by Angie, Australia
During the last 15 years, I have worked in mainstream alternative medicine clinics that have offered chiropractic, acupuncture, musculoskeletal therapy, kinesiology, as well as detox and weight loss programs.
As it was one of my duties to assist clients with their program, it was important for me to have experienced this for myself as well. I was overweight and most certainly could benefit from a thorough detox. Of course, at the end of each program, I could expect wondrous results… to feel vital, drop a dress size, and much happier within myself. Guess what… it didn’t happen!
Then along came a practitioner who had also trained with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, offering us a treatment. I took up the offer and had no expectations. This was a new experience and sometimes it felt really weird, but my body felt light and gentle, and I realised that this was the real ‘ME’ without all of the impositions of life. I had not experienced anything as profound as this before. This was such a contrast to my experience of everyday life, as well as the end result of the detox / weight loss program that I had been on. And all this revealed within a one hour session!
Why was it that with only one treatment, I was left feeling so good? I felt I needed to know more about this ‘mystery’, so I attended my first workshop, and so began my association with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
I have since attended many workshops and healing courses presented by Serge. He speaks in a way that is so common sense. You sit there thinking “Deep down, I know this” – but no one has ever put it in words that make it so simple.
Through Serge Benhayon’s presentations I have been able to identify patterns of behaviour that would previously have had me holding on to emotions, and running stories over and over in my head. I have been able to identify my relationship with food and how certain foods feel in my body. I have been able to join the dots about feeding emotions with food when facing issues I didn’t know how to deal with.
After attending Universal Medicine presentations and receiving support from some wonderful Esoteric Practitioners, I realised that I wanted a modality that took ‘ME’ into account and asked me ‘WHY’?
Why was I feeling how I did?… Why did I need to eat that way?… Why did I feel sluggish?… Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?
More recently, I have been attending presentations by some amazing women practitioners from Universal Medicine. These are specifically for women discussing women’s health issues as well as pressures that affect our daily lives. There are many open and honest discussions, and it is wonderful to know that I am not alone in feeling the intensity around the ideals we feel we need to live up to as women, and more importantly providing the support to just be ourselves in the world. I have received a number of Esoteric Breast Massages as well, and continue to be amazed at how much more of the real and lovely me there is to feel.
Several years ago, I updated my qualifications to include Beauty Therapy. Many of my clients comment on how steady I am (seemingly unaffected by outside influences) and quite often ask how I do it. Others comment on the weight I have shed, and how my eyes are always sparkly. There have also been many comments on the salon being their little sanctuary, and different from others – how calm they feel, and how they can just be themselves there. We have some amazing conversations, and other times nothing much is said. Either way, I know that what I have taken away with me from the courses I have attended through Universal Medicine, as well as treatments from Universal Medicine trained practitioners has not only helped me and my family, but has made a great difference for my clients as well.
So, here I am eight plus years later, about ten kilos lighter, with my doctor telling me how good I look, amazed that my cholesterol has gone down steadily each year (even though I eat enough eggs and nuts to feed an army), and commenting that I never need to come to see her except for my annual ‘grease and oil change’.
Thank you to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, I can now feel the real me! For me, the saying ‘de-clutter and simplify’ really sums it all up. Maybe that’s a little too basic, but why does life need to be so complicated anyway?
Angie, “feeding emotions with food when facing issues I didn’t know how to deal with”, is something many of us do more often then we realise. Just recently I have changed jobs to a temporary position and the hunger pangs have gone through the roof. Reading this has reminded me that something underlying needs to be addressed and it is good that we have Universal Medicine practitioners we can call upon to reveal that underlying reason.
My relationship with food was often related to a reward or that treat for working hard. It hasn’t quite healed yet but I know one thing, my relationship with food is so much better then it ever has been. I know there is more to go and I accept this responsibility.
I find speaking with Universal Medicine practitioners, we discover more about life and how we are in it. As more is exposed and revealed, more can be healed and the next is offered. Life is much more different then.
When Serge Benhayon presents at his workshops, it feels like he is talking to you specifically, but in fact he is presenting global issues that can be so simple to turn around. This feels amazing to experience, and so we know that there is something we are all caught up in that needs to be cleared so that we can start with a clean slate and bring what truly is needed in life.
Henrietta I agree, when Serge Benhayon speaks to the audience, he is speaking to every individual in the audience yet addressing the all. Life is so much different and I understand it to another depth that no one has ever offered. I’d much prefer to live from there than how I used to live life, making others accountable. Now I am more accountable and responsible, big difference.
In truth life can be so simple and easy, but we have a bad habit of complicating things and making things hard. In fact we are masters at making life difficult. But if this is the case, we must then deep inside know the simplicity that life is as we know the exact intricacy needed to make it complicated. Now this is food for thought!?
How important is it to explore any form of dis-ease and understand what truly is the root cause? Without doing this, any other approach will only be superficial.
Life doesn’t need to be complicated, we just make it that way and then wonder why it is!!!
This is a beautiful blog, for it confirms in simple and clear language the power of the work of Serge Benhayon. Through his work and presentations on The Ageless Wisdom we get to heal and love ourselves probably for the first time in our lives. As Angie shows, these transformations are not to better self, but have powerful ripple effects on the lives of others.
There is a huge difference between ‘doing things for others’ and lovingly attend ourselves in the first place. In the first option we get used to function without feeling our needs, just focusing on the goal and the result, whilst in the second one we get expanded in the love we live and as a consequence this expansion reach others without effort, naturally so.
Amparo – this is such a simple revelation and yet a life transforming one to put into practice. We can tick a box and do this in function and feel empty, or we can bring the fullness of who we are and make the box ticking exercise so much more than what it is and hence bring meaning to all that we do.
Angie, it seems from your blog the true meaning of detox is to let go of all that doesn’t support you to live the real and true you, which may be food, behaviours, hurts, etc. To truly detox we need to establish that connection to ourselves again, so we can then feel what is not self supportive to the essence of who we are.
I love what you share here Melinda. Detox is often associated only with food and drink and yet true detox goes much further. It’s an opportunity to clear behaviours, thoughts and hurts, in fact anything that inhibits our return to our true essence. With this comes an opening to more fully understand our purpose in life.
There are some great points here about the simplicity of what Serge Benhayon’s presentations offer and how the Universal Medicine treatments also offer us the simplicity of returning to ourselves. I’ve been involved in lots of complementary therapies, been to many talks and presentations by others, but whilst some of it initially felt great there were no long standing changes, in fact I was pretty much stuck in repeating cycles of ill health and emotional distress. When I came to Universal Medicine Serge’s talks just made sense, he also had a non-imposing quality of integrity I had not felt before, and I felt empowered to make changes in my own life (and at my own pace) from his talks. Life actually began to change. The Universal Medicine therapies and tools like the Gentle Breath Meditation all brought me back to the true me, the one that was covered up by trauma, which was an enormous gift in itself. Serge has a very practical, simple, and deeply honouring approach to life and human beings. I’m a big fan 🙂
In the esoteric community, we walk together even if it does not feel this is what we do. We all feel the intensity. We discover we share this. We all learn to deal with it. We start dealing with it. We discover beauty. We all start going there. Life starts to get transformed for us all. Our movements are not the same anymore.
What is the joy of complication anyway?
Great question Danna – the “joy” of complication in truth is simply the bliss and arrogance of the spirit getting off on having its way over the body and the soul.
I love that we are embracing the word “why” when as a child it was one of the most irritating questions I was asked. I feel humbled by the reflection my children tried to offer me so often.
The truth we feel in our body makes us sit up and listen and then a seed is planted that means we are less willing to be swayed by ‘public’ opinion.
‘I wanted a modality that took ‘ME’ into account and asked me ‘WHY’?’ Exactly and that’s what Universal Medicine offers, it does not pander to you, or any ‘issues’ you think you may have but comes from the perspective that you are whole already and in you you know, and it’s about dropping all those things you have taken on which are just not you. And the beauty of it all, life does indeed become simpler.
I love how you put the question in the title of not knowing that you were deserving so much more. It brings a gentleness and invites us all to feel how much more we deserve than we allow ourselves to give and live.
Wow Angie, what you’ve shared highlights how your openness to change and connect to your essence has an impact on the people around you and the space you hold. Very beautiful confirmation of how far you have stepped up to a greater level of love and therefore offering this to everyone you meet.
Natalie Benhayon has presented that a woman’s dress size is inconsequential to the magic of her curves – what ever they may be.
I love what you have shared here Shami about the magic that a woman’s curves bring. Each curve is a curve from heaven and nothing less – so to criticize our body and its shape is the equivalent of sending a complaint about Heaven. Said like this it sounds ridiculous.
We deserve so much more in life than we live. We deserve to be treated with absolute tenderness and love in every moment of our life, and it is not for us to claim it from others but by simply starting with ourselves, every day more until we can feel how much we deserve it and then there is no end to it.
Awesome blog Angie, I love what you’ve shared. I absolutely agree, life doesn’t have to be complicated because it isn’t designed to be that way. It is our choice to keep life simple and joyful or make it the opposite. When I look around, most people’s lives are pretty complicated and some are pretty miserable when I ask them how they feel.
‘Many of my clients comment on how steady I am (seemingly unaffected by outside influences) and quite often ask how I do it.’ I too get asked this, and I simply say all I do is stay focused within myself, and then give that same focus to the job at hand, and although I am aware of everything else that is going on around me, because I am not distracted by it, or with my thoughts I am able to also enjoy what I am doing too.
Angie I made and still make the same experience as you so wonderful describe: “You sit there thinking “Deep down, I know this” – but no one has ever put it in words that make it so simple.” That is what makes Serge and Universal medicine so interesting the simplicity what came and still comes with everything he presents and have presented.
I may very well say I love simplicity which I do but it is through my movements that I bring it into my day. To simplify my life and let go of complication I am finding is a commitment to movement made with love. It can be challenging sometimes undoing a movement that has been so ingrained in complication yet I know when I have allowed it to happen because of how I feel in my body and the emotions that I have become attached to.
The body never lies. Still, it is up to us to embrace or not what it is sharing with us. If we do, magic happens.
To see a person change, to loose weight, have more vitality and have sparkly eyes is very significant as this is not what typically happens to a person as they age. If people are not asking how to live in this way we need to look deeply at the society we all live in that doesn’t want to look at the answer we all know. Self love, responsibility and surrender are simple, yet the most difficult thing to do if one is not willing to bring to the fore of their life the reality that we can choose the same self love and responsibility and truly surrender to the grace within.
To have the reflection of Serge Benhayon in my life has been and continues to be life changing. He is simply through his livingness re-awakening that which I already know.
A living reflection of what we all have access to and can let into our lives and live on a daily basis.
Great sharing for when we’ declutter and simplify’ one area of our life it always allows us to bring greater clarity and understanding to other areas of our life.
Learning that it feels amazing to live with responsibility, knowing I am the only one who can make the choice to care for my body is the most amazing gift. One that Serge Benhayon and returning to the living way of the Ageless Wisdom has offered to me to explore, discern and make my own. A way that any of us can choose in any moment.
This was one I needed to re-read today, the simplicity of remembering that why we do what we do is equal if not more important than what we are actually doing.
Its the sparkly eyes that do it for me… found in all sorts of places but only when I am paying attention to people and really connecting with others. When I meet these eyes I cannot help but connect and want to share more with the aliveness before me,
I can so relate to feeling undeserving and not having much self-worth, and I can feel how I used to figure out a mid point in-between to manage life. I find sharings like yours here in blogs and women’s groups are so fantastic because by making us realise how others are going through the same stuff and we are not alone in our own stuff, which is very supportive in itself, but it also highlights how much we have actually been investing in those ‘issues’ so-called as a form of self-identification.
‘Why was I feeling how I did?… Why did I need to eat that way?… Why did I feel sluggish?… Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?’ These ‘why’ questions show that we deep down know what Serge and Universal Medicine presents and how simple it all can be when we start to listen to the wisdom our body has to share and deepen the relationship we have with ourselves as there is always more.
I agree Angie that whenever I have heard Serge Benhayon present I have always had a sense of him confirming something I already know deep inside but I have put it to sleep so to speak. Serge has a wonderful way of reawakening these slumbering wisdoms and understandings of life in everyone and ‘joining the dots’ as you describe to form a more complete understanding of life for I often have had snippets of wisdom or realisations here and there but have not always been able to piece it all together. Universal Medicine has really supported me in this way to put it all together for myself and to discover my truth and my living way.
“Why didn’t I Recognise that I Deserve More in life?” . . . this is such a telling question and a great title Angie. So many of us have to work through this and take responsibility for allowing ourselves to be squashed and shutdown for so long. The true self stands up to be counted as we begin to expressed from our inner knowing of who we truly are.
These are powerful questions Angie, “Why was I feeling how I did?… Why did I need to eat that way?… Why did I feel sluggish?… Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?” Imagine if this was a questionnaire you filled out before going into a doctors surgery or any complementary medicine session? You would then be approaching your appointment with responsibility and an awareness of what got you there and what support is needed. I can just imagine how this would feel from the practitioner’s side, not being lumped with the pressure of a patient wanting them to ‘fix’ them.
Thank you Angie, this is a gorgeous reflection of how the Ageless Wisdom Teachings inspire us to return to live the realness of who we are, which naturally feels does great. This makes absolute sense, as the more we are willing to be honest with how we feel in our bodies, the more we get to feel how our lightness and our love feels true, which allows us to develop greater awareness of what does not feel true in our bodies and why we are choosing what we are choosing.
Yes, that willingness to be honest can open up chests that have been held under lock and key. Once released the lightness felt in the body is amazing and therefore the surrender through the discomfort of the discarding process is worth it.
Removing the unnecessary protective layers allows us to feel the light we truly are from.
Declutter and simplify . . . I love it, Angie. And the more I declutter and simplify my life the clearer I become as more space is available and the clearer life is.
Also, your clarity, steadiness and reflection Kathleen will ignite something in others too as they recognise the spark you bring is also in them too. The responsibility to keep our life clearer and lighter is beneficial for us as well as for others around us. It is amazing how this works.
I love the connection you make Angie, that you wanted a modality that asked you why and asked you to see your part and be an engaged and active participant and that is in fact exactly what the Universal Medicine therapies do, as an client you are very much a part of it all; it’s not about relief but about looking underneath and providing support for people to see how they are and to choose to change if they wish, all the while just giving them a space to be themselves. There is nothing quite like them and they are a huge gift to us all.
Why was I feeling how I did?… Why did I need to eat that way?… Why did I feel sluggish?… Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life? All great questions we can ask ourselves, for when we are honest ourselves, it is in this space much easier to make different choices.
I agree jacqmcfadden04 – asking these question of ourselves is an act of love, the first step to developing an honouring relationship with ourselves, our bodies and our truth.
So true Jacqmcfadden04, honesty is an important part of supporting us to make loving changes in life. Without honesty we can stay stuck in our old ways that hasn’t worked and nothing truly changes if we don’t recognise what is actually going on.
We can talk about these things and changes all we want but until you actually see it or experience it for yourself there will still be a part of you reserved or perhaps critical. I put all this to the test some years back and challenged what I was seeing and yet through this part I learnt so so much. I used the questions I had as mirrors back into me and to see what was going on for me. Life and what goes on within it is always a reflection for us and from there there is always understanding and awareness to bring. In other words you see yourself as a part of everything, every cycle and as cycles do, they cycle. We as a race or group of people appear to like to think we lead the world from a place almost above the world and yet the truth of it is we are just a part and from that part we need to play our part. Life and everything held within it cycle and so to reflect on your part is important as there is always a return, to everything.
Indeed, why does life need to be complicated! I used to identify with complication, my story always having so many elements, so much drama as to why things didn’t run smoothly. Today, I have nothing to complain about, nothing that needs over dramatising. I approach life a million times more simply and feel a whole lot better for it.
So true, it doesn’t need to be complicated, de-clutter and simplify. Feeling it in your body without the words ignites the spark that is within us all. Once it is felt in our body, the choice is there to nurture that flame or cover it again. What you share here is the absolute joy of nurturing that which is within us all.
Super sweet Lucy… in a nutshell the stages by which a flower opens up to share the beauty within,
So true, the flower offers the reminder of the simplicity of it all. No matter what, it opens up to share its beauty with the world.
That’s awesome Angie. It’s pretty wonderful to finally come across a modality that feels really true, and really honouring of the person you are as opposed to a ‘one size fits all’ approach.
When listening to presentations by Serge Benhayon I too often have a feeling that I already know the truth of what is being said but I have not been listening to my body which has been consistently telling me the truth.
Mary this is spot on – when Serge Benhayon presents, he shares about something so old and so familiar that it brings goose bumps – it is like he shares forgotten truths hence why the sharing is needed as the fog of creation has created a veil for us and we have chosen to forget the very depth of divinity that we have access to and have come from.
We all deserve the very best in life! But often we have not seen our beautiful qualities nor appreciated how wonderful our bodies are and their inner intelligence and love.
When we appreciate and connect to these beautiful qualities, our inner intelligence and love it is for everyone, it is not just for ourselves but also provides a reflection for everyone around us.
Beautiful Angie, making true changes has to involve re-establishing a connection and relationship with the ‘real me’… current medical and complementary medicine fields still ignore the fact of an inner being, one that in fact is responsible for the true harmony of function in the body as well as our vitality, sense of true self and the inclination towards choices that are self-loving.
Wow, that’s so awesome Angie. I love how much you are reflecting to all those people that walk through your door, and it’s all coming from your own lived experience, not an idea.
This is lovely Angie, and so key, ‘the saying ‘de-clutter and simplify’ really sums it all up’.
Some great questions you asked yourself, ‘Why was I feeling how I did?… Why did I need to eat that way?… Why did I feel sluggish?… Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?’ These are not our natural ways of being, lovely how you embraced the real you.
What a comment Angie – “For me, the saying ‘de-clutter and simplify’ really sums it all up. Maybe that’s a little too basic, but why does life need to be so complicated anyway?” This is so true, I haven’t heard it expressed in such a simple way… I’ve been one like many others I hear say “well how do I explain it there’s just so much?” But there has been complication in that too. Each day or more accurately in every single moment and second we can make a different choice, and see what supports us and what doesn’t.
To work as a health and beauty therapist and be truly healthy and thus not only talk about the possibilities of a healthier life but live it is enormous as it inspires by the simplicity of a living example.
Very beautifully said Esther, and I agree it is enormous to live true health especially when we are in the health industry because not many health practitioners out there are doing this. What message are we presenting to the world if we live one way and present a different way? It is so refreshing to see this reversed and see the benefits this has for people.
There is this constant reality of having an awareness, which can often feel uncomfortable, then if so choosing, letting go of what is sitting in our bodies affecting the clarity we naturally have. Learning to go with the flow and the simplicity it brings to life is worth feeling the unsettled, uncomfortable feeling that comes with the awareness. So love the adage ‘de-clutter and simplify’.
I love this Angie ‘de-clutter and simplify’ we often associate this with our home but to apply this to our bodies and everyday life is a game changer that continually empowers us and evolves us.
Sometimes I used to ask myself ‘how did Serge Benhayon know that?’ as I felt it was directed at me and my own life but I have come to realise that whatever it was that happened to me that Serge was reading for healing purposes there was a very good chance it would have happened to another too. Nothing is ever personal it is only me that chooses to make it about me.
I feel ‘declutter and simplify’ sums it up beautifully. Certainly for me doing this has opened up space in my life where the busyness of life is not all-consuming and there are opportunities to stop and reconnect or take stock when needed.
It doesn’t matter whether another chooses to see and feel the changes in another that have taken place from attending Universal Medicine presentations, workshops or from having Esoteric Healing. What matters is the relationship we have to ourselves. We know when we make changes and let go of old behaviours and we don’t need to say a word; simply knowing others can feel the changes is enough.
‘You sit there thinking “Deep down, I know this” – but no one has ever put it in words that make it so simple.’ I know this exact feeling. It’s like a far away knowing, and you don’t know how you know it, but you just feel it. And then Serge puts it into words, and it confirms all that you always knew, but always felt alone in knowing it.
I love basic and I love simple; declutter and simplify your life, no more words are needed.
it can feel a little unusual to be not ‘cluttered’ with all our usual emotional baggage and burdens, however the lightness of being we can feel after a session resonates with something deep within we recognise is innate and true. and so even though we may sometimes seek to reclutter due to its familiarity and comfort, there is something undeniable now awakened within us that we can thenceforth return to any time we choose.
Those WHY questions just being asked empower simplicity to be known and will lead to the answer if honesty is applied “why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?” = Exactly!
Beautifully expressed Angie! We are so fortunate to have access at this time to such wonderful healing modalities as those offered by Universal Medicine and the wonderful Practitioners and founder and Presenter Serge Benhayon.
I love the title, it is a great question to ask. How come that we do not know how precious we are and the deep love and care that we deserve? The preciousness that we are held in as babies we deserve throughout our entire life.
Angie, you bring out the simplicity and delightfulness life can be.
Letting go of the patterns of behaviour that feed our emotional reactions lightens the load we carry from day to day immensely.
De-cluttering – an inner process with powerful ripple effects on our outer life.
“Why was I feeling how I did?… Why did I need to eat that way?… Why did I feel sluggish?… Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?” Great questions for anyone feeling stuck in their lives and feeling the need to change….. At any moment we can make a different choice.
Whenever I feel stuck in my life, down or not enjoying life, I know it’s a call to go deeper – what it is that I’m doing or not doing, and repeating, that is making me feel stuck? What is there to be dealt with that I’m not willing to look at, and so creating complication to avoid? Getting really honest, decluttering all the noise in our life, allows the space for the answers – a solid sense of knowing – to arise from the body and not from the head.
‘de-clutter and simplify’- oh I can feel this is in my bones, and my feeling is, it is the answer to all our issues, problems and illness. It is that simple, declutter and make space for love to flow through your house and through your body.
Yes agreed, in every space without borders. I have witnessed that through the years of working with Universal Medicine practitioners and have seen the results in the student body. There is much more responsibility and willingness to declutter and simplify and, without perfection, the results are worthy of further research because they have positive outcomes on health and well-being.
On re-reading your words Angie, these two questions begged to be considered more deeply.” Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life?”
I know that any time I am not enjoying life, that I have retreated to the thoughts, concerns, and complications that are there to think, but they are only chosen, if first I have decided to not live in and with my body. I also know that I believed I was bad, or wrong, what a set up to leave me lost in the world, lost because I could not feel, humbly that I matter and that the world absolutely is a grander place for having me in it.
Oh, how we complicate things. Today I found myself sitting with family members and I felt their inner wisdom. No longer do I feel the need to diminish myself in their company. Instead I felt the responsibility to meet them as they truly are, which asks me to first come from who I truly am, a moment of deep contemplation, honoring, understanding and acceptance of the importance of of how we choose to live.
A learning now to be practiced, with the simplicity and honour everyone deserves.
It’s crazy that we need to be reminded of the fact that we deserve more than what we choose for ourselves … and yet undeniably profound when we actually realise it and become inspired to live it… the foundation of what Universal Medicine presents and has blessed us all with.
‘de-clutter and simplify’, says it all really, but sometimes we need support to let go of emotions and beliefs we have been holding onto for years ( lifetimes). The Way of the Livingness presented by Serge Benhayon has been an amazing support for me to let go, clear out, heal old hurts, and to break through my resistance in the beginning. Now I embrace and love to de-clutter and simplify, as I work through the layers and the refining process, I am finding all the support is there for me to do so.
What I feel is the crucial difference between Universal Medicine and many other organizations is that they present the difference between energies – that there is a difference between spirit and soul. I feel that without that then it’s easy to get lost in the world of alternative and/or complimentary medicine because much sound the same but energetically there is a huge difference.
And it IS that simple: “de-clutter and simplify” – and you are on the way.
If we want to make a difference in the world it starts with us. Every change we make no matter how small we think it is towards a deepening love for ourselves has an impact. As I write this comment a feeling of resistance arises, a feeling of not wanting to accept the magnitude of every choice I make towards love. It is far greater than I ever imagined but it is to be felt in my body. Much to ponder here.
I loved feeling the lightness and joy in your sharing Angie, lets keep life simple and clear. Thank you for sharing.
It’s so beautiful to feel the truth of your writing Angie. The lightness and simplicity of the way you live is clear and inspiring.
Angie you are a living role model that it is possible to change a live completely only through living the way of the livingness – that is really inspirational.
This is beautiful, the changes we make trough living in the way of the livingness is incredible. It brings a joy back to life that is felt by all, it is a blessing for ourself and others.
This feeling of undeserving, worthlessness is a very familiar one for me, and the one that I am now beginning to recognise as what I have used as an alibi for not being in my power. For the mere fact that ‘I am’ is the undeniable, enough proof that I have a space in this Universe, and no matter what that is, it is our job to fill it with what we are truly made of.
The way that you express is the perfect mix of powerful and everyday matter of fact. I really enjoyed hearing your discovery about the benefits of Universal Medicine’s modalities, for me they were also life changing.
Life is very simple when we choose to take the opportunity to work on ourselves. And indeed remove the clutter that we surround ourselves with, letting go is the greatest thing we can do, to create space.
Lovely to read your blog again Angie, I enjoyed the simplicity of all you shared. I have received the same kind of support from Universal Medicine and Esoteric Women’s Health to let go of ideals, to love and care for myself, and simply be me in the world. I have always felt so much pressure to be more, do more, achieve more, etc, which has been very stressful. To let go of these things to simply be me, and prioritise caring for myself in all I do has been very supportive.
True Angie! I’ve found complication breeds drama which grows exhaustion and leaves us far from our natural stillness as women. Simplicity allows us to be, and everyone else as well. When I focus on what needs to be done or what do I feel to do, life just flows and my energy levels remain the same… unlike the ups and downs and dips in energy when I was running with desperation to better my self.
Putting myself first and taking care of my needs is keeping my life super simple.
‘De-clutter and simplify’, pretty much says it all, for it is ourselves that make life complicated (usually by holding onto our hurts). I love to clean and clear out my house on a regular basis which often happens when I have released something from within me that I was holding onto, eg an old belief or an old pattern of behaviour. .
Something I noticed, really the absolutely first thing I noticed about the healings with practitioners trained with Universal Medicine was how I felt like me again. For years I had trouble being present, and after one healing I felt back to myself. It was something I had longed for and had tried so many things that didn’t work until that healing. I had to investigate further and I am so grateful I did.
Bringing life back to being simple is great. These days I find myself shying away from anything that seems too complicated, and any day that has too much piled into it. Simple is calm and present and not distracting.
De-clutter and simplify sounds good enough for me.Getting rid of any complications in life can be so freeing and well worth it.
‘Life’ always seemed so complicated with a constant catalogue of problems to be overcome until I listened to presentations by Serge Benhayon and realised that I was the problem and was creating my own issues. The Way of the Livingness is to live with love and listen to the inner-heart and the answer is there before you ask.
‘KISS’ “Keep it simple student” by “simplifying and de-cluttering”, to me this is opening the door to love and let the light in as only a living Son of God can!
The ripple effect of living a ‘good life’, rubs off on those around us. Thereby when you consider doing something truly good for yourself, you might also consider, in affect you are doing something truly good for another also. What a responsibility!
Many times I have the thought,; I deserve so much more in life, so why does this not manifest..? It is those beliefs of mine that keep me from receiving all that is there waiting for me. Yes, those old beliefs really have to go as I am busy also with de-cluttering!
Angie, I loved reading this a second time, the support from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and their practitioners is an amazing opportunity for us all equally.
Angie, I loved your expression here, I can easily relate to much that you have shared. Particularly for settling for less than who I truly was.
‘For me, the saying ‘de-clutter and simplify’ really sums it all up. Maybe that’s a little too basic, but why does life need to be so complicated anyway?’ Basic and true Angie and for me de-clutter and simplify is a foundation to live life from, every area of our life needs this honest view if what and how we live supports us and asks us to be more or not and it is the simple. It gives us the sparkle which is inspirational for everyone we encounter.
It is my favourite question, Angie, Why? Very often the answer is super simple. I may ask myself: ” Why am I in this situation?” The answer is – I choose it. And if I choose it I can easily choose something else, can’t I?
Since I started listening to Serge Benhayon presentations and attending Universal Medicine events life becomes simpler and I have less and less whys? I like your phrase ” de clutter and simplify” – work in progress for me. I like it simple but de-cluttering is more challenging. I still cling to some things, beliefs.
“I realised that I wanted a modality that took ‘ME’ into account and asked me ‘WHY’?”
This is a major difference I have found with Universal Medicine practitioners, they don’t tell you why but ask to feel for yourself, it is not about a quick fix to feel better, it is about learning to trust what we feel and having the loving respect for ourselves to live according to those feelings. The modalities connect me with a deeper part of myself from which I can see my life and my choices from a clearer perspective, from that perspective I make more loving choices and through those more loving choices I am able to connect more deeply, and so I unfold. Sometimes I have wished these practitioners would just give me the answer and tell me all they feel about me, but in allowing me to feel for myself I am asked to develop the tools to live my own truth and this is of far greater value than the knowledge of why given by another. Oh and by the way, by connecting more deeply to myself I invariably feel wonderful after a session with a Unimed practitioner 🙂
Angie what a beautiful journey you have been on and are continuing on. Your blog is a great introduction to Universal Medicine. Yes we all deserve more in life and it is so enriching when we appreciate and accept this.
De-cluttering my life (all areas) has led to a simpler way of living which allows the space for me to be more of me….. so de-cluttering simply sums it up for me too!
The title of this blog really stopped me – “Why didn’t I Recognise that I Deserve More in life?” – and this made me realise that there really should be no limit in how much love I allow to flow through me, but I have been hardening myself to be my very own stumbling block to its flow.
I know this only too well Fumiyo, for I too have observed how I harden when certain situations feel too painful too feel, but actually I got to feel how harmful this is in my body, and now I am so much more aware of it and letting it go…
Thank you Fumiyo and Jacqueline, I agree, as a ‘Son of God’ we “deserve” to live life to the full with fullness that is shared by the Students of The Livingness!
Angie I can the beauty and feeling of sanctuary your salon offers your clients as a result of you re-connecting to your joy in life again through the inspiration of Universal Medicine. It has certainly been a gift that keeps on giving.
I had a similar experience Angie in a session with a Universal Medicine practitioner and I know of others too that somehow knew that what was being felt was the real and true self. It is amazing how easily and quickly we can recognise this feeling as the ‘true me’ and also how easily we can construct lives so that we don’t know who we really are. For all the other things I tried this was the only one that hit home that I could say ‘that’s it – I know that’s the me that I have been missing’. It still took a while to accept that it really was me and was not being given to me by the session but was being brought forwards from the buried depths within me.
Great example of what’s possible when we’re open to really seeing how we are living and dissecting the reasons why we have made certain choices in our lives. When we begin to simply our own lifestyle and live from the inside out, then things start to shift, and life starts to become a little less dramatic. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that?
What is quite beautiful about the way Universal Medicine Therapies support is that the changes that come are generally permanent. There are no quick fixes, but a complete clearing that results in profound changes to well-being and vitality.
These changes are permanent because Universal Medicine presents a simplified way to look at and deal with the root causes of your sadness, hurts, anger or any ill or issue you have in your body. What other modality does this?
Before finding Universal Medicine I thought that I had simplified my life, moving from a city to live in a beautiful natural environment, working part-time, fewer social engagements and more time to spend doing what I liked. After Universal Medicine I am more engaged with life, more responsible and better informed about my health and well-being, connected to people across the globe, involved in projects that feel purposeful and enjoyable, learning new skills, and ageing backwards. Like you Angie I an feeling the real me!
I love those two questions in particular Angie: “Why didn’t I truly enjoy life, and… why didn’t I recognise that I deserved more in life? ” These are questions that are asked and discussed at Universal Medicine events, not with the primary focus on finding an answer or solution but to gain deeper understanding into the way we function as human beings.
What I note most about what you share here are not the many and amazing benefits of your participation and association with Universal Medicine but how you are now sharing this with others. It is inspiring to hear about the calming and healing space at your beauty salon and the power of what you can offer through your presence and graceful way.
“De-clutter and simplify”. What a great way to look at what you did to make the amazing changes that you have undergone in your life Angie. We often talk about de-cluttering our homes but very rarely our bodies, but it feels like that is exactly what you did and with such wonderful results. It’s amazing what can happen when you remove the complications from life.
I have expressed a lot about the things that I have learned and the things I have realised when listening, being inspired or just watching the way Serge Benhayon lives. However the original moment that was the catalyst for me becoming interested to find out more was the healing I had with a friend who was studying his courses. I felt it first. For the first time in years I felt I was just me again. Not me carrying all the stuff and managing, just, but the me I missed from years ago and that was so worth following up.
Thank you for sharing your journey with us Angie.. How lovely to receive feedback on the energy that you run your Salon with, I can understand that many would see and feel the difference compared to other establishments in the Beauty industry due to your Love and connection to self.
We clean everything in life, our house, bedroom, clothes, car; the list goes on and on. So why not clean ourselves. Sounds odd, but so true, our body needs clearing and cleaning like everything else. This needs to be as normal as cleaning the family car.
I had never looked at it that way before Matthew. Having spent years looking outside for ‘the answer’ and finding it was in me all the time. Why do I spend more time cleaning and tidying the outside than I do cleaning and tidying me. Its absolutely clear that if I attend to the inside, the outside won’t take so much effort, and will naturally reflect the inner.
Angie, great blog particularly the part where you talk about the salon having a calm to it, and a place where people can be themselves. It shows how when we are with ourselves we affect those we talk to, work with or have any interaction with, and how a room is felt by how a person is with themselves.
Angie, after reading your blog, I can imagine why your clients find your presence so calm and uncomplicated. What you are allowing them is a space to be met and accepted for who they were, regardless of their choices. It reminds me of what we all experience when we attend Universal Medicine events and have sessions with esoteric practitioners!
Agreed gilesch, and the key to providing a space for others “to be met and accepted for who they are” is that we are doing this for ourselves first… This to me is the huge inspiration that Serge Benhayon offers.. that he meets all others because he has first connected to and met himself. What an awesomely powerful and simple choice we all have access to.
‘De-clutter and simplify’. A very simple philosophy in itself. To me this means making things less complicated, removing obstacles that are getting in the way of me being me and enjoying a wonderful full vital life. It is a steady gradual building process of self responsibility and discarding of anything that does not support joy and vitality and therefore lasts much longer than a quick fix. It has a natural ebb and flow and rhythm of its own.
It’s very lovely to read about your transformation and what great confirmations from your clients. The Ageless Wisdom teachings and Serge Benhayon’s presentations have made an equal impact in my life and yes, life now is super simple but very full.
” … why does life need to be so complicated anyway? …”
What a great line on which to end a blog, it immediately invites the reader to drop complication and the associated drama and to just relax into themselves. And I really enjoyed your wonderful sense of humour, thank you, Angie!
It is such a blessing Angie that Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are in our lives presenting and assisting us to live a life that corresponds to who we truly are. What a relief for my body this has been, since I have released many falsely lived ideals and belief systems that actually wrecked my body and life. Now I am living a much simpler life and when complication turns up I know I have to look into that because complication is not a natural part of who I am.
Awesome sharing Angie. As you say why in the face of all those alternative therapies and modalities have we not achieved true healing and why are the people themselves applying those modalities not the walking testimonies of them? The simplicity of what Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine present is groundbreaking and is clearly showing the way. What is challenging is not its complexity, but the call for assuming responsibility for our own choices.
I love it Angie – de-clutter and simplify. Life doesn’t need to be complicated but some of us have needed to create, or be in that complication, to feel like we could fix it somehow or feel needed. What a freedom for all involved when we let go of that, declutter and simplify.
Having experienced and also practised several alternative healing modalities it was not before the Universal Medicine Therapies that I recognised TRUE healing and not just improving a function or a relieving a condition. Healing is much more than dealing with the ill, it is also addressing and bringing into presence again the sense of true self – the feeling of just being me. True healing also brings into awareness the path of cause that has led to the ill and how I can support or actually conduct the whole healing process by responsible and caring lifestyle choices. What might appear as miracles is nothing less than coming back to one´s essence and hence harmonious state of being and body.
I agree with you Alex and Angie, there is such a huge difference between healing modalities that try to relieve your conditions and the modalities of Universal Medicine that address the core, the source of the ill. By highlighting the path that has led to the condition in the first place we get offered true healing and the opportunity to make different choices.
Observing people coming back to their essence and harmonious state of being for me is miraculous because they choose to take responsibility for their own lives while nobody is telleng them to do so.
Thank you Angie for sharing such a wealth of information on your journey. I love Serge Benhayons presentations that are so relevant and make absolute sense to me every time . The Practitioners of Universal Medicine are awesome as well!
Simply beautiful and truth-full, thank you Angie.
I agree Angie, what Serge Benhayon presents is so simple, it’s so simple I can’t believe I never realised it myself!
Awesome transformation Angie. I love how you simply show the way you made practical changes, such as drawing the dots between what you eat when you are finding an issue hard to deal with. That’s something I very much relate to. Thank you for sharing.
A beautiful transformation Angie, thank you for sharing.
Love it Angie, I could feel the sparkle in you shining through your writing! So lovely to feel that choosing to make change for ourselves and truly honouring what is true for our body can have such a powerful effect on those we come into contact with everyday. You are a shining example of the power of making true and loving change.
To de-clutter and simplify is an awesome foundation for anyone to start from and live their every day from. Great blog Angie.
Like you Angie I had tried all sorts of detoxes and meditation and Yoga retreats and it was a single one hour healing session with a Universal Medicine practitioner that left me feeling that this was true healing and the practitioner spoke truth. The feeling of reconnecting to myself was so strong for the first time in a long time I knew who I was. I also felt a tremendous burden of all of the various alternative modalities I had aligned with, falling away as I had a new marker of what I was looking for, and if they could not match the feeling within my body, after my first Universal Medicine healing session – then leaving them behind was a simple and easy choice.
“He speaks in a way that is so common sense. You sit there thinking “Deep down, I know this” – but no one has ever put it in words that make it so simple.”
This is exactly how I feel too when listen to Serge Benhayon speak. What he presents is so real and practical yet each person has to discover their own way to make it real for them.
Reading this, it felt so light! I especially like your sum up of ‘de-clutter and simplify’.
Imagine if we all asked the question – why do I not deserve more in life? And why is it so hard to accept all we deserve in life? The answers would be incredible.
Thanks Angie, could it be perhaps that with the other modalities you tried they were not as effective because they did not ask any questions of how you were living and loving every day, every moment? So often we seek modalities for relief and a momentary alleviation rather than a true cure.
Correct andrewmonney26, I have tried many other modalities and not one asked me to look at how I was living and loving during my day, this also includes yoga and becoming a yoga teacher…. NOTHING changed in me or my life…..not until I met Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, where I learned there is another way to live life that begins with taking responsiblity for all your own choices…..
A beautiful inspiration you are Angie, how your life changed for the better is amazing. And I like the way you shared this journey with us.
Ha!! Why does life need to be so complicated anyway?? Exactly! How did we get here, why did we choose complicated over simple. Serge Benhayon definitely exposes the reasons why we love to distract ourselves from who we truly are. It’s a simple philosophy really, and I’m learning from it every day.
When meeting the ‘Truth’ or ‘Natural’ way there is no trying, no drive, no pushing everything just flows, energy levels are up and neediness is down. Universal Medicine presents what we are and what we already know deeply and asks for no compromise in the living of our lives. So Simple. Thanks Angie for sharing.
Yes, why does life need to be so complicated anyway… which just drains your energy, which I know all about…. Today, I like to keep life simple and can deeply appreciate how simple my life has become.
This is great Angie. I can relate to trying other alternative therapies and was never left with a feeling of ‘me’, nor asked to go deeper into why I had certain issues/behaviours in the first place. It is also from having attended Universal Medicine courses and seeing Esoteric Practitioners that I have been able to make any true and lasting changes in my life. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you Angie for a beautiful sharing, I too love the simplicity of what Serge teaches, so simple and so true, and so wonderful when applied to our lives.
Angie, this is beautiful. I agree about joining the dots – what Serge Banheyon presents makes TOTAL sense, and it makes life very simple.
Beautiful Angie. An hour session with a Universal Medicine practitioner is certainly profound. It feels amazing within and after a session, like everything you need to understand is laid out in front of you and it’s your choice to accept it or not.
‘He speaks in a way that is so common sense. You sit there thinking “Deep down, I know this” – but no one has ever put it in words that make it so simple.’ Love the way you have expressed this Angie and this has been my experience too of attending Universal Medicine courses. Thank you for sharing the huge impact that this has had on your life and all those you come into contact with.
This is exactly the same that I felt as well, when I met Serge for the first time- how simple he presents and how truthful it feels. I knew instantly- that´s it and still feel this way!
The love that we can hold each other in is so endlessly huge, that it’s almost ridiculous to go for anything less than being besotted with oneself and people. Thank you for your beautiful story, Angie.
Thanks for sharing the amazing changes you have experienced since listening to, and honouring, what your body needs. What’s also beautiful is that you are reflecting something different to your clients, and they are feeling the positive changes in you.
Angie you have asked yourself an important question. Why was a one-hour session with a Universal Medicine practitioner so much more profound than the other complimentary therapies? Self-responsibility is a very big part of the answer. There is something else very special about Universal Medicine, in your session you say you felt yourself, at the courses you say “Deep down, I know this” Could it be we are coming home to a glorious way of life we left behind long ago?
I love that Bernard, that we know, and we recognise it, and so when we feel it, there’s no trying, it’s just a letting go, a coming home.
Bernard, that is so beautiful what you say: Could it be we are coming home to a glorious way of life we left behind a long time ago? I feel it could be so, very much.
Angie, declutter and simplify, I needed to be reminded again – there’s so many things I and many others have taken on that are not us, but outside ideas, beliefs about how we should be, what I get reading your blog today, is declutter isn’t just my house for instance, it’s also what we allow in our minds, our thoughts and of course everything around us impacts on that. But we have a choice in what we allow, in deciding what we deserve and so what is so inspiring is you decided you deserved more and than set about making the changes needed to back that up – that’s awesome, and is inspiring for us all.
Love the reminder monicag2 that decluttering is not just for my house but also for my thoughts. Really timely for me today so thank you for sharing your insight.
What I find beautiful about this blog is twofold: the questions your affiliation with Universal Medicine brought up (really big ones) and the fact that there is clear register in your body that your answers to such questions are the right ones.
Lovely blog, Angie! You mention that you were looking for a modality that asked you ‘why?’ That is the thing with Esoteric Modalities, we feel amazing afterwards because we get an opportunity to connect to the yumminess that is always inside of us, but they do not promise or provide relief or a quick fix, or a drop in dress size. It is then for us to be honest (to deal with those why’s?) and take responsibility for all our choices, which you were obviously ready to do.
I loved reading your article Angie, the changes you have been inspired to make are beautiful and are clearly making a profound difference to those you meet. Being supported to just be ourselves in the world is a gorgeous gift to pass on.
I know this really well; “why didn’t I recognise that I deserve more in life”. Not deserving more went hand in hand with my lack of self worth. However, these days, I am focusing more on self appreciation and self love, that this old belief I held has been turned on its head to: I know I deserve so much more…. with the knowing that it’s all there for me to say, YES to.
Lovely blog Angie – the contentment you feel in just being yourself is inspiring. Universal Medicine has hugely inspired me as well to return to a way of living that simply makes more sense and has a much deeper sense of care in it.
Great blog Angie and how amazing your clients can feel you are more steady. I have been going to beauty therapists for over 30 years and having a therapist who is steady would without any doubt have real benefits.
Since attending Serge Benhayon presentations and workshops, I have lost 4 dress sizes and remain at a very natural, comfortable weight and having been on diets for the best part of my life, this is a relief to say the least.
I was recently asked what eye drops I was using as my eyes sparkle. Yes they do and I know why – I applied the teachings of Serge Benhayon and take on board what I know makes sense and I then live that to the best of my ability. I am a living advertisement of what is possible if we apply the ancient wisdom that Serge Benhayon offers Equally to us all.
Having worked for 15 years in alternative therapy, detox and weight loss programs it does not make sense that your own health was not in tip top condition. The proof is the eating so to speak, and great to hear the changes you have been able to make as a result of the Universal Medicine courses – true change backed up by real inspiration.
Angie, ‘declutter and simplify’ your story is a living testimony to that, how you came back to yourself and let go the impositions – it really is about shedding who we’re not and letting go all those ideals of who we think we should be which are just simply not true.
I really enjoyed reading this blog and can relate to much of what you have written. Especially, “why didn’t I recognise that I deserve more in life” – before meeting Serge Benhayon I thought I had it made with family, friends, work, not so good health but not bad compared to others and then after attending some presentations, I realised that I had been short changing myself in a lot of ways and have come to learn that I and everyone else deserves more.
I can relate so much what you have written. Prior to meeting Serge Benhayon and the Esoteric Modalities I had been a kinesiology practitioner and remedial masseur for 15 plus years – but on my first experience of the healing, I knew and felt something completely different and true. So true that within six months I had made the commitment to stop working with kinesiology, and in every way my life has improved beyond my imagination. My blog ‘A picture’s worth a thousand words -with a few of the words‘ describes some of these amazing changes.
Beautifully expressed Angie – isn’t it lovely how simple truth is!
It must feel great for those who visit your salon to feel (and not necessarily know) your choices. I always used to get cagey about beauticians whose faces are covered in spots, hairdressers whose hairs are messy and dentist with bad teeth! As one wise man put it: “Ask advice of him who governs himself well”.
Ha Ha Dragana, I had a good laugh about the spotty beautician – it is so true…
So true! I feel very suspicious when I go to a hair dresser who has terrible hair, especially when you ask them who does their hair and they say themselves!
So true Dragana! I cringe now when I think of all the services I went to in the past that displayed the complete opposite to a healthy vital body and livingness… of course though that was where I was at and the level of regard I had for myself.
Inspirational. Taking responsibility for US is the most important part. We change the world one beautiful being at a time…
Love it! Thank you Angie.
Amazing how we get promised so much and yet the modalities fail to deliver and it is not until we take charge of ourselves that anything sticks and real long lasting results are achieved.