In response to the recent Sydney Morning Herald article published July 22, 2012, ‘Cult’ Cures on Medicare, with the opening line that proclaimed that “his followers call him The One”; I would like to state that I am not a member or follower of Universal Medicine or Serge Benhayon. I am a person who pays to attend presentations and workshops and I do not and never have called Serge Benhayon “The One”. In fact I call him Serge, after all that is his name; a family man who cares deeply about people and their well being.
I have known Serge for 8 years and in all that time he has never told me what to do or how to think or offered me advice. I have never ever heard him say or even hint that he or any of the esoteric modalities that are offered can cure cancer, or any other illness or disease for that matter. Under no circumstances have I heard Serge or anyone from Universal Medicine say anything other than that they are pro conventional medicine and that people should seek and do require medical care. And not once have I heard him say not to exercise or make love or encourage anyone to leave their partner or end a relationship.
What I have heard Serge talk about is the way he lives and what works for him and from that I have developed my own way of living and things that work for me. Breathing, eating, walking, sleeping, energy levels, daily rhythm. It is simply an application of common sense.
What he has done is bring to our awareness that we (all of us, not just people who attend Universal Medicine presentations) need more love in our lives, that we need to be more self-loving, that we need to care deeply about ourselves and then others, and that society is lacking of nurturing, connection and care for one another. If that makes Universal Medicine a “cult” and Serge Benhayon a “cult leader” then so is every doctor, medically trained person and practitioner or lay person who promotes self care and lifestyles to enhance well being and caring for one another.
These simply, accessible and practical actions of self-love, care and nurturing are at the core of all Serge’s presentations and what I came to realise was that what was being presented were the things I already felt inside and knew for myself but wasn’t choosing to live by.
What Serge has said is that we are all equally “The One”; “The One” that has a choice to make a difference to our own life and perhaps, by way of reflection, to the lives of others. “The One” that is responsible for living our own life, “The One” who is responsible for our own choices and “The One” responsible for our own health. “The One“ that can choose to live a more gentle, loving way with ourselves and be “The One” to let others see that there may be a different more self-loving way to be, not through preaching or teaching but by simply being who we are in our normal everyday lives and interactions.
By R.H., Australia
Words on Serge Benhayon 
Well shared RH. “What he has done is bring to our awareness that we (all of us, not just people who attend Universal Medicine presentations) need more love in our lives, that we need to be more self-loving, that we need to care deeply about ourselves and then others, and that society is lacking of nurturing, connection and care for one another.” How true these words are and how simple and beautiful life would be if we lived them. I have been inspired by Serge Benhayon to make changes in my own life and I can vouch for that fact that self care, self love, and self nurturing make for a very rich way of life indeed, and one that then impacts positively everyone around me.
I am The One who lives in my body and I am The One who moves it, cares for it, who expresses what I feel. I am The One because I’m responsible of my life, my choices and reflections. Yes, I am The One as everyone is too. It’s simply common sense to embrace what I naturally am and live it in full. Are we not here for that?
It is beautiful to be the one who takes responsibility and knows the ripple effect and consequences of one’s every move.
I so agree that we need more love in our lives, and that everybody benefits from more self-loving choices, self-care and nurturing. If all of us would commit to that 100% the world would be a different place.
R.H. I like it very much how you described it to be the one: “The One” that has a choice to make a difference to our own life and perhaps, by way of reflection, to the lives of others.” For me this is a wonderful and also joyful way of living so I am also a ONE!
I agree, Ester, a beautiful description of the one that makes me able to say I am also the ONE.
In our avoidance to being the one, we disavow our responsibility, and it is when we see those who claim their responsibility we realize what we have turned our back on and in the fury of jealousy and in a futile attempt to justify our choice, we launch attack against the very thing we so crave.
Well said R.H; There is no one person who is going to save us, as some religions predict, but we can be inspired and then make the changes ourselves. This is exactly what happens when you listen to a presentation by Serge Benhayon.
I love the lived experiences Serge Benhayon shares during his presentations, because it is through those shared experiences that we all learn, and through that I have come to realise the true depth of caring for myself, and how my whole life has changed.
If being ‘The One’ helps others to take responsibility for their choices, then us all being ‘The One’ only helps humanity heal itself.
Being ‘The One’ places responsibility firmly where it belongs, at our own feet. We are ‘the one’ responsible for our own lives, our choices, our health, our relationships etc…It cuts blame out of the picture quick smart. Maybe that is why there is such a reaction to this?
I am finding the process of developing awareness of ourselves and who we truly are is a process of realising that The One is not the one we have been making the one to be… ie its not just about self, but about us all.
Word to that R.H. I love the fact that it’s about us making the move ourselves towards truth, that there isn’t a one that will make it all for us.
Beautiful, I whole-heartily agree. The One is being referred to as The One and only responsible — that is you, that is us, that is everyone for their own.. and because of that we carry and walk with such power that is not wise to deny any longer than we have already. For what we have denied we will return to whatever volume it costs.
Serge Benhayon is the one who has chosen to be ‘THE ONE’ in his life, inspiring others to be ‘THE ONE’ in their lives too. This is empowering in itself as it brings everyone to face their own lives and assume the responsibility of their past and current choices… Everything we do in our life has a direct effect in the whole, no more no less that others, and Serge just gives voice to this facts that we all know within us.
Serge Benhayon is a person who has an enormous capacity to inspire others to be more so these can also inspire others to be more. This movement of inspiration is not against anybody but in favor of us all. So, why the attacks? Well, it may be due to a few reasons (that work independently or as bundles): (1) people who are inspired but do not really know how to inspire others and use knowledge to preach triggering reactions in others who feel threatened and start fighting it; (2) people who do not want to be more and then fight it; (3) people who are simply not ready for the beauty of what the movement of inspiration may bring us to all of us and fight it. This understanding of the reasons why people may fight helps because it makes clear that there are movements which are not compatible with the movement of inspiration and, that there will always people willing to fight it because they simply are not prepared to be more and to live in a society where everybody is more.
This is a great example how easily things get twisted and then are being viewed as the truth, all the while they are outright lies.
We do need more love in our lives. FULL STOP. And why not welcome someone who is inspiring a global movement to do exactly that?
I agree absolutely R.H. we have the choice and the responsibility to live the qualities of what is already with-in us. If this makes it a cult in some people’s eyes then its possible these thoughts are coming from the mind and not the heart. Our hearts don’t impulse us to harm ourselves, but our minds can.
This line – “What I have heard Serge talk about is the way he lives and what works for him and from that I have developed my own way of living and things that work for me” – highlights why Universal Medicine is so successful and inspires such true and lasting change for people. Because they present another living way that that has worked for them (and for many), the people attending then have a choice to see what would work for them, and to see if it works out in their lives. They develop their own way of living that works for them, and they learn about taking responsibility for their own actions, and choices. As it comes from them, it inspires true change because it is not something being ‘forced’ upon them.
I also pay to attend presentations from Universal Medicine. That does not make me part of a cult any more than attending a show at the Opera House does.
Do I really need to make comment to this? As the saying goes ‘actions speak louder then words’ and you only need to look at the results and the ongoing care of the people to see there is no truth in these words. Here we are in a world so busy that we read a headline and may not take any notice of what it’s saying but it stays with us. We run the world on headlines with few taking the time and care to actually see what is truly going on. I can say the same thing many different ways but that doesn’t make it true nor does it make it fact, the truth is the truth and as they say we are ‘judge by our actions’ and so if we really have an interest in something then take some action to find out the truth.
Serge Benhayon lives life from love first, he is all inclusive and treats everyone equally so, we are all the one, responsible for the way we live and the impact that our choices have on the rest of humanity.
Lovely how you point out that we are all the One.
Personally, I am quite happy to say I follow Serge Benhayon. He is quite frankly an inspiration. That being said, I do not follow blindly and that is the difference. I follow with discernment. It is bemusing in many ways that people take issue with this and feel the need to define such a relationship as odd or peculiar, when the truth is we all following someone or something, even those who say they don’t.
Serge Benhayon has nothing to hide, he is a man of great integrity, the way the papers lied and handled this was appalling, yet nothing no matter what gets thrown at him Serge will always handle what comes his way with the greatest of love and understanding. The way Serge has dealt with these lies against him is an inspiration to us all.
Precisely and exactly what I also have experienced though my choice of attending Universal Medicine presentations. Yes Serge Benhayon is absolutely the ‘One’ but he is not the only ‘One’ and has never been called as such. He is ‘One’ of many of us, as are all equally the ‘One’s’ who have the same choice and hold the exact same responsibility to live the truth of who we are, in honor of all that we are. In fact we are always the ‘One’ but it is our willingness to being aware of what we are choosing that empowers us to stand tall knowing without hesitation that being the ‘One’ is our natural way of being.
Awesome clarification Rachel…nothing more to be said.
At the end of the day no matter how much I attend the Universal Medicine presentations and workshops it is for me to discern what is true for me eg.the food choices Serge Benhayon or another student are making may not be the same choices for me at this moment in time. It is paramount that I do not compare myself to another as to where they are at but accept and follow my inner heart and what my body requires to support my evolution.
It is ridiculous that something so deeply beautiful and unimposing as being self-loving and responsible for our own health can be bastardised through a few misinterpretations or intentional lies to what is being printed. I look forward to the day when the truth is reported and those suffering from the lack of the former get to hear of the benefits of living in such a simple and loving way which poor journalism is currently denying them.
What if Serge Benhayon is only one person who reminds everyone that we are equal sons of God and that we are equally the One?
We each one, are ‘the one’, we are the one who has made the past choices and the one who can choose a more loving way of living, and with that choice reflect to others that they too are the one.
I have also heard Serge Benhayon present about the way he lives, and honestly, it is the best part. My ears prick up about how he lives and reads life. It is the most inspirational and interesting things to hear about, besides the mystical and historical. Serge Benhayon is a master of the esoteric and occult way of life. Someone I could listen to all day everyday however, this is not practical or responsible as I too can live this joyful way.
If these comments aren’t evidence enough of the fact that so much of what has been printed as ‘journalism’ is absolute rubbish, then I don’t know what’s left to say. It’s very dissappointing to feel just how corrupt the media industry is. Very sad indeed.
The insidiousness of lies and the media particularly with regards to Serge Benhayon is atrocious. I knew on some level what was printed in the papers was not true but didn’t realised just how evil and bastardised this was until knowing Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for 6 years (at the time this was published) and his consistent integrity both energetically and physically, and deep love and care for humanity to then have a small group of people twist the truth on everything about what Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and the student body stand for. It is appalling.
R.H I love that you shared at Universal Medicine events you are often being presented with ‘the things I already felt inside and knew for myself but wasn’t choosing to live by’. I have to agree, I feel that too.
We are all The One in our own lives. Meeting Serge Benhayon was a revelation for me because he woke me up to the truth of how I had accepted less in life and to the truth of how I could live. The huge thing I have come to live and know is that we are all equal and that we all have the same potential to tap into the ancient wisdom as Serge does. I came from a conventional religious background and left it because I felt that the priest was standing between me and God. There is no way that I will allow that again. I am the authority in my own life.
When we know we are The One, at one with all, we never have to prove that we are the one at all.
I still find it astonishing the there can be such articles that are meant to be written by “reporters”. What are they reporting and where do they get their information? From someone who has sent a press kit in or from people on the street who have knowledge and experience?
As Serge Benhayon would be the first to say, if anyone’s the one, it’s everyone. We all have the same capacity to reflect the divinity we are.
All that Serge Benhayon presents about is his livingness, and he knows that we are equal in our essence. What is thought are possible ways of living more connected to this essence. Which we all know and deeply crave for.
Reading this now it makes so much sense why humanity is in the state it is… the majority of us do not see ourselves as ‘the one’ who is responsible for the choices we make, to look after the health of our body and mind and ‘the one’ who expresses love or not….most the time there is blame on this system, person, group etc.
We are all ‘the one’. Serge Benhayon is a guy who lives it.
Serge’s teachings are as you say, simple, accessible and practical. How it is that anyone can criticise someone for supporting others to be more caring, loving, nurturing and connected with ourselves and each other, just doesn’t make sense. The truth is there for all to see…
I love the truth that these blog presents- that Serge presents on the importance of loving and taking care of and nurturing ourselves- something we have moved away from in our fast paced times- it is common sense- for love, connection, decency and care to come back into our communities we need to live this ourselves.
I agree – I’m constantly learning how important it is to look after myself and how deeply precious and delicate I am and how my body loves to be truly looked after with food exercise and so on.
The media in all it’s forms are so important to a society, we only need to look at countries where journalists lives are targeted for investigating and telling the truth. But they continue nevertheless because of what it means to their communities. Then we see the opposite where it’s all about sensation and not about the truth at all, where it brings nothing at all to a community. It really highlights the old saying of “don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story”.
If Universal Medicine is a cult then I’m a flying unicorn. Sorry to be so abrupt but this is how nonsensical the media can be, void of common sense and the willingness to bring someone down for the sake of a ‘good story’.
You have made it very clear R.H. that being ‘the One’ applies to each and every one of us and isn’t a label that belong to any single person alone with the rest of us ranking beneath that person. Thank you – your blog totally discredits the rubbish that the media has been pedalling for years now.
Spot on R.H. – if there is anyone referring to the one then it’s Serge reminding everyone that they are the ones. That is super empowering
“The One” is a typical journalistic invention. Have you ever noticed in the past being respectful of what journalists write and then reading an article about a subject you know well? Suddenly you realise that all the artful writing is a deception, the journalist in many, not all cases, has little or no idea of what they are talking about. The only thing they have perfected is sounding authoritative. “The One” is one of these plausible, intelligent, well researched assertions that are complete fabrications when you know the subject. This is not a happy reflection on what level of quality we as readers accept.
Thank you R.H. For clarity and reflection of your experience with Serge which is as we can see from all the comments is not different from many others.
I can sign up for each of your statements.
I have been attending the work shops by choice for 12 years and have never heard Serge say he is the one but rather we are all the ones who can make a difference by choosing to live who we are. A beautiful philosophy that should not be bastardised for the purpose of selling papers.
interesting to read back on this blog, written at a time when the media had so grossly represented the truth about Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon. What a blight it is on our media that they refuse to accept or even listen to the first hand testimonial of hundreds of supporters of Universal Medicine, instead choosing to cherry pick who they listen to in order to suit their already preconceived angle – in this case that angle being that Universal Medicine is a cult.
Love it R.H. indeed we are all ‘The One’ and every single choice we make is our own responsibility and therefore all outcomes are too. Serge Benhayon presents a way of living that we can choose to embrace or not.
Yes it is indeed an application of common sense to see how our choices impact us every day. From there it makes sense to choose things that support our wellbeing. Since when has being sensible and loving ourselves been a crime?
Let’s face it, the way Serge loves is so compelling, it’s a case of ” I ‘ll have what he is having !”
He looks so joyous and vibrant every day, it’s inspiring and something others naturally want to integrate- who would not want his level of wisdom, vitality, fun, and harmonious relationships? Wow, Serge should be celebrated by the media, not vilified, it’s crazy that they don’t chose to see what is in plain sight. Oh well, regardless of the media smear campaign, I am dedicated to living my life in a way that feels more and more amazing every single day.
I’m sure there will come a time when Serge is celebrated by the media, all that’s needed is a journalist with integrity and intent on delivering truth.
Gee, how negative are the newspapers trying to twist something into a distorted form, all for the sake of selling more copies. They take “whispers”, snippets out of context and outright lies, weave it together into something ominous and package it up with utter disregard to the effects such lies can have. The tragedy in all of this is how Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine offer the integrity I have always sought and finally found, yet the media has painted them through complete lies in a different and very false picture. The public need the truth about Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine because they are supporting people to almost miraculously change their lives for the better. What Universal Medicine has to offer is needed globally. It’s really imperative that they are portrayed correctly so others can find access to their services in the same way I have. The benefits are huge.
The public indeed need the truth about what Serge is offering humanity at a time when we most need someone to show us the way. It’s obvious with spiralling crime, illness and disease and depression making their way into so many peoples lives, yet we have a community living extremely well going against the trends. It’s disturbing that we have a media ready to denigrate rather than celebrate such people.
Yes R.H. we are all The One, ultimately responsible for how we live and love – self and others and Serge Benhayon is simply speaking Truth for those who care to listen.
I agree Amina, it is really inspiring, how Serge is living and what he brings to the world – always serving, it is never about him alone, always about everybody – I love to get inspired by him.
That is so true R.H., Serge Benhayon continues to confirm to us that we are all “The One” and that we are in that not any special but that it means that we have to live our lives as such, with the self-responsibility that brings in our everyday lives.
I agree R.H. Serge Benhayon has never said he is ‘the one’, he cares deeply about humanity and lives his life with strong integrity and true love. What Serge Benhayon presents makes a lot of sense, his practical self-loving tools has supported thousands of people worldwide to improve their health, well-being and relationships.
Thank you R.H. I feel you have so succinctly described the way in which Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon present, never telling, only presented the truth for all to feel and see for themselves if they so choose to. I for one know that I am “the one” in my life who is choosing to make changes, I have been inspired by what Universal Medicine present, to consider the way I now choose to live and for that I am forever grateful, but it is my choice. Thank you R.H. for stating it as it is for all to see and feel for themselves.
To judge someone (e.g., Serge Benhayon) for what he has never said is a murky business. To attribute to him what he never said is defamation on the making. There is no ingenuity here. By making these false things the axis of the discussion, the idea behind making up stories is to turn irrelevant what he did say and the amazing turnarounds this led to in the people that decided to give it a go (the before and after pictures in http://www.universalmedicine.net says it all). There is no doubt that it is Evil at play here.
A great example how words taken out of context can be manipulated in whatever way the manipulators intention is. All mainstream religion talk about “The One” savior that will come one day and save humanity and nobody looks at this absolute myth and questions the truth of it. But Serge Benhayon stands up and says that EVERYBODY is the one and is equally responsible for evolution and then the press picks this aspect out of the context, manipulates it and accuses Serge Benhayon of claiming the same stupidity than any other religion??? This is so absurd in its double sense for first of all being totally made up, he never said this and secondly why isn’t this claim being questioned in the first place? Can it be that assuming responsibility is so uncomfortable that to avoid looking at it makes people make up lies???
What a great point rachelandras not only about misinterpretation, but more particularly about manipulation which can be engineered in the favour of those who have a hidden agenda and purpose to the manipulation. It is the intent behind the manipulation that results in lies that to me, is evil – and I absolutely agree, is a distraction or deliberate evasion of taking responsibility.
From Hearing Serge’s presentations I have been able to bring more self care and more self love into my life. Isn’t this what people in this world need and deeply miss in their lives, we are the ones who can choose to live a more loving and nurturing way, if we so choose
Is Serge Benhayon responsible for inspiring me to change my life around from predominately self abusive to increasingly honouring and deeply caring – yes ‘he is the one’. Am I the one who has chosen to make and continue to make these choices – yes ‘I am the one’!
A perfect example of how we are all “the one” if we choose to be.
Beautiful simple and true RH thank you for sharing your love and knowing for Serge Benhayon and the love and awareness he is bringing our attention too. He is showing us we need to be more self-loving, that we need to care deeply about ourselves and then others, and that society is lacking of nurturing, connection and care for one another. From this way of living comes a real health, vitality and joy and a reflection to others that we are all one if we make the choice to be.
This is it, this is exactly what I have experienced through attending Universal Medicine presentations and listening to Serge Benhayon “What he has done is bring to our awareness that we (all of us, not just people who attend Universal Medicine presentations) need more love in our lives, that we need to be more self-loving, that we need to care deeply about ourselves and then others, and that society is lacking of nurturing, connection and care for one another.” It is a loving suggestion and yet a controversial one, it is interesting to consider why this would be the case, is it simply because it is exposing to be honest about how little self care and love is being expressed in the world?
Serge Benhayon presents simple, down to earth, common sense, sense that offers us all the opportunity to take a stop and a look, and begin, if we should so choose, to make different more loving choices in our own lives. The fact that he has crossed our paths at all means to me that we sought that meeting on some level. We knew there was something we have been missing. For me it was myself, I forgot that I am ‘the one’, as is everybody else.
I like the way you have written about Serge Benhayon, he is simply promoting a more responsible and self caring way to live. He is not forcing or dictating, he just presents and allows all to discern.
This is great RH, we are all ‘The One’ and ‘The One’ that can choose self love and responsibility – a simple choice, no ‘following’ required!
Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon are straight down the line, there is not even a ‘whiff’ of cult about them.
The Behayons live with a transparency and the highest level of self-responsibility and integrity I have come across anywhere in the world.
Thank you for setting “The One” in its proper context. We are all indeed The One, when we choose to be.
Neither Serge nor any other Universal Medicine for that matter has ever told me what to do (even if I have asked directly) I have only ever been presented with the truth and been given the space to feel for myself what is right for me.
Thanks R.H. I love Serge Benhayon and all he presents. Through this I have been able to self-heal and change my life for the better. This continues to unfold as it does and will, why? Because I have commited to this process with myself, not because I was ever told what to do.
Absolutely RH what Serge Benhayon has repeatedly presented is that the only ‘one’ that can change our lives is ourselves and it is up to all of us to take responsibility for our own lives rather than relying on any ‘one’ outside of us to give us the answers or directions on how to live.
You’ve managed to sum up Universal Medicine spot on here R.H. Serge Benhayon has just learnt a way to live that supports him to live a more joy-full, loving and caring life and shares that with others. Those who put these shared lifestyle choices into their own life do experience changes. Nothing magical or special in the fact that there are people here just making choices about their life. The only difference being in that Serge has presented a way of making choices based on a certain quality that results in a certain quality of outcome. All the media drama and hype over Universal Medicine is completely missing the point and missing out on a truer story.
Totally agree leighmatson – nothing magical or special just common sense choices in regards to living life joyfully and in care of our general wellbeing.
Serge is such a lovely man who lives in such a loving way that you feel it when you meet him and when you hear him present, there are no rules laid down, no boundaries set, only the opportunity offered for each of us to feel what is truly loving and supportive for us and live accordingly.
A simple and clear statement R.H on the truth about Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon. You capture the work in a nutshell when you say: ‘These simply, accessible and practical actions of self-love, care and nurturing are at the core of all Serge’s presentations …’ What we get is not just pretty words about self-love but real practical application and a man in Serge Benhayon who has walked EVERY STEP that he speaks of.
RH what I feel to be true is that Serge Benhayon is a living reminder to us all that the energy of God is found equally in everyone. He lives in a way that has returned him to living in a soulful way and a way that is available to us all.
Thank you RH. for an amazing blog. If only we all knew we were “The One” there wouldn’t be such a lot of rubbish written about a so called ” cult” and the complete ignorance of these people reporting lies about some Wonderful organisation like Universal Medicine and a person of such high integrity as Serge Benhayon. I don’t consider myself to be a gullible person and certainly the people I know who are Students of The Way of The Livingness are far from being easily lead. They are strong principled upstanding people with a great Love for Humanity !
R.H The state of the medical system is one that is already bankrupt – illness and diseases are now over 80% preventable by simple lifestyle choices. What is the message from Universal Medicine? We are able to take responsibility for our lives, to live in accordance to the truth we know and what is true for each one of us – its starts with simple self loving and caring choices. As a result we work with the medical system doing our part and being assisted and supported as needed. It astounds me that such an important point is not the main focus for many articles worldwide and instead some pure fictitious entertainment is written – demeaning everyone involved.
Thank you RH for writing this so clearly . We are indeed all “The One” making our own choices and changes in our lives to live lovingly in every aspect. This is what Serge Benhayon is reflecting to us by his own livingness and is a gift to humanity.
Being ‘the one’ means taking responsibility and using some common sense, we all have that ability and much more to bring more love to our lives and to others.
Indeed, we are all “the one” who can make changes in our own lives, no one can do it for us.
What Serge presents “is simply an application of common sense” when applied to our lives we all become “the one ” the one who takes responsibility for our choices and live the love we innately are, reflecting that love to others.
I love how our body is talking to us all the time. All we have to do is be open, listen, take responsibility and make different choices. I used to see it as ‘failure’ when my body would communicate with an illness or limitation. Now I can, just like you, appreciate the message I get and choose to let go of something that is not working for my body.
“The One” – only a journalist could come up with this. “The One who cleans the toilets”? “The One who is the Master of the Universe”? “The only One?”
It is so silly.
It is also a very nasty and calculated lie.
Thank you RH and Pernilla, for sharing the truth about Serge Benhayon. Why is this article and the comments not reported as front-page news! As stated Serge is not every-one’s cup of tea because he does not hold back the truth, his only crime seemingly. Thank you Dragana. What have we come to when truth is not heralded from the roof tops and is consistently allowed to be demonised by a few jealous individuals. The love and brotherhood from these blogs and comments are a testament of how truth and true vitality work.
Before my meeting of Serge Benhayon I didn’t know I was “the one”. I thought I was at the mercy of what life had to offer. I now know differently, that I am the one who can make self-loving choices, who can self-nurture, who can take self responsibility, who can find all the answers within by connecting and listening to my body. I now know, thanks to Serge that I too “am the one”.
Thank you Rachel for your powerful expression of truth…we are indeed all ‘The One’ .
A brilliant sentence that clearly states the free will involved concerning the the teachings shared by Serge Benhayon. “What I have heard Serge talk about is the way he lives and what works for him and from that I have developed my own way of living and things that work for me.” And yes as for “The One” I am the One as much as anyone else is and I have never heard Serge tell any one that he is the only One, this is the press creating a ludicrous misinterpretation….we are all “the one” who can make choices about our own lives, simple. Thank you for sharing.
We are all “The One” – very beautifully said, R.H.
There is something we all hold in common and that is a deep inner knowing of ‘the real deal’ when we hear it. Some are ready when it is presented to them and some want to run a mile. That was how it was for me when I first heard Serge Benhayon speak and my life changed forever – it has been a blessing and a gift,. I now live my truth according to what I know is true and everyday my life becomes richer as a result of that.
If they knew the man, they would know how absurd the allegation is – he is simply “Serge, after all that is his name; a family man who cares deeply about people and their well being”. The incredible thing about his is that care is felt deeply by all those that he knows – just go and ask his builder, or bank manager, or grocer. It is not reserved for any one person or group, but shared with all of humanity that he comes into contact with.
We are all equal, that is all Serge has ever presented and indeed all that he ever lives. There is no “the one” only that we are all part of one unified truth, all equally the son of god.
I agree RH, ‘The One’ is a total fabrication by the newspaper to add a bit of sinister colour to the narrative. ‘The One’ what? The Big One? The Tall One? The Skinny One? The Divine One? The Red One?
It is just so silly.
R.H. I agree to everything you wrote about Serge Benhayon. If he would preach I would run away because I can sense preaching immediately and if he would teach I would not listen because I react to teachings with closing my mind and heart. It is in fact that he only presented with not an ounce of imposing energy that made me listen and open my heart again. It is just enjoyable to listen to him.
Top blog R.H. And I totally agree, Serge has never said we ‘should do, must do, have to do’. All he has ever presented is what he does and we are asked to discern for ourselves what “WE” feel is true for us or not. As you say, Serge has always said that we are ALL equal and that we are all ‘the one’ and this is another example of the press mis-representing or deliberately mis-quoting Serge in order to fulfil their own agenda.
Yes I agree we are all looking for love – it is a deep ache inside of us when we lose our connection to love. And all of Serge Benhayon’s teachings support us to come back to love and to realize that we are ‘The One’ in our lives to love ourselves first.
Very inspiring R.H. – thank you. I love how you describe the meaning of the use of the word ‘The One’. This is so powerful, all encompassing, simple and so very true.
Thank you so much for your beautiful and powerful words confirming everything I too know to be true about Serge and what he has presented.
What I love about Serge’s presentations there a starting point of what true self care is without the checklist that many programs are offering now, so its not really simple and develops into a chore, I don’t know about you but I never been a fan of chores
There are many examples in history of people being persecuted for expressing other than what is ‘the excepted norm’ for that time. Persecutions ranged from being nailed to a cross, excommunication, burnt at a steak or religious genocide, to name but a few. Nowadays it is not considered acceptable in Australia to kill someone if you don’t agree with what they say, but sometimes I think that would be so much less painful than ‘persecution through media’. They hook onto a story line, it’s merit is how sensational it may be and how many newspapers it may sell. They never let truth get in the way of a good story! Those who know Serge Benhayon can not believe the drivel that is dished up in these papers and can’t believe that in a modern Australia these kinds of lies and persecution are allowed!
When I wrote this blog in 2012 I was too shy to place my full name here as I surprised myself by what I was able to write. However, through the work of Serge Benhayon and applying the teachings of the esoteric to my daily life I have been able to connect to a source of undeniable and unwavering truth that I have been and am still learning to connect to more consistently so as to be able to express from my lived experience.
What I realise is the more I live the fullness of me the more I am “The One” in the lives of all I have the pleasure to come into contact with. How inspiring is that?
Very inspiring Rachel and a great example of how Serge is not ‘the One’ we all are
Well written blog R.H. and I particularly like the section ‘If that makes Universal Medicine a “cult” and Serge Benhayon a “cult leader” then so is every doctor, medically trained person and practitioner or lay person who promotes self care and lifestyles to enhance well being and caring for one another.’ It is so true since as you have said Serge presents what he lives and we are ‘The One’ who has the choice to feel what is right for us and what is not. Simple as.
This is so massive as it shows the power of how comments are just being adopted and spun into contexts that are way out. It’s a great reflection of the way within which the Media today think they have the right to twist and turn something into their own. Well with that said it is no surprise that humanity have gotten bored and decided to take publishing into their own hands with things like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram to name a few. Soon enough due to this type of shoddy and poorly constructed “News” people will get bored of the lies, as they can feel the truth, and all these huge money making spin centres will be eradicated and left to rot. Just as animals evolve leaving species extinct so to will publications such as this as they fail to keep up.
A great blog and comments that follow. This part captures much of what Serge shares us, ‘we (all of us, not just people who attend Universal Medicine presentations) need more love in our lives, that we need to be more self-loving, that we need to care deeply about ourselves and then others, and that society is lacking of nurturing, connection and care for one another.’ Common sense really, and we all know this to be true, just imagine how our world will be when we all embrace that?
‘Breathing, eating, walking, sleeping, energy levels, daily rhythm. It is simply an application of common sense.’ So true, what Serge presents is simple, every-day common sense.
These are the fundamentals of life and Serge presents that there is a more loving way to approach each of them.
It’s amazing that we don’t naturally think to put more focus on these basic fundamentals of life and how deeply they affect us!
That’s true Meg, we put our focus on what we call success (large house, nice car, good job, expensive holidays) and not on the basics of life. Without the basics of life we are not able to enjoy the house, the job, the car, the holiday so it is crazy that we do not focus on the fundamentals first and allow the rest to follow.
Absolutely – spot on! Our collective focus is in completely the wrong direction, after all without the true health and wellbeing we certainly do not have true wealth.
Fantastic blog R.H. – it’s true, the teachings of Universal Medicine are so practical and accessible, and actually make SO MUCH SENSE. It is ridiculous the lies that are being spread saying it’s a cult – when all it is presenting is a way of living in accordance to what we already know to be true – that self-care is the way to take back control of our lives and our health & wellbeing
Great comment Jess, I’ve definitely found what you say to be true, that self care is a great way to take back control of our lives, health and wellbeing.
I think your powerful statement that – if presenting about self-care and love makes Serge a cult leader, then so is every doctor etc, – is very important to take note of. So many people, strangers you get chatting to on the bus or in a shop, friends you are having tea with or members of your family, hundreds of people who have never heard of Universal Medicine are talking about taking more care of themselves, and a lot of them don’t know where to start. And put simply that’s what Serge presents, a starting point for us to make our own self-loving choices.
Thank you RH beautifully expressed. What Serge Benhayon presents “is simply an application of common sense”. With his deep love and appreciation for all humanity he is showing us that each and every one of us is divine, something most of us had long forgotten.
I absolutely agree Mary and thanks RH for pointing out that each of us is ‘The One’ and as such we are responsible for developing our own loving connection so we can feel what we need to do to deeply self-care for ourselves.
Wow where do I begin… After reading the articles last week I felt absolutely appalled and disgusted, and while the 7 news report about Serge Benhayon and Universal medicine was not a complete demolition job, Channel 7 could have done a lot better. (I was ready to go up to Mount Cootha myself after seeing it).
After watching the Channel 7 news report about Serge and universal medicine last night at a friends house, I arrived home and my mum met me at the door, and told me that my sister had seen the news report and had been calling her non stop about how I am being “brained washed” and how I am in a “cult”. I simply asked my mum about how she felt about this and her response to it all was amazing (bear in mind that my family have not always had an open mind about this and I was expecting to get the third degree from her as well). She expressed to me that anyone who saw the way it was presented would think that it was a “cult” but told me that whatever I was doing is making a huge difference in my life and to keep doing it. As she feels that Universal Medicine is the “best thing” that could of possibly happened to me, and that each and everyone of us know the real truth. I’ll admit I was shocked at first as I was not expecting to hear that answer from her, but it came from love.
As far as I am concerned, Serge is the most amazing person who you will ever meet and simply does not deserve to be accused or railroaded any more. I personally have had enough of the false accusations being made against him, his family and universal medicine and I feel that it is now time to do more and express our love more then ever before.
If we all express ourselves in our full essence, I feel that the accusations in the media will finally come to a halt and the real truth will be told. They can only ignore it for so long, so keep posting and make your voice heard and make everything you do about love.
Don’t allow the media to have any more power, fight back (so to speak) with love. An amazing and loving man wrote “if you do not choose to see truth, truth will make you see it” (S.B). For in the end love always wins and everything that is false will be exposed. Enough is enough. No single person alone can put a stop to this we need to do it as one so together we all can finally put a stop to this nonsense.
Brook – amazing comment. I love how you said your mum said – ‘whatever I was doing is making a huge difference in my life and to keep doing it, ‘ that is great confirmation of however you are living and the huge impact Universal Medicine has on our lives. 🙂
I have been associated with Universal Medicine for about four years. In that time, I have never heard any mention of ‘curing’ cancer. What I have heard are teachings that encourage people to live in a more loving and harmonious way with themselves and with others. I have witnessed many resolve many long term issues through this process. I have seen my own life develop and change as a result. My own personal journey has allowed me to build a life that is more loving, and while there is always room for improvement, I feel better on many levels in my life as a result of attending workshops, retreats and sessions with practitioners of various esoteric modalities.
I have received breast massage from women who exhibit high levels of integrity and personal accountability in the way in which they deal with clients. I have felt supported and nurtured in this process as I have worked towards developing a more nurturing way of living with myself.
In attending workshops I have never heard Serge tell people to leave relationships. In fact, I have heard him encourage people to stay in relationships and work on bringing more love into the way they live their own lives and see what happens in the relationship. The only exception to this is where a partner is the sufferer of physical abuse, as this can never be condoned. In a case such as this only has Serge encouraged the injured partner to leave the relationship for the sake of their own safety and the safety of any children involved. This, to me, is sound advice regardless of your point of view. (I would like to point out that these were hypothetical situations being discussed by Serge at a workshop and not real situations.) With regard to the criticism from the ‘nine men’ (as quoted in news articles) who claim that their wives ended their marriages after becoming involved with Universal Medicine. One has to question what was the quality of the relationship before the wife initiated an end to the relationship? And statistically, one in three first marriages end in divorce in Australia. I cannot see how what has happened to these nine men is outside of those statistical averages, regardless of what they claim to be the reason the marriage ended.
In seeking better health I have consulted many different modalities over the years – modalities that at their inception attracted scepticism and derision. And while some parts of the medical world may still view them with some bias, health insurance companies have long been offering rebates to members for these treatments, showing that they have grown in not just popularity but also acceptance (and compliance for insurance purposes). However, my experience with these modalities often saw the additional need to purchase expensive supplements and to commit long programs of treatment that ended up being extremely expensive even with rebates from private health cover.
In consulting practitioners working with esoteric modalities I have never felt pressured to commit to future appointments, that decision always being left to me to make. Suggested supplements have always been affordable and few, not costing hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Also, in being aware of the Esoteric Practitioner Association Code of Ethics I know that I am consulting individuals who live what they practice and hold themselves to the highest levels of scrutiny.
By stark contrast, I have consulted, and at times worked for, ‘alternative’ health providers who structured their business plans on the number of visits they can ‘milk’ from their clients, prescribing expensive supplements and various other charges (e.g. in-house x-rays, referral to in-house masseurs etc.). I often discovered that these providers drank alcohol in excessive amounts, often working on clients while hungover, smoked cigarettes, used ‘recreational’ drugs and had questionable relationships and dysfunctional families. I have even consulted conventional medical practitioners who had an interest in a ‘holistic’ approach to health and discovered many of the same problems.
So why should so much criticism be levelled at an organisation that has such high standards as in Universal Medicine? Could it be that what is presented will become known to be the truth? Could it be that what the criticisers are seeing is holding up to question the way in which they live their own lives? Those of us who have made the changes to our lives know that there is a truth in what is presented. But we do this out of consideration for ourselves, not because we are told. Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon do not tell anyone what to do. There is no set of instructions. It is up to the individual to feel and in so doing make choices that they feel are right for them.
By contemporary standards, I am a modern, educated and intelligent woman. I hold degrees from a number of institutions, I have held positions of respect and authority in the workplace, and have been consulted for my expertise and experience in various industries. While these elements are not how I see myself, they are what the modern world considers when regarding me and my points of view. I am known for not ‘suffering fools’ and have often been labelled a cynic. So why do I not eschew what Universal Medicine teaches and promotes? Quite simply, it works. It is simple, it is achievable and it works. It does not mean that I have not questioned some of the things I have heard, because I have. But the fact that I am allowed to question is proof that this is not a mindless cult with followers who do nothing but follow instructions. There are elements of what has been presented that I question, but I feel into the truth of what is true for me and follow that, not what others say. And it not only works for me. I have seen friends’ health and lives improve, I have seen others change over the years of my involvement to be more of who they truly are, beautiful in their living with themselves. This cannot be a bad thing, surely?
Rarely does one meet people who ‘walk their talk’. Moreover, rarely does one meet someone who is consistent in their moods and demeanour, who treats all with an equal level of care and love, and who offers such truth in not only the words that they present but in the way that they live and conduct themselves. This I have found in my dealings with Serge Benhayon. Serge is no cult leader, no guru. He is a man living honestly and openly and offering the same knowledge he has gathered to all for the betterment of all. He does not present doctrine or dogma, he presents what he feels to be true. And in so doing, allows the freedom for all to decide what is true for them from what he presents. Does someone like this challenge us and our way of thinking? Of course. Does someone like this deserve to be derided in the press without fair consideration? Of course not.
Print media and some questionable on-line writers have misconstrued and twisted the little bits of information that they have gleaned from people either with an ‘axe to grind’ against Universal Medicine or from third hand hearsay. These are questionable journalistic standards at a time when much of the print media internationally is under review for illegal practices. Which group would I rather be associated with? A group that does not fully research a story and print mis-truths or a group that encourages me to improve my life by being more loving? The choice is clear – for me anyway.
It’s so lovely to feel the truth written about the meaning of “The One”. What Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine live and present has allowed me to re-connect to and feel who I really am and how my body truly wants to live. It’s not what I’m told by anyone else, about how I should be, but it’s what I’ve felt within to what is best for me and in turn others. This has allowed me to truly feel that I am indeed ‘The One’, the one who has full responsibility of my life and how it will be, and “The One” to inspire others to also see they can do the same. I thank Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon for sharing with me how to re-connect with who I really am and find that all I need is inside me already.
Reading this blog and my comment 2.5 years later it’s absolutely inspiring and amazing to feel a deeper awareness on all of this. Notably I can feel a deeper understanding and responsibility of being ‘The One’. Initially being ‘The One’ was all about feeling how I am responsible for everything in my life and how my life is, which is empowering for me to feel I can claim and live the loving, self-caring, balanced and successful life that I truly deserve. Initially I felt that this impacted others by inspiring them to claim the amazing life that they deserve also. Now reading this down the track I can feel in the depth of my bones the absolute responsibility of living ‘The One’ with consistency and commitment – and that this is not about me first, and about having an amazing life. My primary reason now to accept that I am ‘The One’ and live as this is not to have a good life for myself, but because I feel the consequences of not claiming and living ‘The One’ for others. Meaning, when I am doubting myself, feeling down about myself, or not being self-caring and self-loving this has a huge effect on others, I’ve seen it and felt it – they too start to feel the same, or get down and feel like something is missing. Compared to when I am choosing to be with myself in full, feel my power, feel my stillness and bring forward the amazing women that I am, with confidence and conviction this is a huge support for others, they feel held, and in that moment they can feel that they too are ‘The One’ and they feel the way forward in this.
I found your comment very inspiring, Danielle. Reading it,I felt that I am ‘The One’ and I also felt the importance of living this with consistency and commitment, which in turn reflects to others that they too are ‘The One’
When I look back on how I was and how I was living before Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon in April of 2009 it is with a heart-full thank you and appreciation.
See, I was constantly seeking for that “something” the un-answered, that missing bit if you will and even though I didn’t know what it was that I was searching for I did know that without question I would know it when I came across it. Weighing in at a hefty 155 plus kgs I was smiling on the outside whilst working hard at burying my sadness, pain, hurt, anger, emptiness, self-loathing, lovelessness etc.
I had tried many diets, attended a variety of self-improvement self -help courses, joined gyms, attended self-defence classes, sought spiritual enlightenment and studied a number of modalities all in the search of that “something” to help myself and others. However, they all lead me down the same path and the weight continually went up and up. Nothing I learnt, nor was taught, nor was shown, or read, ever showed me how to honestly, truthfully and lovingly deal with and let go of all the sadness, pain, hurt, anger, emptiness, self-loathing and lovelessness I was feeling deep within.
Since attending Universal Medicine workshops and lectures presented by Serge Benhayon I have discovered that missing bit that something I had been seeking for so long for much to my surprise I have to say was already within ME. What I hadn’t realized was that all those years I had been seeking outside myself for that something. Turns out the “something” that missing bit – was my loving connection with myself.
Through attending lectures and workshops presented by Serge Benhayon of Universal Medicine over the past 3 years I have become aware that I and I alone have control over what direction my life takes as I and I alone am responsible for the choices that I make.
Here I stand today, a joyful work in process a loving product of my own choices as am no longer allowing myself to be a helpless victim of circumstances. What Serge presents in his lectures and workshops he lives and that is life is all about love. Love that we have for ourselves, for family, friends and everyone equally so.
My heartfelt thanks are not only to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine but to whole Benhayon Family and all the UniMed trained practitioners that are so lovingly and professionally supporting me along my journey to a healthier, loving, joyful ME.
with love
Kirsten Roslyn
In response to the ridiculous and false allegations against Serge Benhayon, his family, health practitioners Kate Greenaway and Caroline and Universal medicine team.
My experience over the last 7 years has been nothing but of the highest integrity, consistency, dedication, genuine care and love, in relation to clinic, courses and presentations and everyday life.
This is no cult just asking people to be more honest with themselves and to learn to love and treat themselves better, so that they can love and treat others better- therefore enjoy a better life- with more unity for all.
Of course that is going bring up a knee jerk reaction from a few and the false spin doctors of sensationalism, our media friends.
Keep up the good work Serge and UniMed.
With much Love and respect,
Greg Jordan
In the ten or so years passing since I first came into contact with Serge and his presentations, never have I called him ‘The One’. What a crazy false allegation – I nearly fell off my chair because it is against everything he teaches!
When I first came across Unimed, I was without direction, without commitment and very much without the consistency of self care and the self love that I have endeavoured to build since. All the Benhayon family and the Unimed Team have reflected to me and the whole student body (including themselves – as they would be the first to say that they are equally forever students) is the simple truth.
For a society that thinks it’s ok to poison our bodies with a scientifically proven poison, alcohol, it may be a bit too much truth to face, for now. And that is why nothing I learn is ever imposed by Serge but shown through the way he ‘walks the walk’. I learned that for more love to be in the world, it is down to every individual to make that simple choice. It begins with self love. We are responsible for absolutely everything that happens in our lives. With this greatly empowering information, I have the choice to make – to live a life with love or without it.
Serge has always repeated to not accept in blind faith all that he says – to discern for ourselves if what he presents is true. One could say that the world has lost it’s integrity and in the sea of distractions and quick fixes we have forsaken our natural apparatus to feel and be the integrity that we need now more than ever. Re-learning to feel this truth and this integrity of being has been an enormous eye opener and dispeller of myth.
Making the changes didn’t happen over night, but I stayed open to the possibility that I could live a life that is solidly based on love. And slowly my diet, sleeping patterns, relationships etc began to change – not because that’s what I was told to do by anyone, but because in giving myself the opportunity to feel what is true, I made the choice by choosing love.
To choose integrity over disregard.
To choose tenderness over hardness.
To choose being present over being numb / vacant.
To choose stillness over running around like a headless chicken.
To choose consistency over the emotional roller-coaster.
To know that the truth is inside us all – without exception.
Where previously I lacked the value of my life, it is now restored and stronger.
It’s not about perfection but being awesome.
And so so so much more… my heart smiles.
With love and deep appreciation to you all for your past and ongoing dedication,
Jinya
Wow this is a blog in itself Jinya! I love how you have simply laid out the different choices we can make, they make so much sense. That is one huge thing Serge has taught me – that we have a choice.
I felt to say something very short and simple which Serge has shown me since becoming a student of Uni Med. I do not wish to defend Serge but rather just say what I feel others may need to hear and ponder on.
Serge has shown me true love. Before I found Uni Med I found life was a persistent struggle where nothing every really made sense, not even so called ‘love’. To me back then I found that ‘love’ was this word that never really meant anything consistent when you spoke to people. If you spoke to a religious person they would say that I need to love my family. If you spoke to a couple in ‘love’ they would say that they are ‘in love.’ But what does ‘in love’ mean when old couples become bitter with each other even though they say they are still ‘in love’? And how can one know how to love another when nobody had the capacity to love themselves?
Serge exposed to me this one fact: you are a Son of God. This means that to honour and love another you need to honour and love yourself. Simple. Through this process I have grown my own love in my day through feeling true joy in everything I do. Again Simple.
Serge is no doubt a reflection of true love. Is it not possible therefore that when there is so much misery and pain in the world today rather than true joy and love, having true love reflected back at us can make us react as we have allowed our lives to be defined by pain and misery.
Allegations Universal Medicine being a cult and Serge a Guru. What are those few actually complaining about and what is all the fuss about?
Yes he talks about what we eat, how we sleep, healthy & loving relationships and many more things that overall make up a healthy lifestyle.
Now in difference to others he just presents what these things do to your body and never says what to do and does not judge anyone that is eating or drinking those foods he talks about.
So that makes him a guru and a cult leader – VERY INTERESTING!
That also means that every doctor, naturopath, nutritionist, acupuncturist, as well as the diabetes foundation and many more … all the way up to the Australian Government that are encouraging people to life a healthy lifestyle are gurus as well!?
Interesting as this makes me a guru as well… Oops but alongside any health care practitioner in the world.
So looking at this news recently it seems we are back to ‘shoot the messenger’, Inquisition, Crusades against the ones that believe differently –> well these ones eat differently and don’t drink alcohol and go to bed early that is definitely a reason to attack them.
Well to me that does not makes sense – Common Sense tells us that we have to look at our lifestyle as health worldwide is not our biggest asset and the obesity rates, diabetes rates and lots of other chronic diseases are sky high.
Sure it can be uncomfortable and exposing if someone talks about the responsibility we have to look after ourselves and that our choices we have made led to issues we are dealing with now. It is always easier to instead blame someone or something else if anything goes wrong in our life.
I have attended many workshops with Universal Medicine and never has Serge or any other practitioner claimed they can cure cancer or other diseases or has Serge told anybody how to live their life in any way.
As a health practitioner I personally would have liked in the past that he tells people not to eat or drink certain things but he always left it up to themselves and has taught me and others to respect the choices and free will of people.
So Yes we can also choose to blame someone if there is something wrong with our life, our health, or if our relationship ends instead of looking at the fact that we are responsible for ourselves and what happens to us.
I have the deepest respect for Curtis, Michael and Serge Benhayon as well as all other practitioners that were falsely accused in recent news papers and would wish we had more practitioners with that amount of integrity and loving care for Humanity.
I’m not writing to defend Serge because I believe he doesn’t need to be defended but I do wish to dispel these myths that are being spoken and written about him and his work. The first myth is that we belong to a cult which is absolutely false, I was born into a cult so I do know what that is and didn’t leave it until I was 46, Serge’s work has nothing to do with religion Thank God because I wouldn’t have any part in it. Secondly it’s thanks to Serge and his practitioners that I am now back in a relationship with my husband which I am truly grateful for and thirdly I never believed in doctors throughout my whole life but since knowing Serge I now have the belief how important it is for me to combine natural products along with Medical practices to take care of myself.
Serge, Micheal and Curtis have the highest integrity of any men I know and I can’t speak highly enough of them and it is offensive to any of us who know them that they are being undermined in this manner.
Five years ago I was on the telephone to a close friend, whinging and whining about my relationship tribulations. At the end she said that I might consider attending a workshop held by a Serge Benhayon, which was the following day. She then added a gentle disclaimer that Serge was not ‘everyone’s cup of tea’. I asked why and she replied: “The guy does not hold back the truth and some people cannot handle that.” I had been longing for truth, honesty and integrity from as far back as I could remember.
So I went, and I saw and I stayed. That was the day alcohol went down the drain, yet Serge never once said that we should give up alcohol. I remembered the old sayings often used to describe those under the influence of alcohol; He was beside himself or He was not himself and I felt how different I was when I drank alcohol, that I was not myself, and I did not like that fact one bit! Six months later I went on to attend some more workshops. During those particular presentations I never once heard Serge mention anything about what time anyone should go to bed (he NEVER did) However, I found myself waking up much earlier than usual (and feeling good) as well as going to bed earlier, which I found curious but could not explain why or how. Perhaps another good old saying: “Early to bed early to rise” offers an explanation. Now, surely this one came from no ‘cult culture’! Every illiterate grandmother in a village where my mother comes from will swear by the saying – for this is how they live and no, they have never attended any presentations by Serge Benhayon (they hardly ever left their village in southern Europe!).
It was only a couple of years ago that I first heard Serge talk about food. Course participants are often very keen to ask questions about shoulds and should nots but Serge time and time again made a point that there was no such thing as one diet fits all and that it was for each and every one of us to discern which foods agree/disagree with us. I know this one can be hard to fathom. It is beyond most people’s comprehensions that my body can no longer eat chocolate, ice cream or croissant. People who are in my life like to say that it is in my genes, that I am self disciplined, that I am lucky that I am not attracted to those foods…anything but the understanding and/or acceptance that those foods just cannot pass my lips! I no longer have desire to eat those foods, for when I did eat them, they did not make me feel good. I love myself much more now (still work in progress ) that I do not desire to eat that which does not make me feel good – simple, eh! I have been a fussy eater all my life – my mother used to say she’d pay somebody to feed me just so she would not have to deal with that. No Serge Benhayons of this world could tell me what to eat or what not to eat.
Prior to Universal Medicine I had not eaten meat for over 20 years. Although there were times when I seriously craved it and secretly wanted it, I ignored my body’s pleas all for the sake of a brand name “vegetarian”! Since attending Universal Medicine workshops I have developed a much closer relationship with my body (again, work in progress) – a bit like mother and baby…the I am hungry cry, the I am sleepy cry, the I am hot/cold cry.. (all that with not a single word from baby’s lips!) So I listen to my body’s ‘little cries’ (figuratively speaking) and I make choices from there and not from some headquarters in NSW Australia – after all I live the other side of the globe!
And now I come to relationship issues and those 4 men mentioned in the article. I grew up in a household where like so many relationships today, on the outside my parents’ marriage looked pretty good but on the inside well, it was continually decomposing. My mother who has always claimed unconditional love for me (whatever that meant) and who only wanted best for me (I never doubted this for a second!) used to tell me and my older sister that having sex with a husband/partner even if we didn’t feel like, could not hurt us. She said how she did just that with my dad and how he would be very jolly the following day and would do house chores that he would normally refuse. She didn’t stop there, at my ‘you-are-insane-mum’ cries she would say “vagina is not a soap – it cannot get used up, so use it to get what you need”. How is this for an advice from my role model? And what were the odds that my sister and I would both end up in abusive relationships (she remains in one!) The very sad truth and a consequence of such nauseated advise is that I spent my adult life doing just what mum prescribed! I used to deliberately get slightly tipsy after my partner had gone to bed just so that I could ‘perform’ once I joined him in bed – surely, this is sick!
Then I come across Serge Benhayon and his awesome family who through their utmost honesty, sheer integrity and their commendable consistency have inspired me beyond words, to even begin to honour my body. To me (and I know I am just one of many) Serge’s daughters, his wife, his ex wife and his daughter-in-low are the epitome of femaleness, grace and beauty. I love my mother, don’t get me wrong, but put her next to the Benhayon ladies and it would not take an intellectual genius to figure out which way I should look for inspiration.
I ask: where is the crime/what’s sinister in allowing to be influenced by those who hold themselves and their bodies and bodies of others in high regard?
A couple of years ago I discovered a small lump on my breast. Every practitioner of Universal Medicine, who I saw, strongly urged me to seek medical help. I have seen and heard individuals, who attend UM courses, getting noticeably discombobulated by Serge’s support for western medicine, so to claim otherwise is simply untrue.
One can dislike Serge, and/or what he presents, but one simply CANNOT fault the guy. Can one fault: love, integrity, honesty, true compassion, genuine care, tenderness?
It is incongruous, bordering comical that Serge and those who voluntarily participate in his presentations are branded as a ‘cult’. Dictionary – look up cult; group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
•choosing not to take drugs
•choosing not to drink alcohol
•choosing not to consume caffeine
•choosing to go to bed earlier
•choosing not to have sugary/junk foods
•not discriminating people
•holding everyone as equal regardless of their race, religion, nationality
•being gentle with family, friends and ‘strangers’
•choosing true compassion
•truly honoring other people’s choices, however different they may be from my own.
…and the list goes on… Point at the sinister please! My GP and other medical professionals I encountered in the last few years have always given me a pat on the shoulder and said what I was doing was great and admirable and I should continue, so I’ll follow my doctor’s advice☺.
Thomas Fuller, a 17th century physician once said: “Always tell the Truth: where it is not loved, it is respected and feared”.
Thank you Serge Benhayon for being one such being and always telling the Truth for there are those by whom it is loved and I sure am The One! As for those by whom truth is feared I am reminded of a saying from the Balkans: “Do not spit in a soup that you may have to eat one day.” They should try it, not spit in it…
Serge is for me a reflection of true care, love for humanity, and high level of integrity. I have never met anyone like him before. My life has changed to the enormous better since I have met him and his presentations, because it all make sense to me and most of what he is saying I do know from my inner self. He showed me how to take responsibility for my own health and well being. I am forever learning and growing but at least I do know I have the choice to return to truth and true love and not the misinterpretation of it. My deepest appreciation to Serge and his family!
“Relationship success credited to Universal Medicine”
We would like to share the experience of our involvement with Serge and Universal Medicine not only from our own perspectives, but that of us as a couple, a union, and a team.
To share how invaluable the work and presentations of Serge and Universal Medicine have been in our life, and to the success of our relationship.
We both met Serge some twelve years ago, a simple healing, or so we thought. It was in fact profound, as have all the teachings he has since presented been.
We had both been in a series of relationships, and both had the same underlying dissatisfaction; in our hearts knowing there had to be more to life than this, more to love than what we were meeting.
And we were both putting a lot into those relationships, in hindsight we can say that that “lot we were putting” in, was a lot of emotion. Not necessarily the key ingredient for a truly vital and harmonious relationship.
The point being that we were both certain that a love greater and more enduring than what we had found was a possibility, we just hadn’t found the way to have that yet, the way to live that. But we did not give up knowing that it was there to be found. And it was in the beautiful, yet simple presentations of Serge’s that this truth was once again revealed, and opened up for us to live.
In a time now when accusations come claiming Serge and the work of Universal Medicine destroys relationships, we are here to say that without the presentations from Serge, the amazing tools of how to be with life, how to be with love, we would not be here together as the beautiful partnership we are.
Serge is a true role model, we have felt true inspiration from him, and have enormous thanks for the love he consistently presents. This love is without judgement, it is truly supportive without pandering, encouraging – without expectation, demand or coercion. He has always presented and never preached, in fact it is within this attitude that we are left to deal with our own challenges, as to whether we can stay with our own love or not. And this is in truth the real guts of what Serge presents; in understanding the truth of that which is love and that which is not, begs the question: can we accept RESPONSIBILITY for how we have lived our lives? how we are living our lives!
If you cannot it is very easy to turn away, which we are all free to do. And of course at times some of us have, but how unpleasant it is to return to a life lived without being connected to the essence of who we are, when we have had the experience of feeling that essence, a truth that is so simple and allows us to feel the fact that we are all equal in that.
In a world where common sense does not seem to prevail any more, the teachings that Serge shares, which have a aeons long lineage in history, make more sense than anything else currently available.
These teachings and the practical application of them via a lovingly disciplined approach, when committed to, make for a true and loving way to be.
The suggestion that what Serge presents breaks up relationships, can, from our understanding only suggest that this attitude comes from an unwillingness to care, an unwillingness to love, an unwillingness to change, and of course an unwillingness to take RESPONSIBILITY.
Because the truth of what he presents when lived, can only bring us to a deeper connection with ourselves, and a greater understanding of others; and anyone in relationship with us will feel the quality of that. Yes people close may notice changes in us, but there is not a thing about how we have changed, how we are living, that they could say is harming anyone.
The esoteric philosophy of the teachings and presentations of Universal Medicine not only offer tools for a life to be well-lived, but also a true understanding of the meaning and purpose of life; which by the way, who in this world doesn’t, if not loudly, quietly wonder about. Through living these teachings we have been able to administer change in our lives which do away with harming behaviours and ways of being. For both of us we had experienced the highs and lows of life through the story of multiple relationships, the highs being the ‘excitement’ of life, and the lows being the ’emotion, stress and drama’ of life; and life was lived via the passion or doldrum of these experiences.
So to learn of a way to live and be in relationship with ourselves which is honestly caring and nurturing, and to extend that care and the commitment of that to each other, feels like a totally expanded and limitless way of being together, which is in stark contrast to the limited and contracted way that our previous relationships were operating under.
The teachings present for us the opportunity to consider the necessity for consistent, honest, open and truthful communication, to support each other to work through things that may hold us back from being the truth of who we are. Communication that allows us to work through issues, communication that, held by love, wants only for the other to meet and be the potential of who they are. Learning and forever developing how to be this way in relationship, has revealed that yes, making love is in our expression in the moment to moment ways of being and sharing together; not a title reserved for the act of making love, which of course then is far different to the act of having sex.
A life lived without society’s norms of alcohol, drugs and other stimulants, leaves us at times having to feel our vulnerabilities and of course this is at first challenging; however we both would not ever turn back to the way of life we knew before. This way of living, combined with the true understandings of life’s purpose, make for a truly meaningful way to be with life. And for this understanding we have Serge, his family, and Universal Medicine to thank for sharing with us all equally.
With great love,
Annette and Gabe
Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are of great integrity and have an authentic commitment for humanity’s true well-being. His teachings are forever long lasting and extremely needed in today’s times. I have continued to be inspired by the work Serge and Universal Medicine offers as I know many others have been as well, from all walks of life.
Renee
Great blog post – thanks very much for telling the truth about what ‘The One’ is really about and how it applies to all of us. I too have never heard anyone call him “the One” as everyone just calls him Serge. It is amazing how what are beautiful words of truth can be so manipulated, twisted and bastardised to mean something completely different and untrue.