I find it interesting and somewhat amazing that Serge Benhayon could be accused in a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald (22nd July 2012: “‘Cult’ Cures on Medicare” – Heath Aston) and the Brisbane Times (22nd July 2012: “‘Da Vinci reincarnated? ‘I agree, it sounds absurd’” – Heath Aston) of being a ‘Cult-Leader’ and that his ‘followers’ are known to call him ‘The One’. Over the last few years I have paid to attend most of Serge’s presentations and workshops and never have I heard anyone in attendance call him ‘The One’. He is just plain Serge. There is no arrogance, no bravado, just innate warmth that does not waver. What he does actually claim is that we are all ‘The One’ and are thus equally responsible and empowered to make our own life choices. Serge presents what he lives and the public can take it or leave it. It is just that simple.
As a direct result of attending Universal Medicine presentations and workshops I have slowly brought a renewed understanding and level of awareness to my daily life. My body feels lighter, I am no longer exhausted, struggling with sinus issues, using soy chai tea with honey for a caffeine and sugar fix to keep going, even to get going. My relationships are deeper, my self-awareness and self-love have grown exponentially and I don’t seek distraction or comfort food to numb down an unsatisfactory day or to give myself a reward to the degree that it was sought in the past. It is true that I am a work in progress, but thanks to the work of Universal Medicine and my openness to test the esoteric theories out for myself, I now hold a clear, simple, energetic understanding, a marker in my own body of where my choices may lead.
Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are not the first in history to be condemned for presenting energetic truth that the rest of the world has not yet caught up with, but that one day will be proven correct by science.
As many are aware, Nicolaus Copernicus was called a heretic, the Catholic Church tried to censor him for claiming that there was a strong possibility that the earth was not the centre of the Universe …in his heliocentric model it was the sun. Today the opposition to his claim seems ridiculous as the fact was later proven by science so much so that a school kid could present this truth unequivocally.
‘The greatest truths are discovered after the assumed truths are exposed as being not true at all.’ (Serge Benhayon)
What Serge and Universal Medicine present about energy is not new as he consistently mentions. There have been many, many before him. But most of us are still struggling with Einstein’s proven theory, that ‘Everything is Energy’. For instance, the Ancient Greeks claimed the same thing, that ‘Everything is Light’. That means every thought, action, word, everything physical, solid, seen and unseen on this planet and beyond is energy. This truth brings with it a responsibility. Most of us do not live life in respect of this truth and are left wondering why ‘things happen’, diseases just occur…
But somewhere within we all know that energy just doesn’t happen, it has to come from somewhere and that simple truth is the basis of what Serge Benhayon and his team at Universal Medicine present. ‘If everything is energy, then everything must come from energy’ SB. This is the basis of the so-called ‘Cult-Leader’ premise. A truth that places the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of each individual. That we are the product of all our choices. It is understandable that there are those who do not want to be responsible for each and every life choice (energetic choice) that they make because it would mean that they alone are responsible for exactly where they find themselves right now.
I have observed the integrity and consistency with which Serge Benhayon presents the energetic truth. He does not waver nor hold back, he presents in full. He presents a way of living that builds a foundation of love in the body from a re-newed awareness of what we already know ourselves to be. The team at the Universal Medicine Clinic are highly professional and supportive. And it is worth mentioning that the Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA)*, set up by Universal Medicine, is fully insured by a globally respected mainstream company and that in fact it holds its members to the highest ethical standards in the world.
If the word ‘Cult’ defined a group of many, many people who come from all walks of life, from many different countries, all ages, but united in their knowing that every single person on the planet holds true wisdom within, that life is about re-connection first, and that the responsibility, the choice, remains theirs alone, can walk away at any time, headed by no guru, who has no disciples, no followers, no hours of meditation, no ideals or beliefs to live up to …just absolute freedom to choose what resonates within and feels true. As Serge always says, ‘Don’t listen to me, feel it for yourself’, then Universal Medicine could be considered a ‘Cult’. But the current definition is actually the opposite.
Yes, Serge’s presentation may be misinterpreted by a few students who do not want to take full responsibility for the changes they wish to make in their lives (so through their re-interpretation and not feeling it for themselves first, they present some of the teachings as rules) … but Serge Benhayon and his team of practitioners at Universal Medicine never tell anyone what to do, say or think, they just present the energetic truth, a truth that can be felt by all equally.
There is no need in me to have my family, friends, or work colleagues align to the esoteric teachings, just like there is no need in Serge Benhayon to have anyone get it. He never judges, never imposes. He merely presents what he lives. But at this time in history, Serge is presenting a way of living that goes against mainstream beliefs and what is held to be the ideal in a society, a society where illness and disease is out of control.
The fact is that what is being presented by Universal Medicine is challenging, for it questions the way that we have all been living and asks us to take responsibility for the possibility that there may be another way.
By Melinda Rowe
* The EPA (Esoteric Practitioners Association) is the internal accreditation arm of Universal Medicine. It was instigated by Universal Medicine to monitor and accredit the modalities that were founded by Universal Medicine.
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
It’s a huge revelation to understand that we are not the makers or creators of energy, but the channels to which it can be expressed. So what comes through us? What moves us? Do we have a choice?
Hear hear Melinda I second you in all that you say. Serge Benhayon . . . “. . presents a way of living that builds a foundation of love in the body from a re-newed awareness of what we already know ourselves to be.” How can that be a threat to anyone?
It’s very simple as Melinda presents here, Serge speaks of what he lives and offers the truth based on that lived way. No dictates or need to have anyone do anything, that’s for all to choose for themselves in whatever way they see working for them or not. But the biggest gift Serge presents is the tools to allow you to discern energy in him and others and he actively encourages people to use it and in fact often suggests you always feel what he presents and if it’s true for you. There is no need for you to believe or follow.
Serge Benhayon is actually one of the most humble people you will ever meet, he is a joy to spend time with and his presentations are life changing – that’s why I keep attending his workshops and events. And just for the record, I’m the one inspired to make my own changes. To use the word “cult” is deeply offensive, completely untrue and very bullying. People have a right to attend Universal Medicine events without labels like this, and with the freedom to choose how they live their life without fear of vilification through the use of the word “cult”. Who decides anyway what a cult is? Under whose authority, religious, scholarly or otherwise does such a label as “cult” carry any weight? Certainly not the media with its outright lies about Serge and it’s obvious corruption, its desire for an angle, and lust for profit at anyone’s expense.
This is a great quote and truth, ‘‘The greatest truths are discovered after the assumed truths are exposed as being not true at all.’ SB’
Serge Benhayon is simply the best- he does live everything he presents and also makes it simply beautiful to realise how much we can let go of to return to the divine love we are naturally from. I am so glad I met him and so glad I am a part of this work this life.
Serge Benhayon is presenting a way of living that goes against mainstream beliefs and this is challenging for many, ‘The fact is that what is being presented by Universal Medicine is challenging, for it questions the way that we have all been living and asks us to take responsibility for the possibility that there may be another way.’ And boy do we need another way, a way that is true, because what we have is clearly not working in the world today.
Thank you Melinda for sharing your experience of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. I absolutely agree with you that Serge Presents what he Lives. There is no way that Universal Medicine is a cult. We are all able to come and go at any time. The big message that I receive from these presentation is that we are all Love and come from Love and the fact that we are one in Brotherhood.
A decade or more after Serge Benhayon exposed the truth of how we’re living and explosive rise of illness and disease in the western world, medical professions and governments have just caught up. Those of us who attended these presentations and were open to commit, practise and play with different choices: relationship with self and others food, sleep, exercise are now living our lives fully, responsibly and lovingly.. These blogs have given us a wonderful platform to share the truth of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon with the world. .
You raise some great points in this blog Melinda, it is a shame the Media have missed the opportunity to present the truth about Universal Medicine and how hundreds of students world-wide are bucking the trend and enjoying greater health and well-being and often reversing medical conditions as a result of attending the presentations by Serge Benhayon.
Beautifully shared Melinda – the power of reflection in living true to oneself is something we can all bring equally. Serge just lives the truth of who he is and the inspiration that brings of what we are all capable of, is out of this world and totally ordinary in equal measure.
Awesome Melinda! Thank you for setting the record straight!
When I first began attending the workshops and presentations by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I wanted to tell everyone. I knew I had finally found truth and I thought everyone would feel the same. Of course that was not the case and I spent some time wanting them to feel the same way as what I was feeling. I am learning to accept that everyone will get it one day and I have no right to intervene. My responsibility is to be true to me and live the way of the livingness; how another responds is entirely their choice.
What Serge Benhayon presents is a way of living, not a theory. It is something that is available to anyone and everyone, by choice.
It is incredible and sad how truth gets bastardised, and how much this has been bastardised especially with the media just for the sake of selling stories so they can feel ‘good’ about themselves. Who is more qualified to write about someone, a person that meets for a fleeting moment with a hidden agenda and no intention, no matter what they hear or feel to published the truth but instead what they ‘want’ to, this is very cheap thing to do for people that have known a man for more than 10 years, consistency so? We need to change journalism and not accept anything less than the truth and transparency. To not accept anything less than love and to first feel within our bodies exactly the truth of love as well as understanding we are absolutely ‘the product of all our choices.’ What Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine present could be really challenging for many because it does ‘question the way that we have all been living and asks us to take responsibility for the possibility that there may be another way’ but I deeply appreciate that regardless all the vindictiveness, defamation, hate and vile abuse that has been hurled his way he has never once, once held back from presenting truth.
What Serge Benhayon teaches is very empowering to everyone. And his company Universal Medicine is set up to support all of us, every human being to claim back that they are ‘The One’ and that everybody is needed in their unique expression. In the 13 years I have known him and attended his presentations he has not left a stone unturned in his endeavor to bring love, truth, joy and harmony back into people’s lives.
Beautifully said Judith – I have never witnessed, experienced or been part of something that is so dedicated to people and their embarkment to journey within. This is all because of Serge Benhayon, what he lives and what he is devoted to. So many companies say they are about people, but this company doesn’t need to say it because every atom of energy that moves this company is of that same devotion.
“Don’t listen to me, feel it for yourself”. Their is nothing more empowering than discerning for ourselves and claiming responsibility for all of our own choices. How else are we to learn and understand the life we have and the world we love in?
We are indeed the end result of all our choices and this is definitely something that many do not want to face. It is however deeply empowering to know we are the master over how we want our life and body to be based on how much love we want to base our choices on…. Something that can never be told or dictated to be another… only felt as to what is true for us in any given moment.
When I first heard Serge present it was at a small venue and during a break I wondered where he went. Then I saw him in the crowd conversing with someone just like everyone else was. This was a bit different to all the presenters I met in the past that brought with them a sense of them wanting to be seen as a bit more special and looked up to. With Serge there is nothing of that. He just is and treats you as an equal and inspires you to get on with life.
The heart has no need nor desire to be anything but the great love that it already is.
Absolutely – the truth can be at times challenging, but what is the point of life if we do not embrace it’s truths? What Serge Benhayon presents is so much more than just words – it is a way of living and approaching life, that if embraced is truly magnificent.
“The fact is that what is being presented by Universal Medicine is challenging, for it questions the way that we have all been living and asks us to take responsibility for the possibility that there may be another way.” It is this very reason that people want to label Universal Medicine as a cult as they themselves find it hard to face that we are all responsible for our own lives.
Melinda, without choosing to be a student of Universal Medicine I dread to even consider how my life would be just now, suffice to say, nothing like the beauty and joy I feel and live with. Yes it is challenging and it continues to be challenging, because I continue to expose choices I have made that don’t support me. But once accepted, this is very powerful. Because I then change how I am living, I no longer make the choice that doesn’t suit my body.
No bells and whistles, just a normal guy that makes a lot of sense.
Powerfully expressed Melinda. I agree with everything you’ve said here.
“He never judges, never imposes. He merely presents what he lives. ” This is also my experience. I am still deeply inspired by this. To be met and held with love, as Serge Benhayon consistently does, is healing and allows me to connect back to my own wisdom inside.
Awesome Melinda! Everything you say here is so so true. All that is being presented is the possibility that there is another way. Never in all my experience in attending Universal Medicine Workshops and Courses have I been imposed upon or felt any pressure to stay. I have always been free to leave and take what I want and leave what I don’t want behind. Yes, sometimes what is being presented can be challenging, because the realisation that you are responsible for your choices is a huge one, particularly if you have spent much of your life blaming others. I personally am and have been willing to go there, and hence, welcome all that Universal Medicine offers.
Awesome Melinda, thank you for sharing. “Everything is energy therefore everything is because of energy” seems complete and makes sense. It definitely presents something different that people are not use to- responsibility.
Greg Barnes this is TRUE.
A very solid and powerful article Melinda. Serge Benhayon and the Universal Medicine team have presented and earthed once again the energetic truths, truths that have been presented many times over. The choice is always ours to align to them or not. We are all from energetic truth and we all know what is not true, but many have chosen to not feel this because of all the hurts that the world has battered and abused us with. So many have stopped feeling energy. Universal Medicine has supported me to heal my own hurts and to feel energy again and to support me to be able to handle my divine sensitivity, so that I can never be fooled again by an energy that is not true. Is this not the greatest tool in a world that is totally and absolutely all about energy.
This is a truly wonderful clear explanation on Serge Benhayon and the teachings of Universal Medicine. Being a part of the Student Body of Universal Medicine I totally agree that it is all about us taking responsibility for our own decisions and never about what someone else tells us to do or believe. After 8 years of being part of Universal Medicine, I could not be more inspired by the love and integrity of Serge Benhayon toward all, he walks his talk!
The principals of Universal Medicine are based on self-responsibility and in eight years I have never heard Serge tell someone what to do or how to live. Like you say Melinda, Serge just presents what he lives, take it or leave it. Try it for yourself and see how it feels. That is the opposite of how cults operate.
Serge and the Benhayon family live very simply. They do not present a front that is any different to the way that they live, interact and work in everyday life.
Serge is the most dedicated man I know. He always has time to support me and so many others equally no matter how busy he is.
I agree Emily, Serge has always answered my call for support and offered me wisdom and always always love. He is this way with everyone, and it is because of my meeting with Serge that I know that in time I too will also be this way with All.
Serge Benhayon is definitely not a cult leader, he simply presents a livingness that’s impulsed by the soul. Judging by the health and wellbeing of Universal Medicine students he must be presenting something thats right.
People can find it confronting when asked to consider what the phrase ‘everything is energy’ actually means. The implications in terms of responsibility required in our personal lives is huge. What a shame the journalists who have been quick to condemn Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine don’t pause and ponder on this for a while.
What you share here is so true Melinda, and I’m with Serge Benhayon all the way!
The way that the media have chosen to record and disseminate their stories about Universal Medicine have been both in a biased and a false light. This is unfortunate because their is a lot of truth in what Universal Medicine presents and their healing modalities are very supportive of our human body and being, and simply divine to experience.
This is an awesome testament to what Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon truly present, in complete contrast to what the media have chosen to portray.
It is beautiful to feel the power and clarity of your blog, Melinda. I totally agree, Serge Benhayon is a humble, very warm and lovely human being and there is no sense of self aggrandisement. The openness and loving way he expresses only ever invites us to consider that possibly there may be another way to live life – one that is all encompassing. His words inspire me to feel that it is possible to change the world in a very simple way, and that is for us all to openly express who we are, from all that we are.
Well expressed Melinda, I agree in full!
I have known Serge Benhayon for six years. I have taken courses twice a year. Based on them, I have a question: how is it that I never heard -seen anything that the press is reporting but just the opposite version of it? Whose testimony carries more value? The one from a journalist that did not have a first hand experience? Or mine?
If we look at history then statistically what we currently hold as a mainstream truth may not be truth. There have been so many over the years that have presented the truth and been ridiculed for it only to be proven right later, so it would seem very wise to remain open to consider that what we hold as a truth right now might have more to it.
And if we take a look at history, we have been living without taking responsibility for a long while.
Is it then no wonder that there is resistance in many to make new choices? But it is a wonder how Serge Benhayon keeps presenting unwaveringly a way of true Love – to make a true difference for us all.
“Absolute freedom to choose what resonates within and feels true” – this certainly is the opposite of my understanding of what a cult is.
This gorgeous principle upon which Universal Medicine is based, is completely honouring of anyone to decide for themselves whether they want to listen or not and whether they are ready or not to take responsibility for the choices they make, and for that I will be forever grateful to them… for when I choose for myself to listen, it absolutely inspired me to changed my life for the better.
You have so beautifully expressed and simply explained what Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon are about, thank you for sharing the truth.
Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are only one of many people and organisations who are talking about energy and healing and running workshops on these things. So why is it that this one man and his business is receiving all of the negative publicity, criticism and false and misleading articles in the news, but others aren’t? It’s obvious that Serge has some hate followers / cyber trolls who are spreading lies online and in the media, with an online hate campaign. These trolls can only be jealous that this organisation is inspiring thousands of people to change their lives for the better, healing long-term issues and increasing their health in miraculous ways, ways that other complementary therapies have not yet been able to.
you might be onto something there Danielle… well said.
Thanks Lisa, all of this will be exposed at same stage in the future, hopefully not too far away because the lies online actually can deter new people from coming to the Ageless Wisdom, as presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, which is exactly what they are designed to do.
So true Danielle, Universal Medicine explains the truth about how energy works but not in an airy-fairy hippy way, but in practical down to earth way I see in my life every minute and every day. This has helped many people enormously.
It’s truly amazing that everything that Serge Benhayon shares comes from the connection he has within himself, not from research. Yet much of what he shares is later shown to be 100% accurate when the research is done. There’s also a lot he shares which has not yet been proven, as science hasn’t caught up. This is a miracle and truly amazing that we are all capable of connecting to such wisdom!
Re-learning to read energy again is like breathing – it is an innate part of us and we have all been suffering enormously due to the fact that this part of us gets shut down by an energy that does not want us to know this again.
What a great blog Melinda, comprehensive and clearly laying out all of the facts. There are many points that stand out but for me, what makes the presentations of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon so powerful is when you say, “Serge presents what he lives and the public can take it or leave it. It is just that simple.” There is no preaching or telling us how we should live, just a constant reflection of how ‘he’ has and is living and giving us the choice to feel whether what he says feels true for us or not.
Thank you Melinda for sharing so beautifully your experience of Serge Benhayons’ presentations and I also love your last sentence. Yes what he presents is challenging to the comfort that so many have existed in for so long but the benefits of starting to make different choices has turned my life around and also impacted all those I come into contact with in a positive way.
Great comment Danielle, and I’d like to add that the BEST reason for someone accepting the teachings of Universal Medicine is that we can feel the benefit of making different choices in our lives. If doing something differently makes me feel more expanded, more connected, and more loving, then I would be foolish to ignore the change, and the source of that wisdom.
Great point Simon! That is the amazing thing about the teachings of Universal Medicine presented to us by Serge Benhayon. They are teachings to start with, but once you have tested them for yourself, you realize they not only make sense, they actually work applied to every day life and so they become a lived knowledge of your own.
So there is no preaching, missionizing or convincing necessary, which makes the great difference to all the other religions, teachings and philosophies that abound. Everybody has the possibility to test these teachings for themselves and find out whether it works or not. In the end it is a choice that we must make.
I love the last sentence of this blog – “The fact is that what is being presented by Universal Medicine is challenging, for it questions the way that we have all been living and asks us to take responsibility for the possibility that there may be another way.” This is the greatest explanation and reason why someone will reject the teachings of Universal Medicine, which in truth is a rejection of themselves and their inner-most knowing and truths. In fact I’m positive that if someone is so bitter against Universal Medicine and so desperately not wanting to consider that the mess of their lives is a consequence of their own choices, then not only will they reject the company, but they will directly attack, to ensure that they can stay in the illusion that they are not responsible.
Could it be that deep down we all know that we are much grander than we live and it pains us greatly when we see someone living what we have not chosen for ourselves. Could it be that in reaction to this deep hurt instead of choosing to acknowledge that the way we live is not it and begin to take the necessary steps to live more lovingly it is easier to direct our fury at the person who reflects such a way of life to us. Much easier to label Universal Medicine a cult than accept that what Serge Benhayon lives and presents may in fact be true.
I am glad you came across Melinda’s lovely post Nicola. I enjoyed reading it again very much and it is as relevant today as it was back in July as it will be in the future…
Hi Melinda, I just came across your gorgeous post – what a pleasure to read.
I must have missed it 3 months ago when it first came out. Such an interesting, perceptive and enjoyable read – it almost feels like it should be re-posted so more people get a chance to see it. But then again, so many of these posts are full of pearls and worth a revisit – what a treasure trove or writing we have here. 🙂