410 thoughts on “Time, Life and Me – Now One and the Same”

1. There is such a deep level of anxiousness that is running though the human frame as life becomes more and more intense. And having the tools to deal with this is life changing, but many of the tools available today seek to overcome the body with the mind, whereas Universal Medicine presents the possibility that we are all deeply loving beings and this anxiousness and the tension we can feel with time itself is simply the result of movements by our bodies which we have each made that are out of kilter with that love that we are. And so, to return to the simplicity of love and, to develop a different relationship with time, all that needs to be done is to look at how we move and to see, without judgement, if there is space to introduce perhaps a more loving way to carry our bodies through the day.

2. A beautiful understanding of time and how it opens up when we allow it leaving us with space, and how it disapears when we don’t and go into anxiety and rush.

3. ” My body felt like it could only run like this for so long.” indeed, there is so far we can push our bodies before we are offered a correction, one that makes us stop and take into consideration the true nature of who we are.

4. ‘Time now comes to me….’ what an amazing revelation and how cool is that. As I stay more open to and connect with my innermost I notice that space opens up. The rush ‘to do’ has gone, yet I can accomplish just as much as I did before but with far less effort.

5. I still do this … say I do not have enough time in the day! Tasks and things I have to do at work and at home are steadily increasing more and more and what I can feel is although I am just about on top of it this … just, it is not coming from a space of me holding me first and then flowing with all that needs to be done .. if that makes sense! So yes this is still very much work in progress for me. What I do have though is true role models in my life with with regards to this in the Benhayon family.

6. As soon as we are outcome based we lose any true quality in our movements. Such a great revelation for we want the end goal but it is actually a distraction to avoid taking responsibility in the moment.

   1. A great point Thomas. Having picture and expectations as to how things should be is a killer. Responsibility in the moment – yes definitely.

7. ‘So what if time does not exist?’ This question and all your blog presents Nicole shows how wrapped up in reality we have been. We moan and complain about time but as you show it isn’t even real or working the way we think it is. And isn’t this the thing: living aligned to principles that are not true will drain and demoralise and stress us out. So rather than looking for more time in our day perhaps we should be feeling and considering life in a totally different way.

8. “With the ongoing love and support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, I have been given the tools to make different choices, to be more loving, to not be afraid to ask for help, or to say no, building a level of consistency in my day, my life and my body.” This line really struck me today about the power of love and how it can change our lives.

   1. ‘To not be afraid to ask for help’ , this line resonated with me strongly too. I used to think I had to go it alone and sort myself out. I used to also think that showing my vulnerability was a weakness. So much in my life- and my ideas about living – have changed since coming to Universal Medicine presentations – all for the better.

9. We can take it very serious as time is making us sick, or actually not necessary time itself but how we use it. We seem to give time the power of being it the wheel on our boat, but what if we are the sailors? Absolutely profound blog that shares a different way of how to in relationship with time – it’s not something big, it is part of life in its current way.

10. Working in my natural rhythm, with purpose and commitment gives me the all the vitality I need, and the time to complete what is needed in my day – ticking boxes exhausts and drains me.

11. Time is such an illusion, I heard recently about someone who gets more done in a day than I already thought that was humanly possible, had taken on so much more which just blew my mind. Does this person sleep at all? And she is as fit as a fiddle and as vibrant as a room full of vibrant people at a convention for the vibrant. It just shows there is no end to what we can do if we can connect and live in a true way.

12. I spent years valuing myself on what I achieved in the day, feeling great if I had ticked things off my list with little or no concern to the quality I did it in and how it left my body feeling at the end of the day.

13. When we focus on time we create unnecessary tension that dissipates when we bring our focus to the space we have instead.

14. Beautiful when you make your own day and don’t let a construct confine your quality and flow.

15. A great sharing of how we can look totally differently at time and space. There is so much on offer here to allow a fullness of space and not feel we have to ‘do’ all the time. The cycles of motion and repose have been a huge support for me to introduce a balance in my life – and to realise that completing things is just as important as starting them.

16. In Germany now they actually have clinics that are called burnout clinics… It has become so common. What an extraordinary indictment of our society that it has come to this, and yet, there is no one looking at the whole picture and saying this is where it starts, and this is where the whole education process must transform.

17. Rap Poem Comment enjoy……

    Time can be a prison or a spacious gift
    Depending if you are pushing or surrender to it
    If you try to control it and live by the clock, your body will suffer, it will harden like rock
    You can try to escape it on a tropical island, or send yourself off to a mental asylum…
    Some of this, may seem like your free from its grip
    But it only delays, so here is a tip
    Don’t give your power to the tick or the tock, silence the sound of your grandfather clock. Take stock of your choices, take a moment to breathe, let your body feel everything
    Even dis-ease, soak up the moment, know your enough, move with a quality
    Do not be rough and in this clarity, your surroundings may all look the same
    But you are clearly playing a different game
    As your particles adjust to space you create
    Time will never be a thing outside you, that you chase.

18. If people only knew how important it was to stop and to feel our whole relationship with our bodies and the consequent reflection of our well-being and health would be enormous

19. Working to time will never deliver us the space we have access to in every moment.

20. We tent to struggle with the notion of time, always wanting to squeeze more in of what we think has to be done and this is the illusion of life where we end exhausted from the constant pushing through. When we can simply make life about a certain quality of movement that is aligned to our soul creating space around us for what needs to happen in a flow that reflects our multidimensionality with the all.

21. “My body felt like it could only run like this for so long”. The body is so incredibly wise and ‘knows’ so much and continually and lovingly shares this wisdom with us ALL the time – even when we choose not to listen, it keeps on sharing it with us. It is the best friend we could even want.

22. When I consider time, I look at ways to fill it – I get sucked into time being the be all and end all of what can get done. But space is different. When I allow space, it isn’t about trying to fit things in but rather taking a step back, completing what needs to be completed and appreciating where I am at.

23. ‘Ticking the boxes and getting everything done’ – must be one of the most common traps we fall for as human beings. Is it the neverending need to know that we are ‘good enough’?

24. It is great to re-visit this blog today, as I got caught in a stressful moment of ‘how am I going to get everything done?’ I can stop and remind myself that it is a choice to go into that way of thinking, and that when I connect to my body and the flow again there is no issue.

25. We have made time linear concept, continually rushing from A to B, putting things behind us and focusing on what is to come…yet we measure it with a circular clock. Does this not give away the fact that deep down we know that time is a cycle we are bound to in order to address the quality of movement we make in a certain space to support us to return to our true Soul-full expression by way of ensuring that our every move is eventually made in and with the love we are and not all that opposes this love.

26. Looking at our choices and learning to say no rather than doing things begrudgingly is a great start to do life rather than being done by it and what we deem to be the constraints of time.

27. “.. the burden of ‘what’s next’…” this sums up drive so perfectly and also helps me to see how much drive I choose on a daily basis. Your life is proof that this pattern can be healed so thank you for sharing Nicole.

28. I have been having lots of conversations with people at work about how we put out to-do list before ourselves and our well-being. Its a habit that is not easy to break, especially in pressurized work environments where deadlines come thick and fast, and you never feel on top of things. However it is possible to make small changes that have a big impact, one little step at a time.

29. It is a total switch to move from seeking recognition and validation from what we do and achieve to bringing all of ourselves to life and feeling the purpose in that.

30. ‘I now stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day.’ This is so simple but potentially life changing. This morning after I felt the impact of going to bed late, of avoiding myself at a time designed for surrender and deep rest, I choose to really feel my body and not run away by going into my mind and thinking about what I needed to do next. By not running I cannot but feel the consequences of my self-abusive behaviour. But the real pain is getting to feel just how precious I am and therefore how abusive my choices have been and how crazy much of the abuse was to cover up this pain rather than treat myself with the absolute care I deserve.

31. ‘Time was constantly eluding me and I felt like I was never going to catch up.’ – The pressure we put on ourselves to live up to our own expectations and to fit it all into a certain time frame, is relentless and a sure path to disharmony in our bodies.

32. It is so easy to fall into being a slave to time. But in fact it is all about allowing the space and then we have the time that flows from there.

33. Creating space and flow in our day can only be done by changing the way we are moving from moment to moment.

34. Wow, you have seen things from both sides and it is very inspiring to hear about how you have made
    adjustments to your life that have opened up space and time in a way that is yet to be discovered by most people.

35. There is a drive in this world which is not about getting anything done its about being in a drive to keep a person in motion so they do not have time to observe whats really going on. All the illusionary importance of getting things done, meeting deadlines and so on are all brought to the reality of illusion , when a person is hospitalised and they are capable of doing nearly nothing it is then that they truly see they have loads of time.

36. When you think of it do we really want to race through our day, which really means racing through our life, ticking all the boxes along the way? And what exactly are we racing toward? . . . .”Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.” . . . seems a much more evolving way to go!

37. We can do do do, and what I am learning is that it is not about doing more, but rather about the quality that I do things in – and this then feeds me back the time and space to get more done without pushing or trying!

    1. I find it interesting that when I was young there seemed to be a lot more focus on the quality of what we were doing and producing, one simple example is electrical equipment, which back then seemed to last forever and nowadays we need to replace the items after 2-3 years. What happened?

38. Box ticking is a draining experience at it triggers the nervous system and prevents us from enjoying what we do. On a practical level there are things we all have to do, but the question is do we do them all in function or can we bring the joy, the fun and the spunk into all that we do?!

39. This is fantastic what you share here Nicole – “No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.” – I know so many people and I would have been one of them not that long ago really when the thought of being free from the clock and feeling more vital was something that was not possible or even something that we would consider. Serge Benhayon and the teachings of Universal Medicine support to see and feel that there is another way. A way of living that connects and feels the body and being as one and a quality of living from the choices we make.

40. It is common sense that when we try to fit as much as possible into an hour, a day or a week and are constantly run and controlled by time, it has to happen at the expense of our own wellbeing – yet, we often seem to be taken by surprise when our body breaks down and says NO.

41. The more we think about time and attach our daily event Ma to time and work to that the less we are present with where we actually are – which allows us to tune into how to be with whatever is needed.

42. ‘How often do we say “I don’t have time,” “If only there were more hours in the day,” or “I need time for me, everything I do is for everyone else”?’ – Common expressions indeed – if we are in a hamster wheel and constantly pushing through life, there is never going to be enough time.

43. “I now stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day.” a beautiful reminder to live and appreciate the quality in what we are doing and the honouring of this is in our lives.

44. ‘My body felt like it could only run like this for so long.’ – Thank God for the body’s ability to let us know the state of affairs, the trick is that we have learnt to override it. It takes true dedication to ourselves to start to truly honour what we feel once again and to live that consistently.

45. So many of us live a life of abuse that is considered normal, but totally unnecessary, we overdo it and try and be supermen/women when it seems we can get as much or more done if we start self caring and being more present with ourselves and what we are doing at the time.

46. It is such a deep healing when we realize that doing more is not it and that we have been subscribing to living a total lie at the expense of our bodies and that the only thing that matters in life is the quality that we live in as it is the source of our true expression.

47. “…It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling, overdoing it, straining myself or pushing myself past the point of exhaustion purely to make my day look like it was a ‘good’ day: I was a martyr, a superwoman, the envy of all women, all at the expense of myself…” This is a very important aspect of the modern day woman to bring awareness to, and the next thing to consider is how much these behaviour patterns have an effect on a woman’s health and wellbeing..

48. ‘I was a martyr, a superwoman, the envy of all women, all at the expense of myself.’ – Haha, I can very much relate to this Nicole, having come from a similar reality. Today I could absolutely not live like this, nor would I want to.

49. The more I let go the more exhaustion comes up from my body to let go. And then I have to be very gentle with myself not to go back into the drive which for me is the cause of the exhaustion as I am asking my body to work in a way that is disrespectful to it and it has to work harder hence the resulting feeling of always being tired. When I let go and work with my body my energy levels increase!

50. Taking some time in the day – when I wake up, when I get in the car, at my desk or when I go to sleep, just to check in and ask myself how the day has been, how I feel and how my body is doing is a very simply way to break up all the doing – am i slightly anxious, what is my breathing and heart rate doing, do I feel warm and myself or cold and on edge. All these small gauges give me a sense of the quality of my day beyond what I have physically achieved.

51. Being in the momentum of the superwoman trying to tick off every box often disregards and dismisses that precious inner quality within.

52. It’s absolutely no surprise that as long as women look for their self worth in ‘what they do’ we will have woman-kind drained, exhausted and not knowing who they are. This shows another way that is evidently worth exploring.

53. Because I am an action woman as well, I know this pretty well from my past as well. We are so trained to achieve things, without really checking how the quality of our body and our expression is. I used to have a lot of nervous tension in my body- luckily through the teaching from Serge Benhayon I could bring a stop to this momentum. That does not mean that every now and then it tries to sneak in again, but the pain that it causes in my body is too much and so well looked after from myself, so that it has no chance for a long time of sneaking in luckily. And like you are saying, there is never a finish, I look after the flow of my day everyday.

54. In the past, every moment of the day for me used to be dominated by time and I prided myself in how much I could squeeze into the day. But then I would get exhausted and have periods of inactivity and beat myself up for being so lazy, blaming my body for letting me down. Thanks to Universal Medicine I now have a different relationship with my body and with time, and am much better at allowing the day to flow and unfold as it needs to.

    1. I remember having even a challenge with myself and time. It felt like succeeding at the end of the day, what I managed to do or how less time I needed to travel by car to somewhere. How wired I was, because of this, I did certainly not celebrate 😉

55. This blog highlights how much our way of living impacts our health. The way we are with ourselves (even if we are considered ‘healthy’ by the way we eat, exercise etc..) can be harming and a negative impact on our health. Even talking to yourself harshly has a negative impact on your body.

56. “Old age was looking pretty dismal and painful if I continued to choose to live in the overwhelm and busy-ness of life” – Old age can be an incredible time of life, and I’ve met some inspiring people in their 60s, 70s and 80s as vibrant as ever, learning different skills and never ceasing to be involved in the community. We have a say in the quality of these years based on how we choose to live and look after ourselves in all the years before.

    1. And even if you missed looking after yourself in the earlier years of your life, you can still choose differently, no matter what age. It is never too late to start new or better said, make different choices. ” I am too old for that/ a change” is just an excuse to stay in old habits.

57. Connecting with how my body feels and how I’m feeling in myself helps me to recognise if I’ve taken myself into a driving, hard or racy way of doing things, as something just doesn’t feel right and that is a marker for me that I’m not truly listening to my innermost impulses but attaching to things being a certain way out of a drive from self, rather than encompassing everyone.

    1. Very important also, if you realize not being in the body and maybe fallen into drive or maybe the opposite into dullness, that you just observe and don´t get harsh on yourself. Sometimes we tend to use our awareness when things are not as you know it should be, to get frustrated or hard on ourselves. It does not change anything then, because the exact same energy plays itself out.

58. If I am rushing around with not enough time to complete things, it can reflect that I am indeed out of the natural flow of things where space emerges the more I am truly present with the moment.

59. Great blog and something I am sure everyone can relate to, it was also no coincidence that I read this and for me what I needed to take from it was this to ‘stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day’ as lately I am seeing I am saying yes to everything and not stoping to feel in my body if it is true or okay for me to say yes to it.

60. I so relate Nichole to how I would push my body, so that living in a way where everything was done in overdrive at the inevitable warp speed, to the detriment of my health! In all honesty I am still learning to go more on impulse so the drive of wanting everything completed is not pushing me into agendas that do not serve my body, which is allowing more Love to flow in my day. Listening to the body so that I can honour what I feel is allowing more time and space to not get caught in fast lane.

61. When saying the words “I don’t have time” if I stop and feel, my body is in a terrible state. Even if I have too much to do, does it matter when it gets done? Something yes, they do matter, but not everything. I can flow and do what is needed when, or I can think about all that I need to do, take myself out of that flow and put myself into tension. It’s all a choice.

62. To relinquish my head to head with time (always fighting to stay ahead) and let my days unfold step by step has and continues to be life changing. There is a deepening knowing that all is well.

63. We have lied to ourselves about what time is. We say it’s linear. Science says its the same cycle repeated over and over again.

64. There is a very unhealthy and unhelpful attitude that if you are not pushing yourself at work then you must be slacking off or this is the only way to meet deadlines. It is only in the last decade that I started to contemplate that I don’t need to work this way. Since then I have found that my work is done in the same time with a lot less stress and strain if I do it according to how my body feels and take care of me while I work.

    1. Very true – the space that opens up when we are present with what we are doing and stop pushing to do it faster, better or controlling in any way, is something to be aware of and to truly appreciate.

65. The mind as task master pushes and pushes us to be endlessly ‘doing’, thus setting us up for it never being enough. Our worth is then measured only by the volume of what we do and achieve. Serge Benhayon’s presentations have given me the opportunity to be aware of this cycle and make new choices to ‘being’ in more presence with my body and surrender to the innate stillness within. To move from this place feels like harmony in motion and a long way from the old way of striving and doing.
    “It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling”.

66. Looking around me today at clients and colleagues, a high state of anxiety is now accepted as the norm. Thank you for sharing your learning here, Nicole, as it cuts through the illusion that this state of being is inevitable and demonstrates that there is in fact another way.

67. I have recently started putting my feet up for 5 minutes when I come home from work. Now and then, I wont, because I say I’ve got no time, but actually I can take 5 minutes out of my day to do this self loving act. I still tend to put my tasks above my self care, but I am catching this habit and slowly breaking it.

    1. Debra, I too have been taking a moment to sit down on the outdoor lounge to stop and look at the view and feel the sun on my skin. I am finding these moments are equally as valuable to everything else.

       1. They add to the depth we bring to the next moment.

68. It is interesting to note that a huge part of commitment to life is in saying yes to what we can see needs to be done. But if all this generates is a lengthy to-do-list that leaves you feeling drained, then perhaps it was not in response to the call to action at all in the first place but a desire to achieve something worthy of attention, something seen as worthwhile while all the while your actual and real purpose is going unexpressed, because this real genuine purpose would never drain you but actually give you more energy to give more to the world whist forever holding you in its loving embrace.

69. One of the biggest traps about being super busy is that we tend to put ourselves last and disable ourselves from attending to those things we do for ourselves, be that an exercise class or some quiet time, the connection with a friend, our partner even. Running ourselves ragged is a self-perpetuating vicious circle that creates forevermore tasks.

    1. Well said Gabriele, and even Students of the Way of the Livingness step in that trap in being super busy, because they then get the feel of being a good student. Obviously it is the same energy playing out, although it is only for a great purpose what you are producing or being part of. The moment you are not doing it for the all/ you want to get something out of it, and being recognised for it, it can never have the true quality and it does smash your body. We really need to learn that being in appreciation and surrender first is the only healthy way to do things.

    2. Very true Gabriele and when we are asked how we are, our answer is busy. Being busy has become an identification, a protection and a way to avoid how we are feeling.

70. “It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling”. When I read this I was struck by how many people could relate to this, and do this as well. Then I got thinking about how many work places subscribe to this – placing profit and output before people, and often we can ‘blame’ the work place culture/management team for this but if we really honest, are we not also doing this in our daily personal lives?

71. What you say about being aware of where we are at makes so much sense, over stretching ourselves or not exploring what we are capable of comes from us not paying attention and being really connected with where we are at. How can we choose what is needed next when we are perpetually in a race against time or walking through mud. There is a natural flow that we all have within us that we can align with when we give ourselves some attention.

72. ‘but I continue to look back on my life, where I was and where I am today, how much more alive, vital, gentle, tender and loving I am with not only myself but also with everyone around me’. This was exactly what I was feeling yesterday – and that wow I had so much to appreciate, and with this deeper sense of appreciation I feel I am preparing for what’s next.

73. Perhaps there is more to the physical process of ageing than simply increasing in age, and that actually our relationship to time, looking after ourselves, purpose and so forth are all contributing factors to how our body changes over time.

    1. And this so beautifully exposes how our relationship with time can either come from an expansiveness and grace or from the constraints of time that we create for ourselves. Every line and every wrinkle on someone’s face will tell the story of what trajectory we embarked on, whether we battled with time, or surrendered to the simple fact that time is going around and around as are we.

    2. Very good point Susie. For if we had a set of twins who lived in different qualities – one honouring space and time from their body and the other working against themself then surely there would be a vast difference in how old each looked and felt.

74. Being in overwhelm I thought the only option of addressing it was to stop completely. But how often I and I hear other people going on holiday or even the weekend and after a day or so after returning to work, feel like they never went on holiday in the first place? What’s here is another way. A way of living that isn’t exhausting that I am learning little by little. Fancy observing the world, seeing the support it’s calling out for and being able to deliver at no expense to one’s vitality? This is amazing when the world does seem to becoming much more intense whatever we do or wherever we live. It’s turning it around from the norm of burnt out worker which has almost become the accepted inevitability in many professions.

75. We can certainly feel like life is so demanding – if it is not work demands, then it is family demands, and if it is not family demands, then it is friends or pets demands etc etc. and then there are the demands of making sure one takes care of oneself, with the right foods and exercise. And life becomes a CHORE.
    Even writing this above sentence feels heavy and like a chore…and so it is exposed that it has everything to do with out outlook on life and our perception of things, which of course comes from the energy that we are in which in turn is governed by the way we move and our movements. Now that’s a lot to swallow in one go – but as Nicole has shared in her blog, the key to making lasting change is to tune in the body, and how we feel. Our body is our best friend and can support us along the way in so many ways should we simply just listen to it and care for it along the way. Making friends with your body and deepening this relationship really is the key to transforming the ‘chore’ aspects into the joy of doing what we do by underdstading the why we do it!

76. I still have days where I think about the amount of stuff that I got done, and I cannot help but feel great when lots got done, and a little bummed when I did not get all the things I had planned on done. But what I am learning is to not be so hard on myself if I have a less productive day, and also to appreciate more the quality in which I can get things done. In fact these days it is beautiful to feel my capacity overall – how much I can actually get done whilst having fun, doing it with quality AND feeling energised by it all! The problem with this (as a pun) is that it keeps setting the standard higher and higher – in other words if I know I can have such an amazing day, why not then make every day like that! And so it is, but also of course realising that there is a cycle and a timing for things, and that not every day can be nor should be the same. And that nor is it about everything going smoothly all the time, but more so about how I am in each moment and how I handle things through the day.

    1. A great point Henrietta – if there is a ‘picture as to how the day should run’ and it isn’t then it is easy to get caught up trying to arrest the changes rather than staying with ourselves and observing what is going on.

       1. Not to mention how completely exhausting it is to meet all these pictures, ideals, expectations and outcomes. I’ve found it far more supportive and productive to listen to my body and the how I need to complete something.

    2. Thank you for sharing this Henrietta. I have the same issue with expecting to be highly productive every day and getting disappointed with myself when it appears I haven’t ‘done’ much. Allowing myself to go with the flow and rhythm of each day is something I am adjusting to, whilst appreciating that my days are becoming more about quality rather than quantity.

    3. Quality Rocks! But we need to know what quality and as you say that is a constant evolution and there is never an end point.

77. A beautiful sharing and joy to read Nicole of the expansion of time by our Quality and presence and this really does happen bringing a whole new way of being to our lives magically.

78. How much the drive to ‘achieve’ comes from a lack of self-worth. Learning to love myself and life increasingly becomes a harmonious flow.

79. The whole world is definitely addicted to doing! And I too am working on being a reformed doer!

80. I feel this is how we are conditioned from young, we base our lives on how much we achieve or complete at whatever the cost. The cost when I look around me is that everyone is exhausted in overwhelm and using some sort of stimulant to get by and this has a huge detrimental effect on the body which is why we are living with such high rates of illness and disease. It seems to me that no one has stopped long enough to clock what is going on and to ask the question why are we pushing ourselves to such limits, what does this achieve and has this insatiable drive improved our lives?

    1. A truly important question Mary and how I feel it would change the present state of the world if more people addressed this question.

81. When we allow joy in our lives everything opens up and with our commitment to staying present miracles happen as in we can accomplish a huge amount in a little time because we are absolutely connected.

82. It is deeply important to not seek outside ourselves for the perfect version of who we should be – rather, let us accept in full who we are and where we are at rather than striving to be everything other than who we innately are.

83. Keeping an eye on the time as a simple practical check in, rather than being enslaved to time, constantly paddling like crazy as we check the time automatically and almost as another whip lash… it is brilliant to bring awareness to our relationship with time.

84. Time becomes very present and or burdening to us when we strive to get things done as we are continually pushing ourselves and running against our natural flow of movement. It is only when we allow ourselves the space to feel what this does to the body and then respond and or shift our movements to work with us not against us that we can shift the paradigm of always chasing time to feeling and surrendering to the natural flow of life, where we can then make a new choice and refine our movements one step at a time.

85. The way we live from moment to moment determines whether we are squeezed by and for time or expand into the spaciousness that is likewise on offer. Conscious presence and listening to and obeying the body are key here.

86. ‘Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.’ In a nutshell – thank you Nicole.

87. Oh wow, the idea of time coming to you sounds like a busy persons dream!!! But, I totally understand that if we don’t allow the space and continue to keep our head down and bum up, then we will never be able to see what’s actually been offered.

88. It’s very true that we are incredibly sensitive beings. I have spent the last 4 years listening to the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom and applying them to my life to see the amazing changes unfold – with more consistency, clarity and joy a loved way. But what is presented to me is that there is a still a tension with every day, and sometimes days feel more tense than others or are full of anxiety even when it is just a day of going to work. So the level of honouring of our sensitivity is vital, and a relationship with ourselves, our conscious awareness and the aspects of life we choose to engage with are ever so important.

89. It is those moments of reflection when I consider how I used to live, just coping, just keeping overwhelm and frustration at bay, that I can, like you, Nicole, really marvel at the transformations (ongoing) that have occurred in my life and that these are because of choices I have made, and a willingness to explore universal medicine and the support and inspiration it offers.

90. I have been pondering the difference between drive and commitment over the last 24 hours, I love the feeling of fully committing to everything that needs to be done and that it’s possible to keep setting a higher and higher marker for ourselves. But there are times I definitely have to push through something, or drive myself on to finish everything I’ve set out for myself to do which results in super intense tiredness… it’s an ongoing learning.

91. Yeh this is spot on – busyness can be a modern day addiction, it’s great to live a full and committed life but you are so correct in saying that what we do in a day should not ever define us, the magnificence of who we are was there at the start of the day before we even got out of bed.

92. Very true. Because every minute in the day no matter what we are doing – we are already with ourselves.

93. And when we make it about the quality we are in in life then there are no self worth issues.

94. This morning I got in a rush and almost ended up having an altercation with my partner. Tracing it back I could see that I had chosen to ignore what I felt to do, and tried to squeeze things in all because I thought it would be ‘better this way’ and I could still achieve what I want. But in all of this there was no place for the truth and the quality I imprint in the world. Being honest I can see that I didn’t prepare for the day lovingly and so put myself in a jam – which I then tried to speed my way out of. Well it certainly doesn’t work but comes at the cost of our love with ourselves and all those around us. Deeper than this I can see I arranged the rush to avoid feeling what is headed my way today. Thank you Nicole for helping me join the dots between upsets and fights and racing against time and what we feel every day.

95. Overwhelm is serious issue, many of us feel perpetually in a rush and trying to catch up in life. Our bodies are suffering, neck and shoulder, and back pain are big issue, alongside stress and nervous energy issues. It is time to reflect on our relationship with life and ask ourselves some questions about why we live as we do.

96. That level of drive that we can get into never provides a foundation for us to live from the fullness of who we are and bring so much more to life and others than the completion of tasks and the performance of duties.

97. There can be such a confirmation within when we say no to something that we are doing out of the need for recognition as well as a space created to bring more of who we are to life.

98. We have made it our truth to push and drive , an accepted normal, that is far away from what should be accepted. Serge Benhayon brings back the truth and awareness to life of simple another way that is in truth very helpful (supportig oneself fully) to come back to what this true new normal is – and that is far far far from our current accepted reality. Are we truly being real, or wanting to see something that suits our needs?

99. This ‘nose to the grindstone’ way of existing is so common in our society that its almost like we can’t conceive there could be another way. Yet like a hamster in a wheel running around endlessly, isn’t it clear that if we keep going nothing will change? I love what you have highlighted here Nicole and Serge Benhayon has presented – that our whole relationship with time is based on a lie. The way we misconceive how the world works puts me in mind of one of those travelators at the airport and trying to walk in the opposite direction. If only we stopped we could see that this is a huge waste of our energy. We don’t have to push on, just be still and connect to the natural flow and bigger plan that’s there..

    1. More and more I appreciate the days when I’m honest and sit with the tiredness that comes with pushing on – ‘wasting’ energy that can actually serve humanity in a bigger plan. If I let go of the concept that I’m the one that has to do it all along a line of time that in truth leads nowhere as it all is repeating over and over, then I’m open to being in true service.

100. Nothing runs us unless we give it permission with expectations that we are super human. Knowing I’m divinely human is totally different and with this I am discovering appreciating and honouring the other worldly beingness of me and apply this awareness to benefit humanity equally not feather my own nest.

101. My whole life and understanding about Time changed after I read the book by Serge Benhayon “Time, Space and All of Us, Book 1 – Time. It is a wonderful book that completely blows all the lies that we have been fed about time out of the window. Can’t recommend it highly enough.

102. Yes I very much agree with your last sentence. Since I stopped or at least greatly reduced being caught up in time I have heaps more space and actually get lots more done and enjoy it.

     1. And I love that this equation is beyond our understanding really, and therefore requires a willingness to go with the flow, relinquishing for me a tight grip of control.

103. So many women are on the treadmill you describe, it is becoming more and more the norm. Knowing there is a different way and having a roadmap is extremely helpful and supportive.

104. “As if it was a reward of some kind, the harder we worked and the busier we were, the more complete our lives, our days and perhaps, we were.” This is how I worked, when running my own teaching business. It seemed like that was my only way to get everything done. It was a choice of momentum I put myself on and I am so happy to be off it. I will take a different step, out into the world of teaching, when I return, as I know there is another, more loving way forward, as you have described here in your blog.

105. Creating just a little more space in our day or taking the time to look after ourselves can have an enormous ripple effect. The quality of 16 hours (our waking day) can be completely different based on how we put ourselves to bed, wakeup and HOW we address work, tasks and relationships.

     1. Absolutely – how we live and move throughout each day will determine the flow of this day and the next.

106. The ‘merry-go round’ is not so merry in truth, quickly turning into a bit of a nightmare and something we want to remove ourselves from.

107. It is draining and more when we are striving and pushing to be something, to get somewhere and to achieve and end. To understand that we need not put such constraints on ourselves and pressure ourselves incessantly allows for great understanding of ourselves and lives and a resurrection from struggle to true freedom – our natural flow.

108. The reality for many (myself included) is that we tend to fill our days with as much activity and busy-ness as possible, in order to avoid feeling any disconnection we may have with our bodies and thus our soul. But when we allow ourselves more of these moments to not need to do anything but feel what there is to feel, we can reconnect and start to let go of many distracting ways of avoiding that beauty within us.

109. “I now stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day.” Stopping to feel and to check in with our bodies offers us a moment to appreciate our value and how amazing we are because it is within these pause moments we simply connect with who we are and make a choice to continue to choose what feels supportive and loving in each moment and that is a true surrender to the what is: the absolute essence of love within.

110. “As if it was a reward of some kind, the harder we worked and the busier we were, the more complete our lives, our days and perhaps, we were.”

     This to me shows why so many of us feel disillusioned by life – that we hold this notion and at the end of the day, there is no reward as we quite often feel drained, tired, exhausted and frustrated.

111. Running on time feels like trying to fit into the constraints that society has placed upon itself, whereas working with Space feels like you just do your own thing in the space given, and from that, more space will be given for all that’s needed!

112. If we gauge our life on the quality we choose to live in instead of what’s completed at the end of the day it’s provides a very different outlook on life. Life is no longer measured on our physical output but our energetic output, and I would add the more quality in that output the more efficient we are.

113. Wise advice Alex. These are great practical steps.

114. From an early age, and increasingly in today’s education, one learns that quantity is more important than quality resulting in lack of appreciation of oneself and a constant drive and stress or a given up approach to life. The antidote is quality as you express so well here, Nicole.

115. There is a conclusion to this craziness – we run faster and faster on the hamster wheel pretending that we are getting somewhere but all it really does it have us wanting more and more, to get bigger and bigger. We keep pushing and pushing until….. our body finally says ‘enough’. Whether that is a big or a small stop – we are intelligent beings, and it’s not hard to see this cycle at play.

116. Yes, Alex, the idea that there is a ‘foe’ out there is quite strong amongst us. The tool of observation cuts through all this fiction and we let complexity go and become whole again in seamless brotherhood. The identification of a foe and making something out there a foe is very self-destructive!

117. This is a big one I feel … making it about the task/job we do and how quick we can do it in and completely leaving/forgetting about the quality of it and how we are within ourselves when we are doing it; which is the most important thing .. the quality we do something in and how were are with ourselves. I can also relate with what you have shared in that today I have had more of an awareness in being asked to reflect and re-evaluate what I am saying yes to and the choices I make and are they honouring me or not.

118. Yes Nicole when we make that change and not let time dictate to us what we can do in it but allow ourselves to be us and let time come to us it is a completely different way of living. The spaciousness and freedom of not looking at the clock stressing out but simply taking each moment as it presents itself. Making sure I am fully present and there are times when I am not and I can feel how my body changes and things feel different, I feel heavier and a lot slower than what I am when I am fully connected to the moment with my presences.

119. Doesn’t it just… in that we have a drama to tell and a drama to get caught up in…

120. This one is a big trap for many people..”the busier we were, the more complete our lives”.

121. I spent most of my life not feeling worthy unless I had pushed myself to the max and achieved a lot each day, but then I would get exhausted and feel angry with myself and my body for being such a let down. This irregular pattern of activity and inactivity did not give me any sense of rhythm or flow in my life, but thanks to Universal Medicine that I am now learning to trust my body’s cycles, feeling when to truly rest and when to be in motion.

122. I was just thinking of the crocodile in Peter Pan – the tick tock of the clock there to worry and concern us. Time worries some and rushes others – I’m sure we’ve all been there before. Letting time come to us takes the crocodile out of the equation.

123. Well I just love how you end this piece – I certainly haven’t mastered it, but I really do relate to it. And life is simpler this way. “No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.”

124. So true Alex, may I add that if things were reversed and we started to look at everything in an Anti-clockwise direction things will shift dramatically!

125. Time is a real killer, and we spend all our lives trying to kill time. Also the feeling of that is not worth my time especially when it come to words that have been completely bastardised and thus we suppress the true meaning and go to war to fight and kill in the name of ill words!

126. Your relationship with time is very inspiring. I know that my own relationship with time needs to be looked at as a lot of the things you describe in your past are an everyday reality for me. Thank you for sharing your story and offering insight into how we can change our relationship with time.

127. I love this, Nicole – “It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me.” The perpetual anxiousness of not having enough time has dominated most of my life, but now I can feel the pressure is off because when I am present and connected time and space open up.

128. It is amazing how spacious one day can be and how full it can be.

     1. And we all know the difference between that spacious day where lots gets done, and the one where we run like a mad thing all day pretending we are getting lots done!

129. “No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.” So true Nicole the clock seemingly runs backwards or anti-clock-wise!

130. I have recently taken on more responsibility in life, I have done so with a walk in the arms of surrender, knowing what I will need will be there, in terms of space and time…this is very different from the past where I used to feel like I was clock watching.

     1. It will be scientifically proven one day, if not already, that when we rush we get less done.

131. On reflection on this blog I keep coming back to the self-criticism and judgement and getting a sense of just how harmful this is. Pursuing something outside of our own rhythm and then beating ourselves up if we don’t measure up to something which is not in accordance to what is natural for us. Setting ourselves up to fail basically and then punishing ourselves.

132. Time is not so much a focus when the determination and self-admiration of the quality in which I live is what I aspire to live. I know this to be true when space opens up and the outside pressure is lifted reflecting back to me that the quality I live is ‘controlling’ the time.

133. It’s very interesting that focusing on getting things done is a present with a feeling of over whelm when bringing our attention to how we do something and the quality in which we do it is not associated with a feeling of being overwhelmed.

134. ‘by learning to be aware of where I am at, not taking things on unnecessarily, asking for support, and feeling what is needed, my body feels lighter; it no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.”This is so different to the thinking behind there isn’t enough time in the day overwhelm. What I’ve noticed is that the thoughts of overwhelm don’t actually want to admit that checking in, coming back to oneself, actually dissolves the overwhelm.

     So why would I choose to carry on trying to do 1000 things all at once when I cannot deny how loveless it is – it will not stop until you get sick and have to stop? Perhaps it is that I don’t want to stand out from all those around me in the same energy. Perhaps I don’t want to feel the anger aimed at me for not choosing to be in overwhelm because that is what others would like to do themselves but aren’t.

     What I’ve noticed about overwhelm is, it’s a very effective defence/protection- it says don’t come near me, don’t ask any more of me because I’ll explode. Perhaps by choosing it I’m saying I don’t want to be responsible for anything more in my life. So the I’m too busy to stop is very convenient. But what if actually being more responsible is simply being more present and accepting the awareness this brings is actually all that is required.

135. It is really quite amazing how when we connect to the quality of our being and go with that flow how we seem to have more time to get things done in our day without much effort than we would have had if we had rushed and gone into drive to try to fit more into our day.

136. “It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me.” – awesome sentence here Nicole! And one I am still working on cracking and making real in my life, for I still find myself getting caught in time!

137. “Looking back, my days were gauged by how ‘good’ they were based on how much was achieved or completed.” – I used to have a list of things that had to be done through the day, as well as a list of things I would like to get done. I always felt bummed to get to the end of the day and not have completed my list of things I’d like to get done so I decided to work the list in reverse, doing the less priority things first with the philosophy that I would then have no choice but to do the whole list because the priority things could not be left out! I thought I was being smart, but then I would get tired and resentful by the end of the day and would rush and cram the stuff in. It was a no win situation as I got the stuff done but smashed myself in the process! Thankfully I have learned that is it not worth smashing myself, and so I do stick to the priority things first, but I still do struggle to feel like I can get as much done as my head would like me to do, as the body can only do so much at a time! In the end this still feels like the next step for me – to realise that it is wonderful to get done what I can and appreciate that already about me, knowing the quality of how I do something matter more than how much I get done in a day!

138. I was on a speed awareness course today as I had been caught going over the limit. When I reflected on how this had happened, it was because I had been rushing to get somewhere. So today really highlighted the consequences of my actions. And in the workshop, I brought in space and responsibility and how we all have the choice on how we use our time. But it is my responsibility to allow enough space so I don’t have to rush. And actually – why do I feel there is this need to be busy in the first place, which comes back to what you share here Nicole.

139. Absolutely – and herewith the lie around ‘me’ time is exposed. If I am with me I bring me to all that I do, so why would I need to shut the doors on the world to be with me? ‘Me’ time is the lie we are fed that keeps us in the illusion that we need to shut the curtains and withdraw to come back to ourselves. We will only know the real us by being in the world and sharing who we truly are with it.

140. The quality of our day is governed by the flow we choose to flow with. We can flow with ourselves connected with our body and living less attached to what needs to be done but more about bringing our all to whatever is there to be done. Or we can live with a feeling of being behind time and trying to catch up or with some made up race before the day ends. It’s all a choice.

141. Overwhelm is an awful feeling in the body and I find at these times the best thing to do is to stop moving (because moving when I am in overwhelm seems to definitely make it worse) and reconnect with my breath and my body, which then tells me what to do next and how to do it.

142. Thanks, Nicole, this blog has inspired me to reflect on my own punishing drive from the past which was fuelled by self-loathing, and appreciate how my days are now fuller than ever, but much more joyful and energising.

143. There will always be 24 hours a day. There is a short list of things we should do, like sleeping eating and removing waste products, but we can to our detriment ignore them! Deadlines can be the death of us if we let them. They are lines in the sand someone outside us has decided must be met. What about the crazy ones we set ourselves. These are all time bound. I have found that time is full of moments and has no time boundary’s that allows things to flow.

144. Placing any level of “judgment and criticism on ourselves, constantly taking on more, never saying no and forever wanting to complete yet another round of ‘doing.’” is totally playing the game of energy and time wasting. This sets us up to fail, be exhausted and to never ever have enough time.

145. Yes Nicole this is the most important thing of all – quality of life: ‘It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me.’ In the end it is life-giving or life-taking a ‘choice’ between living true love and craving recognition.

146. I was feeling a while ago how I tried to squeeze time by placing so much pressure on myself in what I wanted to achieve in a day and then if I managed to get through all that trying to fit something else in, leaving me rushed, stressed and feeling the tension this created in my body. No wonder I was becoming so exhausted believing that the more I did the better I was. When I remain with my movements and how my body is feeling, without going into my head and thinking what’s next to do, then there is a flow and an ease within my body and it feels lovely. I love what you have expressed Nicole “It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time the keeper of me.”

147. When we don’t value who we innately are and the quality that we can bring to whatever it is we are doing then I think we tend to look towards quantity instead and give ourselves brownie points for ‘how much’ we accomplished in a day without appreciating the Way we were doing things and connecting with others…

148. I reckon I said ‘there aren’t enough hours in a day’ about 5 times this week alone!! I do have an old pattern of busying myself and getting caught up in go go go. I’m far more aware of it these days however, and whilst I could always do with an extra 5 hours, I’m working on being more trusting of time and not looking at it as if it’s slipping through my fingers…because ultimately, there is as much as there needs to be of the stuff..

149. Taking the time to look at time through new eyes and see that there is much more to time than meets the eye creates an opportunity for turning time on its head.

150. I caught myself the other day, when asked how my day had been, responding that it was good because I got a lot done. In that moment, I really got to feel that if I took the amount of work done out of the equation, I wouldn’t be able to tell you it had been a good day for any other reason – what I did that day was the sole basis of the days’ worth and it was really a clear exposure of how little connection I had to the many other amazing things that probably totally passed me by because I was not looking out for them.

151. It is amazing to be able to say “now one and the same” when thinking about ourselves and time. Often people look at time as something external that they have to fight and beat. No wonder humanity is so exhausted. Literature is full of tales of those who fight imaginary demons of their own making.

     Wonderful to be able to return living in a way that flows in alignment and harmony with life and Universe we are a part of. No fighting required.

152. Bringing time back to us allowing expansion and space by the quality of how we live in every moment and changes everything . What a very real and honest sharing showing how we can change our life by taking responsibility and loving self care with ourselves, it is very inspiring and beautiful to read.

153. I have noticed that I can make myself very exhausted by the way I choose to do things, not just what I do, it is something that many of us do not register, the quality of our movement…it makes a huge difference how we feel.

154. “Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.” If we were all taught this from an early age how different the world would look. I love the Sunlight Ink children’s books that also convey this message.

155. ‘…not taking things on unnecessarily, asking for support, and feeling what is needed, my body feels lighter; it no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.”’ reading this the three words ‘asking for support’ really stood out – it feels to me that I and maybe we all take ownership of what we do in a way which is not healthy or in fact what is required.

156. I agree that it is so possible to push past all of the body signs and keep generating activity and achievements when actually it is time to stop and rest.

157. As I understand it, time is simply the measurement of how many ‘times’ the earth revolves around the sun on its axis. All that is left is whether we align to contraction and complication (nor space) or Spaciousness itself in which is held divine intelligence. It is a simple alignment and then we can be the masters of this Time Machine.

158. With more vitality and love … these are key work Nicole and one’s that speak to the quality of how you live. And I love the way you consider your choices ‘I now stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day.’ … I feel how you value yourself in this, living in a way that allow you to consider all around you and how it impacts on you and them. It’s about knowing our worth no matter what we do.

159. I have been a super woman and done way more than I need to for a very long time. I think I did it to be good enough, or to prove that I can…. now I am learning and practising doing nothing and its actually hard because I have all this self talk that comes up like I am lazy, I should do this or that.. and the list goes on but I am learning to hear it and not act on it. I am also learning that when I actually let go of any ideas or pictures that things need to be done by a certain time or rule… that there seems to be more time and enough time for everything. I have also had to let go of things that I really didn’t need to do in my life. That is great… its interesting what we can get caught up in and waste our time on.

160. ‘…feeling what is needed, my body feels lighter; it no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.” Living with, in and for the moment brings the future to us.

161. We can become easily caught up in getting things done without stopping to the quality in which we do them – suddenly I am more conscious of how I type these very words…

162. In every life we are presented with the choice to either live life along a straight trajectory rushing from A to B, ticking boxes, getting things done and feeling some sort of triumph when the desired outcome is achieved, no matter if we fall in an exhausted heap at the end and seem to have compressed space in the process, or we can live more spherically in the sense that we make life about space and not time, meaning that it is not how fast we get to the end result but the movements along the way that matter and that these movements, if made in and with the love we are, will affect the quality of the end point we reach, which when we ‘get there’ reveals itself to be not an end at all but the beginning of the next cycle as onward we go continually evolving and expanding and living in accordance with the great cycle of life and not losing breath in the process.

     1. Ooooh I enjoyed reading that Liane – a huge space opened up as I read it and time fell away…. love the movements along the way – that is The Way!

163. This was me a couple of years back. An endless merry-go-round of motion, basing my worth on what I achieved. Saying yes to more, hooked to believe that it would mean I was more. Come to the current days and I am re-imprinting what true value is within myself. Embracing my worth for being me without doing anything physical, just emanating the love I am.

164. There is definitely a reward in being busy and being able to complain about not having enough time. It seems like a very inadequate compensation for the drain and strain this causes on the body, but one I to willingly accept. When I only had this role modelled to me, I couldn’t see another way. Now feeling the loveliness of not being caught in time or needing to be seen to be busy is its own reward.

     1. Beautifully shared Fiona – there is an absolute loveliness that can be felt that no amount of external reward can match.

     2. Great point Fiona. The reward is the identification it brings. Busy can also hide how we are actually feeling and the drain this creates on the body.

165. I have felt I was on the hamster wheel, so to speak, getting faster and faster until I tumble in a heap and loose my balance. I have come to understand that it is my choice if I start going into that energy or not. Even when I perceive myself as busy, which I am most days, there is no reason to switch on the nervous energy and step on the turbo pedal. Things still get down, even when I am not trying to race time. There is lots to learn concerning our ideas and relationships with time.

166. “but with the new choices I now make, by learning to be aware of where I am at, not taking things on unnecessarily, asking for support, and feeling what is needed, my body feels lighter; it no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.” This really is in simple steps how we can free ourselves from the constant going and doing and never feeling like we have enough time.

167. When we focus on the quality of those movements, we start to bring that same consistency and steadiness to everything we do.

168. The other day I pushed myself to complete everything, and instead of the satisfaction of having ticked all the boxes (something I thought I thrived on for many years), all I felt was an emptiness – a disconnection to myself, having lost myself in the doing. Every day I’m being reminded that everything I do in life is about quality, not quantity.

     1. Agree Bryony, once we experience getting things done by being present and delicate with ourselves, anything that is not done in this quality feels empty, ticked off only.

     2. True Success is determined by our quality and how we are in life and with people.

169. I can feel the consistent flow of time, life and you Nicole, it is so beautiful when everything drops into place in the rhythm we allow, when we give it the space. It reminds me of the racy car driver who overtakes in a big hurry to meet them again at the red traffic lights, one car in front of you for all that effort of rush and force. And as you arrive, the lights turn to green.

170. How often do I look at my to do list and begin to stress over not having the time to get it done – but as was wisely pointed out to me, I always do get it done, so rather than constircting myself in the stress and going into the overwhelm, stay in the spaciousness of knowing it will get done – the end result is the same but I get there feeling totally different.

     1. Spot on Rebecca – it is funny how we can make it an issue to have a to do list, yet we will always have a to do list! And it is double exhausting thinking about how much energy and time it will take to complete, rather than trusting that what needs to get done will and that if we have fun with it then it actually works to energise us!

        1. I agree – life could be seen as one constant to do list or as a flow from one thing to the next as a natural, normal part of life.

171. It is quite something that so many people find that when making it about ‘quality’ rather than ‘quantity’, not only is there more joy, vitality and empowerment in their day, but that they also “complete more in a day than ever before” with that greater ‘quality’. It is a no brainer. Making it about quality is the way to go.

     1. And with quality far more space I find, is created in my day and with how my body feels and glows through the day.

172. Yes, we tend to do our time management in our heads so it’s no wonder they feel clogged. When we allow our bodies to feel what needs to be done next, it is amazing how much we get done.

173. It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me. I love this Nicole, I think I will make this my daily mantra.

174. It’s such a common comment to hear ‘I wish I had more time’. While we can’t add extra hours to the day we can become more present with our bodies so that we don’t feel so tense, can think more clearly and enjoy what we are doing. Time then can literally ‘stand still’.

175. I’ve noticed it is the quality I live in (the choice/s I make) that determines how I experience life. As I develop and deepen this, my relationship with time and life becomes more fluid and flowing.

176. When we say “we don’t have time” we are actually telling the truth for we do not own nor possess ‘time’. What we do have is Space. Endless, expansive Space.

177. From reading the book ‘Time Space and all of us by Serge Benhayon I am coming to the understanding that time is there as a marker for us to get our act together and get out of here. This plane of life is not where we come from and we have and will continue to go round the sun going no where literally until we realise this fact and start the process of living in a way that will expedite our true evolution. And to me Serge Benhayon and his family are living what our future will be as we start to evolve back to who we truly are.

178. There would be no need or desire for a reward if we are surrendered in each moment to divinity and moving in this quality, as there is no reward that could beat the glory of what we are connected to.

179. I realised when we are critical and judgemental of ourselves, we are more likely to be this way with others. We often think nothing of judging ourselves but this impacts on others too. This understanding has helped me a lot in not reacting when someone is being judgemental towards me.

180. “time now comes to me” – Creating space in our everyday life changes time from a racing opponent to a partner in crime/companion. We can work WITH time and actually benefit a lot from it’s routine, cyclical nature and rhythm.

181. ‘No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love’. Same here Nicole, I am feeling exactly this too and makes life very simple and clear.

182. This sentence again sits with me today as something that I am loving to ponder “Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.” The quality is first and foremost the real gold as it allows everything else.

183. Making life about quality brings whole a different dynamic to life.. making it about all of us.

184. Absolutely love this line: ‘No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me.’
     Time comes to us regardless – but most of us live in a constant wrestle with time as a result of a constant wrestle with ourselves.

185. ‘No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.’ Proof that everything we have ever needed already lies within – it is simply making choices that allow us to connect with this.

186. It seems completely mad that we can slow right down and be more present in our bodies but still get as much done in a day, as racing round like a mad thing with the added bonus of wiping out exhaustion in the process and giving our nervous systems a break. I am now able to feel more what it does to my body and nervous system if I go into overdrive, something I used to do on a daily basis to get what had to be done, done. Now if I feel how that feels it feels horrible and totally unnecessary.

     1. I agree Kev. Learning to say no to raciness, exhaustion and going into overdrive is not always easy but I now know it is the most supportive thing to do.

187. “With the ongoing love and support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, I have been given the tools to make different choices” The empowerment offered by Serge and Universal Medicine is enabling many people to make miraculous changes in our lives, so much so that after a few years of intent application, it is hard to recognise our old selves. True education in a world that is intent on wasting our energy and denying our inherent absolute knowing.

188. If we don’t have the time to do something correctly and do it just so it works now, when will we have the time later to come back and fix it?
     When we multitask, we are rushing everything. Some get really good a juggling, but gravity has a way of injecting catastrophic fails into our performance! Why live a life against the clock, so much more can be accomplished when we are not chasing it!

189. ‘It no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.”’ I know that feeling well and although it has changed a lot over time it still happens when I am tired and I start to rush and race to get things done (and in doing so making myself more tired) so that I can finally stop and rest which is crazy when you think about it, as if I let the concept of ‘time’ go, become present in what I am doing then I can enjoy what I am doing and space naturally opens up.

190. What I have come to realise is that time is not what is really in question, what is really in question is whether I am fully connected to myself or not.

191. When I can hold to the truth that I am already and always enough, what lies ahead of me in terms of my responsibilities, unfolds and the anxiousness around ‘not enough time’ subsides. When I don’t hold to this truth, overwhelm descends. To stay still, observe and respond from my connection is a lesson I am learning every day – no perfection, just loving practice.

192. I can still gauge my day by ‘how much was achieved or completed.’ It was only after doing loads that I could relax and take the time to come back to myself – or, more often than not, because when I am in this mode of living I ‘reward’ myself by checking out in some way – TV, food, surfing internet, etc. How wonderful to completely change how I live and come from quality, return to quality and stay connected with living this way.

     1. I can so relate here Karin, seeking rewards and relief always came and still does sometimes, from the tension I was holding to start with!

193. Yes Alexis, I would say that is a very good marker for whether we are the keeper of time or time is the keeper of us. It tells us what quality we have brought to our day and everything we have done in that day.

194. Society runs to time, rarely do we consider ourselves as the keeper of time but slowly this is what is healing so many of my ill-patterns of behaviour. You have offered yet another re-set this morning. Thank you!

195. Love your sharing Nicole and so great to hear how your relationship with time has changed. I am sure a lot of people can relate to your sharing, myself included. I remember years ago reading a blog on the Women in Livingness blog where a woman was sharing how she perceived as a ‘comfort’ being able to tick all the boxes on her to-do lists. That stayed with me ever since and it is something I have been exploring. Similar to your sharing, I used to see my days as ‘good’ based on how much I could do. And this was never enough, always there was more to do or something that would not fullfill my expectations. In the recent years I am seeing my days accordingly to how I felt during the day, how open I was to other people, how gentle, caring and delicate I was with myself and others, how committed and dedicated I was with myself and with life. And it happens a lot that the to-do list is not conplete or a specific task does not get completed. However I finish the day feeling completed with myself knowing that I did it with care, dedication and attention to detail. And feeling less worried, anxious or running against time.

196. “It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling” – I know this well. I placed a lot on what I achieved and got done and in many ways I still do, only now I have more awareness around it. I am blessed to work with people whose priority is energy first – meaning that how things are done and the quality in which they are done is far more important that what is done. It’s not about outcome but about quality of energy. What does not make sense to my rational mind when I’m in drive and getting things done is that I get far more done when it’s all about quality.

     1. Yes, putting the quality of the energy first while being pragmatic about it, not precious as the word is used conventionally, brings a whole new quality and effectiveness and joy to life.

197. I went for my morning walk today and as I finished it I thought to myself this level of care and purpose is how I should walk everywhere today. I did clock several times that I was but out of a whole day there are many gaps to the quality that is possible.

198. “Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.” Over and over I need to hear this, live it, allow it and appreciate it.

199. Perhaps instead of trying to fit it all into our day, we should be looking at what we are still holding on to. So in fact the space comes from letting go.

200. “I was a martyr, a superwoman, the envy of all women, all at the expense of myself”.
     We can never be enough with this attitude of being superwoman – another form of comparison being fostered to always be more.

201. Even if we plan our days meticulously, there will always be something happen that rocks our plans, so way better off to plan from the knowing of what needs to get done rather than to ideals or beliefs to feed us recognition for getting things done. In other words being un attached and going with the flow, knowing ourselves in full.

202. I find it interesting that we don’t question life more readily but just ‘get on the treadmill’…until something makes us ask the question. In my experiences, such prompts are usually what we might call ‘bad experiences’ – but where would we be without them? Still treading the same old paths?

203. “Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.” This if learned and prioritised by all would change life on the whole planet drastically.

204. Every single part of our life is interlinked. We can never think that one area is not affecting another, because it is all with us all of the time.

205. I now stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day. Considering if there is a flow – or a drive, a push to achieve, complete or tick the boxes. Such great markers to look out for Nicole, that tell you everything and enable you to come back to the body and feel your way through life.

206. I love this blog, the life you describe is one I think many could identify with, the constant drive and need to be doing and proving ourselves – and yet if we have no appreciation for ourselves beyond what we do, what happens when we stop at the end of the day and our just with ourselves? Do we feel complete and content and able o lay ourselves down to surrender, or is there a tension?

207. I have noticed with this kind of attitude that there is not enough time and I have so much to do I can get caught up in lots of little things that are not high priority and leave the big things that really need attending to to last so I carry this big cloud around with me pretending it’s not there and avoiding the responsibility of major life decisions.

     1. Agree Elaine. I have been learning recently to prioritise what is important at each moment, especially when a day does not run as ‘planned’ or when unforseen circumstances happen. Whilst I am writing here I noticed that what I have been prioritising is staying present with me, with the quality of gentleness in what I need to do. Also I have been more aware of not doing things only to ‘get the job done’ as it feels terrible and incomplete even if the job gets done.

     2. It’s possible to take something that could really be quite simple if we are willing to feel the responsibility of the purpose and turn it into a complicated and heavy burden while we avoid what is unavoidable.

208. That’s it Elizabeth – once we make life about a series of movements and how we are in those movements we give ourselves more space and time is not so limiting.

209. Doing is draining without the being. Once we establish actively ‘being’ in our bodies there is no limit to what we can achieve.

210. ‘Old age was looking pretty dismal and painful if I continued to choose to live in the overwhelm and busy-ness of life.’ I feel like we get to a certain point or age in life where we go ‘hold on I can’t live like this anymore’. How awesome would it be that we come to this understanding when we are young or in our teens .. that would mean we would have a whole life without overriding, driving, pushing, trying to be accepted, rushing, stressing and struggle instead of finally/maybe figuring this out in our 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!

211. Being afraid to ask for help is a extremely common in our society, thinking we have to ‘go it alone’ without any support… but with over 7.5 billion people in the world and that number rising each year, why do we shut everyone else out, and what do we put ourselves through in order to achieve this distance?

212. I had the experience recently when going on a 10 day holiday that it felt like about 3 weeks! This I feel had a lot to do with how I was approaching every day and every moment and the presence I had in each moment and feeling the flow of what was next without push or drive or the usual pressures of time. A lot of space opened up!

213. When we replace that judgement and criticism on ourselves with acceptance and appreciation we stop striving to be more and enjoy all that we are.

214. This could not have been more perfect timing, thank you. This is a wonderful line “who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.” I was feeling today how I have a momentum in my body that rushes from one task to the next, and in so doing I squeeze out my presence – I do not feel me moment to moment. It’s a great new awareness and realisation that each moment I can be with me, no matter what I am doing.

215. Learning to keep my mind focussed on the job in hand has at times and still can be a challenge, a bit like training an unruly Jack Russell Terrier. However the more my mind and body come together the more I find I can tackle all kinds of things that previously my mind would have made a great big fuss about prior to the event. When I allow my body to lead the way, everything is achievable.

216. Connecting to space, not time transforms our understanding of the world. When I focus on time its about quantity and getting things done, when I connect to space I’m more aware of the quality I move in and bring to each moment.

217. Why push and plough on to complete a project without taking breaks or listening to how the body feels? Less is more and building in breaks takes care of us, and is not punishing. Pausing, walking away, doing something different often brings new insight when we resume our work and is way more enjoyable.

218. Yesterday I did a job that I had been putting off because it was quite hard physically and had in the past taken quite a bit of time. I connected to myself before I started gave myself all the time in the world to do it and before I knew it I had finished the job in record time and I didn’t even find it that hard. By being in the flow and not hardening and rushing it was far less of a chore.

     1. Well done Kevmchardy, that’s an experience that can for ever be drawn upon. Given the opportunity our bodies always know the way.

     2. I have found the exact same thing kevmchardy as I do a lot of manual work in my job too – the quality of how I move during the day and whether I harden in my body or not can make a big difference to how my body feels at the end of the day. Also the attitude I take to work with me effects everything too!

219. Learning to say no and also learning to ask for support has been a game changer for me, I was always one to offer support, but always said I was ok, thinking I was somehow less for asking for help. It can be quite amazing how our days can open up if we are not racing against the clock and trying to cram things in.

     1. Might I be so bold as to say that there are few things cuter (and healing for all in this world) than a man asking for help.

220. Such a common thing you describe here Nicole, I hear versions of it all the time. The drive to push through life with a focus on getting things done and achievement is enormous for most of us. The insight you offer here in how to begin halting that momentum and the result of doing so is very helpful.

221. The push to do more is one many can relate to. Your post had me pondering social media and the way that it almost encourages people to compare their lives to others. If we let our bodies lead the way we will have an opportunity to lead a truly rich life.

222. ‘Nobody ever questioned why life was like this…’ It seems extraordinary, doesn’t it, that we’ve never questioned all this ‘doing’, even though we regularly fall ill and even develop life-threatening conditions as a result. I know I didn’t feel good living like this but it was almost as if 1) I’d been conditioned to be this way, and 2) didn’t have the wherewithal to change it. Thank God for Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon both of whom have presented and continue to present, and live, a different way: one that honours the beingness of women before all else.

223. Brilliant Nicole – when we live in a constant state of doingness it’s like we are stuck in a perpetual maths exam. Every question we strive so hard to get ‘right’, while we drive on to the next, hoping the end to this ordeal is in sight. No wonder we get shirty – the stress is never ending. Contrast this with completing each task knowing our rightful place in space – that everything is one. Then there can be no race, just humans truly being. Everything is important – but is equally deserving to be delivered with all our Love.

224. When I look back on the Time Management courses I used to run it makes me laugh – and feel sorry for the participants – we used to talk about priorities, and create systems for getting done what needed to be done, and all the time in my own life I was simply doing what I felt to do in each moment and then running out of time at the end of the day or staying up late to complete what needed to be done before the next day. I certainly wasn’t walking my talk! I’m learning more and more now about the illusion of time and how, by creating space, we can get so much more done.

225. When we cease pressuring ourselves and accept ourselves in full, for where we are at, in any given moment, life becomes a flow and our body feels at ease rather than in constant tension.

226. Measuring success based on output and quantity and at the expense of quality is the foundation of raciness and a profound disturbance to the physical body which lives in and ticks to moments.

227. The constant whir of my life from doing, taking on, not dealing with how I truly felt and keeping that all in created a life of silent anxiety and discouragement about life…though thanks to Universal Medicine [Therapies] and in particular the modality of Esoteric Yoga/The Yoga of Stillness I learned the choice to just stop. To just feel. To declutter the junk taken on and open up space inside my body to see the real-me. Feeling the spaciousness of myself, my life, my work, has been the greatest gift I’m treasuring beyond measure.

228. The resentment I felt making life about achieving and how many boxes I could tick off my to do list in a day, had such a destructive effect on my body. One of which was swollen ankles from standing in resentment when I was working in a shop – it was physically pooling in my body.

229. When I read how your life used to be I feel so tired! It’s interesting how we try to fit so much into a day without a thought for ourselves. No wonder we need a holiday!

230. Time in truth leads nowhere, yet this can be very difficult to understand when we are living within the construct of it. In space everything just is.

231. The distraction of living in time does not allow us to feel the space that is within us and all around us. Talking to a friend yesterday we were discussing how getting caught in life’s busyness we avoid what there is to feel and therefore do not give ourselves the opportunity to truly connect with what is there for us to respond to.

232. Living in this busy and driven way led me to exhaustion and then thyroid issues many years ago. I was simply chasing my tail and savagely biting it at the same time. I have come to see that whenever I allow this way of being back in my daily life I am simply avoiding being with myself and what is there to be addressed that I obviously dont want to feel or know about. Stopping and feeling introduces a space where understanding and accepting can naturally occur and then allowing what is next rather than forcing it becomes the norm and the simplicity is beautiful.

233. Part of not having enough hours in the day was the excuse to be able to moan about it with other people. The spirit actually gets off on running our lives that way and, at the same time, ruining our bodies and well-being. Very clever.

234. Time is an illusion. We do not move forward, we move in circles. We move in space without beginning or end.

     1. This needs to be understood by us all for there is enormous anxiety that comes from trying to beat time and giving our power away to something that is false. Remaining connected to ourselves is key.

235. “Nobody ever questioned why life was like this, living in a state of overwhelm, a constant feeling like there was never enough time in the day to get things done, all part of life, a cycle you could say that was never ending.”

     Until Universal Medicine entered my life, I did not truly question this either – apart from the odd ‘there must be a better/another way’ moment. It feels very engrained in our thinking and our doing that life is a continuous state of overwhelm, never enough time. It is all around us.

     So it is a welcome breath of fresh air that Universal Medicine are breathing into life, inspiring people around the world to bring more self-love and self-care into their lives. As they do that, naturally we start to look at how we are living our lives and ways that we can be more present to stop this ‘race against time’.

236. ‘Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.’ This is life changer. It’s like we can have ostensibly parallel lives but one is where activities are done in the quality that essentially feeds us back and the other is done in a quality that ruins us.

237. ‘Time was constantly eluding me and I felt like I was never going to catch up.’ We are alway chasing our tail in the illusion of ‘catch up’.

238. I feel like I am at a verge of moving more into this. Of late I have been feeling how much raciness I constantly living in, always looking to the next thing instead of being with myself in each moment and allowing things to unfold. I find that when I am more connected and with myself, I know what is needed in each moment, however with the raciness I am always trying to predict ahead and work things out before they happen which then brings control to situations as I already have a picture of what is going on and what I want to happen which may not be what is actually going on and what is really needed.

239. Serge has been the first to talk about the illusion of time and introduce instead the relationship with space – where it is very possible to experience completing tasks without the limitations ‘time’ imposes, or consequent overwhelm from running life by time.

240. We do seem to value ourselves on what is done, or achieved rather than placing greater value on the quality we do something in… isn’t it time we celebrated ourselves because of who we are not what we do?

     1. Yes it is! I have always identified myself by what I do and how well I do it. Letting go of this and the judgement of myself and others can actually feel a tricky sometimes. But the more I connect with my essence and feel how beautiful I am and what I bring by just being me, the more I am able to see what I do isn’t who I am or who anyone is.

241. I have just spent several days pushing it, and all along dissatisfied with everything that is still to get done.
     It is a gorgeous reflection reading this blog. As I read, I felt the tenseness and the despair with which my body was held and realised I wanted to cry. I love the reminder: “I now stop to feel how the choices I make impact my body and the flow of my day. Considering if there is a flow – or a drive, a push to achieve, complete or tick the boxes.” Thank you.

242. In fact this reminds me of a quote by Serge Benhayon “Your daily deeds and chores do not add up to your worthiness, for the loveliness was there at the birth of the day.”

     1. Very true Susan, when I forget this – but then remember how easy it is to reconnect to that loveliness, it reminds me each time; that it is ALWAYS and forever there, never disappeared, or ruined or devalued, simply there inside, a fullness that can be shared.

243. This is key for all of us as we let go of the idea that the more we do the more worth we must have. This is simply not true. So, “by learning to be aware of where I am at, not taking things on unnecessarily, asking for support, and feeling what is needed, my body feels lighter; it no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.”” is a wonderful example of how to let go of those false beliefs about what worthiness is.

244. Taking regular moments to check-in with the body and how we are feeling, leads to adjustments in the way we go about our activities. These gradual adjustments over time would introduce new ways of self care and deepening of self love that would have a positive impact on our health and wellbeing.

245. I used to be a very busy person too Nicole, chasing my tail all the time. This understanding that you write here is so confirming that it is about the quality of what we choose to do and the energy we choose to do it in that is so important. We can continuously deepen how we can be the keeper of time, and then there is plenty of space.

246. ‘As if it was a reward of some kind, the harder we worked and the busier we were, the more complete our lives, our days and perhaps, we were.’ We love and settle for the recognition we get from pushing and hard work but this is only a substitute for the love that we are really craving.

247. I love it when I come across blogs it feels like i could have written “It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling, overdoing it, straining myself or pushing myself past the point of exhaustion purely to make my day look like it was a ‘good’ day: I was a martyr, a superwoman, the envy of all women, all at the expense of myself” – this line made me smile I relate to it so much, when the idea of quality was introduced to me in what I did, it was a totally foreign concept – so long as I got the job done why did it matter how I did it or how it left me feeling? But I am realising that it is only when we live and act from a place of quality it totally changes everything

248. We need to place less value on busyness- too often it is a marker of how efficient we are and this is often admired by others. If we looked more closely we would probably find someone who is exhausted and carrying a high level of anxiousness. I know this is true as I have lived this way in the past.

     1. Me too Anne and for what purpose? It is no wonder why we seek “me” time when we feel that we are not the ones living the life we want to live. In truth that “me” time is a time of relief and escape from a life one has thought they have to live.

     2. I agree Anne – busyness is how we create a constant set up to be measured by the volume of what we do rather than the truth of who we are and the qualities we bring.

249. So many people tend to think head down, work hard and running ourselves to exhaustion is normal but what you’ve shared Nicole exposes how abnormal exhaustion is.

250. I agree with you Aimee, its as though we have someone sitting on our shoulder saying unless we run around getting xyz done then somehow we have completely failed as women. These thoughts are so negative and as you say wrapped up in ideals and beliefs that we have taken on from others. The more I connect to the real me the less traction these thoughts have in my mind to the point that if they come in I can brush them to one side as no longer relevant to the way I live now.

251. Not being afraid to say No, so many of us feel we have to say yes when really we feel to say no. I have heard many people say this including myself, so many beliefs around this.. should’s and got to’s.Thank you for sharing how you honour yourself and what you feel in saying No.

252. I agree that having stop moments in the day where we can review how our body feels is so important. From these stops we can make adjustments, and halt the rushing and anxiety we may have been running with. One way that I do this is to focus on my breathing and bring awareness back to how I am walking and how I am moving.

253. It is true, sometimes the getting the job done becomes more important than what the body wants to do, and how it wants to do it, which leaves us exhausted. So it is a common misconception that we have to go into drive to get things done, when in fact if we do not go into push mode we accomplish so much more.

254. What I am learning at the moment is no matter what we do, what is going on or where our focus is, the only thing that is truly matters most is the quality in which we are and in which we do what we do. Then life and each moment is complete, if we go through the tick box exercise we are certainly missing out on feeling complete and therefore always looking for whats next to make us complete instead of bringing a complete us to whats next.

255. When you are in the spin of doing things it can be hard to feel anything, so you could say that everything is fine, until you really stop and feel what is going on. Sometimes you get the surveys where they want to measure the life quality of a population and quite often you get pretty high results, and at the same time the mental and physical status of the same population does not show the same results so there might be something wrong with us really feeling how things really are. And perhaps we are not fully honest here.

256. As someone who spent years either teetering on overwhelm or wallowing in it what has changed for me is introducing stillness to my body and my mind by practising the Gentle Breath Meditation. Overwhelm reappears when I allow my mind to take over and run into the future about how much there is to get done in an unrealistic timeframe. I was appreciating this morning when I woke up how much stiller my mind is and how I was looking forward to my working week despite a challenging week last week where I slipped back into feeling there was too much to do. I completely agree that this is because of the choices I now make to look after my body that it is so much more vital and resilient and ‘no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.”’

257. By bringing our full presence and grace to all that we do, time literally opens up and allows the opportunity for so much more, as it is not laced with the issues that we would normally have about time.

258. It’s quite amazing to be in a flow during the day, not thinking or anticipating with angst what is ahead and taking each step with grace. It’s so different to running a day with the constant attachment to the clock -having no settlement in ourselves or no sense of completion/achievement at the end of the day.

259. I can so relate to the sentence here that it was more important to get the job done then the quality of how it was done. So often we define our worth by what we have done, created, achieved in a day or a lifetime rather than feeling the energetic quality we have done it in and therefore acknowledging the real impact our actions and deeds have had on the world.

260. For me it is increasingly becoming the quality in which I do things that determines how I feel about it. One thing done well is far more valuable than the hundred before it done chasing my tail. And the simple difference is allowing myself the space to complete that one thing with everything I’ve got.

261. Thankfully, the universe has ways to bring us to a stop when we can’t do it for ourselves. When I worked full time, I reached a stage where being driven and in a rush was the norm. It accelerated and I began to speed inside, until one day I drove into a barrier at a supermarket car park. I didn’t see it because I was absorbed in my head, thinking about the next thing to be done. This forced me to a stop, look at what was going on and changes I needed to make. Today, being present with myself, focusing on one thing at a time, brings more flow and expansiveness to my life.

262. “Time waits for no man”. It certainly doesn’t…but space is always there for all of us.

263. We tend to blame outside forces when we feel overwhelmed or exhausted, constantly chasing the clock. The moment we stop and turn the mirror inwards and reflect honestly on the relationship we have with ourselves, things begin to change. Slowing down, choosing quality not quantity, becoming consistent, asking for support are all markers that allow spaciousness to enter our lives.

264. “stopping to consider the quality in which things were being done,” this is a powerful lesson I have learnt from the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom presented by Serge Benhayon. When I am aware of the quality in the way I move during the day then I am prepared for whatever is the ‘What’s next?’

265. Learning to say no has been such a liberating thing for me, I used to feel a bit of failure or less of a man if I said I couldn’t do something but now I weigh things up and if it is going to be too taxing I simply say no can do. I was asked to cover another guys work last week and in the past I would have said yes and pushed myself to exhaustion but the answer was a firm no and the outcome is that I start this week feeling just fine.

266. We work hard and play even harder! This phase was always a rallying the troops to complete what ever! How many people, is this just the way they live all the time! Where is the body in this mantra?

267. This is so beautifully said Nicole – “It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me.”

     It seems we abuse time to avoid space. That is, we keep ourselves in raciness so as not to pause and truly feel all that is on offer when we connect to a deeper place within ourselves and work from this space.

268. It is a process of constant learning how I facilitate the space I have been allowed – with what activity, in what quality, for what purpose.

269. Thanks to the teachings of Serge Benhayon I am coming to the understanding that it is not about time but space. The more space that I give myself the less I have issues around time.

     1. Amazing Elizabeth, this makes so much sense. Next time I have issues with time I know I haven’t given myself enough space, this is something I do a lot and space seems to shrink when I am in a rush.

270. Whilst chatting to someone who works as a therapist recently, we realised that quite often those who sometimes have profound change in sessions have little or no appreciation of the fact. We considered whether this was because their identity is for example so embedded in life being a struggle, or in being a martyr that they are unsure of who they are once they have experienced such a change. ‘ Who am I without my issues?’ is a very real question it seems. Well maybe we are deeply harmonious beings with an abundance of joy and time to be all that we are – and we need to learn to live that way.

271. Lovely writing Nicole and relevant to most of us. The difference between a day lived with thoughts overwhelming, and a day where you just say, no, all in good time is amazing. I have found today I am not pushing through and as a result getting lots done. The work and the whole of life always comes to us if we are open to receiving it.

272. The keeper of time and not time being the keeper of you really struck a cord for me – to choose to slow things down and bring everything we are into the moment we are in, is a loving investment in self and in everyone and everything around us.

273. Your blog is a great sharing for women, as the ‘busy’ and ‘push’ and ‘doing’ way of ticking boxes is quite a common way how women get through their day. Reading how you have ‘U-turned’ this around and changed focus to be more with the quality of you, is inspiring.

     1. 100% the same for men!

274. Inspiring post Nicole that confirms the presence and grace of (self) love as the ultimate game/life changer.

275. Driven by the emptiness inside, I filled my life with more and more activity, like you, draining myself in the process. I am learning that the quality of my being is far more important than how much I am doing and am letting go of many activities and dealing with the exhaustion that is caused by how I am with myself. As I develop self love, the emptiness is disappearing and I don’t need to fill my body with food or my life with activity. I simply need to be.

276. An inspiring sharing Nicole once again. I love how you share your everyday revelations and so many can relate to these including myself, therefore reminding us to slow down and stop and smell the roses once in a while!

277. Very beautiful Nicole. I’ve noticed that I do not enjoy life when I am acting in drive. When I am present and doing what is needed there is a flow and a grace to what I am doing and there is no need to get anywhere.

278. The way we see time turns us into desperate marathon runners, racing despite everything to set a record time. If something gets in our way or threatens to cause a delay, we lash out with such force that it can come as a shock to everyone around, but we don’t stop but just keep on running ahead. I had an experience like this yesterday Nicole, and despite how ‘good’ I thought I was going the truth came out in how harsh I was with my partner. We are not designed to race in any way. No matter how many gold medals you think you can win – running your body ragged just isn’t worth it. And the fact is the race isn’t real but just a device we use to not have to feel.

279. The constant thinking of what needs doing next, is extremely tiring and leads to overwhelm because there seems to always be something that needs to be done in a self imposed time frame.

280. So often I have wished for more time…it’s totally ridiculous and what an absurd waste of energy and effort! If there is one thing I am very sure of it is that no matter what happens, every day of the remainder of my life will be made up of 24 hours. 1440 minutes. 86,400 seconds. That is not going to change; no matter how much I wish, beg, push, strain, rush, panic or drive!!! So – ridiculous to give it use even one of those 86,400 seconds, thinking about it. But what I can change, enormously, is the amount of space that I have in that time.

281. We have indeed allowed ourselves to be the victims of time… somewhat controlled by it in all moments until of course we realize we do not have to succumb to the power it seemingly has over our lives. I love that you have found a way to stop and feel the impact that ticking boxes, driving and pushing to achieve or complete things has on your body and now choose to not allow these in… instead bringing quality through consistency and love and when guided by this as your foundation, to do to what is needed in whatever time it takes. The rewards of this way of moving are boundless.

282. When we value and live quality before quantity our body sighs with huge relief as it knows it is being honoured and cared for rather then bashed around and abused in the constant flurry of what needs doing next.

283. As a film-maker I know that the easiest way to create tension in a scene is to add a sound effect or music score that simulates a ticking clock. Says it all really!

     1. This is so true Otto. If I have a deadline and keep looking at the clock, it gets me more tense and anxious. Using my time wisely and not procrastinating has helped me with this issue.

        1. ?! And does the clock ever slow down..or speed up? Has it ever? Time is an-changeable constant that is totally outside of us and is of zero relevance to the bigger picture of who we are. We created it and now we use it to cap ourselves from seeing and feeling the glory of space. Quite a self-imposed set-up!

284. I know very well all you have shared Nicole. It seems the more we contract from our true selves the less space we have to do things, our world becomes small and any space we do feel we fill it with emotions and ‘things to do’. The more we expand the more space is offered, time expands we feel how there is infinite time to do things and we do them as they come.

285. Most of us live our lives looking forward, to the future, head of ourselves. But what if life isn’t actually about living from A to B? What if B actually comes to A, and thus what we live at A determines what B will be? Which is exactly what your blog is all about. It’s a stunning piece of science that totally flips the way I have been living.

286. How wonderfully inspiring to see that the return to our true flow and inner harmony is restorative and allows us to simply be without the needing to be anything or anyone other than us.

287. So true Rosie, when we get into the being it is like we are timed-out, which brings time to us as we allow life to flow around us. Being is the simple connection to our inner-most or essence, then being-connected provides the space for us to live in a harmonious way so that all that goes on all around us places time in a true place.

288. Our minds make it all about the end result, the outcome, the ticked box, and ignores the quality of how things are done. On the other hand, if we focus on connecting to our body and the quality we are in first before moving, our bodies will naturally want to move in a harmonious way which creates a natural flow in life, an ease in how we are and what we do.

289. When we go into drive or a push to get things done we harden our bodies causing all sorts of physical issues. However, when we move in a flow, our body flows and our life flows, and so there is very little impact on our bodies.

290. Our day, and our life, can be very different when the impulse to do something comes from our body rather than our mind.

291. You have documented a very prevalent, widely used pattern of behaviour here Nicole – a behaviour that we have used as a way of not embracing life in all it s rawness. We have adopted this blind approach to this most precious life and use the busyness/drivenness as our fortress. We may as well go around with our fingers inner ears yelling ‘blah blah’ at everyone wants to communicate to us. This way of living certainly blocks out the communication from the universe that is continuously being emanated from God’s Love – in other words it dulls our awareness. So how can we ever get to responsibility and power?

292. Quality allows for space and in space there is always enough ‘time’. Life is not a lineal progression as such and we are not really going anywhere, yet everything about how we have set life up makes it appear so. We are cyclic beings and completion can be in every moment.

293. ‘It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling…’ Nicole I absolutely relate to all you’ve shared and am left wondering why it is so many of us women take on the dis-ease of doing, doing and more doing. In a similar vein to you, I had an innate sense I was a breast cancer case waiting to happen if I continued on in this manner. Also like you, it took me a long time – and a thyroid condition – to reverse out of this state but it’s been the best move ever, with more to come as I deepen my relationship with my body.

294. Its a very hard pattern to break for a lot of us this time thing, and feeling like you don’t have enough time in the day to do what you want to do. When you focus on the quality of what you are doing, this naturally brings space around what you are doing and frees you up to then feel more what is next and not be driven by the mind which only has one agenda and that is to just get something done.

295. If you wrestle with or are out of time you would have to be interested in how this is possible,”No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.” As the article presents it comes to not how much you do or has to be done but about the true quality you are in first. From here anything done is of and from this quality and in that flow time changes.

     1. It is definitely draining when we are pushing agains our natural flow and striving to be anything.
        Takes the pressure off for sure to realise that our living quality is everything and it pays to make it true.

        1. Just the awareness of the ‘pressure’ itself is already a step into seeing what else is there. Life at this point has a focus on a part that isn’t the whole thing and hence from there isn’t actual true but a version. We can walk through life feeling all of this but not being able to physically touch it. When we bring the focus or dedication back and always back to quality then everything begins and continues to change.

     2. Agree Ray when we put quality first we are so connected to our bodies and present with the task at hand there is no thought about what is next until the task is completed and then the impulse is felt as to what next, this creates a beautiful rhythm and flow to your day which has nothing to do with time.

        1. I understand it’s difficult to get your head around and I am still unwrapping the time package myself but I know there is a flow where life changes or you change your focus. There is no longer a hold on important days or important meeting or important people, it’s all important and the quality you live in each moment expands into the next. No stop start or up and down just all a part of the same flow. This is where life comes down to the quality of the being first and not the size or output in doing, you could say it’s magic.

296. It’s kinda strange in a way that when we push ourselves and our bodies to achieve ‘great things’ and completely override our bodies and its needs (even being too busy to go to the toilet!) , we then get upset/angry/let down by our bodies when they finally say ‘enough is enough’ and get sick, or frozen back/shoulder. It’s like we disconnect from the fact that they are both connected.

297. Nicole, I can very much relate to putting pressure on myself to get all things done in time. Time is then the keeper of me instead of choosing quality first. My body has been giving me clear signs it doesn’t want this driven and pushing way of life with holding my breath any longer. Learning to breath gently has made a huge difference and honouring this quality in my body more and more is already a start of being the keeper of time.

298. Why is it we don’t stop and question the incredible chase we pursue with time and performance measuring, until our bodies eventually run out of steam? How incredible would it feel to realise this acceptable so called normal behaviour is not natural and has no truth of honour.

299. I have learnt more recently when to say no and not take on more and this came with an understanding that even if I was just being a mum and working, that was already enough. I realised that a lot of what I was doing was to prove or make me feel like I was enough because I hadn’t realised that I am enough without any of my activities or doings.

     1. I have realised that because I do more and am more committed to my work and life in general these days, I actually make use of time better than I have ever done in the past.

     2. This is a great point Rosie, we can become so identified by what we do as a way to prove we are worthwhile and yet this is in re-action to our lack of appreciation and connection to who we truly are…. so much more than enough.

        1. Yes because when we are connected, we don’t need any recognition, or anyone to tell us we are this or that, or enough as we can feel the fullness and all that we are here to bring and reflect to others. Our grandness!

     3. You have touched on a mayor key to making more space in our lives, it’s about accepting and appreciating we are enough as we are, without the doing.

        1. Lets make it about Being rather than Doing!

        2. and from the connection to the being first what needs to be done gets done without the push or drive. Connection creates space and flow.

300. Reading this I can appreciate how I no longer base my self worth on what I do. Very cool.

     1. This is great Vicky and as with the comments below by Rosie I feel that our simple connection to our inner-most or essence, then being-connected provides the space for us to live in a harmonious way so that all that goes on all around us places time in a true place. “Very Cool!”

301. “I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.” – This is something I could have only ever dreamed of when I was choosing to make life about being busy and in overwhelm. One of the biggest shifts has been not placing deadlines upon myself and allowing a flow to be there in the way the jobs are completed… I still catch myself making judgements around certain things (ie I haven’t done enough), but when these come in I know there is a deeper appreciation needed of what exactly has made up my day.

302. We are not bound by time, as many of us believe, but truly we are bound from our hearts.. From there we belong and walk life with all its demands. Not the otherway around. We should live in a way that allows us to have space and create more space between us and time, until we come to a place where we understand what time truly is and naturally live with it – no longer at the cost of it.

303. I think that the way we ask ourselves ‘What’s next?” makes a huge difference – if it comes from a lack of self-worth, self-punishment, trying to live up to an ideal or out-do others or seek recognition then it is very draining and most certainly a burden. Or we can ask ourselves “what’s next?” from a place of not needing to prove anything or get a return on what we’re doing (like recognition) but from valuing what we have to offer the world and being committed to life. Thank you Nicole for sharing how key the energetic quality is in the way that we live and are in relationship with ourselves and all others.

304. Sadly it is very common to choose quantity over quality.

305. The constant chase to be better is very relatable and something I kept doing until I realised that all I need to do is to be all of who I already am, not by chasing outside of myself but by connecting inwards. If I ever step into the old pattern I now have the awareness that helps me to let go.

306. “Life was and still is full, but with the new choices I now make, by learning to be aware of where I am at, not taking things on unnecessarily, asking for support, and feeling what is needed, my body feels lighter; it no longer carries the burden of “what’s next.” I can really relate to what is shared in this sentence in many ways Nicole, and have noticed just how powerful it is to simply ask for support when I need it, instead of accepting struggle and difficulty as a norm in my life, where I would in the past look for recognition for overcoming that struggle. Also, not being concerned with “what’s next” and merely staying focused on what I am presently doing has taken a load of burden off my shoulders when I am able to stay with that way of being, since looking ahead feels like my body is doing two things at once and is double draining to it.

307. Nicole I love this article on time and life, the fact is I often try and fill my days to complete and be on top of everything yet what shines out in your blog is what if I choose to equally allow my day to be full but to work with the flow, not anxious of what is next or what I have yet to do. In effect putting quality ahead of outcomes, which when I do this always surprises me with endless amounts of time.

308. This is so lovely to read Nicole – as someone who was also living with a race against time, it really resonated with me – the fact that your day is still full but it is not draining. It is funny as I just got to the airport to find my flight 2hrs delayed. And my first reaction was to sigh – but then I realised what I was doing and asked why I was feeling like this when the 2hrs gave an opportunity for me to complete some outstanding tasks. So actually it has worked out really well and it is only by me appreciating the space I have that I can start to live in a way that is not stressful or rushed. It is all a choice.

309. “It was more important to get the job done than to consider how it left me feeling” this is so common and actually celebrated as well in society. It is like we have to produce and that is then rewarded like a university degree but the quality in which this degree is attained is not examined. This would always get me and made me often try to outdo myself, do what I saw other students were doing, trying to do as much as possible so I would be seen as putting in effort so I would get great results. Yet this is not how life truly works, sometimes doing more does not equal better quality, there is a science to how much, when and what we do to achieve something like a degree that is at this moment not valued. But we can value it ourselves and our bodies do really love that. There is more contentment in caring deeply for ourselves while we do what we do than in getting everything done at the expense of how we are feeling.

310. Gauging self worth by how much has been achieved in the day is well known to me. It’s a hard one to shake but I’m gradually letting go of this, and the more my self worth increases and deepens due to me bringing more love, care and respect of myself into my daily life, the less my worth is dependent on how many boxes I tick in the day.

     1. Interesting – when its all about how much that has been achieved in the day it can quickly become another means by which we compete with others. However, make it all about quality and its not about the quantity any more, and we all have the ability to bring quality into our lives to enrich them and everything we do.

311. “my days were gauged by how ‘good’ they were based on how much was achieved or completed.” This is so well put and is such a killer for many… this is how we end up putting function before quality.

312. We need to make life about quality and not quantity and when we do life changes for the better.

     1. Elizabeth you have just summed it up beautifully in one line.

313. These words to me are everything
     “Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live.”
     And I would add that knowing I am enough what ever I do, its such a relief that I don’t have to justify my existence any more.

314. How often do we hear after asking someone “how are you?” do we hear busy? We have become not only so busy but unaware of how we are in that busyness. There is nothing wrong with working hard, we are meant to, but when we numb ourselves so much that we can’t see or feel how we do all that we do, then we are lost in the busy.

315. Running against time is utterly exhausting as it is a mental construct and thinking about something and doing it is like you do it twice . . . or however many times you spent worrying about getting it done . . . . and racing against time is futile as it is a race you can never win for even if you make it in time what are you bringing besides a racy body full of stress?

316. “my days were gauged by how ‘good’ they were based on how much was achieved or completed.” Wow, so much wisdom and only a few sentences in, this sentence just hit me because it is so what I do! How much of my tick list has been completed, how productive have I been, did I get lots done, was it busy – this is how I determine not only if the day was good but also my own worth – like somehow without having something to show at the end of the day in terms of having done things, i wont have any worth. So what happens if I have a day where I feel i need to rest and take things easy, I often find myself feeling on edge and uncomfortable, anxious because I am not seeming to achieve anything.

317. Thank you Nicole I feel your title sums it up so well – when we let go of seeing time as the enemy that we are always fighting then our bodies and time expands and we are able to do so much more whilst still honouring our bodies. For me this is a work in progress – when I am able to do it life flows smoothly but when I get caught up in achieving then things quickly go pear shaped and my body suffers.

318. ‘…never stopping to consider the quality in which things were being done, and how I was in each moment or the impact this had on my body.’ This is the awareness we need to unlock life. We have put function very much above quality but it is very much to our detriment. When we start to make our quality our primary focus it changes our relationship to everything creating a lot more space in the day and a deeper relationship with ourselves.

     1. Moving with our body’s rhythm I find there is a natural flow and timing which is spacious and on purpose.

319. Learning through the example of Serge Benhayon, support of Universal Medicine and my commitment to The Way of The Livingness to focus on the quality rather than achieving an outcome I experience time very differently, I am now my own time keeper rather than being kept by time.

320. Wow Nicole I can so relate, I still find myself pushing and striving not listening to my body, but overall this has decreased significantly since I have started attending Universal Medicine workshops. Learning to re- listen to my body is one of the most valuable lessons I have ever had.

     1. Me too Samantha. I’ve still a long way to go, but the Universal Medicine workshops and presentations have completely changed my relationship with, and my appreciation of, my body.

321. It is very easy to relate to this article. For many years, living in an energy of busyness and drive was never questioned by me, even when my body was feeling drained, overwhelmed and often exhausted. In fact, I thought that was being ‘perfect’. My head was leading the charge and my body’s messages were ignored, mostly. Attending courses and reading books by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine gave me an opportunity to listen to my body and to reconnect to my innate wisdom, not by ‘doing’ but in stillness. What joy, vitality, love and appreciation I feel when I do things in a different quality that supports my body to be active and engaged in various activities each day. This quality of energy is possible with gentleness, stillness and conscious presence in my daily activities. No perfection, but a choice to accept what my body is revealing to me about the quality of my day.

     1. I agree Janice it feels very different to do things in the day in connection with my body then it does if my head is running the show as you mention – there is far less tension, stress, anxiety and exhaustion.

322. I am finding that when I allow myself to feel the flow, it is quite beautiful how things do flow. I am dropping the attachments to the lists of ‘must remember to do’ , and ‘have to do’ and going with the ‘what do I feel to do ‘ and everything that needs to get done does get completed in a flow.

323. I have found that the fear of time running out when we feel we are getting older is purely related to the quality of life we live and what we make life about.

     1. Yes. Regret is just a reflection back to us of what we have not lived. Thus, if we live a life of fullness and connection, there will be no regrets and no fear of time running out.

324. I was feeling really cold while reading this, exhausted from my last couple of days. Before writing this I stopped, sat and did some moments with my body with the sole focus being on moving gently rather than doing something. I now feel brighter, warmer and less exhausted. And this is achieved the more I be rather than the more I do.

325. It’s interesting that you are now able to complete more in a day than ever before but in an entirely different quality. It’s not about stopping life. It’s about stopping the push and the drive.

     1. I agree Rebecca. How is it when we stop being rushed we have more time to complete all we need to complete? We may very well waste less time, but strangely enough time itself almost changes or is it our perceptions of it?

326. The body and our being hate being rushed and the constant busy- and raciness take their toll on our health.

327. ‘Knowing my life, who I am, is not gauged by what I do or complete but by the quality in which I choose to live’ This is huge and what is so amazing is that we can choose to continue to deepen this quality with every choice. There is no end point and the pace is entirely up to us, connection being the name of the game.
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328. ‘It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me.’ Wow, Nicole this is very inspiring, we live in a world where we allow time to be the keeper of us. What you’ve shared shows how we can empower ourselves by honouring who we are, choose to live in a quality that truly supports us to evolve and not join the world of exhaustion, false success and constant drive to seek recognition.

329. This is such a wonderful and much needed topic you have shared in this blog. The constant comments of ‘not having enough time in the day’ has become our everyday expression that leads us down the spiral of one of our current surges on society – exhaustion. Thank you for sharing how this is a work in progress as like yourself Nicole there are many of us that are looking from within to make the changes that in turn bring more quality and vitality to the outer.

330. I ‘do’ more than I have ever done but I am more clam and relaxed than I have ever been and I do feel like I have space i my life. And it is with huge gratitude that I thank Universal Medicine for sharing the amazing wisdom concerning self-care and personal responsibility in their presentations and workshops. Thank you for highlighting this issue, many o fun feel that we do not have time, but it is so much about how we care for ourselves and our perspective on makes the difference.

331. It would be an interesting experiment to see how much our relationship with time actually governs our lives, how many times a day are we aware of the time and that something needs to be done before then? How many times do we feel not on the pulse but behind time? And how many times does time come before quality? How does time really affect our lives?

332. Time is relative as Einstein shared with us all, and I have experienced this time and time again. When I am with myself in my thoughts and movements I have space and time when I am focussing on what needs to be done next, where I need to be next week, etc I literally notice time disappearing and that feeling of overwhelm is horrible. I have days that feel like weeks, it is amazing.

333. It’s great to feel how you allowed space in to your life rather than being dominated by time. This feels inextricably linked to coming out of living from our minds and connecting more deeply to our bodies instead.

334. “It is this quality I am forever developing and deepening that has allowed me to be the keeper of time, and not time be the keeper of me.” When we live with this quality it is indeed quite astounding how time literally seems to expand and it is possible to do so much more.

335. Gosh, just reading the first half this puts me in a whirl! But so true Nicole, what I found was that however fast I moved time just kept pace, if I rushed then time rushed with me. Learning to focus on quality, putting myself in the equation too has altered my relationship with time and following the same steps as you have brings a surprising spaciousness and vitality that lightens our day, even when the work load remains the same.

336. Another great blog Nicole. An exposure on the pressure of living with time as the master – it is relentless until we appreciate there is another way to live with spaciousness through connection to our body and the quality we choose to bring to every single thing.
     “A merry-go round that felt like it was speeding up, with no end in sight”.

337. “No longer running against the clock, time now comes to me; I am able to complete more in a day than ever before, with more vitality and Love.” So beautiful Nicole – an inspiring read.

338. “Looking back, my days were gauged by how ‘good’ they were based on how much was achieved or completed.” I still have this to some degree – having had a ‘keep busy’ pattern running throughout my life. But when I stay present with myself with every task I do, time opens up, because I have given myself space. Then there is no pressure to achieve – and I do what I can do in my day in a more measured way. This feels very different in my body.

339. Asking for support is something very few of us do, we tend to believe that life is about coping, managing to get by and that if we ask for support we are in some way failing or weak because we have an image that we want to portray to the outside world to say ‘I’m fine – look at me, I can do it on my own’.

340. It is so easy to get caught up in all that needs to be done, but fact is that we can only do it one by one anyway. And all that we do is life so it makes sense to allow ourselves to enjoy whatever we are doing simply by feeling our movements and feeling and enjoying the company we have through others.

341. Amazing Nicole how the most subtle things we do, say, move and think affect our being in a very big way.

342. It was not that long ago that I used to live life just like you describe Nicole and I had done for many years. But like everyone around me I rarely “questioned why life was like this”; if everyone was doing it then it must be the way life is. My body too was showing signs that it was struggling to deal with the unnatural pressures I was putting on it and the food and drink that I insisted on putting into. Meeting Serge Benhayon was my wake up call that this was definitely not a natural way to live as here I was finally being presented that yes, there is another way, a way that respects and honours my body which in turn shows its appreciation in many ways.

343. This is a powerful blog for so many women Nicole, the treadmill you describe is so commonplace. Knowing there is a different way and having a roadmap for what might be involved is very helpful thank you.

344. I find the more space I allow myself to feel and move in connection with my body in my daily life, the more spacious I feel and the natural rhythm or flow of my connection moves then with me too, taking away the anxiety and tension and replacing it with ease, simplicity and joy. Surrendering to our bodies movements and where we are in that present moment allows us to be open to so much more.

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