If we consider the dominant approaches to tackling life’s big questions there are three that we use most often – Religion, Philosophy and Science.
Some people are more focussed on religion, some on philosophy, some on science and some use a combination of all three. However, it is rare to see a simultaneous combination of each. In fact, in some circles this unification is frowned on and discouraged.
So let’s explore this a bit more.
The traditional religious approach interprets a given scripture for guidance on the challenge or task at hand. Universal Medicine pioneers a different approach.
Like religion, the philosophical one asks us to contemplate our current lives through a range of existing models proposed by past authors and thinkers (Plato, Goethe, Nietzsche etc). Universal Medicine pioneers a different approach.
The scientific approach focusses on evidence and fostering understanding by reducing a topic to its component parts. This reductionist system asks us to look for the definable, the measurable, the experimentally repeatable, even if we have to segregate life into multiple compartments to achieve this. Universal Medicine pioneers a different approach.
Each traditional approach seems to lead to an oppositional standpoint and people are encouraged to fight for what is right, different, or better (in their view). The result is that each approach has become a separate study in its own right and we have become reliant on the ‘learned ones’ (clergy, professors of philosophy or scientists) to help us to fully understand what is meant.
The result is that people become disempowered and end up talking (and at times arguing) about the same issues but use such different language and constructs that the likelihood of finding an agreement is minimal.
The other outcome is that people become subservient to those with ‘greater knowledge’. More often than not, these people with ‘greater knowledge’ are not living examples of what they share but examples of someone with a good memory.
This is where the approach of Universal Medicine becomes so distinct.
How can groups of anywhere between 150-300 people from different religions, different levels of formal education, different professions, different cultural backgrounds, even different levels of competence with English meet and over the course of a day come to some strong alignment on matters of religion, philosophy and science?
This seems crazy to consider but this is a normal experience at a Universal Medicine workshop.
This begs the question “how does Universal Medicine work with religion, philosophy and science that enables this unification to occur?”
For Universal Medicine the religious approach is less about interpreting and recalling theological text and more about a discussion about what does and doesn’t leave us feeling connected to that which is sacred and equal within all.
As such, any discussion about religion is not about the past but about what does, and doesn’t, honour that sacred part within all, right now. In this way it is always current and with the times.
For Universal Medicine, the philosophical approach starts with the possibility of this sacredness and asks us to ponder in a very practical way a broader outlook on life.
In a recent example, a group explored the concept of time and how we put the past behind us and prepare for the future ahead. We place it in a straight line. Yet ponder for a moment if life might be more cyclical than it is lineal.
Do we not have day/night on endless loop; is this not complemented by seasons cycling around each year; do we not move with the cycle of the planet around the sun or the moon around the earth? If we consider reincarnation, then are we also not on an endless loop of birth, death and re-birth?
If this is possible, the philosophical and religious question becomes why have we turned life into a straight line, what cycles are we continuously repeating and are they there to show us about what is sacred within?
For Universal Medicine, the scientific approach is about YOU as a living science. The fact is that you experience life daily and can test any concept, theory or philosophy and verify its value almost immediately.
When we do this one of four things will happen. We will:
(1) confirm if an approach works for us
(2) force an approach to work for us until it fails
(3) confirm it doesn’t work or
(4) deny its value until such time that it presents to us once again to consider.
There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other.
And so, here is the magic, the discussion about religion, philosophy and science all happening at the same time so we can talk about that sacred aspect of ourselves and the endless loop of learning we are presented with.
Then we can study ourselves as a science and see firsthand what we are learning, what we are forcing, what we are dismissing and what we are avoiding.
With absolute responsibility we can consider that we will be presented with the same lessons until we learn what is there to learn.
The religious debate is not about if we pray on a Saturday or Sunday, the philosophical debate is not if we exist at all and the scientific debate is not about disconnecting life from the sum of its parts.
It turns out that we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.
by Joel Levin
Further Reading:
Esoteric Teachings and Revelations – A New Study for Mankind
Religion
The Way of the Livingness: Understanding True Religion
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
Love this enquiry – and when will the Universities put this all together into an education that invites people to learn from their hearts and bodies, meanwhile discussing across these three disciplines?
I don’t think in general we ask enough big questions – we tend to accept things the way they are, but when we begin to explore philosophy, religion and science and what this means to our life, you can’t help but start questioning if there could be more than meets the eye, or more than what we accept to be “true”.
This goes to expose why ‘paid science’ where the outcome is already pre-determined with some studies to justify the agenda of some does not work. In order for science, religion and philosophy to be in harmony it needs to be about all. When we reduce any of these down to make them suit ‘just a few’ we are no longer in the truth of what they are.
For anyone who knows innately that there is something missing in life, that there is something unexplained and that it feels like the planet has gone crazy, then this article can begin to unravel why we have these feelings. And even more so, offer a way to begin to ‘put the pieces together’ and to understand life, our choices and the choices of others.
After reading this article one could ask to what gain have we as a humanity achieved by studying religion, philosophy and science seperately? War, separation, abuse on so many levels it is too much to write here. Such gains are so very flawed when we are all the same within. Let’s have the grace to let go of what has not worked and look closer at what Universal Medicine offers in presenting all three simultaneously.
This is what I love about Universal Medicine, it turns no one away and welcomes all, if you are willing and open.
It now seems impossible to separate the three, especially if one considers that together they bring a wholeness, a beingness that one is. That to deliver them as separate is a direct attack on the inner strength of each of us. A much needed quality if we are to live again on earth and bring to our lives our true purpose. It is therefore easy to see that in keeping them separate, we have a humanity that can, and do, side step their true purpose and the responsibility we each have to deliver it, hence keeping everyone at the beck and call of a few.
Religion, science and philosophy presented through Universal Medicine just make sense and are felt in the way we live – no PhD required.
What I like about science, philosophy and religion combined is it is not compartmentalising. Simple concept to adjoin them. This leaves our certain ‘experts’ on each and brings a truth what is lived in relevance and relationship to the All.
A powerful blog Joel, to consider religion, philosophy and science together brings a more universal approach to life that brings a deeper awareness and understanding to life that makes complete sense to me.
It is important to note that there is no such thing as wrong or right. We may find ourselves in a debate over religion, philosophy or science but what I am learning is to have absolute understanding and respect for another and to give them the space to voice their view when I know I am coming from a different standpoint. This is not because it is the ‘right’ thing to do from my head but because it is love and for it to be love it has to come from a place of love lived in my body.
Thank you for reminding us how extraordinary it is even just to have a group of people from different parts of the world, of different cultural/religious background, age, profession, gender, sexuality etc. coming together and finding a common ground and agree something to be true – for nobody owns the truth, and there is only one unified truth that we innately know and recognise.
Brilliant blog Joel and it tells me that any approach to understanding life that does not begin with an intention to reconnect to and nourish that sacredness within all people equally, is already going to cause separation and division in humanity and is therefore obviously not something that is going to support humanity and life on this planet.
As I have previously lived, there is this line in the sand, a belief held by many that holds religion, philosophy and science as separate entities in their own right. This in itself sets our world up for bickering, comparison and who is right and who wrong. A forever platform for seperation, judgement and criticism. Of which true love cannot grow.
Having been a student of the religion of The Way of the Livingness” for several years now the harm of separating religion, philosophy and science is something that I see more clearly than I have previously. The way they are presented by Serge Benhayon shows the absolute interconnectedness and living gracefulness that they are, so much so, that it is impossible to think of them seperatly.
We cannot talk on religion, philosophy and science unless it is from the body otherwise it is knowledge; it becomes a preaching that turns people away. I have struggled to connect to the true meaning of these words because I allowed myself to get swept away thinking that another knew more than me based on what they had read which has been a revelation to find that this is not true.
A great article Joel bringing together in a clear and simple way the three aspects of The Way of The Livingness a religion that encompasses every aspect of daily life, and all people.
To be honest, growing up I was never really interested in Religion or Science but Philosophy seemed kind of cool. This blog really explains the remarkable level and depth of community conversation that regularly takes place at a Universal Medicine event. The richness of angels on subjects such as time, space that I over looked my whole life comes to the fore front. I am now an a fan of all three of these things, Religion, Science and Philosophy – as they make no sense as individual subject matters but a whole lot of sense together.
We also need to question the intelligence that drives the segmentation and reducing of all of these. I have heard great intellects speak and have the capacity to cut down the arguments of others but when it comes to their ‘living science’ they don’t have it together. We need to question this in life- what good is an intelligence that can recall great information but does not support a way of being that works.
The disempowerment of which you speak Joel, is endemic. We are not enough in the eyes of the catholic church, for example – ever ‘stained’ as sinners (with Jesus the only exception, and likely a few popes and cardinals in their own minds at least…). We are not enough if we cannot debate the virtues of Nietzsche versus Satre…
Really? What true use is this, if one still lives a daily existence of dismissing the beauty of one’s wife, or of controlling those under one’s leadership influence, or abusing one’s body with substances?
Without love – the unifying factor behind it all – being lived, embodied and expressed, we are lost and disempowered indeed…
Its interesting – reading this, I was reminded of the people I have gone ‘wow, then know heaps about Plato or Hinduism etc) and generally its the knowledge that has impressed. However, that is only just on the surface and usually restricted to just one area rather an enquiry into the all, with open arms and a willingness to be exposed and equally to expose what is not true.
And so we have the ‘lived way’, The Way of The Livingness, that encompasses Religion, Philosophy and Science, not as paths of lineal knowledge, where those with “a good memory” as you say, or ability to associate and recount the ideas of others so oftentimes hold sway…
The true marker of wisdom on this earth, is the one who is truly universal – who embraces and lives the embodiment of the three, and recognises the fact that we all, essentially within, have access to the same, no more and no less.
I love how life is purely a cycle of movements, choices and expressions. Seeing life as a lineal cycle also shows the depth of our connection to the all and how each smaller cycle is then finely interconnected on a much grander scale showing that all facets of our lives are a series of movements made from a connection of energy we are then connecting too. A very cool way to explore, understand and learn from our cycles of life and why we choose certain ways of living.
I love how you break down each of the three – religion, philosophy and science into how Universal Medicine deals with each. “It turns out that we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.” Hear hear Joel.
By accepting our lives are cyclical and not lineal it brings an understanding that we leave nothing behind but rather keep coming back to it until we master it – this in turn allows us to learn with far more wisdom and clarity and see the potential in every moment.
Brilliant article Joel. You bring such clarity to the very real and practical understanding of the 3 pillars of life, which supports us to bring them into everyday living.
I can remember living my life in desperation of wanting a connection, to something, so I tried to do this through both mainstream religion and philosophy, but neither, by themselves, brought connection. This was because I had bypassed the most important aspect of Religion, Science and Philosophy. I had by passed connecting to myself. Instead constantly searching for answers and reasons to life, wanting to understand why we did and do what we do. Choosing to no longer bypass myself, I now daily receive all that religion (connection) has to offer, appreciate the science of how my body feels in situations, and accessing the deeper philosophical understanding behind my behaviors. I could not in any way be the still, present and loving person I am today without the consolidation of all three, through connecting to my body.
The way this article has been written opens us for a level of understand that asks for a humbleness within. For it takes the willingness to let go of the dogma associated around Religion, Science and Philosophy to be able to see and feel how all three are absolutely intertwined. One cannot be with out the other two parts.
Now this is the way to discuss these big three structures or pillars of life. You take out the right, wrong, better worse, mine, yours etc etc and bring it back to a relationship with truly feeling. I have found this is the way with everything and the moment you dip your toe into opinions, right and wrong etc then the conversation will never end with a unity but more an opposing corners on some parts and an agreed stance on other, in other words a trade off. I have seen and been involved with courses and discussions through Universal Medicine and in the community at large and this is a way of living that works every time. Caring, respecting and understanding people regardless of the topic is truly the way to bring this together, bring in a headline and make that important and you loose people. Everything comes back to people and if your opinion is more important then we won’t truly go anywhere.
We need the combination of all three to reveal the life lessons that are essential for us to learn to live soulfully and work with each other to bring brotherhood to everyone equally.
‘There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other.’ Yes there is no need for competition or comparison just each of us helping those around us to come to a deeper understanding of different aspects of life.
Before Universal Medicine I used to think science, philosophy and religion contradicted each other – but how can it be so if they are all about understanding the truth? How can a ‘truth’ be true if it is not one-unifying from every angle? Universal Medicine has supported me enormously to see the lies I have been accepting all along so that I connect back with the truth within us all and that is not a belief or a theory, that’s what it is.
Unlike reductionism, which results in discord and separation the principle of a one unified truth as presented by Universal Medicine promotes and results in harmony and brotherhood.
Universal Medicine brings religion, science and philosophy out of their ivory towers and makes them relevant to everyday practical living and accessible to everyone.
“It turns out that we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.” Most definitely. It is easy to sit in an ivory tower and pontificate, but when living the principles you outline you can inspire others. It’s about more than just knowledge, which can easily be regurgitated.
Spot on Joel, if religion, science and philosophy aren’t truly lived we end up with a lot of knowledge that doesn’t empower or evolve anyone. What Universal Medicine presents is a one unified truth that is very powerful, very accessible and when you live these simple principles in your life you experience a greater understanding of yourself, life and others – a true approach to life in every way.
We need religion, philosophy and science truly lived and not compartmentalized – hear hear Joel, and when we bring them together we can more clearly see life as the whole it is and has always been. And that’s the gift of what Universal Medicine presents.
The unification in this article perfectly represents the content matter you are writing on. I almost feel my body release as I read about the fact that we don’t have to pick one thing Science, Religion or Philosophy. It’s so unnatural to have all your focus on one of these key components to life. It reminds me of how we tend to favour the brain, we give it all the focus and in that we bring disharmony to the body. There are many organs in the body and when we connect to their equal value by balancing up the choices we make, we may begin to have a body that reflects harmony. In this our mind will have a living experience of harmony internally that may bring a depth to our approach of a harmony externally.
It does seem rather odd that something so basic and cornerstone to our lives such as the true purpose and meaning of it, should become the exclusive foray of a relatively certain few who are educated in a particular fashion, or that it should become a topic for arguments. Life is life and we are each equally a part of it and therefore surely it must be our collective experiences that make up the science, philosophy and religion of human life on earth?
Thank you Joel, as I understand simply what Religion, Philosophy and Science is, I understand more clearly how they are all related to each other.
Thank you Joel. The simplicity of religion, philosophy and science and the cycle of life. “feeling connected to that which is sacred and equal within all.” Beautiful.
What Universal Medicine offers is not only empowering but also inspiring as the approach comes from an understanding and honoring that every single one of us has equally within a sacredness that is who we are in essence. And with this understanding we are not only equal in essence but through our sacredness we are unified. When religion, philosophy and science are also centered on this understanding and honoring, it serves to guide us all to explore, deepen and understand our relationship with this sacred part of us, each other and the way we live in world we live in, so we are supported to live in connection to our sacredness as we move through the universe we are all equally a part of.
Hi Joel, the way you have presented the equation – Religion, Philosophy and Science = Revelation – simply makes sense for how can there possibly be any true revelation without any real lived understanding these three components.
Your final two words capture it all Joel ‘fully lived’ … that is what is missing with many philosophical, religious and scientific presentations, they are mere words, often great ideas not but lived and not lived in the whole they are all a part of. For all three are intertwined and any attempts to separate them diminishes them. But truly lived in a way that honours the whole, that is something entirely different a simple lived way of life.
A perfect breakdown and summation of the 3 pillars in life… and as you have shown, how deeply connected and entwined they are… enabling us to move through life empowered embracing them for what they truly offer us…. rather than being at their mercy in the form and force they currently possess.
And we need all of those approaches with love as its foundation.
This is an exquisite piece of writing reviving the realness of religion, philosophy and science beyond the confinement of intellectual interpretation we have settled for for a very long time. I hadn’t stopped to appreciate this, but it is truly amazing that what Universal Medicine presents makes sense from all these three angles, as well as to people of various ages, culture, professions, background, nationalities – proving itself in its name-sake.
Beautiful Blog, this is so confirming of the truth of religion, science and philosophy. It is true living that they are united, as they are all part of the whole that life is.
Beautiful Joel. The separation of religion philosophy and science is a deliberate fragmentation and reductionism of the one living truth so that the truth in each of these parts is lost. Deliberate so that people are no longer able to discern the living truth within themselves in full. Thanks to Universal Medicine and the Ageless Wisdom the unified true will be restored and can now be remembered and reawakened in all once more.
I have noticed too how the specialised language for each subject becomes more and more exclusive, alienating anyone who doesn’t speak it or who has not been trained the same way. Universal Medicine does not do this. Their language is inclusive as we cannot fully evolve without bringing everyone with us. So any language that deliberately sets out to divide cannot truly serve humanity.
Great point Amanda, I recently went back to studying and noticed the language they used was difficult to understand in parts. I knew there was another way that could present their subjects in a more simple and accessible way that supported the students and made them feel included.
On the point about giving our power away to those who we deem are more learned or gifted than ourselves, I have observed how this dynamic can actually be the encouraging factor in a person taking on their own course of study to become the learned one themselves, but is this from no longer wanting to feel dis-empowered or is it from a genuine desire to serve humanity in all it shapes and forms?
This is very true, you see it in all sectors and settings, even with some esoteric students. A language gets created that is exclusive to a certain group. It creates an immediate us and them, and a way of limiting where a conversation could really go.
Before there are any subjects, topics, faculties, perspectives, approaches etc there is one life – it is wise to consider this unmutable fact as the common ground for any exploration of life and therefore, to always come back to it and integrate the insights, understandings and knowledge one might have gained by delving into any area.
“Before there are any subjects, topics, faculties, perspectives, approaches etc there is one life ” – I love this Alex…a crazy how we break life up and make it more complex, you have offered the true power of simplicity.
Sharon, thanks for the beautiful insight into how religion, philosophy and science are areas that we use for greater understanding of ourselves
Yes Thomas, it is beautiful to see these cycles that we are all are an inseparable part of a an opportunity to help us on our journey back to Love
Yes Golnaz, i agree that with this understanding of the fact of the forces at play, we can have the clarity of the way things really are and how what we align to affects what we are able to see
Thanks Joel, i really feel that seeing ourselves as a living science is a living from within. a fact that modern science and religion often misses in the constant search for something outside ourselves.
To be aware of every part of life brings the greatest understanding of it. So it is great to feel and see that all fascets of life are connected and not compartmentalized as it is seen in the world right now. Religion, Philosophy and Science complement each other, as being a true way to live.
I agree Benkt, people say we need to look at life holisitically but the reality is to do this we need science, philosophy, and religion
I have never had an education experience that has really ignited me, however when I hear Serge talk about life, people, relationships, science, philosophy everything in me wakes up and pays attention.
I am with you on this Kristy. My learning at Universities usually killed all joy in the subjects I studied, but the way Serge Benhayon presents, that has re-ignited the true understanding of how everything fits in and makes sense in the grand scheme of things.
Whatever I have heard Serge present, he always brings it back to its relevance to people and our relationships with each other and with life, the world and the Universe. Learning in University often loses that all importance spark and we can become even more disconnected to ourselves and to people, getting lost instead in dry knowledge and helping to create and even colder more disconnected world.
that Universal Medicine is able to present tangible and understandable presentations about science philosophy and religion is extraordinary, and a tribute to the deep well of wisdom that the presenter draws upon, and with such wisdom we are all inspired to reconnect with a deeper and more profound part of ourselves
And interesting enough that most people can recognise and understand it when presented with clarity and relevance to life, hence the unification of a group of people from completely different backgrounds.
I agree Esther that is the true harmony we are all searching for. To life such an equality in all parts of our lives would make the world to heaven on earth.
What a powerful and clear blog Joel – it was an absolute joy to read it. My whole life I thought that I was not intelligent because the way I was feeling and seeing the world was not fitting to this mentioned dogmas. For me it was always important to truly life what I was knowing otherwise it was only theory and that I could not really understand. Therefore I love it what you wrote: “It turns out that we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.”
I agree – we need real and relatable science, real and relatable religion and real and relatable philosophy. The ivory towers of exclusivity and fear have definitely failed us.
When I was at school, I loved the science subjects and I loved the art subjects. It was considered essential to split these up, to choose one or the other. It divided people into groups that decided they could not understand each other. I felt this was not true as I found all these things interesting and a part of life. I love the way Universal Medicine embraces all these essential parts of life and does not separate anyone from anyone or consider one part more valuable than another.
Amanda this is so true – the school system is set up so that we are forced to choose one or the other. It makes absolutely no sense when we know how deeply inter-connected these subjects are.
such a valuable insight, subjects are split and so people are not taught to interact with life in a holistic way
It’s interesting to observe that we start to ‘separate’ things into subjects / areas etc. from a very young age when we start school, and then how this separation continues well into adult education and beyond. I too love the way Universal Medicine presents everything as part of the whole, which feels a much more natural and encompassing way to approach life.
When you describe science as “reducing a topic to its component parts” and add “This reductionist system asks us to look for the definable”, it became very clear how limited reductionism truly is and that it keeps us turning around in the very small and predefined circles of the predictable and safe; it also strikes me as very manipulative, elitist and scared of what is actually available to us.
Medical specialization has produced some fantastic developments, but without that whole understanding of body/mind/soul interaction treatments are incomplete and throw up more and more side effects.
Well said Golnaz – indeed it is not just about focusing on our stuff but considering the whole picture. Universal Medicine has also shown me a deep understanding of religion, philosophy and science in a way that makes sense to my body and that I can truly build on and develop. To see this bigger picture and start to realise the world isn’t just here for me to live, survive and die, has been a huge change in my whole understanding and approach to life. We all carry so much responsibility for each other – and the free will to live that or not.
I love revisiting this blog JL. And this morning I love the words that describe what distinguishes Universal Medicine’s discussions and it is essentially… ‘what does and doesn’t leave us feeling connected to that which is sacred and equal within all.’ There is no argument about rationale, theory or evidence; what is true is felt and confirmed in the innermost place where we all recognise the irrefutable truth of the oneness we belong to.
It has been a great returning to the fact that science, religion and philosophy are all one. And I find it fascinating and hugely interesting when anyone presents on either or all of these subjects in this way.
We do need religion, philosophy and science combined. Not to understand who we are but to confirm and expand us until we can simply no longer fit into these little bodies. While we compartmentalise these 3 aspects of life we will be bound to struggle to remember who we are.
Studying ourselves as cyclical and not lineal – now that is my kind of science.
Awsome blog Joel and it so makes sense !
Yes. To claim back those three into our every day living is one of our purposes. This will empower and enrich all of us again.
We can talk religion, philosophy and science in our every day life and it is a joy to do so, and it would be no different from sharing what we have eaten, how we have slept, the daily miracles that put a smile on our faces, we can do it in a physical gathering or even on social media, because it is sharing the truth of who we are, a continuous deepening and expansion of who we know ourselves to be through walking and living it.
The true concept of time is super supportive in allowing us to observe in clarity what our patterns are, and to choose to align ourselves back to the cycles of the universe, but until we see time as being truly on our side for our true growth (not just growth in chronological years but in evolution), we have mis-used time.
Love this Adele, rather than being pressed for time and by time, embracing the space it gives us to grow and develop.
I agree Joel, it is impossible to separate religion, philosophy and science—to do so would be like fragmenting who we are, as these “big” topics in life are actually not outside of us, they are simply us—we are the living and walking religion, philosophy and science in every day life, and we are all of them in one whole package—there is nothing big or complicated about religion, philosophy and science when we simply live them in our day to day expression. We are our every day revelation.
What I find interesting when reading this comment is that our health has declined substantially in the last 10 years yet it’s like we don’t yet fully see this as a society. We just keep going without taking full stock and going, this isn’t working.
I love how you have bought in the nature of cycles here Joel, and that we are being lovingly presented with the same opportunites or lessons again and again. We are forever supported for us unfold and evolve, and it is a choice we can make that considers everyone with absolute responsibility.
Yes so true Dean, it is a funny dance we play with Oneness, separating ourselves and then looking for all the pieces to prove to ourselves that it indeed exists, when in fact it has never ever left us, the wisdom, our Oneness remains unaffected.
Yeah I guess it’s one of life’s paradoxes – to search for something that was never really lost…
But you know what, the truth is we humans like paradoxes because they give us the notion that there has to be greater meaning in everything when in fact deep down we don’t need meaning at all because we are all knowing; we are all knowing beings. Each and every person is their own universe. In truth there is no meaning, no paradox, no mystery… because of the simple fact that we are the very thing we have been searching for, we are all sons of god no matter what our race or religion. We all come from a greatness and a divinity which although we habitually deny so so well and invent meaning to replace it, never ever goes away and in fact waits indefinitely until we return to it.
yes we like to complicate what in fact is very simple– We are love and we come from love…and as you say Dean the love awaits our return. Thing is the complexity actually delays our re-connection to the truth we are, the living love that we equally are.
‘We are love and we come from love’. If we were to really sit with these words you have offered us Victoria and go no where with them other than to just feel them, it is as you say very simple
– we are love and we come from love… end of story.
This is a huge subject and what a title to draw readers in to discuss this, and today following a re-read what sticks out is –
“Each traditional approach seems to lead to an oppositional standpoint and people are encouraged to fight for what is right, different, or better (in their view).”
The word ‘encouraged’ is where things are not feeling right for me. The fact we are fighting for what is right, coming from a view, is not the Truth in my opinion. We are following or going along with someone else’s set of beliefs and these are limited. It is not allowing of the whole and neither is there an intention for Equalness or Unity.
What I feel is that it further divides us and this is the problem we have today and as you say it is “disempowering” people.
What you present her Joel is indeed incredibly important for our present and future generations to consider deeply. How I have experienced what you share, about science, religion and philosophy – in their true form, without the separation and reductionism and ill perceived ‘specialisation’ – being used to ponder and discuss the most important questions in life, with such unfailing and totally unifying success would have been difficult for me to imagine before I attended Universal Medicine events. Since I have attended Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon’s presentations and workshops, I have been able to feel the deep joy and knowing of our interconnectedness, using all three approaches – but not in their theoretical, lineal way, but in their truly practical meaning.
Thank you Joel for sharing your words, yes Universal Medicine is truly universally all encompassing; there is no winner or loser , no right or wrong, no good or bad, just the simple lived truth from a body of love that presents the what is, to then understand the what is not.
So true gillrandall. Until encountering Universal Medicine I had accepted the norm of perceiving them as independent but as presented by Universal Medicine it makes common sense.
As you show, Joel, the trilogy of science, philosophy and religion are interconnected and to truly study, understand and live them this cannot be done individually. To do so, as is the present accepted norm, enables people to manipulate and be manipulated by others. This is because individuals and groups can control information and hence the truth. With the whole picture available this cannot be done, as the truth is available for all.
Beautifully said gillrandall, the three together – religion, philosophy and science – are in effect 3 different perspectives on the same truth and hence when they are lived as one, all perspectives are included resulting in as you say, “a vibrant livingness”.
Ha, ha I love it Andrew, same parent and part of the same family! The three practices walking around like siblings squabbling as not realising they are from the one source.
Awesome Joel – I love it, I enjoy learning about science in education, and always shied away from religion because I found it separative and not interesting when learning about all the different rules that had to be followed, and about what was supposedly right and wrong. But what you have presented is a different perspective on the topics of religion, philosophy and science that makes a lot more sense, and something that would be good to be seen in the school curriculum.
“How can groups of anywhere between 150-300 people from different religions, different levels of formal education, different professions, different cultural backgrounds, even different levels of competence with English meet and over the course of a day come to some strong alignment on matters of religion, philosophy and science?” I did not consider this before as it seems so normal at courses and workshops of Universal Medicine but it is a very beautiful fact. If there is a willingness of many people to come together there is so much possible.
Agree Lieke, “If there is a willingness of many people to come together there is so much possible” and even more is possible when people come together with no comparison, no judgment, in truth and with love for self and love for humanity.
Yes, so true Anne, without the separation between us the possibilities for Love are amazing
Yes I love that line too, living with religion, philosophy and science makes them become whole and applicable to life. When talked about or thought about form our heads, it is just a concept void of true experience.
Well said tonisteenson and I have had a very similar experience. Love this line
“Simply having a false definition to these three word in our society disempowers us substantial as both individuals and a community.”
It is very deliberate too.
The anomaly that you reveal so clearly in this article Joel Levin, is truly remarkable.
I struggled in school and never liked studying but now I am a student of Universal Medicine it is a breeze. The three highly important subjects ( Religion or Philosophy or Science) are presented regularly for us students to consider and come under one all encompassing umbrella, I do not have to write essays about them, what I learn is through living experience. My relationship with the universe and to myself are something I have learnt is of the utmost importance. I am fascinated by science and the particles we are made up of, religion and how it’s not about guilt or being ‘good’, that GOD is not a weird old bearded man in the sky, religion and god are about evolution and cycles, nature, our relationship with the natural rhythms and the rituals that are born from that relationship. Not to mention the undeniable fact we are connected to everything in the universe. Love the blog, as I do everything that you write.
You are the voice for us all Joel, many, many thanks.
The endless cycle, when we finally begin to admit that we are in one then we can truly start seeing what we are doing and how each choice becomes the outcome of that cycle.
When you speak about Science like this Annie i can feel how the heart has been removed, how confined, reduced and deadened all these facts are because they no longer live within us but reside in volumes and labs. The miracle that Universal medicine continues to present is a one unified point that serves all equally.
“There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other.” Side by side, step by step, forever students of the Livingness.
Beautifully expressed Dean Pirera, the true Light of the trinity, the 3 kings that express the essence of God side by side.
I too have been fascinated, Joel, to observe how such a large group of participants at Universal Medicine presentations, from divergent backgrounds, ethnicities and professions “over the course of a day come to strong alignment on matters of religion, philosophy and science”. To witness this there is no denying that we are all from the same original source, and that source is Love. With love there is no separation, just a natural magnetic pull towards one-ness, and with this we have access to a universal wisdom that is equally available to us all.
Totally gorgeous Annie, very well said. How could you ever separate true Science, Religion and Philosophy when the three are all facets of the same divine intelligence? They can individually be super helpful in understanding how things work, but looking at all three means you can see exactly why the leaves really do turn brown and how the Universe is all perfectly designed for absolute harmony.
Susie I love your simple yet profound statement. “They can individually be super helpful in understanding how things work, but looking at all three means you can see exactly why the leaves really do turn brown and how the Universe is all perfectly designed for absolute harmony.” By ignoring the fact that true Science, true Religion and true Philosophy are completely intertwined and inextricably related we keep ourselves limited and blind to the immense wisdom that is available to mankind.
There are several points you make here Annie about science that are all contributing to to the distortion of science and what it is to be a true scientist. Science today tends to claim a certainty and has forgotten it rests on premises with humble limits. A true scientist is prepared to admit that what science claims now is based on the current available methods and data but that they don’t know everything, they are limited by what they can measure, and there is so much more to discover. About 15 years ago a friend studying science in her first year of university was even able to describe a similar description from her text book and at the time I felt relieved such a description even existed but there does not even seem to be a bridge between the theory and the biased and limiting perspective science is having upon society today.
This is such a great point to apply to every moment in life “… a discussion about what does and doesn’t leave us feeling connected to that which is sacred and equal within all.” If something comes up and doesn’t feel equal then it’s a good time for deepening communication and understanding so no-one is left behind, or subject to another’s authority.
We are all left less when we separate and distort the truth, much like living in the head without connection to our bodies and forgetting there is a heart that is at our centre …compartmentalising will never allow us to see the whole truth.
Yes, compartmentalising doesn’t do anybody any true service; we are all all-encompassing beings, and we are all connected on a heart level; we just avoid feeling and surrendering to that, thanks to the compartmentalisation we have created.
When we truly connect, feel and not let our heads rule, there can be no doubt that we all deeply connected and share an innate wisdom from our one source.
A great question to contemplate Thomas, ‘Could it be that this separation intentionally is put in place to try to stop us connecting to the innate wisdom and deep connection we all have with each other and the whole?’
Philosophy,Science and Religion are all born of the one source, differing expressions that by nature are inter-connected. Studying them separately does not make sense nor does living a life where all three are not considered as one.
Your expression is profound Dean, and unequivocally true.
Compartmentalizing is a guarding mechanism that we use with the intention of not feeling the pain of our past hurts. The problem is that it only brings more hurt as it separates us from our essence and from everybody.
No wonder that when we interpret words dífferently and hence twist a once unified truth into different if not opposing versions that we won´t reach common ground to build on a unified way if life. Coming back to the true meaning in word brings us back to the one equal truth for all – de-constructing the tower of Babel, speaking one language, the language of truth and oneness.
Absolutely awesome blog, Joel, I will for sure come back to several times now. The approach of Universal Medicine, you have shared here does make so much sense. “There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other.” This one sentence makes the absurdity of the separation of these three aspects of learning about life – Science, Religion and Philosophie – so obvious. And I agree it is absolutely amazing to experience the lived way of the union of these three approaches with hundreds of people from different walks of life, different parts of the world and biographical backgrounds! A deeply religious experience.
Beautifully expressed Nico – freeing indeed and empowering as you say ‘to explore all the evolutionary aspects of life’. To have Serge Benhayon to lead us back to ourselves is a priceless gift and gives our life true purpose.
Thank you Carmin. The simple truth IS that we all have the answers inside; we are all, equally religious, scientists and philosophers! We have been lied to big time in not being taught this truth. Instead we have been made to feel less than, dependent on and subservient to the so called knowledge outside of us that we must obtain to ‘understand’ life. Serge Benhayon presents the truth of our equality and the livingness of religion, science and philosophy – available and with us all in every moment!
Well expressed Nicholas. Are Religion, Science and Philosophy the lenses that are needed only to eventually discover that underneath them all is the one undeniable unifying life source – Love. We can’t escape it because we are made of it which is the Universal Medicine message!
I agree, it is amazing to see and experience so many people from different walks of life coming together at any Universal Medicine workshop unified when discussing topics on religion, philosophy and science, Universal Medicine’s approach is not one of preaching but encouraging every person to connect to their essence and divinity and simply honour that within themselves, the results speak for themselves.
Absolutely beautiful, Francisco. It is very unique how all these people from every possible background come together and finding so much common ground – no wonder, it’s very simple – we are not our skin colour or our language or nationality. We are all one humanity, everybody wanting to be loved and wanting to love. The sooner we truly accept this fact, the clearer our path forward will be.
I am one of those “many people from different walks of life”.
Even though I grew up in a family of scientists, communists and atheists I always knew that there is much more to this life than the physical existence. I knew nothing about God till my early thirties. As well as not knowing about philosophy as all my life I was learning science, and people around me have been mainly Darwinists wanting to see the proof of everything.
So when I started attending Universal Medicine events, especially my first retreat on Esoteric philosophy, I was in doubt big time of my capacity to discuss in groups things I didn’t know about.
With time and learning to connect to myself I am not scared anymore to talk about anything including politics.
The nature of Serge Benhayon’s presentations and Ageless Wisdom is spherical, all inclusive so everyone can benefit without exception.
This is absolutely amazing Elena Light and it shows that our upbringing is not everything, but there is something deep in us we are able to connect to that knows God, knows truth and knows love. Every single one of us is made that way.
I agree Judith – it is amazing how people have completely turned their lives around and re-connected to what they have always known deep inside. And as you say, we ALL have it, not just the selected few – we just need to be open to connect back to it.
Beautiful Carmel – no more compartmentalising but bringing Religion, Philosophy and Science as one into our daily lives.
Hearing Serge Benhayon present the inter-comectedness of science, religion and philosophy makes total sense and feels inconceivable that one can exist without relationship to the other. This may be why when this trilogy are taught as individual subjects, and often unrelateable/unrelated to life, they are not ‘alive’. Science, philosophy and religion are very much what life is made of.
There is magic and love all around us but we are so not aware of this, or yet living with and in this true wonder.
It was learning about science and religion with threads of ‘philosophy’ mixed in and all three seemed to try to understand one thing, life, from very different points of view. It seemed inconceivable that they could ever be one yet somewhere inside me I knew that there was a truth in all three. Each of them were often theoretical and hard to connect with. Hearing you and Joel share this rosannabianchini makes total sense and definitely brings all of them alive and very active for us all to connect to.
People understand life when it is about life, i.e. they can relate to it when knowledge is presented with relevance and not just abstract theory. This relationship is already the religious factor and as it is relevant for everyone equally it is philosophically all-encompassing; then practice and application are the science lived.
This makes philosophy, religion and science very real and practical Alex, just as it is meant to be with everything around us: observation, interactivity and order.
I love this Danna – “the religion I know to be true, needs to be expressed in truth by me first and so living it all of the time” – religion as a living way of being with yourself and life and not a set of rule makes perfect sense.
I love what you’ve introduced here Eva about short cuts, inevitably having to come back ‘tidy up’ and address what we left unattended to.
Or ‘why have we turned life into a straight line’ … with blinkers on! as that it is what it seems like and what I saw very clearly recently while in a supermarket. We are not living the grandness we are and this is what Universal Medicine is truly bringing back to life.
To me it makes a lot of sense to combine religion, philosophy and science together – for as it stands on there own neither gibes a complete and satisfying explanation for human life, but used together in the harmony attained at a Universal medicine course, everything makes sense
Beautifully summed up Sharon.
Agree Rachel – we need religion, philosophy and science simultaneously. Together they comprise the ‘Oneness’ we are all from.
Absolutely cheriseholt, the artificial line drawn between one and the other is there to separate this harmonious interplay and loose connection to the true Wisdom that is expressed through the three aspects together. This is a great example of pure reductionism, by separating it from the whole we reduce it to something that might be able to exist without the other and this is the main evil of human life: separation and celebrating of individuality.
‘Experts’ have made life very fragmented, its so much simpler to deal with the whole, in unison with each other, the universe, and God.
I agree Nico, currently religion, philosophy and science are viewed separately, but it is Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon who has introduced these back together, so they are viewed, presented on, discussed and felt all together. Allowing us to expand and grow, unfold and reflect all the wonders these 3 aspects of life can assist us on our evolutionary path.
It is true cheriseholt, we try to piece together life but rarely do we bring together the three big pieces of religion, science and philosophy to create the simplicity of understanding that is right before us. AND never have I seen this done with such clarity than through Universal Medicine.
I agree Jeanette. Treating them all as intellectualised concepts sucks the life out of the beauty that each one contains and the magnificence of what they all mean for living life.
Very true Rachel. It’s through research and evidence based medicine (as an example) that we see very often things go round and round in circles. Many of my colleagues in nursing have seen changes comes and go and many of the things no longer used only come back in again. How much true innovation is there when those who we are supposedly doing the research for are deteriorating before our very eyes. It seems very clear that the silo approach or separating these 3 very important branches does not work.
Jennifer it’s really interesting what you say. I have been wondering about all the changes that are made within the workplace and how much of it is true innovation. Much change seems to be a way to keep people constantly having to learn new systems – incorporating the next new evidence based theory into practice and heralding it as the new solution. This serves as a distraction from becoming aware that religion, science and philosophy are unified and as such allow for something far more healing.
We are a ‘living science’ as you have said Joel and by understanding this we can begin to understand that nothing and nobody is separated.
Hear Hear Joel! True music to my ears (and body), “we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.” Life to me is one beautiful mix of science, philosophy and religion. Without any one, my understanding and appreciation of life in all its aspects, is not complete.
I agree Rosanna, a life that can appreciate the wonders of the world from a scientific, philosophical and religious view is not limited in the way that the current compartmentalised view keeps is.
The three of them makes it all complete – well said.
Science, religion and philosophy are three words that have become so dense, and their meanings have been so badly twisted most of us have reactions to one, two or all three. I like what you have begun to present here, that these 3 can help us understand and connect more to the magic of life.
‘I felt left from God, bored from science and confused from philosophy ‘ Me too, but only simply because what I was taught about these 3 things lack the magic of the truth. Yet when I hear Serge Benhayon present on them my natural understanding and fascination of how everything works is triggered.
It’s amazing to think these 3 words are actually part of our make up, we are a living science, and a living philosophy, and we know God inside out through our own bodies.
Wow Sharon, you captured these three big words in one paragraph so beautifully. Who wouldn’t want to live like that?!
Indeed Judith, this is humanity’s way home! Home because it is the only explanation and way of living that releases the tension in all aspects of life and allows separation of any kind to drop away to allow the sacredness of all life to felt and lived. Thank God for Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
This is indeed a masterpiece Joel; you have presented so much for us to ponder!
“With absolute responsibility we can consider that we will be presented with the same lessons until we learn what is there to learn”.
I love what you have expressed here, so simple yet profound and wise.
Thank you Joel, for expressing in words what I experience in my body at every Universal Medicine workshop. It is so worth appreciating how extraordinary and beautiful it is that hundreds of people from so many vastly different walks of life regularly come together and experience the clarity of true equality and the grace of love and understanding with themselves and each other, not by throwing around information, but by connecting to the lived, daily experience that we all have.
I agree Catherine it is ‘so worth appreciating how extraordinary and beautiful it is that hundreds of people from so many vastly different walks of life regularly come together and experience the clarity of true equality and the grace of love and understanding with themselves and each other, not by throwing around information, but by connecting to the lived, daily experience that we all have’. I can feel the great understanding and unity of what you have said here and how extraordinary that is, although at the same time wondering why we have all taken so long to come to this moment when the moment is so obvious once we have had the realisation. I know this moment would not have happened for me without the wisdom and love that I have been shown by Serge Benhayon and the inspiration that he has offered us all by the livingness of his own life. His approach is one of humility, love and patience that supersedes anything I have experienced and continues to inspire so many by his dedication and love of humanity.
This is great highlighted just how much we do separate the 3… religion thinking that you have to be a certain faith to be more connected to god
philosophy thinking you have to have in depth complicated conversation using big words that actually just goes round and round coming to no commonality at all
And science well I always thought that you had to be smart to get it but that is so far from the truth as we live science everyday
So in reality of the whole picture Universal Medicne is indeed the Universal man bringing all three together for all to be apart of equally now thats intelligence in it’s true form
‘With absolute responsibility we can consider that we will be presented with the same lessons until we learn what is there to learn.’ I have felt this throughout my life, leading me to consider that each life is like being at school, we progress as we master our lessons. It feels very inclusive, no one gets left behind. We may be at different stages, but the lessons are repeated and shown in different ways until everyone reaches graduation.
So true, Matthew. When we give our power away and succumb to the notion that ‘others’ are more intelligent, we have separated as we are no longer holding ourselves as equal. We are also abdicating responsibility for the way in which we live, it becomes very easy to blame others for the way things are.
“The other outcome is that people become subservient to those with ‘greater knowledge’. More often than not, these people with ‘greater knowledge’ are not living examples of what they share but examples of someone with a good memory.”
This part stands out for me Joel and I feel that is because I have been one who gives my power away to someone I think knows more than me. I have often felt quite small and uneducated around someone who can use all the big long words and sound all smart.
It has taken me some time to realise the difference between when someone is living what they know rather than just regurgitating knowledge which are two completely different things. And in writing this, I can even get honest that in my past I have tried the memory and knowledge path as a way to feel good about myself and probably even to seek recognition but at that time I wasn’t exactly walking my talk.
Universal Medicine has taught me how to not need to be recognized by what I know and how to just live what I feel is important and that there is no need to compare to another amongst many other amazing principles.
Great sharing Rosie and Joel. our need for recognition can attempt to cover a myriad of insecurities, that in truth remain festering beneath. It keeps us separate from each other whereas in truth we want connection. Acceptance of all we equally are and have to share is more than enough.
I just read your comment Carolien, what a beautiful expansion, thank you.
Yes sandrahenden, the oneness and equality that the philosophy of the ageless wisdom brings is truly divine.
Yes agreed Vicky, its amazing how something so beautiful and supportive of all of us, all the time can be twisted and used against us. Thank you Joel for bringing such clarity to the subject.
Thank you once again Joel for raising topic of great relevance and importance. Life is an interconnected oneness, a harmony and constellation that we could never fathom with our thinking minds. But once we open our heart to life there is so much more to be felt and experienced, we get to feel how we are constantly supported with the magic of life once again.
… and with the willingness to ponder.. living with an open heart, and an enquiringly mind we are living Philosophy, Religion and Science very naturally.
I agree katemoroney1, what Joel shares here is truly wisdom of the ages and his expression succinct. I too have had the experience of the interconnectedness of life though attending Universal Medicine workshops and retreats, I now can feel the magic of life again, again because it is something familiar that I am returning to, something I naturally felt as a child because it is so real.
As I learn about Religion, Science and Philosophy as I do with Universal Medicine it makes so much sense that each subject is presented together as one and made relevant for everyone, not just those with an expertise in each area. They all become something that is alive for everyone. This is true equality in action.
Exactly Nicola and an important observation – if equality was there as the opening point the unity would hold everyone and everything very differently to how things are discussed and lived today.
‘How can groups of anywhere between 150-300 people from different religions, different levels of formal education, different professions, different cultural backgrounds, even different levels of competence with English meet and over the course of a day come to some strong alignment on matters of religion, philosophy and science?’
This is a really great point. My feeling is part of the answer is that we do not hold those ‘differences’ as a barrier to being open to one another.
Awesome Giselle – understanding the body’s wisdom and the absolute majesty of it will answer so many questions that the intellect alone could never fully grasp.
“How can groups of anywhere between 150-300 people from different religions, different levels of formal education, different professions, different cultural backgrounds, even different levels of competence with English meet and over the course of a day come to some strong alignment on matters of religion, philosophy and science?” This is so worth noting as at Universal Medicine workshops and presentations this is the case and I can personally vouch for that
I feel that fascination for subjects like religion, philosophy and science has been lost in my generation. Teenagers’ only experiences of the subjects are through school, and none of those syllabus’ do much justice to the truth of the subject. Take philosophy for example – in the exams we take in high school in the UK it’s grouped with religion in ‘R&P’, but we do not study the great philosophers in history, nor are we given the opportunity to really express our opinions on ethical issues; our teachers tell us in the exam the marker doesn’t actually care about what we think, they only look for religious teachings to back up what we have said… Pretty crazy.
I know I have been subservient to others with greater knowledge of science, philosophy and religion in the past from a childhood where I didn’t understand the way science was taught, and was told to listen to the preachers. But I have heard presentations of true religion from the Way of the Livingness from Serge Benhayon , the philosophical approach from Universal Medicine, and of true science from Dianne Trussell and loved them, they make prefect sense. So I now know I had the knowledge within me all the time.
So Beautiful to imagine a world lived by this unity and oneness with understanding and knowing for us all. It simply all makes sense and yet is what so many millions are searching for when it is right in front of our eyes. Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine is the current inspiration for humanity in connection with everything. It is in the magic of God and it is all around us with nature also as our reflection and joy to connect to.
What you elaborate on here points the way to a universal religion, a universal science and a universal philosophy, based on what we all know deep within and supported and fostered but not curtailed and silenced by those who have acquired more knowledge in their chosen field.
Good and very important point, not everything that is a truth can be proven scientifically (as per Goedel’s paradox). Maybe something that evidence based science might like to consider?
Love the truth of this statement “There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other.” Another fantastic blog Joel.
Rosemary thank you for plucking that gem out. Reading the lines that others highlight often causes them to stand out for me also.
Agreed Alex – the true duty of care we have is to start working with these truths right now so that the All benefits.
So where is the cloakroom to leave my narcissistic self? 😉
Indeed, we need to let go of indulging in self-importance and personal sensitivities, instead understanding ourselves to be part of, and being interconnected with everything and everyone, and from there put into action whatever needs to be done – that is religion, philosophy and science as one on a very practical level.
Philosophy, Science and Religion as presented by Universal Medicine does not depend on dogma but the livingness of life and the wonders of the Universe that are part of our world. There is a completeness when these three are brought together as a true Trinity in Unity and Love and is part of the all which is humanity in Brotherhood.
Beautiful Susan. For me there is also a growing sense of wonder in all things, especially those things that may not be so obvious to the eye.
It’s true Fiona and something that the people attending these events have grown very used to and I for one thoroughly enjoy. I have never before had the privilege of engaging with such a varied group of people and appreciating the richness of perception, experience, wisdom and love that arises from the group interaction within the courses. Serge Benhayon is the master of philosophical debate, religious awareness and scientific observation and combine this with an audience ready and willing to discuss our responsibility in all three arenas makes for an ever expanding experience. This is true evolution in process as people from all walks of life come together to ponder on and re-connect to the divine principles of life by actively applying them to their everyday lives, whether they be doctors, surgeons, accountants, film directors, waiters, chefs, cleaners and so on. It’s not the profession that matters but the level of honesty, truth and love with which that profession is delivered that counts, true equality in living practice.
As I grew up, I could not have easily described it but looking back I was never comfortable with the way the world was compartmentalised. It was as if you had to choose what you believed in and not explore the whole, I found this uncomfortable, and so I chose to watch and not commit to anything “It turns out that we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.” It is a joy to bring all of these three beautiful components of life together, it has enriched my life, it feels like the whole and knowing that ‘everything is energy’ as I study this areas of life supports a deeper awareness and understanding of humanity and the universe.
Man’s insatiable desire to be right has caused us to forget the original question. You have called it out Laura, when did complicated become part or all of the solution?
Now that we are starting to understand that Religion, Philosophy and Science are inseparable and do not oppose each other we can move forward, live it and expand it like we were meant to be doing from day dot.
Considering that every person has the ability to be the master of their living religion, science and philosophy, it raises the question – what are universities for?
That is so true fionacochran01 and needs to be appreciated for how remarkable it is. Because there is no stance or side taken there is no need to fight or react. The discussions welcome us all as equal holders of wisdom, so there is no one left greater or lesser. We are all invited to reclaim the simplicity of knowing God, science and religion as one, and known to us all.
The gentle and natural combining of science, philosophy and religion is one of the things that makes Universal Medicine unique in these current times. In truth they cannot be separated, as they are interwoven and interdependent and through separation they become less and our understanding becomes less.
fionacochran01 I feel that what helps so many people from so many different backgrounds to reach a common understanding on these huge topics is because the understanding that we come to is reached through our bodies. We each,regardless of our background, go to our body as a reference to religion, science and philosophy and it is a fact that the body is not able to lie. I feel that the reason why we have so many different ideas, beliefs, and even so called facts on these three topics, is because so many people have gone into their heads when considering them and in truth our heads can invent anything that they feel to.
Joel I am coming to feel that I am science, I am religion and I am philosophy. Science because I am my own scientific experiment, I am under my own microscope, watching the way that I function and interact with the rest of life. Religion because in its purest meaning religion means relationship with life and philosophy because I am constantly observing the way that I think and behave the way that I do. How can these things be seen as separate topics when they co exist within us all and each one effects the other and also each one affects every body else constantly?
I love this Joel, it is the truth of science revealed –”For Universal Medicine, the scientific approach is about YOU as a living science. The fact is that you experience life daily and can test any concept, theory or philosophy and verify its value almost immediately”. It makes so much sense to me that the truth of anything and everything comes back to what we experience and know from our own connection with ourselves, our bodies, nature and God.
I love how what you have shared and the clarity you’ve brought has enabled me to push the ‘zoom out’ button, Joel. I’ve been in a room where Religion is on one wall, Philosophy on another and Science on another. I’ve only been able to look at one wall at a time, now I’m allowing myself to see the bigger picture with greater perspective, I can see the room in its spherical entirety and I am also a part of the sphere, as are we all.
This hadn’t occurred to me either fionacochran01. I realise that I have taken it for granted and have accepted it as normal that so many people come together harmoniously at Universal Medicine events to discuss science, philosophy and religion. Universal Medicine is leading the way in this arena and many others. It has become our normal and there is no reason as to why it shouldn’t and couldn’t be the normal for all – as Joel mentions we need all three to fully understand life.
Yes Tamara Flanagan, when we consider whole life itself, as giant reflectors on the same learning path, we see and appreciate that we are each other’s teacher and both student. Equalness has such beauty.
And to add fionacochran01, not only are all 3 ‘sensitive’ subjects discussed at Universal Medicine, they are so without any heated debate or racket. Why? Because there is no need for this when things makes sense and there is nothing to prove, but the Truth to receive.
Religion, Philosophy and Science – forming a trinity from which we can truly understand life and confirming both the inter-connectedness of all things and the spherical nature of our existence.
Beautifully expressed Hannah, I love what you have written here and just to add to the perfect comment; this trinity has made it very clear to me providing evidence from every possible angle that everything is energy and everything is because of energy.
So true kathleenbaldwin, the fact that everything is energy and everything is because of energy is simply undeniable.
What I realise from this blog Joel is separating Religion, Science and Philosophy takes us out of the equation and means we no longer have any value. When they are brought together as interconnecting spheres we are all brought back together and can feel the intrinsic value we all have in the scheme of life, the universe and the cosmos. Each movement we make in accordance to this grand plan is significant and of value whether we like it or not.
Well said, Suzanne. If we stay connected to the grandness of the bigger picture which we are an intrinsic part of then religion, science and philosophy go hand in hand and everything is of equal value.
This is such a significant point in the whole matter Suzanne – if we are taken out of the equation it is fundamentally flawed and we are not reminded of our very significant responsibility for the part we play in this world/universe.
That’s just beautiful Suzanne. It just shows that putting us in boxes and separating these 3 principles into what they are known as today, has not worked. Denying our interconnection to all reduces us even further and leads us down the path of that which is not truly who we are.
Imagine if we all lived a truly religious way, in connection with the divinity that is our nature and not the way of religions of today, which divide and separate us. Without the dogma we can meet in the oneness we all equally share.
….”the philosophical and religious question becomes why have we turned life into a straight line”… such a great question as in every part of life we are reflected the fact we are cyclic beings living on a spherical planet, with cyclic seasons of return.
This calls us to consider our responsibility in all we do, as we are met with our ways on the loop around. What a beautiful opportunity to grow and evolve.
…and to add… as is everyone affected by the quality of our lived loop.
It doesn’t make sense to have chosen to separate religion, philosophy and science from each other as they are all indelibly linked together. I find it impossible to separate religion, philosophy and science, when the science, the magic of God and the understanding of how everything works together in harmony is being shown in nature all of the time. Connecting to that sacredness we hold within ourselves, honouring that by making loving responsible choices for the way we live, is the way to start feeling amazing both mentally and physically within ourselves and that for me is religion, philosophy and science working together.
I agree with you Jade. Being back at school now with Universal Medicine, is so much more interesting than my school days – many moons ago!
Living proof is evident in Serge Benhayon, he lives science, religion and philosophy, and through his example many others lives are deeply enriched by developing understanding of these words, not as subjects for scholars, but as part of our everyday lives.
I wasn’t interested in Science, Philosophy or Religion before hearing presentations from Universal Medicine. Now my whole world has changed, and the understanding brought from these presentations is frankly hard to describe. Life will never be the same again.
That equality is immense. Having searched high and low for a way forward in life that brought joy as normal, I have found it in Universal Medicine, and the equal-ness of all people is one of the cornerstones of that joy.
Not only do we come together and agree from all over the world, we develop more understanding together, and all of a sudden something like “space” is part of our everyday lives in a way that expands our practical day to day. Wow that is incredible.
Yes tricianicholson, it is amazing that this has not happened before – especially when it all makes so much sense – natural even. Makes me wonder just what is gained by maintaining the separation. The answer lies somewhere in the possibility that separation fosters individual recognition and acknowledgment and is never about humanity. Listen well to Serge Benhayon and feel the true commitment to humanity!
Understanding life as a cyclical movement rather than just an A to B lineal one really does make sense and brings a broader outlook and a deeper purpose to how we can learn and evolve.
Reading your comment brought up the feeling of brotherhood in all these words. And how not only as people shall we walk in brotherhood to walk the truth, words are energy that walk together and not seperate to share wisdom of the whole.
Yes this mighty trio, religion, philosophy and science can bring true understanding of the nature of us and life when they are lived, not conceptualised or compartmentalised. Great blog Joel.
There is no such thing as the past or future in the way we understand it now. Both are intertwined as one, the past very much with us as we speak and the future also right here right now. At any one given ‘time’ the universe holds it all. There are no ‘time lines’. There are only cycles.
Since I listen to science, philosophy and religion presented by Universal Medicine, I feel very much joy and I always have an aha-effect, a wonderment how everything is connected and in absolute interplay with each other. No other school or university has offered this to me.
Yes Gisel as you put it quit frankly, it becomes a learning for the intellect and not wisdom known from the body.
Thats true Kim, only if it is a lived experience can we truly know it for ourselves, and share it with others.
Joel you have once again de-cluttered what gets in the way of understanding the oneness that is the essence of ALL life and it’s purpose. Cycles not lines, sacredness within, not dogma and connection, not individuality. Thank you.
I agree very much, Emma. Only lived experience has integrity and authority. Everything else is theory and not tangible.
It always amazes me how someone can study the world with a scientific eye and not come to the conclusion that there is a natural order to things that could not be by “accident of birth”. Take for example the simple fact of the divine ratio, a mathematical proportion that appears and reappears throughout all of nature. Co-incidence? Hardly, when one considers that this ratio relates to the spiralling shape of galaxies as much as it does to the patterns on a butterfly’s wing. Such understanding should lead us to wonder that the truth about the universe is much greater than our small minds can handle.
It also amazes me how and why we don’t learn about the divine proportion (ratio) at school? especially when it is soo foundational to our history and extremely relevant today.
It is this lived part that make the solidity of Universal Medicine. We are the living proof of what life has to offer.
Joel I love the simple principles you have outlined here with regard to how we can approach our own lives ‘scientifically’. I especially loved the point about observing things we do and ‘push’ to do until it fails and we must look at it in order to move forward. We have the option to go on repeating it too, if we choose, and experience whatever happens thereafter as a result. Whatever we choose, by the cyclical nature of our existence we will always come back around to a point where we need to look at it again and re-evaluate our choices. This is what I love about life. We are constantly reviewing our cycles, and thus have the constant choice to expand on previous ones, or continue on the same trajectory. Learning to choose expansion is key, and something I have learned much of through Universal Medicine.
Awesome comment Amelia, the cyclical nature of cycles and the opportunity to continually expand is incredibly beautiful and deeply loving, based on a knowing of who we are and that we shall all ultimately return.
These three pillars of humanity: religion, philosophy and science have been supporting humanity for all of its existence. It is only recently in our history that we have separated them from one another and attempted to replace them with organised religion, nationalism and culture. The first three have the potential to bring us all together, the latter three can do nothing but affirm our separation.
Universal Medicine has this amazing way of combining religion, philosophy and science that makes perfect sense… so simple and wise in its presentation which unifies the three pillars into one.
I love the interconnectedness of Religion, Science, and Philosophy and it rings true that religion is about truths that are currently not available to science, pointing the right direction so to speak. Good one Christoph.
That philosophy rings true for me Joel, that life presents us the same lessons again and again like a regular planetary orbit. We are given every opportunity to learn, grow and evolve.
Well said Laura, we can choose to live and reflect this simplicity to all. We are offered the most amazing opportunity first hand to experience all that is presented. These are life-changing times for humanity to re-awaken to the true way of living, which reflects harmony and equalness for all.
It is a spherical approach where the parts contain the whole and in the end are the same, just expressed from different angles.
Yes, when the purpose of each part is to get to truth or to express truth.
exactly Lucinda, I studied philosophy at university for a year and didn’t understand a word, I found it utterly disillusioning the whole university education that I left after a year. I now know that I was very much feeling the lack of truth or love at these institutions and that I knew much more was true, I left to find out what the world could teach me and happened across Serge Benhayon which has given me the greatest education I could ever imagine.
This is totally awesome Joel. Of course these three subjects cannot be separated, they are after all ways of explaining life. We can view life from each angle or point of view or study each subject, but ultimately we cannot have one without the other two. This is what Universal Medicine presents and teaches, and shows us that there is another way.
Agree Luke. As Joel explains it, is it clear to see that religion, philosophy and science are all different perspectives of the same One-ness that we are all from and when viewed this way they unite us.
A very spherical and beautiful blog that brings philosophy. science and religion together in a way that makes sense and is as you say a ‘Revelation’ for us all. It is truly astounding how simple life can be when we can see things with clarity and vision that encompasses the all that our life is when we open ourselves up to the possibility of being sacred. The subjects of religion, philosophy and science are brought together by Universal Medicine in a way that is respectful of us all as intelligent human beings who are connected to an inner knowing that allows us to feel the truth for ourselves and where ‘There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other’. Before Unimed I had no real interest in science as I considered it to be something for ‘Scientists’ to understand and explore life, but now I have been presented science in a way that is playful and makes sense of life, I am now more inclined to read scientific reports that before I would have passed over.
When we choose to consider the truth, that our divinity within is a oneness that we are all part of or unified by, then religion, philosophy and science serves its true purpose to represent the truth of this this oneness of ourselves, with All, within God. From this point we can explore, confirm and celebrate this truth as we deepen our connection to it through the way we live with All, in harmony with the cycles of our universe. Knowing that we are unified by an eternal Love, we are then unlimited to discover the wisdom that awaits to be revealed, delivered and lived through the studies of religion, philosophy and science.
“… any discussion about religion is not about the past but about what does, and doesn’t, honour that sacred part within all, right now. In this way it is always current and with the times.” What a beautiful way to describe religion Joel. Thank you.
Beautiful response Amelia to yet another outstanding blog by Joel. Thank you Joel for sharing so succinctly and powerfully the the basic tenants to life – religion, philosophy and science. And that we can all have a relationship with these, that is simple yet very profound.
Gaining an understanding of the true meanings of religion, science and philosophy, and how they are all inter-connected has indeed been a revelation in itself. This is something that needs to be taught in our schools – true education.
So true Paula and until this true education is taught in our schools we will continue the idealism, competition and knowledge based systems that we have today.
Religion, science and philosophy – we need to look at all 3 together if we are to gain any true understanding of life, and what’s more it makes total sense – there can’t be one without the other!
I have come to love the words and the true meaning of religion, philosophy and science.
They are each intrinsically part of me and of everyone equally, informing us constantly if we are open to them and even if we are not.
Me too – I had not taken stock, up until now, of the myriad of people that gather to listen to Serge Benhayon present of life as the Way of the Livingness. We are pulled by a commonality of evolution and thirst to understand life in the way we know it and always have known it to be true. There is no separate of knowledge or wisdom as it is all part of the whole and equally needed.
I remember experiencing something profound when I heard Diane Trussell present on science. My normal response when I hear the word is to back off feeling like it is not for me as I don’t have the mental capacity to get it. She was talking along the lines of how the scientific community are very protective and try to own the knowledge of it, which puts them in an elitist position and all those that don’t belong, into the lesser category. I had been feeling this my whole life and then suddenly when Serge Benhayon shared something I felt with my whole body like I knew science intimately, not with my mind, but with my body. I may not have been able to articulate in words what I knew but it was felt nonetheless. It brought tears to my eyes because I had felt in that moment that I had been missing out on the whole and had been excluded/had excluded myself from something deeply significant. When we can learn to think from our bodies, since they belong to the universe, having energy passing through them all the time and being connected to the whole, they contain within them all the wisdom of the universe. When we can consistently choose fiery energy to pass through we can access this.. To me science, religion and philosophy are one and the same – a lived wisdom that comes from honouring daily our connection to our essence, our bodies and to God.
It was an absolute revelation to me when I first heard that religion, philosophy and science were so interlinked. It does make perfect sense now because it completes the understanding of ‘The Way of the Livingness’ and the teachings of Universal Medicine. Your explanations also really make it all very accessible to understand, thank you Joel.
I agree Gill, all three are not separate, they make the all.
You know gillrandall, I must admit I felt also it to be a revelation that religion, philosophy and science were interwoven. I know I had a set belief in the past that it was an intrusion, an imposition for religion (institionalized and usually manipulative as I believed) to try and play with science with the intention to appear very smart and clever, a bit like a large supermarket chain going into selling pet insurance and funeral arrangments. However, as Serge Benhayon has via the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom been presenting to us, along with some amazing contributions and demonstrations from other awesome members of the student body of The Way of The Livingness, of the absolute inseparable elements of true religion, philosophy and science, it is a joy and a wonder to me now as I can feel in my body it all makes perfect sense.
Joel, you’ve posed many great and expansive questions here for us to digest – this blog is also a great follow on from the Numerology workshop I attended today with Serge Benhayon in that we are either living in harmony with numbers and the cycles they offer for us to evolve or we are resisting this and living against the natural flow of life. I feel like a scientist, priest and philosopher when I ask these sort of questions to myself – we are living and breathing these qualities simultaneously with the might of the Universe as our guiding light – much force must be undertaken to resist the natural pull to cycles.
Another awesome and profound piece of writing, thank you Joel.
Just as we have compartmentalised science, religion and philosophy, when they should be considered together so have we separated and divided from and within ourselves. This is reflected in what we have created as our lives and our societies. Humanity lives in separation form it’s true nature and with many divisions due to the many created cultures, nations, religions and so on. Whilst we live in seperation to ourselves we will continue to create this seperation in all else.
Joel- I love the simplicity and clarity in explaining how religion, philosophy and science when combined make sense, and provides true revelation. “..we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.”
Absolutely Ariana. Responsibility may sound like something to fear – ‘whaaaat, I actually have to own up to the choices I make and face the consequences!’, but if you make loving choices, look after your body, express truth (not lies!) and be all that you are there is NOTHING to feel dread about responsibility.
This has been my experience Susie. Responsibility is worth embracing. The more I take responsibility the more I enjoy life.
Yes I agree being responsible doesn’t have to be scary. It doesn’t have to come with a huge stick to beat oneself up with. No, that is not part and parcel of being responsible but just keeps us further away from love and even incentivizes dishonesty and subsequently entrenches irresponsible patterns of behaviour.
So much so, I’m inclined to be critical of myself when I think about taking responsibility for how I am in the world – the thought that when I allow myself the awareness of how I’ve been has affected others, I’ll have to hang my head down in shame- it’s actually humility and a deep compassion that provide the honesty required for sustained change.
So beautifully expressed, Susie. For so many, and for most of my life, responsibility was an ordeal and a ‘party pooper’. As you say when we live making loving choices for ourselves and others there is no dread to feel in responsibility.
Responsibility is now one of my favourite words. Rather than being a shame, or blame word, it is an empowering word. Through my own responsibility I can change everything in my life. Hands down awesome way to live.
You are so right Susie, when we refuse to accept responsibility for our actions and spin lies they become shadows that will always follow you. If the lies are left un-dealt with they grow like the end of the day.
I now have a different experience of responsibility – it is not about getting involved in another’s life, or thinking I have to solve their problems, or lots of doing and trying hard, instead it is loving and gentle to care for my body and the way I am living, and to be accepting and understanding of others. This has come about as I have become more understanding and accepting of myself, without any need for perfection. Religion Science and Philosophy together support us to live responsibly.
Precisely Susie, simple when you say it like this however it is a process if you have not been living in this way for a long time. Speaking truth and taking responsibility it actually simple, it s the lies that are complicated and make life hard.
Love this Joel. ‘Then we can study ourselves as a science and see firsthand what we are learning, what we are forcing, what we are dismissing and what we are avoiding’ – how incredible would it be if we did this, use ourselves as a study, a bit like maths really – you focus on a topic, experiment and get support from teachers/family/friends if needed so you get the general gist, then practice with a series of questions. Any questions we get wrong we simply go through the process again – looking our for any errors in our workings and adjusting them so in the end we get the correct answer (seeking support if needed). Moving onto the more tricky questions just requires practice too, but never criticism or self loathing for not being ‘smart’ enough to get it, simply understanding and a knowing that we will be given an opportunity to redo the question again.
Wouldn’t schools be great if they were run this way?
It starts with us Carmel, if we can make this shift to lovingly observing ourselves and understanding life around us, then we have broken away from the norm and we will have teachers who live this and teach this.
As we lovingly learn to live this ourselves, the world around us will change, and this will become the norm, we are at the forefront of this change, and it will happen Carmel.
Wouldn’t it be great if schooling was like this Susie?
There’s a gentleness in the learning you described Susie. We would all have more understanding of the ‘whys’ in our lives. Looking at them as a learning and teaching and finding a new way with understanding and care.
Love the cyclic nature of how you have explained the schools of the future Susie. It feels so natural and deepens as we evolve! Brilliant. Just by the way you have expressed here, you are already a true teacher! Thank you.
Another classic blog Joel which debunks so many ideals and beliefs we have about religion, philosophy and science being separate or compartmentalised. When I think about it, our society as a whole is geared towards and often openly encourages competition, separatism and comparison. It’s crazy really as the only thing that will address many of the issues we face is removing these barriers and compartments. The only way back to true harmony and truth is by considering the all, and this includes seeing the fact that religion, philosophy and science can in truth never be separated or disconnected from their equal counterpart in making up the whole.
As someone who grew up being taught that Science, Religion and Philosophy where all different and separate it took a little time to consider they are all interlinked. Yet now with greater clarity it is the simply fact, I’ve come to understand, you can’t truly talk about one without the other. Universal Medicine is both unique in the true quality of each of these and also how everyone from all walks of live naturally come together discussing these things without necessarily having any degrees of formal education in the area. A great confirmation that the quality we live and are is more than what we think we know in our head.
Without all three working together we don’t get the whole picture. So then why hold onto our part and believe that it is the whole when it is a part and not the whole? Is there still an arrogance in our stance that says ‘our way’ is the ‘the only way’? Much here to ponder on, thank you Joel.
A well written, truthful and inspiring sharing Joel. Thank you.
It is true, as I feel it that the three- religion, philosophy and science are part of one and should not be compartmentalised.
The truth I feel from Universal Medicine and the workshops is from my body and this feeling is equal and uniting. Hence why people from different cultures, religions and languages become so at one during a workshop.
Universal Medicine presents that science, religion and philosophy are all part of divinity and as such complementary to each other and not ever the adversaries that they have been made out to be in today’s world – and that is just one of many reasons why the Unimed workshops are so rewarding and worth their while.
Wonderful Joel. What you have managed to capture is that a human actually has the science, religion and philosophy known already within themselves. I now no longer give my power away but through discussions and learnings from Universal Medicine can feel within my body the wisdom and truth that speaks universally. And as I deepen my relationship with myself, which is accessed through a more responsible and self-caring livingness, I deepen my awareness and ability to access all truths. Serge Benhayon says time after time, that what he is able to share is equally known to us all and if we so choose we can implement the tools and suggestions he presents to access more of this wisdom. But I am a living master and as this deepens in me, so too does my universality, connection to brotherhood and awareness that we are all equal. A far cry from the recognition and accolades that can be experienced with acquiring ‘knowledge’. I feel alive and I feel vital and I now only desire to live in a way that inspires others to feel and know they too have access to the same understandings of this Ageless Wisdom.
I love your blogs Joel, you write with such clarity and power. The understanding from Universal Medicine with religion, philosophy and science being so interconnected makes such sense and are living teachings for daily life in the here and now.
Wow Joel another great writing bringing such clarity and understanding to our very important basics and foundations of life – Religion, Philosophy and Science. Bringing their true meaning and understanding with out there interpreted ways of being and ideals and beliefs is simply beautiful to read and feel and is something we know inside and can live. Thank you for this beautiful sharing and revelation .
Religion, philosophy and science without the mental constructs and ideals and beliefs are very different and are found in all aspects of our lives. It is interesting how to take philosophy as one example, for many years I considered philosophy to be something for clever men from the past found in big textbooks with language I didn’t understand, but in fact philosophy I now know is within us all, and it is a falsehood to consider ourselves lesser just because we don’t have fancy words. Wisdom comes from how we live and the philosophy we offer flows from that lived quality.
Awesome!
It is true that Philosophy, Religion and Science are often viewed as very separate from one another and are often portrayed by their various supporters as being the only one with all the answers. But what if the answers were only to be found in the unification of these three?
Joel I like the idea of us having the ability to be our own scientific experiment. We can test what works for us because we live in bodies that experience life every second of the day. I appreciate the fact that we live as part of so many cycles. One way to look at it is that we get the chance to make the same or different choices every day, and experience the effect of those choices, and so learn from them.
Joel your blog has so much to ponder on. What came to me was how much we compartmentalise life. It stops us from making links, seeing it is a whole and how everything is interconnected.
Thank you Joel for bringing together religion, philosophy and science in one blog and showing that they are interconnected and supportive of each other. When we interpret time as being lineal and that we have to get somewhere and find a solution we are constantly looking back at what has gone before and striving to achieve something ahead of us. Understanding the cyclical nature of everything allows us to be aware of the choices we have made and are making and how this will affect the choices we will make as we gradually find our way back full circle to where we first came from – God.
“With absolute responsibility we can consider that we will be presented with the same lessons until we learn what is there to learn.” So true Joel, as I am currently learning – things I thought I had put ‘behind me’ are now returning for me to truly deal with and get to the root of, until I have learned that lesson; then others will arise. It is an ever-deepening ever-expanding way of being – no goal to reach (tho I have sometimes set myself one – and then disappointment sets in – so learning to have no expectations and with the deepening, allowing life to unfold. )
Living it is the key to the Way of the Livingness. This combines all aspects, religion, science and philosophy, because that what is life.
Oh wow, Joel, what a beautiful explanation of the three, Religion, Philosophy and Science, and the way they are for most at this time: ‘Each traditional approach seems to lead to an oppositional standpoint and people are encouraged to fight for what is right, different, or better (in their view).’ thus creating separation. I love how, they way they are discussed by Universal Medicine students or at a Universal Medicine event, they unify.
“There are no winners, no losers, just all of us on the same path of learning with and from each other.” That’s the magic of living with love, truth and the wisdom from within. Thanks Joel.
Wow Joel this is great writing on your behalf. This is a great introduction for anyone contemplating exploring Universal Medicine. We most definitely need religion, philosophy and science as a combination to live a life of conscious presence and a connection to our cycles of birth, death and rebirth.
Serge Benhayon has the ability to bridge religion, philosophy and science to which the end result is truth.
Thank you Joel, for bringing this clarity about Religion, Science and Philosophy. You bring these modalities back to the human proportions they are designed to be compared to the institutionalised modalities society has made of them, disconnected from each other and from humanity, on its own standing and telling humanity what they should adhered to. Bringing these modalities back as means to study ourselves in relation to the all empowers us to become students of our own lives as we are all priests, philosophers and scientist of life.
Wow Joel, a very powerful article that articulates in detail the simple notion that we are not from this planet and hence we all need support in understanding this and connecting to the simplicity of how to live with integrity, respect and harmony. Thank you for the confirmation that Religion, Philosophy and Science really do matter.
Joel, it feels like what you are sharing presents the truth of what Religion, Philosophy and Science offer humanity. Our perception and interpretation of what they each are and how we use them, has been bastardised over the centuries, possibly manipulated by people for their own gain. It feels so liberating, honouring and empowering to now feel how accessible they are, for each and every one of us. Not something to shy away from, but to be open to with a full heart and a desire to learn more, thereby empowering ourselves to be more.
‘here is the magic, the discussion about religion, philosophy and science all happening at the same time so we can talk about that sacred aspect of ourselves and the endless loop of learning we are presented with.’ …… very awesome and truly magical.
We are then including ourselves in the loop of learning, instead of seeing the learning as separate from us, we are together in the same cycle. What is felt in the body presents much for us to learn from, aided by the wisdom religion, philosophy and science offer to us. What is learnt must be felt in the body, then lived from the body, then we have embodied what we have learnt.
I used to see religion, philosophy and science as completely separate subjects – subjects that are outside of me to be studied and not much to do with actual life itself. These three are all about finding out the truth, but it appears to me that somewhere down the line I had downgraded the truth to be some opinionated, subjective views of the world through different avenues. Bringing all three together makes so much sense.
Hi Joel, your blog brings together 3 powerful lenses through which humanity views life. So many debates have taken place where one tries to proves the other wrong. In the living of my life the truth is I experience the sacredness of me, with the never ending potential and possibilities open in the wonder of the world in which so much is being proven everyday in the small reflections offered by nature. Yes – there is no separating the connection of these 3 players in our world. When we connect them all and allow them to support us all, together we are all winners and there are no losers.
It is without doubt that if we compartmentalise religion, philosophy and science, we miss the magic all of this brings when incorporated into a single sentence or topic of conversation. How can we cultivate the greatest possible awareness about ourselves without all that is available to us?
Another stunningly powerful article, thank you, Joel. When I think of religion, in the context of how it’s been presented to me in this life, I feel cold and withdrawn in my body. However, after attending Universal Medicine workshops I am now able to fully embrace and cherish the relationship that I have with God, it has always been there, but has never lived up to the demands of the church.
‘It turns out that we need religion, philosophy and science to more fully understand life, but we need them without the dogma and we need them simultaneously and not compartmentalised – but truly lived.’
So brilliantly and eloquently put, Joel. It makes so much sense and feels so true in my body to read those words. Science, Religion and Philosphy are each one face of a triangle that make up the whole. We need the three parts to have the whole.
‘study ourselves as a science’, a revelation that seems so obvious. Thank you Joel for encouraging the discussion of religion, philosophy and science, it is evidently very needed.
The division between science, religion and philosophy has not served us in any way. It has generated a competition for people’s minds. All of them ask for belief…at least the religious people are more honest than the scientists about this. What about our body? What about our heart?
In all of the vying for supremacy, the claims and counter claims, and the arrogance that each one is “it” we all lose out on the fact that they are inseparable and that each and every one of us knows them equally.
We start to put these seemingly disparate pieces together we discover a great Truth about life, who we are and our purpose here.
This is so true Joel. And, interesting that almost all wars, arguments and debates throughout our history have stemmed from Religion, philosophy or science. When in fact, these are three foundational aspects that can unify us and evolve us as a one humanity, as we experience through Universal Medicine.
When we are living the sacredness of the religion we have with ourselves, God, and live the wisdom that’s inside with all those we meet, great things can be accomplished. This is the science and beauty of the Soul, and it is our deepest shame to not be working together like this, unified with Soul and in complete harmony or brotherhood.
Love the assimilation of all three Joel. Your line here: “More often than not, these people with ‘greater knowledge’ are not living examples of what they share but examples of someone with a good memory” – yes recall isn’t intelligent and feels cold and exclusive; living what’s inside us is and feels warm and inclusive.
I’m currently undertaking a research degree at university. This involves selecting and reviewing the literature (journal articles) on a very narrow topic (over which one can later claim some sort of ‘ownership’), conducting research on that topic, then writing a very lengthy monologue on it for presentation to two or three examiners. No one much ever sees it again nor is it particularly useful for others’ research as theses aren’t considered reference-worthy. And all of this takes years to complete. Talk about segregation of knowledge – by a few, for a few! – and with little practical use to boot. There needs to be debate around the nature of research degrees and the way these are constructed.
That Universal Medicine can present on these three often divisive topics in a way that unifies all is testimony to the strength of what this unique organisation and the man at its helm, Serge Benhayon, brings. When I’m a part of the gatherings at which science, philosophy and religion are discussed, I feel as if I’m back in a forum of old. This is how learning should be.
Universal Medicine turns on its head ‘the way things have been done around here’. Never have I enjoyed science (I lost interest at school), philosophy (dry, dull and difficult at university) and religion (church, ugh!) like I have at Universal Medicine events – and now too, via the College of Universal Medicine. This is truly learning for our times and an amazing and inspiring way to re-connect to that which we are innately already connected to.
Joel your writing brings such clarity in its simplicity and universality. It is quite amazing that so many people from so many different backgrounds, walks of life can come together in unity of understanding and thought. Some critics may say this is the product of indoctrination but it is not, it is the connection to a one unified truth that everyone has access to.
So beautifully delivered Joel. Before Universal Medicine I would not have called myself religious, in fact I would have shunned it…and I would have thought myself too ‘stupid’ to be philosophical (even though this was part of my every day life) and I would have considered science to be some kind of empire that existed beyond my capability to understand…even though I worked with the body as my profession. Now I know that these are not separate entities of study and they are certainly not anything that is beyond me. It is within the way that I live that the true meaning of these 3 aspects can come to life.
Joel – your stunning way with words makes clear the naturalness of union and interchange between true religion, philosophy and science. You make the inaccessible accessible and everyday for all.
I agree Kate, Joel just has the way with words. He makes things so simple and logical that it just makes sense. He has a natural gift in communicating complexion to simplicity.
Thank you Joel, you bring to the fore a fascinating look at these usually-hot-potato-topics and your observations are spot on. We see what is possible when these three studies of life are brought to a group of people from the truth of what they offer us, which is as you say, to more fully understand life. When these studies are presented from the basis that we are all absolutely equal, and in fact that the truth of them comes from the very core of our being, there are no absolutely no grounds for conflict.
Very beautifully written Joel.
Wow, Joel, this blog simply and clearly shows how when we bypass dogma and mental concepts we bring these three aspects of truth together into our livingness, and revelation is revealed. You show how we can resurrect these subjects from the library to the living, from the lab to real life where we ourselves are the scientist and the subject, the philosopher and the priest, confirming our own connection to divinity without the need of an interpreter.
First, there is a Whole. Within that whole, there are parts that chose to walk away from this whole and become ‘the many fragments’ of the Whole, that now exist seemingly ‘on their own’ but still within this whole. In this ‘own-ness’, they forget that they are part of the Whole and as such, their way of thinking also becomes fragmented. Because of this, the Whole that has never strayed from being a whole, despite the choice of its fragments to ‘depart’, takes on the appearance to the fragments as ‘being fragmented’, much like a mirror that has shattered. In each piece can be seen the whole, but the nature of what is reflected will depend on the lens through which it is viewed. Thus, if we stand separate the Whole, the gap we have created will not let us see that there is actually no gap. In this space, we see the world we want to see, not the world that actually stands before our eyes.
Very true Joel: “The religious debate is not about if we pray on a Saturday or Sunday, the philosophical debate is not if we exist at all and the scientific debate is not about disconnecting life from the sum of its parts.”
Religion is about re-turning back to who we are, it does not matter which day of the week we make this choice. We exist because we are here to learn that there is a way to live that infuses the temporal reality with the Divine truth and when this is done, we realise that we are all equal parts of the one great and splendid whole, that in truth, can never truly exist in separate parts just because that is how we choose to see it.
Wow, you say it all: “we are all equal parts of the one great and splendid whole, that in truth, can never truly exist in separate parts just because that is how we choose to see it.”
Reducing our perception of the Whole into parts and then not looking at those parts as part of the Whole that they have seeded from, has been one of our great undoings as a humanity. And not just in terms of the division between religion, science and philosophy, but also in regard to the division we have caused within and amongst ourselves. We belong to a great sphere of life, a holographic universe where each part contains within it the entirety of the Whole and the Whole contains the entirety of its every equal part. This is what is meant by the ancient and ageless teaching: ‘As above, so below’. We are each the every part of the every one of us. Without this connection, we are lost, fragmented, searching and able to be sold everything and anything that offers us all that is not The All and therefore can never support our return to the ‘all that we are’ so that we can live once more the fullness that is – The All of Us.
“With absolute responsibility we can consider that we will be presented with the same lessons until we learn what is there to learn.”
The ‘endless loop of learning’ that we are presented with is something we have learnt to conveniently ignore, bury and subsequently blind ourselves to. We are forever trying to walk a straight line on a sphere, failing to realise the simple fact that to do so, simply returns you to the same point that you started from. Our earth is a sphere and hence all movements contained therein are also under this governing impulse, whether we choose to see it or not.
I agree Joel, the way Universal Medicine and the teachings of the ageless /ancient wisdom definitely holds everybody as part and as equal in regards to religion, philosophy and science rather than as separate or disconnected pieces of what is really the same puzzle so to speak. As you have so eloquently said quoted
“And so, here is the magic, the discussion about religion, philosophy and science all happening at the same time so we can talk about that sacred aspect of ourselves and the endless loop of learning we are presented with.”
I have also witnessed the brotherhood that this allows for, with the myriad of different people from different walks of life, in the equality of brotherhood, quite amazing really and something to study and appreciate as it is in juxtaposition to the way of the world with so much debate, comparison, critique and conflict .
I love the magic to which you refer, Joel: “… the discussion about religion, philosophy and science all happening at the same time so we can talk about that sacred aspect of ourselves and the endless loop of learning we are presented with.” I also love the re uniting of us with our true cycles – straight lines never did it for me. Reconnecting with our cycles to re connect with ourselves – yes, that’s what I find with Universal Medicine. This is the way back to the sacredness we innately are…..yes.
I also love how you expose the severe limitations of compartmentalising knowledge – the foundation of Universal Medicine is Love – no compartments in that – and certainly no arguments based on the possession of knowledge, self elevation and “power.”
As you say Joel our understanding is incomplete without consideration of the three areas (religion, philosophy and science) all together. For too long the areas of philosophy and science have been commonly perceived in academic terms, while religion is often approached in either fervent or dismissive tones. I would also have included myself in this bracket in the past but in more recent times through attending and listening to Universal Medicine workshops and presentations I have have been encouraged to reflect on the broader possibilities of how all three aspects interrelate. In doing this it seems more naturally cohesive and to add a flow to life that is missing if I take just one subject in isolation.
Thanks Joel for sharing these insights about how Universal Medicine teaches us to unify religion, philosophy and science in a way that makes them totally relevant to our lives. This is one of the reasons why the Ageless Wisdom is felt as the truth.
Jean I agree Universsl Medicine does amazing in teaching us to unify science, religion and philosophy in a way it makes them relevant to our lives. This has allowed been a beautiful way for us to feel the truth of the Ageless Wisdom.
It is amazing how Universal medicine has an whole and well rounded view of religion, philosophy and science, so much so that they all work together in harmony instead of being compartmentalised.
Joel, you have an ability to see things clearly and simply and truthfully. It is in our life that we find meaning and understanding, that is in the way we are living our life. If life is simple and easy it is truthful but if it is complex, difficult and hard then we are not truly living life but just existing from one day to another or one disaster to another in the world. This is something for us all to ponder on.
Joel I love the clarity with which you express. You have articulated my experiences with these subjects exactly. I have always had a love of exploring ideas about the world and life philosophically but found the debates frustrating in that they fell short of reaching a basic truth. To work with others and find a point of true agreement is indeed an expansive experience.
Joel delivers another glorious blog as a true religious person, philosopher and scientist who is living the work of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon. We can all live religion, science and philosophy which is very empowering and equalising.