by Naren Duffy, Australia
I was invited to have a listen to a series of recorded talks given by Serge Benhayon. Upon listening to the first of the recordings I could immediately feel that there was something different being presented here. Some of it did not quite ‘work’ with what I had been reading or doing until then, but the question that was being posed to me, not by Serge, but by myself was, “what has actually been working in your life up to this point?”.
I had dallied with different spiritual teachings and read loads of spiritual books, done psychedelic and recreational drugs, studied Reiki, massage, etc. etc. etc. All of these had varying, though temporary levels of making me feel good for a while. But eventually the underlying discontent with the way my life was would creep back in and the search for the next thing to ‘add to my tool belt’ would begin again.
In considering the question posed by Serge, I started making changes firstly by dropping things that weren’t ‘working’ for me. Many of those changes (especially around food) were ones that I had already made or had been feeling needed to be made. What was being revealed to me was not “You need to change like this, and be this way to be a good person”, but it was the fact that while I had known and had wanted to make changes in my life, I couldn’t make them stick. I realised that this was because I didn’t know WHY I was making choices that didn’t work again and again. Then more precisely, I realised that I did not even realise that I was making a choice at all – like being on auto-pilot or just getting through each moment in any way I could. So now I started to make choices that I was actually aware I was choosing to make.
Was it easy? No.
Was it smooth sailing and did my life change overnight? No. It has been very challenging at times. But in the past four years life has become much simpler and much much more enjoyable.
Did my eating habits change? Yes. But I had already stopped eating sugar, caffeine, dairy and wheat, so what Serge presented in these matters simply served to confirm what I already knew. From there it was just learning to continue to trust myself in what my body was telling me it didn’t work well with.
Did I start going to bed early? Eventually. And now I have more energy in my day than I have ever had before, all without needing anything to “get me going in the morning” or through the day.
Did my relationship end? Yes, it did, but it was a relationship that was propped up by casual drug use and neither one of us was happy. Had we continued we were on a path to probably have a baby to try and keep things alive between us, which would have been incredibly unfair to both the child and us.
Did my lovemaking change? Yes! For the Better!!
But the big question for me (and for many people) is this: How do I feel about myself? I feel better about who I am than I ever have. Ever. And my life has completely turned around. Not because of Serge Benhayon. Not because of Universal Medicine. But because of Me. Because I know now who I am and I choose to live as That – as best I can.
Have I learned from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine? Yes I have, but what he has taught me is that I already know all that I ever need to know and I can feel this in my body. I just need to keep trusting that, because it has not ever led me astray.
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
We are so ingrained to live in a way of dishonouring ourselves, disregarding our bodies, overriding our truth and being unloving, yet all the while having a sense deep down that something is not OK, that when we begin to make the choice to be loving it feels foreign. When we begin to truly appreciate how tender, delicate and precious we are, we then begin to feel how much we are worth honouring and committing to bringing our great love within to the lives we live, guided by a relationship with our bodies where truth is always communicated to us.
“So now I started to make choices that I was actually aware I was choosing to make” That little but enormous word ”why?’ When we understand why we feel the way we do then we can understand the cause and effect of everything around us.
We do already know what is true for us and what is not, and which choices to make, ‘now I started to make choices that I was actually aware I was choosing to make’.
What you share here Naren about choices is a beautiful and powerful reminder for us all. Serge Benhayon always presents on the energetic truth and his lived ways and movements constantly reflect to us that we are equally this too – it’s all down to the choices we are making everyday.
It’s a simple truth that our body knows everything we need to know, so it makes sense to start listening. Why continue to go back time and time again to try to think things through, when this clearly isn’t working. If we let our body lead the way we will never get lost again.
So true Lucy. If there one thing that we can bank on in this world, it’s that our bodies will never lie to us = the best friend/guide we could ever ask for.
“From there it was just learning to continue to trust myself in what my body was telling me it didn’t work well with.” and “… but what he has taught me is that I already know all that I ever need to know and I can feel this in my body.” Yes, and the more you trust and honestly openly express what you know and feel, the simpler life becomes and more empowering and appreciative you are to make choices for a life that is beneficially joyful.
So well said Naren, our lives do not change because of another person, but because of the choices we make. But thank goodness Serge Benhayon has offered to us the reflection of what our choices can be and how they impact upon the whole world, just as you also now offer huge inspiration through your reflection and your living way.
Our whole life is made of choices… So what are we choosing and who is choosing? Becoming aware of energy and understanding that we are vessels of energy and not the source, has been and continues to be life changing for me.
Love to read this blog today Naren, I can relate to so much you have written, I could have written it myself! And your title delivers a powerful truth that I have also discovered; my body has never led me astray either, and the more I honour and take deep care of my body, my awareness increases.
Thank you Naren, for clearly showing the world that Serge Benhayon doesn’t make anyone change, that if we change it is simply because it’s our choice to do so. Might I add that personally any change I made could never be sustained until I allowed my body to have a say in its care.
Serge Benhayon offers a true purpose to life, which goes way beyond just feeling better or improving one’s health, etc. but is about everyone on this planet returning to their true source.
That what Serge Benhayon presents simply makes sense and it is only a matter of seeing how this feels when we really live it.
Your writing is awesome Narren, reading this article is like finding my favorite column in a big publication, I get exited. Your style is very matter of fact, no fluff but completely engaging. There is no trying or defending in you, thank you for sharing so honestly how your life has developed over the course of coming across Universal Medicines philosophy.
It’s so empowering to know that your choices have such a direct and profound effect and as a result you can choose the quality of the life you feel to live for you and no other… allowing your body to guide you in what feels true.
It is our choice to see and take our body and its attributes/signs as a challenge/border or as a gift from ‘a friend’ what leads us to more understanding and development if truly studied and embraced.
It all comes down to us changing the way we lead our lives and Serge has always known this and has never suggested anything else. And that is the greatest gift anyone can give us, reminding us that we all have everything we ever wanted inside of us, we just have to give that everything permission to be out in the world.
Often I’ve felt resentment towards my body because of its honesty and my unwillingness to take responsibility for my own choices that have been reflected back to me through my body. Once we start to accept ourselves, accept why we made those choices in the first place without any judgment or hardness, we can start to understand and appreciate the messages our body is giving us.
Thank you Naren for a great sharing learning to simply trust that our bodies do know if we but stop to listen, it is a wise and constant teacher. It is amazing how we can live life not realising that we have choice. But when we do healing can occur.
We are the ones who need to realise we have the magic of God in our bodies. That is what I have learnt from listening to so many of the talks online.That the answers aren’t out there in the world, they are inside and the less distractions we have the simpler connecting to it is, that may mean paying attention to the number of stimulants I consume and it may mean addressing the level of stress I have come to call normal. Listening and responding, delving and unpeeling means I have discovered a stillness inside me I had no idea existed. No idea at all. I too am deeply appreciative to Serge Benhayon and all he has ploughed through in himself to be able to share that pot of gold with me.
“So now I started to make choices that I was actually aware I was choosing to make.” Awareness is really the best medicine ever.
Serge Benhayon truly empowers people to take responsibility for their choices in life and with this put themselves in the drivers seat. Very simple and very true.
Thank you Naren, this is a great example of the importance of listening to ourselves, trusting what our bodies are telling us and honouring that by bringing it into our lives.
Did I enjoy this blog? Yes! Is it because Naren wrote it and he is an amazing writer. No, yes Naren is an amazing writer but no thats not why, I enjoyed it because it’s core message is we are just as amazingly talented and all knowing as Naren and Serge and anyone else for that matter. This blog says, we know it all, we just need to stop and listen sometimes, as our body knows the movement that can lead us back home.
Thank you Naren for sharing your experience, it is all up to us as to whether we choose the truth as presented by Serge and feel and live by the truth that the body presents us with.
How do I feel about myself? This is such a great question because it took some time for me to truly be able to sit and feel how my body is on a regular basis and when I do I know it tells me the truth.
Thank you for sharing Naren, our body is a great marker for us, as the more we get to feel and understand it the more it offers us back.
Naren your words ““what has actually been working in your life up to this point?”. What a great question, because for me I was searching for something and when I heard Serge Benhayon present, I immediately knew what he was saying made sense.
This is a beautiful sharing Naren, you beautifully describe that what changed your life, it is meeting Serge Benhayon, but not because of him. And I fully agree, Serge is a great inspiration but it is never because of him or Universal Medicine that I changed something in my life, I always did because of me and what I feel.
When I choose to come back to the simplicity of body, my dishonesty gets peeled away – and as you say so beautifully, that peeling can only be done by me.
and it does such a good job at it.
Great way of looking at it Irena. and now Naren can do this for others.
aint that the truth Amanda. If not made from truly wanting to, the choices don’t stick.
“what has actually been working in your life up to this point?” great way of looking at this Naren. awesome question to think about in day to day life. and then this – “Then more precisely, I realised that I did not even realise that I was making a choice at all – like being on auto-pilot or just getting through each moment in any way I could. ” How many people are on auto-pilot not knowing that there is another way to live life that makes it glorious ? great blog Naren. well spoken
I never really lost that childhood habit of asking why? So much of what I saw and experienced in life didn’t make sense. Serge Benhayon has inspired me to find the answers to my whys? And the truth that I do already know and have all the answers within me but had been choosing to not see.
Thank you Naren, Simply a pleasure to read and connect to you in this blog. My feeling is that everything you portray in your story about the events before and after Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon that I too have a similar way in which life has unfolded for me. The truth that is in every aspect of what Serge Benhayon presents has become a key to life for me. As a Students of The Livingness I recognize love and truth can not be separated, which is major shift in the way I looked at love! Then when we consider that love is a portion or integral part of truth along with joy, harmony and stillness is it any wonder the lies and emotional attachments society has around love and being the Son of God is being lost in the reinterpretation of ‘words’!
Change is gradual, unless we run the risk on building our foundations of sand. Great to see you making changes in your life that reflect exactly what you want in your life.
Beautifully honest Naren, I love how you have written “Because I know now who I am and I choose to live as That – as best I can.” A great reminder for us all, that we too can make more loving choices that support us.
Life lived in its simplicity is when joy becomes more present- anything else feels like a battle.
Love your honesty Naren – it is super challenging at times to make these choices! I feel this is due mostly to comfort and a familiarity in old patterns to seek relief from life. When we are done with seeking and claim the truth of who we are there is nothing to receive ourselves from. The great awareness here Naren is that fact of claiming back your power in actively choosing and not allowing a pattern to take the reins. Very cool.
Naren I too find it is much easier to listen to my body and follow what it needs (eg in food, sleep etc) when I understand fully what is happening. In terms of food that means beyond the nutritional components and also including the awareness of why I am drawn to eat certain foods in a particular situation. Universal Medicine has given me that understanding to explore my relationship with life so that I have been able to see if and how the presentations apply in my situation. As you say this is an unfolding process that has us at the steering wheel and not a quick fix one-solution-fits-all approach.
It is no easy feat..”being on auto-pilot or just getting through each moment in any way I could. So now I started to make choices that I was actually aware I was choosing to make.” Incredible how easy it is to let the opposite happen.To allow life to steam roll you so you end up saying I have no choice. We always have a choice. One of the biggest revelations for me was, even when we don’t make a choice-we are making a choice!
And this is so true..”Have I learned from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine? Yes I have, but what he has taught me is that I already know all that I ever need to know and I can feel this in my body. I just need to keep trusting that, because it has not ever led me astray.” When I can finally stand tall and make the CHOICE to claim this like you have Naren, I will feel my power and my bigness.
Naren I resonate with your words ‘… I realised that I did not even realise that I was making a choice at all – like being on auto-pilot or just getting through each moment in any way I could. So now I started to make choices that I was actually aware I was choosing to make.’ One of the biggest things I have learned form Universal Medicine is to be aware that I am always making a choice, even if that choice is to be unaware!
Today my body is feeling very fragile and tender and asking me to go deeper into feeling and honouring it. Thank you for the reminder Naren, that our bodies are communicating to us all the time.
Great sharing of how we can let go of all the knowledge and do good things in life and simply start being ourselves and with this content is delivered without having to follow any diet, script or outer applied discipline it just come naturally from our body.
So true Rachel, when we listen to our bodies truth is so easily reviewed by what our body tells us. Like Naren presents, so many of the Students of The Livingness were already feeling in their bodies that gluten, sugar stimulants and dairy were no longer working for them!
I too am finding it so simple how the body knows what is good for it and will never partake or ingest anything that would do it harm. The closer I feel in relationship to my body and the more I listen to it, the simpler my life gets.
Understanding why I make choices is a real key to being able to stop them if they are not loving or supportive to me. Getting to know myself, what works for me, trusting and accepting myself is another key to enjoying life without the usual stresses and strains. Thank you for yet another confirmation that Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine never advise or tell people what to do (even though many want this as initially it’s easier than feeling for yourself), they offer love, inspiration and support with out judgement.
Thank you Laura, I agree whole-heartedly, ” understanding why I make choices is the real key” that unlocks the inner-heart. I usually over look the fact that I am aligning to things that are being chosen for me instead of me actually choosing all the time to stay connected to my inner-most! Wow so understanding my choice in every moment is the absolute key.
Naren you have reminded me how transformational is the simplicity of listening to, caring for and trusting that our bodies know what is right for us. Thank you.
‘Then more precisely, I realised that I did not even realise that I was making a choice at all – like being on auto-pilot or just getting through each moment in any way I could.’
That is such a powerful statement of truth, that the entire world needs to know! Xx
I too am making my body my bestest friend Xx
Beautiful Naren, I love your final line… ‘what he (Serge Benhayon) has taught me is that I already know all that I ever need to know and I can feel this in my body. I just need to keep trusting that, because it has not ever led me astray.’ This is huge and so true… everything is known, we just have to learn to listen again. And looking back, for every poor choice made, what was true lay just beneath the surface… just not chosen.
“Sometimes I find it hard to listen to the messages from my body as it shows me how my choices haven’t always been that self-caring or responsible, but what is lovely is when I am being more respectful of what my body requires is how wonderful I feel. That for me is the proof that what Serge lives and shares, actually works” – I can totally resonate with this. And whenever I have a fall, to keep remembering and to keep coming back to that loveliness is the key for me.
How well said, Naren. You have had it in your body all the time. In his magical loving way Serge Benhayon supports us to connect to that again. It’s beautiful to witness once more how powerful it is, when we trust what we already know.
Very beautiful Narren, what Serge Benhayon presents is indeed something we already know in our bodies, we just got the wake up call, and he keeps inspiring us.
Thanks Naren for sharing how the choices you made impacted on your daily life. It was beautiful to read the realization that your life has changed “Because I know now who I am and I choose to live as That – as best I can,”
Reading your blog reminded me of my own experience. I did choose (will I have pasta with goat cheese, garlic and sundries tomatoes for lunch or some meat)? Yet my choices only confirmed and fed my way of living and my understanding of what was normal. For example, it was normal to feel sleepy after lunch. It was normal to wake up tired and run to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. Through Universal Medicine I have learned that so much of what I thought was normal is in fact not normal and I have started building a different way via experimentation and increased awareness that my choices affect me big time.
I too did not know I had choices. It sounds crazy when I write that, but I considered social norms as more important than what I felt – how could I refuse to eat what a hostess had served me, even if I knew it would give me a sore tummy and snotty nose, how could I leave a function early to go to bed just because I felt tired (wasn’t that rude)? Now that I know that I have the truth within and that my body can guide me, as it never lies, I also understand that I am worth honoring in every moment – that I have choices.
Awesome – I love this Naren especially what you wrote about feeling better about yourself than ever before because you know who you are and have chosen to live that. So beautiful.
It’s so great that after all those years where nothing ever worked for you and possibly did lead you astray… you now have something in your life you have connected to that doesn’t… and that is your body. I love how simple you explained each step that was taken and the reason for it, not at all because you were told what to do, but you connected and then made the choices for yourself.
Thank you Naren for sharing your story, isn’t it interesting that we don’t realise that we have choices, and that we are making choices all the time. When I listen to what my body is telling me then the choices I make are loving ones.
Naren the simplicity and clarity of the message that you convey, and the manner in which you write, confirms the un-complication you are now choosing in your life.
The absolute conviction when you state, your body has never led you astray, is an awesome reminder that when we choose to let ourselves feel what our body is clearly telling us, it is always bringing us back towards harmony and balance and true vitality. Thank you.
Naren, I love this, how we do know and we have this constant weather vane (our bodies), which never stops, it’s ready and waiting for us to listen. I’ve often had times in my life where I’ve wanted guidance and the truth is, it was always there, in me, ready and waiting. I just needed to choose to listen.
You’ve made some excellent points here Naren, I agree that our bodies are amazing guides when it comes to making choices. And that making positive changes to our lives is not always easy, but incredibly worth it.