the support of Serge Benhayon to live my life with more responsibility and have been pleasantly surprised how it has been a huge game changer for me and is not boring in the least. In fact I seem to get more energy and vitality and life seems more simple and lighter the more responsible I become.
It is very inspiring when you meet someone with true confidence who is prepared to back themselves and stand steady in all of who they are.
” I now know that he was (and still is) presenting us with a wonderful gift…The Way of the Livingness.” This is so true Rod thank you for sharing.
Yes looking at others there are so many ways to live, but one thing I see is that struggle is very much a part of life we collectively have accepted (me included). It is very wise to stop, feel and wonder if that is how we truly would like to live and if this feels true to us, and then what other way we can live.
A nudge alright…sometimes many many nudges! We can be very good at digging our heels in, in the dark, refusing to shine any light on any thing just so we can stay wallowing in our misery. HA!! It’s such a dramatic way to live, and a way of living I chose for myself for a looooong time. Turning the light on was the best thing for me. Today, life doesn’t feel like a massive burden, it just feels normal and ordinary and there is an acceptance around how things flow that means I no longer feel insatiable with what’s on offer, and feel more appreciation for everything. Gosh it’s simpler this way.
Over the years I’ve given my power away to other teachers, gurus, etc thinking they could help or show me the way to what was missing in my life. None of them made any difference to my life.
It was only when I met Serge Benhayon and attended Universal Medicine workshops that I began to realise there was more to life, life just doesn’t happen. Its like that saying ‘what goes around comes around’ – I had a responsibility but reflecting this to others – I am that beacon, showing others a way out of the darkness if they are willing to take the responsibility too.
So true Rod, we tend to look outside of us for the answers to the question we encounter in life but actually we ourselves are the beholder of all the knowledge and knowing we ever would need to make our life successful. Successful not in the way of any material or temporal success but in our return and re-connection with the core of our being, our Soul.
We all have a divine “responsibility” to stay connected to our inner-most so our Soul can bring through us, the Love of God for all to see the refection of.
To really claim that we are our own saviours is so powerful. We give far too much credit to what is on the outside, rather than appreciating that we have our own internal compass, one that given the space and attention it requires can guide us back home every time.
“As a consequence of embracing these teachings I find there is much more meaning, joy and love in my life.” The Way of The Livingness teachings are a role model for reconnecting to the purpose and magnificence of all that is offered to us.
Thanks for your honesty Rod. It’s awesome to read about what it looks like to be self responsible and not give your power away to another.
To live by your own inspirational guide, is truly the way to find joy and harmony.
Inspiration in the truest sense, to breathe ones own breath in life that may inspire another to breathe theirs.
Beautifully said Rod. We are the beacons of light that can help guide each other home to the love within our hearts.
Thank you Rod. There was much you touched on and much we all can expand on here. That beacon of light within is everyone’s guide – we all feel it from each other. The fact is we have been guided by the wrong light for too long with almost everyone aligning to that false light. The more that connect to the true light within the more truth will arise within from us all to the all.
Thank you Serge Benhayon for being that masterful guiding beacon of Light.
So true Rik, Serge Benhayon is reflecting the mastery of “Light” and Love, so everyone get this divine refection when they get to meet!
Beautifully said Rod and very true, learning to be truly responsible for me and my life has been key to developing a relationship with me and in building a confidence and a trust within myself as well.
‘As a consequence of embracing these teachings I find there is much more meaning, joy and love in my life.’ The Way of The Livingness brings great purpose that is always expanding and is ours to embrace.
Who our role models are and what do they really offer us are intriguing questions that reflect where are we willing to go and where we are not willing to go.
Our eternal guiding light is our Soul. Serge Benhayon is the embodiment of how it is not only possible to live the light is our Soul, but that this is our natural and divine way of being. To be open and willing to understanding that returning to this way of being is our purpose in life, has been empowering and liberating to no end, and continues to be so, as there is no end to exploring All that we already are and are intrinsically part of.
“every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.” this is our responsibility to make the choice to connect to the divine wisdom within us and let this be our guiding light, Serge has offered to us a true reflection of the quality of love that can be lived by each one of us, as we live connected to our inner heart our reflection we can be a guiding light for humanity.
I have had many a conversation trying to get answers out of Serge Benhayon over the years and he humbly reminds me that I have all the answers I could ever need within me. The reason his presentations have a different quality to others is because they come with a lived experience of what is being shared, rather than a theory. I am very grateful that I have been reminded of my grandness and my insight, we all have it but I agree, sometimes we need a nudge in the right direction.
It is a humbling and equally powerful place to be, to realise you have been given everything and in each moment we have the opportunity to live that which we know.
Universal Medicine teaches the ultimate in self-responsibility when it comes to all aspects of life. As for being our own guiding lights as well as a beacon for others, it is only in the sense that they also discover that they are also their own ‘saviour’.
So true Jenny. Knowing who we are, who we truly are, is how activate our purpose in here begin, so we can begin to embody the full potential of our beingness, our Soulful way and magnify our Divinity through all that we do, and as such into the world.
Yes well said Carola… we are multidimensional beings, divine in our essence. Living that in everyday life is the key… and the challenge!
“Know thyself” it said over the oracle temple at Delphi in ancient Greece… We are in truth, all our own guides – the key is to live in a way as to be in touch, if not communion, with the guide that offers a way of true love in every aspect of our lives. This is what The Way of The Livingness represents, and I agree absolutely Rod, that in this way of Love, there is nor cannot be any giving away of oneself to another.
This is one of my favourite inscriptions left behind by the ancient Greeks. For if we truly ‘know thyself’, we will know the moment something enters that does not equal such magnificence. In other word, if we know ourselves in full then we will also know exactly who or what we are not and therefore cannot be played to live a lesser version of who we are.
When my children were young and they were confronted by a difficult choice they would go looking for someone to help them. One day when they came to me I decide to ask them what they think they should do – their response was I don’t know. I then asked them to have a guess about what felt like the true thing to do and they always came up with the most amazing and loving choice. This taught me that we are all deeply connected to the wisdom within and when we chose to not doubt our inner connect then the answers were always waiting to be lived out in the world.
How beautiful Christine. Regaining that trust within oneself is what Serge Benhayon brings to everyone and which we each individually deepen through TheWay of The Livingness.
One of the things I love about what Serge Benhayon presents is about us realising our greatness. Understanding that we all hold the light of God within, equal and the same. That what he lives is for us all to live.
Rod I know what you mean about looking for inspiration but there never really being anyone or anything solid or consistent to look towards. I also did the self help presentations, read many books, could see the huge holes in celebrity and sports heroes lives and the images projected by the media, yet I still looked for something to be inspired by. Mostly for me it was nature, the order, co-operation and magic of how it all worked together always communicated to me a divine intelligence that was behind it all. Yet how did humans fit in when we seemed to be outside the order and natural co-operation of nature – of which we were supposed to be a part? Since finding the work of Serge Benhayon and reconnecting to my Soul I can feel that natural order, co-operation (Brotherhood) and Magic growing within me, that feels like I am part of something greater, in tune with the natural rhythms of this world and the Universe, and impulsed by something so divine and beautiful. What nature is a part of I am now a part of again, and all from the very inspiring example of Serge Benhayon.
Sometimes we do need the reflection of someone else living what they know to be true, for us to know that this is possible. It can inspire us to move out of long held patterns and start to discern what is important to us and then to live by what we feel to be true for us.
So true Kristy, what we reflect is very powerful as it can inspire and ignite the same expression within another.
Following our own inner compass frees us to make choices for ourselves and is so much fun and inspiring to explore everyday, especially how we move, express and connect. It’s that re-connection to the inner compass that opens up the world and how we then move in it.
I just love being inspired by others…
Thanks Rod, you make a great point that you are the only one who knows how you feel inside so what’s the point of giving our power away to others? How could they truly know what is right for us? I absolutely agree with you. I have found also since coming to Universal Medicine my ability to trust my own knowing, power and decisions is much much great, prior to that I gave a lot of my power away. It’s an ongoing process but one that Universal Medicine and Serge has definitely nurtured in me.
I too gave my power away by allowing others to steer the course of my life, when actually all I needed to do was to connect to myself where I found a greater wisdom that allows me to make my own choices, which is extremely empowering and the more connected I am with this process the greater my inner confidence becomes.
Sally it’s amazing what we give our power to everyday, beliefs, ideals, traditions, advertising, the media, celebrity culture, brands, television, education, other people – the list goes on and on, when all along we ourselves are actually all knowing.
The teachings of Serge Benhayon is so unique and unlike any other I have ever come across because they do not ever ask you to learn things you do not already know, but become aware of what you already do know but are not consciously aware of. It unfolds a deeper layer to life that we have ignored is always there and is deeply intwined in human life and how it works.
Well said Joshua, you have expressed the truth beautifully here.
Thanks for the nudge Rod. I feel like I understood your blog properly for the first time even though I’ve read it a few times now. Today I understood that I rely on others to tell me the truth in order to avoid responsibility. I can run rings around other people and tell them what I think they want to hear but at some point I need to deal with the fallout within me when I make choices that are not supportive or true for me.
We are all equal beacons of lights. It is simply a choice as to whether we accept the responsibility. Some have chosen a greater level of responsibility than others but that does not mean their light is any brighter. It is all about choices and in essence and at our core, we all shine equally.
My feeling is that as a Son of God who is the same as everyone else it is only my choices, which is as you say Rod, my responsibility to live as a humble student of my own Livingness. How loving it feels in my body when I move and express to the best of my ability as an equal Son.
Thank you Greg, to give our power away really highlights the lack of equality we feel. I appreciated your words about being a student of your own Livingness, as that is what truly shows us the way forward, and not ever by giving our power to another.
So true Melinda seeing everyone as an equal and living in that integrity is definitely empowering.
For more on integrity go to;
http://www.unimedliving.com/search?keyword=INTEGRITY
Absolutely – Serge Benhayon is a True inspiration, God-sent and leading the way for all to return to our innate Godliness and True Universal expression.
Gorgeous blog. Truly stunning. Straightforward and real. I prefer sticking to what feels true – than pretending I do not have the answers within myself and look above or outside. Brilliant blog. Thank you for writing this.
Serge Benhayon is the first person I have met who has no tickets on himself.
Beautiful Rod, the power and deep wisdom we all carry within is enormous. Thanks to Serge Benhayon for his consistent love and support that inspires hundreds of people to embrace this grand love and wisdom and to learn to live it everyday.
Serge Benhayon embodies the guiding light that is our Soul and by virtue of his reflection and through the quality of his lived way, makes it safe and simple for us to do the same, if we so choose.
I can relate to the first time hearing Serge Benhayon and being curious about how he saw life. It wasn’t only curiosity but the way I felt and the questions it answered that weren’t spoken by me was the kicker. There was a lot of things that had been running through my mind over and over. At times they would be louder and almost come into the physical or play out in different ways in my life. Serge Benhayon started to answer these questions without me saying a word and what’s more I was in a room full of other people and so he wasn’t even answering me directly. I was amazed and could feel there was something or many things to him that made me feel different. I came back, and back again, and now it’s a part of my life, I made the change to the way I live and now the questions if they come, are answered from me.
Learning that I am responsible for all I say and do is the most difficult and most joyous thing all at the same time. Difficult, because I have to accept and understand all my choices. (This gets less and less difficult!) Joyous, because I now can, and do choose to live my innate love, for all, and share it freely in my life.
When I stopped the external search for a guide in life I realised it had been quite a miserable way to live. Now, knowing that I am my own guide and living this more and more, the responsibility of it feels wonderful.
My feeling is as I grace life with my own inner learning I am becoming my own guide and as you share Nikki it is a wonder-full way to learn from my own livingness.
We get so trained to look for orientation on the outside, how to behave and be, that we lose the connection to our inner guide. So when we first come to Universal Medicine of course we keep looking for that outside guidance, however what Serge Benhayon teaches us is to listen again to our own inner knowing and wisdom – that makes his advice so invaluable.
Our only glitches in life are the movements we make away from the love that we are. Lost in the ensuing darkness and with eyes now closed, it can be difficult to see the burning ember of the guiding light that lives within us and never dies. There is incredible magic and much grace it watching this flame flicker in another, burning bright to illuminate the shadows we otherwise walk in. By receiving this reflection, we come to the awareness that this light also burns equally magnificently within us. We need only tend to the fire that is our deepest and most true love.
The greatest gift we can offer the world is to be ourselves, live who we truly are within and share the wisdom that we all equally innately hold and have access to whenever we connect to our inner-heart. It is a gift when we then meet another that lives all that they are in honor of and knowing that we too are of the same greatness.
We so like to give our power away to whoever or whatever we deem worthy, but at the end of the day, we are each responsible for every choice made. This means the wisdom to know what is a true choice or not in each moment must (and in fact does) lie within us.
There is so much wisdom contained within your blog. In a nutshell, learning to trust and appreciate our own inner guide is Universal Medicine.
To be our own leader means to be responsible for how and what we are living. To choose to evolve and at the same time to be content within ourselves, where we are at and appreciate the steps we take.
What a beautiful article, the responsibility for our life is in our hands.
I have come to know that the truth about ‘universal medicine’ is in our innermost connection with our own innate wisdom and not in any way about paying homage to Serge Benhayon. Serge is a beautiful and amazing teacher who lives and breathes everything he shares with the world – but, we are here to live our own lives from our own connection to our innermost hearts and not to simply copy his ways.
Thank you Rod for your sharing, I too have been inspired by Serge Benhayon and The Way of the Livingness teachings, and that I am responsible for all my choices, and I have the choice to connect to that beacon of light that lives within and guides my every move if I so choose.
Thankyou Rod. I have also given my power away to others, believing they hold more wisdom or knowledge and that I need their guidance in some way. The truth is I have a powerful knowing inside me that allows me to feel what is right or not for me, and also to feel the truth from my own heart. I can certainly seek support but ultimately the truth is there for me to feel inside myself.
‘Sometimes all we need is a nudge to flick on the switch’. Yes, it can be that easy! Flick the light on and so much can be seen and in the seeing, so much can shift, can change and evolve.
“As a consequence of embracing these teachings I find there is much more meaning, joy and love in my life.” I too am forever appreciative of Serge Benhayon and his presentations, that continually inspire me to live a different life – a life lived not just for myself any more.
I love this Rod. In the past 12 months my life has changed dramatically and all because of my choice to follow the solid deep strength that had always resided inside me. There is simply no question when I choose this, just the simple and profound choice that is there for each of us, to say yes to what feels whole and true. There are people in this world whom have done just this that deeply inspire me to continue to make this simple choice become more and more frequent in my day, and to be honest, there is no other way that I wish to live.
Absolutely Leigh, my feeling is exactly the same. When all the cards are played upon the table it is simple to see and feel what is true
What you have shared here Rod is exactly what I have been claiming for myself recently. No more living up to an ideal of what I thought I should be based on the life and choices of others. Instead I have dropped all expectations of myself and am living my life as me and am allowing myself to be inspired by others instead of earnestly wishing I could be like them but without taking responsibility for myself. Have to say, it’s making a massive difference to me and I am now starting to understand from my own experience what it feels like to be living me in the world.
Serge Benhayon forever inspires me to be me. Over the last few years I have observed more and more people showing us more of themselves, and it is glorious to feel. I now have a sense of the possibility of the world to be a harmonious place to live in if more people were simply themselves, rather than the person they feel they should be. It is an unending process of unfoldment as there is so much more to each of us than was ever imagined in my education.
“Although I will continue to be inspired by The Way of The Livingness, I now live by being my own inspirational guide.” I too spent many years looking outside of myself for answers, hoping that someone could help me find my way. Through the many tools and life skills shared by Serge Benhayon and the many wonderful Universal Medicine practitioners I can see that the only true guide we have in life is that of our own heart. The true wisdom lives within us all and is waiting ever so patiently to be felt, lived and shared in its entirety. Thank you Rod for this great blog.
Rod you explain very well what inspiration means, in how you describe Serge Benhayon’s way of bringing people to appreciate that living an extraordinary way of life is possible – but that it is also not beyond the average person’s capacity to understand and apply, the simple wisdom shared, seeing myself as one of those people for sure. I can see how what is currently considered to be normal, with the behaviours you describe, can really bring a global change and address so many of the problems facing the world today.
We all have the capacity to be greater leaders while equally with the ability to support great leaders.
As a consequence of deeply listening to all that has been presented and embracing the teachings, I too have found great depth of understanding and meaning in life which has brought me enormous love and joy I previously had not experienced. There is no need for devotion when you recognise that the beauty and power comes from the inside and is only inspired by another holding a guiding light.
“a wonderful gift…The Way of the Livingness.” The Way of The Livingness presents us with the responsibility for the choices we make in every moment and movement we live. The more I make a choice from love the easier it is to make the next choice from more love.
Within each one of us we hold true wisdom. It is simply that we have denied ourselves access. Serge masterfully nudges us back so that we can regain access to our innate wisdom. We do not need to look to others for guidance and true guidance can only come from within.
I loved your paragraph on embracing the wisdom shared by Serge and how this has brought much more meaning to your life. I agree entirely. Whilst I know I have only scraped the most minute amount of wisdom that is available to me, that alone has changed my life. Before coming to Universal Medicine I was somewhat existing and functioning in life, but now there is much more living going on, and living that encompasses true joy, understanding and awareness.
“So it makes sense to be totally honest with myself and be my own leader rather than look to someone else”.
What you have written here Rod makes so much sense to me as does being inspired by Serge Benhayon to flick on the switch to our inner knowing and wisdom.
I am so appreciative that Serge Benhayon inspired me to flick on the switch! My life is amazing because I am unfolding and forever expanding in my awareness.
It is so empowering to feel that we are our own guide in life and that we do not need to seek from outside. Serge Benhayon shares his wisdom and support with us but we choose how we utilise what he offers in our own lives- he never imposes on us. I love the self responsibility in this but feel held in the love of so many people around me.
Well said Brendan ‘Any person who inspires self-reponsibiity is a role model to society.’ Serge Benhayon is a true model of how to be self-responsible and live life with integrity he is deeply inspiring because every choice he makes in life reflects this truth everyday.
I agree with you True Gem, Serge Benhayon has been an absolute blessing in thousands of people’s lives reminding us of the love we truly are.
We are all our own guide, as you say so beautifully, we spend the most time with our self. So it is very clear that we are responsible for what we do and how we go through life, this is great to feel, but also remember that we are not alone, there is always support there if we need so.
It is amazing and even almost unbelievable when we realise that each one of us is actually endowed with an ability to make choices, and we always have exercised it to end up with the life we have as an individual, and the history and the world we have witnessed as a race of beings. Ultimately what Serge Benhayon has been presenting all these years is responsibility, and no one else can take responsibility for or on behalf of ourselves. Knowing ourselves as love as individual, and as Brotherhood as a race of beings with absolute equalness – this doesn’t just paint a pretty picture, it means that we all have a place and role to play in the picture that could only be fulfilled and work when we exercise our Free Will to reconnect back to the original source. This means that we are all endowed with an ability to make choices for ourselves, and that cannot be forced by another.
“I wonder what Serge/Natalie would do in this situation?” – I too find myself asking the same at times. For me, what gets revealed by asking this question is that I am compromising on my choices when deep down I know what is available if I choose to be truly loving, and turning it around and hold it as a kind of ‘ideal’ that I would only do it ‘one day when I am as good as…’ then I can come back to myself again, to make choices that are true for me.
Great blog Rod. Initially when I first started attending Universal Medicine I was looking for someone to tell me the answers but over time I realised that this would never happen and neither was it desirable. I started to understand that I had a lot of wisdom within myself but that I had to create a foundation whereby I was able to connect to that wisdom. This is an ongoing process but my relationship with myself has certainly become much more caring and trusting as I make my own choices about how I live my life.
It’s a great point you’ve made Helen. it’s true – we do need that foundation to be able to tap into the wisdom that’s innately within us.
Well said Brendan, self-responsibility is indeed the key to unlocking the mess and disharmony we have created in this world and its time we all realised this.
‘Being our own counsel is the only way to truly live life, for otherwise we live according to what other people think or feel.’ Beautifully said, it’s also very empowering to know that you are at the helm of your own ship, and it is your choice in which direction you go.
Rod, this has been my experience too. All that wisdom and it is equally inside us if we choose it. This is amazing. We are our own guides, inspired by Serge Benhayon, yet responsible for ourselves.
This is beautiful, and I very much relate to enjoying and actively seeking guides through life. But I’m learning to be my own guide – and this is the coolest thing ever.
Although unfolding the wisdom that we all hold within and that we all have equal access to is founded on self responsibility, a little inspiration from another is always something we should cherish and appreciate and then share the ripple effect of that same inspiration with all others.
In saying this we really need to be discerning with who we look to for guidance, for if you scratch the surface of many ‘successful’ peoples lives you will often find not all is as it seems, as true integrity and love is sadly lacking.
Awesome blog Rod – “After all, if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows what is going on within me.” Love this sentence of yours, absolutely! We lead ourselves by our choices everyday.
It is fine to have a role model but when we let that role model consume us and place every waking thought on them, we are lacking in self assurance and worth.
Be free to live life our own way with inspiration. As inspiration is essential for development, but when it becomes copying due to lack of personal direction then we could say there is an issue.
A great read Rod, I love everything you’ve written here. It’s great to feel the empowerment that comes from listening to and trusting ourselves and making our own choices in life – to trust the innate knowing that we all have. The Way of the Livingness it is for me.
A great point you make, Rod about role models representing just another means of giving our power away when the best person to guide me is me, to ‘be my own leader rather than look to someone else’. The Way of the Livingness is all about taking personal responsibility for our choices and trusting what we feel is true to and for ourselves.
I love this True Gem “The greatest gift I ever received from Serge Benhayon was me – the connection to myself I now live with everyday”. This awesome gift has so helped me to be honest, self loving, self nurturing, taking responsibility for ‘all’ my choices (and learning from them) and relationships with all those that I meet. The list is endless, I feel the love that Serge Benhayon has for all of humanity. Thank you Rod – a joy to return to this sharing.
I love what you share in this blog Rod – The Way of the Livingness has bought me a deeper understanding of myself and life and has inspired me to be more responsible and truly loving to myself and others.
I loved reading your blog Rod, and the flick of the switch is all that is needed, it is simply about the choices we make in each and every moment.
Great blog Rod, Serge presents in such a way that he offers the truth, and leaves it open for us to discern and come to our own understanding.
Serge Benhayon gives us the guidance and tools so we can discern and take responsibility for our own lives and this is how we evolve.
The Way of the Livingness is my chosen way of living with love as I retrace my steps back to true love.
Yes Marion that is so true… it is a gift we give ourselves to be a Student of The Way of the Livingness, because it is in truth a student of ourselves. Learning how to listen and understand all of what we feel, from the tiniest and most subtle sense, is key I have found… and something that is always a work in progress, and hence the forever student.
Beautiful Rod… the transition you describe from essentially giving your power away, to full responsibility is quite profound. Many do give their power away to Serge, and I definitely did too, but the difference l’ve noted between him and many other well known presenters I have come across, is that he doesn’t take it. As you have said, he puts it squarely back in your lap. It is clear from what you’ve expressed that you are your own counsel now… and the light is on for people around you to find their way too.
Hello Rod. Yes, Serge Benhayon does trigger an inner awareness that causes us tho go deeper in knowing who we are, how we live our lives and the choices we make. i too, have attempted living a life modelled on Serge Benhayon. Your comment – ‘I would often say to myself, “I wonder what Serge would do in this situation?” and when an answer emerged, I’d be grateful to Serge, rather than acknowledge the answer came from within me’, reminded me of the moments I ask ‘what Jesus would do’. To know that the answer always comes from within us is big and the consideration of the fact that it has always been there but overlooked has changed much for me. Thank you for this beautiful and healing blog.
When we are not connected within ourselves we look for the answers outside of us. I know I have wanted to find someone who I could give my power and responsibility to. I have tried a couple of teachers but none of them lasted long as their livingness was soon exposed to be nothing near what they presented. Meeting Serge Benhayon was such a celebration as immediately I felt I had come home. All he presented resonated strongly with what I held felt for a long time in myself. Nonetheless I have tried and tried to give my power to him but he has never let me, not even for a little bit. He has offered his unconditional and unwavering support and has helped me to find my own two feet and realize that all the answers lie within me. And not only that..he has, and continues to show me the way there.
I totally agree Anne – the external ‘guides’ are a way of disempowering us. The teachings of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine empower us by getting us to take responsibility for our choices, and to be guided by our body and soul.
The deeper understandings that have been offered are truly a blessing. I cannot but be immensely appreciative for the wisdom imparted through the Way of the Livingness that has inspired and guided us back to the light we possess and reminded us of our ability to not only turn it on, but up.
I think that we have been conditioned to look for external “guides” in our life- maybe this is a way of disempowering us. Most religions encourage us to follow other more “evolved” beings as if we were not good enough to know ourselves. Serge Benhayon has presented to us another form of living based on self responsibility, love and brotherhood but he emphasises that it is our choice to how we live and I have not ever felt any pressure to be any other way than just “me”. Yes, we can all be shining lights.
Personal responsibility is key to so much deep love that I have grown to know when I discoved The Way of The Livingness. It probably feels like a contradiction but when I began to take responsibility for all that happened in my life, I began to feel like I was truly free.
I love coming back to your blog Rod, it is so inspiring (you are so inspiring) and full of wisdom;
We are indeed all shining beacons even if at times they may dim a little!!
Before I met Serge Benhayon, I used to have series of difficult relationships with my teachers at school or workshop/courses I attended, or therapist/practitioners I saw – whoever I had put, even for a brief moment, in a position of authority above me. I used to find them imposing and dominating, even when they appeared to be friendly I often felt an undertone of manipulation and it was repulsing, and now I know that I had set myself up for it. With Serge, I feel absolute equalness being offered to everyone, and I feel independent but united when I attend any Universal Medicine events. I used to indulge in co-dependent dynamics, but learning to be a student of my own feels so liberating and empowering.
Being your own leader and shining beacon feels so steady Rod. I now understand how learning to build a respectful and harmonious relationship with ourselves benefits everyone.
Spot on Bernadette, we offer a powerful reflection for others when we live this truth.
“After all, if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows what is going on within me” this amazing sentences Rod got me and I had to laugh . . . this sentences is so true. So lets have wonderful relationships with ourselves – as you so beautiful describe in your inspiring blog because it is so much needed in a world were most people only have a relationships with others.
“After all, if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows..” I love this sentence…it shows we don’t need anything or anybody outside of ourselves.
I loved reading this blog again Rod especially this line -” within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.” – a beautiful reminder for us all.
Love this line too Anna – it needs to be up in flashing neon lights as a constant reminder of our own unique and powerful light, and that we all have this same light within us.
Yes I loved this line too Anna. We are all fiery inspirational bombs just waiting to be sent off into the stratosphere to launch our wisdom to all.
awesome Rod , like your way of writing. I like this too… The ‘occasional glitches that life delivers.’ It makes life’s problems seem so small !
The up yourself mentality… I caught down playing how dam awesome I was and had been feeling the other day, I said yeah ok!! the response was wow really usually you’re awesome I said yep I know but if I say it every day people will start to think I’m up myself.. We both laughed at this but it’s not really ok to knock ourselves down
This beautifully captures many of our experiences with coming to Universal Medicine and listening to Serge Benhayon over the years. We have been trained in society to look for role models and guides (and willingly give over the responsibility to others) but Serge Benhayon has consistently asked has to be a student of ourselves and let our body and soul be our guide. And if we make the ‘wrong’ choice its ok as we will feel that too.
In the end we can only make our own decisions as in truth nobody can tell us what to do. Even though we might follow somebody’s lead or do what somebody else is saying eventually we all have to learn to make our own decisions and thus take responsibility for our actions, as we are the ones that know us best, and in full. As you so beautifully put it: to be one’s own inspirational guide.
Great call Rod, if we are with ourselves all the time, why wouldn’t we know what is best for ourselves? I have certainly been inspired by Serge Benhayon and other Universal Medicine students, but have also learnt that it is up to me to choose what is right for me.
Serge Benhayon’s discouragement of people following him has convinced me that I could feel safe with Universal Medicine. Of course, every time, when there is a great Master, some people will behave in a devotional or following way. But Serge never engages on those levels. Only have I always seen him discouraging these patterns.
Love it Rod, thank you, well nudged!
Yes nudge, nudge say no more in the wink of an eye life can become a responsibility to live the love that we are to the full.
Great post, and awesome realization that I have come to: we get inspired by Serge Benhayon because we recognize the truth of it in ourselves. The Ageless Wisdom and way of the Livingness Serge is presenting, is within us all.
Exactly Monika, it is that recognition of knowing that truth inside ourselves that allows us to be inspired.
Thank you Rod for this inspiring piece. Serge Benhayon has been a true inspiration in my life to re-connect to love and truth, my essence within, and trust in this love again. The Way of The Livingness is an amazing way to live if we so choose, through which I also have developed much deeper understanding and relationship with love, truth, life and all that this encompasses. And now I also know and feel that within in me is my guiding light and that I am responsible for the choices that I make every day to honor and deepen this connection with myself and with others. As you have said so well – ‘within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.’ – and YES there is a way to live the light that we naturally are.
Love this Rod as it inspires you to live from your truth, to take self-responsibility and to never hold back from being the true you. I too can see how I have held back from living me in life due to my own ideals and beliefs of how I should be (based on comparing myself to others). What I am beginning to appreciate is that we all have a unique expression and being that is needed and to hold this back holds back the evolution of all. Claiming back our truth (without perfection) feels such a wonderful way to be.
Rod what a super blog! I have often found myself wonder what would Serge Benhayon do in this situation.
In some instances posing this question’s helped me get my ‘it’s all about me’ out of the way but whatever I’ve come up with I didn’t fully claim as my own. I’ve dis-empowered myself with self-doubt of I’m not sure Serge would have said or done what I chose to do however well meaning I was. I’ve chosen not to appreciate that actually I can’t speak for others because everyone’s perspective on a situation is uniquely theirs as is their expression of what they bring to a situation even though it comes from the same source.
I am learning to appreciate what I do bring and not compare it to what I think someone who I am inspired by would do – that’s just heading for crazy town.I am learning to appreciate what another brings and not feel insecure about not being the one who came up with whatever they did. I’m not still at school where the one who answers the question gets all the praise and marks. After years of trying to prove myself the best I am open to learning that being me is more than enough and feeling this as a very real truth.
It is quite something to consider and to live, that we are our own role models. It is like someone shared recently that we are our own parents. If we parent ourselves as we would wish to be parented, many of our troubles and dramas and dilemmas can be resolved through our own strength and wisdom. It is far more powerful to live like this than to give our power away to others looking for an answer.
Hear, hear to being the amazing role model and inspiration for others just by living from the love within us! This is true self-responsibility
A great one Rod! Choosing and living from the inner knowing and self has much more power than choosing and living what others bring or offer and trying to make that your own.
“It’s up to me to be me”. You can’t get any clearer than this Rod on the subject of self-responsiblity. Even with that the support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine is always available, never to tell anyone what to do, but to inspire us to live our own way.
How much more powerful and freeing is to be your own guide? I agree with all you wrote in your article, Rob. Serge Benhayon is a great reflection to us, humble, tender, understanding and encouraging our inner knowing to be connected to-equally so.
Great post Rod. I gave my power away to others all of my life. Looking to others for approval,advice etc. Serge Benhayon and the amazing students and practitioners of Universal medicine have inspired me to take responsibility for my choices. I now live a much more self assured, confident and simple life. All brought about by connecting to my inner knowing through practical and simple daily practices.
Wise words Rod Harvey. The one whom inspires by their very nature of going about their day to day, in how they speak, walk, move, and are with themselves and others, consistently so, are the brightest beacons of all – for all.
A beautiful blog Rod. It is totally amazing to realise that we can all be as loving of humanity as Serge Benhayon is if we keep taking the next step in our development, which is what he is continually doing, lighting the way for all to see.
I felt while reading your blog Rod, how hugely loving Serge Benhayon is to show us how to empower ourselves and value what we bring, how he has enabled us to expand our awareness about all the big philosophical areas you mentioned, so that we can live with confidence “being our own leaders” and enjoying our commitment to life.
Perfectly stated Rod. We are the accumulation of our choices and are responsible for them. We are with ourselves more than anyone else, we should know. And very wise your finishing words, “within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.”
Well said Rod. I, like many others, have observed over the years the way Serge Benhayon and his family live, looking for a catch to it all. I have come to realise that not only does Serge and his family truly live the way they speak about life, but that it is possible for me to also live like that …The Way of the Livingness. Beautiful!
Beautifully said Rod. When I first came to know Serge Benhayon and the Way of the Livingness and its teachings I used to think the same thing as you ‘what would Serge Benhayon do in this instance?’ Yet through living more The Way of the Livingness myself I start to feel who I am inside and acknowledge that and live by it, and like you I would say: “Although I will continue to be inspired by The Way of the Livingness, I now live by being my own inspirational guide.”
Rod I absolutely love all you offer in your blogs. This one is a corker that I can relate to. It’s so empowering to live from our own guiding lights that can be supported to be “turned on” by another who is already living from their light. Serge Benhayon offers that inspiration for people!
So well said Rod! It’s so easy to give our power away to someone we think knows better or more than us. That’s the amazing thing about Serge Benhayon, he will never abuse his position and will always make clear that he is no guru, and never wants to be anything but equal to and with his friends, family and anyone with whom he comes into contact with. It’s extremely refreshing and leaves you with the choice to take full responsibility for your life.
“Although I will continue to be inspired by The Way of the Livingness, I now live by being my own inspirational guide. Does that mean I’m up myself? Not at all – I make plenty of mistakes and bad choices, but at least they’re mine. After all, if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows what is going on within me. So it makes sense to be totally honest with myself and be my own leader rather than look to someone else.” – This is something I am working on Rod, I have always looked to others for the answers and it’s time to take responsibility and make my own choices.
This is beautiful and I can relate. The only way is to look within and build a connection to me that is the foundation I connect to other people with. I am the way, if I choose to be.
Well said Rod – it is easy when you meet Serge Benhayon and listen to one of his down to earth yet huge in awareness presentations to become a little in awe of the way he lives and how much love he greets everyone with equally so. For fifteen years of knowing him, his commitment to love and humanity has not wavered one iota. Extraordinary yes, but he has also spent these fifteen years letting us all gently know that we are all equal. Amazingly so.
Another thing I love about this blog is where you list all of the things you are now far more aware of. You cover so many categories… I feel like in Serge Benhayon’s presentations he covers all angles and nothing is left out – especially after the Retreat I just completed – It’s like life has been totally explained in 4.5 days. It’s amazing the intelligence that Serge connects to, such a purposeful source.
Great point you make Rod Harvey, that when you asked yourself what Serge Benhayon would do in such a situation and after the emerging of the answer you say: “I’d be grateful to Serge, rather than acknowledge the answer came from within me”. I can relate to that too, I thank and appreciate everybody in my life except myself. Thanks to the presentations of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine which encourages us to live our lives based on the connection we have with our inner most instead of the following the teachings from the mind, I am now learning to appreciate this inner richness I carry within myself more and more.
Rod we really are our own beacons of inspiration and leaders of our own light, for ourselves and humanity. Thank you.
This is a lovely reminder Rod ‘That I am the one who really knows what is going on with me.’ Great inspiration.
For so long I had doubted what I felt and then when I met Serge, just by his presence I could feel how it was okay to express myself and know my truth inside me. Although it is absolutely a work in progress and I still hold back quite a lot as I’m not perfect but having Serge in my life is a constant reminder of who I am which is so lovely to have and everyone deserves.
Rod, such a powerful statement that we often build our lives based on the expectations of others rather than feeling and living them based on our own feeling. And that image you finish with is perfect ‘being nudged to flick the switch’ – I love it.
Spoken like a leader of light Ruth
That’s a very good point Bernadette and something to remember when we forget about our own depth and wisdom.
‘if I spend more time with me than with anyone else then surely I am the one who really knows what is going on within me.’ – we don’t need to be scientists to figure that out.
Today I just searched for blogs by Rod Harvey because you never cease to bring a smile to my face while presenting great wisdom Rod. You are certainly a beautiful example of that shining beacon of light you write about.
Serge Benhayon has also inspired me to flick on my switch Rod. Now it is up to us to take responsibility in how we are choosing to live in the world and whether we are a shining beacon or not.
Thank you Rod, your last sentence says it all for me;
“Through Serge Benhayon’s inspiration I have come to the conclusion that within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity”
Self-responsibility is certainly the key and I loved reading about you taking responsibility and finding inspiration within yourself.
Hey Rod, you hit the nail squarely on the head with this offering. Universal Medicine has only ever been about each of us claiming our own inner authority and living with intregrity and responsibility toward ourselves and others. That is the true gift that Serge Benhayon has given back to humanity. Great article that says it all, thank-you.
Thank you Rod for writing this. I love the ending “Sometimes all we need is a nudge to flick on the switch”, it is so true!
A most beautiful article Rod, and I have experienced exactly the same myself, from observing and loving what Serge lives and presents, to claiming this more and more for myself that I am that too, connecting more to my own inner guidance and also re-learning to see and feel God’s constant communication to me (and everybody) all of the time.
Yes, we are indeed fully self-responsible and this is one of the great teachings Serge Benhayon has given me, there is nothing I am not responsible for I have a choice in every thing I do!
Rod such gentle strength and great wisdom. And yes we are each responsible for our own self. For bringing our true self into each and every unfolding moment. How glorious will it be when every single one of us is holding our light high up in the air !
Serge Benhayon’s absolute love and dedication for humanity has inspired me and many others to reconnect to that beacon of light that lives within myself and has also reminded us that life is not about the self but about humanity as a whole and we are here to guide and help each other by reflecting truth and love in the way that we live everyday.
With the realization that it is now up to me to be me – I too am grateful to Serge Benhayon for being all that he is of truth and love.
Great post Rod you expose the very aspect that I feel so many people get wrong with your words here, “Yet all along, Serge has discouraged any such following or devotion. Universal Medicine consistently promotes self-responsibility”. It is the humbleness of Serge Benhayon that is felt instantly in his every word, and action, and it is his dedication towards each our own innate leadership i.e. connection to source/wisdom, minus any devoted blindness to him, that makes Serge a true leader in this word’s original and truest meaning. We are all our own leader, authority, master, leading light of God.
Thank you Rod. It is up to me to live my life being me! How crazy that we look outside and compare ourselves with others, when all that is truly needed is being who we are, a unique part of the puzzle that makes the whole complete.
I loved what you wrote “Sometimes we need a nudge to flick on the switch” Rod thank you. It is very self-empowering to take the appreciation back to oneself and the caring loving choices we make. Acknowledging in full the amazing support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, and at the same time saying yes I choose this level of care and love in my life.
I loved your blog Rod, it was a beautiful reminder that Universal Medicine is an amazing teacher when it comes to self-responsibility and it feels like I have moved mountains in this area, and yet their is so much more to come. So as you did Rod, I would like to say thank you to Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon for inspiring me every single day to being more self responsibile in my life, more playful and living a life where I am the leader of my choices and body.
“Within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.” Such a beautiful blog, thank you for reminding us all of our grandness.
Hear hear, and ‘As a consequence of embracing these teachings I find there is much more meaning, joy and love in my life.’ Worth repeating!
Thanks Rod. What you have described here feels like an important development that I feel I have been going through too. Seeing myself as equal to all, is the truth that I was in the habit of overlooking, but now more and more I am living that truth each day.
It was delight to read this blog this morning Rod as I also saw clearly how much I have come to understand about life, death, reincarnation, God, and everything else you have mentioned above…all the biggies…which has seen my life transform so much, that I now lead a very simple and humble life, and ultimately have so much more to contribute to my fellow brothers and sisters in what we call humanity. In other words, as you have expressed so beautifully: ‘ within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity’.
A beautiful blog Rod – Serge Benhayon has never wanted anyone to give their power away to him, he has always encouraged everyone to connect to their own wisdom within – this has been so empowering and life changing for me.
I had never met anybody before I met Serge Benhayon who genuinely loved humanity as he does, so it took me a while to believe that there was such a being that was capable of this. Over the years and witnessing his consistent same same, love for ALL whom he is with wether that be his wife or the shop assistant deeply inspires me to knowing that we all can eventually be like this with each other.
Well said Mary Louise, Serge Benhayon is definitely the the most inspiring man in how to love ALL of humanity, ALWAYS, no exceptions. And he makes sure to let everybody know that this is our future – we all will be living that way. This is where we are going, and we can already have this now if we choose to.
A beautiful sharing Rod and when you expressed “So it makes sense to be totally honest with myself” – I feel if we do not have this we hold ourselves back so much – to start with ‘being honest’ felt quite raw and real, and I could no longer blame others for me not committing to feeling into what ‘being honest’ was for me. With the inspiration from Serge Benhayon/Universal Medicine, the help and support from their practitioners and fellow students it has and continues to be amazing.
Rod what an inspirational story you have shared with us. So many of us have been searching for so long for the truth in all the wrong places, and when we find it what joy it is to know that we all knew that within us is where it’s at . At first we need a guide to show us the ropes, then in comes Serge Benhayon and The Way of The Livingness. As you say “it’s up to me to be Me” so it does come back to each of us to take responsibility for our journey. Thank you.
Yes Rod, we often need that nudge, to be inspired by seeing another showing that it’s possible. I know Serge Benhayon has been that for me. Ultimately it really is about us being us and living that each and every moment; it seems obvious, but for a long time many of us have lived looking out for other’s approval and trying to fit in (I know I definitely have) and so it’s an unraveling as we let go those ideas we’ve taken on from outside and start to live us. Thank you for stating it so clearly.
I love how you share that Serge Benhayon has provided the inspiration for you to discover that you have access to all you need within, the wisdom to know what is needed for you. There is no doubt this is a very different approach to teaching or presenting and is truly empowering for students. Keep on being your own beacon of light Rod so that others know it is possible.
I really resonated with this Rod, and where you listed all the areas you now have a deeper understanding of is how I feel as well. It’s true, Serge Benhayon has always firmly encouraged self-responsibility while he presents the ageless wisdom to help us return to who we truly are. Simple and inspirational- thank you.
Who knew that living with self-responsibility could be so playful and light. I sure didn’t but Serge Benhayon and The Way Of The Livingness showed me a different way.
There is power in knowing that we are responsible for our self and our choices. There is no energy taken up in blaming others or looking for approval from others for our choices. That we can be our own shining light is so true and I too am grateful to Serge Benhayon who has helped me find my own light within.
Great article. I know when I first heard Serge Benhayon speak what he said connected to a deep knowingness within myself like a light switching back on and since then there have been lots other presentations by Serge where I have had similar experiences. And I agree with your lovely statement Rod that “within everyone of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity” and sometimes all we need is a nudge to flick on the switch”.
Thank you Anne for adding to what Rod has presented. I can appreciate how role models have this role of shining a light so that those who cannot see for themselves have some light to guide them. And once they are moving along and find their own light, no longer need the guide any more as they can now see for themselves, from themselves. You’ve helped me see this more clearly and understand that ‘to guide’ has its place, but eventually is no longer needed.
Thank you for sharing this Rod. Self responsibility is a big deal – so many people are looking for a set of rules to live their life by with a promise of some reward at the end (think of all the religions) rather than trusting their own body and feeling what is right for them. Sometimes I think it would be easier to just be told what to do, but as you say Rod, when I make mistakes they are mine and I get to learn from them, hopefully not to be repeated. There is no promised outcome, only the feeling of trusting in doing what feels right and knowing that if it is true, no harm will follow.
Thanks Rod for a nudge, lights are on.
I am getting there too Rod, we are all a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity. Even when I make mistakes or should I say because I make mistakes I can be that shining beacon.
Thank you Rod for sharing your blog, I love your honesty Rod, the world we live in always asks us to look outside our self for the answer when in truth we are the answer, we are fortunate to have been inspired by Serge Benhayon a man who consistently lives the answer and shines very brightly as do we all have that same potential inside waiting to be claimed.
So true Rod, the first time I heard Serge Present I knew he was the real deal, I have never doubted or questioned anything he has ever said even though some of the Universal Medicine modalities can be quite confronting and uncomfortable at times.
I also have the experience, that Serge Benhayon does not encourage any Guru-devotional attitude or any follower attitude. He never hesitates to answer honest questions, but always in a way that allows the students to connect back to themselves.
So true Rod. Many of us, myself included first came to Universal Medicine, looking outside ourselves for answers when in fact, the opposite is the case. The support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine practitioners in helping me understand this is deeply appreciated.
‘Sometimes all we need is a nudge to flick on the switch.’ I love this, it is so very true it sometimes does not take much to open our eyes and see that there is more to life than we had so far believed.
Rod it’s so great to hear that through the teachings of Serge Benhayon, you have become inspired to be your own leader for your life. Wonderfully expressed.
Yeah I loved the part about being our own leaders, and like you said Rod, ‘I am the one who really knows what is going on within me.’
Beautiful Blog Rod. When I was very young, when I came up against something that didn’t feel right or true, I would feel that I just couldn’t go through with it, and was met with the comments – you are so good, or what a good girl or goodie two shoes. This lead to my being fixed in certain ideals and beliefs that weren’t true and also meant that these became my guide outside of me rather than what was within me. I threw the baby out with the dishwater. With the support of the Universal Medicine Presentations I have come to realise that there was and still is an amazing knowing in me about what is true. Re-connecting with that place within me, means that I am again meeting in a different way and deepening that very early connection that I made redundant so long ago. It is beautiful to take responsibility for how I am and how I live each day. Thank you Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for the invitation to re-connect.
Yes the fact is that deep down we all know what truth is, and yes, it often disturbs us when someone awakens us from our slumber and points the truth out, so it is no wonder that Serge draws his share of critics. The world is so full of action and reaction. Yet for me, even though occasionally I find my buttons pushed, it is refreshing to hear a man like Serge, who speaks with simplicity in a way that is forthright, direct, and cuts straight to the heart of the matter.
Dear Rod it was the same for me – I always thought that the outside (others) are much better than me and I can’t believe that everything that I am is inside of me. How could I because the whole world showed me the other way. Now when I embraced me and also take my full responsibility to me – life is changing only because I made different choices in my life.
Great blog Rod, I love your last line “sometime we need a nudge to flick on the switch.” That is so true and has been the case for me. I’ve been blessed with people in my life recently that have nudged me, and without it I would have kept on cruising instead of building more of a consistent rhythm and commitment to my work.
At first I could not believe that all that I had been searching for was already there inside me and that everything that was needed was to connect to it. Letting love in and out again and taking responsibility might seem a big struggle and often is not easy, but it will bring magical moments and amazing support where one never would have guessed to find it.
Lovely article, Rod.”…within every one of us is a shining beacon, ready to hold up a guiding light for humanity.”- we know it but somewhat forgot along the way. Thank you for sharing and reminding. Thank you Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for supporting us on finding our switches and putting them on.
Self-responsibility is truly a key word. How often do we think that we are the recipients of life, rather than seeing we create situations. How we deal with it, makes all the difference.
Everyday brings me new situations, to choose to take responsibility for them.
Thank you Rod for your very beautiful revelation of the truth that shines from within us all and I am grateful for having my ‘light’ switch nudged by Serge Benhayon.
Dear Rod,
I love how you have come to the understanding that you are your own guiding light. It never ceases to amaze me the depth of love, inspiration, honour and tenderness that I feel with my light guiding me.
“As a consequence of embracing these teachings I find there is much more meaning, joy and love in my life.” Me too, Rod, I can feel the truth of everything you say for myself also.
Gorgeous blog Ron. Making it so simple and so exquisitely divine in life is very important :-).
So simply expressed Rod.
It is up to each one of us to re-discover that beacon of light within our self. This for me has really only been possible since I started attending Universal Medicine presentations and being inspired by the esoteric philosophy which Serge Benhayon brings forth.
Rod, yes we all just need a nudge to know that within us are all the answers, to know we are so much more than we think.