1,041 thoughts on “Investments – Where Are You Investing?”

1. Investing is like expression, in that it’s a body-based science: knowing where and what to invest in, how much and when.. there is a precision to it that our bodies innately know the answer to. We can sense everything, down to the tiniest detail, and we know when we’re investing in something that is not supporting us in any way, and when something is supportive, enriching us and others in many ways, far beyond the state of our finances.

2. I agree for sure that there is no shame in being willing to see our imperfections, they don’t define who we are but just show us the kind of choices we’ve been making in our way of living and from that we can simply learn and evolve.

3. I remember once in a counselling session that I was offered the fact that I could change my mind about something, and it was like 10,000 lightbulbs going off. I know it sounds quite straightforward, but often for me it was not. If I had made a decision about something, I was going to stick with it, I had invested in this and it was going to work out – come hell or high water! It is a delightful moment when you can say, actually that no longer feels right, and i am to no longer do it. It is quite freeing actually. Here’s to more of it, keep leading the way Rosie.

4. “Investments – Where Are You Investing?” – when we start to invest in the light of the soul, we realise the extent of our prior poor choices of investment that have not been focused towards this and the waste of money, energy, time and crucially evolution as a result.

5. Investing in any outcome really prevents us from being able to deal with what is before us.

6. How much do we choose to not be honest with ourselves and with the fact that we are so much more that just a human being because of the investments of any kind we have in human life, this human life we have created all together and which I found is not our true way of being to begin with?

7. In my choice to reconnect with the origin we are from, any money and time I spend in that I do not see that as an investment but as a natural flow of my energy that is given to restore a way of living on earth we all at a time have to return to. And to I have found that way of spending time and money is not draining as it feeds back to become even more and more.

8. When we know who we are, because we’ve discarded enough of all the stuff that clouds that knowing, that inner confidence starts to radiate out, slowly at first, and more and more, as we get used to what that feels like.

9. To become a savvy investor, there is no need to experience how does it feel to be a bad one. Yet, unfortunately, most of us learned the hard way. This is just a reflection of how hard we really have tried to make work what it cannot and never will.

   1. Indeed, that is what most people believe life is, that life is hard and that we forever must not give up trying to make it better. But as you say Eduardo, in truth we absolutely do not have to go that way, we do not need to have the bad experiences but can make life light and joyful instead.

10. We can waste so much time and then use the fact of not having time as a reason why we didn’t or can’t do something, but the real question is how do we spend our time? And what do we invest that time in … now this is an awkward question for as I ask it I can feel how much time I waste doing things that really don’t support or nurture me so time to look at my time 🙂

11. Rosie, this blog is so refreshing – it is a great reminder that we are the ones who make our own choices. No one else does it for us unless we give our power away to this, in which case we delegate the choice to another whilst actively not choosing to make a choice! And so really there is no one else to blame when things do not pan out how we planned them to or would have liked them to or needed them to. But in each case and each situation, it is still a learning, an opportunity to take home the message and to embrace the next step no matter what we are being shown and taught.

12. It is very simple – we either invest in all that love is and thus the wisdom our Soul’s light enriches us with, or we invest in all that is not love and thus the ever hungry spirit and all that it desires to indulge in while in carnal form.

13. Our great undoing as human beings is when we have sought to own what cannot be owned – the love, knowledge and wisdom of the Universe. Thus, the fallen son of man ‘forgets’ that he/she is in-truth a Son of God.

14. The transparency is key, not asking others to fix our problems but equally not denying our awareness of the issues ready to be dealt with.

15. I am realising I have investments I didn’t realise I had and can now see thanks to your blog and many of the comments that it doesn’t need to be a drama but there are some pictures I have invested in that are causing complication for people around me. These blogs offer such a deep wealth of support if we are willing to look at why we do what we do.

16. A good investment is one that you never second guess or think – should I have done that? Over the past few years I have spent money on various Universal Medicine courses and never once have I not appreciated what they have given me.

17. If we sell our shares in numbness and divest our interests in stress, what would we find at the back of the vault? Our own richness.

18. Money spent with Universal Medicine is an investment in ourselves and all of humankind, now and into the future.

    1. The return on investment lasts a long time!

19. Honesty is so refreshing and the way we all learn, being open with others in what we’ve learned, the mistakes we make and their impacts allows all of us to grow and learn with each other, and ultimately that’s what we’re here to do.

20. Its a great question, what are we investing in? I also spent a great deal of money and time in a very many things that really at the end of the day provided me with not a great deal. As I look at this it was never about investing in me, it was about investing in an image. I used to have many books that filled 3 book shelves that I hardly ever read and loved friends and family coming over to browse my books shelves. I though they made me look interesting and intelligent, but really what they were highlighting is that that image was more important than me…just me. Discerning in what we are investing in is key. For if we are really investing in ourselves, everyone receives the benefit.

21. “I preferred to blame than to look within. I wanted someone else to do it for me. I had chosen to be a victim and a ‘poor me’, and I as identified with it.” I know that one Rosie, as I also followed the path of seeking everywhere outside for the answers and when I thought I had come across something, investing my time and money into that only much later to find that it wasn’t of true service to myself or to anyone else, rather than looking within where the answers were all of the time. The best investment for me is getting to know and understand who I truly am and that flows onto me being more discerning in my choices, plus being able to understand others more as well.

22. Yeah getting your friends or family to invest in the same thing that you invest in is risky especially when it does not work out

23. In my quest to ‘find me’ I dived undiscerningly into many of the modalities, books, schemes etc that were on offer, ones that were promising the answers to everything. But just like you Rosie, even though I had on “several occasions an inkling that something just wasn’t right” I just kept on hoping that my feeling was wrong and what I was studying was indeed the answer. Time certainly proved that that sort of undiscerning blind faith didn’t work, leaving me none the wiser. Along comes Universal Medicine promising nothing while offering so much, encouraging me to discern, supporting me to love who I am and all that changed, in the most amazing ways.

24. Our body shows us exactly what we are investing in, be that food, alcohol, entertainment etc. When we invest in ourselves and seek healing the body also shows the affects of that as well.

    1. Our whole approach and definition of what investment means is redefined when we see the remuneration our body gives once we begin to self-care

25. I think sometimes our pride can get in the way of us fully accepting the realisation that something we’ve been choosing to do has been harmful… But if we let that go then we can simply see the choice without judgement and learn from it in order to truly change and move on.

26. I love the fact that you are out in the world making a difference, this difference is huge, as the Livingness in life is the movement towards any true change and evolution.

27. It is quite humbling when we realize that we have invested in a whole lot of stuff that is actually harming for the body. This is a moment of reckoning that is needed before we can start looking at what is truly worth investing in, for example, love and truth.

28. Letting ourselves experiment and learn with experience and honesty is simpler when we don’t try to be perfect. It doesn’t mean just doing anything, discerning is still key but without being stuck in an ideal of how we think we should be…

29. When we invest in our connection to our Soul, to deepening our connection to who we are within, our need to be identified, recognised and accepted by the world around us and including our relationships holds no value, as we become more and more aware all that we are in essence is everything and living in connection to this quality is ever-inspiring and fulfilling.

30. One of the most insidious and dogged investments we can be caught in for very long is righteousness that in the end always turns out to be self-righteousness, i.e. self-justification.

31. When I invest in my being and my connection to the divine knowing that is always trying to guide me, I find life turns from black and white to technicolour. I feel alive, at ease, purposeful and completely supported.

32. A fine but crucial difference: investing in life or committing to life.

    1. Absolutely, thank you for highlighting that. Reviewing what commitment to life means to me is something that I find keeps unfolding.

33. I more and more get to realize how much investing in emotional safety is an investment in abuse; both needs to be released before a sound sense of true safety and harmony can be experienced and hence be a great investment in one´s well-being.

    1. Thank you Alexander Braun, this is so true. We know when we have an emotional attachment to someone or something and we know that, in truth, it is not supporting us but we can have a lot of resistance in letting go. Calling it for the abuse that it is brings the stark truth out into the open.

    2. It’s the same with an investment in security. When we do that it can be like having blinkers on. We may then make all sorts of choices that are not based with the focus and outcome of security.

34. The learnings on offer at Universal Medicine courses are priceless, no amount of money can actually add up to the gold that is presented and it is the best investment I can think of for my health and well-being.

    1. I agree Viktoria as in our investing in living in connection to our Soul, the return is not only exquisite, magnificent and divine but one that is never-ending in awe and wonderment. I am in.

35. Investing in life to be certain way is huge trap and takes us away from our ability to observe the simple honesty of a situation.

36. I realised I had an investment in an outcome recently, for it to be a certain way and that this was coming from old deep hurt I hadn’t let go of. I let go of the hurt and the investment went too and I was able to see the truth of the situation clearly and how I’d got myself into it.

    1. Yes so investing in Universal Medicine courses that support us to not only release the hurts but also understand how they got there in the first place is a wise move.

37. There are many things I have invested in but all investments can be let go of as they are not true. Truth is the only thing that we are irked about time and time again because we are made up of it.

38. What a great reflection Rosie as ‘investment’ has had quite a narrow definition in the past and always been something outside of us. This blog has invited me to look at who I am and how that is for me as I move through each day, it highlights that anything we put our money to, goods we purchase, services we seek out are investments that become ‘add-on’s’. Once we claim ourselves and what we bring that is already within us as something worth investing in everything changes. Today in every moment I am investing in me and bringing that to everyone else.

39. “And time wise, I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.” This speaks volumes Rosie with regard to what you have previously invested in and what you are choosing to invest in now. The fact that you are making the changes for yourself instead of sitting around waiting for them to ‘happen to you’ is inspiring and shows us how when we bring our full focus and attention to whatever we do, miracles can and do happen.

    1. This is also demonstrating a commitment to life, without which this new foundation would not be possible. So many of us complain about our lives but do not renounce those behaviours that have led to the situations we find ourselves in or put into action those which will truly support.

40. That is the point where we need to get to – living in a way that is of great benefit everybody else, all other people around you including you.

41. We have been hood-winked into believing that investing is only about money or time… but there is so much more to life that we can invest in than just these. Its evolutionary to open our eyes and honestly see all our investments for what they truly are.

    1. We invest in belief systems, in consciousness and probably, most of all, in our own ideals and beliefs, i.e. in the pictures we have of how things, situations and people should be.

42. Spirituality did not allow me to see clearly, it was in fact a numbing choice to not deepen awareness and thus not truly grow or evolve. I felt a superior feeling which was false as my life was a mess, there was no honesty and realness. My life today is not perfect and I do not want it to be portrayed that way. My expression is very imperfect but I say it as it is in realness, words and sentences are not made to sound nice but it’s honest. I have never felt communicating to be so amazing.

43. With any investment we are looking for an outcome, and when we connect to our essence life turns around for a true relationship with our-self. Thus an outcome cannot come from our true inner-most or essence as an outcome is an investment in what will distract us from the divine essence, and because we trust innately that the Love of our Soul will provide the space for our evolution there is no need for even the slightest distraction.

44. We can spend so much time and effort investing in things outside of us to deliver us safety, security and love and yet all the time we are missing the treasure within.

45. If we can release our need to be right or wrong we free ourselves of so much of the constraint and attachment of our investment in our investments. There is a big and beautiful lesson in here about humility and the willingness to learn.

46. Funny how we can have attachments and investments to various things – even the other day I was clearing our my cupboard and set aside some clothes that I never wear and probably never will. But yet I am struggling to totally let go of them! Silly, but at the same time I also have be honest in saying that I am still in some way attached to them and not quite ready to let them go – and that is OK too. So I sit with this bag of clothes ready to go but not ready to let go! And the bag is getting in the way all the time! Hilarious what we can go through! I can say I am getting closer and closer to just letting it go and happily so, but until that moment comes, I will keep observing what I am holding on to!

47. It is funny for when we are investing in something that is not truly supportive we often know not to, but go ahead anyway as we are taken by what we ‘think’ it will ‘do’ for us. When it is a true investment it is always in keeping with the good of the whole.

    1. Spot on Kathleen, we know exactly if what we are investing in is supporting us or not, but often we override that ‘little voice’ and go with things anyways for various reasons!

48. A brilliant reminder of the importance and discerning of true investment in the energetic sense as everything is energy and comes from this and the responsibility and the financial decisions we make. Investing in our way true way of living in connection to the all is the truest way there is.

49. In economics I think the term is a sunken cost. It’s sunken already so no use pouring anything more into it.

    1. That reminds me of boats…. they are holes in the water that people put their money into!

50. I explore investing in not being invested in self, an at times puzzling but very liberating process revealing the investments that keep me from being more than a satellite just revolving around itself.

51. With an unwise investment comes an arrogant pride that will not allow us to feel the depth of our error and thus the steps needed to correct it. Our way through this is with humility and this comes with the understanding that the true richness in life comes from the depth of our love that we live and not from the quantity of money in our bank account or the many accolades we may receive from empty ‘success’.

    1. The arrogant pride train ride is one that leads to a train wreck. But you can get off anytime and you needn’t stay on board for the wreck.

       1. Unless of course, you enjoy the crazy ride and like the identification of the wreck!

       2. Yep, you can spend plenty of time talking about it, fixing it, analysing it and dealing with the consequences. But the truth is, none of it needed to happen.

       3. Yes, you can get identified, waste time with it, and get stuck in it all just a little bit longer.

    2. Absolute gold for me today. Thank you Liane. The magic of humility in the moments I let go of my ‘arrogant pride’ and let myself feel my mistakes; be honest and open about them and move on renewed and willing to correct and learn.

52. The experience of failures is a great foundation and library of what is not true. There is always room for more books on our shelves to build our wisdom of what is not.

    1. Oh yes, I have learnt a lot from what is not.

53. Isn’t it interesting how investment comes in so many forms. With time and money becoming our currency for spending on what we want.

54. I have invested a lot of time in being or doing good. Beliefs of what this means have grown around me as I have grown up. Unpacking both ideals and beliefs about this way of thinking is huge and is allowing me, and allows us, to reconnect to ourselves again and live form what we innately know is true.

55. I found I have invested in life, in the way our families and societies are organised, in the way we as human beings are able to build the most incredible buildings for people to live and work in, roads, railway tracks, bridges, cars, trains, airplanes and ships to speed up travelling, potable water systems, sewer systems, electricity and natural gas networks to support us in having convenient and comfortable lives and so on and so on. The list would be endless if I continue my investment in life. An investment that will only take me away from that what really matters, and that is to return to a way of living that is void of the investment in human life’s external activities, and instead will be concentrated on the development of the re-connection with the divine being that lives within, and actually does not need a physical body or a physical world to live in, so why should I invest in it?

    1. Interesting hey, as one path leads to you and the other takes you further and further away from you.

56. How I am investing my time is a good one for me to look into, am I spending time in comfort or distraction, am I spending time in being present with all I do, and developing a deeper care and nurturing for myself, so that more of who I am can be taken out to the world and shared with others.

    1. Deepening our care and our connection is a great investment and everyone benefits from it.

57. Even though I still sometimes spend money unnecessarily, I am much more aware of what I am investing in and can observe the hooks that cause me to be irresponsible from time to time. As such, I see my relationship with money as a constant learning opportunity, especially if I get it wrong sometimes.

    1. Thats good, use it to learn and grow rather than do it and pretend it didn’t happen. I know that I can use shopping as a bit of comfort and reward at times and its good to be aware when that is playing out.

    2. There is no right or wrong I have discovered too, only learning. And especially with money, which is a beautiful mirror of how we go about with our life energy, we have the opportunity to learn if we spend our money wisely or not.

    3. Bringing our relationship with money to a whole new depth of understanding that has an impact on so many other areas of our lives. I am loving this conversation.

58. It would be great to hear back from you Shirley-Ann, as we become aware of our own investments and share them with others, it may help another be aware of one that they had no idea about.

59. I have just returned from the Universal Medicine Vietnam Retreat, an investment that cannot be quantified by its monetary cost. In fact, the true investment now starts – the way in which I incorporate the wisdom we have been presented into daily life, whereby the true value is in the daily learning and evolution of it.

    1. What a great investment and I am sure you will see the changes for a long time as you live and embrace more of what you learnt and put it all into practice.

60. It is interesting to ask ourselves where and what we invest in, as it is not just financial investments that we make. Realtionships are a great example, and we don’t do ourselves or anyone else any favours when we invest in each other.

61. “life will change because now I am out there making the change” – So true Rosie. We are the ones who can bring about and precipitate change, and it makes no sense to sit in our depressions and woes complaining that we don’t like our life when there is always the opportunity to transform it.

    1. Always, no matter what state you are in. I have seen and met people from all walks of life and health conditions turn their lives around. Nothing special though, no chosen ones for we are all equal and have the same choices to make.

62. Great blog Rosie, I too have discovered that the greatest investment is the one were we invest in the development of self love, and the body responds by loving you 100x back.

    1. The ROI on that investment is priceless.

       1. As long as we have no investment in an outcome.

63. For many years I invested 3 days of the week into the Spiritualist Church at the expense of my family. At the time I used to think that it helped me cope with life and that I was a better parent for giving myself that away time – now I question what exactly were they getting.

    1. It is a good question to ask. I am sure that many have done similar without ever stopping to ask the question though.

64. Isn’t it great that your body was communicating and you were listening…. just maybe not putting into action what you felt. It is a learning process to feel and listen to our body and trust and act on what we feel. I find the more I practice it, the more I know and can then act immediately as my body actually doesn’t let me down… my mind on the other hand can really lead me astray!

65. It is awesome how this brings a whole new meaning to the term investments and what we invest in… it is far more honest, real, worthwhile and responsible to look at our life this way.

66. Yes, Rosie. How we are with money is a great reflection of the level of responsibility we are willing to go to, and it is something we all have to deal with at some point in our lives.

67. Sometimes we can set up our whole lives, our whole understanding of ourselves and who we are and where we are going, on these false notions and investments and it can feel almost impossible to let them go because what will we have left? But what if behind and beyond the investments there is true soil just waiting for us to plant our roots

68. Investing in our family and friends dramas, getting all caught up in it rather than leaving them with the mess they created. Instead of investing time into something like that, it is way more productive to invest in repairs or things that are going to make a difference in the world.

69. Yeah that is a good one Shirley-Ann, the playing over and over in your head of what you should say. It is terrible too as most of the time it comes out wrong even when you think you are going to recite it! Much better to let it go and then when you need to talk you just go for it.

70. Holding on to your investments even has a scientific name – the endowment effect. We value what we own more than what we don’t own, i.e. often will only accept a higher price than the market would give us, therefore we hang on to our investments, whether that is a good idea or not.

    1. It’s interesting, Christoph, how we can hold onto investments and not discern whether it is true for us to do so. It pays to be constantly open to what is needed and not get fixed on things.

    2. This very much exposes our selfish attachments… rather than looking at the bigger picture and what may be of benefit to many others too.

    3. I once tried to give my horse away for free and no one wanted her… I thought it was strange and as soon as I advertised her for $1000 she sold. The new owner obviously thought she was a good horse because she had a $$$ value.

       1. When we stop horsing around many things open up that allows us to take the steps we require to get back in the saddle and live responsibly.

       2. hahaha yes, I am done horsing around!

       3. But have we got back in the saddle of Love that God is providing continuously for us all, so we can hold on for dear life without any distractions from the merry-go-round we are calling life as it currently is?.

71. “I preferred to blame than to look within. I wanted someone else to do it for me.” Oh yes, I have invested quite heavily in these myself. I invest less and less these days as more and more I realise that I am the creator of what happens to me which brings a halt to the blame game and the handing over of responsibility.

72. ‘These days I enjoy being responsible, choosing my way and I love the results I now reap because of the choices I make.’ fantastic Rosie, that share from your experience that being responsible is something that can be enjoyed and that choosing our way is always a choice we can make.

    1. Absolutely, being responsible is awesome!

73. My decade of time spent in spiritual investments has now been fully seen for what it is… a waste of time and money. On the other hand my nearly 15 years of study with Universal Medicine has been shown to be the turning point of my life, bringing great wisdom and evolution.

74. Totally, the choice to blame the organization or see our part in investing and falling for it is up to us and us alone.

75. If we can see our choices for what they were without judging or condemning ourselves then it makes it a lot simpler to be able to make a change and not try to justify the ill choice or behaviour.

76. Understanding that our investments and decisions to do with money are about discerning first brings the responsibility for us to choose wisely. In the past, it slipped through my fingers because my choices weren’t that great. Things change as we learn.

77. I also encouraged friends to come along to loads of the new age rubbish I invested in back in the older days but the great thing is that I have also encouraged many of these same friends to come along and experience Universal Medicine which has changed there lives tenfold for the better. We need to remember that it is always a choice for the other, we never make them do anything, so there can never be blame towards another for what we choose.

    1. Thanks Mary Louise, this is great to read because it is true… they, like me made a choice.. I never pushed them or forced them to come with me or to get into what I was into.

78. Yes Rosie there is nothing airy fairy about life it is for getting to work and being in the flow of the what is.

    1. And to enjoy the process!

79. ‘Today I invest with discernment and not just because someone else is doing it.’ Discernment comes from the connection with ourselves and goes beyond what everyone else believes and want us to invest in.

80. So true –we only lose when we invest in something.. simply because we are not made to invest in those things that actually hold us back from being our absolute selves. We are here to let go of them… see the falsities and not holding back exposing them and revealing them from our deeper love.

81. “it is really easy for us to get misled or to get caught up in things that really don’t serve us, or anyone for that matter.”
    I have learnt recently how easy this is, what I didn’t though expect to feel was just how much harm I brought to another from my irresponsibility. This has completely smashed any ideal that I can simply do what I want without discernment. Every thing I do affects another, or others, always.

    1. Could it be that ““it is really easy for us to get misled or to get caught up in things that really don’t serve us, or anyone for that matter”, because that is actually what we are choosing?

    2. I feel that the more aware I am of how my actions, thoughts etc have an effect on others, the more careful I am and it is really important to know this and not think that it is any different when you are on your own or not because everyone get effected regardless.

82. I recently had another clear out of my wardrobe so that everything in there expresses who I am right now, and it made me wince to admit how much money I had wasted buying things that did not suit me, and acknowledge that they were purchased when I was a bit disconnected or not feeling great in myself.

    1. Hmmm… I’m about to do the same and can already feel that 90% of my wardrobe is not truly me, and bought to make me feel good/better.

    2. The thing is Janet, we all do this, over and over again… and on some level its great, because we are always changing, so what may have felt okay six months ago could definitely not suit where we are at today.

83. I think we all know when we have invested in the wrong things but it is a little thing called pride that keeps us stuck and stops us from connecting to that knowing. I had invested a lot of money in pursuits that kept me away from spiritual pursuits but it is all the same anyway if what ever we do is keeping us away from what is the truth.

    1. Exactly, any distraction from our connection to ourself is a distraction after all, no matter what colour, shape or form that it comes in.

84. ‘Hanging on to anything at all’ means that we are hanging onto to something that is well passed it’s use by date. It is for us to ask ourselves why we are unable to let it go.

    1. Great point Alexis, everything moves on yet if we hang onto anything, a person, an event, anything from the past means we are stopping what is next before us to come, because we are saying no I want this or I want it to be like that. But what if what is next is far greater?

       1. ‘Assuming that the ‘what is next’ will be far greater, is our natural way of being and yet we have reduced ourselves into such poor representations of our true selves that we now not only accept but actually expect our next to either be the same or for many of us to be worse, which begs the question,’ what on Earth have we done to ourselves?’

       2. Indeed Alexis we have set ourselves up to fail and be far less than the stupendous love that we are. it is crazy when we stop to think about it.

       3. Agreed James, and if we did stop to think about it, then we would indeed see that it’s crazy, but we don’t stop to think about it, or more accurately, we can’t. And the reason why we can’t stop to think about it, is because the energy that locks us into repeating our stock standard same behaviours and thus, either treading water or actually going ‘backwards’ does not give us the option of looking at the way we are living with fresh eyes, and therefore we are not free to evaluate what’s going on. The only way to access being able to evaluate and see life with clarity, is to change the energetic source that is streaming through us, because then we will be given the option to question things with fresh eyes. And the key to changing the energy that is coming through us, is to change the way that we move, think and talk and this we do one loving choice at a time, until such time that we are constantly and consciously choosing the energetic source that is coming through us.

       4. Very true Alexis, by changing the way we move with one choice at a time, we have more and more access to seeing the truth of what is going on. If we stubbornly keep repeating the same things then nothing will ever change, not because it can’t, but because we don’t want it to. First we have to make the call and want the truth, and then everything else follows.

       5. James I’m wondering out loud if that is true because if we ‘make the call and want the truth’ from a body that is moving in perpetual lies then it is simply going to pull in something that mimics the truth but isn’t. If we want the truth we have to move truthfully first.

       6. I agree, it can be so easy to get fooled otherwise. I have tried it many a time from my mind, but nothing changes. It is only when I move with all that I am, that the truth is there without question. I feel the call is a body call not a mind call.

85. “And time wise, I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.” – Love it Rosie…There was one point in my life years ago when I was doing a lot of meditation, and I mean a lot! I would sit for 2 hours straight meditating, that is per day or sometimes 2 times per day. Can you imagine that? That is 2-4 hours out of a day that could be spent actually doing something with quality! These days I still meditate, but it is a 5 minute check in to ensure I am connnected, and once I know the connection is solid, then I get on with the activities of life. And this ensures the quality of the activity which feeds me back as much as it supports those around me! I have learned that spending more than a few minutes in meditation is actually not supportive to my body and the truth is there is work to be done, so like you Rosie, I love rolling up my sleeves and getting out there to do it…

    1. I can imagine that and that 2 – 4 hours wasted meditating and checking out rather than committing to and living life is what so many of us can get caught up in… Just reminds me of myself sitting there chanting away as if chanting was really going to change a thing!?!? What an illusion I was in.

86. I have been very invested in playing small for a long time and in truth it is a pattern that is not easy to break because of the time and energy I have put into keeping it going. Slowly but surely I am seeing why I chose to invest in this and what I get out of it. This is helping me to let it go and admit that my investment was never true.

    1. It is so important to be open to looking into the how’s and why’s and digging a bit deeper at times, as it can be so freeing once we can see what has been playing out and what we have been allowing on some level or other.

87. How blessed are we to feel the wealth, True Wealth that we all have available when we choice to be in the Wisdom that is freely available and “I Love the results I now reap because of the choices I make.”

    1. We sure are Greg, it takes wealth away from money and possessions and what truly matters – the depths of love we connect to and feel within, no amount of money can ever match the feeling of being truly content within our body.

       1. Yes James, we are barking up the wrong tree when we consider money has anything to do with the true divine wealth we are all equally able to tap into.

       2. The wrong tree indeed Greg! The continual searching outside of ourselves to fill us up is a trap so many of us have fallen into. We think the more we can gain materially the more content we will be, but you only have to look at the mega wealthy to see their lives are not all it is cracked up to be. Which shows something must be wrong and money is not the answer.

       3. Is it money or the way in which it is used that will deliver us from evil?

       4. It has to be the way money is used, just like with everything, depending on how we use it the effects can be completely opposite, and money is just one of many examples which can be used in both ways.

       5. And divine wealth can also be super ‘mega wealthy’ as long as their energy is all about divinity and True love.

       6. I know for myself the more I am living the love I know I am no amount of money would ever be enough to take it away, nothing in this world is greater than the true wealth we all have access to and know within.

       7. Spot on James, and what I hate about the way money becomes an evil or ill-energy that people chase instead of using wealth and money to glorify the divineness that we all come from. So corruption is allowed and fostered because it has become so normal in every aspect of life.

       8. I agree, money can be so very divisive as well – rather than using it to bring us together and work together money is so often used to separate and individualise us. Somehow we are led to believe the more money we have the more safe and secure we are but if we are void of love then no amount of money will ever bring a settlement to our body and we will always want and need more.

88. The title of your blog is a great question to ask oneself, as from it, you realise that ‘investment’ is a lot more than money.

    1. Yeah it really isn’t actually about the money at all… it is so much more than that.

89. When we see money as a representation of our energy or our investments, it brings a greater sense of value beyond any fiscal limitations.

    1. Energetic investments are the only investments worth putting time and being super responsible for. I know that living life and loving what you do is worth everything as it feeds you back rather than chasing an elusive bank account balance that will forever leave you wanting more.

       1. I know this well. Working in a job that you love, where you can be yourself totally out weighs a job where you could make heaps of $$$, but you have to sell yourself short in the process, or you end up burning out and losing yourself in the process.

90. Brilliant sharing Rosie. There are so many things that I have purchased that were not needed or turned out to be duds. I often find it uncomfortable to throw these things out because I have to admit that I was off track when I made the purchase. It’s not often we apply the same rationale to the time we have spent pursuing things that stunt our evolution rather than support it.

    1. Well said Leonne, and helps to explain why we might hang on to those things that don’t really support us any more as it is the investment that we can sense and what we have ‘wasted’ in that investment. And then of course there is the reverse, where those things we do invest in that are true, are the very things that feed us back the support and the holding.

       1. Yes it is so sweet when you invest in something that supports you and you can feel it feeding you back again and again. It is here that the $ doesn’t matter as it is way more than money can buy.

    2. Yeah I have a recent purchase like that, and as much as it ticks lots of boxes in that it is warm and it was on sale it just is not a true expression of me so it never feels right. Life is super simplified when you are guided by what you feel truly and not lived from what you want things to be.

    3. The tangible things we buy and invest in we can see, but boy oh boy do we waste so much in investing our time in doing things, watching things and speaking things that do not serve us or anyone else at all!

91. I find I choose poorly with my investments when I want it to give me a something that I think I don’t have within me. Anytime I look outside to be more, rather than feeling it inside me I can get very lost. Trouble is, the more you do this the more lost you can feel, as one thing after the other fails to fill you.

    1. Isn’t that the vicious cycle!

92. Investment in outcomes guarantees one outcome: that you are taken away from yourself.

93. How much time and energy have we invested in being human? And is this an age-old pattern, which make this existence seemingly normal? When we start “looking within,” this breaks down the old ways and sheds a True Light on “spiritual pursuits”!!

94. I appreciate everything I have invested unwisely in and being humble and honest enough to acknowledge and to get on with life in other choices or not, and yet always beholding of myself in it all.

    1. I am not sure I appreciate the things I have unwisely invested in other than I have learnt from them and know now what does and does not work.

       1. I appreciate it is an opportunity for me to accept myself no matter what choices I have made. Accepting these choices when I was less aware, is inviting myself to be more whole.

95. I am always discarding old patterns of investment…. the same as freeing myself up from the pictures I may hold in my head about how life should be.

    1. Its a daily thing isn’t it…. and one that I realise that even when I think I have let go of something, I find another layer of it.. a bit more detail needed perhaps and as I bring my awareness to any one area of my life I start to see more areas that need my attention.

96. Bringing care, respect and love into our relationship with ourselves is an investment that reaps benefits beyond our understanding.

    1. Absolutely. This month I have been investing more time in my exercise, stretching and walking and I feel great for it. I realised that with my new job at the office, I am spending a lot of time sitting which means it is even more important that I make sure I move and get my circulation going. It is so important that we adjust our daily rhythms depending on what we are doing and do not get stuck in pattern that may no longer actually support at all.

97. Investing in what is stored within, our potential, and in everything that helps us to unpack or activate it, is a truly good investment. Investments in anything else keeps us wrapped up in what we are not.

    1. And our potential, I now realise has no limit if we just start exploring it and not limiting ourselves by long held beliefs and fears.

98. Everyday, in fact every moment I can essentially ask myself, am I investing in what I am doing for self gain, to get something out of it, such as a reward or some form of recognition, or rather am I investing in and building the love I truly am, so I can reflect back to others they too are the same love? I am either doing one or the other. I used to think there was an in between, which is essentially the right and wrong scenario, both I am getting something from and are all about me, which is a massive trap we can so easily fall into.

    1. It is great to look at why we are investing in anything and what is the purpose. Is it all about me and only me or is it going to support others equally so. What is the purpose is a question I ask myself often?

       1. Me too. I have been doing it a lot recently when I go to open my mouth asking myself ok so why am I saying this, what is the purpose of it? Does it serve and bring a deeper sense of love and appreciation? Is it for self gain or reward? am I trying to prove a point? is it putting another down? the list is endless but definitely worth pondering on.

       2. Oh thanks for sharing these questions to ask… so important to stop and consider.

99. Responsibility is such a gift to embody truth in the body and then it becomes a part of us.

100. Investing in courses, sessions and workshops with Universal Medicine has been the soundest and best investment I have ever made. The return to the investment was my coming back to myself.

     1. Me too Kathleen the investment that keeps on giving is when we invest in ourselves.

        1. You got that right, it keeps on giving and it gets better and better, in fact, my life has never been better. Ever.

        2. Awesome Rosie, the eternal well and abundance of love that has no limits, for the Universe is ever expanding, so too is the love we can be and are.

        3. I agree with that, I know that the love that I have is growing and expanding all the time!

        4. I find it can be overwhelming at times the depths of love that we can go to and access. It is like we think yes this is it and then find there is so much more we just have to simply keep saying yes and embrace it all.

        5. Yes and then we start to realise that the only limit is our self imposed one.

        6. So true nothing is stopping us apart from ourselves!

101. “I remember getting really angry at the thought that I had believed something and trusted someone to only realise that it was all a big lie.” Its big and quite the trap this one – because quite often we don’t want to face the truth, so instead of doing that, we bury ourselves further in the lie, even when we totally know we are doing it.

     1. Yes exactly, I was an expert at this!

        1. Me too Rosie, me too. Still gets me now and then.

102. In the past few weeks I have been finding things in my house that I have had for years, and have never questioned why I have them as they have just been there in my life for so long. Things that I have inherited, or been given because someone else felt I would like it. However some of these things I never actually use, or particaulrly like, they are just there. I have come to realise that I have invested in the attachment to many of these items, and the fact that I have been able to look at them in a different light and ask myself “why have I got this, and do I even like it/want it?” is a personal milestone.

     1. Very cool Sandra. How many of us have things in our house as you describe? So good to let go of them.

103. The beauty of true investment shown here is very inspiring and allows a responsibility and flow in our lives of magic and flow that is otherwise missed in all that is going on.

104. In business it seems that it doesn’t matter where you invest as long as you get a “good return” and save as much tax as possible. Many complicated rules and regulations are built around this and then more complicated ways still to get round the rules. We really have created ourselves a complex system and way of living that only engenders stress and anxiety or a cavalier approach that ignores all this and just pretends that it can steamroll ahead with regards to no one. To be able to work with this and not get caught up is an art indeed.

     1. The truth is though, it catches up with you eventually so there is no point. We really need to be aware of where we invest as there is always a price to pay for all of our choices.

        1. Yes this is true Rosie, thanks for bringing it back to such simplicity.

105. Keeping in what we have hurt ourselves and others with is very harming. It took me a huge sickness to clear my choices and the subsequent years later to clear the toxicity of guilt.

106. We can find so much to distract us, but really we’re not addressing life, our life – I’ve done it, so have others, but it comes back to being honest with ourselves and others and taking responsibility for how we are and how we live.

107. There’s a very clever game we play here where we find things to do, to follow and we use them as props to avoid committing to life, often we know deep down they’re not true for us but they act as a useful diversion from being with us and feeling where we are, considering what is required next and being fully present in our own lives – I know this, I’ve lived this and now as I unravel the distractions I went into and get real and more honest with myself I understand why I took those diversions. Where I am now is both amazing and challenging too and I would not be here without the understanding I’ve gotten.

     1. Absolutely! And we have to always be aware and on the lookout for those diversions as they come in many shapes and forms.

108. The moment we start to blame another, our work, the commute, the city we live in..basically anything but take responsibility for our own choices, we disempower ourselves and make ourselves victims of circumstances and of others. Responsibility, including constantly reviewing where we’re spending our time, energy and money, and whether it is truly serving us and others, is freedom and empowerment that supports the whole- and a far more joyful and less stressful way to live.

109. If we invest in things that are not true for us, we then have to reverse it all when we get honest with ourselves. Is it really worth it?

     1. Yes I know this all too well… having to re trace my footsteps and my choices…. no easy way out!

110. ‘I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.’ – This is such a great point Rosie, only we can make the change we want to see in our lives, which then naturally affects the whole that we are all part of.

     1. Yes and its actually not hard! I think it is harder to resist than it is to go with it and make things happen.

        1. Indeed, digging our heels in is hard work…

111. As I read this article this morning, I could feel the abundance that is now in your life Rosie. When we say yes to living responsibly, we invite real flow into our lives. I can vouch for that myself.

     1. Yes the proof is all around me and you! It is beautiful to see.

112. Yes taking the front seat in our lives and making it happen in a true way is what it’s all about. Anything that supports that is worth investing in.

113. Invest in conditions and you are conditioned to be invested.

     1. So invest “within” without attachment or conditions!

114. I have made many investments in my life but the actual investment in me is the one that is paying dividends, I am building a relationship with me that is quite delightful everyday I seem to discover something about myself that has been waiting patiently for me to reconnect back to. My body is not judging me for my past stubbornness in not wanting to hear what it has been trying to tell me for life times.

115. Awesome to hear of your change and how you are saving rather than loosing.

116. The moment we invest in something, that which we try to own actually owns us, i.e. it takes us away from ourselves because we have given ourselves away to it.

     1. Very true – the investment in anything is a giving up of ourselves to something outside of us.

     2. I like how you put it like this Alexander! Makes me think back to our cute little dog.. We loved and adored her… and invested in her… and we were owned by her… Had to do so much for her that our lives revolved around her. One day, I decided to give her away to friends nearby because I had so many complaints about her barking and crying during the day when I was at work. It was sad but oh so good! I had to fight against all the ideals and beliefs that you have a dog for life, and “how could you do that”….. but the thing is, you have to do what feels right for you and not worry about what others think or believe. Just the other day, I was appreciating that I didn’t have to come straight home to care for the dog and instead I could go have dinner with friends. I am glad I had not given myself away to a dog!

117. Investing in the quality of our life is a no-brainer – yet hardly anyone seems to do it. Thank God for Universal Medicine teaching us the basic tools and principles of how to make life the amazing quality we know it can be, these tools and principles need to be known worldwide.

118. People often associate investment with financial gain. To invest in self, our own health and well-being reaps bountiful rewards, that can be shared with others.

     1. Some think that financial gain is more important, yet without our wellbeing and health, what can you do with the money?!

119. Rosie, this is an awesome point as it tells us that we know deep inside what does and does not work, and also reveals how we have invested in something if it does not work out!: “Now I can see how I made all the choices to seek them out, invest in them and carry on investing in them, even when I had on several occasions an inkling that something just wasn’t right.”

     1. Yes, we know so much more than we like to admit. I know for myself, I have often played dumb and knowing that I am doing exactly that only to regret it later.

120. As I am discovering, the more we invest in things, the more we can get attached to them and this in turn can weigh us down from the freedom of just being. I don’t mean all investments weight you down, but there are certainly some that are obvious – for example do you invest your hard earned money in alcohol and drugs and partying or do you invest in in your well being and health? And then there are more insidious investments such as those in relationships where we invest in another being a particular way, only to find out that this does not work and so the relationship collapses – and we feel let down (not because the other has necessarily let us down, but more so because of what we have invested in, in terms of how we have been in the relationship, was false). And of course there are beautiful things we may invest in such as quality time with ourselves or family, time to care for ourselves etc. So many ways to explore the investments…

     1. Yes Henrietta, what you have offered me is simply the invitation to review my investments… the whys and impacts… thank you.

121. Investing in a true and honest way of living with the ancient wisdom and Serge Benhayon as our guide, is the most advanced true investment in the world and makes all the difference to our lives in the fullest capacity ever.

122. I recently invested some time in completing a healing course. Because the presentation was true and the presenter amazing – the course delivered way more than you’d ever expect and touched on every party of my life. This was a great marker to note of what it feels like to invest in something that’s here for us all – everybody gets given so much back. Thank you Rosie.

     1. This is a great point, a true investment ripples out across our whole life and perhaps even beyond – we don’t know how far that ripple of truth could go.

     2. I know exactly what you mean Joseph as it is clear as day, that the course was never for one, but for everyone and more.

123. It certainly is a win, win for all of us when we or anyone steps up and begins to take responsibility for the way they are living.

124. But in this, we must also not go into regret as that just keeps you locked in the past. Learn and move on.

125. It is interesting to investigate how much of our attitudes and behaviours actually are an expression of not wanting to be here in life, i.e. to be committed to do whatever it takes and being responsible for ones actions while at the same time we resist and even fight to let go of the identification with exactly that life – both aspects are very strong investments both keeping us from being who we are. It is an art of living to be fully committed and at the same time not invested, very worth exploring.

     1. This is a huge investment Alexander not wanting to be here in life, it takes a lot of energy and vested interest to make sure we are not participating in life, no wonder most of the world is exhausted.

126. Investment leads to attachment and attachment, be it to objects, people, places, ideals, beliefs etc. leads to ownership which is our way of resisting the pull back to the Oneness we are from and the ultimate dissolution of the self that led us away from this divinity in the first place.

     1. Agree Liane. It is the killer of our evolution, the killer of our connection with ourselves and with God. We reduce ourselves to living on this plane of life alone – which is not really living at all.

127. It has taken me decades to appreciate who I am and want to Invest in myself, as opposed to other people and out of need. It’s been a steady unfolding and finally I get it. It really does benefit everyone to start with ourselves.

     1. I totally agree Kehinde! It sucks to invest out of need or in others at the expense of ourselves.

128. Its great to be aware of this one, as I know control well too and it can be oh so sneaky and one that goes under your own radar!

129. Investing in protection keeps us ‘safe’ from love but not from hurt, investing in love gives us everything we truly wish for.

130. I have invested in the good, in getting it right and not getting it wrong, and what a miserable existence of trying and failing that turned out to be, now I am investing in me with loving care and connection to my divine quality so this may reflect out to others that this same quality lives within them also.

131. I can very much relate to investing in something only to realise it was not ‘it’, however getting caught in spiritual pride and not wanting to admit the bad choice.

132. Depending on what investment we make will determine what the quality of what will come back. It makes sense to invest and discern wisely where we chose to put our focus and energy.

133. Rosie, I can relate to some very unwise investments over time, the money I spent which I then needed to work harder to earn led to exhaustion which led to searching for something else to invest in which would give me a fix. None of which worked and only left me, exhausted and lacking in wealth (of any sort). Investing in Universal Medicine and ultimately myself has been such an enormous turning point for me and words do not really do justice to the wealth I now have in my life, wealth which comes on so many levels.

134. Spending money can be a way to distract ourselves from deeply connecting to the truth of what is there to be felt and what is needed. I have frittered away probably thousands of pounds to avoid myself, and the responsibility for all of my choices. Universal Medicine has supported me to look at how I live, to make love the common denominator in all aspects of life.

     1. I can relate to this Janet and a great one to expose. To become aware of this and remove ourselves from this energy is a game changer. When we deepen the love we have for ourselves and humanity, spending money needlessly becomes part of our past.

135. I have spent life times investing in family and in this life time, specifically my daughters. Exposing and letting go of this investment is creating much space in my body and in my day.

     1. This is a great one Mary Louise to expose and let go of: needy investments in family. Once we reclaim and invest in ourselves, we expand and accept what is. Sometimes without trying, and getting out of the way change happens any way.

        1. Agree Kehinde the more I expose the investment, pictures and beliefs I held so dearly the more expanded I feel without trying

     2. This is a great point and so simple: let go of old investments and holding on to anything (pictures of how things should be or how I should feel is a big one for me) and feel lighter and more expanded because there’s more space in the body.

     3. It is so common that we as mothers get so caught up and entangled with our daughters! I know I have identified myself as the single mother and it suited me for there I could stay in the “poor me”. In a way, that in itself was an investment to stay and play it small in life. It is great to see all the ways that we invest in ourselves and our family to meet pictures and to be identified.

136. I am about to attend regular meetings that I feel are false and one of my fears has been that I will slowly but surely erode the truth I know within for the next 2 years. These meetings are part of obtaining a qualification. What I’m being faced with is my past history of buying into practises that didn’t heal but kept issues circulating and ongoing. I feel though I may not like what’s required, it is an opportunity to remain present and connected to truth, to not give my power away as I have done previously.

137. It may come down to the simple difference of either investing in being or owning; ‘being’ meaning who we are, have always been and are going to be, or trying to ‘own’ what we are not to make up for not being who we are.

     1. I love the way you have put this Alexander, it very much captures the struggle of investing in everything other than what we naturally and simply are.

138. Letting go of the pictures and ideas we have about life and living, leaves a wonderful feeling of not being invested in anything – and so our next step is simply an impulse from our body that leads to the next.

139. For most of my life I have been irresponsible with money, but now that I am deepening in love for myself, my relationship with money and how I invest my energy is of utmost importance, and the sense of responsibility with this is actually joyful.

140. When we invest in love, we connect to the love we innately are, this emanates out and we connect with love from others. …it’s a love feast!!!

141. I was thinking I was a failure because my kids were taking drugs and/or drinking etc. and have been invested in them changing. It was only last night I realized that this is not the case, that in fact I am an incredible reflection of a woman that has said no to abuse and is now living a fulfilled life, loving herself regardless of what her children are choosing. Thank goodness, I can now just let them be, love them for who they are and not need them to be any different.

     1. There comes an age when our children make their own choices and no matter what what we think, they choose, it is their investment and their way and we as parents are no longer responsible. They may want to point a finger or play the blame game every now and then but fact is, we all can only be responsible for our part.

142. Because most have invested for a long time in shares at the stock market of irresponsibility and comfort it takes a while to cut the losses that sold themselves as profits as long as this was the sought-after commodity.The moment we sincerely like to invest in Soul we have to completely change our investment strategy and consequently our lives.

     1. Brilliantly put! We can’t return to Soul if we keep hold of shares in responsibility and comfort – not because of some dictate but because returning to Soul is realising these shares are harmful and unloving and do not serve. Rather than being an asset where a part of me would like to keep a hold of in the belief they will pay dividend at some point in the future, I realise they are constantly robbing me of my well being and energy.

143. Agreed Rosie, we waste so much time, and may I add that time spent watching TV has been huge “as it allowed me to continue being irresponsible with how I was with myself and others, and it did not ask me to be all of who I am.” It becomes an investment because it keeps us from facing any form of honesty… Could it be the ‘greed’ we have for our-self and our precious time that we lose the bigger picture that brings ”more care for me and that then affects everyone around me.”

144. What a bit of financial advice Rosie! – that to choose all that Universal Medicine is; to trial and feel the support in the body from sessions, courses, presentations and workshops supports us to make such deep and true changes, by one’s own choices, that “I have saved $$$”

145. A very real sharing on the truth of our investments and where they come from and the reflections they show us. The best investment in my life, in every way without a doubt, is my knowing of and investment in Universal Medicine as my choices and way of living, bringing out truth, expansion, freedom, real beauty and love in me and my life, with the knowing of real responsibility and order of the universe we are all part of and from.

146. Chasing dreams, hoping and wishing … I have done them all but what I have found is going out there and making it happen and being responsible for my actions is what really works.

147. We tell ourselves and we are told that what we invest in is real and makes sense, be it the nuclear family, the fenced back yard, the notion of town, nation, country, these are just a few ways that we cause our own separation from one another. It is well worth questioning assumed investments in what feels right and good.

148. One of the best things you can teach a child is descernment. It is one of the most empowering things when it is truly practiced from ones heart.

     1. Learning to truly discern is certainly a way to not fall for sneaky investments.

     2. Teach a child or a friend.. I was an adult when I learnt and you are never to young or too old to discern and its never too late to start.

149. I found one of the reasons we may hold onto an investment that is harmful to us is because we need to admit that we have been fooled to get out of that investment. That blow to our pride seems to be particularly hard to deal with.

     1. Yes indeed Christoph. Admitting to oursleves that we made an unsupportive choice can be one of the hardest things we do, but then it is really important to appreciate the willingness that is there to look at and then deal with the consequences of it.

150. The truth is in love there is no right or wrong, no better or worse. Any so called unwise choices we have made is an opportunity asking us if we can even accept that about ourselves and move on making more choices in respect to our innate wisdom, how we feel. In love there is no differentiation, a spiritual life is not better or worse, it is what we have chosen, a choice. Just as letting go of a spiritual life does not make us better, it is also a choice. We are entitled to all the choices in our lives and we learn that in every choice we are saying yes to love or not, but love does not ever judge.

151. That’s been the big difference I’ve found with Universal Medicine compared to other modalities I’ve taken part is, that is all about how we Iive in the world and not about escaping from it; it’s about taking responsibility in everything we do.

     1. Yes there is no escaping it at all… that is actually what I was doing before I came to the teachings and what I have learnt from Universal Medicine.

152. It is articles like these that have helped me fall back in love and activity with responsibility, learning all the way and appreciating my developing commitment.

153. We say we have had enough, and seen the truth of the lies we live. Yet they still rumble on. Is it possible that we still have our investment in these corrupted ways? Do they suit us and the games our spirit plays? For it seems to me reading what you wrote Rosie that we still want our cake and to eat it.

     1. How true, there can be a bit of a gap between what we actually see and what we choose to live.

        1. and if we are honest the gap is often a lot bigger than we want to admit!

154. Investing in the quality we bring to every moment is the truest investment we could ever make.

     1. The most rewarding, too. Well put.

     2. Hear hear, something well worth investing in.

     3. Absolutely and it will affect all investments there after too.

155. And when we do a spring clean of our home, perhaps we also need to consider doing a spring clean of our hobbies, do we really need them any more, why did we start doing them, what is the purpose now, does it work for me now and those around me…. and we could do this with other areas of our life too. Just bringing more awareness changes everything.

156. It’s very healing and revealing to look at how my false investments suit me, to take full responsibility that I’m choosing them to meet a need. Being honest about this helps me see the need, not as something to reject or deny, but as a small part of a wonderful whole that is asking for loving understanding to heal.

     1. So important to bring understanding and acceptance to ourselves and others, as none of us are perfect and we each have our own lessons and things to learn in this lifetime and our own things that need to be healed.

157. It is interesting the reason why we do things. We can kid ourselves we are ‘moving on’, when actually it is the reverse and we are burying and not truly dealing with or healing our hurts, beliefs, ideals, patterns, stubbornness, arrogance .. I did this for ages until ‘Now I understand why I chose what I did in the past, in ‘my spiritual quest,’ as it allowed me to continue being irresponsible with how I was with myself and others, and it did not ask me to be all of who I am.’ .. but I choose to no longer do this.

158. The big R…almost a swear word in some circles…Responsibility. I know this word means making it about everyone and not just ‘me’ it means healing as we walk our path, making it about the All. It means being aware of the details and energetic impact of choices. It means enjoying a growing sense of true empowerment, there is nothing like being responsible it is responsibility that leads the way to heal and flourish.

159. The title of this blog is a great question to ask as, not only can this make us look at where and what we have put our money into, but also recognising how behaviour patterns such as rushing, anxiousness, nervousness, habits, keeping constantly busy and not taking a break, are examples of what behaviour we choose to invest our body in, as this type of investment is draining our energy too.

160. ‘I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.’ claimed! love it Rosie. What a complete opposite to wanting others to do it for you, blaming others, meditating the day away. I have done this too, how empowering it is to take back responsibility with our choices, and so our life unfolds.

161. Rosie thanks for writing this blog as it allowed me to look back on all those investments I thought were going to help me out of the fog I am in, only to find that actually they did not support me at all.
     The difference I have felt with investing my money in Universal Medicine courses workshops and presentations, is that as you have pointed out, ‘I am out there making the change’. I am more engaged with people and life than at any point in my life and I enjoy being out there in the world, no more withdrawing from life.

     1. Isn’t it beautiful when we realise that we have been living the opposite of what we were here to do in life… and we figure it out and we feel how sweet it is to be with and engage with people rather than hide and isolate ourselves. We have so much to share and I love every moment of it.

162. Why do we have this behaviour to invest so much in the physical life and with that completely neglect the inner spiritual life where our investments would truly yield profit for us all?

163. Beautiful Susan “When we value and respect our bodies, we automatically hold that same regard for another.”

164. We can stubbornly hold onto things, whether they be mental, emotional or physical … whatever it may be, it will be draining our bodies of vitality because it takes energy to hold on, especially to something that is not natural for our body’s way of being.

     1. This is so true. I can feel how clinging onto what isn’t true drains me – financially, physically and on an unseen level too. That intention to remain blind to what I’m choosing is as draining as the activity or choice itself a lot of the time. Another layer of untrue movements is required and then another and another. So how freeing it feels to just admit what I’m up to. It’s like being weighted down by layers of heavy blankets and then taking them off.

        1. I love that, ‘the intention to remain blind’. We know and feel so much and I know for sure that I have been an expert at playing dumb and playing blind, while all along I can see the game I am playing, and the only one I am fooling is myself and even then, I am not.

165. I am pretty transparent these days too, and don’t have a problem with exposing my flaws or sharing my slip ups to inspire another, as I have done in this blog but I haven’t always been like that because there was a part of me that wanted recognition and not to be seen as a fool.

166. One of the most crippling investments I find myself having quite often, is for security and protection from hurt. A hurt I actually hold onto within myself and thus project outwardly to justify the protective way of being I once have chosen. It is a vicious cycle that gets consistently confirmed and therefore my psychological mind-set and resulting behaviour are justified. Although this investment doesn´t make me feel fulfilled, loved or loving, harmonious or joyful, it obviously gives me the sought after security, but in truth it is not security, but resistance against love and identification with my self-created version of life I have invested in so much, that letting go of it is seen as a loss, failure and hurting my pride – that is what spiritual investment does, i.e. the investment of the spirit over the lived life of the human being.

     1. Agree, we put so much time and energy into our investment, like I did with my children, only to see that it was not needed, that it did not support them or myself. To really expose this and let it go is very humbling.

        1. Ah yes, I needed to read this today… the investments we have with our children is a big one!

167. For me the most important investment I have made is working alongside Universal Medicine to reconnect back to something I naturally knew as a child, my relationship with God. Not what most main stream religions would have us believe God to be; but for me the real and true one to one relationship that is constantly on offer. I gave up and withdrew from life because no one wanted to know our true God we have sold out to a lesser corrupted version that to me bears no resemblance to what I know God to be. Universal Medicine has brought back the Ageless Wisdom teachings and so we have the true version amongst us all again.

168. It is a great thing to be able to enjoy being responsible, this I have always struggled with but mastering or just being able to enjoy responsibility is in itself a great investment.

169. It feels interesting to work out how to catch whether an investment will support us or not, when we make any new decision. I am starting to sit and feel into it, not to feel the future but to observe what I feel about the present, the now, as I make it.

170. Investments can be either supportive or unsupportive – it is about the way we go about it, in other words, the quality of energy that we put into the investment. Such as investment into alcohol or cigarettes, or investment into caring for ourselves and eating foods that support us.

171. Funny with investments – we can get so invested in something that even though it does not work for us anymore, we resist admitting this or making the change because of how much we have invested in it (money wise or time wise etc)! And hence we hold onto old things that no longer serve us…until such time that we are willing to admit it and finally let it go!

172. Discernment was the first thing that I was presented when I went to Serge Benhayon’s workshop. For us to feel and honour what we feel. It is so easy to be fooled or tricked by words and actions from another but when you look past everything and feel what is behind what is being presented or offered to you then you have a truth to base your decision on.

     1. Being able to discern is an ability we all have and which is super powerful. We just need to use it.

173. I invested in a thick expensive winter coat this season to support me at work. It is truly worth investing in ourselves because we hold the foundation for all that will follow.

174. ‘ now I am out there making the change’ Awesome Rosie! Investing in living in the truest way.

175. The answers to everything have been within me all along, but I have rejected this truth because I keep ignoring whats within me. Life has a way of showing me this fact and I haven’t liked it, the choice to ignore the truth. Reading this blog again has me wondering about my relationship with all the answers and truth within.

176. I have found that my investments in temporal life and in trying to make it work was a illusion I was trapped in for a long time. Over and over I tried it but it in truth it never worked, it always ended in a disillusion. This went on until I met Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and from the presentations and teachings I attended I found another way to invest in life and that is in coming back to me, in developing greater awareness in life, into relationships and into that what really matters in life and what benefits us all.

177. I recently invested in a car, only to find that things changed and I don’t need it! I know I bought it off the back of a momentum that was not true, so as a result it feels like a bit of a lemon in my life! Time to admit this to myself and make a decision on how to move forward based on what feels true for me now, not out of reaction.

     1. A great example, when we make a decision based on a spur of the moment choice or set of circumstances, getting caught up in the now and not considering what is next or what is true. Then admitting this and working to address it can feel hard, but creates a lot of space when we stop holding ourselves to something that is simply not true.

     2. And how good does it feel when we realise, shed the light on the matter and deal with it rather than try to turn a blind eye, feel the tension and do nothing about it.

        1. Yes it feels super good! I have now sold it. I lost money but the difference in my body is astounding. I feel lighter and I can feel the flow is now back in my life. Worth every penny that I lost!! And a big lesson learned.

        2. I love it, worth every penny that you lost! It is so true, sometimes we learn the most in these instances.

178. We can often take offence when we invest in our relationships to provided acceptance, approval and recognition. When people do not deliver in the way that we want, we can hold it as a resentment and withdraw as a way of protecting ourselves. All the time moving away from the connection we crave.

     1. Spot on Jenny – investments can make us change the way we are in relationships and hence we do not offer the fullness of who we are – this gets masked behind the investments! Quite exposing to feel when we have done it, too!

179. The investment in the daily opportunity we have to deepen in ourselves, in our connection within and in the quality of who we are in our day is one that has provided huge returns since embracing the Way of the Livingness.

180. We have investments in past hurts, stakes in old angsts and shares in ancient miseries. This probably accounts for why we are often so bad at dealing with money – we are fully occupied managing this portfolio of pain. You show us Rosie it’s about time we divested our interests in this unhappy game and redirected our funds, time and energy to loving and valuing ourselves every day.

     1. Absolutely! What a waste to invest in old ways that did not work. Toss them out and start again.

181. I’ve been feeling how much I invest in easing the tension I feel at not expressing what’s there to be expressed or the fear of expressing so. What if I invested in appreciating myself and knowing who I truly am, so when I do express I am not rocked by anything that wants to knock me for doing so?

     1. People often react when I express Karin, but what I have been learning is that just because they react, doesn’t mean I should hold back or not express.I know the tension I feel from not expressing and it is not worth i, no matter what. The more we appreciate that we are all here to reflect and express, we realise how vitally important it is that we all do our part.

182. Rosie thank you, you have inspired me to look afresh at what investments mean and allow myself to let go of things I’m still invested in and holding onto. And for me, the more I work with my Soul and let go of spirituality, the more I can also see that this line is true for me “I wanted someone else to do it for me”. I particularly found this attitude in myself with spiritual healers, an expectation they would fix me, even though my awareness of how I got there would not change. It was also a big game of giving my power away and not living the equality and empowerment I know, feel and live from everyday. Connected to the love within from my soul, I am the most powerful practitioner in my own life.

     1. As I read your comment, I wondered… is this thing of giving our power away to a guru or to following someone because we don’t value our own self and that we are all equal?
        I agree, we are all the most powerful practitioners in our own life. No one else can do for us what we can do.

183. Thanks for sharing this Jane. Hope is such an investment in itself. It is almost like just put everything on hold while we hope… I have been aware of the word and what goes with it for a while and catch myself if I have a bit of hope trying to creep in.

184. What do we invest in? Is it being very good at managing exhaustion and burnout, or being very good at living in such a way that the two never or hardly ever happen? It is our choice, but the first one lets us identify with either how tough we are, or identify with how big a failure we are.

185. When I was searching for the truth in all the wrong places, I did not blink a eye about spending large amounts of money…there was little to no discernment as I got excited by the next new thing that was going to change my life and give me all the answers (which it never did!). What I love about Universal Medicine is its simple message, that the truth we all yearn for is deep inside us, and my finances are so much more stable since I have been living this truth.

     1. Since my investment in Universal Medicine and in myself, I have changed my life so much that I actually have finances for the first time ever.

186. And what I have found is that the more I invest in me, the more I have to share with everyone else. In the past I would often leave me till last but that really doesn’t work.

187. Its great when we move home and have that opportunity to decide once again if you need these things in your space or not. It is one of the things I love about moving most.

188. Being discerning in life is so important … what may be true for one person may not be for another… we each have our own unique path back to Truth.

189. What makes us put so much time, effort and or money into something we know deep down is not true for us?!
     If we are truly honest with ourselves it really does not make sense.

190. I am quite good at cutting my losses so to speak – once I see something is not worth the investment I usually drop it. I too have invested in myself via Universal Medicine – best investment EVER, benefits everyone else as well and the dividends are out of this world.

     1. Yes, good investments have increasing dividends. That is a very underrated feature of such investments.

191. Yes, its easy to be led astray, and no point in beating yourself up as it changes nothing.

192. investing in who we are inside us; blossoming in our glory. Now this is a real investment and takes loving discernment.

     1. Indeed Tricia that is what really matters, to blossom our inner glory. All the investment in the outer in the end always turns into being a burden or a disappointment as they are not lasting and have to be continuously entertained. So when we make the change and start to invest in our innermost we for sure will save a lot of time and probably money too.

     2. I agree Tricia and what in investment to make. Universal Medicine supports me one hundred percent in my blossoming and life transforms with this.

193. You can get faced with this quite obviously when clearing out your house – something we bought a while ago, never use and can’t get rid of because of the money or time spent or other investment, even if it is just sits there gathering dust. But what about when it is a physical thing, a life choice, a job, a friendship, an idea about the future, a relationship that is equally not contributing in truth to our lives, but which we can’t seem to let go of because of our investment.

     1. Thank you Rebecca, I had never looked at investments as part of decluttering but it makes perfect sense.

        1. Sure does, as you create space during de-cluttering you can see the potential.

     2. I love this kind of decluttering – investments in ideas. I may be pretty good at letting go of material investments that I no longer use but the mental stuff until writing this, not so great at. Realising decluttering can include how I should feel about certain things at this stage in my life feels amazing, a real new beginning and letting go of old patterns.

        This week I gave myself a huge break from chasing what I thought would bring me happiness, contentment, joy – anything I considered positive and desirable. What they all had in common was that something from outside of myself would bring me a sense of belonging, a sense of purpose, a sense of fulfillment, success etc. My life is not perfect and I’ve hated myself for it. But what I felt was my essence and how all that was on the outside was scenery I’d created but still scenery. All I need to be is connected with me and observe because then I can learn what’s being presented to me to learn. I don’t have to create anything, it’s all lovingly there for me if I just observe and respond. No judgement, just understanding. A very beautiful knowing that I am held. I can feel a wobble now and then, an old critique of how I’ve made a mess, of not wanting to be aware of the depth of the harm but also, the mess is never bigger than me and there is nothing to be afraid of. We are all held in love.

        1. I agree Karin – we place markers outside of ourselves that determine our worth. Check points that if not fulfilled exactly, leave us feeling lesser or incomplete. But it is a vicious cycle that keeps us trapped in looking outside, measuring up, rather than looking within and developing ever deepening and expanding markers of who we are.

     3. Great question Rebecca. We can invest in so many ways that aren’t directly related to money, and relationships are a great example. Any relationship that does not support us is literally going to drain us, and has to eventually be seen as such. By letting go of our investment in any relationship we are not only freeing ourselves, but also the other person.

        1. I agree – and sometimes, it feels like we are losing, like the relationship is worse off somehow by exposing the investment and the resulting comfort we get, but in truth even if it feels more raw, letting go of investments is like opening the windows and doors of a closed house, allowing fresh air and more space for a true way forward

     4. I agree, we need to look at all of our investments, as there are many more than we actually want to be honest about most of the time.

194. Letting go of something that is not true is actually saying yes for more of what is true.

     1. Simply true, great space for the more.

195. I’ve realised this morning how I have invested in control and as a result of this control also in overwhelm. Having the idea everything needs to be done at a certain time and pace (the control from my head) and create overwhelm. What I now feel is that this investment in control was putting so much pressure on me that when I let go of this idea, I know and feel I am okay and everything gets done with ease.

     1. I can really relate to this, thanks for bringing it up Annelies van Haastrecht. Control and overwhelm can create a viscious circle, one we do not want to be trapped in. Beautiful to realise that with awareness we can observe this and let it go.

     2. It is a nasty cycle to get caught in, the control, the overwhelm and everything that goes with it. It is great when we realise that we are the ones making it that complicated in the first place. Not always pleasant to own it though!

196. It is very exposing to realise that searching for the truth outside of ourselves especially in spiritual practices is a step away from who we truly are.

     1. Given we have all the answers within us, it makes sense that any time we are searching for answers from outside, this would be a step away from who we truly are.

        1. But isn’t this what most of us are doing most of the time? How many of us were brought up to listen to what we feel instead of do what others do? It seems, not that many. It has taken me over 30 years to figure this one out.

     2. Exposing yes, and I still get frustrated that myself and so many of us have got lost in this.

197. “better to expose it all and show our imperfections and share with others so we can all learn together” – Absolutely; by virtue of being honest ourselves we give permission for others to drop their protection and trust again that we don’t have to be guarded all the time with each other.

     1. The difference of being with someone who is guarded or not is massive. The thing is, we think we are protecting ourselves when we are guarded, when in fact all we are doing is hurting ourselves and keeping everyone out.

198. Investing only in ourselves is exhausting and it inevitably comes unraveled.
     Investing in the bigger picture, when it is about humanity and supporting everyone, is far more productive than any self-gain or monetary return.

199. I’m finding it really helpful to ask myself what my investment is in the things that I do – as in it may be a worthwhile thing that I’m doing or investing in but to be aware if I sway (or stray) in the quality that I’m bringing to it…

200. Understanding that anything in our lives that we have an ideal about, or a picture of how we want something to be, ie an outcome, is just another way of saying that we are invested in it. So to be able to let go of any one of these things and instead, choose to invest in our own lives in ways that we can truly learn and grow, and equally support and/or inspire others along the way, is to not only be hugely appreciated, but also celebrated.

201. Investing in Universal Medicine workshops and presentations has been the absolute best investment I have ever made!

202. Our pride can take us on many a devious journey until it is exposed for what it is… an avoidance of taking responsibility for our choices.

203. Your writings are so inspiring Rosie… so open, honest and frank with no niceness – just saying it how it is… which brings a reality to our choices, an acknowledgment of ‘ok I stuffed up’ and an opportunity to move on.

     1. hahaha yes, I am not one to play nice too often. I love when things are as they are, without the falseness or extra toppings.

204. I’ve discovered the beauty of investing in simplicity.

205. It’s common for people to give a higher priority to financial investments than themselves and yet vital to invest and care for ourselves as a life-long commitment.

206. Cutting your losses is a core business and life skill – doing so at the right time can be hugely beneficial. At other times, patience is the order of the day. The key is to discern and identification stops the ability to discern.

     1. And emotions, they can really get in the away of discernment too!

207. To see myself as a worthy investment not only feeds me but others equally.

208. If we honour our instant knowing in every situation then there is no need to invest in anything, for we simply feel what is true or what is the next thing to be done and act or align with that. It occurs to me that investments are only needed or creep in when we are ignoring or suppressing our inner awareness.

     1. Isn’t it great when we let go of the control and trust that inner knowing and what is there to done in any given moment and how everything just flows. I love it when I do let go and allow this!

        1. Yes me too Rosie – it feels amazing when I live my days like this!

209. Discernment is a choice for self and energetic responsibility. With these qualities as a foundation life is forever fascinating and evolving.

     1. And actually for me I feel safer in a sense because I trust what I feel and know that I am able to discern and with that I am not going to get sucked in or lost down the wrong path.

210. It’s a no brainer that taking responsibility is a win/win for everyone including ourselves. It is refreshing to view and understand responsibility in this way, instead of the normally held view of it being a burden and of no benefit for ourselves.

     1. Yes this is a good point Joshua, its like the definition of responsibility has been messed with so people don’t actually see its real benefits.

211. I’ve invested in so many things that have taken me in the wrong direction. Time to spend my money and energy on what I know to be true. If this is done consistently what we can build for ourselves is completely phenomenal.

     1. Yes, we can be slow learners at times :).

        1. Yes we can be slow but once we see through the old patterns and we are open to be honest and expose what we have been lost in, wasting our time and energy in, it can be a fast change and as Rebecca said, what we can then build for ourselves is completely phenomenal and doesn’t take long at all.

212. I am learning to discern what I invest in, for example this could either be with my time or my money, I feel it is important that the energy is healing and not harming.

213. I loved when Serge suggested that we put him to the test and like you, I have looked at it all from many angles with my eyes and my senses wide open and nothing has ever felt so right in my whole life.

214. As ridiculous it may appear but we can even be invested in suffering or being a victim as it can well serve to feel protected, justifying why to play it safe, keep small … a discomfort that is a comfort anyway.

     1. I agree Alexander, there is a whole industry designed around people invested in suffering and being victims. It’s a huge problem when suffering becomes comfortable, bolstered by the sympathy of others.

        1. That is true and there is so many self help and this and that, that simply supports this way of being rather than exposing it.

     2. Being the victim is a lot more common than anyone likes to even admit. In it you don’t have to take responsibility, you can pull the blame card and you can stay small and not have to live your potential. I have done it myself and know many who still indulge in it as for them, it serves them and is their choice.

215. This is just what I needed to read today. It is so easy to get caught up in old hurts and it does absolutely nothing for us. What a waste of time and energy!

216. When we take a step back and look at what the world is currently investing in – mainly -porn, entertainment, alcohol, coffee, sugar and all manor of indulgences its no wonder we are in such a mess.
     Love that you have found another way based on whats true to you.

     1. Whoa it is true, I hadn’t even thought of these types of investments, which are so common and “normal” but such a waste of our time, energy and they are actually harming on many levels.

217. “it is really easy for us to get misled or to get caught up in things that really don’t serve us, or anyone for that matter.” Yes it is very easy, for me sometimes it can be as simple as feeling a bit unsettled and instead of staying with the feeling I go on facebook and read something here, watch a useless video there and before I know it I am half an hour further feeling more tired than before. Yet in this moments I am learning to not be hard on myself for doing it because then I am even further away from myself. I now choose to be honest that that is what I had chosen and to make other choices from now.

     1. Great to see how we invest or where and when and the more we become aware of it, the easier it is to then chose to change it. If we are not aware, we can’t do anything about it.

        1. Very true, it is easy to see it as wrong and dwell on it, but what about appreciating that we are now aware of something we most likely have done our whole life already, if not longer.

        2. And the more we appreciate, the more we see the amazing opportunities in life that at times go un-noticed.

218. “now I am out there making the change.” Words every person needs to hear, for nothing, absolutely nothing truly changes, unless we make the change.

     1. Yes, we can compare, watch, wish, fantasise but nothing changes until we make the change. No one can actually do it for us and no amount of money will be able to pay for it.

219. If we do not value our true worth, we will invest in the ‘fools gold’ that is otherwise on offer to lead us astray from the riches within.

     1. Whoa I like that, and makes me think of how easy it is to get distracted by something shining and glittering and in that, we miss ourselves.

220. Two possible investments:
     1. What is going to evolve us
     2. What is keeping us to be less than we are

     1. I like this Alexander. The word investing seems to get a negative connotation but we are more than capable of investing in what actually supports us with our evolution.

     2. Love this Alex very to the point, clear choice as to what we are investing in.

        1. Yes clear, there is one way or the other, no in between.

221. Every year I travel to Vietnam in order to attend the Universal Medicine retreat there. This is the greatest investment in myself, as it sets up my evolutionary trajectory for the year so that I can be more of who I truly am in life, work and relationships.

     1. Similar to you Janet, each year I attend Universal Medicine retreats in the UK an investment in myself that guides my evolutionary path, a far more valuable investment than any standard holiday package.

        1. I have been to Vietnam once and then every other year I have attended the retreat in Australia. To me, I love it, it is better than any holiday I have ever had and I recommend it to anyone and everyone. Life changing it is!

222. So true, it is simple maths divine in quality to observe the choices we make and the result of those choices. I have seen an abundance of joy and wisdom, awareness and love grow through the choices I now make. Choices are ours for the making, how we move, eat, think, speak. Everything has a consequence, so the choice of how, why and what quality of energy really matters.

223. We are a living breathing wealth of potential and every choice to commit our time, money or thoughts to anything and everything will result in an investment in Truth or an investment in a lie.

     1. I would have said that I had considered my potential…modestly, but had not in truth considered it. My habits of disregard and unhealthy choices cloaked my perspective and narrowed my view of life. I agree we are a ‘wealth of potential’ connecting with that truth and living it in full, for me has come from making loving choices and being inspired by others who are living their potential in full. So yes, what we invest in, truth or lie as you say, makes a big difference in how we perceive life and the quality of that life.

        1. My potential is way bigger than I ever imagined and I am only now touching and experiencing the beginning!

224. Actually spending time and money to leverage the tension we feel, or for instance lack of feeling value in oneself, is to me wasted money and an irresponsible behaviour towards life. As we see in nature, there is no animal, plant or any other organism that displays this irresponsible behaviour as they simply follow their own nature, so too can we take our responsibility and live the nature of love we are from.

     1. We do have a lot to learn from the animals and plants.

225. Yes, we spend more energy on feeling bad about the mistake than the mistake in the first place… its as if we concrete it in rather than wash it away and learn from it.

226. Great point, when we start to ‘invest’ in ourselves our wealth expands in ways we may never have imagined.

     1. and the more we love and appreciate ourselves, the less we need that from anyone else. So good!

227. In the debacle we call life, we are always looking for winners to invest in and always thinking that the next roll of the dice will be in our favour. Interesting how investments in institutions out-side of ourselves is like putting cold air in a hot air balloon, it is never going to get of the ground. So our only True responsibility is to be expressing in a fiery-way, so we expand in an open way for all to see, then we have lift-off and in this we can humbly express the Love we all are.

228. The word ‘investment’ tends to assume money but we invest in many activities other than money that also incur a cost in other ways… such as a cost in distraction, energy, time, etc… so it is well worth taking a moment to consider where our investments lay.

229. The world is full of opportunities. There will always be the temptation to get rich schemes to separate us from our money. Some say there is no such thing as a sure thing, except what we develop that which all have. The best investment ever will always be, ourselves.

230. It is soo interesting when I stop amd ask myself what I am actually doing and effectively investing in? For if it is not love and therefore less than the love I am, I am saying that is what I want and that will suffice, even though I know it is not what I actually want I am still saying yes to it.

     1. Oh yes James! How often have I settled and gone with the ‘this will do’ attitude when all of me knows that I am worth so much more but I accept the lesser just because I don’t value me enough.

        1. It is amazing how much the world tells us not to value and appreciate ourselves yet there is so much to value and appreciate about each and everyone of us. The choice to be love or not becomes more and more obvious and it feels very extreme at times and whilst we can say to ourselves it is not conscious we know all the time exactly what we are choosing.

        2. Yes we do know, even when we are playing dumb. The playing dumb in itself is a choice.

        3. It sure is a choice and we cannot deny deep down we know exactly what we are choosing all of the time.

231. What you are talking about is the investment in what is truly love through the body. If it’s not love it’s not worth it and never sufficient.

232. Yes, we made the choice.. even if the guru or organisation was pushy and had hard selling tactics, we either made the choice to follow, join or partake no matter what or not. So important to see our part clearly isnt it, even if it is not so comfortable to admit.

233. Today I got to understand that we only have to options to invest our lives/energy/money/everything into. It is either our divine nature we are coming from or our created form of being as spiritual beings in human bodies. Everything we do or think is either returning back to our origin or sustaining the artificial existence in separation to our origin. First is a surrender, second is an effort.

     1. I agree and have been an expert and struggle and putting effort as the way to go and it never worked.. now I am surrendering more and more and it is amazing!

234. This pride thing is a big one – we don’t like to admit that we have been fooled or hoodwinked but unless we do there is no way we can move forward and let go of things that are not serving us or working for us in life. This is where it is super important to be very tender and understanding with ourselves and parent ourselves with deep love.

     1. Great point Andrew, and being honest and willing to learn from our mistake is key to growing and expanding. I find being super gentle and loving with myself when I make mistakes is so important.

     2. Yes, I have had to change my ways with this and I find I learn and move on much quicker when I am not hard on myself.

235. A great deal of cash had not been spent, and my life is more abundant, since I have been attending Universal Medicine workshops. Why? Because the quality I have chosen in life makes it more about self responsibility and Love, with that I do not waste money, seek stuff from outside and live in issues like I once did.

     1. Yes, and there’s no amount of money that comes close to the Quality and Connection which one chooses to live with.

236. “These days I enjoy being responsible, choosing my way and I love the results I now reap because of the choices I make. I feel more claimed in the woman I am, more confident with the way I live and express in the world because I have grown to love and accept myself more and more. …” This is an investment that keeps giving back returns (dividends) time after time after time.

237. Wow Rosie, and what a living testimony you now for what can come from having made and still making true solid and committed investments. You are an inspiration and a powerhouse!

     1. Thank you, I am an inspiration as are you. It is great to have each other to reflect on.

238. Letting go of any investments that are not supportive is like letting go of lead weight in our body, the more we discard the heaviness, the lighter and more loving we feel as it allows who we are to shine through. Because every choice we make affects our body and how we feel.

     1. Yes, I can feel that its like that feeling of having the weight of the world on our shoulders but really is that just about what we have taken on, what we have been a part of and allowed ourselves to carry in some shape or form.

        1. Oh, I recognise that feeling Rosie and luckily I don’t feel like that so much anymore because I have learnt how to discard any investments that are unloving and I have held onto. It is through the amazing inspiration and teachings from Serge Benhayon and people I’ve met through Universal Medicine that has supported me to see how life can be so joyful and loving.

239. What has been the most amazing loving and supportive investment for me to be part of is the investment Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon make in humanity. From personal experience I thank and appreciate so very deeply the many ways shared so I can invest in myself and in turn humanity equally. The purpose of this investment is to live the ripple effect for All to feel there is another way.

240. Thanks for the revelation, Rosie. Basically I get that I have invested in irresponsibility and to a certain degree still do, it is a precise calculation of an energetic and emotional comfort profit and loss account.

     1. I love your analogy and your honesty!

241. When we invest in things that do not support us, then we can end up spiralling downwards with those choices and it can be challenging to reverse the trend.

     1. So true, it can become a very slippery slide down.

242. When we invest in something more internal such as our relationship with ourselves, and when we invest in a way that holds no imposition or expectation, but simply a giving that is free from conditions, then the returns can be vastly ‘rewarding’ in ways unexpected. The results of internal growth can be increased confidence and ability to express how one feels, or perhaps a deep knowing of ones own worth and value. Such riches are ones that cannot be purchased with money nor stolen from someone. These riches are the ones that we take to our graves, and they are the qualities which then support us in life and in lives ahead.

243. What we truly invest in is what comes back to us, there is no ‘out clause’ with this as the Universal Law of Cause and Effect applies.

244. Yes, Rosie, I too used to spend considerable time fantasizing about how the world should be, rather than simply taking me and my love out into life and all manner of relationships.

     1. Janet I can relate to that too, getting lost in the fantasy.

     2. I can relate to this too Janet and it feels like a huge distraction to not live the love we are. Now, instead of fantasizing about how the world could be more loving, I am choosing to live more lovingly for real.

245. This type of investment comes with a sense of ownership that will never let us invest in the true riches on offer deep within us all.

246. With every choice we are investing in something and so have the power to change our investments in any moment.

     1. We sure do! And we can keep on changing direction, trying different ways until we feel it feels right for us.

247. I love what you live Shirley-Ann and am so inspired to consider what I do and don’t invest in, based on evolution.

248. Yes what is this game that so many of us have been playing for so long, the covering up, putting on the fake smile and saying everything is okay when it is clearly not. We know it doesn’t work so no point in doing that anymore.

249. I’m becoming aware of how much I am in sympathy and how invested I am in rescuing people rather than focusing on building a loving relationship with myself and God, and from here reflecting and expressing the joy it is possible to live.

     1. Thats great to be aware of Karin, and I am sure many can relate. I have noticed that if I wait around trying to fix people, I can get stuck in the same mud that they are in, yet when I just keep on living and going for it, they get inspired and find their own way out of the the mud.

250. Putting time and resources into receiving and living the wisdom of the teachings and therapies presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine has been the best move I have ever made in my life. Not to be invested in a outcome , but to live truly in every moment, more and more connected to my Soul.

251. Absolutely Rosie, my own experience and observation shows me that “It’s a win win for all of us” when any one of the teachings of Universal Medicine is lived.

252. I also feel like I am investing in me through the courses and workshops and sessions held by Universe Medicine. I am certainly not perfect and that is not the aim. But I know what I need to work on and how to work on it and its through Universal Medicine that I have learned this. I too attended lots of other courses and workshops in complementary medicine and it was all about a modality and nothing about how I was living or why I was making the choices I was making, other than on basic lifestyle choices. There was no offering to take anything deeper to explore the why? There is no end of what is offered through Universal Medicine. The depths on offer to explore, enrich the whole of our life and how we are in that life. To me this is true investment.

253. We have been taught from a young age to be very goal and picture orientated – we have ideas of what is and isn’t successful and we aim our lives to match these pictures, investing greatly in their outcome and the recognition they bring us without questioning the quality of our investments.

     1. Goals and picture orientated is such a set up and we miss out on so much of who we are searching for what we are not.

        1. I agree – it totally shuts us off from anything outside of the picture we have built up – but what if there is something amazing waiting for us just off the planned path

254. It is easy to look back, see all the false investments, mistakes and at times foolhardy defiance of what I knew and then become critical, harsh and judgmental about myself. What a great example shown here to truly reflect to “understand why I chose what I did in the past”. In this way we deepen our understanding and naturally build a wiser relationship with our choices.

255. Love it Rosie, there is no need to justify when we make wise investments, they feed us back love an not just money, or favours.

256. The big difference for me is that my investment in Universal Medicine is no longer all about me as I can feel that my reflection supports others to change.

257. Yes, Rosie, thanks to Universal Medicine, my time and energy is better invested these days, by living with purpose and responsibility rather than fear and contraction. And my bank balance is doing much better as well!

258. What else is there to truly invest in, other than our own personal evolution and the quality of our relationships? After all when we pass over, what else can we take with us other than the lived quality of our lives, lasting treasure that serves us in so many unseen ways.

     1. So true Rowena, this inspires us to look closely at what we are invested in. To me, it is our lived quality that is the best investment we can ever make. This is not just a benefit to us but to humanity as well when we choose to live with love, purpose and responsibility.

259. Rosie I love this part of your blog “I feel more claimed in the woman I am, more confident with the way I live and express in the world because I have grown to love and accept myself more and more.” in the simplest of terms it presents the power that building love for oneself has, the ripple effect and how everything around us can change as a result.

260. Where do we invest our time and energy? It is a great question to ask ourselves… and is what we invest in about evolution for everyone?

261. Our bodies, health and wellbeing is the best investment we can make. No amount of money will ever buy true contentment that is felt within our bodies when we put quality 1st.

262. Investing in something means that we have a vested interest in it and this makes it is harder to see through it if it turns out to be a lie. This is why we have to get super honest about what we are invested in so that we can let it go if it is not supportive.

263. The best investment I’ve ever made was to Attend Universal Medicine presentations – which I continue to do. Pure gold delivered by Serge Benhayon every time.

264. Why is the most critical investment, underinvested? It is ours and costs nothing except a bit of TLC, and the dividends are life-changing.

     1. Like the highest commodity, given the least attention. Good question?

265. I have invested in getting things ‘right’ not perfect, but, for example, in dance, trying to re-create exactly the moves we are being shown by the dance teacher and in doing so I created a tension in my body that is taking years to release, especially in my hips. Now learning about True Movement and Sacred Movement with Natalie Benhayon, I am learning how it feels to move my body naturally, and there is no tension as long as my movements are in line with how my body flows.

     1. Thats interesting as I have always found dance classes to be difficult and quite uncomfortable at times and now I understand why, because I was trying to follow instructions rather than allow my body to choose how it needed to move and how to flow.

266. Any investment in life will only keep us longer in the merry go round that this humanly created life is.

267. When we invest in love we are showered in love…great investment

     1. And there you have the law of cause and effect. What you put out, comes back to you.

268. It is painful at times when I have expressed truth that a wave of anger came my way… It is not always the preferable outcome you wish it to be, hence we sense this from early young and choose to decrease our expression and make it a measured one. I myself did that, and now I am learning the consequences of having chosen so as I choose my way now back in my full expression, but that comes with much investments in family pictures; lack of acceptance, hurts, behaviors and protection. To keep in mind during the way that this could only be because I have allowed to not speak my truth. So at least to claim back speaking my truth and deal with everything that comes my way and that is for me to let go of.. And choose to re-imprint with my truth and love.

     1. Yes, I have experienced this too, the anger and absolute “how dare you” that sometimes comes my way when I speak up and express but really what I say to myself now, is how dare you not? It is so important that we express, even for our friends who may react, as in that reaction may be a blessing that they really needed.

269. My main investment in life for many years was in trying to remain unaware of what I could feel or to override it however there comes a point when I could simply not pretend it was working any longer as in truth this only lasted for a short time and the rest of the time it takes effort to pretend that we are unaware that that what we are doing to avoid the truth is pointless and really not working.

     1. It sure does take effort, a whole lot of it in fact to avoid what we can feel and know so easily. No wonder so many are exhausted! Its like we at times are fighting ourselves.

270. Yes I know that arrogance well, and to be honest…the better than you syndrome and not realising that we are all the same. Isn’t it amazing that no matter how far we stray and how hard we try to numb that nagging feeling, it is always there, asking us to feel and be aware.

     1. Thats sad just to read, but a common reality and worse still is that the only time you break down and cry is in the safety of your house to ensure no one will know or support as we keep up the image that everything is ok.

        1. Yes ticking all the boxes on the outside but missing our connection…

271. Following a wonderful Universal Medicine presentation I am reminded of the foundational investment in the equal quality of my own in breath and out breath known as ‘The Gentle Breath Meditation’. If I invest my awareness at this level of conscious presence then my connection to the All is supported and life simply unfolds.

272. “I feel more claimed in the woman I am, more confident with the way I live and express in the world because I have grown to love and accept myself more and more. No more blame, just more care for me and that then affects everyone around me. It’s a win win for all of us.” – Rosie, this is gorgeous, and it is very telling of the fact that if we all turn inwards to love ourselves first and foremost and not wait for another to do this for us, then our world and all around can change in ways we had never imagined and it is a win win as we then inspire others to do likewise.

     1. Yes, I see it in my own way of living and how I have inspired friends and I see it in my friends as they too have developed that love and care for themselves and the ripple effect that it has had on others. Its beautiful to see.

273. We can see the truth of the matter when we stop the investment.

     1. Its true, every thing becomes crystal clear.

        1. So true Rosie as when we are invested in something or some-one to be a certain way we are looking through rose-colored glasses and only see what we want to see that will fit the picture.

        2. And I just had to laugh thinking about this, because when you are seeing things with your rose coloured glasses on its as if you have ear plugs in and you only hear what you want to hear!

274. Completely agree Doug. The proof is completely in my body and my life today from the presentations and workshops. With each bit of healing, reflection and letting go more love is embraced.

     1. I was talking to a friend the other day who has known me for 12 years or so and has seen the changes I have made in the last 8 years and I said to her, the proof is in my body and how you see me today. For me there is nothing to prove, I just celebrate how I have turned my life around majorly.

275. I think sometimes we can also hold onto things because we get a sense of identity from them, a false sense of confidence even and to consider letting them go would mean that we need to face what’s laying beneath e.g anxiousness of lack of self-worth, which may seem overwhelming… But within us we do have the answer and can truly walk our way out of those issues taking it step by step, without perfection. Universal Medicine has helped me to re-connect with a way of living from the intelligence of my whole body and this is a totally priceless return on an investment well made.

276. True investment delivers true change, an ongoing process that never ceases and investing my time and study with Universal Medicine has been and continues to be the best decision I have ever made. The results of which astound me every day.

277. Could one of our best investments be in our quality of life, by which I don’t mean the size and comfort of our house or car or the success of our careers, but how we feel within ourselves every moment of the day.

     1. Thats it, because with quality appreciation, you can have the small house that feels better than a big empty, qualityless mansion.

        1. Yeh – I love it, you could live in the smallest house and feel like the luckiest person in the world, the quality we choose to live our lives in changes our perception of the world.

278. We can invest in so many ways – time, money, energy, and find that many a time I have in fact invested towards a picture, a particular outcome or because of a need. It is and has been interesting to observe where, why and in what I invest. It’s an ongoing exploration to catch them and weed out the wasters of time, money and energy.

279. There are times when I have started something and then felt that it is wrong, but I have gone ahead anyway, because I don’t want to look like a fool, or as if I’ve backed down or given up. Crazy, because I end up looking like even more of a fool for carrying on when I know it’s wrong. The term ‘head in the sand’ comes to mind!

     1. And what is even more crazy, is we all do this all of the time without even being aware that we are doing it most of the time. Or there is the awareness on some level, but we ignore it!

280. Rosie of all the investments I’ve made, the one that has had the biggest return for me has also been Universal Medicine, the return is far grander than the simple output of knowing something or getting something. It is a reunification with my soul, a way of living and a quality that I feel deepens every single day.

     1. I agree, and all of this is priceless and absolutely life changing and worth every bit of our time.

281. Investment doesn’t have to be material either… we can invest in someone being a certain way or having particular traits.

     1. Michael that’s a really great point that you make, which lead me to realise that so many of us are invested in ‘outcomes’. And it is only by being invested in outcomes that we can have disappointment in outcomes, or indeed glee at outcomes. Both disappointment and glee being equally transient states with no roots in truth whatsoever.

        1. And with the investment in the outcome or the getting “there” we miss what is right here in the moment.

        2. and it is only ever the present moment that can offer us the truth.

        3. Yes and a good reason not to get caught up in the past or the future.

282. We invest in life in many ways. Most of us are aware of the obvious financial investments we make and are often very careful and discerning with how we spend our money. How would it be if we were equally careful in how we invest our energy too, understanding that as we do this, we are forming a future for ourselves and each other?

     1. Brilliant point Richard. In answer to your question, I feel our world would be a very different place, we would be more responsible, and exhaustion would probably be a thing of the past due to our care in what energy we invest in. For example, an energy that drains us, leaving us feeling lost and empty or the energy that is fiery, expands us and brings evolution to us all?

     2. I actually don’t think everyone is so careful in how they spend their money, maybe the big $$$, but at a course that I attended once, where the presenter asked people if they knew how much their bills were and how much they spent per week on snacks, restaurants, holidays etc etc, I was alarmed at how many really didn’t know. It was also shocking to me as there were areas that I knew what was going on, and others where I had completely turned a blind eye, and didn’t want to really know or keep the receipts and have the evidence, as then I would have to be more responsible.

283. When we invest with discernment we know the game we had been playing was using loaded dice and the out come was never in our favor. As you have said Rosie being responsible in the way we live is a winning combination for all of us.

     1. I like your play on words, but it is true… the dice are loaded!

284. This shows how I have held onto things even though I knew them not to be true, because it felt like the time and input had already been an investment even though that course of action was not working out. By letting go and ‘pulling the plug’, we free ourselves of further drain and have space to learn and discern the next step.

     1. Pulling the plug, letting it all go down the drain rather than draining us in the long run is a good way to approach any moment where we realise that perhaps, once again….. that wasn’t such a great investment or idea.

285. Thanks to this blog I am now also looking into systems in my life I have invested in and I found already some which actually only are a burden and do not have any other purpose than to keep me busy and to keep me distracted form the actual work I have to do. The process of letting go is interesting as indeed, the investments I have put in make it difficult for me to firstly, find these as I tend to turn a blind eye to them because of the personal pride and secondly, to let them go, as it is a wast of money, the time I spend on it etc.

     1. This is so cool Nico, as I read your comment I thought of the systems I have at home and how important it is to re-evaluate how we do things, at work and at home and in all areas of our life on a regular basis so that we can be more aware and adjust rather than just go along blindly without ever questioning or allowing space for change.

     2. Letting go of one thing, and making space for another way can at times be quite uncomfortable when we get used to being comfortable but boy oh boy is it a great opportunity for change!

        1. I can agree with that Rosie, letting go of the old is not always that easy and it is interesting to find how deep the investment in a system sometimes is. As I do recognise that I have identified myself in these but too have used the systems simply to have a way to distract myself from my responsibilities in life. So indeed there is a great opportunity to change and to make our lives more rich because more living in full that beauty we are within.

286. There have been many things that I have wanted to invest in, that I haven’t been able to purely because I could see through them. Having said that, the things that I did manage to invest in, kept me well and truly encapsulated for many years. What this highlights to me is that I had a deep desire to invest in something and that desire was borne from not investing in myself.

     1. That’s interesting. Its like a substitute or a settling for something else that is actually never going to fill the desire and what we all miss most, ourself!

287. Trusting what we feel rather than holding onto what we have invested in can be a very freeing process.

     1. At times our investments cloud our judgement over what we feel. I’ve found that true reflection in the movements of others and the way they relate to self, life and others lets me feel what is true, as true reflection seems to speak to my body and not my head.

     2. Just goes to show we are reflecting all the time, makes you ponder on what our own reflection is offering…

        1. Probably a lot more than we care to realise or take responsibility for!

        2. Absolutely, if we truly felt the extent of what our reflection offers we wouldn’t faff about so much on our evolution.

288. We focus on investing in our homes and careers without investing in ourselves first, which makes no sense whatsoever.

     1. It makes perfect sense really but in a non-sensical way, it’s because we don’t invest in ourselves that we invest so heavily in everything else.

     2. When we invest in ourselves we bring a fullness to everything else – to our homes, our work, our relationships etc. but when we invest in the outer elements forgetting us then we bring an emptiness to all that we do as it is fine without the beauty and fullness of our inner gold.

     3. Our homes and our careers are nothing without us and yet we often put ourselves at the bottom of the list.

289. When we do invest in something, be it a material item or kind of idea/project, do we take full responsibility for how that investment plays it’s course? As in, how it affects not just us in the short term but perhaps others, or whether it supports the big picture in the long term.

     1. and do we check to see how that money is used when we invest in a share or do we just think about our gain which could be another’s loss.

        1. Agree Rosie as there is no true gain if it is at the expense of another.

290. If we invest in ourselves (and our children) right from the beginning in building our self-worth, self-love, self-care and self-esteem then right from the start we would not invest or do anything that didn’t feel right because we’d simple love ourselves so much we would not be able to .. it would be a complete no go area and not even our radar. And this investment does not cost a thing it is about giving ourselves or another the space to be and connect to who we truly are. One amazing free tool in supporting this is The Gentle Breath Meditation http://www.unimedliving.com/meditation/free/meditation-for-beginners/introductory-gentle-breath-meditation.html

     1. Yes, a great way to invest in yourself is to give your self the time to do the Gentle breath meditation. Thanks for sharing the link.

291. Its one thing investing in things for ourselves that we ‘think’ are worthwhile until we find out that they were not an investment at all, but quite another when we persuade our friends or family members to invest in the same things. However a true investment in ourselves only leaves us with the knowing that what we have chosen benefits not only us, but all others as well, and this type of investment needs no persuasion, just a lived expression of what we have chosen.

     1. Good points Sandra. When I feel a need to try to persuade someone about something, I find in truth I am not certain in myself and am in fact trying to persuade myself.

        1. Yes it doesn’t feel right to sell something that you are not sold on yourself.

     2. I agree Sandra, it is actually easy to discern what a true investment is and which ones are not, because I find the investments that are all about myself and no one else, they are never really supportive. Whereas a true investment is always about me and everyone else. Ones that are a benefit or healing to humanity doesn’t need persuasion because everyone can feel the benefits.

292. The more we choose to share our imperfections the more we give permission for others to do so and this will have a huge effect on the humongous relentless drive for perfection that so many people have.

     1. I agree Sarah, from my own experience when I have shared with others my imperfections then they too have opened up with theirs and I could feel a change had taken place after we’d talked.

     2. Beautiful Sarah, awesome comment. This highlights how amazing it is to be open with ourselves and others to enable us to talk about how we feel and what is going on for us. Supporting each other to let go of the drive to be perfect I feel is very much needed and supports us to connect to who we are.

     3. Yes I see this all the time, when I open up and share, others do too. It doesn’t have to be just our imperfections though… I feel that it is time that we get comfortable with sharing our awesomeness too!

293. When we choose to invest in our own inner evolution and growth rather than any outer pursuits, financial, spiritual, emotional or the like, the quality and abundance of the return becomes clear for all to see and hence there is no need to convince another.

     1. Indeed Rowena, the investment for self only returns a momentary personal reward and needs to be continuously activated to keep the reward returning to us. While the investment in our evolution and growth will give a time lasting result which is abundant on many levels of our lives but to provide space for more.

     2. I agree, the evidence is clear, and there is no need to convince as it is easily felt and seen.

294. ‘I then wanted to prove it was okay because after all, I was going to look like a fool otherwise’ – it’s interesting how our brain is prepared to play along with our games and justify whatever choices we are making, whereas our body only knows and shares the truth. The only person we are really fooling here is our selves.

295. I get this investment when often choosing things outside of us instead of taking responsibility ourselves and making change from within. Inspiring to read the changes that you are committed to making to live a full life.

296. Yes Rosie, reflecting on the past I can feel how investing in things that were purely for self, seeking outside of me for answers, cures for what I myself had created, material things to make me feel better, changed nothing and often made me feel miserable because somewhere inside me they didn’t feel right. Enter Universal Medicine and investing my time, money, focus on it I find through living
     the truth on offer that slowly I do not waste time and money on unnecessary things or promote anything I feel is not loving or truthful, either for myself or others. Life is far more enjoyable, I am more vital, and my relationships more honest and deeper. But I still make mistakes and there is always more to discern and feel.

297. This blog rings true – holding onto things because we think they are worth is when in fact they do not support us any more. I’ve experienced this a lot with clothing and not wanting to let go of things. But when I do – I feel so much more clarity in my body.

298. In time when we are lost to our investments, I have found it is my close and true relationships that bring me back – the people willing to look past how something might look on the outside, which might be super successful etc, and actually see me and the energy behind my investments and support me to see them for what they are and to let them go and return to truth.

299. “No more blame, just more care for me and that then affects everyone around me. It’s a win win for all of us.” Investing in our relationship with ourselves is the greatest investment we can ever make. Not for any outcome, for having a better life and feeling amazing, but simply for depth of love that is there waiting for us within when we choose to have a true relationship with ourselves.

300. What we choose to invest in is what we will be, so careful choices of the quality we will become are required.

     1. Yep, I look at my life now compared to where I was 9 years ago and I can clearly see that my investments have paid off so much better now. My home, my friends, my work, my relationships, they are all reflections of my investments.

301. Yes that good old RESPONSIBILITY word, and being open to getting it wrong and knowing that we are always learning and its okay. We can make a different choice next time.

302. Yes and what I have found is that the more I am open with others, the more there is there to share. Its not like I run out or run low… its more like I have more in my cup that over flows to share.

303. Beautiful Jane, we do need to just keep on appreciating ourselves and drop any comparison. I also feel that when I am seeking recognition from outside it is me that really needs to bring it more to myself and that of course comes with the appreciation.

304. The choices I have made, and the investments, good and bad that I have made have left their markers and or scars. The body is a road map of our journey through life. What is a bad investment? The one you don’t learn from!

     1. Our body really does show what we have invested in. I have the wrinkles around my mouth from smoking.. now that was a bad investment and there is no way of erasing the lines. The body really does reveal it all.

        1. I have lost 20% of my lung capacity that will never come back as my marker of smoking. The body is amazing how it can adapt and make the best out of the abuse and damage I/we have caused by our bad investments.

        2. Yes it is amazing how it adapts and what it puts up with!

305. Universal Medicine is easily the best investment I have ever made. Not only do I grow from the investment but my family, friends, colleagues, clients all get the benefit of a person who is much more aware and responsible of what they invest in and how this affects everyone.

306. This says it all, Rosie – “I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.” Universal Medicine has also helped me to commit to life and be much more productive and expressive rather than wasting time in ‘wishful thinking’.

307. Most are invested in the collective conspiracy to keep the illusion alive and I have been an active part in that conspiracy for nearly all of this life and God knows how many other lives but now I am invested in pulling the plug on the illusion in order for the truth to be revealed.

     1. I am with you, no more Mr Nice Guy, or play it safe or not rock the boat. If you don’t like it, too bad, I am not going to play pleasing and nice any more.

        1. Bring it on girlfriend!

308. We have all invested in an illusion. An illusion of gigantian proportions that incorporates all facets of life and what is worse, is that we all know that we have done this but none the less we keep doggedly trying to make life work. We continue to keep choosing extreme pain and suffering over the truth of what we all know, which reflects the lengths that we are all prepared to go to in order to not put our hands up to having made so many blindingly abusive choices.

309. I invested too much time yesterday on someone and instead of being upset about it just felt into my choice and why and appreciated it. It may not be something I would repeat but I got on with my life.

310. Recently I have come to realize just how strongly I held an investment in having complete harmony at my workplace, with everyone supporting each other openly without competition. What a picture, huh! But in doing this I was not accepting where both myself and other people were at with understanding, and would go into emotional reaction when things did not match up to that image I had created. Investments come in many flavors, indeed.

     1. Love your honesty in sharing this… and how painful it can be when we have a picture of how things should be rather than accepting them for what they are.

311. We can not live life without constantly investing in something, so its great to become aware of what we are constantly investing in.

     1. True, we invest every day so its good to be aware and not just waste each choice and each moment.

312. Throughout life I have invested a lot in trying to be wise, trying to understand life, trying to have better relationships, trying to have a more satisfying experience at work, trying to feel more settled in and okay with myself. A lot of trying and not until Universal Medicine I started to actually feel everything my heart was after – and more – start to unfold. Yes I too can say this has been the best investment I have made in my life, and very likely for many lives.

     1. Giving up the trying and allowing the connection and natural unfolding to be is a joy.

313. Awesome investment Rosie. An inner investment is the wisest one to nurture, as we, and all of life flourishes.

     1. So true, Victoria, the more we support ourselves to come back to our true way of living together, from a place of love and consideration for everyone and everything, we strengthen the pull for us all to feel our innate divinity. This is how the tide will gradually turn, as we choose to live our truth.

314. How different would our world be if we were taught and encouraged from very young to invest in ourselves… to invest in the innate love, joy and harmony that naturally resides within every one of us equally so.

315. This investment behaviour is very obvious during financial manias or crazes. Those who purchase something at a price much higher than its true value may be tempted to tell others what a great investment it is and it seems they are right while prices keep rising. Many then have great difficulties selling when prices are dropping.

316. “And time wise, I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.” – Rosie, this is awesome – I too used to spend a lot of time meditating and seeking spiritual pursuits, but thankfully that is a thing of the past, and I am now far more active in ‘getting my hands dirty’ in a loving way, being out there in the world and embracing what is needed in order for true change to happen.

     1. And amazingly enough, when you go out and live life and get your hands into it…. life is full and abundant like you never dreamed possible.

317. What I have come to discover is that investments are often tied in with emotional energy, no different to investing money into stocks or in gambling. Stocks are volatile and driven purely by emotional energy – they can go up and down randomly and in this up and down in the value, so too can it affect your emotions. You an feel excited and elated when they are doing well and then you can feel down and depressed when they are not doing well. Depending on how much money you have invested into them, this can then determine the extent of ups and downs that you experience. Investments in other things can be similar too – when they fall apart for whatever reason, the more we have invested in them (be it a relationship, or an identification etc), then we can feel devastated or lost etc. The only thing I have found that I can invest in that does not play this game with me, is the connection that I have deep within, and the only time this has ‘let me down’ is when I have invested in a false connection with myself. But the true connection with myself, this is rock solid and holds no emotional attachment of any kind, and only stands there in true stead. What a blessing this is. And through the courses with Serge Benhayon at Universal Medicine, I have learned and continue to learn more and more about this connection and how to keep deepening it. Now this is a worthy investment!

     1. It certainly is a great investment Henrietta, one that is free of emotions and full of love. Our whole world will deeply benefit if everyone invested in this and in forever deepening our connection.

     2. I love how you have explained the ups and downs, the highs and low, like an emotional roller coaster.

318. ‘I remember getting really angry at the thought that I had believed something and trusted someone to only realise that it was all a big lie.’ – it feels like underneath that anger is the hurt we feel from not listening to our own wisdom, from choosing to ignore our inner knowing that what we chose to buy into wasn’t true. We all have an innate ability to know truth, therefore, we can equally discern when something is not true, when we choose to listen.

     1. Yes, we all know but we often don’t honour what we know!

319. So true Jane, we are definitely worth investment, stopping to take that time to build self and empower our self, by thanking on deeper responsibility.

320. Love it ” I feel more claimed in the woman I am, more confident with the way I live and express in the world because I have grown to love and accept myself more and more”.

321. There’s a surrender and humility being called for in my life that I’ve avoided. A few ouches to come to terms with. But what are the alternatives? To carry on living lies? But on this journey there is great, loving support too.

322. We talk about investing money and we also talk about investing our time. I have invested both in many courses and presentations with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and every penny and second has been well worth while in terms of how it has changed my life for the better. My health has dramatically turned around, my relationships have improved and my approach to work far more flexible than it ever was.

     1. Yes, Carmel, I am regularly blown away by the amazing ‘return on investment’, from choosing to embrace the teachings of Universal Medicine in my everyday life.

323. The beauty of learning true purpose in our lives allows us a breath of fresh air to live in an honouring way with understanding and love. The investments we have made in another way of living and not truly discerning what we feel and know inside us takes a real honesty to look at and only then can we surrender to the truth and flow we know and can move in.

324. Yes it’s not comfortable to see where we have been mistakenly investing ourselves, into beliefs about how things are and how we need to be – but there is always a way we are shown there could be a different option.

325. When we invest in an outcome we fixate on the end result being achieved but we don’t pay attention to the quality of the steps along the way.

     1. And when we are fixated on anything, we miss the precious moments and what is on offer along the way.

326. How often do we really sit down and, rather than looking at our bill to see how much we have spent and where we can cut back, look at where we have invested our time, money and energy through the month – what served and grew us or supported us as a result, and what actually caused us a drain?

     1. I like this idea of a monthly stock take and a chance to really appreciate what we have been offered and how we have responded and looking at our investments- on all levels- appreciating how we have managed them.

        1. I agree – first before we can judge or blame the outside world for the suffering and ills we see in it, we have to make sure we are in no way contributing or making any investments that perpetuate a way of life that delivers suffering.

        2. I like the idea too but realise that the reason I have avoided it, is because that would mean I would have to look at my choices and sometimes I would rather not remember rather than be responsible…. but I working on that!!

327. “… even when I had on several occasions an inkling that something just wasn’t right.” I am immensely grateful for Universal Medicine, for empowering me to pay attention to those tiny ‘inklings’ and appreciate them for the giant messages they are.

     1. Yes! How good is it to be more aware and follow on through with any inklings we may have!!

328. There are many forms of investments most of which are not material and set us up to react to life rather than remain in forever understanding.

329. Yes, Rosie, the Universal Medicine courses are the best investment I have ever made, because as as result I have greater vitality, joy and fulfilment in life and my work has taken off because others can feel the level of integrity to which I now live.

330. Our health is our wealth and yet this profoundly simple droplet of wisdom is often ignored. We invest in land, property, other people, banks, technology devices, all too rarely do we invest in ourselves.

     1. True, no point having all the other things if we have poor health. Vitality and good health is worth more than anything else.

331. I’ve discovered the joy of investing in me, time, money, my home, simply feeling I’m worth investing in is gorgeous. How did I get here? By simply connecting to the endless pool of love that is within me and all of us.

     1. I too have been investing in me, and spending money on myself like I have never done before but this is because I have really changed the way I value myself. Instead of just buying second hand clothes, I now buy new ones and that is just one area. Instead of buying the budget brand, I buy the one that I like and that tastes good or is not full of additives. It feels good to invest in me.

332. This is huge Elizabeth! “…for this is the vehicle through which I express all that I came to earth to share”. Not investing in caring in it, does actually hold back our immense volume back, we are all carrying inside of us.

333. “And time wise, I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.”
     A wise man once told me that “the real meaning of time will be understood as a great form of medicine”
     For if we are going round and round each day – in cycle where we are offered an opportunity to do it all again then our outlook changes and we see purpose and empowerment of greater self responsibility.

334. My best investment ever in life was investing in Universal Medicine and in effect in me. Nothing ever brought out the ME like Universal Medicine through its inspiration, teachings and support! And the amazing bit is, I am not only ME for ME, I am ME for everyone.

     1. I love this Stefanie – and I fully agree!! No amount of money can equal the investment I made in returning back to me and bringing me to me, and to everyone else.

     2. I feel the same way Stefanie!

335. Today a very well appreciated topic to read about as yesterday I got caught up in an investment I have made in maintaining a detailed, costly and time consuming administration for my work while there was just that simple solution that cost me almost no money, less effort and will give exactly the results I actually need. While it is all there I have to admit it takes some time to swallow that bitter pill and acknowledge that I was heavily invested in something that did not served me at all but only cost me money and lots of time too.

     1. Great point Nico – and the funny thing is that when I have invested in something time consuming and costly, then it is like I keep trying to justify that there was something that I got out of it that was supportive, instead of being honest and saying it was a complete waste of time and money! Because if I actually was honest enough to say this, then I would have to allow myself to feel how fooled I feel and this is the biggest crunch! But in the end this honesty is what really allows us to learn and grow and move on from these situations!

        1. Yes I know that too, to try to turn it in different ways so to make me feel in a way good with it. The least I tend to do is to admit that I have fooled myself with an idea that I kept entertaining out of a need, the need to gain a reward for anything I do.

     2. Yes, our pride can be difficult to overcome.

        1. Yes Christoph, our pride can be very stubborn as it is only looking for recognition and reward as it’s the reason behind it’s existence.

        2. I remember the feeling of not wanting to lose face and the instinct was to cover up and bury. However in more recent years I have practiced the art of being a lot more honest and each time I am, it is like a breath of fresh air and that burden, through the nomination, is lifted.

     3. So good to become aware of it all and let it go rather than carry it all around, thinking and dwelling over it.

336. And even when another can take advantage and see it as an opportunity to bring me down or try and fix me when truth is expressed, showing my imperfections it is still true to me to share… the reaction or response in another is always their choice.

337. Pride and stubbornness can easily take over when we discover that what we have invested in is not true. If we let them run their course and avoid honesty and responsibility, we dig ourselves in even deeper.

     1. So true Gabriele. We, therefore, need to bring understanding as to why we have made the investments we have, so that we can let go of the shame around the perceived wrong when we realise the choice made wasn’t a true one. We like to justify ourselves so as not to lose face, but in the grand scheme of things this front is a protection against the hurt that was felt that made that investment in the first place.

        1. And a lot of the time, we choose to ignore or bury our heads deeper in the sand rather than feel the hurt and what made us sway towards that investment in the first place.

338. If we were to only invest in love then we would all be rich beyond our wildest dreams.

339. When we invest for self gain, we gain very little, yet when we invest for the good of humanity everyone gets a blessing.

     1. I love this Sally – we are all in this together.

     2. Yes so true, when we make it about self, we are totally lost, it is when we make it about people the investment does its wonders.

     3. So true, Sally. When we put our selves to one side and make choices that take everyone into consideration, our perspective becomes universal. Our livingness is no longer about us as an individual, rather, we are an equal part of something truly divine, along with everyone else. We feel the inter-connectedness between us all and how everything affects everything, always.

340. Life gets so much richer and more beautiful when it is lived with true purpose.

     1. I agree. And when lived with the responsibility Rosie is talking about.

341. If I’m honest, how I’ve lived life and what I’ve invested in have made me sick. I know I need to deeply look at this and admit so then I can only surrender to another way.

     1. Its true, lots of people are very sick because of their investments!

342. When we value and invest in our being, rather than anything we do and or accumulate of materialistic gain… there is a true purpose and true care in life… and life is harmonious.

343. It is a path of learning to realise that where we invest influences everything. From this foundation, our quality builds.

344. Our temporal attachments are laced with pride and arrogance… and when we let go of these we expose the true reasons for our investments.

345. If we scale this up, we can create a whole economic model based on first the energetic and then the physical investments we make into things – out choices to invest energetically in wanting to check out, leads to us investing physically in an array of past times from drugs to TV, which perpetuates these industries. Can we then look at areas we wish didn’t exist like drug cartels or sex trafficking and realise that there is an energetic investment that manifests in a physical demand for these things – when the investment is addressed only then will the demand and therefor the supply dry up

346. Spot on Ariana – connection is key here!

347. Sometimes the best way I have learned is by making ‘mistakes’ – choices that I get to feel are not true ones and then I know not to repeat that again – and so this becomes the learning for me. And in the same way I have spent money and time on courses, clothes, trips etc that I have then later on realised were not that supportive. But in each of these lies the learning and so it is not about someone else saying this should or should not be done, but rather it is about me re-developing the knowing of that is there to support and what is not.

     1. Yes, I am one to live and learn from the lessons and yet if you tell me, I will often not get it until I experience it and then it all makes sense.

348. Love it Rosie! Investments of time and money and effort into things that are not truly supportive can be very challenging to accept and let go of! There are many things I look back at in my life and see how I have spent my time or money that could have been done differently, and these things now stand as a loving reminder to keep discerning that what I choose. What a blessing as our awareness grows and we can make choices as such – Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon have been key in supporting me too with this awareness and understanding of how we can be distracted from what is truly needed in our current world!

349. Investing in care for ourselves is a key element to lay a foundation of discernment for any other investment we make.

350. Choosing to attend my first Universal Medicine workshop was one of the smartest investments I’ve ever made. It didn’t come about from ‘thinking’ about it, rather, it was a loving impulse from deep inside my body. The results of which have allowed me to see the truth of how things are in life and to know that I always have a choice in every moment and that choice has a consequence, not just for me, but for us all.

     1. Yes, all of our choices affect all of us, no matter if you are home alone or not.. the choice has a ripple effect and its important to be aware of this and to see how what we choose goes out into the melting pot of life that we are all choosing. Nothing just happens.

351. I used to believe that a successful life, from making smart decisions and investments, equated to being financially well off. However, that now feels shallow, materialistic and quite lonely as it’s only considering me and those immediately around me. I have come to understand that a great investment is one that benefits us all, not just me. The more I invest in love, in living the truth of who I am, the return on my investment is enormous, not just for myself, but for everyone. To live the love that we innately are is worth more than anything money can buy.

352. Universal Medicine has supported me to develop my innate ability to discern (a sense we all have within us) like no other organisation.

     1. It is a sense that we all have and should have known about since a child but better to learn late than never. It is so useful in so many ways.

353. It can be very freeing to expose all we have fallen for because it frees us from when and why we lived in adherence with a part that was not ‘us’ and makes place for us to feel who we truly are and what energy we truly want to express and come from.

354. In truth wherever we are invested in life being a certain way we are investing in the same thing and that is the way of life that has developed from looking outside of ourselves for the answers we seek. Reconnecting to what we know from within means we need no such attachement or investment.

355. I would be quite happy if someone had informed me of a little thing like discernment when I was a lot younger so some of my little investments in totally the wrong thing hadn’t turned out so disastrous and that now my discernment skills would also be a lot more honed.

356. When we give our energy to something and it feels ‘off’, like a work project or new idea, then the best thing to do is re-connect with the purpose of the project and see whether what we are investing in is true, or whether the project is off track for what is actually needed at that time.

357. It is easy to blame the outside world for duping us, but all we are doing in that moment is ducking out of our responsibility and power. What an awesome moment it is to reclaim both and begin to properly discern what really supports and enriches us and what does not.

358. In the past, I have invested in things out of insecurity or a lack of trust and confidence in myself. Recently I had an opportunity to change something quite significant with my finances, and because I was able to stay connected to the bigger picture, I made a decision that I would not have been willing to before which felt so empowering and confirming.

     1. Wow Janet that’s an amazing example of breaking old beliefs and reactions to crack open and set free what is true.

     2. I can feel the enormity of this! Good on you. Its so cool when we break old patterns and behaviours!

359. I invested so much time and money searching in the wrong direction trying to find ways to advance. But all it did was keep me searching. Finding Universal Medicine was quite a moment. I discovered that there was no need to search, that everything I was searching for was within me all along. All I had to do was go inside and connect. This is the biggest golden nugget of them all, and means not investing in anything other than that which will support me to connect to my own wisdom.

360. Very true Jane, unworn items as a very simple example – did we invest as a distraction, or even did we invest but then avoid wearing it for whatever reason (too ‘smart’/too ‘feminine’/not my usual style…). There’s always a reflection for us when we look at what and why we invest in something.

     1. Oh yes, how many times have I purchased something that is so sexy, so beautiful but then I find it hard to wear it because I am afraid of being that beautiful or that sexy.

361. It is interesting to consider what we are investing in. For example do we only invest in things in which we are guaranteed the outcome we want or the picture we aspire to? Or do we invest in things for the sake of security or hoping to fill the emptiness we feel inside.

     1. Yes, good question. I have recently observed friends invest in things online in the hope of making money fast and you can feel how easy it is to get sucked into it without really feeling what is behind it.

362. ” I have trialled and felt the support in my body from sessions, courses, presentations and workshops.” I am absolutely with you here Rosie and can say the support and true help and change has been there and felt from day one.

363. Doing a stock take to what is and is not working in our lives is a wise investment, and then taking action is even wiser.

364. For me I know one of the hardest things to admit is how much I have got caught up investing in lies. There are the obvious ones and then the more subtle ones. Take for instance a seemingly small ‘white’ lie it can start out innocent but then it can easily start to escalate and the sense of mistrust and dishonesty can easily kick in and then the thought well I can’t say I just said that or made it up comes in – effectively we end up chasing our own tail. And then there are the more hidden lies that we have all mostly got caught up in even right down to the fact that we are making life all about being here on Earth in physical form as being ‘it’ which is far from the grandeur we are from. The more I explore this the more I see how much I have been caught up and invested in lies rather than investing in myself and honouring and deepening the love that I am, that we all are, which is the greatest investment we could ever make.

365. When we are invested in something that is not true it is often hard to see that it is simply an investment because we so invested in it we do not want to expose the lie.

     1. Yes, in that moment we are so blind that we cannot see what is right in front of us!

366. The greatest investment we can make is in our gorgeous selves, the deeper and richer our relationship is, with ourselves, this then allows all our relationships to deepen and evolve to the same level, where the other person is willing. – the more we can support ourselves to live the fullness of who we truly are, everyone feels the benefit.

367. Yep and an investment that costs no money just different choices.

368. What an investment when we are willing to prolong it even after realising it’s not working – in order that we don’t look like a fool. I would actually call that foolish.

     1. It is foolish indeed to hang onto and defend something we know is not true just so we do not seemingly lose face and so can hang onto a sense of pride even though it hurts us to do so.

369. Ahh that moment that you start to suspect you have been a fool, and when you don’t want to admit that you invested in completely the wrong thing. The desperate attempt to make it okay, the “Oh but”s and the attempts to make it seem positive and true in some way. I know these so well. Much wiser to just let the realisation sink in, be honest, drop whatever it is and move on.

     1. In that deep desperation to save face, to make it okay…. we can go on and invest even further, dig deeper and make it worse rather than expose it all for what it is in that moment and then… sigh….and move on.

        1. Yes in our insistence that all is okay when we suspect something is up we allow things to get really bad. A couple of years ago I had to have an operation seemingly ‘out of the blue’. Yet when I allowed myself to look back I noticed that there was a long trail of ignored warning signs alerting me to the fact that something needed attention. Opting for saving face and making it okay instead of the wisdom of responding to the truth of the situation never ever works long term.

        2. Yes it is interesting what we can see, or realise when we are open to looking back and all the signs, some more obvious than others but there all the same.

370. Years ago I heard someone talking about a bad movie and how often we sit through them because we ‘paid good money for this and I am going to see it to the end’.The person said…”so you’ve wasted your money, and now you are going to waste your time as well???”. That comment really stuck with me as I went..oh yeah..how many movies have I sat through knowing that I was not enjoying it, knowing I did not really care for how it ended, but I had ‘invested something in it’ (i.e. money, choices, times) and I wanted a return on my investment. It was a real light bulb moment and I found myself walking out of theatres, and pressing stop on movies that were not working. It is a very cool thing to explore what investments we have in life.

     1. This is interesting…. I wonder how much people actually sit through a movie that they don’t want to watch simply because they paid money to go see it or rent it.

371. The true return of investing in our own discernment is in backing our selves 100%. The levels of trust we build from with-in compounds far greater than the value of money.

372. Bringing honesty to our lives is a great revealer of our choices… it brings simplicity and allows us to move forward in a responsible way.

373. “Where are you investing?” is a great question Rosie… we can spend so much time and energy in things/situations that really do not support us, and we can utilise that same time and energy in supporting ourselves to evolve – the choice is ours.

     1. Yes it is a matter of choice and amazing what can change in a day, let alone a week or two.

374. Once we invest in something it is difficult not to be committed and it can be embarrassing when we find out we made a mistake. When I was 24 I made a bad investment and there was a moment I could get half of it back and I had a strong feeling it won’t get any better, yet I still hung on and lost the lot (about 3 weeks’ earnings). That was a good lesson and very helpful later in life as I was then able to walk away.

375. We often hold onto our investments in things, objects, cars, houses but rarely consider our quality as an investment. Thanks to Universal Medicine I’ve found its been my best investment, in me.

376. A trick in investments is to know when to cut your losses and to reconsider your options and yet we often hang on in there out of pride and a hope that things will work out differently despite us knowing that this will not happen.

     1. Yes, we know and yet we overide that knowing. And then question why we did that?

377. Investments can mean a lot of different things I guess to different people. What sparked me to write this was all the different things we get lost in and invest in and what a waste of time that has been… whereas the investment that I have made of my time with Universal Medicine or the investment in my home has been super super suportive for me.

378. Just because we ‘learnt’ from a situation or experience doesn’t always mean that it was necessary for us to experience in the first place.

     1. I agree completely but usually end up having to learn the lesson a few times as I overide what I felt in the first place.

379. If we can see our mistakes as an opportunity to learn then it’s much easier to be open to really seeing what we chose and take full responsibility for it rather than dwelling on it as being stupid or wrong or defining ourselves by the waywardness.

380. Investments also denote attachment to something. The only investment that I know is free from the binds of attachment is the investment in yourself and growing your own love.

     1. I can feel the depth of truth in what you are sharing Joshua. When we make it about growing our own love to me not really feels like an investment but as a surrendering to that natural pull towards God we all one day have to return to. And part of that surrendering is letting go of all attachment to physical life, any outcome of our actions and all the investments we have made in it.

381. Oh how easy it can be to blame others when we have invested in something that is not true instead of looking at where we were at, at the time and taking responsibility. I can really relate with this as many years ago I was not being discerning but doing/investing in many things to heal, make myself feel ‘better’ and if I am really honest, avoiding feeling what was truly going on. Yes I would invest in things to make so much in my life go away, instead of actually wanting to feel where I was at and more importantly why … the choices I had made. The best investment I ever made is practically everything to do with Universal Medicine, as this has nothing to do with looking outside to be fixed, giving my power away to others, not wanting to feel in my body what is truly going on, it is all the opposite .. truly empowering myself, not looking to the outside to be fixed, but continually being inspired from the reflections of others and how they live and feel what is going on in my body (sometimes there are moments when I do not want to be completely honest with this .. work in progress and no perfection).

382. Over and over I have invested in how things should be, having pictures of what I want but I’ve realised is that this keeps away all that could be, just by me being open and allowing it to come.

     1. Yes, control is a killer! and in the control we don’t even realise what we are saying no to.

383. What I have been invested in lately – my future. As in I have become very clear what I want with regards to work and my career, which is great to have the clarity, but then what fails me every-time is the impatience, because it does not manifest quick enough. Great to have this awareness and then to let the impatience go, which actually delays everything and just come back to the knowing that it is already there and that I am still in preparation…. So instead of being impatient I can deeply appreciate my clarity.

     1. By investing in ourselves in as many moments as we can, we are investing not only in our future but in the future of everybody else.

     2. I have been reading a book on Time and it is time that has been my issue. Wanting things now rather than allowing time and space. Needing my friends or families to get it and understand rather than allowing them the time and space that I had for when I was ready.

384. Its interesting to look at where we have made an investment in our lives, in areas that do not have a financial influence or attachment. In my life I know I have invested in other people and that has been and in some situations it still is a big thing to look at, understand and then accept, in order that I can then let go.

     1. I love what you are sharing here, Sandra, … when we are honest enough to be aware of our investments, we need to be prepared to go the next step and take responsibility for what we are doing, before we can sever the tie, so the pattern does not repeat itself.

        1. Awareness is the key, it unlocks the door to letting go… but without it, we can’t even see that there is something to let go of in the first place.

385. Yes, Rosie, the word investment takes on a different meaning when we let go of temporal attachments and value the quality of our energy and the purpose of our movements.

     1. And I have found the return on our investment when we make it about quality of our energy and purpose as opposed to quantity is enormous. I am finding this is an ever unfolding understanding because developing a relationship with quality in energy only ever gets deeper.

386. Everytime we purchase something we are investing our money within a company and I wonder how many of us discern what we are buying before we buy it.

     1. Great reminder, Fiona, we always have a choice whether to buy something or not and very often, we have a choice as to who/which company we buy it from. It’s up to us to be discerning and feel into which company/provider we would like to invest in.

        1. And more often than not, it is better to pay a little more if it means that the people working behind your products are being paid properly and taken care of in their work place.

     2. Great question to ask Fiona! Most often we don’t tend to be too discerning and so don’t realise that we are buying far more than an object but everything that company stands for, lives and works.

     3. A great comment to raise Fiona, If ‘everything is energy’, then we actually purchase more than just the product…

     4. Plus, are we aware that we bless the company with our money ?!

     5. Great point Fiona, that is something to ponder on when we are purchasing items. I know I have never really stopped to clock that with everything I buy>

     6. Totally, and who are we giving our money to.. chocolate plantations around the world for example, some are pretty terrible in the way they use child labour but no one thinks about that as they bite into their favorite bar of chocolate.

387. In the past I’ve invested a frightening number of hours in things that were comfortable, I did not want to take responsibility so to play the ‘airy-fairy’ card suited me. It is no wonder that life was such a struggle because I was only in it for limited amounts of time before I would dis-engage again. There was a study recently on the amount of time we waste watching TV over a lifetime, I would be fascinated to know how much time and money we waste on investing in things which aren’t true.

     1. I was lucky as I grew up without a TV and still don’t own one but I can get caught up wasting and investing time on the computer screen instead of with my family or in nature.

388. I had a conversation yesterday with someone about investing in and for retirement with an emphasis on financial gain. Investing in our responsibility to change ourselves and our world is what inspires me.

389. ‘Today I invest with discernment’ and the choice to invest in Universal Medicine is a choice to invest in self, not the guru or teacher. Everything brought back to self and our intrinsic worth.

390. The money one is indisputably important when looking at what we are invested in, but I think the time one is more insidious. Once you have spent 1 year, 10 years or a lifetime with a particular modus operandi, its incredibly difficult to consider the possibility that you are barking up the wrong tree or travelling down a dead end. I admire anyone and all of us who are willing to take a peek and start the journey of return back to who we are – and the beautiful thing we discover is that is where the gold was all along!

     1. Sometimes it is the time and the length of it that makes the change hard, and sometimes it can only be short lived but if we really invest in it, give it our all and lose ourself completely in it.. time doesn’t really matter it is the fact that we lost ourself again.

        1. So beautifully shared Rosie. When we make those strong investments outside of ourselves it is a clear indication that we are not feeling full, or that there is a hurt or an emptiness that needs addressing. These investments are a symptom of this and once we clock those investments we are on the road to healing.

391. The amount of clothes that I have invested in over the years. Clothes that I have not been able to wear either because I don’t like them or they don’t fit but still I haven’t been able to get rid of them and so there they hang like energetic albatrosses in my wardrobe, reflecting back to me my inability to let go and move on.

     1. hahaha this made me laugh… I used to only buy things from Op shops and was identified by this… I was saving the planet, I wasn’t spending much etc etc and it has only been in the last few years that I valued myself enough to buy something brand new!… I love it… but now my wardrobe is a bit overloaded too.. Will have to let some things go now as I know some just don’t make me feel good so what is the point in holding onto that!

392. Yes, very true Jane, this empowerment is equally the greatest investment we can make

393. The greatest investment we can make is in our body. I don’t mean liposuction or Botox but building a relationship that supports and allows our cells to speak. They are the wisest advisor you could ever meet and will let you know which next steps are best. Look at your bodie’s track record and you will find it never missed a beat. Thank you Rosie for this testament to following the truth of what we feel.

394. It’s always great to ask this question as there are time we can believe we are making a good decision of the way to go only to realise that we are falling for the concepts of right and good rather than truth.

     1. Or we can fall for the illusion, the pretty picture and miss what is really on offer. Just cause it looks good doesn’t always mean it is good!

395. I can so relate to this Rosie: ‘I have also got my friends into the things I invested in too… so the realisation that I not only led myself astray, but also others, hurt. It really sucks in fact, but rather than own up to it and shed the light for everyone to see, there were times I just kept it in, just so I wouldn’t have to deal with it… but then we all suffer, so no more of that.’ I will never forget when I was 26, sitting by my father’s bed in hospital when he was dying, and assuring him that when he passed over Mum would be there to greet him. Wow, did I really lead him down the wrong track, I totally skewed his last hours. I was horrified when I later discovered the truth. All I know is that I genuinely believed what was said at the time was true, and although it was sheer ignorance of the true law, there was no intent to harm him in any way. It just is as it happened, and I have to remember that he always had a choice to align to truth or not.

     1. Yes we do have to forgive our ignorance because like you, no harm was intended. But with more knowing and understanding, I feel a lot more solid with what I am role modelling and how I am inspiring others now.

396. You can have investments absolutely everywhere but the one I clock the most is the ones at work. Putting all your effort, time and dedication into a project or job and then waiting to see the results and outcomes. Well this was how I used to be in work and sometimes I can feel the old pattern of seeking recognition and acceptance trys to creep in.

397. It’s true, there is ‘Nothing airy-fairy, no guru to follow.’ There is just a discernment for what feels true.

     1. I feel airy fairy from a mile away and my body does not like it at all.

398. We have to take great care what we invest in, because what goes round comes round. So by discerning the energy of what we invest in, we are discerning the energy that will return to us. Whether it is work, relationships, money or people, it is all energy first.

     1. That is so true, it all does go around and come around… and what we sow, we later reap so it is up to us.

399. Investment is a killer – it can keep us locked in a path that is leading us further and further away, but we simply cannot admit that we are wrong because of all we have invested in. Especially when we have invested or attached our sense of worth to a particualr picture or path – if we let go, who are we? What do we have left? It is at this point that we have to truly let go and return to who we are in truth, unidentified and unattached to outside things

     1. Self worth is a big one here… how are we valuing ourselves. This question is at the forefront of my thoughts right now. Its a good one to ask. Brings up all kinds of things!

        1. I agree – when we anchor our worth to who we truly are inside, unattached to anything we do or anything outside of us, then no matter what we will remain steady and at equilibrium

400. ‘Today I invest with discernment and not just because someone else is doing it.’ – it’s so easy to get swept along with someone else’s enthusiasm and conviction, however, as you share, when we connect with our body there is infinite wisdom waiting to guide and support us. More the fool are we if we don’t stop and listen before making our decisions, valuing and honouring what we feel and know to be true for us, rather than placing a higher importance on what other people feel is the right path for them.

401. ‘I have also invested in things that didn’t cost me money, but cost me time, and lots of it… at the expense of spending time with my family or friends, or even time for me.’ – the message I’m feeling here is to stop and allow ourselves to feel the big picture – to be aware of all of the parts in our life and where our attention and support is truly needed in any moment.

     1. Yes, it is important to see the big picture rather then get caught in the narrow vision that blinds you from everything else. It is never meant to be about one part of our life but a balance of it all.

402. Hind sight offers a wonderful opportunity for learning, to see how we could have done things differently. However, making mistakes is often part of our journey to discovering the truth, so not something to feel bad about. As you share, Rosie, what is important is that when we get an inkling that we’re on the wrong path, to honour those messages, rather than allowing our need to be right to take control and smother the truth being shared with us from our whole body intelligence.

403. I have come to know that the greatest investment in myself is connection, when I invest my time in this activity I fill up with a warmth and steadiness that is gold.

404. We can also invest in others behaving in a certain way and then become’ disappointed’ when they don’t fit our ‘picture’. Investment does not leave you free to be, in any given moment.

     1. Oh yes, as a parent, I know this one way too well! And its not nice to feel that someone needs you to be another way. It just feels imposing.

405. Today I realised a very invested investment I have had with the world-to look like I’m doing a good job and be perfect. When there are things I’ve missed I can go into a spiral of I’m not good enough etc. and believe I’ve lost my earnings as to being considered full proof and infallible. Yes, I need to look at what I missed and why but also appreciate the excellent work I do do. This appreciation from the inside is such a wonderful investment because it never demeans the quality of what i bring which is felt by others and has the potential to inspire. Investing in being not just perfect but being recognised as perfect is putting all my focus on the outside world (and causes me great anxiety as to if I’m accepted or not by others and their standards). This is worlds apart from living from the inside out which nurtures who we are.

     1. Thanks for sharing Karin. We miss ourselves when we make it about the outside and everyone else misses us to as the superficial is nothing compared to who we are within.

406. It’s an interesting thing to look at Rosie, – what is it that we put our time, energy and money into? We all know how exhausting it can be – or how nourishing – The difference being made by exactly what it is we’re investing it all into. I’ve chosen to put time, money and commitment into what Universal Medicine has offered and have frankly moved out of exhaustion and into an engagement with and love of life because of it.

407. When I made a decision to move to another country to be in a relationship with a beautiful man, I had to put my house up for rent and get rid of all the furniture and fittings. It took me around six months and I too suffered the wrench of letting go of something I paid a lot of money for, perhaps selling it for only a tenth of its original value. It hurt but I was on a limited timescale and I needed to get rid of stuff quickly, not put anything in store. Most things found a good home, which felt ok and clearing as much as I did was an amazing process of letting go of my past and my investments.

     1. Clearing our past and any and all investments, clear our path for the new beginning ahead and at the same time creates the space for everything that you need (which is your future) to flow to you. I went through the same process when I moved back to Scotland last year – and I held the intention to travel light and had an intense 6 months of deep clearing – but an amazing and uplifting process.

     2. Yes, that can be a very liberating experience!

     3. Its actually very freeing when we do a big move like that and let go of stuff that we have been holding onto for years. Its great to look at it all and realise we don’t need so much.

408. I love the level of responsibility you have gone to in this sharing. It’s truly inspirational and an amazing reflection of what can happen when we bring love and honesty.

     1. When we bring love and honesty, I find people are very open to it, especially when we make a mistake. Because being open and honest about things shows that we are open to learning and that we are not perfect.

        1. And in that not being perfect, and being completely open we offer that to others too so that they can try it if they feel to.

409. ” I then wanted to prove it was okay because after all, I was going to look like a fool otherwise.” Ooh, know that one. What a huge shift it is when we finally decide to not allow our arrogance to rule and learn to humbly accept that we made an error and cut our losses. Far better than continuing to dig an even deeper hole that takes a lot more effort to climb out of.

410. I, too, would invest in things and people with the purpose of gaining something for myself – recognition, love, money etc. – and if I gained any satisfaction from it, it never lasted for long. However, through the guidance of Serge Benhayon, and all that is associated with him, I have learnt to discern what is truly loving and supportive for me. The return from this is an ever deepening of appreciation, love and fulfillment, the result of which is share this with others that rather than endeavouriing to gain something from them.

411. Having investment in our relationships is like being with others whilst wearing a straight jacket. We trap ourselves in comfort whilst feeling the discomfort of holding back our love.

     1. Being on cruise mode or keeping the peace or saying yes to an arrangement is about the same…as in that we are also trapped.

412. Investing now in making life about truth and love as much as I am able has changed how I relate to myself and to all others. I am now prepared to look at things where I used to compromise, and sometimes those things make me feel very uncomfortable. Dealing with long-held patterns based on contraction can mean a lot of discomfort at the exposure, but I would far rather feel this discomfort and heal the hurt around it than to live life with my head in the sand and in a wall of protection – I have been doing that for too long! There are still some things yet to deal with, but experience has shown me it is so well worth going there.

     1. I agree, better to feel it and deal with it rather than have your head in the sand! We have all tried to avoid things and know how that feels….. and also how great and liberating it feels when we take care, take responsibility and don’t turn a blind eye.

        1. Just nominating something in truth with no judgment has a healing effect on the body. It releases a tension and so to then take responsibility for it offers up more expansion.

        2. Yes because as soon as we are nominating we are at least getting honest about the situation rather than keeping the blinkers on or our head in the sand.

        3. I had a bit of corker realisation yesterday and in the honesty and humility it engendered, I feel like I have really let go of something!

        4. When we get to this level of honesty, and let go, it’s as if the issue no longer owns us. It is a great feeling!

        5. As soon as I nominated it and got honest, a weight was released. Yes I did feel like rather a chump and felt very vulnerable, but I did appreciate the realisation. Speaking to someone very wise about it, she gently suggested that the issue wasn’t the problem if I could honestly ask what was next and what I could change. It is only a problem if we see it but don’t make those changes.

        6. I like that, it really is only a problem if we are aware and then do nothing about it!

413. Embracing responsibility and surrendering to the bigger picture of what is needed rather than what we want, is a sure-fired way to have joy and fulfilment in your life. Now that is a great investment!

     1. Yes, I feel when we bring understanding and accept what is needed it is far easier to let what we want go. We cannot control life and trying to do so will only lead to disappointment.

414. Investing with discernment is the key, how often in the past have I jumped on the bandwagon because mates or people I respect have started doing something. I suppose it comes with age also but to make choices from within and with responsibility is very liberating.

     1. Yes joining the crowd and jumping on the bandwagon is what some call easy, because to stand up and be different means that at times people make fun of you or react but in the long run they actually love you for the reflection you offer. And if they don’t, it really doesn’t matter.

415. Yes it is so very easy “for us to get misled or to get caught up in things that really don’t serve us, or anyone” and the longer we keep at it the more harm is caused. Far more wise and loving to ourselves and everyone, when we realize the mistake to stop, reflect and then approach the situation with the added understanding. I love the observation that whenever we “expose it all and show our imperfections and share with others, we can all learn together”. What a gorgeous way to turn around a harming scenario to one of love, care and learning together.

416. We can be invested in many things, including very subtle things like priding ourselves for the ability to walk away from a bad investment in time. My experience is that it is the identification that is hurting us, leading to bad investments.

417. Sadly, we do all deep down know that what we have invested literally lifetimes in and hence our energy in terms of our life force is often far from what we know to be true… but it is what we do with that knowing that makes the difference. Often we stuff it and shut it down because we think it easier to just keep going as opposed to stop and realise that so much up until that point has been based on a fallacy we invested in.
     That’s the downfall created by the human’s pride – we walk further and further away from our own truth and keep living a lie in an effort to keep the lie going.

     1. What you’ve described here Katerina, I have seen people get very hurt by this. Also, I have experienced that lies get exposed with time and there is no getting away with anything that is not love. Life is always calling us to take responsibility for all our choices.

     2. and the lies get bigger and more complicated, rather than back tracking and taking responsibility and owning up for the lie in the first place.

418. I have been noticing how exposing it is to allow myself to be aware of the investments I’m making in my relationships, as uncomfortable as it is, it presents an opportunity for the blockage to be freed so the relationship can deepen and flourish on a foundation of truth rather than mutual comfort.

     1. It’s so much easier to just let our self BE and know we are complete with no need to invest or be recognise by outer things. Recently I have been letting go of something’s whch are completely good and true but the way I was approaching them had drive and investment – so time to lovingly reimprint and feel the true and hounouring way forward.

419. Our willingness to defend something that we already know doesn’t feel quite right exposes the arrogance of our ‘mind’. That it is more important to us to not lose face, rather than getting ourselves out of the way and choosing to take responsibility, energetically, by appreciating that by making the mistake we’ve deepened our understanding and learnt from it, so we won’t repeat the same mistake and we are also now well placed to support others in the same situation.

     1. Yes, once we have at least some handle on our embarrassment, our life can change to be much more harmonious. All we have to do is accept that this or that is embarrassing, perhaps even shameful and then we can move on and usually know what to do.

     2. This is bonkers isn’t it… even when we have figured out that the current path is not the right one, we continue down it for a little longer because to turn back is embarrassing, or ‘proves’ we have failed. In fact it shows we have the strength to not be attached, and accelerates us on the true path because of the level of honesty we have been able to choose.

        1. Yes, honesty = acceleration! Without it things get messy and take ages to come out in the open.

420. ‘I then wanted to prove it was okay because after all, I was going to look like a fool otherwise.’ – I love your honesty here, Rosie. It’s so true how we can so easily go into defending something, rather than accepting and admitting that we were wrong, as that feels more comfortable for us to do, rather than losing face ….. but at what cost to us all?

421. I am finding this inspiring that I can delay all I want and there is no judgement from God, or I can choose more responsibly and it may feel a bit unfamiliar but if I keep expressing to re-imprint a pattern and let go more of my investment and protection, it is so worth it.

     1. So true. We do have a choice. We can stay with what we know but then nothing will ever change. Or we can expose our patterns for what they are and step forward in a different way. It’s totally our choice what we invest in.

        1. Its interesting and uncomfortable when we expose a pattern but it is the only way to change. I have just noticed how controlling I can be… and I hate to admit it, but how do I change it if I at least don’t want to admit it.

422. This is such an awesome blog Rosie, you have inspired us to ask ‘what are we investing in?’ To perhaps look at not just finical investments but our energetic investments, are they serving us or harming us?

423. Our investments are all about us as individuals, about self… take away the investments and there is so much space for the bigger picture – our connections with others, with humanity, with brotherhood, and the Divine plan.

     1. Yes, so limiting when it is all about us…. yet so spacious when its all about all of us.

424. The only true depths we have is the lack of love lived, and easily this can be restored. Are we investing in fire (love) or prana (evil, absence of that love)?

425. Our pride in our investments keeps us many miles away from the truth of who we are!

     1. With a big blindfold on.

426. Reading this I can reflect on letting go of lots of items much cheaper than what was paid for them when a relationship had broken down and finding it really difficult to let go of them so cheaply. What I hadn’t realised was difficult was letting go of, not the items, but a wanting to be compensated for my initial hopes about the relationship and it not working. But actually that wasn’t it either. If I was honest I had to say I know I hadn’t been all the love that I am in the relationship so I knew I was letting go of something I hadn’t given 100% to and felt I’d cheated both of us with what could have been. But it’s great to realise what’s really at play when sometimes it’s difficult to let go of things we’re invested in and why so we learn.

     1. This is awesome, yes we often don’t give or play our part in full so I totally know what you mean when you feel cheated. Cheated by yourself. Great to be aware of this.

427. And I bet in the long term you will save even more because of your good health….. and on that note, its pretty hard to put a price on being vital, waking up feeling vibrant and having a body that is alive and not just surviving.

428. Investing in you Rosie, sounds like a true investment and like you say a win win for its not just about you but about everyone.

429. ‘I feel now that it is better to expose it all and show our imperfections and share with others so we can all learn together because after all, it is really easy for us to get misled or to get caught up in things that really don’t serve us, or anyone for that matter.’ It sucks when we realise we have made a mistake, it sucks when we realise that sometimes those mistakes are whoppers and it certainly sucks if we have influenced others to make the same ones! But it is so important to bring understanding as to why we made those choices and as you say in this we can let go of shame and it is much easier to share with others and to be transparent. You are so right – our learning is also everyone else’s learning too – so much better to do it together!

430. You raise such an important area – investment as you say doesn’t just have to be money, it can be time, it can be energy, it can be investing in something as being right, true or amazing rather than seeing it for what it really is, it can be a relationship or a job or an outcome, and because we are so tied down by how we want it to be or look like we are not free enough to firstly, feel what is true and secondly let go if we find the path we are walking is not the truth

431. ‘I feel now that it is better to expose it all and show our imperfections and share with others so we can all learn together because after all, it is really easy for us to get misled or to get caught up in things that really don’t serve us, or anyone for that matter.’
     Super inspiring and opening up for connecting if people show their imperfections and share their learning. Thank you, Rosie

     1. Yes, I love the openness here in sharing our experiences and being real about the things we still have to learn.

        1. Me too. And I love that I have learnt to do it without judgement and self bashing.

432. “These days I enjoy being responsible, choosing my way and I love the results I now reap because of the choices I make.” Rosie I love this as its also how I feel, I’ve changed from wanting to avoid being responsible at all costs to changing the way I live and now enjoying being responsible on many different levels.

     1. How much energy did we invest in avoiding responsibility…now that is a good question isn’t it?

        1. Ah yes, those awkward situations…. and how awkward are they when we hold back and don’t express. It really is easier in the long run just to deal with it in the moment, rather than to let it pass as it all comes around eventually.
           And I totally understand the not wanting to stand out, or be the one that speaks up..again.. but I see how when I do this, I do it for others who may not have the confidence to speak up yet.

        2. Being honest yes for sure, but even when one of us speaks up, it inspires others and it just goes to show how every choice we make, even if we are not aware of it is affecting others.

433. I once used to have a complicated array of financial investments. Money ferreted away in various ISA’s, pensions, savings accounts and shares. A while back I got rid of them all and put all the money into buying and preparing our family home. It was an amazing feeling to be investing my money in something that had purpose, was living, serves us all on a daily basis and with which we all can now have a lived and active relationship. It felt and still feels super supportive. As I reflect on this I can feel that the investments (non-financial) that we have in all other aspects of our lives are exactly the same; whether they be physical items or ideals, beliefs and consciousness to which we align, they drain us, they that don’t serve us, aren’t active, alive and purposeful and can shackle us from moving in a way that is open to whatever is needed. They pre-ordain our movements. Getting rid of them frees me up to seeing more, being more transparent, and being more responsive to what is being called for.

     1. This is awesome Otto, I love what you’ve shared. You are so honest and open, and you are an inspiration to us all.

     2. Superbly expressed Otto. I, too, have found that letting go of emotional attachments and maintaining my focus on those aspects of my life which have purpose liberating and bringing true meaning to and for my life.

     3. I love this Otto, I can imagine lots of people invest in things to get more money but actually have no idea what they are really investing in and the impact that has on others. Its great when we make our investments about purpose that is not harming in any way.

        1. It’s all about considering ‘cost’ and ‘value’ outside of the purely financial parameters

434. My wife once commented that Universal Medicine was the best health insurance. Absolutely true and yet also only a fraction of the picture and true value that these teachings offer us and all of humanity.

     1. I agree with you and your wife. Because of a health condition, I actually cant get life insurance but I have turned my health around so much so with the support and inspiration of Universal Medicine that it doesn’t bother me.

435. I have realised over the last few days what a pattern investing in what we do can be. Even once we have let go of such investments once we can be enticed back into a similar situation under different conditions. It feels great to be aware of this and realise that in doing this I am making sitations about me rather than their true purpose.

436. Universal Medicine is the road signs directing us back to who we innately all are. We have the choice, as to which road we travel.

     1. Yes and even when we think we don’t have a choice, that in itself is a choice.

437. How hard we try not to look foolish. How important our ‘image’ has become. But does it have any real substance? Or are we protecting a ‘projection of self’ rather than the real thing? It seems to me that those who have chosen to reconnect with the love that is innate in them, worry less about their image and live lives of real substance, rather than obsess about how they are perceived.

438. In the past I too have invested in many spiritual books and meditation groups in my search for the real truth of why we are here on earth . It wasn’t until I was introduced to Serge Benhayons presentations of the Ageless Wisdom that I came home to the love and truth that is within, and always has been.

439. I have invested in many things that have not run the course – and I must say that was not for want of trying, they simply did not offer anything that was sustainable. In complete contrast are the teachings of Universal Medicine, which have nourished life and those around me, specifically because they are the Ageless Wisdom. An investment that offers a priceless return.

440. I invested big time in the spiritual path, not financially but of myself, going further further astray and away from myself. Through Universal Medicine I am committing back to me and to life, taking responsibility for my choices, looking at what I have invested in, people, outcomes, expectations, my part in it. It’s a life changer in every way.

441. Like you Rosie, I invested, for a number of years, anything and everything to do with those spiritual pursuits, believing at the time that I was special, that I had something others didn’t, that I could ‘save’ people. Books, cd’s, courses, workshops you name it, I did it. At the time I thought I was doing the right thing, but long term, it didn’t feel true – so that investment certainly did not pay off. I also had investments in wanting to help people, to heal them – this applied to family and friends and often led me to feeling smashed, rejected and feeling worthless because I had invested all my energy into something that was also not true. So, after a long and arduous journey ending, or should I say, beginning, with the discovery of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I realised that the best investment I could possible make was connecting to ME and however many pennies it took, it was sooooo worth it as finally, I had found something that was true. Thank you for sharing your own journey with us Rosie and I am sure it will inspire others to ask themselves where their investments lie.

     1. Ah yes, thinking we are the special ones… that is so true.. I was there and now realise how wrong I had it as we are all the special ones, every single one of us, all equally the same.

442. Thank you for sharing Jane and that is such a great question to ask oneself: ‘what am I invested in about this person or issue? When we ask, the answer always comes which provides us with the clarity needed to drop the attachment to the return that we are expecting, which creates much more space to feel what is needed.

443. I have had so many investments but never invested in myself and always selling myself short! This is turning around as I recommit to life, I can feel how much I have to bring and no longer shy or holding this back.

     1. I am sure your body will love you for this new choice and those around you will be inspired.

444. “I have also invested in things that didn’t cost me money, but cost me time, and lots of it… at the expense of spending time with my family or friends, or even time for me.” This sounds uncomfortably familiar Rosie. I have done the same at the expense of many people including myself, and have had to feel and deal with the consequences of that.

     1. The part where it is at the expense of ourselves is often not seen. I used to have horses and did everything for them, but never took that much care for me. That all changed when I sold them, and invested that time and money in me. I don’t miss them at all!

445. It is a big question that asks us to observe so many pursuits we habitually do, good, bad and indifferent through out the day. A superb one to ponder and to ask self – what is the real point of doing x, y or z?

     1. What is the point in watching the tv, what is the point in sitting at the cafe drinking coffee or tea, what is the point in going to work, what does it do for me and for others? I ask myself these things and it often makes me change what I was planning on doing.

446. You have nailed it Rosie in that so many of things I was invested in were about abdicating responsibility and then being able to blame someone else when it did not work. Being willing to look at how we spend our time and money and making purposeful and self loving choices is the best investment ever.

447. Emotional investments work in the same way as stocks and shares; the market is always changing based on the demand of humanity (us) and consumers, and whatever is ‘trending’, be it comparison, contraction or anxiety, will increase in value and recognition. Do we invest where everyone else is investing, or choose what’s true for ourselves?

     1. Emotional investments have many ‘hooks’ to get others involved. Guilt is one biggie.

     2. This is brilliant Susie and needs expanding into a bigger comment/blog. For humanity to start to see the very real/practical and physical manifestations and effects that emotional investments have on us, then that would be amazing. It’s a question that we all need to be continually asking ourselves – constantly challenging whether our “investment” is a true commitment or a crutch for life.

     3. This is a great question Susie! Do we invest where everyone else is investing, or choose what’s true for ourselves?

448. From such a young age we are taught to invest in what we do, I can remember doing a school project and doing the best I could, but it was all reliant on the mark I would get from the teacher, the praise and attention that I would get from it. From there it just developed and grew to be the main focus in life, what will I get out of it? After feeling and learning from Universal medicine that this is the basis of our kidney energy, I could see and feel how much this drained us.

449. Investing in being responsible. Now that’s something worth investing in.

450. The only investment worth investing in, is the one when we make learning, self-devlopemnt, growth and evolution the name of the game. Anything else seems to be a distraction and we can get caught up in a lot of time wasting.

451. Thanks to Universal Medicine Teachings, investment in any falsity is automatic depletion, whilst investing in true love, vitality from a bodily sense. Whichever effect you feel reveals the actual quality of that investment.

     1. True – the basis and intention of our investment can reveal it’s self quickly if we are willing to listen, slower depending on the degree of attachment.

452. I have never followed a guru or went on any spiritual pursuits but I can still very much relate to what you’ve shared Rosie. It is with my work that I can relate to the part about investing my time and how that feels. I got to feel the frustration and blame I can go into when projects I have worked on doesn’t work out as I have planned, especailly if I have invested a lot of time on a particular project. One of the key things that supports me to let go of any frustration is to ask myself, what can I learn from my experiences and how can I do things differently next time to not fall into blame or frustration but to appreciate what was offered and to appreciate the process in the nature of my work.

     1. There is always an opportunity to learn isn’t there. We never know it all, even if we like to think we are smart and have worked it all out.

453. We might feel good when we are wasting time and feeling like we are just not able to do anything worthwhile because that gives us an identity but nothing compares with committing to life because we know we have something to bring that can serve everyone to feel that way as well, to bring true love, care and connection.

454. It is quite easy to identify what we don’t like about something but to admit what we get out of them requires a deeper level of honesty and is essential in truly letting something go.

455. The best investment of all is in ourselves and the best investment advisor which so far has never failed is Universal Medicine.

456. Our greatest investment is in human life and in that we invest everything we have to make it work. But what if living a human life was not the intention at all, and that real purpose of us living a human life is to get out of here and return to our natural way of being as quickly as possible? What would our investments then look like?

     1. That is a good questions, as then it would be all about evolution and us all healing together and taking responsibility for where we are at so that we can change our ways and let go of the not so comfortable life that we live in.

        1. Thank you Rosie. Indeed we think we have a comfortable life but actually, when we look a bit deeper we can sense that constant tension this separation from our natural source is causing us on ad daily basis. A tension we try to not feel and numb down. But that in that numbing down we find ourselves as a species living wayward to what would be possible if we would choose otherwise to return to our natural way of being.

457. You could say I invest in every moment but which is it I invest into? Something that robs me of the natural vitality in my kidneys/ body or something that supports my wellbeing? I have an opportunity in every moment to invest in what truly supports me and the rewards are far greater than any winning lottery ticket. What more do I need than to feel the joy, expansion, love, togetherness and truth in my body? All I need to do is live it in the consistency of the steadiness of who I am…

458. For many years I was invested in yo-yo effect of the good and the bad illusion, always judging myself and looking somewhere out there to save me, there was no me to invest in just unreal pictures. The best investment I have ever made was to invest in Universal Medicine, which means investing in me, the true me who is definitely worth investing in.

     1. Judgement is a killer, seriously its something we all have to let go of and its so harmful to ourselves and others, and I know this yet to be honest, I still fall into it at times.

459. The greatest investment we can ever make is into ourselves and healing all the hurts we have accumulated as they prevent us from truly being who are.

     1. This is so right on the button Elizabeth – ‘healing all the hurts we have accumulated…’ For years I had looked outside of me for the answers when all along they were inside me. Taken a while to heal those hurts, and will take a while longer as we are forever students, but appreciating now the opportunity to do so, thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and the support of the student body who have taken the time and space to write and comment on blogs such as this which allows the world to feel an amazing expression of truth.

     2. I agree Elizabeth, all the hurts are what really gets in the way and they are actually crippling in many ways. But there is a difference between thinking you have healed them by numbing and burying them and actually healing them. I know as I have tried and tested both ways.

460. Here it is, it’s that word again – investment. I have also been looking into this lately. I was feeling rather limited financially, thinking I can’t afford this and that, but the thing is I was still buying and eating some food that I knew would not support me. Not very wise investment, is it. For me, this word helps me look at my choices in a very practical way and see what energy I am investing in.

     1. I think its super important to review where we spend our money on things like food or activities and that way you can reassess if they are needed or not otherwise its just like the same old same old without checking it to see if any thing has changed or not. So easy to get stuck in automatic pilot but its doesn’t serve us at all.

461. Yes, it is crazy how we keep on going with something simply because we have invested in it but not because it has brought us true change or true care.

462. I found that the more I invested in something that wasn’t right the more anxious I would become. To then quell that anxiousness which was my body‘s way of showing me how I truly felt about it, I would believe I then needed to fix that instead of simply listening to my body and being honest.

     1. That is such a good way to explain the anxiousness. The body is always communicating with us and has to get louder and louder if we disregard what it is clearly sharing.

463. Yes, interesting how much we invest in that is not about our bank or money. In fact, we are doing it all the time.

464. Many of us invest a lot of time, money and effort in searching for the truth of who we are outside of ourselves in all sorts of spiritual and material pursuits. When all the time the gold was inside ourselves in the inner heart.

465. Our greatest investment in this life is in our hurts and stories that make us ‘us’. Yet they are illusion. If we stop to admit they are bankrupt then we will find we are already rich. Thank you Rosie.

     1. Beautifully said Joseph and revealing of our investment in the life we have created as opposed to the love that we are of.

     2. Beautifully expressed, Joseph, the world would be a completely different place if we stopped investing in protection, hurts and stories and share the love and wisdom we can all connect with.

        1. Yes, this is beautiful. We are so much richer and more than our hurts, protections and stories… yet we don’t always celebrate and appreciate this fact, that is the same for all of us equally.

466. Yes, i can see how investing in ourselves, healing issues, patterns does pay off. Not only does it in the long term save $$$, but as a reflection, but the investment in the body is also felt, by feeling vibrant, vital, aware and clear.

     1. We cannot put a price on how great it feels to be vibrant, vital, aware and clear. And you don’t even know you are missing out on this feeling until you stop abusing and filling the body with substances that are harming and then what I got to was, how on earth did I used to live feeling so rotten.

467. It is our pride that takes a beating when we become honest and nominate that we have falsely invested … in whatever, a spiritual pursuit, a business, an association or whatever else it might be. But what is pride in comparison to the light- and spaciousness that follow the severing of such unhealthy and binding ties?

468. This is an interesting one how we want to prove what we have invested in is okay because we do not want to feel like a fool!!! I haven’t consciously thought about what you are sharing here until now but it makes sense and is kind of a double whammy because we are not wanting to feel the truth even more. However, like you and with discernment one investment I know is of both great and true value on every single level possible is of knowing Universal Medicine and attending courses, workshops and presentations held by them. They have been life changing for me on a very practical, honest and deeply loving way.

469. Investing in yourself to live the true version of you is the best investment you can ever make.

     1. Yes, beautifully said.

     2. Yes, so true, ‘…Investing in yourself to live the true version of you…” keeps on and on giving back a return

470. Starting my investments in self was a very gentle process that started with the Gentle Breath Meditation, as all my spiritual pursuits had to be slowly exposed for the lies that were trying to get me to invest in anything, other than the truth of my Love.

471. We spend so much time and energy investing in all our ideals and beliefs that constantly spin us around on a merry-go-round… if only we knew from young that the truest and best investment we can ever make is investing in ourselves, being true to ourselves.

472. Until coming to Universal Medicine I had no idea I was investing in anything apart from money investment… once investment in attachments, emotions, relationships etc was exposed, my whole life turned around. The investing in all that ‘stuff’ – everything that wasnt truly me – was exhausting!

473. That’s something I find too Rosie, that I am busier than ever before and so I’m learning as a natural progression to “use my time wisely” and not waste hours on the things I used to do – though at that time would not have admitted it was a waste or distraction!

     1. I can relate to what you share, I am so busier now than ever and I am too am learning to use my time wisely and not waste any hours.

     2. Exactly, I wouldn’t have admitted that it was a waste or a distraction as I wasn’t aware, I never stopped to consider or appreciate what could be done in any given moment.

474. Yes, all those more subtler investments are worth having a conversation about. Why I behave a certain way to clock the investment in what I want in return opens up this conversation and asks is it true, or does it serve? Especially with those investments in what superficially look good – am I helping that person because it’s what’s being called for or is it serving my need to feel good or worthwhile or useful and so does the support come tinged with something that isn’t so good afterall? Yes, what a great conversation starter.

475. Every penny I’ve invested in Universal Medicine is worth its weight in gold and what you say, ‘These days I enjoy being responsible, choosing my way and I love the results I now reap because of the choices I make,’ feels so natural and claimed, and something we all can have should we follow what we know to be true.

476. One of my biggest investments has been in emotional issues, the ones that keep me boxed into to ideals and pictures of how things should be. Investing in myself as an absolutely worthy, gorgeous, loving women and appreciating my innate qualities is the only investment I’ve discovered that unravels the emotional needy investments. It’s with deep appreciation to Universal Medicine for highlighting the difference the intention and quality of our investments makes to the quality and well-being of our lives.

477. Our investments can be very hooking. Recently I was trying to save money on some garden edging and thought if I got a certain kind of brick I could do it myself and avoid paying someone. It was all about saving money. They look terrible. Then I realised I needed to pay someone to install them properly. Luckily before I took that step I realised that I was just continuing to feed a bad initial choice. I bit the bullet so to speak and someone is coming today to install the edging I should have got the first time. Except now I had to pay for both. The moment where I realised that I could drop it all was big – I could have held on to my investment and prove I was right, or simply surrender and realise I was wrong. In this case it was garden edging, but in other situations it can be much bigger things we hold onto that impact our life significantly.

     1. I totally understand what you are sharing here. And how good does it feel when we just accept the bad choice and move on and do what we initially felt. I have done this and often realise that I don’t really think I am worth it at first but once I do appreciate myself and bite the bullet as you say, it feels awesome!

478. Love and the responsibility that love demands is a great investment . . .the returns over a lifetime are priceless. It is an investment that just keeps giving.

479. I also invest in Universal Medicine and I continue to do so every year simply because of the amazing returns – for example, being true to myself; self loving and nourishing my body with good quality food, bringing simplicity back to my life ( so out with the complication), and increased awareness to read the situations that life presents to me, to name a few! And not forgetting that my life has transformed as I have cleared and let go of my old baggage, ie all the emotional stuff I was carrying.

     1. Oh yeah! It does feel so much lighter when we let go of all the emotional stuff that we have been lugging around with us for way too long!

480. The part about looking back at an erroneous investment that hurts me the most is realising what has been sacrificed in that pursuit. And it is not always just time and money. It can be an impact in many aspects of life like aliveness, quality of relationships and expansion just to name a few.

     1. Yes true, and in that list of things that I sacrificed or put on the back burner I would add, my daughter at times and my health a lot of the time.

481. The understanding that everything is energy and that there are two choices of energy is the best investment truthfully to understand and changes everything amazingly with an ever developing clarity and joy.

482. What a beautiful honesty and exposing of the investments we make in life from our ideals ,pictures, beliefs and irresponsible tendencies. I absolutely love the truth shown to me by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine constantly highlighting more and more what true responsibility means. My life and choices are constantly changing as a result and it is the best investment ever into supporting, simply being and loving my true self in the world.

     1. Very beautifulTricia, this sounds like a wise and a very worthwhile investment.

483. If something seems too ‘good’ to be true, then, most probably, it is. We have an incredible innate ability to feel the truth, yet so often we can over-ride this ‘knowing’ as we want something to be true. This in itself offers us an opportunity for us to explore where we feel we are lacking – what is the need that we are looking to fill?

     1. We are so aware, sometimes it freaks me out a little to be honest and then I have this moment of oh yeah that is right and now I understand how I used to drink or smoke to numb down that awareness as I didn’t know how to live and accept and instead I would react and want to not feel it all.

484. I love your honesty and can relate to it: ‘Now I understand why I chose what I did in the past, in ‘my spiritual quest,’ as it allowed me to continue being irresponsible with how I was with myself and others, and it did not ask me to be all of who I am. It suited me at the time.’
     It allowed me to stay in the illusion that I was on the right path, doing what I could to find a way, whereas this path never asked me to consider my part in all of this. Thank God for Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.

485. It is great to get a broader understanding of what investment is, even beyond money or time. There is much we invest in simply through our movements and way of being such as having all stay as it is, keeping the peace, striving for a ‘better’ world, not rocking the boat etc. If truly felt into though we can feel how investments are the enemy of evolution, for it robs us of an openness and freedom that would otherwise allow us to go with the flow of the divine soul.

     1. Yes, yes yes!!! I love what you have shared here. Keeping the peace is a big one, its like we continue to live a lie or what feels totally wrong just so we don’t ask anyone to be more and to evolve.

486. I have mostly invested in pictures, in what I wanted my life to look like, others to be like, a relationship to be…. My investments do not only lead to hard work but they are a sure way to stop my own awareness from expanding, as if it did, the pictures would be easily taken apart and the truth of it visible.

487. My investment into the way I care for myself, nurture myself and deepen my relationship with energy is the best investment I’ve made. The more I appreciate that its through this investment that life flows, the greater I am accepting of all that is unfolding, it is an investment that has never let me down. That is all thanks to Universal medicine.

488. I have spent my entire life investing in ways to keep myself small: investing in being a Good Girl, in Being Right, in Judging Others, in putting myself down, in feeling I’m Wrong, all sorts of ways of thinking, comparing, competing instead of seeing the equalness we are and the beautiful beings we all are. My investment in Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine has given me back my life and my health and has shown me a way of living that is the future, where we are all heading.

     1. That is honest Carmel. I think so many of us can relate to all those investments. It is crazy when you think of how much time has been spent on them, putting myself down, comparing etc and how damaging that is to us and to others.

489. You certainly feel claimed Rosie Bason, what an honour you have given to yourself. This is My experience too since Universal Medicine. You give yourself a trophy every time you deliver more and complete. This world is setup to work extensively and to deliver like you are the only one getting paid to deliver that requirement. It certainly brings a whole lot of Joy and an endless amount of energy to do so. Purpose-full in our service becomes our own commitment to Love ❤️

     1. Thanks Rik, I am getting better at giving myself a trophy and appreciating what I bring even though at times I worry about the tall poppy syndrome or standing out… but you know what, I have been playing small and hiding for way too long and that really didn’t work so I am trying something different and it feels good and if anyone is jealous, that is there issue. Not mine.

490. What can I say besides, what a great investment, it works for you and I can vouch for it certainly working for me.

491. Thank you Rosie, I have been finding it difficult to let go of a situation in my life and although I repeatedly talked about how much I had put into it in energy, money, time …all really the same thing…and how it had nearly cost me my life…it was only really today reading your blog that it felt so simple and that it was purely a matter of investment. It is absolutely part of my past and there is no need, in anyway, to let it overshadow the present or the future.

     1. Awesome! It is great to hear that it helped shift what ever it was that you were holding onto. It just brings a big smile to my face because when we share with each other, we really do support each other in ways we can’t even imagine because truth is, I don’t really know you or what is going on in your life but we all matter.

492. In my thirties I invested loads of money and time into studying many modalities such as Psycho Somatic Therapy, Psycho Drama, Chinese Medicine, Astrology, to name a few, only to realise that they did not support true healing, in fact they were harming. Once I realised this I easily gave them away and changed my work.

     1. Its true, once you know how harming they can be, letting go of them and the investment is easy. What I struggled with was getting honest about what I knew to be true as I was confused. On the outside they look good, sound good, tick the boxes etc… but how they made me feel, now that’s a another story.

493. I invested time and money in the new age movement thinking that I could only take what I felt was right and leave the rest behind, not knowing at the time I was taking on the whole energy, until one day I picked up a book in a new age shop and had to put it straight down, I literally felt sick to my stomach, so much so that that was the end of the new age for me.

     1. I know that feeling, and remember a friend trying to give me a book on several occasions but each time, I couldn’t even open it, every part of me was saying No… so instead of trying to please or look happy about receiving the gift, I just gave it back and said it just didn’t feel right for me. It is great when we can be honest rather than “nice”.

494. Above all else I would ask what have you invested in emotionally not just physically and financially. Emotional attachments and investments are never healthy to have as they might seem to trap dividends but we do have to pay the price energetically if our expectations are not met.

     1. I agree, and the emotional investments are so hidden at times that we try to pretend that they are not there, but we know they are and it actually takes a lot of energy to hide them.

495. A moment to stop and consider: what am I investing my time, money and attention in, and is it supporting not just me but everyone else? The reasons behind why we invest in some things and not others are fascinating and well worth looking at, because in doing so, we understand ourselves and what we’re choosing to align to on a much deeper level: what am I investing in, and why – what is the bigger purpose?

     1. Its a good question to ask, because even what I am doing today on my day off …. I am still investing my time so how am I doing that? What is the purpose, what will I bring to the world?

496. Awesome Rosie, you sense of self-responsibility is clear and you have obviously reconnected to the innate power within as a result.

497. “I remember getting really angry at the thought that I had believed something and trusted someone to only realise that it was all a big lie.” I wonder how many of us have done the same, only to find that everything we thought we knew was actually an illusion because we had allowed ourselves to believe in another, rather than trusting ourselves to know that we arleady knew what was true.

     1. Its good I am not the only one! haha

498. So true, Rosie. I too invested so much money and energy by following various teachings and thinking I would get closer to God. I stopped when I had a big operation and realised I had got nowhere.Now I see that I’m not going anywhere but coming back to myself and the love that has always been there waiting to be lived.

499. “…dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change” – Rosie I love feeling how you are out there, actually living your truth and wisdom – The Livingness of Love.

500. When we can stop blaming others for our misfortune, give up playing a victim and just be honest enough to take more care of ourselves it does affect everyone around us, the knock on effect can be quite surprising at times. I find it fascinating that my family are so much more aware of what is going on than they give themselves credit for. They see the changes I have made and they are making changes to their life’s too. To me it’s a miracle watching how we are becoming more caring with each other and having more understanding, less judgment and we have never got on so well as we are currently, that is the miracle.

     1. I have experienced the same Mary, when we raise the bar, set a new standard and lead the way, we are offering this to everyone around us. Some may join and some may take a little longer but the ripple effect is beautiful to witness and I too have been witnessing miracles.

501. Investing in ourselves is medicine, self responsibility is indeed priceless – thank-you Rosie

502. Humble pie can be quite healing when we realise we have been barking up the wrong tree. Best to admit it and get it out in the open. It’s then easier to move on.

     1. Hhahaha that made me laugh, I could just imagine myself barking up the wrong tree or trying to convince someone. It so doesn’t work and can be so imposing.

503. It can be quite confronting to realise the real quality of something that we’ve been investing in when it turns out to be not so great, but if we can let go of our pride and any judgement, then we can learn from it and take that learning and clarity with us to be more discerning as we move on.

     1. Yes the pride and judgement can be crippling towards ourselves and towards another. We must be aware of this as it is really important and can make a huge difference.

504. It’s taken me a while and a lot of poorly chosen ‘investments’ but I can finally see so clearly that the investment at the top of my list is the investment in me. I have been investing in me for the last 13 years and the return on my investment has been like no other, it has simply been spectacular; and I’ll be keeping on with this investment until my last glorious breath.

     1. That is beautiful Ingrid, it goes to show it really doesn’t matter when you start, and why not keep on doing that until your last glorious breath.

505. True empowerment is not something we can be given, nor is it a ‘drive’ to become better, fight or bash our way through life, but it’s a surrender to the fact that we do absolutely know what is true and can be the agents of change and speaking up for this truth wherever we go. I love it when you shared Rosie, “now I am out there making the change”

     1. We do know what is true and what is needed next in any given moment, but we have become experts at dishonouring what we know and feel so well and this is all at the expense of our body as it has to suffer each time we deny and override what we feel.

506. There have been many things that I had invested in financially and have felt very foolish for doing so when I realised that I was being conned or my own wishful thinking of wanting something to work out. There is not one ounce of regret when it comes to the money I have spent on Universal Medicine courses; in fact, what I have gained cannot be measured in pounds.

     1. Ah yes, that wishful thinking…. that wanting things to change but not wanting to actually have to do anything about it. I remember that well yet when I am active and I make the changes, I feel so good as I can see my part in it all and see how powerful I am.

507. I wholeheartedly agree with this Rosie – Universal Medicine presentations have exposed the lack of discernment I used to have in life that has changed with understanding that everything is energy and the quality of that energy has to be discerned at all times to live true to our essence.
     “Today I invest with discernment and not just because someone else is doing it. One thing I now invest in is Universal Medicine. I have trialled and felt the support in my body from sessions, courses, presentations and workshops. Nothing airy-fairy, no guru to follow”.

508. One of the big things with investment is that we expect a return, and we often have big expectations, especially when it comes to our investments in our relationships and in work and family. When we invest in something we expect an outcome and for it to work, completely forgetting that what is needed for us to learn and evolve might be something completely different, and sometimes things not working gives us a new perspective and a new growth spurt in life..

     1. Sometimes things not working, a change in job, a change of home or even relationship can be a big blessing in disguise. I know from experience!

509. Discerning where we invest our time and money is really important because it has shown me how much I can waste my precious resources on things that have only distracted me. Investing in ourselves first brings a clarity of what we really want to bring to our lives and the wider community.

510. When we perceive an investment merely for ourselves it does not grow but when we invest our openness to truth with Universal Medicine it is for the benefit of all.

511. Yes I agree Rosie, putting time and energy into investing in Universal Medicine certainly is a win, win for everyone on many levels we have yet to fully appreciate. I too have stubbornly wasted energy investing in all sorts of projects that I knew deep down were not serving me or anyone else for that matter. Universal Medicine has enabled me to re-set the perimeters of what is truly worth investing in, which in turn has transformed my whole life. When we keep our sights on investing our efforts into what benefits us all, life takes on a completely different flavour.

     1. Very good point, when we make it about everyone, we get taken care of as we are part of the all….. on the other hand, when we make it about ourselves we miss out big time.

512. Awesome blog Rosie, I never invested in any spiritual pursuits but the money I passed over the bar would have paid for many. This was the same sort of thing, I was investing in a consciousness that was keeping me away from responsibility and truth. When I look back at it now, it freaks me out that I may still be there if I hadn’t come across Universal Medicine.

     1. This is a great example. We invest in so many things and see them as normal but meanwhile are not aware how much they restrain us and not let us be truly free.

     2. I can imagine Kevmchardy, the amount of money that people spend on alcohol is absolutely crazy, even more so considering it is a poison.

513. I can relate so well to what you have written, Rosie, as I am sure so many other people can too. Learning to discern investment of true return that not only enhances oneself but all of humanity is transformational, and the greatest investment I have made has been in Universal Medicine.

514. Invest in others I am empty and have lost myself; invest in myself and live love I offer all of me in that moment.

515. Yes Alison I too have invested heavily in right and wrong wanting others to agree with me. It is so liberating when we let go of our investment in right and wrong – no more uncomfortable emotion running through our body but a detachment of need and an acceptance of where another is at.

     1. I hadn’t thought about this but yes, I too have wanted things to be right and gone to a lot of expense to ensure it is, even if it is not really.

516. The problem with investments is where do we store them?

     1. Most investments are stored in our body and not in our bank account and that is where they cause havok.

517. In some ways we are all bankers investing in something and have numerous portfolio’s that either nourish us or keep us locked into patterns and behaviours that may place us in the red zone. Universal Medicine has shown me that when I nourish and support my own bank account ( i,e body), I not only invest in my health and wellbeing but also unlock past hurts, pain and or behaviours that not only grow and evolve but also aid my investments for the future and this is a forever unfolding portfolio I really enjoy depositing into.

518. To me investment was only to get something out of it, mostly for personal gain on any level. May it be recognition, emotional pride or a wealthy life. Actually they were all just false dreams I was caught up into, as now I can see that I actually do not need to have any investment but instead only to live my life in full and in accordance with the all.

519. Indeed Jane, the investments in the past were all only for self gain and never to benefit all of humanity.

520. What I love very much Rosie is: “I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.” I have to admit that I love it to be out and making my own changes as it so lively and definitely is it not being a victim of what life has presented to me!

     1. Yes for sure and so much can be done, and I am living proof of this… and amazed by what I have accomplished in the last 2 years for example… beyond what I would have ever imagined.

521. It’s quite an ‘ouch’ moment to realise we may have invested in things that we knew would take us nowhere. One of the things I see in myself is investing in what I do or produce and expecting it to give something back to me in the form of recognition.

     1. Yep, I still like a bit of recognition… but its good to be aware of this and see it when it is there hiding behind what I do.

     2. When I reflect back in my life there are many ‘ouch’ moments of investment, but now I am on track and every investment is to deepen my responsibility back to myself.

522. I too would invest in anything that brought a deeper responsibility back to myself, this feels empowering rather than a lack of power from waiting or hoping.

523. ‘I then wanted to prove it was okay because after all, I was going to look like a fool otherwise.’ – everyone makes mistakes, we are not perfect, however, if we can feel we’ve made a mistake, yet then choose to pretend that everything is ok, then we are most certainly choosing to be a fool. We are adding to the falsity that is already far too prevalent in life, which harms us all.

524. ‘I felt like I didn’t want that to be wrong or to accept that just maybe I had wasted my time or I had become caught up in something that was completely wrong.’ – I can so relate to this feeling, Rosie. Yet, in truth, there is no shame in making mistakes, it’s through our mistakes and being open to learning from them that we find truth. As soon as we sense that something is off, we have the opportunity to do something about it and make a true choice that will support us, and everyone else. The mistake then becomes a gift, we learn another lesson and have greater awareness and understanding to share with and/or support others.

     1. I have no shame in making mistakes!! I have no shame in exposing them and talking about them and moving on. In the sharing we can all learn.

525. Fabulous blog Rosie. It is so important to realise that our investments are not just about money, but also time and energy. I can look back on many things I have invested in, especially the ideals that I have taken on in society about how to be a woman, mother, daughter, worker etc. It is a bitter pill when you realise that what you have wasted so much energy investing in, leaves you and everyone else less and living in lie, but that moment of clarity allows so much more truth to be reclaimed.

526. Fabulous blog Rosie. It is so important treatise that our investments are not just about money, but also time and energy. I can look back on many things I have invested in, especially the ideals that I have taken on in society about how to be a woman, mother, daughter, worker etc. It is a bitter pill when you realise that what you have wasted so much energy investing in leaves you and everyone else less and living in lie, but that moment of clarity allows so much more truth to be reclaimed.

527. Up until I came across Universal Medicine and heard Serge Benhayon speaking about investing in ourselves, I had only ever associated an investment with some sort of financial benefit. So it was an absolute revelaton to understand that everything we do that supports us to be more of who we are, is actually an investment in ourselves.

     1. Yes, well put Sandra, In the past it has been more like investing in something (outside of ourselves) that would make us feel ‘better’ in a variety of ways, but in reality nothing comes close to the investment of ourselves, it is the best form of superannuation.

     2. These are truly fruitful investments – that not only nourish ourselves but others too.

528. You can either invest in a lie or invest in truth. Investing in the lie supports the lie to keep living, suiting our choice to stay irresponsible. Or invest in truth, exposing the lie for the detour it is and choosing responsibility and our return back to soul.

     1. Takes investments to another level, as we often strongly link it to money and not to everything like this. We don’t need to look to ‘big’ either for these investments. I see the way we allow the media to operate as a part of this, as now days they often give us a heavily weighted, one side of a story and if we go with that, we are feeding the lie it is. Like everything, we are needing to stop and get the whole picture or story, and then by all means make a call, but don’t run off with only part of the picture.

529. You nail it beautifully Rosie, we are masters in how we seek things outside us to distract us from the responsibility of living our lives and making the changes we need until we eventually stop and simply come back to living us to the best of our ability, being ourselves.

     1. No perfection, no goal to get to but just even giving it a go is all we need to do and to be open to more than what we have accepted as the norm.

530. The proof of the investment is in the outcomes, the quality of my thoughts and daily life reflects that living in a certain way really pays off.

     1. I love what you share here, so simply and clearly, Vanessa – the quality of how we are living is a reflection of all of our ‘investments’ and it is constantly changing as we always have the choice to choose truth or a lie.

531. I am investing in myself and it is giving me the best returns because as you say when we use discernment and take responsibility for our lives then any investment whether it be time/money/health etc reaps dividends that keep on growing. Having wasted a lot of time/energy and money in the past it feels awesome to be investing in mine and everyone’s future by becoming a responsible member of society and having a lot of fun along the way.

532. Sometimes we stay invested in investments simply because we don’t want to admit we were off track. I know this scenario very well. Sometimes even just investing in an opinion can have very unpleasant consequences. When we let go of our need to be right we have an opportunity to invest in truth.

533. I can relate to investing in many things that led me miles away from the source I have known all along – the person I need to invest in is me.

534. Great article Rosie. The word ‘investment’ originates from the word for ‘clothes’ and came to mean ‘clothe with the ‘insignia of a rank’ and ‘endow with authority’. So when we invest in anything it suggests a very intimate kind of relationship – we will be wearing it and giving it all our authority. ‘Clothes’ also are symbolic of energy – the energy we are choosing or ‘investing in’.

     1. Really and how telling is this, “The word ‘investment’ originates from the word for ‘clothes’” and “we will be wearing it and giving it all our authority.” A really different view for me and us on the word investment and how we only think that we are just here now with everything as it is. We forget that all things have an origin and from that origin we can see the truth of how this all started and indeed how we stand where we stand.

     2. Whoa isn’t that interesting! Thanks for the insight!

535. I have recently been aware of the investment I have in an outcome in my work and this being part of a pattern of this being the case, when this is not for me to determine – instead my only real concern is to determine the quality of movements I make in order to determine the quality of energy which I bring to all I do, the rest is taken care of.

     1. Yes, we can only take care and be responsible for our part and allow others the space to take care of theirs!

536. We invest energy in issues, difficulties and distractions all the time thinking we can avoid God’s accounting. But he doesn’t miss a trick – you always get the truth returned with interest. You can bank on this for sure – thank you Rosie.

     1. hahah, I like your playful way Joseph! Everything does get returned, all of it….

537. Rosie, how inspiring it is to read the honesty in your blog exposing the detours that we can all take through our life. The natural power and authority you have reclaimed is clearly felt in your writing.
     “I feel more claimed in the woman I am, more confident with the way I live and express in the world because I have grown to love and accept myself more and more”.

538. I think this can also go for patterns of behaviour too, we become so invested in acting a certain way or responding a certain way and we can struggle to let this go because of the familiarity of it.

     1. Totally, and because when we change, our loved ones around us may react.. so we just stay the same even when it feels awful!

539. It is a big pill to swallow to accept we have been completely fooled but a necessary step for us to truly move on to greater expansiveness within ourselves.

540. I agree Rosie, it certainly is a win win for everyone when we let go of blame, choose to be love and say yes to responsibility more and more. The moment we invest in anything outside of ourselves that is not love, it becomes a drain on us and possibly everyone else around us.

541. The best investment we can ever make is in ourselves… coming back to who we truly are.

     1. Absolutely, the best investment we will ever make. One that forever provides a well of endless wealth.

542. There are so many investments in life, and not just in relation to money… it has only been since attending Universal Medicine presentations and workshops that I have come to understand all the ideals, beliefs and pictures we have of how we/life/the world ‘should’ be are also investments – ways of trying to control, have things our way, attachment to things and people – all are forms of investments but come with irresponsibility.
     Once we expose these investments, we can take responsibility for investing in ourselves and this is when life truly transforms.

543. When we invest in the truth things change dramatically for us, for example, we have more energy because we are not fighting against ourselves, this creates more energy and we then have more time and space for ourselves, for others, for work etc.

     1. I like what you say Elizabeth about investing in truth. It really makes the difference in ours and others lives.

544. Spiritual pride is the last bastion of ‘self’ we have to confront and dissolve before we can return to our true and authentic selves. This includes the ‘needing to be right’ card we play as an excuse to hold onto that which we have created that does not belong to the love that we are. That is, before we can invest in all that is godly, true and loving we must first renounce all that we have invested in, that has led us away from this truth.

     1. The ‘needing to be right’ can be paralysing. In that you keep your movements in a very tight check so as not to step out too far as to be embarrassed for being ‘wrong’. Both these, ‘right and wrong’ are in the same basket, neither one being ‘better or worse’ as both are restrictive in how they are. As you are saying, let all this go and feel the freedom that is already there for you to move into.

545. No matter what you are doing if this is the result or awareness you are taking from it, then we all should sign up, “No more blame, just more care for me and that then affects everyone around me. It’s a win win for all of us.” From what I see we jump on the blame band wagon all too soon and yet here is something going against that grain or momentum and bringing us to the point that more care is the antidote for the blame. Interesting that the cycle of blame has never let us out and in fact it seems to have grown and as this article maps out, cycling in care brings a freedom with it that allows it all to settle. I know where my monies in.

     1. Good point Ray, with more care there is no room for blame.

        1. Yes and “with more care there is” less “room for blame”. There is no perfect pictures or a perceived smooth sailing. Energy and things will always be there at this point for us to tap into and the choice in how you move to and from these points will be the quality in which they return to you the next time.

        2. What I find is the more that I accept that life is not about the perfect picture or smooth sailing as you say, the more I am able to respond to what is next or whatever situation I am in, rather than be in reaction and wondering why is this happening me… Whatever is happening is because of our choices and our movements its so simple really.

546. It is indeed Rosie, a win-win for all of us. I have truly benefitted from getting to know you through working with you on a project and if you had still been sitting on the sidelines that would not have happened.

     1. Thanks Sarah, and isn’t it amazing what we can do, when we all work together…. and whats even better is that we all worked on the project for free because we knew its purpose.

547. This makes me think of all the material things I hold onto because I spent money or invested in them in some way. It’s like the remnants of the ideals I had invested in, in life. The more care and respect I have for myself, the easier I find letting go. It’s amazing what happens when you realise you don’t ‘need’ all the crouches you thought you did, or rather didn’t even realise you had because you were so busy focussing and investing your time in them, you forgot about you.

     1. Well said and we carry around so much physically and emotionally, the baggage of life you could call it. There are points we can reflect on and feel how we have let go and how great it feels. Like when you move house and have a clean out, how light you feel and invigorated it is. These are markers for us to continue in this way, not as one offs or every now and thens. I don’t mean to literally move house all the time but continue that letting go feeling or clearing out, that then allows the space for more of the same feeling.

548. I was just talking about this today with a friend. I have been doing part-time studying with the Open University for some years now and I did not listen to the original impulse at the beginning of term to put this on hold for a while and focus on other things. Several months later feeling stressed and that it was not the right choice to take up another module I was able to defer for a year. I can feel a tension from my body being released after doing this which feels good. However I was told I would not lose any money if I took up the same course next year .. which brought a tension back in my body and I did not realise this until today and speaking with a friend where I came to the point that if I lost over £700 from not picking up the course again next year it would actually be okay. Great realisation and lesson to learn in first listen to the original impulse from the body that is clear and second as you say don’t continue to do something that no longer feels right just because we have invested money into it.

     1. That’s a good example Vicky of how we can hang onto something because of investing our money, even when we know it doesn’t feel right.

        1. Yes, and that was my main reason for writing this because this happens to all of us all of the time but most of the time, we dare not admit it.

549. I love the question in the title: ‘Investments – Where Are You Investing?’ And just like you, Rosie, I am investing in love, in Universal Medicine and I gain so much I can’t express that in Euro’s or any other currency.

     1. Yes, its actually priceless!

550. There is such a lovely sense of lightness and new beginnings when an investment is revealed and released for what it was (distraction, neediness, attachment, etc) as a learning rather than a mistake. When willing to be open and loving with our selves for learning it is much more likely to be open to discerning any possible traps ‘next time’.

551. I too have found anytime I wish to play the victim role I am basically saying I refuse to take responsibility. When we choose to live irresponsibly we basically have the world backing us… When we choose responsibility we offer ourselves the freedom of knowing much more than the physical world is with us as we feel it in the wisdom and grace we hold in our bodies, and nothing else is needed.

552. Very true Rosie, it is a win win all around. When we hold on to things that are not working because we have invested time and physical or emotional energy in them there are always strings attached. Those strings are like pipes draining our energy and not giving space for either party to consider the relationship or attachment freely.

553. ‘And time wise, I am busier than ever before and because of that I use my time wisely and do not waste hours upon hours in meditation, dreaming that life will change because now I am out there making the change.’ I can relate to what you have shared, I had invested in becoming enlightened without any true commitment towards myself and how I was in life, it was a dream, completely irresponsible behaviour which effected a lot of people. Investing in Universal Medicine is the opposite of ‘dreaming that life will change’, it is always about being responsible for the choices we make and it is about being out there and making the change, beautifully said Rosie!

     1. This is a part I also appreciated when I read it. Then reflecting on the dreams of winning lotto or living playing golf or the holiday or the new car etc etc. I had never really seen how much time was spent living in a dream. With Universal Medicine I have certainly spent more time on the ground and not in dreamland and for this I am not only thankful but moving into another quality of living where time is opening up and I have more space to see things.

        1. Its interesting how much time can be wasted dreaming our lives away, rather than just living in the present.

        2. I agree and it sounds simple and common place and yet from my experience I was wishing a lot of things to be another way and then hoping this would make it possible. Life is more assured then we think or then we allow ourselves to be aware of. We can have a part in the quality of the all that is coming to us by simply taking care in how we are in each moment, each movement leads to the next and then the quality of those is what we see life as. In this way no need to dream things to be different or hope they come true, just move yourself for all to be that way.

        3. Absolutely, it really does come back to each and everyone of our movements.

     2. I can relate to what you are sharing here Annelies about investing in ‘enlightenment’ and only after reading your comment have I also come to the realisation that the whole time I had been searching and meditating towards this goal of some kind of ‘enlightened awareness’, it was done in a way that once I would attain that goal, the journey would be over and it would be like ‘mission accomplished’ in life with nothing greater to work towards except helping others attain that same state. After coming to Universal Medicine I now see just how inaccurate and wayward that approach is, because for one, enlightenment is sold by various gurus and new age modalities as some incredibly difficult and almost unattainable achievement, and there is no real talk about service to humanity both during the approach to it or afterwards. It’s like a self-centred goal, really. Perhaps true enlightenment is simply realising that we are all Sons of God, and can breath gently and live and express in service to ourselves and others from this place of stillness.

554. Yes, Universal Medicine is true investment in all our futures!

555. I found myself nodding a lot while reading this as it’s likewise been my experience. To me the Universal Medicine presentations and workshops are worth investing in because there is such a rich return that is greater than any material gain. I feel settled in myself and I wake up 9/10 days ready to be out in the world. That to me is priceless.

556. Having gone very far down that rabbit hole of New Age healing modalities myself, I can very much relate with what Rosie has shared here, in that there was a kind of excitement and adventurous feeling with finding the truth of life via these pursuits, but there was also almost an addictive nature to it as if I never wanted the journey to end. As Rosie stated, I now understand that this had to do with me avoiding the simplicity of living my life from an inner knowing that was always there and taking the responsibility to look at all my choices and how they have affected my life and that of others. Also, during that same time period of my life I was involved in all kinds of other projects that cost thousands of dollars (building a geodesic dome greenhouse, creating a permaculture based homestead and building a pond, etc.) that were all really distractions from living what I now know and practice as a very simple life based on self-love and only doing what I feel is needed from what my body is telling me to support myself and others. Only by coming to the works of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have these changes been made and I can now look back with honesty at that time when I was so invested in living my life via many ideals and beliefs that were not truly supporting my family or myself at all, even though at the time I held onto them with a death grip because I couldn’t fathom the thought of admitting that I wasted all that time and money for nothing.

     1. Love your honesty, of holding on with a death grip. It is so like that isn’t it.

557. If you really think about it, it’s crazy how the cost of something will affect our level of investment in it. The money is gone, it’s spent…so why does it matter whether that which you are attached too cost £1 or £1,000? Whether you discard it or keep it, you are not getting the money back. So, it clearly isn’t a financial decision and thus our attempt to make it one is exposed as a self-spun web, to protect us from having to admit to our investment in creation; an investment that, in truth, we know does not support us.

     1. It is interesting, makes no sense and certainly isn’t consistent in the amount spent equalling the level of attachment. When you look across your house at the things you have, some have little money value but have been along for the ride for such a long time, why? Then you have others that hit that dollar mark so can’t go because of that. Our measure of value is all over the shop, some financial, some sentimental and others status. We can hide ourselves in any number of things but when it comes back to how something truly feels then this is our marker. It for me brings it all back to not necessarily a ‘level playing field’ but a marker of where value truly lies.

        1. I can absolutely concur with this from lived experience. I have thrown in the garbage a few things of considerable value and have been amazed at how, ultimately, it feels exactly the same as throwing away a small plastic toy. If neither are needed or serve, then neither are needed or serve.

        2. Great to have this confirmed as at times it can seem as though you are on your own. From this there are a few things around me that are needing to be moved on, spring clean in summer.

        3. What always amazes me is that we can do a big clear-out of our house….and then, six months later, feel the need to do another. Perfect proof that we are constantly evolving and thus our home and space needs to evolve too.

        4. Yes and shows the value in ‘movement’. How many of us when we move houses always have a clean out? Things that no longer fit with where we are moving to are let go of. If we ‘move’ this out into being a symbol for life then each movement allows a point for us to let go as a preparation for the next place we move to. Allow ourselves the ‘let go’ as a natural part of that movement as parts we are carrying no longer are needed and don’t ‘fit’ into the ‘new’ place we are indeed moving to.

        5. Oh wow! This is great what you have added and an awesome way of showing the opportunity we have at every stage of our day to let stuff go. The more stuff we let go, the more of the true us is revealed, and the clearance allows more space into which we can then expand further. Really enjoy this angle that you have offered Ray. Thank you.

        6. Yes and the more awareness of what we are carrying becomes more detailed. At first as we are saying the image we have with cleaning out and movement could relate to a house, then you are possibly aware of things in your room, then your draw, then you wallet, then your body and it may come down to how your hands feel when you type. It’s amazing how we hold images of what things mean and in that this stops us seeing how things connect and effect everywhere. For instance how can holding your hands when you type effect anything? As they say from ‘little things big things grow’. Every move counts.

        7. Considering the notion of whether our hands typing can effect something is a deeply powerful act of humility – opening ourselves up to even just the possibility that there is something bigger at play here and that all is not just what we see with our eyes. Once we have accepted the possibility of this, then we can evolve in the true sense.

        8. Great building and I agree and we even say ‘the possibilities are endless’. There was a time when the world was flat remember and you would drop off it at the end of the horizon. This was just an accepted belief, it was almost law in that anyone that said otherwise was literally pushed aside and almost condemned. We can see this everywhere and the possibility that there is more to life isn’t just something to say as most of us at some point have looked to the ‘heavens’ and almost cried a similar message out. There is actually more to life, not in a hope but a matter of fact.

        9. And thus, it becomes our responsibility to live the fact. In the same way that those that knew the world was round and orbited around the sun, had the courage to stand up to the aggression of the accepted norm, so to is it our responsibility to claim the truth that we know, irrespective of what comes our way.

        10. So true and we don’t bring history forward like this. We look back at history and ogle over it like it’s something that related back in yester year but doesn’t relate to us now. Yet I wonder how history would look if those that “knew the world was round and orbited around the sun” took this approach? If that sat back and just went with ‘norm’ wherever he decided to walk. We need to value history truly, not necessarily for the deeds done but for the quality of how we all stood. The only way for history to truly be and for the future to be truly bright is to live them all now. In other words don’t break this up to past, present and future but value it all in one whole place. We have much to learn in how we have moved through the ages and the only way to see forward is to bring this all together in one “round” way.

        11. So what you are saying Ray is that the unfathomable engineering miracle of the Pyramids is not history but in fact our future.

        12. Ah and yes, now we are talking. On that point, and as you say, how were these build in the time they were built? When it’s a fact we can’t build to that quality, detail and accuracy in our current time. This comes down right to where this discussion leads, quality of movement. There is a quality of movement that is available to us now, that has always been there as the Pyramids confirm, and so yes indeed not history, or you could possibly say not future, but consistent quality of presence. The way we have already moved in the time of the pyramids shows the great, great power we have in the simplest of moves.

     2. Yes it is spent… but having been in a poverty consciousness for a long time… and not having much money, to me there is a huge difference between the amounts…. and that is what has caught me out but you are right as it really doesn’t matter.

558. Beautiful sharing Rosie.

559. Its difficult to accept the fact that other people consciously or unconsciously set out to fool us or fool themselves. The purpose of this is to cover over the truth , its difficult to accept that a human being wants to cover over the truth , but in accepting this truth the truth is then revealed for those that want to see it , thank you for sharing Rosie and revealing the truth for all that want to see.

     1. I fooled others with what I thought was the truth… to only later find out it was not…. so I am a lot more understanding of those people who do this… I could get upset that they led me away but in fact, I allowed that and accepted that as I did not discern so its is not about them and whatever they chose, but about me and my choices.

560. It can be easy to invest our time, money and pursuits in something we perceive will feed us back, only to realise that these were false investments to begin with. I too invest my time with Universal Medicine… nothing else has ever shown me truth to such a high level and by way of inspiration had such a positive profound effect on so many lives.

561. Rosie a great article, what do we invest in.. for me also so many things but the only thing that has truly changed my life has been Universal Medicine which has inspired me to truly invest in myself.

562. I can relate a lot to what you are sharing here Rosie. I invested – aka as bludgeoned a huge amount of energy, lifespan, and money into fix me and heal me schemes aplenty. There is no shortage of such solutions for us given that by in large we want someone else to fix our problems, and we do not want to look within. We don’t want the big R – responsibility.
     When I started invested in the big R to invested straight back in me. The richness in my life now is phenomenal when I look back at where I was just a handful of years ago. Responsibility expands. Lack of responsibility shrinks us down.

     1. There is no shortage of such solutions for us given that by in large we want someone else to fix our problems, … and there are lots of problems because no one really wants to deal with all of their choices and like you say… Take Responsibility. But oh my, I totally agree, once you do… life changes in ways that you never imagined possible.

563. The best investment you could ever make is in loving yourself deeply in full, to the max. Another that is not truly coming from you is not a wise investment to make.

564. Bountiful, beautiful you Rosie.

565. I am with you Rosie, investing in Universal Medicine for some time now and saving money in the process. I am much more discerning about what I do invest in and I am still letting go of things that I have invested in, in the past, and if or when they no longer serve me then I let them go. Great topic to have written about, thank you.

566. When you come from the perspective that everything is energy first, it highlights the deeper exchanges taking place in our day to day.

     1. Very well said Abby. When we look at everything as energy first, we get to see very clearly what we are investing in and sometimes it can be very exposing when our investments are not loving or supportive.

     2. True, because even if we are not aware of the energetic exchange, it is there all the same.

567. A very interesting perspective offered here Rosie. This certainly does let me consider all the things I have invested in that are not true and a total distraction. It also highlights where we simply choose to get distracted and not be discerning.

     1. I like what you point out here. We actually chose to get distracted…. it doesn’t just happen to us.. Nothing just happens!

568. ‘And the difference in me is so huge that I have saved $$$, not lost it.’ I couldn’t agree with you more, Rosie!

     1. Yeah totally, just add up the cost of drinking most nights over a 10 year period and then add cigarettes, take aways, etc and I am most certainly ‘quids in’ as they say my neck of the woods.

        1. Yes best way to save, take care of yourself. No crazy medical bills later either when you are suffering from ill health due to the way ward way of living.

        2. I dread to think the state of health I would be in if I hadn’t changed my daily habits that were counter to the harmony of my body.

569. Brilliant blog, Rosie. These days, I too ‘enjoy being responsible, choosing my way and I love the results I now reap because of the choices I make.’ I have wasted so much time, energy and money over the years avoiding taking responsibility and wanting to be fixed. Investing in Universal Medicine helped me to understand and feel the waywardness of not wanting to take responsibility for my choices. One of the things that makes Serge Benhayon stand head and shoulders above the rest is the simplicity and real-ness with and in which he presents. His presentations are about a living way, not just a lot of lip service – real ways of how to make changes in my life in order to start taking that responsibility if I so choose. And I do choose.

     1. Love your honesty Brigette! How many of us have wasted so much time, energy and money over the years avoiding taking responsibility and wanting to be fixed.

570. The thing about investing our time, money and effort into something is that we are often very invested in a particular outcome or picture of how life should turn out. Drop the investment in the outcome and we can really enjoy engaging with life.

     1. I often have invested in a certain picture and outcome and then been thoroughly disappointed when my picture or expectation hasn’t been met. You are right, jennym if we let go of the initial investment we can engage and respond to life completely differently… there is a freshness, lightness and ease this way.

     2. When we don’t have a picture of the outcome, we don’t get disapointed and more often than not, the result is better than our limited picture ever was.

571. I can so recognise the investing in spiritual pursuits too. About thirty years worth of courses, always searching and moving on to the next thing as I got disappointed with presenters (not living what they presented) and the information that never hit the mark and no real change was ever made. So a lot of time and money spent. Coming to Universal Medicine was like a breath of fresh air. Attending presentations by someone who walked their talk and whose words resonated deeply in my body. Also no hassling to ‘do the next course’. I now invest wisely and this serves not only myself but those I now come into contact with everyday and with the knock-on effect as I reflect a true living way to be.

     1. I too love that there is no selling or pushing the next course at Universal Medicine. It is entirely up to you to come along and attend or not.

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