by Nicole Serafin, Age 40, Tintenbar, NSW
I had never really bothered to stop and ponder on what it was that I was here for, nor how it was that I should treat and relate to the body which I had chosen to arrive here in. I was born, I lived, I partied, often way harder than what my body could really cope with and so the roundabout went.
My uncle used to have a saying, and excuse some of the language…“you eat, you shit and you die”. The older that I got the more this became a reality.
Or was this the reality?
In one way, yes it was, but it felt like a false sense of reality: a reality that if I chose to live in such a way of pure existence and nothing else – then yes, that was life… A life where I got up and went on automatic pilot, going through the process of the day but never really bothering to stop and consider why we did what we did, and if what we were doing was actually right for us, or anyone else.
I began to ponder on the fact that maybe, just maybe, there was more to life and that I was here for a purpose; that there had to be more.
As I considered the possibility of coming back again after I had died to do it all again, it began to feel quite real. “Oh, my god”, I would think to myself, “I don’t want to come back and do this all over again… I could not possibly do it again!” Yet if I felt like this, then what was the quality of my life? And if my life was so amazing, why wouldn’t I want to come back and do it all over again?
With this thought I began to look at life and the way I was living. I began to ask myself some questions…
- You know that feeling of what we call Deja Vu, the feeling that you have been somewhere before, met that person before, or done that before…? Could it be that this feeling is true, because you have?
- Could it be that there is a bigger picture, a plan that if you so dare to ponder, greater than we have ever imagined?
- Could it be that we are able to make more of an impact on the world and the society in which we live, if only we dare to stop and consider that there may be more – that we may be more… even if it is only for a second, and allow ourselves to feel all of these things that we so often feel – but choose to push aside and ignore? To allow ourselves to begin to choose those inner feelings and to choose to live a life filled with honesty, truth and love?
When I came across and began to attend Universal Medicine presentations, and courses and sessions with Serge Benhayon, all that I had been feeling not only about life but also myself, began to make even more sense. Everything that I heard and felt was just confirming what I had already been feeling: the fact that there was more to life, that I was here for a purpose, and that there was a bigger picture and that it was not just all about me.
I began to look at how I was living, to make changes in my life, in order that ‘when’ and ‘if’ I did come back, there would be a foundation that I had created that I would want to come back to. And not one that left me thinking, “Oh, no, not again…”.
I now have an opportunity to live in a way that at the end of the day I am not exhausted, and that I actually look forward to getting up in the mornings, without dreading what lies ahead for the day. To enjoy living the simplicity of my life rather than living in the overwhelm of the life that goes on around me.
I have to thank Serge Benhayon, his family and Universal Medicine for being the inspiration for all that I am and all that I have. I now have a life that I look forward to coming back to – a life that I can continue to build and work on in a way that is supportive of everyone and everything.
It feels very beautiful to me to know that all the love I am building in my body and in my life will be waiting for me to come back to and build upon in my next life.
What a gracious blog, so real and true – showing us every single breath that we come back where we have left it in, not just for you but also so one another. So, what a beautiful responsibility we have to change things around and leave a grander, greater space for your next return – be it a place of love, warmth, holding and understanding of what needs to be unfolded next. By that said, we need an environment that holds our love brethren by birth as close as possible in connection to our hearts and the Universe. And educate our young in that Way.
What if the quality of life we are living now, in this life, has an influence on the quality of life we will come back to in our next life, would that influence how you are living now – this is a question worth pondering?
I had a laugh re reading this as I remember quizzing people what do you have to do to come back as a caterpillar or a cockroach. I was fully prepared to accept that we came back just wasn’t quite sure how the karma thing worked. Karma as presented in the Ageless Wisdom makes complete logical sense and doesn’t require belief as you can see it plays out before your eyes on a daily basis.
Reincarnation equals responsibility… something we can shirk but can never actually avoid the consequences of. Hence karma and it’s natural law of re-balance, not tit-for tat, but an infinitely loving holding energy that ensures every movement away from the divine love we are, is corrected and restored, by our own choice.
Even if we take reincarnation out of the picture the very way we are with people today comes back to us. The more we see and learn to live in and with cycles the more we can maximise them and learn from them. We have soo much support and assistance if we choose to see it!
I know that I am coming back after this life is complete, I know this because I can feel the quality of the person that I will be, and I know that it is my responsibility to live that quality to the best of my ability today in this life, so that when I return the foundation is not only laid , but the momentum of it will hold me until I am awakened to my remembered purpose in my coming lives.
Yes when we look at life through the lens you are sharing here Nicole, it can create a really uncomfortable feeling within, that feeling of ‘oh my goodness’ there is so so much that we are not taking responsibility for and certainly not living in a way that fosters true love and a knowing that we will come back and retrace every step we have taken on this planet, so lets start to take more responsibility for exactly that fact.
Every morning we come back to the day we left the day before. The way I am today is because of the way I was yesterday. So I have a choice to create a foundation for the day I am coming back to tomorrow. So how do I want to live today so that tomorrow is going to be another amazing day? With a bit of awareness, I can begin to make different choices.
It is a responsible living way to be aware of confirming the bigger picture and all that we are – to expand further the deeper knowing of what power and stupendous love that we each hold equally. To show how simple it is to be with life and each other continually evolving to more love and service to The Plan.
Wow, and how many people can say that they have a life that they would truly be happy to come back to? That’s pretty unheard of, mostly because we’re not in the habit of considering the all, considering that there is more than this life, and that there is a much greater picture. Taking on the responsibility that we are part of something bigger than our material possessions and immediate family is a huge deal, and it’s awesome to be inspired by people who say yes to that responsibility.
Beautifully expressed Nicole, if I am returning then I want to make responsible choices in this life that are loving and supportive, not just to reward me but for others to be inspired to live life with a quality as well that is loving and true.
To me it makes life so much more purposeful, to know that after this life there will be a new base on the foundation I have laid in this life.
Yes we would all be living our lives very differently if that was the common foundation for this life. Knowing that we were coming back, I have no doubt that people’s choices would be very different. I know that I will be coming back, so my daily choices are impacted by that responsibility and love for people.
it is easy to dismiss karma as a small tit for tat or payback system, but it can grace us in a most beautiful preparing us to offer more and more back to humanity as well.
I agree we can see karma as something like a punishment or we can see it for the gift that it is. We all think of it is its negative sense but you can also have divine karma where things constellate from love for you and really all karma is from love because it is teaching us to return to the love we are and so anything less than love needs to be re-callibrated. For me it is a bit like learning consequences we cannot simply expect to do literally anything and not have any after effects – everything we do creates ripples and these can either be harming or healing the choice is always ours.
I like considering that in life there is no start and no end. It is the one life repeating over and over. The details may change but we are still there, being the central character. This timelessness puts everything into perspective for me, and my body loses the tension of me feeling I need to be going somewhere or getting something.
I don’t think many of us stop to ponder why we are really here or consider that we have a unique and important role to play in the big picture. Our habit of thinking we are just human, like ants scuttling about on earth for one life, diminishes this big picture thinking.
I read a story the other day that made me feel a bit sad. An elderly couple in the UK in their 70’s committed suicide leaving a note saying ‘this world is not for us’. I understand currently there is a lot going on in the world that many many of us do not like but we are the ones that have the responsibility in changing this by living in a way that we would like it to be. I felt sad when reading about these people as they had lived their whole life and just as they were in their elder years decided to end it. If they knew the bigger picture, that they would come back again to energetically what they had left behind or not dealt with would they have done this? Probably not, if they had a conversation with someone that had a greater understanding and awareness of life who was able to speak wth them about this, things may have been different. A different choice might have been made by them and they may have seen life in a completely different way. It is at time like this (and many many other times) I deeply appreciate knowing Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and having them in my life. For those that do have a greater understanding and awareness of life have a responsibility to share this with others so they too know the truth. We have a responsibility to talk about reincarnation more, debasing myths and instead learning the truth, so thank you for starting the conversation by writing this blog.
When I read your line about what your uncle used to say and then “A life where I got up and went on automatic pilot, going through the process of the day but never really bothering to stop and consider why we did what we did, and if what we were doing was actually right for us, or anyone else.” I felt a feeling of sadness, just feeling like it was all so futile and there was little purpose at all. I can see how, when things get really tough, this way of thinking leads to wanting an early exit – what is the point of staying if it is only about pain. It really has brought a deeper understanding for me about why responsibility and reincarnation resonates with me so much.
Reincarnation is a thing to ponder on, to consider and to really connect to and to feel what this presents. It is our responsibility to live a life that is part of the path of return to that which we innately know we need to come back to.
I would much rather believe that re-incarnation is a possibility and live a life where love is at it’s core (to the best of my ability) than think that there is nothing at all after we die and then realise I missed another opportunity to make my life about love.
While life may look the same from the outside it is so different when it is lived in purpose as opposed to living in existence. There is much more beauty and richness when we know who we are and don’t just live in a way to tick the boxes and get through.
This is a great question to ask oneself, Nicole, is my life worth coming back to? If we would all live like that, the world would look very different.
Living in a way we create a foundation we want to come back to opens our eyes for the bigger picture and that we are here for a reason and not only for ourselves. It made me appreciative of how much I love people and care for them.
Every moment we are creating our future …. for all of us, by the choices we are making and living now.
In my earlier years I can very much relate to your comment “I don’t want to come back and do this all over again… I could not possibly do it again!” . Reconnecting to the true purpose and responsibility life offers us all has changed this completely. We are cyclic beings and are returning to the equal love we innately are.
Every moment offers us an opportunity for healing, and the gift from our soul in the healing is that what we heal in this life we don’t have to come back and do it again, we can come back to our next life with a greater measure of our light and divine love to reflect out to the world.
For me this part made so much sense: “. . . the fact that there was more to life, that I was here for a purpose, and that there was a bigger picture and that it was not just all about me.” That is exactly what made it so joyfully easy for me to stand up in the morning – without all of that live is boring and made no sense. This should be our new normal and not all our ideals and believes around how we should be and what we have to do.
It is so empowering when we get to feel in our bodies that we are here for a purpose, we are here in this life to bring something unique when we allow ourselves to express who we truly are. We have all lived many lives before and when we choose to heal that which is not from love we allow all the wisdom from the past to flow naturally and express to others the love from our soul.
Nicole, to create a life we want to come back to, now that is a way to live, and actually whether you know reincarnation to be true or not, this is an amazing way to live life as you can take each day in this, so create a day we want to come back to, create a moment we want to come back to, and in that we create and build a foundation for a life we want to live. Thank you for your blog.
‘the fact that there was more to life, that I was here for a purpose, and that there was a bigger picture and that it was not just all about me.’ There is a far grander and greater picture and it is most definietly not just about us, ourselves. I was listening to something on the radio this morning about how we are all engrossed in mobile phones. People reported seeing groups of friends sitting around a table and instead of being with each other and having a conversation every one of them was on their phone .. for ages! There is even something called selfie arm disorder .. for real! Which is a pain in the arm from taking to many selfies!!! Which shows that more and more we are making it about us and not the bigger picture. Are we even really conciously aware that there is a bigger picture? Do we even want to know? I absolutely to the core of my very being know there is a bigger picture and we all have a part to play in this and there is reincarnation. Which if we really stopped to truly feel this would wake us up to the fact that right now by how we live we are paving the way for future generations (us) to come back to. If we stay silent, allow abuse, allow racism, live in disregard … all this we walk back into, so although it could be a bit of a shock (and selfish by making it about us again) in seeing this maybe then we will start to change the way we live (living more responsibly, more lovingly, more respectfully, more truthfully) that benefits not only ourselves but everyone else as well 💕
Re-incarnation does make so much sense as it is apart of the forever flowing cycle of life and that death is not the end but a celebration unto which we move into another life. So every movement, expression and way of being can play a big role in our life for years to come.
This is a beautiful blog to take in consideration as there are way to many people that have chosen to solely focus on life as an existence and a survival, which takes away life’s potential for an inner richness and fullness and a deep purpose that brings joy to every moment.
Beautiful Nicole, to live life understanding that everything comes back, repeating over and over not only makes perfect sense of so much, but also offers the opportunity to ‘deal with things’ as they come up, knowing that if we choose not to, it will be coming around again another time. The idea that we can’t leave anything behind is new… and an outright game changer really.
Living a life where “this is it” rules our thoughts would contribute to so much depression. I could feel the one dimensional perspective. When we expand our consideration to include reincarnation it gives our life purpose, a building of foundations. This is not outrageous, even movies like Groundhog Day show that, given the opportunity, we learn from our choices and consequences and rarely choose the same again.
“I now have an opportunity to live in a way that at the end of the day I am not exhausted, and that I actually look forward to getting up in the mornings, without dreading what lies ahead for the day.”
I love your conclusion here Nicole, bringing it into everyday life, because in a way each day is a repetition of the same day and the question you pose whether you want tomorrow to feel and look like today, is a great approach. When we are willing to change tomorrow with what we did not like about today then this already is progressive and we can sure apply the same to a next life with ease.
The more we consider reincarnation, the more it makes sense. There are just too many things that start to add up when we bring in past lives and if really looked into the whole puzzle it reveals itself to be one piece of a divinely constellated plan and a lot of questions are answered.
Yes Judith, seeing things in isolation makes life more confusing because it feels like part of the jigsaw puzzle is missing.
Seriously amazing blog – because it is true – we can not escape it , so we better know about it and become aware (which makes things so much easier). When reincarnation is being re-considered, we will understand more about our lives and our previous made choices. So thank you Nicole.
‘I began to look at how I was living, to make changes in my life, in order that ‘when’ and ‘if’ I did come back, there would be a foundation that I had created that I would want to come back to. And not one that left me thinking, “Oh, no, not again…”.’ What if? is a powerful question. It certainly makes sense to live life with ‘what if reincarnation is true?” at the forefront of our mind when making choices. It’s an inspiring way to live.
Looking at life not only as this one life but many shows us the responsibility we have in every given moment. There is nothing we leave behind but everything we come back to.
“the fact that there was more to life, that I was here for a purpose, and that there was a bigger picture and that it was not just all about me.” Serge Benhayon makes sense of this obvious truth. Choosing to live in a way that builds a foundation of love for us to return to to support ourselves and our fellow man to return to the love that we all come from.
There is a deep sense of purpose in your sharing Nicole – a knowing that the quality of our lives and who we are now will shape and be the quality of our passing over and reincarnation. Feeling this brings a sense of appreciation as my quality of life and the light I express is so divine and so second nature that my former lives must have been ones of true service and Love.
When I finished my schooling years I remember thinking that I never had to go through that again, or being a kid again, or the troubles of being a teenager again – when the truth is that I have done that already over 2000 times (but I didn’t know that I knew that at that time). With the understanding of the huge science that reincarnation is, life makes sense and I am starting to feel differently about doing it all again.
Love your sharing Nicole! I have never had a problem with the thought of Reincarnation from the first I had it presented to me many years ago, and since connecting with Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayons presentations this has only been confirmed for me. What would we be doing here in just one lifetime with so much to learn and remember? What of those who don’t know there is more than one lifetime to evolve?
Re-turning to our lives again sure does give us an opportunity to do it all again in a deeper quality.
But we don’t have to wait until we pass over…
We can do this every single day and in every single way. RE-Fresh 🌈
Reincarnation makes sense of life, it gives it meaning and purpose. The idea that life on earth is a school in which I am learning with every breath that I take, that I am either contributing to growing truth on earth or to maintaining or worsening the disharmony that abounds shows me the huge responsibility we each have to each other and to the Universe.
“I began to ponder on the fact that maybe, just maybe, there was more to life and that I was here for a purpose; that there had to be more.” So many of us have this – and knowing there is a bigger picture – (more than just little old me and my world) – opened up so much more, thanks to Universal Medicine. Allowing and letting be, rather than trying to control everything has been life-changing. Life now has a flow to it and has become more simple.
Caroline it is a great question to ask, ‘What if I die now and that this is the foundation of my next life? It brings or invites a real stop moment for me to reflect and ponder on and to feel where I am still hanging onto ‘ the old’, the familiar and the comfort which of course only holds me back……
I love to revisit this blog Nicole, and the lovely and apt reminder to see the bigger picture of life, and where I am in that bigger picture and that everything counts, there is a purpose to everything, and all I have to do is get myself out of the way and surrender to all that awaits me.
‘I began to look at how I was living, to make changes in my life, in order that ‘when’ and ‘if’ I did come back, there would be a foundation that I had created that I would want to come back to.’ It is such a beautiful way of looking at our life, what are we truly doing with it and what is this foundation of our lives on earth, I know just like you Nicole I had nothing truly valuable to come back to because I did not value myself. Making chances and being honest about how I have been living has been a great start and you know there is always more to lovingly expose and to let go so we keep on going and enjoy what is called the Way of the Livingness.
When I lived without purpose, my life simply passed me by, literally, there are so many things that I don’t remember, because I was not there. Now though, I don’t forget much, I feel present and with my life and I enjoy this so much. Nicole, I too have a life I am looking forward to coming back to.
We are every life we have ever been and so much more.
When I feel the teachings that life has to offer and start to truly understand that it is the quality I am in while I grow and age and pass over… not what I do… I then see that it’s a true privilege to be a Student of The Livingness.
Gorgeous Kathryn, ‘ it is the quality I am in while I grow, and age and pass over…. not what I do. I still sometimes make it about how much I have to do, but more and more I realise I get more done when I a present and connected with my body.
‘I now have a life that I look forward to coming back to -………” Thank you Nicole for this very real and true blog. I always said ‘I am not coming back’!!! That was before I re-connected to the truth of who I am. The Life I choose to live now is a joy and the love held in my body is amazing and all because I have chosen to change the way that I live and to take responsibility for the choices I make. Building a foundation in life to love and be loved and know that this is what it is all about allows for coming back to build on this love. Thanks to Serge Benhayon and the Ancient Wisdom Teachings I now understand there is no beginning and no end , that life is spherical and it is about all of us.
“the fact that there was more to life, that I was here for a purpose, and that there was a bigger picture and that it was not just all about me.” With this realisation, that is the start of us looking at our lives and taking responsibility for the way we live. This life we are living now affords us an opportunity to deal with our hurts, let go of our destructive patterns, and begin living the love we truly are, thereby, bringing this love and light, into living our next life, in this world.
Living life with purpose brings me so much joy and vitality. Before Universal Medicine and The Way of the Livingness I didn’t have a true purpose, and my aim in life was to be happy. I can see now in hindsight just how empty this was as what came with happiness was also a roller coaster of emotions, the ups and downs. Through reconnecting with me I have since discovered that my true purpose is to live life as the Son of God on earth. And as I walk these steps and reflect to others that we are so much more than just the physical being others too are inspired to know that they also are more. This true purpose brings me joy.
To me reincarnation has always made sense, why else would we be here if not to grow, what would the point be if we only had one life? How would anyone be able to fulfil their potential as a human being? To be a true son of God equal to all others, and not everyone has access in one lifetime to the knowledge of The Way of The Livingness as Presented by Serge Benhayon and the Ancient Wisdom from past Masters. To have the knowing that we come back and connect to where we left off in our past life, means the more we put into this life the more we will grow in our future lives. Using the knowledge that we have from the past and sharing with all others the love and equality that we all are.
If I were able to claim that I had a goal in life, this would be it. Work towards living a simple, loving and joyful life.
Yes Emily reincarnation does make so much sense and brings true purpose to living life from a foundation of responsibility for our choices and the forever learning that ensues.
Re-incarnation is one of the answers that have brought my aching inner pains to heal. Finishing school I had lots of these unanswered questions, life as I was taught just didn’t make sense. Serge Benhayon has not left one single of my questions unanswered. Not by theoretical knowledge, but by living in a way that emanates the wisdom of the universe.
I have long believed in re-incarnation but my understanding of it years ago was that we died and then came back in another life – end of story. I never considered at that stage that we came back to where we left off in our current lives. It was a quite a game changer to find out through presentations at Universal Medicine that my choices this life will determine the quality of my next life – and that the state of the world is a reflection of humanity’s collective irresponsibility over many lifetimes. Knowing this, my life has changed considerably as I can more clearly see the need for self responsibility that goes way beyond seeking the comfortable life that I previously sought.
I am really looking forward to coming back!! I love life, and I love the fact that we all have so much we can learn. Life can be (if we choose it) forever evolving.
‘I began to look at how I was living, to make changes in my life, in order that ‘when’ and ‘if’ I did come back, there would be a foundation that I had created that I would want to come back to. And not one that left me thinking, “Oh, no, not again…”.’ – I love what you share here Nicole, inviting us to consider if the way we are living now is with a deep quality and true love we want to return too.
I’ve always felt that reincarnation was true from an early age. I felt that I held an elder energy and many adults would say that I was much older than my years. What Universal Medicine has shown me is that every moment of our lives is intertwined with responsibility and so the quality we bring to everything is of great value to all. This not only provides a beautiful foundation for life today but for life in the future too. That’s pretty amazing.
Learning to see the joy and purpose of responsibility has meant that I am now living a life which allows me to be open and honest with myself and all those around me.
The possibility of reincarnation changes everything in the world, there is such a strong focus on the here and now, expendable environment, people, lifsetsyles with no priority to prepare for the future. Considering for even a millisecond that we have been here before and that we have a responsibility for all the choices we have ever made brings in an accountability that many find confronting. I felt it to be so for myself and yet, there is also a resounding yes that I feel that I am responsibile and that I can prepare and build a quality of life that supports myself and others and that is accountable. I am preparing for the next life and living with health, joy and connection in this one.
I spent years being irresponsible, I did consider how my choices impacted all of life and how what was happening in my life was firstly something to learn and secondly my own creation. The word reincarnation has alot of sticky issues attached to it, like many words it has been misintrepreted and misappropriated. I have begun to trust my feeling on words and their meaning without being swayed by what public opinion says. Through doing this I have felt what reincarnation means for me. I feel it is possible that I lived before in another body and life time. When I reflect on my life I can see a deep knowing and understanding that is part of who I am that was not picked up this lfe. I have also observed my chidlren be born and grow, what they have brought with them, even before their birth felt powerful and not restricted to this life. Looking at life this way means it is natural to care and prepare yourself, and fundamentally it brings an awareness that every choice matters.
Having the awareness of reincarnation gives the incentive to resolve as many issues as possible as there would be less hardship the next time around
In reincarnation we are graced with this grand opportunity to clear out the old momentums that only serve to hold us back and as you say, to see that we are part of a bigger cycle of responsibility. Here, now, we can lay the bedrock for a sound & purposeful return.
I agree Lucindag, reincarnation is a grand opportunity to clear out the old and false momentums that we have created….. and another important cycle that deeply supports our clearing and letting go is menopause… Life presents us with so much to gently guide us back to who we truly are, we just have to be open, willing and ready to go there.
In reading your comment Emily – it is absurd how as a society we do not see let alone embrace this very simple yet powerful fact – there is a purpose to life and that is to evolve back to the love we are.
So true , Marcia. I have felt myself pulled by the material world and all the “good” times but after having or completed each thing on offer the emptiness is still there. Now I am choosing evolution and although I am not always holding myself in a loving way consistently, I feel the true purpose in my life and the responsibility that comes with that and that feel awesome.
I agree Steffihen, the words that did it for me were ‘ if my life is so amazing, why wouldn’t I want to come back and do it again’. And if it isn’t amazing, now is the time to make it so, so that when I come back I am clearer, and better equipped to serve humanity. There is work to be done, and I want to be part of it.
Great point Jeanette it’s the care we take with the details of life that encompass the responsibility we have to ourselves and each other.
Yes am finding this more and more Helen, building a a loving life.
Beautifully expressed Nicole. I too always felt that there had to be more to life than just this one existence which prior to attending Universal Medicine presentations I often struggled to make sense of and frequently acted irresponsibly towards myself and others. I now have so much more clarity about my purpose and how it fits in with others and the responsibility I have to live a life that takes care of my body and soul and contributes to humanity and lays a foundation for us all to return to.
‘I now have a life that I look forward to coming back to – a life that I can continue to build and work on in a way that is supportive of everyone and everything’. Beautiful Nicole. Everyone and everything matters. Embracing our true responsibility and evolving our connections with others a life we want to come back to in an amazing foundation for us all to be inspired from and continue to evolve from.
‘I began to look at how I was living, to make changes in my life, in order that ‘when’ and ‘if’ I did come back, there would be a foundation that I had created that I would want to come back to. And not one that left me thinking, “Oh, no, not again…”.’ Yes, this is important for me too and the only way to live really, to make my choices and be accountable and responsible for what I choose and to continue my development in my next life.
We have been fed so many false beliefs on death and beyond and it is only because we have shut down our awareness to the truth of what happens that one may choose to believe that there is nothing else. It feels like the perfect way to avoid taking responsibility for our choices because if we knew that we come back to the quality in which we have lived, how different would we approach life! It’s really the perfect excuse to live a life of misery and distraction.
Yes Steffihenn, if you look at this blog this would be our great future ahead of us.. If we all look with this honesty and respect of our future (our place we come back to and leave for short period of time). If we look at it as our cycle, would we not treat our world differently?
Understanding that there Is more to life than the body and flesh and this one life makes so much sense and calls us into responsibility. We do come back. To me death is like a long sleep where you forget certain things and yet everything that we have lived is with us, hence we can remember, and everything we have ever done has an influence on the life lived in the moment. This is grand and absolutely stupendous.
Beautiful sharing Caroline, and it is a great question to ask ourselves every now and then to honestly feel where we are at and be true about the choices we make in the life we live at the moment, “What if……I die now and that this is the foundation of my next life?”
Nicole I loved rereading your blog again as its a great reminder of the responsibility I have everyday in the quality and simplicity I live in. This is because everything matters and it feels so lovely in my body when I live from a connection to myself and others.
Beautifully written Thomas. A life with a connection to God and all is definitely a life worth coming back to.
Great comment Ginadunlop. Everything is the point. Everything we think, say and do is the point and when this is a truth known in ones body it really does bring an enormous amount of responsibility and purpose to being love to that everything. When we bring love to our everything we are laying the foundation to come back to a life of love. Reincarnation when understood is a beautiful process which allows us to feel and learn from our choices and to come back to love.
Now that I have felt the topic of reincarnation be presented with truth and understand the love and responsibility around this universal immutable law I can make sense of so many things that happen in my life and others. Knowing that we don’t ‘get away with’ our loveless choices and that we are constantly given the opportunity to choose love and to learn from this process it brings greater purpose and meaning to my life. If we all knew and understood this law of love we would begin to make different choices. It is no wonder this topic has been buried and bastardised over time. Feeling the truth of reincarnation has helped me understand so much about why things unfold the way that they do and with this I have also felt the level of responsibility I have to express with.
How often have we heard the statement ‘Oh well we only live once, might as well make the most of it.’ This is generally used to justify recklessly overindulging in something we know is not good for ourselves or others. Responsibility is conveniently put aside when reincarnation is not a consideration. By making other statements like ‘Oh well, I won’t be around to see it’ and ‘Leave it for the next generation, they can sort it out’ we completely wash our hands of accountability. If the true understanding of reincarnation was more widely embraced life would look very different and for many would hold a far greater depth of purpose and meaning.
Yes Barbara I agree. The ‘only live once’ philosophy has caused great harm in the world and excused very unloving choices and behaviours. If it was taught in school that you come back to the mess you left the world in, it would empower humanity to ponder deeply on our choices and to consider that our actions leave an imprint we have to come back to.
Come back and do it again! I narrowly escaped death so many times I feel I have used all my 9 lives already. I should be walking on egg shells just to make it to the end of this life. Universal Medicine has shown that it is never too late to come back to who we have always been. That’s what I am working on, I want to come back to what I have started, better late then never.
Thomas what you have shared is very beautiful, and reminds me that we don’t have to live in the misery we see around us. Being connected with ourselves, humanity and with God makes the trip worthwhile.
Reincarnation introduces the fact of self responsibility. Nothing motivates me more to sort out my old patterns than the thought of having to come back and repeat them.
So true Donna. I haven’t wanted to delay in working through and healing my patterns, knowing they will be simply waiting for me to fall back into next life if I don’t bring truth and love to healing them now.
I absolutely agree Donna.
I have often pondered on why are we born into the families that are poor financially or ones filled with love, into sickness, emotional or physical, etc? Is it random or is it an energetic alinement? If its energetic alinement I want to live my life in a way that is loving, self nurturing and evolutionary. with a deep connection to myself and God. When I return, I will return to the same. Thank you Nicole for your inspiring blog.
I agree Nat. It makes so much more sense why we are with the families we end up with.
Reincarnation for me is an undeniable truth and as you say Nat, this is a realization to be aware of that what you leave behind in this life is what you will return to in a next life. And it is the same with our current life, I do not believe in a random pick but a follow up on what was left behind.
Well said Nat. There is no coincidence that we are born into the family we are based on the laws of reincarnation and what we are here to learn and bring. As Universal Medicine has presented and is an undeniable truth for me, if we wonder why our childhood was loveless, we only need to connect to the fact that that is how we treated our children in our past life and we are here to feel the enormity and hurt of that to give us the opportunity to choose differently and not repeat the cycle. Free will is the greatest gift from God, because ultimately if we choose to repeat our behaviours, it matters not, because the opportunity will keep coming around and around until we realise that there is another way live.
This is awesome, Nicole. You have made reincarnation very relatable and real. I grew up in a culture that very much believed in and fostered the idea of reincarnation – but it was just a concept, and it didn’t go further than ‘if you do something bad, you will be sent to hell and get punished and when you come back as an insect, or some horrible creature, when you come back for your next life, or born into a horrible circumstances’ and for the fear of the said punishment we were encouraged to be good; and there was fascination about who we were in the past lives – yet the majority of us lived with such recklessness and irresponsibility saying ‘we only live once’. It felt rather random how one past life led to another, and, to me, it never added up.
It is true that there is a huge responsibility we hold in this world and currently there is a huge amount of irresponsibly in how we live. What you have shared Nicole is a true way of living that does hold that responsibility and a way that can bring a great amount of joy! Definitely inspiring.
Thanks Nicole. “To enjoy living the simplicity of my life rather than living in the overwhelm of the life that goes on around me.” I love the way you have put that.. Life just goes on around you if you don’t stop and enjoy it. Great point about déjavu too…
A great article to ponder on Nicole. I can relate to your comment when you described the thought of having to come back and do it all again. I have felt the sadness of that too and gave me an opportunity to also consider that perhaps there are aspects of my life that are not great and make me feel sad at the thought of having to repeat it all. Such a great realisation that it is time to make those changes.
It’s not just that it makes so much sense of everything, but it also feels true deep down.. and it fits in perfectly as part of the natural cycles in our world and understanding of our true evolution towards brotherhood and to God.
It is really easy to think that we are not coming back and thus make choices with little or no foresight. When we consider reincarnation, then our choices do count.
I recall having that feeling of, “What? We have to do this again?” a couple of times in my life, too- usually when things weren’t going so well! The rest of the time, I subscribed to the “inching your way along the path of goodness” version of reincarnation i.e if you’re good, you get to be reborn higher up the chain of command; which still left the absolute responsibility of my reincarnation in someone else’s approving hands. I far prefer, and it makes way more sense to me, to subscribe to the Universal Medicine understanding of reincarnation as one where we rebalance everything we have done with true Love and leave a path of Love that all may tread, including ourselves, upon our return.
I love what you share here, Nicole and how we can avoid feeling what we do and it’s true impact. And I see reincarnation as the big picture on this, we come back in the quality we left in, it makes perfect sense, yet we imagine somehow that things will be different even if we’ve not actually changed how we were. That’s the ultimate irresponsibility and yet many of us cling to it (in the past I’ve often jokely said I’d love a fairy godmother to do ping and things would change!) What I’ve learned over the last few years with the support of Universal Medicine is that there is so much more to life and the responsibility that comes with that says it’s always your choice, you reap what you sow, so the quality you are in determines what you will come back to, be it the next life, the next day or the next week. It applies everywhere, and there’s a great joy here to embrace as it allows us to choose anytime to change, we’re not locked in, so we can choose to be love, to bring that quality of all we do and it will change our lives, right now and next time round.
This is an honest way to look at ones live. What if I come back…. It is an invitation to have a closer look at our lives and the choices we are making. Do they feel honouring? Honouring to ourselves, bodies and all people around us? Your blog gives an evolving perspective on how we live and can make this life about loving choices.
Acceptance of reincarnation means taking more responsibility for the choices we make in this life knowing that they set the foundation for what we will be returning to. This is too confronting for some, but for others it means creating a life they want to come back to.
Nicole there is incredible wisdom in what you have shared. I have believed in reincarnation since my early thirties. Despite this, it has taken me until my early fifties to take responsibility for the way I was living. I am deeply grateful to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for reigniting this truth in me.
Great conversation to have Nicole. I have always believed in reincarnation as it was something spoken about by my mother and seemed to make sense to me. It wasn’t until I met Serge Benhayon that I came to realise the truth about reincarnation – that it is really about responsibility and that this is the biggest stumbling block for most to accept the truth of coming back again. Once I fully understood and accepted this it what easy to see that life was not just about me or being comfortable but about everyone and bringing it all back to love and what that truly is.
I love this quote: “Could it be that we are able to make more of an impact on the world and the society in which we live, if only we dare to stop and consider that there may be more – that we may be more… even if it is only for a second…” Imagine if we were more honest about how reduced many of our lives are when in fact they could be expansive – there is so much ‘more’ to life available. Honesty about how we truly feel has the potential to open up an expansive experience of the world, rather than limiting ourselves to what we call ‘reality’, only what we see and hear.
The fact that reincarnation is a possibility has made me want to make choices in my life in consideration of this… to also create a loving foundation that I would want to return to through living in a way that has been inspired by Serge Benhayon and the love he has for himself and others… forever deepening and unfolding….beautiful and amazing and everything worth returning for.
In the past the question of why was I here did not even cross my mind. Silly as it may sound, the fact of not asking why me shows that deep inside I did not entertain the possibility of answering: because my expression is unique and the world deserve to enjoy it. The volume, so to speak, was very low. Now my way of looking at myself, at life and at the world has dramatically change, I look forward to doing it all again.
I agree Nicole, reincarnation makes so much sense of everything and our relationship with life here on earth. The teachings of Universal Medicine and the Ageless Wisdom bring an extraordinary sense of understanding of the big, big picture – and it just gets deeper, more beautiful and more all encompassing.
Yes, I feel it ( reincarnation) confirms that we are in relationship with the Earth, Annie, and not simply using / abusing it as a trash can or seeing it as a thrill seekers ride at a theme park.
Nicole, such simple wisdom when you say ‘I began to look at how I was living, to make changes in my life, in order that ‘when’ and ‘if’ I did come back, there would be a foundation that I had created that I would want to come back to. And not one that left me thinking, “Oh, no, not again…”. Whether or not one accepts that reincarnation is a truth, is beside the point. Living this way, taking responsibility for one’s choices in life and making life about love ensures that the human experience is a joy-full one, whether it is a one-off experience or an experience that is repeated many times. If each moment in every day is imbued with an ever-deepening love, who would not want reincarnation?
I always had the feeling that I had lived many different lives before. I just did not know why. The teachings of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have answered my question.
Beautiful Nicole. One of the biggest questions I had as a kid growing up was ‘but what came before, and before that..’ and so it went. I can understand it now to be that knowing that we have all come from somewhere and that somewhere is carried into the next and the next – it is the knowing we all come from Love, and are forever re-turning to it.
Yes there came a point in my life when I began to ask myself what life was all about? I knew there had to be more, a purpose. I met Serge Benhayon and the confirmation was liberating. What I had been feeling about myself, life, people and re-incarnation simply made sense.
So true Nicole but we don’t really have to wait until the next life as the next day we have to come back and face the mess we made the day before.
Great reminder Kathleen. It’s not only making it about what we come back to in our next life for we are returning and coming back in every moment, day, week, year. It’s our every choice that affects the next moment. If we find ourselves waking wondering why we feel terrible, we simply have to ask ourselves how we lived the day before.
I love this Nicole, as I can feel in it, in each day we have a choice. We can go through life in a mundane way or we can create each day anew – seeing the purpose we bring and that life can in fact be a joy. It is really confirming to read how the choices we make each day can build a foundation not only for this lifetime but the next.
Such a great blog, Nicole – I know that feeling of ‘OMG, I don’t want to do it all again!’… and that not coming back at all or going anywhere – aka ‘returning to dust’, felt like (& sometimes still does feel like!) a much better option. For me it’s about responsibility. If all we had is this one life, I could be totally irresponsible, fritter away the time how I please and not have to take ownership for any of it (except in how it affects me in this life). Knowing that we do come back means that at some point, I do have to take responsibility for all of my choices and actions… it calls me to be responsible, now – to create a life I want to come back to, but also to connect to what my purpose is, and to live that.
More than half the worlds population believe in reincarnation. Who are we in the west to be so ignorant or arrogant to think it couldn’t be so. I love everything you say Nicole and love the idea of coming back to continue the journey. Thanks for your article.
What comes across strong to me here Nicole is how rather than ‘teaching’ anyone anything the beauty of what Serge Benhayon brings is that he just confirms what we already know. This confirmation of something you have felt is amazing and inspires you to trust and explore all else you sense inside in all areas of your life.
You have nailed it Joseph. What Serge Benhayon presents is so far from what modern life is usually focussing on and yet so accessible and making so much sense. A kind of deep sense that is instantly felt deep down inside. It does need no proof or explanation as you just know that what is shared here is the truth.
It is a fact that when we connect to purpose and that feeling that there is ‘more to life’ – it always takes us from a self-centred way of living to one that is in service and consideration of others and the world.. this feels like the only true way forward for humanity and a way that we can build on life after life…
I so agree Sarah and it is the choices we make moment to moment that determine whether or not we are willing to connect to purpose in the first place.
In your words Sarah I can really feel the state of the world today in that so many are not connected to true purpose and therefore in a state of ‘give up’ and unrecognised depression. I have myself cruised in this life and many more previously and am still establishing a foundation of true purpose and commitment and when that is connected to in full I feel the enormous responsibility but also freedom of what that offers. When we live in a self centred way and make everything about self, we really are living a life of misery but choosing to not be aware of the fact. Make life about service and the whole universe opens up before you….
Absolutely Sarah, a life of brotherhood, or ‘one that is in service and consideration of others and the world’, rings so true. Responsibility to be loving and connect with no self, brings a deeper accepting about reincarnation, this understanding is now available for all, thanks to the presentations of Serge Benhayon.
I can relate to having a feeling that there had to be more to life than what I was experiencing and that there was a true purpose, otherwise what was the point – so much did not make sense to me, for many years. Then I found Serge Benhayon and he explained and clarified so many things I already knew but did not see as important. I now see how important it is to make choices in my life that will support me now and in my lives to come.
Thanks Nicole, this is very insightful, capturing the fact that if true, then reincarnation equals responsibility for the life you are living now and the fact that if we choose not to evolve from the same old patterns, ruts and comfortable arrangements, then it will be same same, no different, as the Vietnamese love to say. A sobering thought and one well worth pondering since if reincarnation is true, then it doesn’t matter what you believe, it’s happening regardless… said first by Serge Benhayon many years ago.
Hahaha, Jenny. I love that aspect of that too …doesn’t matter if you believe in it – you’re still coming back! It certainly sets to rest any temper tanties at the prospect of this fact, as well as, I feel, exposing certain tendencies to pomposity around those who often proselytise and question this.
Nicole I always held a strong knowing within of reincarnation and that it is just another beautiful part of our life cycle. We are responsible for all that we are now and forever.
Nicole what you have written here is certainly worth pondering on. It highlights my attachment to this life and my reluctance to truly feel what I am coming back to and my responsibility in this process. I have always known that there is more to my being in this life than just being in this life but I really need to claim that now. Thank you.
Thank you Nicole. Although born into a Catholic family, I have always recognised the truth of reincarnation as my truth. We do come back and this implies responsibility at every level and every moment.
I used to have conversations with a friend some years back, where he didn’t believe there was anything past death, and to me, that didn’t make sense, as what would be the point to all of that. Since attending presentations by Serge Benhayon, what I had thought way back then was confirmed in the presentations, that reincarnation definitely is part of our cycle of life and rebirth. And to know that the way we choose to live and care for our bodies, serves us in our next reincarnation, makes absolute sense. After all, Serge and how he lives and inspires hundreds and hundreds of people, is our living proof of that very fact.
I agree that all the choices we make now come back to us, every single one; it is our choices in this life that lay the foundation for our next reincarnation.
Yes Nicole, it’s great to find the true purpose of reincarnation and to be able to accept the reality of it. I used to treat it as a joke, when discussing reincarnation with friends, but I think I really had a fear of it. Now that I accept Serge Benhayon’s presentations with regard to reincarnation as our way of returning to God – learning lessons in each lifetime, I can face the concept with loving acceptance.
Thank you Nicole and Jo, ‘loving acceptance’ of who we are and where we come from bring absoluteness to reincarnation, which I also lacked before the presentations of Serge Benhayon.
I can remember thinking “I definitely do not ever want to go through my school years again”. But these days the prospect isn’t nearly so daunting.
Natalie I have often found myself saying the same thing as I disliked school so much. The great thing is knowing that I have the opportunity to do is very differently next time around!
Like you Nicole, I hadn’t really considered my purpose in this life, nor the full implications of the choices I make in every moment before I met Serge Benhayon and attended Universal Medicine presentations. The concept of reincarnation then made sense to me and I am developing a much more caring relationship with myself and others as a result.
Absolutely Nicole, I feel a relief that what I have felt in my life is now confirmed. A deeper meaning and responsibility to all that I do is now present in me. I too enjoy waking up in the mornings now, I feel more committed to life knowing this is one of many and this life does matter and so do the choices I make in it.
Knowing that we are coming back again holds us to our responsibility. There is no escaping it. Your choices are your choices and you are the one they will impact most heavily upon.
Thank you Nicole and Nikki, I agree, the ultimate responsibility is to return to an energetic lived truth, of loving.
If we don’t acknowledge reincarnation as a possibility we can avoid all responsibility as does with the saying “one life, live it” many people use this as a way of punishing their body and pushing to extremes. I have always deeply felt reincarnation was the only logical explanation but at times I have thought, well I might as well live in disregard for myself and others just in case I got it wrong and I don’t have to come back and face my prior choices. Now I enjoy taking responsibility for all my actions and I try not to disregard myself or others. I feel I have spent many lives in utter disregard and it feels great to take even the smallest steps to re-balance this.
Very beautiful, and so important to realise everyday that we are here with a purpose, and we have the possibility to give ourself an amazing place to come back to.
This is really great and probably explains why so many of us don’t like the idea of reincarnation. Is it less ‘total rubbish’, ‘there’s no proof’ or ‘it’s not real’ and more ‘oh no, I can’t go through this again’ that people resist?
It feels so expansive to live in cycles and rhythms instead of the old linear model which led to a dead end. Responsibility the way Serge Benhayon presents is liberating and playful!
Thank you for presenting on such a misunderstood topic. Now there’s a good news story. Headlines anyone?
Well said Nicole, and thank you for sharing.
Its the ultimate form of responsibility; coming back to what you left behind.
Thank you Nicole.
I never used to consider that I would or could come around again and that sort of thinking was reserved for some other religious groups of whom I had no contact with, but since attending presentations by Serge Benhayon I am looking at things very differently these days. Especially around taking responsibility for myself and my actions, so that when I do return I will be more aware of my responsibility with how I live and how I affect others.
Thank you Nicole for expanding the foundation of what reincarnation could be. It makes sense to take responsibility for making better life choices and thus build a platform from which you gladly return to build upon. It makes no sense to play the role of ‘victim’ but it’s all a choice of our own choosing so may I suggest to choose lovingly or you could be muttering ‘here we go again’.
Awesome. Bring on the love!
Thank you Nicole.
Coming around again makes you think more seriously about the choices you make right now doesn’t it!
So then….
“To allow ourselves to begin to choose those inner feelings and to choose to live a life filled with honesty, truth and love” … makes sense. And therefore every time we return, the quality of our lives deepens.
For example; in society the choices made by politicians, communities, education and anyone in an influential position might be different if they thought that THEY would return to that situation.
Once upon a time, in a not faraway land I lived a romantic notion of reincarnation and karma, I believed but only as it suited me – a kind of dreamy state that I could apply at will like a fairytale. Enter Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and a big dose of love and truth – encouraging and inspiring me into taking responsibility; the dreamy romanticism is gone and the true reality of why everything goes around and around and around (life, lives, eras, the earth, the sun the year, day, hour) is my greatest ally in living a life that I want to come back to for ever after.
Your revelation of reincarnation is simply amazing Helen and a joy to hear as a bed time story and I get to always come back to it, beautiful.
A possible thing to do is: to stop at any given moment in your life and make a change. That’s true Grace, isn’t it?
Thank you Nicole, I loved your blog. It is so worthwhile building a life based on loving choices so that we can reflect to humanity that it is possible to live with true joy and true harmony. It is also so beautiful to know now that coming back to what we left behind calls for greater responsibility in how we choose to live. And, that cannot be denied.
Thank you Nicole, I loved your blog. It is so worthwhile building a life based on loving choices so that we can reflect to humanity that it is possible to live with true joy and true harmony. It is also so beautiful to know now that coming back to what we left behind calls for greater responsibility in how we choose to live. And, that cannot be denied.
Beautiful and clear writing Nicole on the realities of life which brought up for me how we all live in either one or the other; the first and the false reality of, ‘we eat, we shit and we die’ reality or the second, we create this life to be so amazing that we look forward to coming back. I know which reality I am choosing!
The thoughts were fairly constant in my life through out my teens and twenties even in to my thirties – dreading coming back to do this all again. Feeling back then that ‘this was it’ was also a catalyst into living in a way that did not support me at all. Piling more mud onto the mud so to speak. Things changed when I met and embraced Universal medicine and Serge Benhayon and I am too, building a life that will support me to come back into a life that will be of true service.
Nicole, great blog. I was with you on so many sentences. I too feel greatful to have found something that answers so many questions, and validates so many feelings I have had in my life. I love my new way of living. It inspires me everyday to uncover more ways to live in truth and love, and by me living for my future self it creates a responsibility that I can’t ignore.
Day after day repeating the same patterns hoping for things to be different but nothing changes because we don’t change the way we are. Now multiply that by life after life after life. Is it any wonder we like to think we live and then we die as the horror and the misery of doing it all again is too much to bear and hence why so many deny reincarnation as a truth. Then you have the version that reincarnation is a punishment, that you will come back as an ant so someone can tread on your version. So no wonder we reject the idea or find it too much to bear. But what if reincarnation was an opportunity to learn and evolve and what if we come back to the exact energy or imprint of life we left behind. If we were raised to know this would we live more lovingly with care for ourselves and all others? Naturally we would as this is the life we would want to come back to.
That is a great point Rachel, “If we were raised to know this would we live more lovingly with care for ourselves and all others? Naturally we would as this is the life we would want to come back to.” They should educate this at schools!
I lived most of my life thinking “oh no not again” when I opened my eyes every morning. Perhaps you can imagine my horror at the thought of reincarnation.
I always knew that reincarnation was true, but saw myself as a passive victim of it, with no way to change or influence it…..just as I saw myself as a passive victim every day of my life.
For me this shows that whether it is a day, or a year, or a decade, or an entire life we just come back to the same point over an over.
Nicole, you have shown that we have a choice about the quality of the point to which we return.
Nicole thank you for a really interesting article. It makes a lot of sense that we come back and even more sense that there are many things we would not want to repeat again. What this reminds me of is the importance of making changes and choices for the life we want not only for the next X number of years but for many lives to come.
Great article Nicole, thank you. When I came to Universal Medicine I was really able to understand reincarnation, how I live and how this affects everyone. It has given me the opportunity to make huge changes to my life, taking responsibility in how I choose to live which I will carry with me to my next life.
Reincarnation really makes sense of life and for all the mess the world is in. For if all people had the understanding that what they do in this life will determine what sort of life they will have to come back to, they would take much more responsibility for how they are living now: how they treat other people and the planet.
Wow this is gorgeous Nicole, ‘I now have a life that I look forward to coming back to – a life that I can continue to build and work on in a way that is supportive of everyone and everything.’ I feel very inspired reading this, thank you.
An amazing turn around. Thank you for sharing your story Nicole
Hi Nicole, this is so familiar, it was exactly what I felt ‘Oh my goodness do I have to come back and do this all again – horror’; but that was because I was living, or more accurately, existing, and now I am building a life that I would choose to come back to. Since attending Universal Medicine presentations and understanding that is about quality of living in every moment and slowly changing how I live, the ‘horror’ has been replaced with, at first, acceptance, then commitment to life and truth and love. Unfolding love is now my life.
Creating that “foundation to come back to, living in simplicity rather than overwhelm ” speaks volumes to me Nicole.
Whether people choose to believe in reincarnation or not, what a glorious way to live our lives. It truly is greater than I could have ever imagined.
This is a great blog, whether we believe in reincarnation or not, if we do not have a life we would love to come back to then something is clearly not right, and then we have a great opportunity to change the way we live to be more loving and more fulfilling, and to be of a quality we can say we would love to return to.
Such wisdom in what you say here Nicole.
When we actually consider our responsibility for what we are here – it does put things into perspective, and offers us a deep responsibility, if we choose to accept it. We’re existing at a time when so much of history repeats itself, but I am now aware that choices effect others, ourselves, and the future.
It shows me I have a much bigger part to play than just existing.
From a very young age I questioned why I was here and all the reasons I was given never made sense to me. That nothing in life confirmed what I felt, I too felt ‘what’s the point?’ and joined the game. I too am very grateful and feel very blessed to have Serge Benhayon in my life, who always, always, calls it as it is and makes so much sense.
The idea of reincarnation, like the concept of God, never really brushed me the wrong way but I had a sense that some part of it must be true. Just as in my teens I used to wake up thinking ‘Oh no, not again’ every morning, dreading the idea of the next 60+ years of ‘Oh no’s’ ahead of me. However, since listening to the presentations on reincarnation by Serge Benhayon it makes sense. If the way I live on a daily basis brings me the ‘Oh no’s’ or ‘Yeah! new day!’ feelings then it is as simple as saying that all those little daily choices build and affect the greater quality that I can return to ‘next time around.’
I agree Nicole, that reincarnation gives life much more purpose and makes more sense then it just being a pointless one off existence. To me it is the only theory that comes close to explaining why some kids are born with health conditions and some are not, why some people are born into wealth and privilege and others are not for example. It just does not feel random to me – but could it be based on our previous lives and our choices in those lives?
Well presented, Nicole. The way that Serge Benhayon presents reincarnation, it is just common sense and answers all the questions of why we are here and what our purpose is being here.
This is a very interesting blog Nicole. The idea of reincarnation certainly makes sense of several phenomena that one frequently hears about. Young children with incredible piano or language skills for example. That sense of ‘Deja vu’ that we get sometimes and can’t explain. On the positive side, if we make a complete hash of this life, we get another crack at it; but looking a bit deeper, how much better it is to evolve!
To lay the foundation in this life of something that will benefit the next, and thus by definition, all of humanity.
This is a great blog Nicole Serafin and a subject I feel should really be discussed even if we are not subscribing to the possibility that we are going to re-incarnate and do it all over again.
As you said and it made me squirm – the auto pilot living. Gosh that was my life, get up function, keep super busy, indulge in food and other distractions and that was it. Not once did I think my trashy lifestyle was affecting me, let alone anyone else.
The change came when I got the understanding from Serge Benhayon about our Responsibility in every choice we make. Now that is when I started to grasp what this re-incarnation business was really about. I am actually looking forward to my next life because how I am choosing to live right now and will continue to do so will be a load more responsible so thank God I will not have to repeat the ugly stuff of the past. Imagine teaching our kids in kindergarten about re-incarnation and the ultimate Responsibility that requires.
Thank you Nicole for reminding us about the bigger picture. This is lovely to read, ‘I now have an opportunity to live in a way that at the end of the day I am not exhausted, and that I actually look forward to getting up in the mornings, without dreading what lies ahead for the day. To enjoy living the simplicity of my life rather than living in the overwhelm of the life that goes on around me.’
I agree Mary, to me reincarnation makes sense, but Nicole has raised some very good questions, and highlighted the need for responsibility when considering what we will come back to.
Thank you Nicole, there’s lots to identify with in your blog. I especially like “To enjoy living in the simplicity of my life rather that in the overwhelm that goes on around me”.
Lovely blog Nicole, although I never asked myself the sort of questions you were asking and never having any consideration that I would come back do start all over again, that has changed since I started to attend the presentations of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon. I now know why this topic is not openly discussed and that is because reincarnation is the ultimate responsibility. I now look forward to coming back to do it all again and maybe next time I will understand how to properly use a computer!!
Hello Nicole. Thank you for a very beautiful blog. From a young age I have always felt that reincarnation was true. It was obvious to me like Spring comes after Winter and fresh bright green new leaves reappear like by magic. No need to search for them (lots of new age modalities do that sort of thing). Past lives come to us when we are ready and we expand our consciousness. Images arrive, feelings of deep knowing come to you. Like a 4 year old little cousin of mine had said to his mother : “when I was a grown up I lived in America”.
Hi Nicole, reading your article has made me consider how I have been living up until this moment. Thank you.
Thanks Nicole for a great blog. I too have had the oh no not again. I’ve always embraced reincarnation as a concept but not really wanted to look at the responsibility I carry for my quality and how that impacts everything. I would wishfully think I could come back differently but know deep within that how I lived determined everything, hence my dread.
Since undertaking courses with Universal Medicine it’s different, that give up is less and less and I’m now super committed to life. And you know what? I’m ready to come back all over again, to express and be more love and show that it’s possible for us all. A huge change and thanks to Serge Benhayon I see a living loving example of what true reincarnation can be.
Thanks for the awesome blog Nicole – you raise some excellent questions that I am sure many people are also trying to ‘solve’, such as is there a bigger picture; however you answer them simply with describing how to build a loving foundation to come back to, without a taint of dread, or “oh no, not again”.
Thanks Dragana for your comments and for drawing out what education actually means! It’s awesome to be a part of supporting true change in education into the future. I will also be ready to do that – no more “not again” for me!
I have had those exact same thoughts Nicole: “Oh no, not this again…” and have more recently realised that if the quality of life I am living now is good, why not have it again and again and again…
I must say I still sometimes think: “Oh no, not school again”… Although I was always a top student (in terms of academic achievements – Ms Ambitious I once was ;)) – when I see how much further away education has gone from what it’s truly meant to be, I think it would be good to skip that period – (ha ha).
I have raised 4 boys so even though my main stream education finished almost 30 years ago, I have been ‘at school’ almost all my adult life. In fact I am still home working, revising, essay writing, parents meetings etc. because my youngest son has two more years to go till the end of secondary education. I have been playing an active part in helping my children with their school work. At times it shocks and saddens me to see how much education has been reduced to a memory test; memorising and repeating what somebody else (i.e. exam boards / education authorities / governments and who not…) decide they want/need to hear – this to such an extent that even when a student’s answer is perfectly correct, – if it does not contain the words that those marking the exam are looking for – you don’t get the marks. Come on, this is pure crazy, no?
Education is another one of those beauty-full words that has almost completely lost it’s true meaning; from Latin EDUCO – to draw out, to draw from within! I remember when I first learnt this meaning in my Latin class (teenage years) – I fell in love with the word and my immediate response was: why is it then that everybody is putting so much emphasis on ‘pumping it all into us’ (children), rather than allowing and supporting that which is already within us, to blossom out?
Anyway, there’ll be no skipping education for me any other time in the future… Knowing what I know now, I’ll embrace it with all my heart when the time comes. I am also thinking; somebody has to influence the change, so why not be a part of that – I am in. 🙂
This is gorgeous Dragana. I have no children, but feel as though I have been in school everyday of my life anyway!
I see young people in my work everyday, and I ask what inspires them? what do they see for themselves in the future when school is done? The vast majority look at me blankly. They have no idea. What form of education are they receiving, what is being drawn out them that they have no sense of inspiration? (note: not ambition!!) They feel caught to me in the energy of “oh no…not again”.
Nicole’s blog makes the idea of reincarnation so simple. There is no need to believe it, just to have the possibility opens the possibility of a different relationship to life. It is an invitation to place reincarnation in the “what if ??” basket.
And if it is true, then what could be a more wonderful way to live than to lay some foundations for the next time around.
Thank you Dragana, I have just read the true latin meaning of the word EDUCO – to draw out, to draw within. Like you I love this word and is a lovely reminder just to give myself enough ‘space’ to allow what is within out, to allow the wisdom that resides in us all to ‘blossom” out, is just beautiful and again reminds me that every thing I need is inside of me.
Ah, thank you Nicole – it’s beauty-full to hear you say “I now have a life that I look forward to coming back to – a life that I can continue to build and work on in a way that is supportive of everyone and everything”. It has reminded me how I feel blessed every day to know the truth that we all come back… instead of life being cruel and pointless, I now find life meaningful, purposeful and full of amazing opportunities to grow and learn.
If we were all encouraged from an early age to feel the truth in our bodies instead of encouraged to check out and numb the body, we would know reincarnation to be true. How different would society look if every person knew this as their truth; how amazing would it be for us all to be looking at the bigger picture.
This is so simple and so real – it touches a very ‘sore’ spot in me… It stars with the same feelings of ‘oh no I don’t know if I can come back and do this all over again’, which after some further pondering leads to one word – responsibility. I am responsible for the life I live and the life I come back to. That’s the sore spot – not that I have to come back, but that what I come back to I have laid out for myself. Is it possible that it’s been easier to say in my head that reincarnation is not real, than to have to feel my part in this…
Yes, I too have struggled in years gone past with the idea of having to come back and do it all again – I wasn’t wanting to see or feel my responsibility for the life I was having. It’s been a true blessing to re-embrace life and to make life more and more amazing, so that the thought of coming back is becoming “yes bring it on!”.
It was very similar with me… When I was first open to the prospect of reincarnation a few years ago my thoughts were – “Oh no, not again and again and again”, “No wonder I feel so heavy and exhausted with life!”. The intensity and overwhelm of life was huge and is something I am still working on. But as with you Nicole, the inspiration that UniMed has brought for all that I am, all that I have, and all that I have to offer to others, has been immeasurably more to the overwhelm I used to feel – in and of life. It is so joyful to feel the purpose in life – the bigger picture, and to know and value our part in the greater plan. There is a wonder and beauty about at being here and being here together! Bring it on!
It’s true, Rachel, without true purpose and the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom, why would people want to return? With purpose and the truth, we are all agreeing, “Yes – bring it on. I’m in.”
You’ve nailed the sense of deep giving up I had also felt, Nicole – the “what’s the point”? And I can state that I also, through the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, have absolutely had the flame of ‘the point’ (i.e. a sense of purpose in life) re-kindled within. That this life is about so much more than I’d been willing to see, and the responsibility I now take in life, and enjoy taking, isn’t just ‘about me’. Thank you.
Beautiful Nicole – to live with this purpose, and to feel what a difference it makes to the quality of living each day. Bernadette
So beautifully put Nicole – that question of “Is there a purpose to life?” or the statement “There must be more to life than this” are sentences that often run through our minds. The voice inside us that we cannot silence will not let us run away from these two important statements.