by Carmel Reid BEng, DMS, Cert Ed, MCMI, Somerset, UK
Ten years ago, at the age of 52, I was obese, breathless, and diagnosed with a hyperactive thyroid. When I asked the Doctor if it was stress that caused the thyroid condition, he said yes, and we had a brief discussion about ways to reduce it (diet, exercise etc).
Since meeting with Serge Benhayon and many of the Universal Medicine practitioners, I have been learning a great deal more about what causes stress in my life, and have been amazed to find out just how much it is about me and not anything outside of myself.
Knowing that, I have been able to make better choices about how I live my life, for example, what I eat, how I sleep, how I think about life/issues and how I relate to others, particularly at work.
I am delighted to say that, at 62, my body has returned to its natural weight, my vitality has increased, my thyroid is back to normal, and I’m having a great deal of FUN.
I am grateful to everyone in the medical profession who has helped me along the way, and I will always seek a medical diagnosis if I am concerned about symptoms in my body.
Based on the health benefits I have experienced I can recommend the combination of Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing as practised with integrity by Serge Benhayon, his family, and the practitioners who have trained with him and who work under the same code of ethics.
Medicine and Serge Benhayon 
On occasions, I’ve sat in the ER and had conversations with people who were disgruntled with the NHS and were not shy to voice their opinions but what I have come to realise is that we all have a relationship with our healthcare providers in whatever form that comes in, and it is for us to look at what our expectations are regarding these services. For instance, are we expecting the medical profession to fix us when we run our bodies to the ground and then complain when it doesn’t want to carry on in the same way? Wouldn’t we be wiser to acknowledge that the medical profession can only do so much for us and that we can also do a lot more for ourselves?
‘Stress’ is a very convenient word that gets thrown about when it comes to talking about a cause of illnesses and diseases, but a lot of the time we have no idea what then to do. Looking at our life choices with honesty and willingness to change – many of us think that we are already doing this, and I did too, but really I was just circumnavigating. True, lasting change is not just about making ‘better’ choices, but involves connecting with something that is true to us, that comes from within us, and that is esoteric medicine.
Having the understanding that my choices are the single biggest factor to my health has dramatically supported my health and well-being. And I know this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Universal Medicine AND my GP and conventional medicine.
I love how most people as they get older are letting go more and more of their body and getting sicker and bigger – but you have done the opposite. It’s great proof that the way we choose to live not only determines our bodies shape and size and health but can also reverse life-long trends.
I’ve seen that with other Universal Medicine students including my parents. As people are getting older they are regaining vitality levels that they never even had in their early adult years!
It’s amazing, and it proves that the notion that we get more tired and less vital as we get older is not actually necessary and could be a result of many years of not really taking care of ourselves rather than a natural attribute of getting older.
Western medicine is here to support us in any way possible and although it does not have all the answers it does amazing work which I appreciate and am grateful for. I have come to accept the enormous love I give to myself every time I embrace western medicine and what it has to offer.
The esoteric way views all as having a loving essence and once we can reconnect to our essence living in a more loving and self caring way is a natural progression. We are human beings and with a well being we are more likely to make healthy choices for our body.
Thanks Carmel, I agree from my own experience also that the combination of esoteric medicine and western medicine is very beneficial for health and wellbeing. Like yourself with the support of Universal Medicine I have been able to identify many stressors which were having a significant impact on my health and wellbeing, things that were not related to diet and exercise or other common lifestyle areas, but more to do with expression, relationships, life in general, and clearing past hurts. Even more importantly the esoteric views all as having an essence within that’s truly amazing, it’s the natural part of us that’s connected to our soul and living from that source brings a true sense of well-being, and I have found also very beneficial for physical health.
This is extraordinary. When there is a large proportion of the population who are struggling with higher BMI and larger body weights we have to consider what is influencing the behaviour and how we can support change at a personal, family and community level.
It does make complete sense… do we live in a way that is reactive to life and trying to cope or do we live in a way that supports us? To thrive or survive are very different ways of life.
I agree that there is an acknowledgement in medicine that stress and emotions can contribute to illness but often we don’t know how to deal fully with this aspect but this is where the ageless wisdom comes in as presented by Universal Medicine. It has provided many with a simple, practical, real and genuine way of living that supports dealing with life and all its stresses and strains.
Love the simplicity of your blog Carmel here and the living evidence of how you have turned your life around by combining conventional medical advice and treatment with the philosophy and wisdom of your own body supported and inspired to empower yourself by Universal Medicine.
Your transformation is truly remarkable Carmel and is a combination of not only conventional medicine and esoteric healing but also your willingness to take responsibility for your own health. It is empowering to feel how the key to our healing lies within us and we can unlock a revitalised way of living with our choices.
We so often see stress as pressure from outside influences yet we never clearly see that it is actually our own relationship within ourselves that is the cause, I have found when I have been confronted with what could be a stressful situation, to remain very steady within myself and not to allow my head to go into the different scenarios but to stay with whatever needs to be done at the time. Making it about the moment and not the what if.
That’s very true Sally, our relationship with ourselves and the loving foundations we live from are vital, otherwise we are always at the mercy of life.
Interesting how we often perceive stress as being something outside of us, that we get affected by. Yes, there are stressful situations and people who are hyper stressed, and sometimes getting stressed feels like an uncontrollable, automatic response, especially if it’s our ‘go-to’ way of responding. But when we look at it, it really is a choice to get – and stay – stressed or not. It’s not our body’s natural way of being, so we must be having to react in a certain way, to certain triggers, for our body to go into that stress.
Thank you for your comment too, it is sometimes a good reminder to know we choose to be stressed or not and that just calling a stop to consider that contributes to more positive health outcomes.
What I can feel is the power of in-between. A pill, medical procedure, a session with a practitioner – they can all assist us in our healing, but what really matters is between those moments of highlights – how we live our every day. It is so obvious, yet this is something I totally overlooked until I came upon Universal Medicine.
Yes, we have to be honest with ourselves and that is the part we do not like because if we are honest then we feel the truth about the way we have been treating ourselves and we can feel the responsibility that comes when we make different choices.
There is absolutely nothing I have come across that has even come close to supporting me to care for myself and my body the way The Ageless Wisdom has. I too fully endorse the combination of esoteric healing with conventional healing because I have immeasurable improvements in my health, well being and vitality. Yesterday when I arrived at a regular business meeting I go to, I walked in and the waiter who hadn’t seen me for a couple of months said to me, wow you look amazing, you are looking younger and as a young women in her 40’s that’s not what we expect to hear.
It is common to hear symptoms getting fixed but rarely do you hear about someone’s entire quality of well-being being turned around back to a vital and rich life from a complete opposite one. Cases like this ought to be studied and not brushed aside as “outliers” or random cases.
Universal Medicine is the future healthcare today. It allows us to feel what is not supportive of our body and presents us things we can change and obliterate things that if left to run their course will require medical intervention.
Medicine is about how we support the body both in the conventional sense and considering how we live, our lives, the lived medicine of our day to day adds another dimension to how we can be with our health and well being, and that’s esoteric medicine, the missing link.
Through combining Conventional Medicine and Esoteric Medicine the body is very well supported, I have found on the occasions that I have combined the two I have healed much more deeply and quickly too.
I have seen your before and after photos Carmel and it is without a doubt you now glow with health and vitality, you are a living miracle and proof that how we live and the choices we make can transform or support any medical condition to improve or completely heal.
A great point Carmel, stress is about how we choose to live our lives (and therefore entirely in our control) and is not imposed – often cited as imposition from outside that is all too easy to blame.
Yes it is true Carmel that mainstream modern medicine is accepting more and more the links between are emotional state e.g. stress and our physical health. Universal Medicine in my view has provided a great deal of insight and understanding to this link and therefore is a great complement to what conventional medicine already knows and can do for us.
Carmel, you share so simply a miracle. How many people can say their body has reversed a thyroid condition? Many doctors will tell you that it is s life long illness that will require medication, constantly. So the very fact miracles can happen, you have proved.
In learning to live in connection to our bodies we discover there is a whole other way of living that is far more loving and honoring, allowing our true well-being and vitality to naturally come to life
Understanding our bodies from the inside out is super important, we can all feel what stresses us and why, we know the effect our particular stresses have on our physical bodies and we also know what calms us and brings steadiness and stillness back you our beingness. The only thing we don’t support each other enough to do, is to choose our stillness.
I know this is a short and sweet article but that is a pretty massive change in your life and from their a huge change in how the body responded. So often we hear that we are ‘victims of society’ and yet here we have living and walking proof that that isn’t the case. Not only that we have the steps we can all take to move out of the world impacting on you. Even with this point alone would make a huge difference, “I have been learning a great deal more about what causes stress in my life, and have been amazed to find out just how much it is about me and not anything outside of myself.”
I also have discovered a great deal about the connection between my health and well-being and choices that can either exacerbate stress or support myself to feel and have vitality through attending Universal Medicine presentations.
One of the biggest things I have learnt from Universal Medicine when it comes to what causes stress is disconnection to myself – if I am thinking about work while in the shower or running over my to do list in my head while trying to get to sleep, these all cause stress. The more I am connected to my body and how it feels in and with the moment I do not feel stressed, not a dot.
I have a much better understanding of why when things come up in my body they are not there to be annoying or stop me from doing things but are an indication of how I am living an what areas I need to look at. It is amazing how much we can learn about ourselves from listening to our body, and you have shown Carmel how much we can change once we understand and embrace what is really going on in the body. Combining conventional Medicine with the understanding of the body that Universal Medicine offers is the way forward and one that is very much needed as we see our health services struggling to meet the demands of the many illnesses we have today.
An inspiring blog Carmel – as you highlight from your own experience – everything is down to living responsibly in connection with our body and listening to the wisdom it imparts constantly.
What I love about Universal Medicine is how the responsibility of our health is always brought back to us and has us look at how we ended up with a specific illness and disease, and that within the healing process we also have the support of the Universal Medicine practitioners and conventional medicine – who could ask for more.
I wonder if that is what we are missing in medicine, the honesty of practitioners who will hold our hands and tell us we have the potential to turn some of the lifestyle illnesses around. To tell us in a way that supports us to know we can change our environment to better support the change as a return to a more natural way of living rather than another thing on our ‘to-do’ list.
Now this is front page news, these types of stories just blow me away. The proof of how beneficial the work of Universal Medicine really is, is in the pudding or in this case, in the general public, ordinary people, like yourself, who are reaping the immense advantages of lifestyle change and energy shift that transforms life as you know it. The marriage of Western Medicine and Esoteric Medicine is a golden one and should be accessible everywhere.
It makes perfect sense to combine western medicine with something that is complementary to medicine, and Universal Medicine therapies are very complementary to medicine.
A great self-revelation to discover how it is our own choices that are responsible for the stress that we feel, and how through changing our choices we can help alleviate the stress we put ourselves through, allowing the body to take care of us through supporting it more deeply.
An extraordinary and profound testament to the healing power of both western medicine and esoteric healing combined. I love that not only has your health transformed to better than before you were diagnosed but that the choices that you have made have transformed your entire life and the relationships within it. It is amazing to know of the power we have through choices made based on love and understanding
The combination of conventional medicine and esoteric healing is incredible, with them both together you have the power to completely change your health around by seeking all the medical attention you need, whether it be surgery, or medication and then with esoteric medicine you are supported to look at your whole life and all your choices and what may have led to this so you can essentially reroute and rebuild your life so this doesn’t happen again, so a true healing can occur – I think that’s amazing.
This is a remarkable turn-around Carmel, and yet what strikes me most, is how truly ‘healthy’ it actually is, to not only receive the amazing support our medical professionals can offer us, but to also go deeper in exploring what has been behind stresses and ill conditions in our bodies, for us.
I know of no other organisation that offers what Universal Medicine does in this regard – that we may find such a deep understanding in life, not only of ourselves and the delicateness with which our own body and being is entwined, but of human life and its outplay.
I agree Victoria, looking at the whole picture rather than pockets in isolation is the only way to see what is not working but also to see what is working and bring that same focus, dedication and love to all equally so there are no pockets left less!
I agree Lucy and Victoria. The combination of Universal Medicine and Conventional Medicine is surely ‘holistic medicine’ in the truest sense of the word as every aspect of the body and of the life lived thus far is taken into consideration.
I’m with you Carmel! Esoteric Medicine, in combination with Western Medicine, has provided me with full support for my own thyroid condition. Not only has it supported me at the bodily level, it has helped me address the poor lifestyle choices I’d been making for years, and why I’d been making those choices. And beyond that, it has helped me understand that I also need to develop a truer quality of well-being – my beingness.
Love the changes you’ve made and claim here, Carmel, this is a miracle and shows the power of both Esoteric and Western Medicine in combination. And I love that you’ve having lots of fun too – it’s great to feel an older woman being so engaged and vital with life and reminds all of us that aging can be something very different to what we normally see. You’re a trend setter.
Thank you Carmel, for your testimony highlighting the profound and deep healing that comes from the collaboration of western medicine and esoteric medicine. It is inspiring to see and feel that lasting changes you have made in your life have been possible through your embracing your responsibility of your health, well-being and vitality with the support of Universal Medicine. Understanding that our choices are what shape our lives, is not only empowering but also liberating, as we then are able to bring awareness to the choices we make and if they truly support us to live with the vitality and joy we rightly all deserve to live with, which includes the support of regular check-ups with our local doctor.
The integrity with which Serge Benhayon, his family and all the practitioners live by is second to none. It’s not about participating in a workshop and then setting up a clinic but the way is which we live our lives and how that naturally has an effect in the world. Every choice makes a difference and it is every choice a practitioner makes is taken into every session. Having a code of ethics of the highest standard is what makes Universal Medicine unique and a perfect companion to conventional medicine.
Beautiful story to read Carmel, thank you. Like you I also endorse/recommend the combination of Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing.
lovely to hear that you are back to having FUN Carmel… And it feels like you are going to have even more… ☺
Thank you Carmel. You show clearly that we all have to take responsibility for our own part in the healing process supported by conventional medicine and esoteric medicine, which is Universal Medicine.
It just goes to show that no matter what illness or health conditions we have we can always look at our choices of what has and has not contributed – this feels more freeing than blaming others or our bodies.
It is very empowering to become aware of just how much what happens in our life is a consequence of our choices – empowering because it is within our power to change our choices!
Most of us would agree that what we eat and the activities we engage in have an effect on our overall health but not so many turn that knowledge into a living way that truly makes a difference. Those that do, of course, reap the benefits as you have clearly done, and still do, Carmel. Thank you for sharing this.
Combining conventional medicine and esoteric medicine are indeed ‘a match made in heaven’.
Beautiful, yes conventional medicine is needed and very supportive. What I feel that is currently missing on a global scale is for us to take responsibility of our own health in the daily choices we make, what we eat, how we move, what thoughts we allow to come through, what ill patterns, behaviours and ideals are we still living, as presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. For example, conventional medicine can take out a tumour, but only we can get to the root cause of energy and heal the reason why it was there in the first place for it to truly be cleared.
Esoteric Medicine combined with Conventional Medicine is completely supportive, providing answers to ill-health and a way back to true health, wellbeing and vitality.
Awesome Carmel! What a beautiful testimony combining self responsibility, western medicine and esoteric therapies!!
“Since meeting with Serge Benhayon and many of the Universal Medicine practitioners, I have been learning a great deal more about what causes stress in my life, and have been amazed to find out just how much it is about me and not anything outside of myself.”
I personally have experienced the same. It really brings responsibility back to ourselves when we genuinely feel that it is not another person or a circumstance that causes us to feel stressed, but how we choose to be with people and in our lives.
It is commonsense that the way we live has an effect on physical health. Conventional medicine is an essential part of the whole when things go wrong but we each have a responsibility for the lifestyle we choose to allow conventional medicine to support our overall well-being.
That’s great, to turn that around by looking at what lay underneath the thyroid and even the stress makes for very good medicine! What a perfect combination.
A very down to Earth testament to how you have changed your life, Carmel.
It is the small constant steps that make all the difference.
Western Medicine when complemented by Esoteric Medicine is a powerful combination with Esoteric Medicine providing the missing link of understanding the energetic cause of illness and disease.
Carmel what an extraordinary turnaround you have had in your health since attending Universal Medicine presentations. The combination of Western Medicine and Esoteric healing and how it supports the body to truly heal is very evident from your own experience as it has been for hundreds of others who have also restored their health and often reversed Medical conditions with this powerful partnership.
I’ve found that total healing occurs when we bring understanding to any part of our lives, health issues, body ailments or relationship situations. I’ve seen miraculous changes not only in myself and my body but with many hundreds of others who have married Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing.
The combination of Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing is a powerful combination. The integrity of Serge Benhayon, his family, and all of the other Esoteric Practitioners who have trained with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine all not only work under the same code of ethics, but live it too.
Carmel, I love what you have said here about how you were “amazed to find out just how much it [Stress] is about me and not anything outside of myself.”
Stress is such a normal part of our lives, and in many regards we could say that the body needs stress physiologically to keep things in balance, as stress brings on the adrenaline surges and gets the body out of trouble (in the classic sense of running away from a tiger or lion for example) – without this kind of stress response, we would quickly turn into lion fodder, end of story. However, when our stress response is too strong for a given situation, or the stress response is prolonged past what we need it and at times can become chronic, then we are in major trouble. The body cannot handle this.
And so it can be easy to point the finger at the outside world and blame these things as stressing one out. But is this really true? What if there is an underlying stress we hold within, which if undealt with can get out of balance in certain circumstances? What if we dealt with the underlying stress within, would that then allow us to cope with the outside circumstances in a far more equipped way? The real power we have is to look at how we perceive situations and how we can choose to behave (react or respond) to the situations that happen around us.
So Stress is really about us and how we handle things, more so that what actually eventuates around us.
Carmel your healing story is a little miracle for me – it is possible to heal a thyroid through changing your life style choices! I am wondering if your doctor was not amazed by that and asked you a lot of questions about your healing.
It is beautiful to read that the thyroid can heal. Medication can support us in the process but what truly heals us is when we address the energetic root cause of an illness. It is far easier to seek a pill to fix something but wearing a band aid on a cut for the rest of your life would seem ridiculous, yet we are prepared to do that very thing in other areas.
I love the responsibility you took Carmel. You didn’t settle for a diagnosis followed by treatment, you asked questions and took it further and from what it appears, you got to the root cause of the problem and dealt with it at that level. A great example for the medical world – both for doctors and for those with illness.
But what Carmel under plays is how she is an elegant and graceful public speaker who is able to present with clarity and presence to audiences of any size… What a transformation.
Such amazing things happen when we apply self-love and take back responsibility for our own health. You are such an inspiration Carmel – to now be much healthier than before, more vitality and back to your natural weight and having a great deal of FUN – there will be big queues for your secret. 🙂 Oops! I don’t think it’s a secret anymore.
Hi Marion, exactly, there is no secret – it is a natural way of living that has been overridden by modern life and the large companies that make millions from selling a lie. We can all benefit from simple choices to live healthily in terms of food intake but also our attitude to life, attitudes towards our fellow humans and our attitude to our own bodies.
Thank you Carmel, my understanding has always been that we absolutely heal our self. Form the first time I heard ‘physician heal thyself first’ I knew that true healing had all to do with finding that right approach. Serge Benhayon has filled in the missing piece’s from that first time some forty years ago when I first heard that saying from the ancient wisdom.
For more about Serge Benhayon go to;
http://www.unimedliving.com/search?keyword=SERGE+BENHAYON
Thank you Carmel for a simple no nonsense account showing the changes that can happen when embracing the teachings of Universal Medicine through Serge Benhayon and conventional medicine.
There is a strange undercurrent that seems to run underneath the work presented by Universal Medicine …. And that is , that it is OK to actually have fun and enjoy ourselves each other and life.
Absolutely Chris, returning the joy in life is part of the foundations that restores the love that we are as a Son of God. The presentations by Serge Benhayon are gold in returning those who choose this love.
For more on the Son of God go to;
http://www.unimedliving.com/search?keyword=SON+OF+GOD
This is the kind of line that could be a news headline ‘I am delighted to say that, at 62, my body has returned to its natural weight, my vitality has increased, my thyroid is back to normal, and I’m having a great deal of FUN.’ A line that has everyone asking “how did she do it?” and “I want to read/hear more”.
Carmel at the start of this blog you share about making choices and not blaming external circumstances for your stress and lack of well-being. I found this difficult to grasp (conveniently) at first. Admittedly victim mentality, blame and not wanting to take responsibility all came into this, but what continues to support and help me is Serge Benhayon’s teaching that we align to energy and the choice is energy not whether we go into a particular behavior or not – this is worth hearing more about.
I so agree Carmel. The combination of the two supportive healing elements are important (conventional medicine and Esoteric Healing) and work so well alongside each other. This has been my experience in the past. What has significantly helped me is to express exactly my symptoms and share as much as I can of how I’d been living that includes diet, sleep, stress levels etc not to hold back with important information that is vital for the prescribed treatments to help with the healing processes. You are such an inspiration Carmel and clearly show us all what happens when you choose to listen to your amazing body and introduce self loving, self nurturing choices into your life.
Your experience serves to emphasise that the choices we make on a daily basis can have a profound impact on improving our health. So when we combine these responsible choices with the support of conventional medicine at those times in life when we have conditions that need medical intervention, we’re giving our bodies the very best chance at recovery.
And sometimes the choices can be major ones like what to eat or how warm to dress, sometimes they are more subtle, such as how we speak to ourselves, how we can be negative when thinking about others. These things can drain our energy making us less alert and more open to accidents. Awareness of these effects can help us to turn our lives around into appreciation, inspiration and confirmation.
What a wonderful read Carmel on how you were open to both the conventional and non-conventional ways of healing. Your story has once again confirmed that when we combine a deeper understanding of what the body needs to heal, then there is a sharing there that can be celebrated by all.
Awesome Carmel – ten years on and you’ve turned your life around through simple loving choices. I totally concur that conventional medicine and the esoteric play vital roles in our general wellbeing when combined together. Having an awareness of the momentums we were in to get our body into a bad shape will aid in the prevention of it returning to be that way again.
With solely conventional medicine the illness/issue can be addressed in the sense that it is no longer on/in the body – Esoteric medicine gets to the root of why it appeared in the first place which is not physical but found in energy. When both are used, the results are amazing and Carmel is a living example of such, as many students now are.
Your blog confirms the best type of cure is prevention and the most effective way of doing this is by making responsible lifestyle choices.
“I have been learning a great deal more about what causes stress in my life, and have been amazed to find out just how much it is about me and not anything outside of myself.” This was a big wake-up call for me too Carmel but it was also unbelievably freeing because with responsibility I could actually change any ill momentum that I was in and begin to truly heal from the inside out.
Carmel I note that although the doctor offered the diagnosis that you needed to reduce stress in your life, it was through the presentations of Serge Benhayon and esoteric healings that you gained understanding of what stress actually is and practical tips of how to make your every day way of living your medicine. The modalities work beautifully together with conventional medicine. It makes me wonder if the wisdom Serge presents was at one time conventional every day wisdom that we have lost?
Thank you Carmel and Anne, great question you ask Anne, to me the answer is that the lived wisdom that is presented by Serge Benhayon and lived by the Students of The Livingness is now a simple conventional everyday wisdom that is lived as part of The Ageless Wisdom today. So yes!
Carmel, having known you for some years I have seen the transformation you describe and is has been nothing less than a miracle.
Thank you Carmel and Anne, I agree, there are many miracles within the body of students and this has come about because the Students of The Livingness are prepared to listen and heed the presentations of Serge Benhayon!
I totally agree Carmel, those mundane details of how we sleep, eat, work and play that we easily take for granted in our every day are definitely medicine.
Spot on Suse. We often take this for granted and “think” that this will not affect our well being. Carmel’s blog has shown us otherwise.
Carmel the combination of conventional medicine and healing Modalites of Universal Medicine have also supported me with a severe endocrine condition. I share now that they are a match made in heaven!
Sharon I also suffered from a lot of endocrine conditions, but with the support of western medicine and Universal Medicine, it has helped my healing process. I no longer suffer from any endocrine conditions. My vitality has improved and I look younger and feel younger.
Although I haven’t had an endocrine condition, I have recently experienced a digestive / bowel issue and hands down absolutely agree from experience, that combining conventional medicine and esoteric medicine are indeed “a match made in heaven!”
To Start to understand the impact of stress in our everyday life, and to recognise the major stressors that are affecting us, is the essential start of addressing stress in our lives and opens us to the possibility of being to let go of the stress, and the continual drain that it has upon our physical bodies.
I totally agree with you Carmel, our health is our own responsibility and taking in the wisdom of the esoteric, coupled with the modern wonders medicine is reaching, and us taking more and more responsibility for how we treat ourselves, food, exercise and sleep wise, we have a great mix to show and inspire others that there is a truer way to live, in this age riddled with disease and poor health.
Thank you Carmel for your story back to health. It is inspiring to hear your return to health and vitality with the help of conventional medicine and Universal Medicine working together with you.
What an awesome 10 year turnaround in your life Carmel. I have traveled the same 10 year path as you, with the loving support and immense wisdom of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, plus the assistance of Western Medicine, and to complete the healing trinity, my choice to take responsibility for my life and my health: a most powerful combination that has worked for you, for me and many hundreds of others. Stories like yours have the potential to change the way society looks at illness and disease and the healing that can unfold from the combined wisdom and knowledge of this union.
I feel it is important to work with both Western Medicine and Complementary Medicine, as both together support the healing process. There are scientific ways that support the healing process of a body and in parallel there are energetic ways that also support the healing process of the body. Without one the other one is not complete and cannot provide true healing for the body. For example my mother had a knee operation, she required Western Medicine for the physical Surgery, and as she had an openness to Esoteric Healing and understanding healing energy, this supported her healing period reducing the intense pain she would have otherwise felt.
In today’s world often our health continues to decline and decrease as we age, and yet here, and many others who have shared their stories, are bucking the trend if not completely reversing it!
I have come to understand that there are many layers of stress that we experience and some of these we just accept as normal. The more I have started to really take care of myself, the more I realise that there were things I was putting up with before and accepting as something quite normal when there is a deeper, more surrendered state that you can live in.
I just re-read this and I love it. I love the vitality with which you write. I’m 34, and over the last few years, have started to buy into the idea that I’m getting old. I know it sounds ridiculous and more than that, is ridiculous, but there is an element of truth there, as yes, of course I am getting old-er but It’s my attitude to ageing that is capping me. But when I read posts like this, I’m reminded that the possibility of feeling awesome later in life is there if I want it, and all the ideals and beliefs around being of a young age aren’t real. Ultimately I don’t want to care about my age, I just want to feel great in myself, and allow others to feel the same.
Carmel, I think that’s amazing. So many people would be in denial about the possibility of actually feeling more alive and full of beans at older age. You are more proof that taking full responsibility for your life is the absolute not so ‘secret’ to enjoying it simply and consistently!
To take back responsibility for our own choices of the way in which we live our everyday is a large part of what I feel ‘self healing’ to be – a wonderful gift that we can all administer for ourselves. (if we choose). Knowing that we have western medicine to assist in that process as Carmel shares (western medicine and Esoteric healing a great combination) is very supportive.
Changing our past choices that did not support us and staying consistent in expanding our awareness and following what our bodies are asking of us is an ongoing dedication and devotion to ourselves and our well-being. As Carmel has shared, our body then has a chance to return to its natural homeostasis and we can enjoy life so much more.
I am with this endorsement Carmel, that recommends the combination of Conventional medicine and Esoteric healing, as practised with integrity by Serge Benhayon and all the other Universal Medicine practitioners who have trained with him and work under the same code of ethics. There is one other to take into consideration in our healing, and that is the responsibility we have to ourselves for the choices we have made in the past, and the possibility that we may need to change those choices to support ourselves in our healing, which we all can do.
Absolutely agree Deidre, whether conventional medicine or esoteric healing, without us taking responsibility for our part and changing the ill choices that got us to the situation, no true healing will take place.
Yes, we can take pills, have surgery or other physical support without us taking responsibility for our choices and thus our part of creating the illness there is no true healing happening.
It is amazing how blind we all were about what was really crucial in order to generate wellbeing and of what were we doing to generate so much ill-being without admitting that it was our choices what was behind it.
I have also benefited from taking more responsibility for my health, with esoteric healing sessions that allow me to connect to my body deeply, and also very practical suggestions to create more supportive structures to my day. The combination of medical professionals and Universal Medicine is the way of the future, so that we don’t have to fear ageing, but we can embrace this cycle of life fully engaged. Your story is very inspiring Carmel.
It is very heart warming to read a story about a 62 year old woman who has completely turned her health around. Somehow we have accepted declining health with ageing, but you are living proof that this does not have to be the case. By making healthy life choices and combining Western Medicine with Esoteric modalities, you have basically reversed your diagnosed condition. You are setting a brilliant example Carmel.
Carmel’s story should be hitting the headlines, she has managed to change what could have been a life time of illness and visits to the doctors. Stories like Carmel’s can change the world …let alone save a failing Health Service thousands of pounds. “I am delighted to say that, at 62, my body has returned to its natural weight, my vitality has increased, my thyroid is back to normal, and I’m having a great deal of FUN.” 3 years on from writing this blog Carmel still has amazing vitality…..this bucks the trend of ageing and illness and disease. Truly inspirational.
I totally agree with you, Carmel. Through the presentations by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, I was able to recognise a rather biased view I held on health care, and my lack of self-responsibility. I have been learning to consider life as a medicine and it has been a tremendous support in understanding all the forms of medicine – be it conventional or esoteric, as a support, not a fix.
This would have made a great story on the news or for a newspaper. With sky high rates of illness and diseases this should make front page news, not the salacious rubbish we are subjected to. Great story Carmel and congratulations on your return to health!
It is great to have so many elders to be inspired by. Thank you Carmel.
Well done Carmel, another Universal Medicine success story
An amazing turn around in 10 years Carmel – back to your normal weight from obesity, with a normal thyroid function and increased vitality. I would call this a living miracle
Amazing Carmel, a testament to Serge Benhayon and You. You must have made choices that really supported you and your body and it’s amazing to read about your huge transformation and that getting older is only looking up!
Carmel I too can testify that I am in better health today ten years ago thanks to the teachings of Universal Medicine. Like you I am still discovering who I am, turning one page at a time with amazement.
We could save the UK National Health Service millions of pounds if we and the organisations we work within took responsibility for reducing our own stress. I agree Fiona, Serge Benhayon offers all of us very simple tools for living healthily every day; how he runs his company and how he lives each day is inspiring for all of us.
It’s a great point Carmel, Health services all over the first world could save many millions if we all took more responsibility for ourselves as human bodies and human beings.
You’ve made a great point Carmel about how much we are in control of our own stress levels. I’ve seen this in myself too. Listening to Serge Benhayon speak about life and how he lives has really helped me understand and put into practice ways of developing how I respond to life.
Carmel it is incredible to read your story compared to what you are living today. At the same time it is quite sad to consider the world was without the “true” Carmel for so long. Yet now you would never have guessed the way you used to look and live. That is a real transformation to witness and something that helps me really appreciate just what is possible when you take the responsibility yourself and work with the medical profession.
Thanks, David and there’s more to come of all of us as we let go of the old patterns and evolve into our True Selves.
I have seen so many people change over the years of attending Universal Medicine events. The transformations are remarkable to say the least. Yet all those physical improvements are nothing compared to seeing and feeling people re-discover who they are, letting their past hurts fall away and really know themselves as the reflection of divinity on earth. To feel a person who was hard and closed off, transform to one who is openly loving, warm and beautiful is a miracle. We need to see this and know there is a simple way back to ourselves that is way beyond simply bettering ourselves.
Hi Fiona, thank you, yes, I am still discovering who I am, and am learning just how my not living that has been making me exhausted. I am learning to be less hard and closed off and enjoying letting people in. It’s much simpler to be the true me and not let all the mind stuff get in the way of my true expression.
‘I am delighted to say that, at 62, my body has returned to its natural weight, my vitality has increased, my thyroid is back to normal, and I’m having a great deal of FUN.’
This is so inspiring Carmel, and I could feel your joy in reading that sentence!
I couldn’t agree more Carmel, there is a place for both medical fraternities in our lives. I’m just so pleased to hear you’re having lots of FUN. That’s an important part of our realm too!
Awesome to hear your story Carmel. I too have found the Esoteric Healing modalities a great complement to Western Medicine and the two work hand in hand to offer us the opportunity to fully heal, looking at the root cause of what caused the ill in the first place.
Thank you for sharing your story Carmel. You have added to the evidence of how medicine and Universal Medicine therapies can work in complement for true health and vitality.
Carmel I absolutely adore the way that you highlighted the word FUN ! You’ve gone from stressed and unwell to someone who now is having a lot of fun ! You have made that transition by taking responsibility for your choices. Think of all the millions of people who are having a crap life, not knowing that they have the power to change it themselves. Let’s keep spreading the word.
Great to hear of your amazing turnaround from illness to good health especially Thyroid. I agree that I had difficulty taking responsibility for the fact that my decisions were the cause of my ill health, but now it all makes sense to me and I am in the driver’s seat, an extremely responsible position in my life. All thanks to Universal Medicine Practitioners and Serge Benhayon for their wonderful support and knowledge. I also have learnt how important Conventional Medicine is, especially when medication or other procedures are required.
Simple, concise and beautiful Carmel. What Universal medicine and Serge Benhayon presents definitely goes hand in hand with western medicine. We are able to have some sort of hint about what works well and doesn’t work well for us before we desperately need medical advice.
Thank you for sharing your story Carmel. To have regained your health, natural weight and vitality through a combination of conventional medicine and esoteric medicine is a phenomena worth investigating. A beautiful story of self love and responsibility.
“I have been learning a great deal more about what causes stress in my life, and have been amazed to find out just how much it is about me and not anything outside of myself.” This is such a great awareness as it means one is no longer a victim to external forces but can be in charge of one’s own life. That is so empowering.
So true Jonathan, self-responsibility is so empowering.
I agree Jonathan and Hannah. To feel self-empowerment and to no longer be a victim of circumstances/age etc. is an incredible feeling. It can be pretty uncomfortable at times too, especially when we realise we have no-one or nothing else left to blame for how we feel, but I would far rather feel uncomfortable and healthy than to be indulging in the comfort of disempowerment and victimhood.
Thankyou Carmel, you are an inspiration and a confirmation of the truth Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine offer us all.
Dear Carmel, it is very inspiring to read that your thyroid condition has returned to normal. As a child I had thyroid issues, to begin with I was hyper, then through medication during my teens I was hypo. Now in my mid 40’s I have been told by doctors that I could go into low acting thyroid as I age, after having blood tests about 12 months ago.
I have made many changes to my life since this was presented to me. The greatest of these being loving myself deeply. Other changes have been exercising gently often, and through the direction of a naturopath, supplementing my body with the vitamins and minerals that it needs. Since making the changes, my level of vitality has risen and my joy of living is there to be seen by all.
I too was showing signs of a thyroid condition in my early 30’s due to the levels of exhaustion from extreme working hours. Like Carmel and Leigh a combination of western medicine for a brief time and making more loving choices I too was able to bring more vitality to my life. Working long hours hasn’t stopped but the quality in which I do this is no longer with disregard.
It is so true. The combination of Western medicine and the Esoteric healing is our way forward for all humanity to heal its many hurts.
It’s not common to see people turn their lives around at such a late age in life, or it can be very difficult to maintain it. It is fantastic to see complementary therapies and modern medicine working together and is what’s needed for the future health care of humanity.
Bravo, Carmel! One more point of True Light for us all to see.
Esoteric Medicine and Western Medicine working side by side is a more true and full way of healing than one without the other. I used to be very extreme and quite anti western medicine. I would not even take something for a headache….. I also only went to an alternative practitioner when quite desperate. Now when I get a head ache, I look at what has caused the headache and depending on the day and the circumstances, I choose how I will deal with the headache. Some times I take pain relief and other times I go and lay down with an eye pillow and take the time to be with myself and connect and rest. Sometimes the headache may just mean I need to eat something….I feel what my body needs without judging my choice. I look at the whole picture and do not make decisions from beliefs.
An inspiring post sharing it how it is.
I read once that 80% of people that visit a GP expect to come away with a prescription or some other solution that will ‘fix it.’
The understanding that we are responsible for our health and wellbeing is slowly gaining a foothold within our society and this will lead to us making more loving and supportive choices.
It’s so interesting Julie, I work in a health store and the same happens there. People come in wanting a ‘magic bullet’ solution for their health issues. I’ve been there myself and know how tempting it is to give your power away to the next great thing in supplements or natural remedies. We’re all desperately looking for the solution to our ailments and yet if we stopped for a moment we would realise the ‘solution’ is to take responsibility for our health and begin to live in a way that is loving and supportive of our bodies.
There can be no doubt that taking responsibility for how we live makes a difference in our health, well-being and vitality. It is a bit of a no-brainer actually and not some weird mystical idea – but very practical, down to earth and real.
Carmel your turnaround story is absolutely amazing from obesity to vitality, wow. As you share, considering and utilising everything together – western medicine along with sacred esoteric healing, and both having equal importance in regards our health and wellness, is what truly counts. And you are living proof of this.
Since I have met Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I have embraced Western Medicine again. I fully agree that both are equally important for our health and wellbeing. And I love how you expressed that you have FUN. That is what I experience as well – I enjoy life so much more since I am in contact with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
Carmel I got to pondering after reading your article, how ageing will take on a whole new dimension when we get to a point in society when we marry esoteric healing with conventional medicine. Currently there is a bit of a theme that as we get older things stop working and it’s ‘downhill from here’ and there is nothing that you can do about it. But esoteric healing offers a really new dimension to getting older. It brings ‘us’ back into the mix and more than that, it keeps developing the ‘us’ so that in time we actually become more and more of who we are rather than the current less and less.
Having entered the ‘elder bracket’, Alexis, I can definitely confirm that the combination of the two approaches to health has changed my perception and experience of growing older. I certainly do not feel it is ‘downhill from here’, in fact I feel more vital than I can remember. Esoteric Healing gives me support on the energetic level as I grow older, and when my body does near its end, I have the confidence of having the wonderful medical support from conventional medicine. What a blessing is that?
Jonathan I, too am in the ‘elder bracket’ and can attest to the wonderful combination of Western medicine and Universal Medicine. My vitality has increased, my stress levels have greatly diminished, I am opening up to people. I am looking forward to the years ahead not dreading them.
I love watching how people who make loving choices in their lives grow older: with such grace, vitality and wisdom. And just like Carmel described: less stress and a lot of joy.
And, Alexis, we have a responsibility to show our youthful Eldership to the whole world – so that all can see ageing as a joy and not something to be feared.
Ha, I love this “youthful Eldership” – this really is the right expression for it! And yes keep moving out and about and show yourselves! I am so inspired to watch the people involved with Universal Medicine, they do look and feel younger each year and so do I! I feel so much more vital and healthier than I did 10 years ago – different life-style choices are definitely worth it.
Me too Judith! Youthful Eldership is a perfect way to describe the Elders I see around me in the Universal Medicine Student Body. Such very deeply inspiring role models.
Great comment Alexis. I was with a family member last weekend who is only a few years older than me and yet was saying there was nothing much they could do really do about their health conditions because it was ‘all part of ageing’. Before becoming aware of Universal Medicine and all this entails, I too subscribed to this widely held belief and yet now I know this to be entirely untrue. I’d even go so far as to say it’s a big fat cop out! What better way to hang onto our ‘comfortable’ way of being of not taking responsibility for our health than to blame our ill-health on ageing? It’s a very vicious trap though. leaving so many people suffering hugely and not realising they have a way out by simply being more self-caring and gentle with themselves. Universal Medicine provides us with the understanding that it is how we live that is our best medicine. If this was widely known and lived in the world, the rates of illness and disease would drop dramatically.
Yes, Lucy, so many people use the excuse ‘It’s just old age, I guess’ whereas a few are feeling ten years younger as a result of changing their lifestyle. The few needs to become the many.
Fortunately for all of us, the few are now definitely inspiring the many, and as the balance starts to shift, it will become the many inspiring the few.
Thank you Carmel. With the support of Universal Medicine I am learning that when I am ill, the first thing I look at is ‘how have I been living and treating myself that is the underlying cause of the problem?’ Then I seek help from conventional medicine to address the symptoms and seek help from a Universal Medicine practitioner to look deeper into the underlying cause and choose ways to make changes. Accepting illness as a healing process is enormous for me.
A lovely reminder that all aspects of our life are connected and interrelated. We cannot look at just one in isolation. Yes, Universal Medicine therapies are truly complementary and support western medicine – they are not an alternative to western medicine.
To me it is incredibly amazing, that a body can recover from decades of indulgence and disregard within such a relatively short period of time. Combining conventional Medicine with Universal Medicine is like pressing the fast forward button of true healing!
Since I was young I would go to doctors with strange combinations of symptoms occurring in my body. I tried a lot of them but generally, apart from antibiotics for chest infections and surgery for broken bones they would mostly be stumped for a diagnosis and send me to specialist after specialist and finally home quite unresolved. I lost faith in western medicine, then completely rejected it. I became a great advocate for anything alternative however those modalities faired only marginally better. It wasn’t until Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine inspired me to engage both streams of medicine, western and complementary, that I began to really address the strange symptoms that had plagued me for many, many years. I discovered that true medicine must address the body and mind, the inner and outer self, the physical and energetic.
A truly inspirational story Carmel, how you have reversed your thyroid condition, asthma and weight loss by choosing self care and self love. Serge and Universal Medicine most definitely, offer the tools and starting point of applying true medicine to the body
Really enjoyed reading your article and updates Carmel – thank you. As you mentioned that your Endocrinologist gave you maximum information – so that you could make an ‘informed choice’ how cool is that – when presented with the truth of any situation it keeps coming back to how we choose to honour that with our self loving choices (or not).
Wow… no way I couldn’t image this beauty-full vibrant women to be obese, so now she really is larger then life with the inspiration to inspire others
Hi Carmel, This is an inspiring blog, and great how you changed your life with the prescription of Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing.
Thank you Carmel, I really loved your simply written story, it brought a smile to my face – especially the word FUN, lovely.
As you share, Carmel, what Serge Benhayon teaches is what the most doctors would love their patients to understand. To combine self-care & responsibility with modern medicine is a marriage made in heaven!
Carmin exactly and I’ve met a few doctors who don’t feel they can ask their patients to be responsible yet they all know that is a key part of what is needed.
Beautiful Carmel. You are living the future of medicine, which is actually available to everyone right now.
Lovely Carmel, so simple, to the point and you show how making different choices can have such an impact on our lives.
An inspiring and simple sharing which clearly highlights how conventional medicine can support us if we have no expectations to be fixed by our doctor but instead accept we are the ones responsible for our healing and can do so if we are open to look at our life with honesty – thank you Carmel
Thank you Carmel for describing what it looks like to take responsibility for one’s self and how effective making more loving and aware choices has on one’s healing and well being.
A lot of people have noticed the phenomenon of “giving our power away to doctors”…for a long time now…but it seems, on the whole, that we have not turned this trend around and it is catching up to us big time! As a result of passing the buck in this way we have pushed on, not stopping to consider the abuse and pressure we are putting onto our bodies (in order to continue doing what we want without considering how it may be affecting us) and this is bringing more and more illness, disease and misery, and consequentially transferring this load onto our medical system which is proving to be unsustainable!
Reading your blog and follow-up comments has been so inspiring, Carmel. You are a shining example of how combining the best of both worlds can address complaints/illnesses in such a way that a complete turn-around is possible. Thank you for sharing your story.
Awesome work Carmel! Endocrine conditions such as thyroid conditions can be really hard to turn around – but proof is in the pudding: I love how you have been able to take on board the needed changes that your body was calling out for. When we get ‘sick’ it really is our body calling out for us to make changes and there is so much we can do to heed these – this is the responsibility we hold. Then gradually, bit by bit we can also learn to care for ourselves in a way that the body might not need to go to such extremes of illness or disease to get our attention. In this way I see illness or dis-ease as a blessing – it pulls us to an often much needed stop and gives us an opportunity to re-access and make different choices, hopefully more loving and supportive ones.
Carmel it’s easy to just pass these changes by – but its an incredible story. From all I know about health and medicine it’s so rare to completely reverse conditions. By stopping for just a few seconds to realise the incredible difference that responsibility and choices have on your health it opens up an expanse of miracles. Why is it that so many of us discount the amazing changes and look for “bad news” stories – instead of being truly inspired and reflecting on the fact that if one person has done this then surely that means we all can? I know I certainly don’t spend enough time doing that and it would be “good medicine” to do so.
Thank you Carmel. As you have experienced, Conventional Medicine can help manage and provide a wonderful support for the human body’s physical symptoms. But as you have shown, when you combine Conventional Medical treatments with Esoteric Medicine, you get the complete package. By you taking responsibility for how you live and care for yourself, you actually support your prescribed Conventional Medical treatments and get so much more value from them. For example, how effective is a weight loss pill prescribed to someone when they don’t address why they overeat, they don’t address the exhaustion in their body or stress in their life, they don’t adjust their diet, the amount nor quality of calories they consume, and they don’t exercise, i.e. how you live! That is a hell of a lot of pressure on one pill if it is getting no help and support! With our escalating rates of disease and illness, Conventional Medicine needs help and Universal Medicine’s healing modalities and esoteric philosophy of ‘how you live is medicine’ are super complementary and supportive to it.
Well said Suse, if we take responsibility for our own health, as presented by Universal Medicine, we start to heal. As Carmel is so obviously sharing, the fun comes back into life as we heal.
This blog is a great testimony to the true and sustainable benefits that come from a commitment to making daily self-loving choices in the way we live. This is the new medicine – personal responsibility for our bodies, supported by conventional medicine as and when it is needed.
Hear hear Cathy. It’s the medicine I now subscribe to.
It is amazing how much your life can change when we start to be honest and take responsibility for our well-being. Who else can take better care of our-selves than the one who knows us best – our own true self. Thank you Carmel for your inspiration.
Thank you Carmel – I do love things that make sense and everything you say in this blog makes sense. It is such a lovely feeling in the body when life makes sense and this way I do not become caught up into making life complicated.
Further update: Endocrinologist confirms Thyroid as ‘Normal’ and suggests that the osteoporosis may recover – yeay! Full marks to him for always giving me maximum information so that I could make an ‘informed choice’. I feel that our bodies always know how to function in harmony; it is our minds and the way we override what our bodies tell us that causes the dis-harmony. So, is it possible that with appropriate medical advice AND choosing a healthy lifestyle we can all be a lot less ill?
Sound words Carmel and you’re continuing commitment to yourself and the choices you make are inspiring to all around you. I have had the pleasure seeing your transformation over the last ten years and it and you are truly amazing.
This is a really clear testimony to the true healing power of combining Esoteric and Conventional Medicine. I whole heartedly agree.
Many thanks everyone, for your comments above, here is an update:
I have continued to have medical checks and, since the endocrinologist was concerned about my thyroid still being ‘borderline’ hyperactive, he arranged for a bone density scan and sure enough, I have osteoporosis in the spine, so I am being careful now to exercise gently and to eat calcium-rich foods that nourish my body.
I recently had a full blood test done in preparation for my next appointment and that showed a low T4 indicating my thyroid is slightly underactive – so it’s gone the other way! All with no surgical intervention, but changing the way I live.
Not only do I check in with my medical doctor, I also check in with Serge Benhayon – I find his readings always give me a clue as to what other choices I can make that will improve my health through self-care and self-love, including how I think about myself, and where I hold back my feeling and expression.
This is a great statement concerning the benefits of Esoteric complementary health modalities alongside the conventional health system. I also recommend Universal Medicine, whole heartedly.
Carmel, I have only known ever known you since you lost the weight you describe and I find it very hard to comprehend how the beautiful delicate lady that I know could ever have been any other way. What an inspiration you are to others. Thank you for sharing.
Great blog Carmel, yes it’s so true it is about the self and taking responsibity that makes the changes. I was a walking stress and when I understood what was happening to my body and I was responsible for it in the way I lived my life. I turned it around with the support of Universal Medicine and my stress completely reduced.
Brilliant blog Carmel – short and sweet. Fantastic to hear about the changes you have made in your life through using the marriage of western medicine and esoteric medicine, and how this has resulted in massive changes to your health and quality of life.
It is interesting how we can mistreat our body and then expect a doctor to ‘make it better’ and then return to behaving in the same way that caused the problem in the first place. We ignore the private GP and personal trainer of our own body that is telling us that the way we live affects our health and feeling of well-being. Serge Benhayon has shown me the simple truth of this. I am responsible for my own healthcare system in the way I choose to live with the support of trained and skilled health professionals to treat any illness.
What stands out, not just because you wrote it in bold, is the FUN you now experience. To get through life is one thing but to actually enjoy yourself, whilst being responsible about your choices, is another. This only goes to show how incredible The Livingness as presented by Universal Medicine truly is.
That is what I experience as well there is so much more joy in my life whilst being responsible for my way of living. We do not have to be independent for care, we feel what is needed from ourselves, to discard what is the result in our body from our unloving choices in the past and Western Medicine is there to assist in our healing process. Western Medicine and The Way of the Livingness go hand in hand.
It is so important to look after ourselves and take responsibility for our lifestyle. Doctors and western medicine then become a support for our healing.
The way forward I agree Carmel, is a marriage between western medicine and, ‘Esoteric Healing as practised with integrity by Serge Benhayon, his family, and all the practitioners who have trained with him’.
Its great to read the blog about how you are now making loving choices which support you and your well being and that within those choices you are having so much more fun!
Carmel I agree, the combination of conventional medicine and esoteric healing is very powerful, I love the simplicity you have presented here, in how you can change your health around by firstly seeking the correct help and secondly understanding you part and your responsibility in your health and from there making better choices.
HI Carmel, you are the living proof of everything you have written here and it’s great to see and enjoy in your level of health and wellbeing.
That’s quite a turn around Carmel, thank you. I have found the combination of conventional medicine and esoteric medicine very supportive. Through taking responsibility for myself, inspired by Universal Medicine presentations, and how I live I too have resolved health problems with many positive changes to my life.
Thankyou Carmel – a great post showing how conventional medicine and the esoteric combined have such a huge impact. Both are necessary in my view to enable us to get to the root cause of any dis-ease and truly heal. Choices, choices – as to lifestyle. No more can I blame the outer world for my ills. Once I woke up to self-responsibility and made different choices, after my introduction to Universal Medicine, my life changed – for the better. My health and vitality have improved enormously and I am also now a much more open and loving person when I go out into the world.
Thank you Carmel, it is amazing what an effect making different choices has on our bodies. Your experience shows us clearly how we can heal ourselves by listening to and honouring ourselves. By accepting support from Western Medicine and making choices that are self loving we are best able to support ourselves through any stressful condition we may have.
‘Where once there was overwhelm and anger and sometimes feelings of depression, there is now so much more fun, confidence and light heartedness into my life.’ I agree, your words show how self-care truly helps deal with stress, which could otherwise be the cause of illness and disease.
Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon have helped me understand the part I play in allowing stress to affect me and how my life is. I have been able to make many simple changes inspired by Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon and with the support of practitioners and other students. Where once there was overwhelm and anger and sometimes feelings of depression, there is now so much more fun, confidence and light heartedness into my life.
Thanks for sharing, Carmel. My favourite part was to read that you’re having a lot more fun!
Thank you, Cheryl – I think many of us feel miserable but can’t quite put our finger on why. When I am aware of what is going on in my body, I find a stomach ache, or a slight backache that I had soldiered on with, or my feet hurting after a long day, and this is what has affected both my mood and my behaviour. As I get fewer and fewer symptoms, I am more cheerful and as a result we all have more fun. Simple :o)
I have found the same thing – the more aware and understanding of why I make the choices I make that have an ill effect on my health, the less I find I make those choices. It would seem it’s a choice to be miserable… or not.
It has also been my experience that when I let things go and get too involved with say, a project at work I find the aches and slight back ache eventually lead to my mood changing – whereas if I stay with me and check in with my body from time to time, my mood feels lighter. And there is a feeling of playfulness even if others do not feel the same way.
Yes Julie, I too am learning to let things go and to not get involved or ‘invest’ in things. I am choosing to stay with me and my body, and this feels much more loving.
Brilliant Carmel, well said.
Early on in my working life in orthodox medicine it became clear to me, that whilst medicine had many of the answers, as to the causes of our illnesses and diseases, it did not have all the answers. So in addition to my hospital work I also explored the field of complementary medicine, but did not find the missing answers. It was not until I became a student of Esotheric Medicine that I realised that a very important part of our healing is, how we care and nurture our selves, and also how we live our life on a daly basis. When I am ill, I go to see my GP and at the same time I book into to see an Esoteric Healing Practioner, this way I receive the best of both worlds, and a more holistic approach to my healing.
Great combination, Elizabeth, GP and Esoteric Healing practitioners – I agree.
Hi Elizabeth, I have always had a fascination for orthodox medicine and read up on different diseases and conditions since about the age of ten and then later I started to investigate and delve into complementary medicine but found most of it lacking. Since becoming a student of Esoteric Medicine I can see how it fits in perfectly with orthodox medicine and can assist each other when it comes to truly healing an illness. So I agree we can receive the best of both worlds.
I agree Elizabeth, taking responsibility for our own health seeking western medicine treatment but also Esoteric Healing is the perfect mix to address both symptoms and cause.
Agreed Elizabeth I too find the combination of seeing a GP and Esoteric Practitioner is very supportive in my healing.
Hi Carmel, yes I agree, western medicine is important to help us heal the harm we have done to our bodies, so long as we are open to looking at what caused the harm in the first place. This is where esoteric medicine comes in – helping us shine a light of truth so that we can discard our unloving ways once and for all, and return to true health and well-being.
Hear, hear, Janet, definitely let us ‘discard our unloving ways once and for all, and return to true health and well-being.’
I love your comment Janet. You have summed up what I feel to be truth so beautifully.
It is funny how we expect everything to come to us from outside when all we need is already within us
Yes Carmel it is so empowering to realise this – and it also brings home the fact that although we may seek assistance from outside, at the end of the day we are our own saviour, because it is only us who can choose to keep on the hamster wheel of chasing things outside of us or to reconnect deeply with ourselves and find everything we ever wanted.
Thank you Carmel and you are so right when you say ‘it is about me and not anything outside of myself’.
Absolutely Tom, so much easier to blame outside influences and not take responsibility for our own well being when in fact it is about our own choices. Thanks Carmel great blog
It was a relief to realise that it was the choices I was making that was creating the drama and stress I had in my life because I then had the power and tools to do something about it.
I agree Fiona. It sure makes life easier if we can do something about it rather than relying on others to do it for us.
Thank you for sharing your experience and support of conventional medicine, they have a big part to play in our healing but as you say it has to come first from ourselves and our willingness to look at our choices and how we live our lives.
I agree Alison, when we do look after ourselves and take responsibility for our lifestyle, the expectation for the doctors to fix us is no longer there. They can assist in our healing but are not responsible for our healing.
Julie – you introduce the most important element which is ourselves who have to take responsibility for our healing. Esoteric medicine provides us with the all important bridge helping us to re-establish that connection with ourselves, and we get further valuable support from conventional medicine especially when our bodies start to break down through the long term abuse and disconnection we have put them through.
I agree, conventional medicine from fully qualified doctors and surgeons is an essential part of modern day life, their support is invaluable to us, and nothing can truly replace what they do. Having said that, we can help with our own healing by making healthy lifestyle choices. I still see the endocrinologist who is monitoring my thyroid and I regularly have blood checks at my local medical practice. I was amused to observe that medical questionnaires are now including questions on lifestyle. As you say J, the balance of both is absolute.
Great article Carmel, thank you for sharing. The medical profession can learn so much from patients who, like you, take responsibility for those lifestyle choices you can make to enhance and support the treatments they prescribe. And what an amazing example of improved health you are.
I love this Carmel as it so easily demonstrates the necessity for both conventional medicine and the Esoteric Healing Modalities as presented by Serge Benhayon. The balance of both, from my own experience of cancer, is absolute and I, from an early age, was very anti medicine but now find that nearly every interaction I have had with medical staff there have been words of wisdom spoken along with common sense practical advice. Now to me there is no other way – both equally are part of self-care. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing Carmel, I love your phrase “and have been amazed to find out just how much it is about me and not anything outside of myself” and the deep level of responsibility it shows us that we can take in changing the way we are in the world, and the impact that that has on our own health, vitality and harmony
Yes, and ultimately how simple it is.