555 thoughts on “The Way of The Livingness at University”

1. I like the ‘nothing is bigger than you’ because we often see institutions like university as bigger than us because of the influence they have and knowledge they seemingly own. Yet we all have this innate wisdom that can never be owned just to be re-learned to tap into.

2. What I love about this too is that it shows we don’t have to get it right or perfect straight away but that we always have the opportunity to see it for what it truly is afterwards and appreciate the learning.

3. ‘Without The Way of The Livingness to guide me in my way…’ there was no way for me that would make any true sense. I tried many paths and they all left me with the same emptiness as they started from an emptiness and sought to be filled from the outside. The Way of The Livingness comes from within one´s own innermost (esoteric), leads to one´s innermost and step by step makes it the exoteric expression in life.

4. Testimony to the realness and down to earth quality of the true esoteric way of living in contrast to the airy-fairy spiritual version that seeks to escape life.

5. We are here to accept and live our beauty. Everyday is a class asking us to go deeper. We can’t fail but we often get asked to resit!

6. No matter what job we do or what situation we are in we can always practice The Way of The Livingness because all it requires is for us to live our essence in full.

7. The wisdom of ‘The way of The Livingness’ you impart supports you at University and us all. Knowing nothing is greater than you is very powerful because you can tackle anything. You don’t receive that information from any University.

8. I love coming back to re-visit this blog as it feels like being washed with the simplicity yet absolute power of The Way of The Livingness, just by being ourselves in life and bring our all.

9. Benjamin this is beautiful and inspirational for all students and the real understanding of how one can live in university with ones true innermost connection as the key within to be who you are and not get overwhelmed in the demands and pressures that are there on one constantly under neath it all.

10. If you go into university thinking you are what you learn and hence empty or less because of what you don’t know, you will get smashed. The best way to support yourself at university is to go there knowing you are already everything, just learning to bring that everything to what you do.

11. Having just been to a graduation ceremony, I was struck by the automation of this system, and often robotic presentations – ones that purport to care, proclaim the relationships built and speak of purpose, and yet delivered in a way that was void of actual care, purpose or brotherhood. I love what you are bringing to Uni Benjamin, it introduces a completely different way and relationship to gaining the necessary skills to then be out in the world bringing your all.

12. “Yes, you read correctly. University can be a fabulous and life-enriching experience, full of commitment, connection, learning, and true fun.” I’m sure others would say that their University years were enjoyable, but what you are talking about here is something completely different to the way we usually ‘enjoy’ things. The true responsibility and commitment you speak of is the key difference here, and self-care is an important part of this. Self-care is not what is usually found among university students.

13. ‘I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone and that I have, in every minute and every second, the choice to feel the beauty of who I truly am.’ So true Benjamin, and what a wonderful responsibility!

14. I can only imagine the consciousnesses you are breaking down Benjamin by being the true you and being in the livingness at such a young age and at university to boot. Laying down a responsible foundational path for others to follow. Hats off to you young man!

15. I have found that universities can have quite different consciousnesses – some feel much heavier than others. Then there are substantial differences between departments so it is quite possible to study in anything from a hostile to a supportive environment and much depends on how we respond to individuals as well.

16. The way we live is felt by everyone. We can come with well-crafted words and ‘I’m fine’ in response to ‘How are you?’ but we all feel everything, so if we are not ‘fine’ it is a lie that is felt and that is not a great foundation for relationship.

17. Appreciating the quality in which we do life, and moving in that allows also others to get a new sense of what is possible and normal.

18. Ben this is truly like a healing balm to read! I was really appreciating your words that nothing is bigger than we are, and also the way you would go within to connect to your truth and find your way through challenges based on your own inner resources. Instead of letting the challenges push you down you went within and brought more of you forth to meet what was there. A very supportive and healing read, thank you.

19. “Without The Way of The Livingness to guide me in my way, my life would not be as rich, as deeply rewarding, connected, as fun, purposeful, or as beautiful as it has turned out to be” so true and a real inspiration and magical to feel.

20. Living in a way that is initiated from the soul opens up the experience of life to encompass the divine as an everyday part of living.

21. ‘For me this is all about learning, appreciating, feeling, and expressing who I truly am.’ – This is what true education really is about – the study of living.

22. Amazing how different our lives can be when we focus on being our true selves, rather than what we ‘do’ in life.

23. “It is simply about living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter.” Love the simplicity of what you present here Ben… How we live determines how deeply we connect to ourselves, or not.

24. There is no one thing we can focus on above another. Every part of life is a crucial part of our study. To overlook them is like skipping a whole section in an exam – kind of pointless.

25. University is not a place that supports one’s livingness but The Livingness most definitely supports one at University.

    1. Love it Michael – The Livingness supports every aspect of one’s life.

    2. The Universe can support us at university 🙂

       1. Ha! Love it Melinda.

26. Awesome Ben, holding it so amazingly at University…absolutely to be celebrated!

27. The beauty about being grounded in our body and embracing ourself in full is that the more we practice this the easier it is to live this everywhere.

28. Most students drink their way through university, what a contrast to what you are bringing to the system.

    1. When I first read this comment I mistakenly read ‘drink’ for ‘think’! Yes what a beautiful contrast but also what a pin in the balloon of thinking consciousness that values the brain over the body! In the very halls of this consciousness there is someone who is living the opposite and showing that joy is the norm compared to disregard and stress and not only this, getting his work done and probably to a very good standard too, without the so called normal go tos..

29. No matter where our work or studies take us, or who we’re with, there is always an opportunity to build relationships, observe and learn.

    1. Yes, and to bring more of ourselves.

30. If the word ‘universe’ is found in the word ‘university’, then surely this would imply that our educational system should be based on all the laws and wisdom that pertains to a sphere and not the reductionist lineal based consciousness that seeks to withhold this.

31. Developing a sense of our innate qualities is a foundation well worth establishing in life, what could be more supportive than this? As it is the only thing that can withstand the seemingly increases of pressure and intensities we are faced with in life. Developing a strong sense of who we naturally are is sorely needed in our education systems at every level.

32. It is very inspiring to read that the author has learnt how his reflection can be appreciated and felt by others.

33. The Way of The Livingness really is the backbone, front-bone and the all-bone way to living life!

34. This is such an inspiring blog with so much lived wisdom. A great reminder of how it is possible to live life.

35. Beautiful Benjamin to come to the realisation and understanding that you don’t need to be anything and what you do doesn’t make who you are. That being All of You is exactly what’s needed and there is so much that you being you offers everyone and the Universe.

36. ‘Through knowing that nothing is bigger than me, I have come out the other side of these challenging times with all of me still intact, and all of me still to come back to.’ – Knowing who we truly are is key to self-empoverment.

37. My Uni is mostly online which supports me a lot in terms of working full-time and focussing on all the other aspects of my life at the same time.

38. Thank you Ben for so wonderfully sharing with us so well the importance making life about being you in it and not just making it about what we do.

    1. No wonder life is so painful with most people needing to take the edge off with alcohol, food, gaming, drugs, etc, because we are all deeply missing ourselves.

39. “Being a student of The Livingness is nothing complicated or unattainable. It is simply about living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter.” – Beautifully said, it’s about the quality that we bring to life in every moment, without perfection but with a commitment to what we really value.

40. Correct this living quality is all you ever need. And it is the lack of connection to this essence that has the majority of us in such dis-ease and unsettlement. When we feel out of sorts we want to quell this feeling by any means and that is where self medication comes into play, these destructive ways cause us much pain emotionally and physically but as you so beautifully share it doesn’t have to be this way.

    1. Exactly, it doesn’t have to be hardship and pain – it’s actually a choice.

41. ‘This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me. I am not ever defined by them.’ – Truly self-empowering and something that every student would benefit greatly from.

42. I love this description of what true commitment is as the word has been distorted to imply a certain sense of drive and focus and losing the quality and fullness we bring to life.

43. This is a beautiful knowing to come to Benjamin . . . “I have come to the truth that we can be anywhere in the world, in any environment or place of life, and we can still be ourselves, carving out a path from our heart every day.” . . it is a knowing that will hold you in good stead all through life as life is not about being ‘good’ or ‘bad’, ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ it is about not holding back on being what you know to be true.

44. ‘I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone’ – This is a huge realisation and one that makes it very clear that every choice we make comes with a responsibility, not only to ourselves but to all.

    1. Yes this is worth remembering as we go from one choice to the next. And worth remembering when we are with people that every choice we have made up until that point can be felt by them.

45. How we choose to perceive things is key in life and will certainly flavour our experiences. However it is not about forcing oneself to have a certain perception nor to willfully make oneself see the glass as half full and not half empty…it comes simply from the energy that we align to. If we are seeing things in the ‘heavy’ way it is simply an indicator that we are choosing an energy that is not natural to our way of being. Hence it is about coming back to simply being who we are, and from here allowing the body to see and feel all that is. The all that is, holds both the willingness to see the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ (for want of better words) and so we do not get bogged down with the heaviness but get to see it all.

46. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.’ – I agree Benjamin, we can so quickly magnify the stresses we are in and end up way off track, unless we have a solid point to come back to.

    1. That solid point or internal marker, coupled with the tools to get ourselves back to where we know we can be, is the best support going. What if though, our livingness wasn’t something we used to prop ourselves up when we lose it, but more a marker to keep building and expanding from?

47. You make The Livingness sound very simple Ben. In fact, it sounds like how things should be if we all stopped trying to be anything other than ourselves. It is inspiring to read about a student at University who is navigating the system and still being able to be themselves.

    1. Yes I agree, Benjamin makes it so obvious, simple, straightforward to be connected. Most however including myself have lived from protection and reaction to life so the body is configured to go into that automatically so what could be simple seems very difficult. That is where daily commitment to connecting has helped me a lot, the wonderful healing modalities by Universal Medicine to truly help us connect and eventually stay connected.

48. The Way of The Livingness, the best way ever to bring to university life with the amazing support and stability this offers us all what a great reflection and is a joy to read with the quality and integrity brought to life.

49. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.’ gentle loving dedication to create a foundation on which we can stand in any situation in life.

50. Keeping a clear perspective and not letting anything get bigger than us allows us to stay in our power and be the master of our life rather than being swept away by events.

51. I love how you state your are a student of the Livingness first and foremost as this is what life is all about. Our bodies are the best University in the world and an in-depth study of it through reconnecting and feeling is what will bring true wisdom.

52. The simplicity of The Way of the Livingness is unfamiliar because we have practised complication for a long time; once we sense the potential and purity of this simplicity, it makes so much sense to unravel the layers we have confused life with.

53. What an amazing reflection you are to all those at University. To know what feels true to you and that which supports you then is the foundation for you to be able to deliver what’s needed for your studies. Without it being at the expense of your body.

54. The Way of The Livingness is simply living with love – and it is the absence of this religious way of living love that is the the demise of our workplaces, communities, societies, families, relationships, world economies. Because with love harmony prevails.

55. “Through Serge Benhayon’s presentations and his living way, I have come to the understanding that nothing is bigger than me. Equally, nothing is bigger than you.” How amazing Benjamin that you have come to this understanding for yourself at this time in your life, and are able to share it with others of a simialr age to you. To have access to such words of wisdom offers you the opportunity to shape your life to one of truth and deep connection to yourself and everyone else, rather than one that is based on the expectations of others.

56. We often have a very fixed idea about what it means to be committed: devoted 110% to whatever it is we’re doing, often to the detriment of our own body and any other priorities in life. When we see life as all one and the same, each and every part of it an equal part of the whole, commitment has a broader, more whole meaning and is much more about committing to bringing all of ourselves, all of our qualities, into everything that we do. So ‘the livingness’ is how we do life: a quality and a standard that is lived, consistently but without perfection.

    1. I am hearing the word ‘value’ in here too; that if we can begin to relinquish judgement and see everything and everyone as of equal importance and value then our commitment can be more complete, consistent and unwavering.

57. ‘For me, it is about being in touch with my innate and essential feelings, my truths of life, and my tender and sensitive ways that I have as a man.’ I love the depth of commitment in this and your blog as a whole but without any drive or need to get it right.

58. For any university student, the true way of going to school is responsibility.

59. In bringing all we are we can live from the connection we feel to everything deep inside and from here realise that we do not have the pressure of making it all happen, but rather just expressing ourselves and allowing life to come to us.

60. This is a brilliant understanding Benjamin, to not let life live us with all its emotions, trials and tribulations, but we live the life we choose and keep our commitment to living from our essence, wherever we are, whatever we are doing.

61. How you approach your study sets you up for how you will approach your working life thereafter.

62. I like what you are saying here about not allowing your studies to dominate you or define you. So many students end up being identified and in the end exhausted by the education system. Knowing who you are and that no job, profession, degree or qualification makes you, seems very important in avoiding this.

    1. Great point, Andrew and the earlier we establish this foundation the less we will get caught by all the lies and false trimmings of success and achievement.

    2. Yes.. constantly seeking recognition through what we do only happens when we’ve decommitted from ourselves in the first place. When we know who we are, and commit to loving ourselves in each and every way, there is nothing from the outside that can make us feel any better than how amazing we already feel and know ourselves to be.

63. ‘Without The Way of The Livingness to guide me in my way, my life would not be as rich, as deeply rewarding, connected, as fun, purposeful, or as beautiful as it has turned out to be’ – I couldn’t agree more, Benjamin. The Way of the Livingness has enabled me to walk out from the cave I was hiding in allowing me to live my life with purpose, to live the truth of who I am and feel the gorgeous connection between us all, being a part of something so magnificently divine that it’s hard for us to accept how truly amazing we are.

64. “By coming back to my Livingness and the love within me every day, I solidify my constant relationship with life. For me this is all about learning, appreciating, feeling, and expressing who I truly am.” A Beautiful sharing and honesty of the way of the livingness in real life and the pressures of university and how it can be in simplicity and connection with ones inner most self. Very inspiring.

65. “I have lived away from home and I have found that it can be done with love, and it can be amazing too” a great example of how we can live anywhere and bring a depth of love into our lives regardless of the outside situation.

    1. So true, David, wherever we live, we can make our ‘home’ – a place to come back to that nurtures us with the love that we have put into taking care of it.

66. “Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.” I love this sentence. We do not have to commit to anything outside of ourselves, just purely to bringing all of us to every moment. There is much joy in this.

67. ‘This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me.’ – I love how you mention your inner balance, with this I have a sense of allowing equality in all areas of our lives, so no one area is more important than another. Bringing the same level of attention, detail and care to everything we are a part of.

68. The Way of the Livingness supports every facet of my life. I now bring so much more love, commitment and dedication to my work, my relationships and my home life all due to me being part of this religion. Whereas when I was part of an organized religion when I was younger this was not the case.

69. University can be a very challenging environment in which to live and work in a way that is honouring of what feels true, so it’s inspiring to read how you are bringing joy to your studies (and to your fellow students) through your comittment to bringing all of you to everything you do.

    1. A new model for studying and being at university… yes this article is a real blessing for everyone and is part of breaking through the false ideals about university being some kind of holy grail.

70. The Way of The Livingness is a way of being in the world that transcends all race, religion, gender… “And it is this lived quality, this Livingness of who you truly are, that I have realised is all you ever need.” So true Benjamin… it is all humanity ever needs.

71. ‘I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone and that I have, in every minute and every second, the choice to feel the beauty of who I truly am.’ This is a beautiful opportunity to appreciate how we can offer everything to someone when we seemingly do nothing but are bringing everything in us living from our essence and express this without reservation.

    1. Which Michael, is in stark contrast to how most of us try so desperately hard to please and satisfy others by contorting ourselves into whatever shape we think will please them.

72. Imagine a world where the entire population was walking around truly being themselves without the all the images and ideas and beliefs that we walk around with today, oh how much simpler life would be.

    1. One day, we will reach this point together, and yes, it will be amazing. However, the only thing stopping us from living this way now, for ourselves, is our self.

73. The Way of the Livingness empowers us to put a stop to the waywardness that has led us to our current state of affairs by resurrecting the true essence of education – to know who we are first and foremost and connect to our multi-dimensional wisdom way before we even begin to read or write.

74. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself. This is important because it allows me to not stray too far away from the person that I know I really am.’ – and a beautiful way to support our livingness is to develop our own daily rhythm in the way we care for ourselves and prepare for each day, in the morning and taking ourselves to bed at night, developing a deeper relationship with our essence.

75. The reality is that our world is not set up to support us to be who we are, and so here in lies the challenge – a being who innately knows who they are, put in a world that will tell it all the time what it is not. And so we can forget. And when we forget who we are, then we are at the mercy of the forces that abound. But when such time comes that we begin to question this, then we can become more aware of the game that is at play. And so we can support ourselves to return to who we are, not by leaving this game, but by bringing all of who we are to the game and playing this crazy game but with the big guns of who we are. We are sold the lie that this is difficult to do, and yet, connected to the grandness within, we could all do it blindfolded, hands tied behind our backs and jumping on one foot 😉

76. Beautiful reflection of how The Way of The Livingness is always available to be lived wherever we are and whatever we are doing – we just have to choose to live it to the best of our ability and appreciate what unfolds.

    1. And in our choice to ‘live it’ – to live our own truth, perhaps the main question we have to ask ourselves is, do we want to continue on in the same pattern that we are in and have been living for so very long, which is clearly not serving us or we would not be having this conversation with ourselves, or, are we prepared to let go, to surrender, and re-connect with the magnificence of who we truly are and allow what is there to unfold to come through.

    2. Life should be a bit like a plough that is to open up the and expand what lies before it and not be the horse that toils away and driven by others.

77. “This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me. I am not ever defined by them.” Connection to our inner essence supports us to not be swayed by any external influences.

78. I love the simplicity in your approach to life Benjamin – ‘allowing what is there for me to guide me, trusting my own truth that it would all be okay’ – when we connect to our inner truth life vibrates naturally in harmony with the whole Universe.

    1. Having lived with a lot of control in my life, I’m appreciating more and more how ironic it is that we ‘think’ we are ‘protecting’ ourselves by trying to manage our lives, yet, in truth we are reducing and minimising ourselves and are, in fact allowing ourselves to be managed by another energy that is not love. The only way to remain true to who we are is through our connection with our body.

79. This is a great piece of writing to not only be read by other students but also by men. I know I have at times felt defined by what I do and acted accordingly, but to live from our true sensitivity and tenderness and bring these qualities to the fore in every expression and movement is truly awesome and therefore reading this is very inspiring for me and us as men.

    1. Beautiful sharing Michael… it is so easy to be defined by what we do when in truth we are all sensitive and tender beings. Men in their sensitivity and tenderness are divine to behold.

80. How beautiful would it be if the way of the livingness was practiced at university by the professors, students and everybody involved. What would it be like if students were encouraged to be loving, professors taught from experience the importance of integrity in what we do? Where would our world be?

81. The Way of the Livingness has enabled me to restore the joy, sparkle and love of life that had been well and truly squashed prior to meeting Universal Medicine. Through these ancient teachings I have been re-introduced to a wise way of living that I already knew but had lost touch with, teachings that can be interwoven with all we do so that life itself becomes our perpetual University, empowering us to evolve our integrity and master the art of responsibility.

82. So true, Susan, I was returning my shopping trolley to the rack, yesterday, and noticed the lady in the car next to me was about to return hers, so I offered to take it for her, not thinking about it at all, it was just a felt impulse, there was nothing I could see in her demeanour that suggested she was stressed or in a hurry. She thanked me saying how she wanted to get back to the hospital where she had left her baby. It allowed me to appreciate how much unspoken communication there is between us when we allow ourselves to be open to feeling it. This 20 second moment of connection with each other was very beautiful.

83. ‘Being a student of The Livingness is nothing complicated or unattainable.’ – I agree, Benjamin, it’s actually very simple, yet it may seem complicated because in order for us to live in connection with our truth, with a willingness to be open, honest and transparent – not holding anything back for fear of how other people may react, we must first arrest the patterns of behaviour that have been enabling us to resist living in this way for far too long.

84. We either believe ourselves to be someone or know ourselves to be who we truly are.

85. We stray away from the person we really are when we get caught up in the mental and information. If we do not live knowledge it is only information and does not include our whole being or all of life.

86. ‘Being a student of The Livingness’ – choosing and bringing the kind of quality to everyday life that we want it to be simply from listening what we innately know to be true, or we could say that it means to make life multidimensional instead of settling for the flat temporal version of just being human as in getting born, paying taxes and die.

    1. Ah so beautiful summarised Alexander. And to add – having a tremendous amount of fun too!

87. Commitment to life is about realizing that we can bring all of who we are to all of what we do and then actually putting this into practice, not with perfection but a willingness to give things a go in our fullness.

88. It is beautiful what you share, not forgetting who you are and living for you no one else. Choosing each moment and not getting caught in what others do.

89. I guess the equal commitment means that your time spent at University is part of your livingness and needs to be treated equal with the rest of life.

90. I am learning more and more about being committed to all parts of our lives are equally important, there is no point being committed to work or study if another part of our life is neglected. It becomes the weak link in the chain that drags the rest down.

91. I had a very different experience to that described here as it was before I had started to make changes in my own life and having developed my own quality of life through The Way of The Livingness. I would however love to study again with what I know now and all that I am living. One day this will be the norm for all and not just a few at our universities and higher education institutions.

92. Being true to ourselves, regardless of the path we choose to take in life is so important. It can be all too easy to be swayed by ones peers, maybe especially when young, because we want to fit in and be liked and approved of. Great sharing Benjamin, thankyou.

93. We are a part of the Universe and when we live in connection to our soul, our window to the universality that we are a part of, we feel, and live, in harmony with the Universal flow, it’s amazing. Yet for far too long, we, very arrogantly, have created a different way of living in disconnection to this exquisite and innately natural harmony, a way that sees us in the terrible mess we are now living in today.

94. Every time I read this Benjamin, I am so inspired by the quality that you bring in your writing and the wisdom you so naturally offer… more please – humanity needs to hear from you!

    1. I agree, Paula, there is an ease and a flow with which Benjamin writes so openly and honestly. Everything being shared is very relatable and simple – not an ounce of trying here, rather the sharing of lived truth.

95. Even though they are filled with people, university can be a very cold and loveless place. So it is very wise of you to find a way of being there, where the loveliness of who you are remains intact, because universities are important parts of our on going societal development, but it is just essential that what societal development is, is considered as including the whole person, even and especially the part that loves.

96. Connecting to the Real Us is a study in its own right, one that re-unites us with the rhythms and constellations of the immense Universe we live within, restoring the real depth, wisdom and love to life and our relationship with all of us.

97. The first paragraph says it beautifully – The Way of The Livingness interlinks with and is equally part of everything we commit to in life, it is the basis through which we bring truth and purpose into everything.

98. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself. This is important because it allows me to not stray too far away from the person that I know I really am.’ Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have helped me to understand who I truly am and they have also provided me with all the tools I need whenever I forget and need to reconnect within.

99. Beautiful Ben, something I needed to read, feeling overwhelmed by my study.. it is all about living the true me, and not leaving that to be at the mercy of pressures from outside of me.. that is the purpose.

100. There is definitely a correlation between our Livingness and confirming our constant relationship with life – our commitment to all of life.

101. You are a role model for what it means to be fully engaged in life on the base of being fully engaged with being who you are first and foremost, hence a completely different way of living – The Livingness – and a different experience of how life can be. That´s exactly what the world needs and everyone who gets to meet you will get a taste of what is possible also for themselves and everyone equally.

102. What life do we live when it is not the Livingness of being who we are? The answer is obvious, we experience it every day, and so is the answer obvious to the question of how to bring true change to the ills of humanity.

103. Such a beautiful blog. It made me reflect on how I was at university and what a stark difference there is to your experience. So for you to have lived this experience has actually rewritten the so-called ‘norms’ of how student life looks like. Very inspirational! The way of the livingness is so practical in its application to life, I love it.

104. The way you talk about being joyful at university and dropping the control of what needs or seemingly should be done is very inspirational and something I will take with me to work today. Thank you

105. The more we appreciate the truth of everything that we already are, this supports us to live from the knowing that nothing is ‘bigger’ than us, nothing at all.

     1. So true there is nothing bigger than us, we are everything.

106. ‘Life has become beautifully simple once again.’ – Life is simple when we let go of control, trying, needing to meet expectations and just live from the essence of who we are, no holding back. We allow the space for life to flow, no more pockets where we pretzel ourselves into being different things to different people or situations. We are the same glorious same with everyone and in everything we do.

107. The typical student lifestyle is often void of self-nurture, self-care and connection, and it has been accepted as the norm. And your question Richard, makes me wonder is this because we simply do not have enough people reflecting the natural, loving and nurturing way of life?

108. “I have learnt that committing to life is also about committing to who you are and what you take part in.” And after 40 years of life I have learnt that too, that commitment means bringing all of who I am to the world and expressing all my grace, delicacy and love in every thing I do. The gift of studying with Universal Medicine.

109. Not seeing life through the pictures and ideals we may have leaves us open to being a true student of ourselves and life. Thank you for sharing with us the quality you have connected to that allows you to be you.

110. I have to attest my success as a university student to my relationship with The Way of The Livingness – its support in giving me the trust in myself, in caring for myself, expressing and developing a true relationship with purpose has made my time at university an amazing experience of growth rather than a struggle.

111. What a beautiful example of being able to live steady in the university environment and not getting caught up in the ‘hum and buzz’ of all that could potentially threaten to knock you off course. This is the true meaning of ‘university’, from the word ‘universe’ or uni-verse meaning ‘one song’ – knowing that we are part of a greater whole and when we live in connection with this we have all the strength required to live life in such a way that we can bring the magic of the heavens, our multidimensionality, and the love and wisdom of our Soul, down into everyday simple life. Benjamin you are a gorgeous reflection that there is another way and that as students we do not need to become engulfed by a system that can seem overwhelming when we do not honour our innate connection with our true self.

112. Nothing is bigger than you is a truth worth remembering everyday. We can always handle what is before us when we remain connected and present with our body. A solid and steady foundation.

113. Remaining steady and true to our inner essence allows us to flow harmoniously in life – there are no agendas, no pictures of how things should be, no attachment to outcomes, no controlling … it is very liberating to live this way.

114. “I simply chose to be the real and sensitive me, and allow this choice to light my way forward.” Honouring the essence of who we truly are, that deep wisdom within, guides us in every way in life.

115. Well done Benjamin, how utterly inspiring you are. Thank you for this beautiful blog.

116. I love your share that despite other people’s accounts being to the contrary, you found you could live away from home in a way that is loving and amazing. And that the key factor was your choice to be the real and sensitive you. When we close down our sensitivity in life, it is as if we have shut our ears in a conversation, we end up missing all the clues and cues, and end up in effect just acting out our own beliefs, imaginations, hurts and protection.

117. Many many pearls of wisdom in this blog, Thank you Benjamin

118. “I have come to the truth that we can be anywhere in the world, in any environment or place of life, and we can still be ourselves, carving out a path from our heart every day.” You offer your fellow students and us all the wisdom of knowing we never have to compromise ourselves to fit in, we can hold steady within and simply be ourselves.

119. “And it is this lived quality, this Livingness of who you truly are, that I have realised is all you ever need.” Beautiful Benjamin, it is truly that simple, it is we that complicate life, adding layers and layers on top until we lose ourselves.

120. ‘For me, it is about being in touch with my innate and essential feelings, my truths of life, and my tender and sensitive ways that I have as a man.’ – how gorgeous, Benjamin, you are smashing the crippling ‘belief’ we’ve allowed for far too long that men are ‘supposed’ to be ‘tough’.

121. “My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself. This is important because it allows me to not stray too far away from the person that I know I really am”
     Our Livingness offers us a direct line to a pure natural quality that feels deeply confirming in our bodies and in turn our movements.

122. The reflection of being a joyful student, or a joyful human being is so necessary in a world that hardness, struggle, seriousness, grief and anger are rampant. Lightness and joy are very innate qualities in us, and this reflection reminds us all again of what Truth is.

     1. It’s hard to believe that joy is one of our natural ways of being when we look at the world around us. Most are scrabbling around trying to find pockets of happiness and in doing so, missing the point that we all have a river of joy permanently flowing through us.

     2. So true, Benjamin is offering a very powerful reflection of the love, intimacy, connection and joy that we all crave, through his livingness. Confirmation of the fact that the choice is there for us all as to how we choose to live our lives, with love, or with something else.

     3. Beautiful, we all have that innate quality of lightness and joy and we need to remember to start connecting to this truth.

123. I love returning to read this blog. ‘For me, it is about being in touch with my innate and essential feelings, my truths of life, and my tender and sensitive ways that I have as a man. By committing to my Livingness in this way, I am able to have a more solid flow and balance within my everyday life.’ This shows me what is possible when we live from the tender, sensitive beings that we are.

124. “This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me” A superb rule that we can apply to so much of our lives, so that we never lose sight of who we are amidst our busy lives.

     1. I agree, as it is so easy to get caught up in the having to do energy that we loose sight of what is truly required.

125. Unhinging the outer achievements from who we are in essence guarantees that we can live a steady and committed life, no matter what is thrown at us or where we are.

126. This blog inspires me every time I read it to bring more/all of myself to the situations I am in every day.

     1. I agree, Michael. Whilst Benjamin is talking about being at University, everything he shares can be applied to life in general.

127. This is beautiful, Benjamin – ‘my living way is felt by everyone and that I have, in every minute and every second, the choice to feel the beauty of who I truly am.’ When we are in the freedom of simply being ourselves, the light of God and the universe can shine through us. There isn’t anything more beautiful than that!

     1. With the understanding that ‘our living way is felt by everyone’ comes a responsibility to be aware of how it is that we are choosing to live – what is it that we are sharing of ourselves? A true reflection of the gorgeousness of who we truly are, or something else entirely?

128. Self-Care is a huge builder for developing a relationship with ourselves that supports us in life with a steady loving approach. I love that this is my absolute foundational base line and don’t drop below it.

     1. I completely agree self-care is a huge builder for developing relationship with self.

129. This is true, that people can feel the way we live and if another person is depressed, for example, we don’t need to be depressed too, we just need to hold ourselves steady, observe what is going on but not join in, remain calm, that is more supportive than anything, our calm presence.

130. “For me, it is about being in touch with my innate and essential feelings, my truths of life, and my tender and sensitive ways that I have as a man.” This is not something most men would utter, admit to or claim, and yet it is key to the way you’re able to be in Uni – with the strength of commitment and joy that you clearly are.

131. Looking and feeling my life before The Way of The Livingness (TWOL), i can genuinely say that life was an existence and tug of war within myself. Now with the quality of (self) love lived, there are still tensions, though at least now i have understanding to bring perspective – this is the joy of the TWOL.

     1. Zofia I can relate to what you share, I too had a tug of war within myself prior to The Way of The Livingness. With the quality of self care, self love I live, that tug of war is no longer there. At times there is tension but I am able to bring a greater level of understanding to the situation.

132. Love this idea of how the real me is the lodestone, and by keeping on coming back to that I can never get too far away. And the more I get a sense of that, the less likely I am to leave in the first place.

133. It is The Way of the Livingness inspiring and supporting me to live in a way where there is minimal reaction to life. It can be challenging sometimes when I don’t like what I see but I have a responsibility and that responsibility is not to react and judge another, but to build a foundation of love for myself that will support me to observe, read and have understanding for another and the choices they make.

134. After years of thinking I was so small it is a great thing to know that nothing is bigger than me.

     1. And the great thing is, I found you can’t ‘think’ yourself bigger with affirmations or self help books, the knowing comes naturally as I learned to reconnect with my inner heart and the essence of me.

     2. Yes, this is really something. Really living this truth is to say there is nothing holding me back from being and expressing what there is to be said or done except myself. For me, not holding back is simply being fully present and observing, being obedient to the rhythms of the universe. It’s fully knowing that playing small is a lie I choose to avoid being godly.

     3. So true Kev… and we can only play small but everyone else has always seen our grandness 🙂

135. ‘This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me. I am not ever defined by them.’ – as with so much of what you share in this blog, Benjamin, these wise words apply to every aspect of our lives. Having this inner balance allows us to stay steady within ourselves, to stay present in our bodies and not succumb to giving our power away to something or someone else. Nothing is greater or ‘bigger’ than who we truly all are.

136. This makes so much sense Richard. Of course when we are connected with our innate Livingness everything would be so much simpler. Something Universal Medicine and the Benhayon’s constantly reflect.

137. When we stay true to our ‘inner balance’ we hold steady in the face of whatever is going on around us – it is a rock solid foundation that may ripple on the surface but the core remains untouched.

138. “I now have an ever-deepening appreciation that there is beauty before me in the day because of how I allow myself to be open to it.” So true Benjamin… we cannot see or feel what our eyes and hearts are closed to, and appreciation is a key player in opening our eyes and our hearts – allowing the world to see who we truly are and for us to truly see the world around us.

139. The Way of The Livingness is a blessing from the heavens not only at university but at work, at home and everywhere else in the world.

140. ‘I have learnt that committing to life is also about committing to who you are and what you take part in’ Our committment to bring our qualities in all we do means committing to life in full too.

     1. Great to deepen this point, Michael, when the commitment is there 100%, it does not matter What presents to us or where we are in life. Your reflection to others at University, Benjamin brings the opportunity to show everyone there is a different way to study and live.

     2. Absolutely we have to commit to life in full to be able to bring our qualities in all we do.

141. The Way of the Livingness is not something that is separate from us; it is part and parcel of who we are.

142. “This piece of writing is offered to let every fellow teenager know that there is nothing to be afraid of when choosing their path after high school has finished. My path for now is studying at University, but your path can be whatever you feel is true for you.” – A liberating statement to make in a world that is so heavily pressurised on going to uni and being ‘successful’ whatever that may mean according to current trends.

143. Nothing stopping you now is there?!

     1. Ah ha that makes sense – I now get what you were saying not that you would love to do it but that you already did it and wouldn’t it have been great to have done it with The Way of The Livingness as your guide. That applies to everything in life doesn’t it and what a blessing that we now have that Way so clearly available and accessible.

144. Thank you Benjamin for sharing your super gorgeous loving Livingness with us – it may have been written for teenagers but this 61 year old also absolutely loved it too 🙂

145. The Way of the Livingness is a superb guide for all of us, providing us with teachings, tools and Ageless Wisdom that restores our connection to our internal divine purpose, the twinkle in our eyes, the spring in our step and the real purpose to life.

146. Benjamin what a great reflection and inspiration your are to all at your university, showing them another way to be there.

     1. Yes, I agree Ruth and Benjamin’s amazing reflection ripples out and through his words of wisdom it reaches all the way around the world. Benjamin’s steadiness, sense of purpose and commitment to life is inspiring to us all.

147. Benjamin, to be a “joyful student’ and hold your own when everyone else is pulling the other way is remarkable and a true testament to the power of The Way of the Livingness.

148. Once I really committed to my Livingness which is inspired also by The Way of The Livingness, there has been a remarkable difference in the quality of what my life represents. Making it really practical I now have a base line of what I want to be living, which actually keeps deepening the more I allow myself to surrender to the next. Truly Powerful.

149. What a great training ground for life. If you can live true to you at University you can live true to yourself in the big world! A true education.

     1. This is what education should be about, life long skills that will support you at all stages as well as being a reflection to others of how it can be done.

     2. So true Rebecca, and university life can be very intense and if you can live through that with a deep connection to yourself, it is a miracle.

150. Being at University is beautiful in so many ways. When we know and love ourselves on the inside, this is how life on the outside feels, regardless of the work we do, or where we live.

151. “My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.” This is key. Knowing ourselves and building a way of living that supports us when we are ok, for us to be supported in those moments that we are not.

152. ‘This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me.’ What you share here is an amazing foundation for life, if you are able to study at university without letting your studies take over your life you are supporting yourself to approach life this way not letting anything that is presented to you take control, I love what you share here as it is when we can approach life with balance that we glide through life rather than making it about issues and struggle.

153. I agree, Shirley-Ann, I am always very inspired by people who stay with themselves and are not afraid to speak their truth in any and every situation, it’s incredibly liberating and very uniting as it’s an invitation for everyone to ‘get real’, drop any facade and be really honest about how they are feeling – then we can truly work together and support each other. Without this honesty, it’s all a game.

154. ‘Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.’ – love this, Benjamin. It’s been a big stumbling block for me in my life, being more concerned about what others will ‘think’ of me, rather than considering that holding back how I truly feel is far more crippling, to me and everyone else.

155. ‘Choose what you love doing and what you feel the world needs, and if that may seemingly not work out as you had hoped it to, you are still you, wherever you are.’ This is beautiful. Living this way says who we are is what informs what we do and the quality we do it in. Such an inspiration for all around you that may put goals and targets before who we are and at our expense.

     1. A very strong and solid reflection of a true way to live life.

156. “My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.” So true Benjamin… it is that rock solid foundation that supports us to come back to who we truly are, and to honour that.

157. “I have come to the truth that we can be anywhere in the world, in any environment or place of life, and we can still be ourselves, carving out a path from our heart every day.” This completely debases the false importance that we put on different trades, professions, cultures and material wealth Benjamin. Such a superb understanding, what truly matters is ensuring that we live life from our hearts first and foremost and that when we apply this to every aspect of our lives, we will bring enormous purpose to life.

158. Wow Benjamin, I can guarantee many would not consider being at University in this way is possible. Thank you for sharing.

159. ‘I have simply surrendered to what presents in my daily life, not needing to know the specific details due to a desire to control life’ this is a powerful way to live as we are part of an order which has its own rhythm and synchronicity. In surrendering like this we work with this and not against it in the illusion that we can be in control.

160. ‘I have found the key is to be me — the real, true me; to feel who I am within, and to have the humility to be in my heart as often as I can be, without perfection.’ The best lesson anyone could achieve regardless of whether we are studying for a degree!

161. The reflection of the way of the Livingness is so needed in everywhere in the world, in every corner and every area, every industry and every age group. It is ageless and cultureless. Everyone can reconnect to it and live it.

162. The Way of The Livingness at university is to be love and not be attached.

     1. And the same where-ever we are.

     2. Very true and in fact if you are love you will not be attached for with love there is no attachment.

163. ‘I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone ..’ – we can all feel and connect with truth. It’s very inspiring to be around people who are choosing to live the truth of who they are and this inspires us to re-connect with our own truth, which feels amazing and very confirming of our magnificent selves.

164. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.’ The longer we have such a way of life the more it support us and the less we deviate from it.

165. “Through Serge Benhayon’s presentations and his living way, I have come to the understanding that nothing is bigger than me.” I love how Serge restores our perspective and empowers us to realize that we have such an immense resource within us, that we are in fact living Universities in our own right.

166. “I have simply surrendered to what presents in my daily life, not needing to know the specific details due to a desire to control life and make it the way I want it to be…” When we allow this surrender, there comes a magic and flow to our day that we could never contrive, a harmony that encompasses everyone around us.

167. “I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone and that I have, in every minute and every second, the choice to feel the beauty of who I truly am.” Such wise words Benjamin – true living.

168. I think when we don’t see ourselves as being defined by what we do it helps us to have a clearer perspective on the quality that we bring to whatever we do instead.

     1. Fiona without a doubt this is one of the most significant differences where we focus first and foremost on the quality of who we are and then the what we do is guaranteed to be amazing.

169. There is such a simplicity on offer when we drop all the pictures about how life should look and how we should look within it. It can take time to feel who we are without all of those, but if we commit to learning then the teachings come from within thick and fast.

170. It’s interesting seeing masters graduates applying for customer delivery driver roles etc. No judgement at all on those kinds of jobs, I think it’s great to work in almost any field doing almost any task, however to me it shows the pressure put on young people to go to uni, as when they finish they have no idea what to do with it!

     1. Yes, what you describe just makes no sense – people had one or more years during the studies to prepare a job for themselves.

     2. Well said, Michael, there is tremendous pressure on young people to have a University degree, but unless it feels purposeful and is going to help with whatever it is you want to do, it may well turn out to be a very expensive lesson. I have seen a lot of young people start Uni only to drop out within the first year as it wasn’t something they wanted to do for themselves, they only went as everyone else was and they felt they ‘should’. There is a ‘pressure’ when you finish school to ‘do’ something, but there is nothing wrong with working for a year or so while you figure things out and then start your further studies, if that’s what you’re impulsed to do, when you know in yourself what it is you want to do.

        1. There aren’t many people I know who stepped back and said “Uni is not for me” no matter the pressure applied from society, but the ones I do know, are extremely successful in terms of contentment and settlement in life.

        2. All part of the game we play, and our tailored methods to ensure we don’t drop our patterns of behaviour in favour of multidimensional living.

171. ‘Yes, you read correctly. University can be a fabulous and life-enriching experience, full of commitment, connection, learning, and true fun.’ If we are full, feeling a vitality and joy in life, we take this everywhere we go no matter what situations we find ourselves in.

172. When I started to understand how every moment of how we live makes a difference to our thoughts and movements, it was a momentous realisation and responsibility. We are given these opportunities to learn, and all we can do is to keep deepening our relationship with ourselves by simply being honest and true to ourselves.

     1. Yes I agree it was also a momentous realisation and responsibility for me AND a great joy and liberation. It makes life really simple when you become aware that EVERYTHING matters and makes a difference – because then it is everything and you don’t have to consider if it is only this or that, or more or less and also that we all matter, make a big difference and have a job to do as Benjamin has described.

173. Inspiring. Benjamin, stunning sharing of the power and strength of your sensitivity. Love the sentence ‘humility to be in my heart’.

174. The Way of The Livingness has also taught me that there are no issues just opportunities to learn and evolve. There is no greater way of education than this.

     1. Absolutely Rosanna… just as…”… there are no issues just opportunities to learn and evolve” so too there are no coincidences, only perfect constellations.

175. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.’ The teachings of The Way of The Livingness support us to establish a foundation that is rock solid, so no matter what is occurring in our lives it is possible to re-connect to the absolute truth that is felt inside.

176. All is one life, there is no difference in being at uni or being at home, being at work or doing shopping in the supermarket. We might experience difference in environments and therefore we can behave differently, but in truth we can be simply us wherever we go, from that same steadiness within when connected to The Way of The Livingness.

     1. The Way of the Livingness has allowed me to appreciate that if I am experiencing more ‘difficulty’ with a certain area of my life, I’m actually being offered the opportunity to go deeper and discover the cause – what is it that I’m avoiding that is making it feel more challenging for me.

     2. Indeed Shirley-Ann, it is about embracing life with all that we are and that The Way of The Livingness makes us to understand that life is our playground in which we are learning that this life we have created is just a creation, not the truth that we are and are so much more – equal Gods.

177. At times we can be frightened by the images we hold as how we are expected to behave for instance as you Benjamin, describe how to be at university: “Too many late nights, too much alcohol and binge drinking, too much intensity,” and “How can I live away from home?”. But when we are living The Way of The Livingness we do see that these are only images and are just creations of the mind but not from the heart where the livingness resides. Our heart has no images but only simply a beingness that knows how to be, behave and express in any situation we come across in life.

178. I have found the same, ‘Without The Way of The Livingness to guide me in my way, my life would not be as rich, as deeply rewarding, connected, as fun, purposeful, or as beautiful as it has turned out to be.’ In fact without it i do not know where I would be for I was very lost and seeking anything and everything to get me through life and not feel the tension and angst I could sense all around me.

     1. It has been very inspiring to see the change and commitment in you Elizabeth and so many others simply as a result of returning back to living a life based on love and purpose.

179. ‘Allow yourself space to feel deeply, by cherishing all that you are.’ – this is how we can start to leave ourselves behind, by not taking the time and allowing the space to cherish our selves deeply and understanding how much we have to offer.

180. ‘Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.’ – love what you share here, Benjamin. We seem to shy away from commitment, I know I have, not wanting to stand out and shine ….. yet this is exactly how we support ourselves and each other to restore a harmonious way of living together, by being true to who we are and expressing our love in full.

181. “I am a student of The Way of The Livingness, and no lesser am I now a student at University.” The quality we live impacts everything we do in life, our whole life… there is not one part of our lives that isn’t affected by the energetic quality we choose.

182. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.’ This is huge! So many people don’t know who they are because they’ve never given attention to the gold within them – so easy it is to try and find that gold in something outside of them- especially education. That’s one of the things I pursued in an attempt of finding myself. How wonderful it is for all your fellow students and tutors to see what it is to know thy self and learn what there is to be learnt within the knowing of this. A very different experience and education to be experienced, something I am exploring.

183. What I have come to realise, is that we are all watching each other all of the time. Our bodies notice and register what other people’s body’s are reflecting. Our bodies know if other peoples movements come from our true heritage, God or not. Therefore when we live The Way of the Livingness, it is actually a silent call back to where we are all from.

     1. Thank you for raising this point Alexis. At times we can be so busy with our issues that we forget that life can be as simple to express and reflect that what we are connected to, the Ageless Wisdom, we access by living The Way of The Livingness. And in this simplicity there is a great gift to all people we are with as we show the way back to a way of life we all have a remembering off but have forgotten about through the distraction the life we have created brings.

     2. So true, Alexis, even if we’re not clocking that, we are registering the details of each others movements, they are all felt in our body and we can be very drawn to certain people, often not understanding why – the recognition of love being lived in another is very compelling.

184. “I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone” So true Benjamin. And it doesn’t matter what we do in life or where we are, when we choose to live by ‘The Way of the Livingness’, everyone will feel it.

185. If we saw every moment of our life as a class, educating us, perhaps then we’d have more understanding for ourselves and the fact that we’re all studying at the university of the universe.

     1. Very true Joseph… there are lessons learned every moment of every day, every lifetime – a universal university … forever learning, growing and expanding.

        1. l love it, very true and by doing this we would then not bash ourselves up for making a mistake rather see it as the opportunity to learn that it is. And as one very wise man has said on many occasions, that being Serge Benhayon, he is the forever student as too we all are.

     2. I like that, Joseph…the university of the universe. Gosh, there is a lot for us to re-learn about who we truly are and what we are a part of, so we stop reducing ourselves with this playing merely human game.

     3. It feels like there are two sorts of leaning, factual learning which is what’s on offer at school and university, or whole body learning, true learning – the learning that really matters in life, where we are able to break patterns of behaviour and deepen our relationships as we have be open to observing and understanding the magic that is being offered to us constantly as we go about our day to day lives.

186. As a fellow student, I completely agree that if we committed to ourselves, our relationships and being a student of life as much as we do exams then not only would we be much more joyful, enriched and worldly people, but also a game changing future generation of workers and employees. This opportunity is still very much alive for everyone, and applies to everything.

187. ‘I have come to the truth that we can be anywhere in the world, in any environment or place of life, and we can still be ourselves, carving out a path from our heart every day.’ Beautifully expressed Benjamin and so inspiring to read your commitment to life wherever you are.

188. Beautiful testament to the beauty and empowerment of establishing a Livingness that is one way of life in that one does.

189. You are a true inspiration Ben. Someone who is not only super bright and skilled but also able to bring true love and care to what you do cause you live it with yourself.

190. It seems such common sense, to build this inner foundation for our selves that will support us our whole life long. The fact that we have to write about it shows us just how far off centre our education systems have become if we are failing to put knowing who we are as the most fundamental thing we learn in life.

191. “The Way of The Livingness” – is the (loving) way of life. It’s as simple as this. Without love, there is no real living.

192. ‘Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.’ it’s easy to try to moderate what we feel is the purpose in any moment in how we bring this to what we do but in doing so we do not realise the full potential of what is on offer.

193. “I now have an ever-deepening appreciation that there is beauty before me in the day because of how I allow myself to be open to it.” What a beautiful sentence. We need to be open to the beauty of life, even when surrounded by challenge. It is there if we are open to it.

194. This is very beautiful, and most especially because of the joy that you have expressed in being able to simply, with all of life’s challenges, remain true to yourself. Of course with no perfection, but a willingness, which is far more beautiful than perfection anyway.

195. It is beautiful to see someone at such a young age being so connected to himself and committed to a life that is not ruled by peer group pressure, therefore not falling into the many traps that life lays before us like so many of us do.

196. I love how you offer a different way with university. To feel for ourselves how we like to be in it instead of just being like everybody else is, no matter if we truly like being like that or not. I feel there is a huge stop moment needed for us at university and to look at how we are truly living, what we are truly doing to our bodies under the guise of fun and then make a more free choice if we truly want that or not.

197. I was very blessed to not have this awareness as a student to come back to it now as an adult. Although I am not studying full time nor in an institution, I have found that the steadiness inside of myself has made it a different experience. So it is not how life meets us, but it is whether we bring ourselves in full to life.

198. Nothing is ever bigger than us is a truth that comes from our deep worth within. Steadily and gently we walk our steps being our true self, in joy, connection, harmony, love.

     1. So true, it can seem at times that the world is out of control, which it very much is but what is so great is that we don’t have to be out of control in the world instead we can be the reflective anchor point of the world.

199. ‘Through knowing that nothing is bigger than me, I have come out the other side of these challenging times with all of me still intact, and all of me still to come back to.’ – this is such a powerful message for all of us. Knowing that nothing is bigger than us supports us to not ‘give our power away’ by feeling we are lesser. Instead, we allow the space to stay steady with our whole selves and if things don’t work out, that’s ok – we do not feel defeated, there is no reaction here, we have said yes to something, observed, evaluated, understood that it’s not something we wish to continue with, all the while remaining in the fullness of who we are, which then allows us to have the clarity to feel the truth and honour ourselves in how we choose to move forward.

200. I love your equal commitment to every aspect of your life, Benjamin. Each part makes up the whole, therefore, if we are bringing less to any area, the whole becomes lesser as a result and everyone misses out.

201. How often do we take on what others believe or tell us, even though these are others experiences and not ours… so why do we take them on when they are not yet our truth, and may never be our truth?

202. “This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me. I am not ever defined by them.” It is so important to have balance in our lives… and when we choose to run with ideals and beliefs, they start to determine and define who we are, creating disharmony and complication, and thus the disorder creates imbalance in our lives. Holding steady in what is true for us supports us to hold balance in our world.

203. Committing to life means bringing your all to every area of your life, when you do this life becomes far more rewarding, fulfilling and joyful

204. The livingness so simply and so powerfully expressed, I love it. I especially relate to your experience of nothing is bigger than us in life when we are present and open to it as it is.

205. “This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me.” Wise words that should be the foundation of our education system world wide, so that we grow up knowing who we are well before we identify our selves by our skills, talents and profession.

206. You must feel very different to other students in your year who are drinking and partying at University. It is great that you know who you are and don’t compromise yourself or judge your peers. We are all where we are on our own journeys.

207. Benjamin you speak of trusting your own truth, this has been key for me too, to allow myself to listen to what I feel and no longer justify away those feelings. It sounds such a small thing but it has changed completely the way I relate to myself and to life.

208. It is so important to not just give in and follow what society dictates to us but allow ourselves to feel how we are truly feeling to be able to step by step live by what feels true to us.

209. It is wonderful reading how you have been constantly deepening and solidifying your awareness, your relationship with life and the expression of who you truly are. A gorgeous inspiring reflection anywhere in society.

210. Committing to life is such good medicine, because it is a choice to no longer let hurts and defences get in the way of us bringing our all to every task, role or relationship…and everyone receives the blessing of this.

211. As I read this I have to wonder how different my life would have turned out if I had known about the Way of the Livingness from an early age. I probably wouldn’t have been ready for the commitment or responsibility so young but it would have been great to know there is another way we can live without all the unnecessary abuse we cause ourselves.

212. As you say having a foundation that has been built on our absolute truth then establishes a base that we know can’t be shaken. It’s a loving dedication to ourselves and honouring what we feel and choosing things that we can feel supports us. This is a life long relationship that is number one and then we can bring that in all that we do and whom ever we are with.

213. ‘Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.’ a great thing to read in the morning before the day begins as a reminder of purpose we can bring to our day.

214. University currently is a bit like a massive cog machine where you go in one shape or size and come out the other end something completely different, it seems to me in that process you lose something immeasurably valuable. It would make a great guide book: how to fully commit to university and studying and stay true to yourself.

     1. Absolutely and very much needed as i was talking to someone doing a PhD yesterday and they were sharing how it is commonly accepted that the pressure of meeting all the deadlines etc is highly detrimental to students mental health and she is one of many who have been driven to the point of mental breakdown by the sheer volume of work and expectations etc

215. I love what you share and how being at uni can be so rewarding and a joyful experience, no drinking or white nights in sight. There is another way to live and you are demonstrating it in your field.

216. Trying to control life is like damming a river or slowing the earth spinning. When we stop putting all our energy’s into trying to control the uncontrollable, the fullness of life blossoms around us.

217. It is very cool to realise and live the fact that there is nothing we get faced with that we cannot handle; in an ever-deepening relationship with ourselves we become more and more aware of the infinite resources available to us to do whatever is needed. And this is the opposite of more drive, more push and efficient processes… it is about letting go of our need to control things, so that, free of struggle and overwhelm, we are ready to simply get on with things.

218. A brilliant counter invitation to us all… yes there is corruption, temptation and drive in abundance in the world luring us into patterns of behaviour that keep us disconnected from ourselves, but as you have clearly shared Benjamin, if we choose our first step and priority to be living true to ourselves, then we are in the driving seat and the way is clear.

219. ‘Life has become beautifully simple once again.’ – what can make life so complicated is when we take on different ‘roles’ and feel we ‘need’ to be a certain way in some situations and another way in other situations. This constant changing of different faces, fitting in with what we feel is expected or wanted from us is not only exhausting, it’s acting, it’s not being real and honest, allowing ourselves to just be who we are.

220. Committment simply is that which our life unfolds to be, we can either be committed to life, Love, joy and our role in humanity, or we can be committed to everything that goes against this.

221. The way that committment is discussed here is beautiful to read. The feeling it gives is that the committment one is willing to live with, is the precursor to how life comes to us.

222. How lovely to read this blog, showing that no environment is too crazy or stressful when you are yourself first and foremost. From my experience working and studying at a university, most students find university life very challenging. They are constantly worrying about the next assessment and due date and trying to fit the rest of life in with these demands. Yet Ben has shown that when you know and be yourself, and don’t get caught up in the stress it can be a very different experience.

223. So true Jane… it encompasses every area of our lives and not just study.

224. By remaining true to ourselves, we then hold ourselves whilst working within the system… rather than the system working us.

225. This is an awesome sharing on how we don’t have to give our power away to a system that tries to control and dominate… we can hold what is true and dear to us as well as successfully continue with our studies.

226. You could start a little circle there in how to look after yourself while at uni. Would be a great support for many.

227. beautiful to feel your zest for life, purpose and commitment through this blog Benjamin, something most at your age sadly have already forgotten. You will be a shining beacon for all around you.

228. It sounds like you had a truly good preparation for University Benjamin and I bet it wasn’t school that gave that to you, but a loving, solid, caring family and loved ones around you. We tend to forget that preparation for life is about education second and living who we are, expressing the fullness of our love and joy, first and foremost.

229. Yes people jokingly say about going to the ‘university of life’ if they didn’t go to uni and get asked where they went – The Way of The Livingness IS the greatest school in life, learning how to live in life committed and confirmed in who you are. The Way of The Livingness is the one size fits all essential Foundation Course for whatever further study we might choose.

230. I remember the late nights at university, the stress of studying combined with a great social life. I propped myself up with coffee and sugar. Not a healthy way to live.

     1. The pressure to conform was huge in my experience of University. I was an outlier because I didn’t drink and always wanted to go home earlier than my friends. Fortunately, for the most part my friends accepted my choices, but I often pushed myself to stay up later than I really wanted to fit in. (That’s not a healthy way to live either!)

        1. Ditto for me. However, I had fewer friends who were accepting of it and I found that most of the community ostracised me because I didn’t choose to drink. I found this hard to be ok with because I was not living from a place of connection but rather wanted confirmation from people outside me. Had I had the foundation you are talking of Benjamin I may have perceived things differently.

231. So true Jane, as The Way of The Livingness exposes the corruption that is taking place as the Energetic Truth of words has been allowed to follow the deep illusory ways with institutions.

232. So many words have been corrupted from the Energetic Truth that when-ever we learn and there has not been an understanding energetically of what a word will Truly bring then we are being distracted from our essence.

233. “My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself.” What an awesome foundation to establish for one’s self, so that no matter what we are doing, we always have a safe house within us to return to.

234. A beautiful sharing on the joys of committing to life, thank you Benjamin.

235. I love what you share, Jane… The Way of The Livingness is certainly the best education and schooling I have ever received. No university, school or college has ever come close to offering such a rewarding, challenging and uplifting ‘curriculum’!

236. Letting go and surrendering of what is therein each day without the need for control is huge and sets you free from the hold that life can seemingly have over us.

237. I agree Jane The Way of the Livingness is the only university for me.

238. Taking your full self to university and not letting university take you seems to be the essence of this.

     1. I love this, Kehinde, – yes, what Benjamin shares is the simplicity and joy in us claiming ourselves in full and bringing this to every aspect of our lives, rather than letting something else come in and dictate to us how we ‘should’ be.

239. The Way of the Livingness sets the foundation for life. Commit to The Way of the Livingness and everything else falls into place. No university as we know it today can teach life; it is through our everyday livingness/experiences in life that we learn and grow.

240. Commitment is everything. Without commitment there is no purpose we bring to life eg. I sense a purpose to be in a relationship with my husband; if I do not commit to the relationship then the purpose is capped and held back.

241. I never went to University but I remember visiting some friends who were away from home at Uni and was rather shocked at what animals they had turned into. What they got up to was outrageous and it was all just part of normal campus life, no one even batted an eyelid. You could safely say they never stayed connected to themselves.

242. We have a world full of education establishments, now more than ever charging heaps, but we have long forgotten the art of studying. It’s not about cramming or regurgitating but observing and questioning with full commitment to truth.

243. It’s the only ‘school’ I have found that is always and only about sharing the truth with the utmost integrity. Everyone is equal, everyone is welcome, there are no ulterior motives, rather complete transparency and openness.

244. ‘Being a student of The Livingness is nothing complicated or unattainable. It is simply about living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter.’ – it’s our resistance to allowing this to happen that is the main reason we are in such a mess. We have been conditioned into thinking we ‘need’ to be a certain way in life, meeting all sorts of false ideals and outcomes, so we try to control our lives to meet these. But where do they come from? – they have nothing to do with the truth of who we are, they dishonor our innate wisdom. As you share, the key to living this life is re-connecting within and living the real you, no holding back.

245. I have done a coursework degree and it was surprisingly easy when you do whatever you can once the work becomes available. A research degree can be a little or even quite different, though.

246. Whilst I know at first I struggled with what a student of the Livingness was, I agree completely now with your description “Being a student of The Livingness is nothing complicated or unattainable. It is simply about living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter.”
     It’s great to see the simplicity and support this offers.

     1. Quite often we align to complication because we honestly don’t believe anything in life could actually be that simple, but in keeping things simple I have found I am living with less self imposed tension!

     2. Simplicity is divine, complexity is of the mind and seeks recognition.

247. When I recall my time at school and at University my heart sinks. All along I knew that it all did not match my inner knowing and expectation, but without any conviction to actually live what I felt within, my response was either ticking boxes by excessive trying to be what was expected, or a refusal to play ball by withdrawing. Neither of which was that fulfilling or empowering. I love what you have shared which can be a wonderful inspiration for so many.

248. I really like what is shared here about knowing nothing is bigger than you. It helps put things into perspective and reminds me that we don’t have to give our power away to outside circumstances.

249. ‘I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone’ this is good for us all to understand because how we live is felt by everyone, so when we live in a disconnected way, that is what they feel, when we live with love and joy, that is felt by everyone.

     1. This realisation, supported by being a student of The Way of the Livingness and articles and comments like these, have shown me the joy of responsibility and how this supports my commitment to everything.

250. I’m deeply inspired by your commitment to bringing commitment to all you do, nothing is ever less or more. This way the quality in which we do things and what we bring is equally amazing. There is no room for things to go awry without our awareness.

251. I could count on one hand how many students I know who have studied at Uni and remained themselves, something that needs to drastically change.

     1. My observations with my own children, and their friends, is that they go into Uni to do their lectures and tutorials but beyond that, they don’t spend any time there at all. I wonder how different things could be if the Universities were focussed on the students first, their welfare, valuing the contributions that they are all able to bring, creating the space for people to bring about new initiatives, work collaboratively together and supporting each other in their learning experience, rather than it being the insular, everyone for themselves, lets get this over with as quickly as possible experience that it seems to be today.

252. It was the best step you took to understand the Way of the Livingness and how to return to yourself before you went to University. It holds you and supports you now while you are under the stresses of knowledge as it is understood today.

253. “I love being myself and expressing this in the world around me.” I’m finding that expressing myself comes in every form – we cannot escape expressing ourselves! Yet I know its only over the last few years that I have felt how true expression leads to an unfolding of deeper expression – or an expansion to expressing in areas I had no idea I would be expressing in. I can see why you love expressing you Benjamin.

254. Our experience is what we make it and we take home that which we choose to – do we choose to see the blessing and the learning and the love and maximise every situation we encounter in terms of taking every opportunity to grow and evolve? The experiences abound around us…and University is only one such place, and great example of how to work with this.

255. Benjamin you are walking God through the corridors, no more, no less.

     1. Yes, totally. I can feel the grace and beauty of this.

        1. The unbridled grace and the beauty of God.

256. This is a classic example of how the way we live supports us to live in what can seem somewhat hostile environments as I’m sure University could appear a lot of the time.

     1. It is important to acknowledge the hostility or counter-natural of many of our working and studying environments and then, inspired by writing such as this, realise that we do not need to be at the mercy of them.

257. “… people really appreciate the reflection of another person who is bringing true commitment and dedication to what they set their body to each day” And surely this is what we should be expecting of a true student, of our selves, in all that we do. Thank you Benjamin for choosing to show the world what it means to truly live life.

258. I love what you share in this blog Benjamin – the beauty of simply being yourself and inspiring others, from this to know that there is another way to live, far away from the struggle and hardships imposed upon ourselves.
     “I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone and that I have, in every minute and every second, the choice to feel the beauty of who I truly am”.

     1. I agree, I love feeling the deep appreciation Benjamin is sharing here in his appreciation of ourselves. We seem to gloss over how truly amazingly magnificent we are. How gorgeous it is to let ourselves feel the exquisiteness of who we really all are.

259. What I have learnt about commitment is that the more I bring my all to every thing I do no matter how small I deem it to be the more in my body I am and the more connected I feel with the hierarchy and the more appreciation I feel for the deepening connection with the all.

     1. And the cool thing is that it is often in the apparently smallest or most mundane of activities that I experience profound moments of understanding my value and place in the all.

260. The Way of The Livingness supports me in every aspect of my life.

261. Very true, Jane, there has been a real change in the level of involvement of parents in their children’s lives over the last 40 years and unfortunately the results are pretty devastating. If we don’t allow our children the space to take responsibility for themselves from a young age, what message is that conveying? That they are not capable?

262. ‘I am a student of The Way of The Livingness, and no lesser am I now a student at University. I have the same commitment for both, knowing that they interlink and complement each other every day.’ – I love the reflection here, that it doesn’t matter what we do in our lives, in our day, it’s about bringing the same love and commitment to every part making it all one. If we are only truly present and firing in certain aspects of our lives, what are we truly doing for the rest of the time and, more importantly, if we are not fully engaged from our heart, what is it that we are we allowing in to engage us?

263. No matter what happens you always have you, how beautiful is that, it takes away all the pressure of trying, and just brings it back to the simplicity of us being us, and everything flows from there.

264. Make no mistake the system is evil. It has been purposefully set up to keep humanity moving in a way that prevents them from accessing our multidimensionality and it is by not accessing our multidimensionality that we erroneously believe ourselves to be mere mortals, living in a straight line from birth until death. This belief couldn’t in fact be further from the truth, not only are we grand beyond measure but we are immortal.

     1. well said Alexis – having an awareness of the Way of the Livingess is to be living spherically encompassing the multidimensionality we are.

     2. The system is most definitely corrupted and configured to encourage the selling of oneself for temporal accolades, however, I have found that there are people within the system that care beyond the mandatory teacher/student relationship, people that know exactly why they are there.

265. We are all beacons of light, wherever we are. Any judgement or comparison of more recognised or less sophisticated professions does already pave the way of dishonouring yourself. It is never about what you do but how YOU, with unique expression, brings through whatever it may be.

266. The moment we compartmentalise our life we reduce our power of reflection in every area.

267. What Benjamin presents is the antidote to graduating with a mental health condition.

268. I love reading this. It can be applied to any area of life – it matters not what we do but how we do it. We can be with ourselves at any given moment and when we do that and allow all of what is there to be there, life can never be boring or mundane. We are divine and that is magical.

269. The Way of the Livingness is our life long University, a never-ending journey of deepening our connection to our Universal wisdom.

270. The Way of The Livingness, is the key to living life at University, the key to every job and industry, the key to every walk of life and the key to living life at home. It is THE WAY to live life that brings a deeper fulfilment, enrichment and love in every way.

271. “I have simply surrendered to what presents in my daily life, not needing to know the specific details due to a desire to control life and make it the way I want it to be…” It’s so tempting to try to control life out of a need to know what is going to happen or to feel comfortable. Letting this control go is something I have still yet to choose.

272. It can be tempting to get high on achievements and scores. But this always comes at a great cost to our body. Seeing that it’s our quality we are here to develop and love is a truly great and worthwhile study.

273. A beautiful blog that elucidates on commitment and expression as being fundamental to a joyful life. I love what you share here about commitment – a word that is all too often mis-interpreted as arduous and serious: “committing to life is also about committing to who you are and what you take part in; committing to my friendships and the connections that are around me; committing to what I study and making sure I keep up with where I need to be; and committing to expressing joy and fun as best I can in my every day”.

274. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself. This is important because it allows me to not stray too far away from the person that I know I really am.’ so much can be learnt from this. The more we commit to developing or returning to our livingness, the more it supports us and equally evolves to support our own stage in evolution.

275. ‘And it is this lived quality, this Livingness of who you truly are, that I have realised is all you ever need’ This final line is one which shines a light so bright into the darkest recesses of doubt or anxiety and such like. With such a foundation upon which to move the life you live is true.

276. There is so much gold in this blog, for example – ‘Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.’ This is very true…it is a simple principle to live by that allows us to constantly evolve by bringing more love to ourselves and everyone we meet.

277. Benjamin i love the way you describe commitment using all those points, and how spherical it is – commitment is saying yes to being part of the all, all of the time.

278. I have heard that if you love your job, you will never work again. Could the same be said of a university student? What is the reason you are pursuing your degree, self or something grander?

     1. I love that saying and hadn’t heard it before. I love my “job” and don’t see it as any different from any other part of my life. On Mothers Day I was invited to be out with some friends but I really wanted to work and was very content at home working for the day. I love my job and so I can flow with life and what is needed – life is not boxed into different compartments that get a different part of me.

279. I was just thinking how some students now days leave University in a lot of debt, not getting employment and being physically and mentally drained and not in a position to cope. It is like the ultimate set up for a hard life. What you have shown here is a gift for all those starting out in University in that there is another way and it starts with looking after yourself.

280. Hi benjamin, for me it is inspirational how you make everything about your Livingness in every moment of your day and in that of course, university is just a part of it, just as all other aspects of life. A very powerful way of living life!

281. “University can be a fabulous and life-enriching experience, full of commitment, connection, learning, and true fun.” and it should be because we can learn about the arts and crafts of the physical life we in turn can enrich our life in service with. And it sounds Benjamin, you have found how to enjoying this instead of being smashed by the system because you are treasuring The Way of The Livingness.

     1. Beautiful strength and commitment through The Way of The Livingness in University, I know lots of young adults who find uni devastating and become depressed, they would not necessarily put it down to the system and the way it is geared, but know full well the intensity uni brings. This is an inspiring example of how to live, love and enjoy.

        1. Sure it is Rosanna. University is not that simple, as it has a high demand on the mentality of the brain. When pursued to much, will become the arrogant ruler of life in which the body is abused – to get the peaks that the mind is looking for as a reward for its hard work. But when we live The Way of The Livingness, we will not allow any imbalance in our body, but more so we do not need that reward, as in truth has no value.

        2. I love that Nico, so practically and simply explained in the context of the pressures of university: “when we live The Way of The Livingness, we will not allow any imbalance in our body”

282. When you commit and bring your all to every aspect of life, life becomes very enriched and purposeful.

     1. Yes it is Mary-Louise, life becomes very enriched and purposeful, so completely the opposite to chasing targets and ideals and beliefs. Which however when fulfilled never sustains but needs another round and another, so it keeps us going without getting any real satisfaction that The Way of The Livingess is bringing at any moment..

     2. It sure does MaryLouise – otherwise life isjust mundane trying to get through the day and from one day to the next. It is amazing how life can be completely different when we embrace it in full.

     3. It sure does. Even what we may have considered the most mundane of tasks can be full of magic. In each moment we have a choice. Hanging out the washing can be a moment of function, something that needs to be done to then move on to the next task. Or it can be a playful moment having fun with pegs and order, being in the sun and enjoy the stillness within.

     4. Love what this simple statement has elicited from readers here, an absolute and undeniable claim that knowing the true qualities we bring and committing to bringing them to anything we do enriches life all round. I totally agree this has been my experience too Marylouisemyers.

283. ‘Life has become beautifully simple once again.’ – I am learning to appreciate this more and more, Benjamin. Life IS simple, we are the ones who make it complicated through our reactions to what is going on around us – through our resistance to letting go of any need or outcome and just allowing ourselves to be our amazing selves.

     1. Alison same here, the simplicity that life offers when we make life not just about all the things we do and have to complete but about the overall quality and way we approach life the more I enjoy my days.

     2. Yes, once we get to simplicity we are also becoming more aware of our power.

284. “For me, it is about being in touch with my innate and essential feelings, my truths of life, and my tender and sensitive ways that I have as a man.” These wise words are needed to be shared with every young boy, allowing him to grow into the gorgeousness of who he truly is… rather than living the imposed beliefs of what society says a man ‘should be’.

285. ‘Being a student of The Livingness is nothing complicated or unattainable. It is simply about living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter.’
     Yes it is that simple! So very well said.

286. It is a fact that being you and remaining yourself in all that you do is all that is needed to be well in life. The key is to dis-cover who you truly are and to let go of all those impositions and beliefs that are in the way. This is what Universal Medicine is offering, a way out of all that we are not so that we are left with the beauty and steadiness of who we are.

287. ‘I have learnt that it is important to commit in full to the world that we live in, bringing all of us to everything that we do.’ in doing so we bring so much more than us as we are part of something far grander than life on earth.

     1. A very important fact: by committing we are then able to see in what disconnection and disharmony the world lives in and get a sense for what is needed to reflect to return to the oneness we are actually coming from. Saying Yes to commitment is a Yes to more awareness.

288. The intensity of the learning and knowledge at a University can be very heavy so well done Benjamin to carve a different way through this life and bring your clarity of understanding that living with true purpose with the Way of the Livingness is possible in any and every situation we live in.

289. What you offer here Benjamin is something that can support the very young to the very old and everyone in between – university or no uni – because it is a way of living, of being in the world, that truly counts.

290. What you describe here is something we do not learn as young people. You bring forth all the things that have not been made important in life of academia, how to truly take care of yourself so that you stand on your own two feet on very solid ground of knowing yourself and are prepared to take any challenge that comes your way. And what a difference this makes.

291. University is only the way it is because we have made it so, compared to the intelligence of the Universe our intelligence on earth looks like it is made from lego, it is nothing but yet we make it everything, the pinnacle of human intelligence is a PHD, and yet a tree in our garden possesses more alignment to the universal laws and intelligence than humans currently in the ways we choose to live.

292. This is super gorgeous, Benjamin – ‘For me, it is about being in touch with my innate and essential feelings, my truths of life, and my tender and sensitive ways that I have as a man.’ Such a simple set of principles to live by, honouring and loving ourselves (and thereby others) to the bone.

293. In essence we are students of our self way before we are students of anything else. So amazing to see how you are maintaining this core study on your journey through University and consequently deepening your understanding of yourself, your way of life and your academic subjects in the correct order of importance.

294. It’s so true what you’ve shared about our ‘base’ being what supports us on our worst days, and actually no matter what goes on in life, we have a foundation that we can come back to. This foundation we can forever work on deepening and making more solid.

295. “I have come to the truth that we can be anywhere in the world, in any environment or place of life, and we can still be ourselves, carving out a path from our heart every day.” It is the coming from our heart that is the starting point and The Way of The Livingness that establishes and maintains this way of living.

296. “Allow yourself space to feel deeply, by cherishing all that you are. Choose what you love doing and what you feel the world needs,” Awesome words of wisdom for any young person. In fact if there is one thing we need to pass on to our young whilst in education it is this.

297. I would have loved to read this as a teenager, understanding that committing to my next step is all that is needed, no need for any pictures, ideals or beliefs about what might follow with the simple knowing that my next step feels true for me and that is all that is needed.

298. When I was young, I used to have many conditions – where I lived, what I did etc. every detail of my life mattered greatly and there were many things I just refused to accept. Now I am finding myself being able to live with a fewer conditions or attachment, and the knowing that the most important thing is my connection which I am solely in charge of, it feels so liberating and life keeps expanding.

299. Our current education systems offer no support beyond the offering of knowledge. I remember being at Uni and having 4 tests in 5 days. I got through it but I was sick for days after, it was stressful having to regurgitate so much in such a short space of time. Over the years I have found it’s the little things I do that support me most through my studies. Like going for a walk each day. Eating well, not shortcutting dinner or the way I get dressed. Stay connected with my friends and family. Interestingly it is these little things that I tend to let go of first when I feel overwhelmed or stressed.

     1. Yes, it is the little things that make a big difference for me too while studying… coming back to the body, doing regular exercise and punctuating the day with space to connect to my breath and the yumminess inside me.

     2. I find the same too with work Abby, it is all the little things I do which support me. So if I feel things building up or getting to me then I have a little walk, even just a few steps around the office and then when I come back it feels like a new fresh start. I love how our movements can support us. And yes I find the same, it is all these ‘little’ supportive things which are often the first things we drop.

     3. The education system is broken down into parts and the whole of the person in the system is not seen. Only a part. We are not parts and when treated as a part it simply doesn’t work – we are a whole being and all our parts need to work together.

300. Hopefully Benjamin others will be inspired by what you are doing here and won’t follow others like a flock of sheep down the trail of self abuse that most go down when leaving home for the first time and being at Uni.

301. Building a relationship with Life is beautiful. Every place we haven’t committed to in the past we get the opportunity to recommit and relive in our true quality.

302. ‘And it is this lived quality, this Livingness of who you truly are, that I have realised is all you ever need.’ – this is deeply felt throughout your insightful, tender and immensely accessible blog, Benjamin. This is exactly what we are all here for right now, to restore harmony, truth, integrity, connection by living the truth of who we are and in so doing, inspiring and supporting our brothers and sisters to feel the pull to re-connect to their own divinity.

303. ‘Being a student of The Livingness is nothing complicated or unattainable. It is simply about living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter.’ – this way of being is our true way, deeply known to us all. However, we have allowed ourselves to be distracted and have strayed from this path of love and are now re-awakening and re-connecting back with the truth that is there within us all, thanks to The Way of the Livingness, amazing role models who are leading the way and inspiring blogs such as this.

304. I come first (in the knowing that I is for All). Then comes everything else. That’s the motto, that is the way to succeed without loosing a spec of ourselves along the way.

305. A big learning and trust is that the number one job is for us to bring our livingness, from then on we have an ease with what else needs doing and allow joy to be a part of it.

306. Going to University can be a wonderful but difficult time with everything that is required to learn and study, with at times it becoming overwhelming with the amount needed to learn. To be able to live the whole of your life without relegating everything other than university is amazing. To continue to build new relationships and maintain and grow current relationships highlights that everything remains important in our life not just study.

307. The key points you’ve share Benjamin also supports people with anxiety, like letting go of control, trusting ourselves and allowing our inner wisdom and steadiness guide us. I can sometimes fall into a mild form of anxiety if I do not connect to myself first and appreciate what unfolds throughout my day. I am super grateful to have The Way of The Livingness to inspire and guide me through life.

308. What a valuable blog to have on the internet for people to read. University is what it is but when we bring our whole selves to it then it does not need to be the anxiety-ridden, stress-laden experience, alcohol-fuelled experience we so often associate with it.

     1. Very true, Lucy, perhaps it is what it is, in part, because we have allowed it to be so by enjoining with it, energetically and getting caught up in the stresses, expectations, overwhelm, anxiety. As Benjamin so beautifully shares, it doesn’t need to be this way, it’s our choice how we are with our selves wherever we are, whether that be at University, School, work, home – all the same, same, but different.

309. It is gorgeous to read about your commitment to life, about your enthusiasm for being in life, and about how you understand that at the core of all your committed to activities there is you – a tender and sweet man who has so much wisdom to express and to share with the world.

310. So inspiring, living in a way that cares for the sensitive beings we are and never allowing the world to take over, but coming from a lived wisdom of responding to life. What’s clear in how you live is that this is in no way arrogant or defensive but open to learning, perhaps a far greater learning than if a student is set in their ways and agendas.

311. If everyone in the world were to do this ‘have the humility to be in my heart as often as I can be, without perfection’ it would be very beautifull place.

     1. I love that too Vicky, the combining of humility and being in our heart is very powerful and true.

312. “Choose what you love doing and what you feel the world needs” deeply true words, what if we all decided to approach life in this way, approach what we do and how we do it. It would change the entire education system from the inside out.

     1. It sure would David and it really is this simple. Something I have found, is that no matter what task I have before me when I am with myself I enjoy doing it. Whereas before I used to find some things a drudge and not want to do them, yet when I embrace them it changes everything. It reminds me of seeing 2 people doing the same job, one getting frustrated and annoyed by it and the other just doing it and seemingly enjoying it – same task just different approach – and we can choose to be either, the choice is always ours.

313. I was not committed to life, totally withdrawn actually. It was no mistake that the people around me and who I attracted were similar in behavior. My commitment is now much fuller in life, especially at work. I noticed yesterday how much everyone around me was working very hard too. It’s true, the more you commit to life it inspires many, if not all around you, if you commit to being there for everyone.

314. Great sharing Benjamin and a great reminder to us all . . . “Through knowing that nothing is bigger than me, I have come out the other side of these challenging times with all of me still intact, and all of me still to come back to.” . . . and very inspiring for everyone to read.

315. ‘My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself. This is important because it allows me to not stray too far away from the person that I know I really am.’ This goes for all of us in all walks of life.

316. “By not choosing to react, but rather choosing to listen, ponder from me, I can respond with care and with my own knowing of what is true from within my body” – wonderful words of wisdom.

317. This should be required reading for all students. Committing to life – not always easy for teenagers….. A beautiful expression of how you have chosen to live.

318. Great words of wisdom shared here – for all ages, in all walks of life.

319. “These were all thoughts that I gave too much credit to, and they were thoughts based on experiences lived by others, but not yet by me.” How often do we take on others beliefs without truly checking in with ourselves to see if they are actually true for us?! What may be one persons experience may not be anothers.

320. To allow yourself to accept, realize and live that there is nothing bigger than you, that is space and gives you the purpose for a forever deepening understanding of the universe, our divine origin.

321. What a blessing for all ages to read this, Benjamin, as your commitment to living in your fullness out in the world without holding back is super powerful. I have no doubt that you are inspiring all the young students around you at uni to be more true to themselves.

     1. Yes, it would have been amazing to have met someone like you when I was quietly having a crisis at university 25 years ago! But seriously, there was nothing on offer that had any true care to it. It was all drink, drugs and scraping by. I doubt much has changed, if anything it’s become more intense, more superficial and more pressurised. Very very powerful how you are living. Very inspiring for all ages and walks of life.

322. This is super inspiring and a small piece of experienced wisdom that will change lives Benjamin. The power is so evident in it’s simplicity. Thank you for sharing.

323. We all have a livingness in some capacity, a routine and quality that we express in our relationships, families and in the community. Often this is the first thing that completely dissipates when someone goes to University – their routine is smashed and adjusts to the ‘uni life’, but as you’ve shared Benjamin it IS possible to build a quality in our life that is respectful and supportive to ourselves, and carry this into any environment. It may not be ‘easy’ but if we deeply care for our wellbeing then we can commit to keeping it as consistent as possible and building on this all the time.

     1. Yes Susie it is the deep commitment to living that every day as part of our routine that then becomes our ever deepening rhythm that builds the foundation to make this possible.

     2. Commitment to life is committing to bringing ourselves to everything we do and everyone we interact with in life. Often we can let life or uni, or being a mother, or our career dictate or mould us to fit into that life which is completely draining and a blocking of bringing our whole self to life. When we honour and care for ourselves, we then bring us to everything in life. Commitment also involves consistency.

324. In my experience as a Recruiter for many years, seeing many peoples CVs and interviewing from graduate level and upwards, I can say that the way of the livingness applied at University establishes one of the strongest healthy work ethics and attitudes for the workplace place. I find that those that have studied at university and not lost themselves but stayed true to living their own love have natural zest, energy, vitality and are more purposeful in what they’d like to do for a job/career. The Way of The Livingness works.

     1. What awesome confirmation of The Way of The Livingness Zofia. I too have found those who are committed to this way of living…”… have natural zest, energy, vitality and are more purposeful…” in all they choose to then do. It is a way of life that is truly inspirational and transformative.

     2. I can see how what you share here is true Zofia. If someone has a level of mastering being themselves in the intensity of the university years of their life, of bringing care and simplicity, consistently to life, then this is a solid foundation for the rest of their life to how they bring themselves to their family, friends, career etc. I can see how it would set someone up to bringing themselves to all areas of life rather than falling for the trap of playing the different role or mask for each – which lets face it, is not only fake and has a falsity to it, but is super draining.

325. The Way of the Livingness is the living way of us all.

326. There is no grander way to live one’s life knowing that nothing is bigger than you.

     1. We each hold the ‘big’, the grandness within. It is up to each and everyone of us to support ourselves and take responsibility for letting this grandness be expressed through us just by bring our true selves in life.

327. Beautifully inspiring, Campbell, applicable to everyone wherever one is and no matter whatever one’s age.

328. That is my experience too Benjamin, the inner balance that is felt from knowing and living who you truly are confirms you rather than lets situations, studies, encounters or tasks take over life or take control of us. We are not defined by them as we know ourselves first and can always come back to this.

     1. Well said Rosanna and by living this way, we act as physical and energetic reminders to others of the truth of who we all are.

     2. The inner balance confirms who we truly are and no outer marker. When we seek for the outer marker to confirm ourselves then this is simply a form of recognition from a need.

        1. Absolutely Johanna08smith, I know how living from that full identification with the outer felt in and did to my body, it wasn’t a ‘pretty sight’ and proved to me beyond doubt that this was no way to live, that an exploration back inward was well overdue.

329. There is so much space in your blog and in your writing, and understandably in your life! If we take away the want for identification through what we do we are left with our true selves as a guide and inspiration. Claiming this for ourselves feels so refreshing and is a very powerful choice. It opens up space.

330. Benjamin, super inspiring blog! I love how you are not allowing your studies to take over and control you which happens in most cases while studying at University. This way of being can apply to every area of our lives where we place the relationship to self first and not allow ourselves to be nudged by what is going on around us.

331. You can say we are students for all of our life when when we are students of The Way of The Livingness, therefore studying at university is just a part of it, no different to other parts of life. Of course it will have its special dynamics we have to be aware of, but that also counts for other area’s like work and such but when we approach it from our livingness the experience will be very different and ground breaking.

332. It is interesting to consider that much in life and especially our education system and universities do ask us to go into our mind and become mind centered, while our original state of being is cardiocentric. Therefore many people think they are doing fine in finishing their education, but in truth have lost that natural connection you need so much in life to stay healthy and sound for yourself, but too, to face the situations that occur in life without being disillusioned and burned out by what many people experience in their working career.

333. Being able to hold yourself in the environment of University is very inspiring Benjamin, most fall into the trap of partying and unhealthy living when they first leave home.

     1. And it’s not just for the fun of it! – for me partying and unhealthy living was a way of coping with the full-on-ness of my course, my own expectations and the environment.

334. “This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me.” That is a wonderful lived experience Benjamin and also very inspirational as you can transform this on everything you do in life – wonderful.

335. Wisdom cometh in all ages, for we are all from the same course of divine intelligence should we so choose that connection. No university degree can even touch that.

336. I like the way you appreciate the “work”, because this is the true work and it is very inspiring to read Ben’s words and see how he is re-adjusting the accepted norms. #trailblazer

337. Amazing to read and feel such stillness and confidence from a time and place normally equated to extensive disarray. Super inspiring.

338. And that wisdom doesn’t come with age, we are all born with the same access to universal wisdom, and the same potential to express it. However, it’s our choice as to whether and when we are open to receiving and expressing it, for it is there to be shared with everyone, equally so.

339. We are also, all, students of Life – it’s with this understanding and humble appreciation that allows us to be open to the wisdom being shared all around us, constantly, and also enables us to be the forever student, seeking to deepen and enrich what we already know and feel, expanding our understanding and strengthening our relationship with multi-dimensionality. As you so beautifully share, Benjamin, all this is possible by simply connecting with and honouring who we truly are.

340. The way you are embracing university is inspiring for all of us. The quality you choose to live inspired by teachings of The Way of The Livingness allows you to trust life and from what I sense is that nothing seems to be too big or too small for you. This is incredible, and as you move through life with ease, joy, love, commitment and connection, you inspire everyone naturally.

341. “I simply chose to be the real and sensitive me, and allow this choice to light my way forward.” Love the simplicity and the power of this. And when we forget to choose ourselves in our moment, we can choose the next one too be our real and sensitive selves.

342. In a world that has all but given up, your commitment to life is a beacon of light.

     1. It sure is Alexis, our world needs more people like Benjamin who are not afraid to be who they are and willing to share this with the world. Amazing to read and deeply inspiring.

343. Benjamin by living in this way, not only you are offering a point of reflection for all those that come into contact with you but you are also helping to shift a very self abusive consciousness that exists around study. You are such a great point of light.

344. Benjamin, this is a very inspirational piece, very much worthwhile to present on.

345. Being a Student of your own Livingness Ben, places you in a true position for what ever comes your way, and being prepared with the Love from our essence is full of inspiration for all those whom you know. So as Serge Benhayon has shared “you are, just allow.”

346. Truly beautiful Benjamin. Something that anyone at any age could benefit from reading. What you have shared can is very touching and hugely inspiring. Thank you.

347. ‘I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone’. This is such a powerful insight that let’s us take responsibility for everything we do, think and for how we move.

     1. I agree Monica, and when we truly understand and live this level of responsibility it has the ability to change the world.

        1. Absolutely, and it only takes one person who starts and lives this consistently for the ripple effect and the vibration to be felt everywhere. Thank God for the inspiration Serge Benhayon offers us 24/7. Everything he does ads to the amount of love we have in our world.

348. Walking in life knowing than nothing is bigger than you, is simply wonderful. It brings life your way as nothing else.

349. From reading this alone I can tell you that The Way of the Livingness has provided you with something no university can, for I know and speak to many who have graduated from university but are none the wiser to their purpose in life or who they actually are.

350. This felt deeply settling and affirming to read. Great point to feel how you can best serve the world, and always stay open to that changing, to new things, people and situations coming your way.

     1. I agree, Bryony. It’s not about controlling life and situations but having an openness to what is there for us to expand into, the beautiful opportunities and relationships that constellate in ways that we could not have imagined.

351. And another pearl of wisdom “My Livingness allows me to create a point that I can come back to when I am not feeling myself. This is important because it allows me to not stray too far away from the person that I know I really am“. So many of us don’t have a steady reference point of who we know ourselves to be, our moods tend to be erratic and how we present changes depending on who we’re with, which makes life chaotic at best.

352. Shows it is not about what you do in life but the connection you have to yourself and your body in life that is the key to enjoying it.

     1. Absolutely Joshua, very well captured “it is not about what you do in life but the connection you have to yourself and your body in life that is the key to enjoying it.” We can fully enjoy life when we know to reconnect, and enjoy the truly amazing qualities within us.

     2. Yes, so true Joshua, when we connect to the qualities within, life unfolds very differently to the life we have when we search outside of ourselves for answers.

353. Benjamin what you share here ‘This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me’ is such an important point because it’s when we allow ourselves to be taken over by things from outside of us that we end up in trouble.

354. Gorgeous blog Benjamin, you have put the Universe back in University 🌟

355. We are each a tiny spark of light sent forth into a world of darkness to illuminate the path back home. The backdrop may change throughout the course of our life, but the strength of the spark need not.

356. Thank you, Benjamin, your ‘nothing is bigger than me’ approach to attending university is deeply inspiring and super powerful.

357. ‘Commitment is all about feeling and knowing what you can bring to the things you do in your everyday life, and not holding any of it back.’ Great words, thank you.

     1. I agree with you Carmel, great but also wise words, as they express a wisdom that is not from this world but from that deep connection inside. That spark of true light we all carry with us and can reconnect at any moment if we choose so.

358. I’m studying at the moment and find this super inspiring to give my all to study and life. Indeed aside from practicalities, there need be no difference between the two with my way of being.

359. ‘nothing is bigger than you’ This is awesome. I know in my heart this is true yet I do not always live this way and then I feel burdened, I let things or people ‘get at me’, basically I absorb what is not me and compromise myself. I make myself less than whatever or whoever I am dealing with. Totally crazy for it is a huge disempowerment and takes me out of the authority that is rightfully mine. I may not be under the pressures of university but there are plenty of pressures we could substitute for this and anywhere we feel stress in our lives is worth pondering on. ‘Allow yourself space to feel deeply, by cherishing all that you are. Choose what you love doing and what you feel the world needs, and if that may seemingly not work out as you had hoped it to, you are still you, wherever you are.’

360. “I have come to the truth that we can be anywhere in the world, in any environment or place of life, and we can still be ourselves, carving out a path from our heart every day” this takes away the notion that the grass is always greener on the other side. A great observation.

     1. So true, it’s not about ‘where’ we are, but the quality of ‘how’ we are, wherever we are.

361. What a fabulously inspiring example you are offering Benjamin. And it can be applied to all areas of life.

362. Thank you Benjamin, this is a beautiful and truly powerful piece of writing. There’s much here that can apply to us all no matter what stage of life we are at, to draw inspiration from.

363. This is a beautiful blog, Benjamin. Your words of wisdom apply to all students and workers of all professions. We are not defined by what we do… (although the world tries to make this so), but by who we are from our inner most. With that inner quality, you speak of and making this our living way, life can be far more graceful, joyful, purposeful and when lived bring a greater about of vitality and well-being.

364. ‘I came with plenty of preconceived ideas and pictures of how this year might look before I began living in the Halls of Residence.’ This just goes to show how having pictures of anything is such a drain of energy and how we can spend more time and energy on ‘pictures’ of things and less with feeling with clarity what is absolutely true. I can see in my life where I do this quite a bit. Really inspiring blog.

365. What you study doesn’t make you who you are and yet I remember the pressure of feeling a failure when I dropped out of University after the first year. In the end I never went into that industry at all. What we do is what we do, it’s not who we are. Our action and our being are not one and the same.

     1. I too dropped out after the first year, I really disliked university it was a cold soulless place and looking back I am really pleased I took the oath I did, I never regretted leaving and it is surprising as I was so intent on a certain path, it’s good to appreciate my willingness to be different to all my peers.

     2. I approached University wanting to find who I was and thinking I needed to work at it and get a degree for it. Quite far from the truth of what Benjamin has expressed.

        1. Many people I speak to who have completed uni still find this sense of being lost. Only now they have a certificate and debt. Finding myself by connecting to myself has only enriched my life.

        2. I also found that once I has my degree I wasn’t really equipped to go out into the world – even in the field I had studied.

     3. I left after one term. I was hurtling along the expected rail-tracks of education and knew, absolutely that I had to jump off. It was perhaps only the second time in my life that I had really stood up against the expectations and pressures of ‘normal’.

        1. We are often judged for what is perceived by many as ‘quitting’. We even champion ourselves for ‘sticking it out’ regardless of how we feel or what is going on within ourselves yet how ridiculous and absurd this is! When we choose to leave a situation, it’s not that we have failed or given up but have chosen to put a stop to further deepening the unsettlement within ourselves.

        2. So true Caroline and exactly what I felt. In both the examples I refer to, I felt enormous pressure to ‘stick it out’, enormous judgement at ‘quitting’ and many moments of self-questioning. But I always came back to a knowing within myself. And, as I keep moving through life, I find that the more I honour those moments of knowing then the more they come and the simpler life’s choices become….even if the external ‘pressures’ don’t let up!

366. “Through knowing that nothing is bigger than you, choosing a career path after high school isn’t so daunting after all” – This is a great practical tip Benjamin. Many people find it overwhelming to try and decide a career path or degree, but knowing that you are already grand and bigger than any job description is a huge support in deciding which path to take, not just university but also if it’s work, an apprenticeship and so forth.

367. An awesome blog that clearly demonstrates we do not have to follow the norms when we enter such institutions when we are empowered to connect to our true selves and allow that full expression. Thank you Benjamin for claiming your self in a world where so often we dive for identity first and self second, nothing is bigger than the amazing people we are when we focus on connecting to our light and loveliness inside.

368. For me reading this is absolute proof that The Way of The Livingness works, when I was at uni I watched almost everyone loose themselves over a period of 4 years – my friends and uni colleagues left uni very different to how they begun their courses. Amazing that you have found a way to stay true to yourself and fully participate in university life too.

369. Lovely blog Benjamin, I love how you say ‘this Livingness of who you truly are, that I have realised is all you ever need.’ It is the ony way I too have found a sense of settlement in my body – nothing else I have found in this world comes close. Thank you for sharing.

370. Your blog has all the ingredients of how we all can earn our degree in life.

     1. Great comment Steve, I love what you’ve shared and so true.

     2. So true – how we can all apply this in life unlocks the potential of a change in our collective way of life in society and ultimately humanity.

371. Love your post Benjamin. ” …. it all unfolded from me being me first, and bringing this amazing spark and love wherever I went.” Inspiration for students everywhere – in fact not just students……

     1. That is very true, Sue. We can do that at any time and it can be very joyful.

372. Very inspirational, especially as University can be full on. One part that stood out to me was not to make the studies more important than yourself – this can apply to our work lives also.

373. A great preparation for being a student of Life throughout our lives.

374. Very beautiful Benjamin. Something every student should read, and also everyone on the planet!

     1. I agree Rebecca, the wisdom Benjamin shares is worth sharing with everyone. Our world is blessed to have young adults like him who are leading the way in life and at university. I remember my experience of university was very intense and I would have loved to meet people like Benjamin, been introduced to The Way of The Livingness and read this blog.

375. This is a great blog which could be given out at universities across the world when students first begin their studies. Deeply inspiring and shows that having a way of living which is true to you means that you do not have to go along with the trends in any environment.

     1. The “Campbell Companion” – a leaflet issued to all at Freshers week; somewhat more of a supportive foundation than the gallons of alcohol with which most students start their journey!

        1. I love that Otto! Imagine the inspiration this blog could offer all new students at the beginning of their studies. I see this blog a bit like a lighthouse guiding in lost ships at sea, steady, strong and reassuring with a directing light that leaves a feeling of safety within.

        2. I am blessed to have known Ben for about five years. The man is a giant of an inspiration and whether the ‘Campbell Companion’ ever becomes reality….it is truly game-changing to have a man like this in a University showing the true way to gain the skills for life, but without allowing life to gain him.

376. What a beautiful piece of writing Benjamin, I have to say at your age I was anything but my true self even though I tried to make out I was this down to earth type of laid back guy totally connected to myself and nature. I would have loved to have known about the Way of the Livingness back then, but if I am honest maybe I would not have been ready for the honesty it brings back then.

     1. Definitely a beautiful blog that needs to be spread around the world for people to read. So many students feel pressured and completely lost after they finish high school – not knowing where to go next. In here you give absolute space and show that every person’s path is different, and the best way for us to live is go by what feels true for us.

377. Benjamin this post is a fabulous representation of how that with the quality of love and this being lived – anything such as ‘university life’ is possible and most certainly too enjoyable, fun and expansive!

378. There is such beauty in these words you have shared with us all
     “I have come to understand that my living way is felt by everyone and that I have, in every minute and every second, the choice to feel the beauty of who I truly am.”
     When we connect to this immense beauty that is within us everyone can feel it and on a sub conscious level know they have the same qualities.

379. This blog shows me how powerful we can be when we choose to surrender to our inner hearts, we do not have to succumb to the waywardness that is around, but connect to the purpose of being at university, that is to study a subject for you to become of service to humanity.

     1. It is super powerful to read as that is exactly what Benjamin has done and he is sharing his lived wisdom.

        1. Yes Nikki, Benjamin is a great role model for many to look at and learn from. As lived wisdom is so much more powerful than the knowledge and human intelligence that is kept in the exclusive ownership of the universities.

380. We can be ourselves anywhere and that is much needed in this world where many people are going wayward because of not choosing this connection with the inner heart where the true source of our being resides, the source that brings human decency and respect to our lives we all so much are longing for.

381. ‘I have simply surrendered to what presents in my daily life, not needing to know the specific details due to a desire to control life and make it the way I want it to be, but instead allowing what is there for me to guide me, trusting my own truth that it would all be okay.’ – I love what you share here, Benjamin, learning to let go and be open to multi-dimensionality, being guided by the wisdom of the universe, rather than trying to control life, keeping it the way we want it to be.

382. What a bright shining star you are, Benjamin, how gorgeous to be met by such a loving, sensitive young man who knows, appreciates and lives the truth of who he is. There is a beautiful quality in the way you write, a fullness, inclusiveness, honesty and simplicity in the way you share your truth – very inspiring, thank you.

383. It is very true Benjamin, nothing is ever bigger than us. Recently, I have found myself speaking these words reminding myself of this fact when I was being faced with challenges. It is natural to feel tension in the body when we place ourselves in situations that feel uncomfortable but those situations or people are never bigger than who we truly are.

     1. It’s that tension that helps motivate and fuel our action of learning how to overcome the challenge. Or fuel the running away but the same situation and tension will only return. We never escape our lessons.

384. I love what you have shared here Ben. Bringing our all to life regardless of where we are and appreciating our inner strengths and wisdom.

     1. Hear, hear, bringing our all to life and what is before no matter what we are doing, or where we are is true commintment – no it has to be a certain way or look like this or anything just saying I am giving it my all.

     2. When we bring our all to our life regardless of what else we may have going on, we are so powerful – powerful in the most gorgeous and delicate sense.

385. “These were all thoughts that I gave too much credit to, and they were thoughts based on experiences lived by others, but not yet by me.” – This is a great point Benjamin, in that I can see how when we have expectations about the way things are going to be or what is ‘normal’ we can sometimes then change our behaviour in order to fit into that mode of thinking and moving in order to fit in with the crowd based on some belief system (such as the way University life looks). But by doing this, we deny ourselves and everyone else the opportunity to see and feel the true version of ourselves that can benefit all in its true expression.

386. When I remember my experiences at University and the way almost all other students were living around me, it blows me away to read these words. A true testament to the fact that The Way of the Livingness is the way to live because it’s hard to imagine an environment more perfectly designed to pull you away from your truth than University. Enormous respect and appreciation of what you are walking Ben.

387. Stunning to hear such wisdom and practical, real life skills. A man swimming in the sea and not getting wet.

     1. Indeed. It is very humbling, inspiring and a very strong reflection.

388. I was just thinking about this today, as I will start studying later on this year, how I want to make sure I don’t put study before everything else and before myself. This has been great to read and get a feel for how it can be done.

389. A great sharing and understanding of what The Livingness means …”living in a way that allows you to connect to the real you within and to express this in everything you do thereafter…”

390. Wow, this is totally amazing, inspirational and gorgeous Benjamin… no matter what age we are or where we are at in life, you have offered true words of wisdom – thank you.

     1. And I look forward to more of your sharings as you move through life. This makes me realise just how much we each have to offer one another – even in the simplest of ways such as just being me where-ever I am, and the impact that alone can have without having to ‘do’ anything.

391. You are an inspiration Benjamin, thank you for sharing with the world.

392. Benjamin this is very beautiful, showing that there are no rules or commandments to The Way of the Livingness. Its simply how we live in everyday, every moment and learning and growing from this constantly. In that way we become our own masters in life. We teach and guide ourselves and develop a deeper understanding of life and out part in it.

393. Absolutely gorgeous blog Benjamin, the wisdom and quality of expression you offer applies to people of all ages and your blog is very much needed because in our current world most people are not living who they truly are.

394. Totally awesome Benjamin, your livingness was felt throughout your blog, giving the simple truth that if we bring all of who we are with our living way we can enjoy all we do.

395. We should skip our phds and just read your blog Benjamin as it’s wisdom reflects on all of life and how we can approach our every day, with care and understanding if we like.

396. Oh my. I am not sure I can put into words what I feel reading this today. Benjamin, I was moved really deeply reading this today by your expression of tenderness, sensitivity and the gentle yet powerful way that you are being you in the world. You are bringing the future to the present, This is the way for us to live, deeply connected to ourselves, our inner-heart that guides us through life.

397. Life is about bringing our inner steadiness and our livingness to all the challenges we are faced with. Many times we may moan and groan about doing certain things, and having to face challenges but in the end this is what life is about – learning and growing.

398. The Way of The Livingness brings the livingness of God to wherever it is.

399. I agree when we are ourselves, it does not matter what we do we, there can be great joy in the simplest of tasks. I love showering the residents at work daily and cleaning their butts…who would have thought!!!

400. I love the simplicity of ‘the key is to be you’ Benjamin and to not allow your studies to become you. We can identify and take on so much that happens in the world, and it then takes over. Other students have a wonderful friend in you when you support them in how to be themselves at University too.

401. Thank you Benjamin for sharing your experience on how life at uni can be enjoyable and does not have to be an all consuming and soul destroying experience (which it often can be for many). As with all things in life it is all about balance – be it with uni studies, parenting or work – the balance essentially comes first from within and it is the inner steadiness that then guides us in how to handle all those things around us.

402. This was lovely to read, really inspiring and I can tell it is a truth for you .. something you do live.

403. A deeply inspiring blog Joshua – this needs to included in the initial introduction to new students and at every new term to all Students at University as part of the syllabus – True Nurturing in your everyday to remain unscathed by the system.

404. Beautiful Benjamin, i love how you give us a sense of how true religion forms a base for our everyday lives no matter what we do. Our way of life is built from values and standards and the more we built them and make them part of our foundation the more we can approach everything in life from the same lived quality.

405. What a great support this will be Ben, for those stepping out into the world of study, no matter what their age. It makes sense that if we live in a way that is true to us, as in The Way of The Livingness, all other aspects of our life will be naturally taken care of, as all of life is interconnected. What we do in one part of our life always affects all other parts therefore whether we are living in the world or studying at University, they are part of the one life; our life.

406. ‘Choose what you love doing and what you feel the world needs, and if that may seemingly not work out as you had hoped it to, you are still you, wherever you are.’ I absolutely agree with this, if you give it your all, nothing can be lost, because you are still you and nothing less.

407. There is so much wisdom in your blog that I have no doubt any person who is leaving high-school would be well advised to take note, i love how you shared “Through knowing that nothing is bigger than you, choosing a career path after high school isn’t so daunting after all.” as its something that empowers people graduating that we are in fact equipped to handle life if we know who we are, something that is key with the way of the livingness.

408. Yes, it is great to understand I have everything I need and I am amazing, and then go to university. Such a different way to view education.

409. What a life affirming blog! I had a terrible time at university when I gave myself away to thinking it was bigger than me. Indeed, anytime we do this we have lost the connection to how big and amazing we are, the wisdom we can connect to and learn from our experiences in the world.

410. This is very common: “they were thoughts based on experiences lived by others, but not yet by me.” I sense that most of our conversations around study and life are from these experiences of others instead of how we truly feel about situations. It is very beautiful to be able to give ourselves the space to feel and ask ‘is this true for me?’. It is only like that that we can make a change to how the world currently is because we are repeating the same thing over and over again.

411. Beautiful to hear you are loving university because you bring yourself to it. I never went to uni – I was worried that it would be all about the mental and knowledge – but the way you have framed this, is very inspiring and shows that it is indeed possible to be ourselves no matter the environment.

412. Benjamin your sharing has such a tender, super sweet quality to it and there is a gentle loving wisdom to your words that is quite lovely to feel.

413. It is truly awful how intense we have made all these early years and transitions, they really do not need to be this way.

414. It is deeply gorgeous to feel how much our relationship has deepened and changed Ben as a result of The Way of The Livingness. In effect we are sharing more and more of the beautiful men we both are with each other and the world and less of the abuse and false ideals of what we thought we were.

415. ‘This inner balance means I never allow my studies to take over my life and take control of me. I am not ever defined by them.’ How totally gorgeous that you have got to this place so very early on. Life was a very different story for me at University because whilst I was craving that inner balance but in reaction, it took me a lot longer to find it!

416. I remember the late nights at University and the anxious hours studying. At the moment I am studying a course on anatomy and physiology and am taking a very self loving approach to learning, going through the course material and assessments very gently and in my own time, which feels very empowering.

417. “Without The Way of The Livingness to guide me in my way, my life would not be as rich, as deeply rewarding, connected, as fun, purposeful, or as beautiful as it has turned out to be.” I feel exactly the same about my life Benjamin.

418. Benjamin – I love, absolutely love the fact that you are a joyful student because there are so very few of those. This is absolute testimony to The Way of the Livingness.

419. This is a beautifully sensitive and heartfelt blog about how to approach and live in the University of Life. Thank you Benjamin for your reflection for us all.

420. What a great advice for every student of the University but also for every student of the Livingness as it is as you say Benjamin it is about knowing and feeling that nothing is bigger than who we are on the inside. And when we are connected to our truth we are able to make this the solid foundation for every day life.

421. This is so deeply beautiful and so simply and clearly expressed, thank you Benjamin, please keep writing! This was exactly what I needed to read today, and because of the beautiful wisdom you have expressed I will read this many times. I felt you described exactly how the Way of the Livingness is for me also, and I have learned a lot from what you have shared of how you live in the world. Truly awesome!

422. No matter what we try we can’t make our education good – but we can make the quality we bring to it amazing, as you so clearly are Benjamin.

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