by Angela Perin, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
This blog post was initially posted on The Truth About Universal Medicine Blog and we have also posted it here as it is relevant to the medical blog and affirms the fact that Universal Medicine is pro-Western Medicine.
Up until a few years ago, I had been a strong supporter of alternative medicine and its various modalities, including ‘new age’ or ‘spiritual’ therapies and techniques. In fact, I considered alternative medicine to be the answer, or to hold the primary solutions and methods to healing illness and disease. When an illness or condition presented with myself or within my family, this is what I turned to, and actively pursued.
Although I grew up with some understanding and use of Western Medicine (to the extent that I did have occasional visits to the local community nurse and saw a doctor on a handful of occasions during my childhood), it was not a big part of my awareness or experience. In my late teens through to my early 20’s, and as a general outcome of my immediate family taking more of an interest in health, I began to become more interested in alternative medicine and therapies (which included general lifestyle changes such as the incorporation of organic food, supplements, regular exercise etc.).
By the time I was in my mid-late 20’s, I was moving more and more towards alternative medicine as the means of healing illness and disease – to the point where I began to discount Western Medicine as a means of support. In fact, to be honest, over the last 20 odd years this was with a large degree of defence and arrogance against Western Medicine, and I avoided it wherever possible. I took great pride in claiming my family and I never went to the doctor, and that we handled nearly every situation without this support. Of course, there were a handful of occasions where I could not avoid this, but even then I accepted the support with a large measure of reluctance and resistance (considering it something that was necessary and unavoidable, but never something that was embraced).
Since 2010 and my association with Universal Medicine, I have had the opportunity to re-look at my beliefs around alternative medicine and Western Medicine, in the context of how they are able to support dealing with illness and disease.
While I have held an understanding for a long time that illness and disease are not random events, and that they result from something else going on (i.e. emotions, lifestyle etc.), I had arrogantly held on to the belief that Western Medicine could not be a part of the healing process (unless of course ‘absolutely necessary’). I had held on to a belief that engaging the support of Western Medicine was considered a ‘failure’, a ‘step backward’ and even a ‘weakness’.
In the past 2 years I have come to an awareness and understanding that Western Medicine is not ‘the’ answer to illness and disease, but it is an important ‘part’ of ‘the’ answer. I have also come to an awareness and understanding that illness and disease come from the way (the quality and self-care) in which we live, and the way (the quality and self-care) we are with ourselves and others. And while it is an individual’s choice to consider and take responsibility for the cause of illness and disease, and to have the opportunity to connect to and be honest about the patterns, behaviours, ideals and beliefs that result in us living a certain way, Western Medicine can offer tremendous support in assisting the physical body as part of this process. Neither of these two is any more important than the other, but rather complements the other in addressing and healing illness and disease.
In the past 2 years, I have had the amazing opportunity to begin to embrace and accept the support of Western Medicine as an important part of a healing process, and to let go of the solid resistance and arrogance I have held for several decades.
And recently I had the amazing opportunity to put this into practice! I had a large abscess on my leg which was not healing, and had no hesitation or resistance in going to the doctors to get it checked out, which resulted in (emergency) minor surgery and a total of 3 days in hospital.
The amazing thing was that I accepted, and in fact, embraced, all of the support that was offered to me – without resistance, without avoidance, and without arrogance. I was able to accept responsibility for my body and my choices, accept the support that was offered – not with an attitude of ‘you (i.e. Western Medicine) fix it’ or ‘I’m totally helpless’ (i.e. giving away my power) – but with an understanding that Western Medicine was an equally important part of this healing process. I was amazed at how much I was supported simply by ‘allowing’ the support that was there, and how this assisted in the overall healing, and the support I received and felt as a result, was truly lovely.
From resisting Western Medicine to embracing it – now that to me was ‘true’ healing!
Medicine and Serge Benhayon 
Angela what a transformation. I, on the other hand used to be pro western medicine, in that I would go to be ‘fixed’. And I recalled when I used to take antibiotics, I knew deep down inside, there was more to the healing than the medicines itself, but continued to be ignorant.
It is only since my experience with Universal Medicine, have I realised that the body is just clearing from the pollution I have placed inside of it. Yes there are times when it can be uncomfortable and take whatever support I need, but I now ponder on what true healing is actually occurring.
I wished I had known more of this connection, instead of being miserable and blaming other people around me for my illnesses. As far as I’m concerned, it’s never too late, this wisdom is within us all, if we wish to tap into it.
“Western Medicine is not ‘the’ answer to illness and disease, but it is an important ‘part’ of ‘the’ answer.” As is the choices we make in the way live is an important ‘part’ of health and wellbeing to support the skills of Western Medicine.
Having been extremely resistant to Western medicine for many years and avoiding going to the doctor unless absolutely necessary and then with great reluctance, I have completely changed my attitude since attending Universal Medicine presentations, where I have been inspired to take responsibility for my own wellbeing and make choices that have undoubtedly improved my general health, but also to choose to visit my GP when needed and work together to restore my body to true health.
Having experienced Western Medicine supported by Complementary Medicine I know how well the two work together western medicine diagnoses and treats the illness and Complementary Medicine assists in helping to deeply heal the body.
“I was amazed at how much I was supported simply by ‘allowing’ the support that was there” – I can so relate to this. In fighting and resisting, we miss out on the true value of what is being offered to us.
Totally agree with you Fumiyo. When we fight, it makes it challenging for the health care professionals on the receiving end, to treat you with the love and respect that you would like to receive, when this isn’t projected to them either. Healing is two way thing, the patient/client and the health care professional/practitioner.
What are we preventing when one is closed and the other is open?
Beliefs really get in the way of the truth. I also used to be quite resistant to Western Medicine, and I had beliefs that I had to do everything on my own including heal my body. I had beliefs that natural is best, and also that because Western Medicine didn’t embrace the whole person and underlying energetic causes of illness they couldn’t help me. Once all the beliefs cleared it allowed me to experience and embrace the wonderful care of the medical profession and its many lovely professionals. What prompted the changes for me came from a series of talks by Serge Benhayon about the benefits of Western Medicine and how vital quality medical care is for our wellbeing and self care. It was so practical and common sense it highlighted how my beliefs were actually working against me. I now take great care of myself with regular medical, dental, podiatry and physiotherapy appointments, and with that comes complementary care with naturopathy and Universal Medicine’s esoteric modalities like Esoteric Massage and Chakra-puncture. It feels amazing to take such great care of myself.
That’s a super important point that Western Medicine is part of the answer but not the whole answer. It blows me away what medicine is able to do and understand when it comes to the intricate details of how our body works and when put together with the energetic understanding of the choices and movements that got us there we have an absolutely amazing opportunity to heal and move forward in a way that won’t precipitate the disease again.
Thank you for sharing this Angela – thanks to Serge Benhayon of Universal Medicine, I also now embrace the support of Western Medicine as he is constantly recommending..
“I have had the amazing opportunity to begin to embrace and accept the support of Western Medicine as an important part of a healing process, and to let go of the solid resistance and arrogance I have held for several decades”.
I certainly carried an arrogance of not needing western medicine – it came from watching other people buy into alternate medicine and believing it was the answer. But since choosing to be part of Universal Medicine, I have seen first hand what it is to combine the responsibility we have in how we live with alternative and western medicine. I’ve just had an operation in hospital, and I have received support from vitamins and minerals along with an amazing team of doctors and nurses and my responsibility to deeply rest. The union of the three has meant a very honouring and simple recovery.
How easy becomes everything when we get resistances out of the way…
I can remember feeling a sense of pride and bravado in having been able to avoid going to the doctor to heal and that my body was so invincible it would be able to handle anything I came down with. What an arrogance! It is this that is perhaps way worse than any sickness I could have got because in thinking this way I was not only harming myself by not seeking support but equally not choosing to see the offering each sickness offers us to evolve and move on from our ill ways.
The truth is without Western medicine our health would be far worse than it is today. There is a vast array of technology to monitor our illnesses, we have made advancements way beyond what we had 20 years ago but we are getting sicker with more complicated illnesses than ever before. Western medicine is not the only answer and esoteric medicine offers us a stop to question how we are living that is contributing to our illness. When we do we will see we can make changes to our lives that contribute to our health and vitality.
We need both western medicine and the Esoteric as countries’ health systems are overloaded and near to bankruptcy. We the people need to take more responsibility for our health and having an understanding as to why we got a disease enables us to make different lifestyle choices.
Individuals need to take more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing and support Western medicine which is being bankrupted because of the demands being placed on it in so many countries from the increasingly poor lifestyle choices of so many people.
Combining the best of both worlds in using both conventional western medicine with Esoteric Medicine makes so much sense. The first fixes symptoms, removes diseased organs, mends broken limbs and can sometimes cure, whilst the latter goes to the root of a problem and can heal. Healing an illness doesn’t always mean to cure it and a cure doesn’t necessarily mean a healing takes place. We need both.
When we resist the support of Western Medicine we risk something minor becoming something major, it makes common sense to support ourselves through our daily choices and choosing to see our doctor as soon as we need to, even if it is just for reassurance because anxiety also harms the body.
I also have felt the power of true and holistic healing through the union of western medicine and the complementary-to-medicine modalities of Universal Medicine. It makes sense to support that whole of our body and being through the physical corrective process along with understanding why we have become ill and how we can make the necessary adjustments needed to return to and sustain a greater state of harmony, health and well-being.
I agree – letting go of a belief and opening up space for truth is healing.
“I had been a strong supporter of alternative medicine and its various modalities, including ‘new age’ or ‘spiritual’ therapies and techniques. In fact, I considered alternative medicine to be the answer, or to hold the primary solutions and methods to healing illness and disease.” I too had a strong pendulum turn away from conventional medicine after a nursing background experience showed me how much suffering there was and an inability to cure people of disease. I have now returned to embracing conventional medicine where needed, but also esoteric therapies (not New Age ones) as they get to the root of the problem and can truly enable healing to take place. Combining the two gives the best of both worlds.
Resisting medicine is a bit like resisting taking your car to the mechanic when something is wrong – it doesn’t get you anywhere and it’s quite dangerous. It makes much more sense to get your body checked out and accept any medical support that is needed, after all it’s not just our body at risk but our whole life.
Whatever we might think about Western medicine, all the doctors will have studied the human body in detail and will have a great deal of knowledge that we ourselves may not have. Where we lose trust is because of the huge amounts of money in the pharmaceutical industry that could be driving many medical solutions. Developing a good level of trust with any doctor is important and it pays to be open and honest ourselves as well as being prepared to ask lots of questions. Working together as equals.
Carmel it’s a great point. One of the things that turned me away from Western Medicine was finding out about corruption in the pharmaceutical industry and medicine. Fortunately the majority of doctors have integrity and won’t play ball with the corruption, but it’s still up to us as patients to ask questions and make informed decisions.
I turned my back on Western Medicine years ago as well, and now many years later I always see my Dr regularly and have blood tests etc, this has become a part of my self-care routine, and now with the support of the Esoteric Modalities as well, I notice how much healthier and vital I am.
The National Health Service is literally at breaking point, waiting lists are getting longer, doctors and nurses are under increasing pressure and there are not enough beds to go round to accommodate all those who are ill. What I have found is that we all need to take responsibility for health, by choosing to support ourselves through our everyday choices.
This is a great example of how we can hold pictures/ideals/beliefs around a certain topic that may not actually be true to us, even though we could ‘swear on the bible’ that is it true at the time. Universal Medicine are ground breaking in what they offer the world, as they are presenting a way of life for you to easily, practically and simply live that allows you to bring more truth to a situation. It is like the blinkers get removed and you can see clearly and then you decide from there as to what is actually true for you or not.
At a time when Western Medicine is under ever increasing strain from the sheer volume and increasing complexity of medical conditions patients are presenting with e.g. diabetes, cancer, heart disease it feels important to value the amazing resource that it is offering whilst always being aware of the part we play in our own disease. With so much current ill-health being down to life style choices we all need to appreciate and support our medical services in their challenging work.
Ouch the pride with which I declared for years that I never went to the doctor despite suffering from increasingly frequent viral infections and being generally run down and exhausted. Even when I was told that I was headed for Chronic Fatigue I still arrogantly thought that I knew better than the doctors!
When I started attending Universal Medicine presentations I gradually learnt how to take better care of myself and heal the issues that were contributing to my fatigue. As I started to be more responsible for my general wellbeing I also became much more proactive in addressing anything that affected my health and sought the support of medical professionals when needed. When doing so it feels much more of a partnership rather than me reluctantly going along to be fixed and I value the support I receive in clearing any dis-ease from my body.
It could almost be said that to let go of our old belief systems… In this case as with many the avoidance of anything classically medical, is a sign of evolution and maturing energetic awareness
I wonder if many people turn away from Western Medicine because they see it doesn’t hold the full answers, but what if it’s intended to work side by side with a complementary medicine like Esoteric Medicine that explains the steps beforehand leading to the illness and how you can change them moving forward so you can in effect have a full recovery.
Angela I was myself ambivalent as to western or complementary medicine but never before Universal Medicine had I seen how complementary and western medicine can work hand in hand, side by side and to support each other. It’s great to see how the same quality of love and care you felt in Universal Medicine, with Serge, inspired you to embrace western medicine for all it offers but take care of your self and the responsibility of complementary medicine.
Yet another case, where we can feel the transformation of a person being so anti-mainstream medicine and then after attending Universal Medicine, they are opened up to the absolute care and support that Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals can offer, we also live in a lucky country considering that we are still able to use Medicare.
Western medicine provides much support and healing for our physical body – we only have to stop and ponder on where we would collectively be at if people in need could not have for a period of time their necessary pharmaceuticals such as pain relief, antibiotics, and diabetic medication as examples to support them. The suffering and repercussions would be most likely beyond measure.
I love how you can come to an understanding of life and medicine to recognize a medical issue as an opportunity to embrace a knowing that healing cannot be approached in parts but rather from a spherical perspective, and therefore choose to respect western medicine and what it can do but also equally know and choose to play your part…. To accept the responsibility you have through the choices you make that contribute to your health and healing.
The origins of medicine are from love and service. Medicine doesn’t live this in full now, but the origins are still there. When we reject it without specific cause then what are we rejecting?
A great sharing Angela, often we can resist Western Medicine and hold our nose so to speak, while at the same time demanding that it fix us. There is both a huge arrogance as you note and also a huge irresponsibility in that – Western Medicine is an amazing support and very much a part of the healing process but when we need it’s support our part is to look at how we live and have lived to bring us to this point so we can address any patterns or behaviours that we may have; so in fact an illness crisis is an opportunity to go deeper and consider how we live.
Why do we think we need to be one or the other? As the article is saying both or there are different parts to healing and why don’t we embrace whatever is needed to support ourselves. So often we think there needs to be a choice or we need to be one or the other. Looking back it’s funny to see how I use to be, in that I didn’t favour anything and would try them all but only only if I really needed them. I was a man that could do it on his own and yet that never worked or supported me. To me there are two parts to anything I heal, the physical part and then the what walked me there in the first place or the energetic part.
There is most certainly a place for western medicine, through the advances of medicine illnesses and diseases that were once untreatable are no longer huge issues as it continues to advance in both technology and understanding science, however if we added all of that with what our body is able to feel it is possible to have true medicine by combining the two.
Western Medicine has its place in the healing process, together with Esoteric Medicine, there is a true healing taking place as both the physical aspect and energetic accept of the healing takes place in the body.
Western medicine is astonishing in what it can do, it blows my mind what is possible in terms of surgery and treatments, and when teamed with esoteric medicine and the whole complete understanding of what brought the body to this point in the first place and what possibly needs to change moving forward then real healing and long-lasting change can take place.
I had a very negative and dismissive attitude towards conventional medicine as I often felt that there was a gap in their approach to healing. So I began to explore and study natural medicine yet still there seemed to be another level of understanding of healing that was not being addressed. When I came across esoteric medicine I discovered how powerful it is to not only understand that the root cause of illness stems from a quality of energy that we are saying ‘yes’ to, but how equally powerful and supportive it is to work in union with conventional, natural and esoteric medicine to address to cause of illness, heal our hurts, and bring true and lasting healing to the body and being. Understanding that we are not our illness, but far greater, allows us the opportunity to be aware of the choices we make, to take responsibility for the state of our well-being and what is needed to best support us to be our true and vital selves.
I was for long involved in spritual work and from there slowly on I started to see the Western medicine as an enemy. The way they got presented at many spritual meetings was having that effect.
It had that effect even though I was brought up with a very positive western medicine look.
When I started to study with Serge Benhayon I started to wake up again how Western Medicine is, or can be, an important part of the healing. And also that we can never truly heal if we do not look at why we got ill in the first place and start to take responsibility to make changes.
I always wonder about modalities that need to treat medicine as the enemy. Why would they need to do that?
A beautiful example where change is possible and for the true support of oneself and others. It reminds me of a belief I took on when I was a child when I was told repeatedly ‘you can’t alter your nature’ but how untrue this statement was. I am changing all of the time as I let go of beliefs, ideals and hurts and one of the changes I have made is to also embrace conventional medicine welcoming the support for myself and my family.
It’s a strong pair of beliefs, isn’t it, that can grip us – that either the ‘natural way’ or ‘alternative’ medicine is king, or that western medicine is the be all and end all. The answer of course does not lie exclusively in either camp but in a marriage of the energetic with the scientific, resulting in a truly holistic, integrated approach.
It is true that western medicine isn’t the whole answer but it is an important part of the support we need for our health. Western medicine like everything comes with an underlying energy, which can be off-putting. For instance it discredits anything that doesn’t have evidence-based medicine behind it. I have also found it to be a disempowering system (despite very dedicated staff), one that patients seem to willingly hand their power over to. Yet it has a wonderful understanding and capacity to support illness on a physical level. My experience with new age therapies or alternative medicine so far has been one where people who become unwell seem to get on a circuit of trying everything on offer. This would tend to suggest that nothing is true if you have to keep searching. What I have found with Universal Medicine is that they encourage the use of Western Medicine as well as the use of the Esoteric healing modalities. Those who I have observed taking this path do not get on the circuit of healers and modalities. Their illness may or may not be cured but the depth of growth in the person as they actually heal the root energetic cause is phenomenal.
There are many ways that Western Medicine supports us to heal and bring more vitality back into the body. The depth of this quality depends on the willingness to let go of what does not feel true and become more open to bring the root cause to the surface.
I love what you have expressed here Angela. With this understanding Western medicine and Complementary medicine both have a part to play in our healing;
“I have also come to an awareness and understanding that illness and disease come from the way (the quality and self-care) in which we live, and the way (the quality and self-care) we are with ourselves and others”.
There can be an arrogance in dismissing the expertise of western medicine and a self-delusion in thinking alternative remedies will ‘fix’ everything but a true healing in taking responsibility for our own part in the healing process supported by esoteric medicine and the expertise of western medicine.
With alternative medicine things can get very complicated – typically there are multiple practitioner visits and the constant uncertainty whether we also need to go to the doctor and then there may be short term relief but things can take a turn for the worse later on. It is an extra layer of uncertainty when you bypass the medical system.
Western medicine offers us a great deal, and when we take responsibility for ourselves we know in our heart when we need to seek the support of western medicine, and the amazing care the medical staff are able to offer, used hand in hand with esoteric medicine we have a unique situation offering us total support.
In a very practical way, medical and health care professionals support me to understand deeper levels of care and regard for myself, while at the same time I become more open to the deeper energetic understanding of what is causing the physical symptoms or issues.
For me Western and Universal Medicine are like Spirit, Body & Soul – they have to learn to work together for the greater health and common well-being. Western Medicine is great in helping me staying alive and Universal Medicine is great in supporting me in learning/growing. So it is great to stay alive to learn. But when I ‘just stay alive’ and do not learn, I will miss the important part and have to repeat again and again my lessons (illnesses)….and when I ‘just’ learn, but – because we are not perfect and forever students of life – not stay alive it is also not so pleasant ;D.
I have resisted Western Medicine not through wanting to seek alternative health care, but because of a reticence of going to a doctor or dentist. But since I have been supporting myself and my health inspired by the work of Serge benhayon and Universal Medicine, visits are now much more self-empowering. What an amazing and essential combination of health-care we now have!
Yes, the best of the medical world and more.
I have held a slightly different belief around Western Medicine and that is, they provide the practical aspect to healing, for example if I have a broken bone they set it or if I need a diagnosis or operation they have all the equipment and technique but not the answers to healing. The healing aspect I felt was my responsibility and I would go with what was presented at the time, but now with the understanding of Esoteric Medicine I feel the full picture has come together, with Western and Esoteric Medicine combined with Self Care and responsibility in our livingness is the total package for healing.
Often we have this notion that Western or conventional medicine is the fix, the NHS in the UK is a clear example that fixing is getting very expensive and is not working. I can see where Western medicine has its place in healthcare, it is so supportive and necessary, and I now understand the power of prevention, self care and Esoteric Medicine, working in unity these make for very powerful change.
It is the receptiveness of Universal Medicine to Western medicine that allows for such an open and more-often-than-not embracing of Western Medicine. It’s a win win because in truth it is only with both aspects that the body and energetic roots of the illness can be addressed and healed.
True healing is letting go of all our ideals and beliefs that do not support the expression of our true self, and support from the world is reflected back to us when we have made this choice to return to truth.
Western Medicine and Esoteric Medicine together are the perfect partners, both have much to offer.
It is lovely to read how you embraced what Western Medicine has to offer whilst still listening to what your body has to communicate, a perfect marriage indeed.
I know I have been a follower of the latest trend for health but never was I made fully aware of completely registering my body and acknowledging what fully supported it until I was introduced to Universal Medicine. The information was more than just knowledge, it was lived wisdom explained from the foundation of energy first. And to add to this from my lived experience of these principles, this is continually evolving all the time. So, it makes sense to not discount Western Medicine if it supports you.
When we pursue the ‘alternative’ medicine path it becomes an either/or choice, but when we choose western medicine and esoteric medicine to complement each other, we take responsibility for our part in the healing and have the wisdom and experience of trained medical teams to support us.
It is bizarre that there are pockets of beliefs that it has to be either or isn’t it? For my part I found myself going down the alternative route, not because I rejected western medicine but I always felt it was my responsibility to be more engaged in my own health and leave the big guns for when I really needed them. I believed that in this way, when I needed western medicine it would be there, it would fix it all and I could go back to my normal day to day. What I wasn’t aware of till meeting Serge Benhayon, was why illness would manifest in my body, that it was a conversation and that self care and slowing my life down externally and internally till I rebuilt my vitality back up was good medicine as well. My pull to self responsibility was spot on but the focus on self care and self love was missing from the equation. Bringing them in made all the difference for simplifying the conversation with my body. Thank you for reminding me of this.
I’ve always embraced Western medicine although later on I did veer away and start to look to alternative medicine for answers without success when Western medicine couldn’t provide them. Universal Medicine has empowered me by helping me understand the underlying energetic causes of illness and disease – that it’s not random nor am I a victim but that whether I become ill or not is purely down to the choices I make as to how I choose to live and to also understand that illness and disease is our body’s way of calling us to stop and pay attention as to how we’re living and offering us an opportunity for true healing. So now for me the Esoteric Medicine combined with Western Medicine is the way to go.
Growing up I was one for Western Medicine but it didn’t have all the answers, our family went to the doctors, we got checkups and saw specialists. In search of the missing part we turned to alternative medicine but it was then the them and us, the division and neither had the answer. What you share and what I feel is that Universal Medicine, which is true complementary medicine, works hand in hand with western medicine, Each supporting the other. It’s great to read your turn around to embracing western medicine the more you choose true complementary medicine.
There are some genius minds and amazing skills in Western medicine – so fool anyone who turns their back on that. BUT the true way is to marry this with a full embracing of our own responsibility and never giving our power away to those minds and techniques. Because no matter how many diplomas, PhD’s or letters after their names…or no matter how many zillions of dollars were spent on the research that founded the knowledge …or no matter what the cost of a new piece of technology…no-one can tell me more truths about my body than my body itself. That isn’t to say that we don’t still need conventional medicine. Of course we do. 100% – it’s amazing and incredible what it can do. But we will never see the whole picture unless we look at the whole. The Universal. Universal Medicine.
The more responsibility we take for our lives and the choices that we make, the more supportive Western Medicine can be, as we are not just looking for relief so we can continue our indulgences and disregard for our bodies, but are ready to make more caring and supportive choices for ourselves.
True care really does involve the marriage of western and complementary medicine. It has taken me many many years to come around to this, and much abuse to my body to deny myself that which would actually have helped me. I used to be so against western medicine that I prided myself for going to the dentist and not having anaesthetic! Thankfully today, thanks very much to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, I see the importance and the support that Western Medicine offers us, and have gladly embraced using it, in conjunction with the esoteric modalities. For it is the marriage between the two that really offers us the best options – one without the other is not complete.
There are many parallels between your journey with attitudes to medicine and my own Angela. Today I find myself embracing the wonderful practises we have in western medicine with a greater awareness that there is a much to be done in regard to lifestyle, honouring and embracing the ‘wisdom of the body’ and using complementary wellbeing approaches to be pro-active in being energetically vital. This to me represents an everyday living approach to medicine and I see results that confirm the fact – in both myself and others who have chosen this way.
A medicine that is truly universal will take both sides into account – the physical symptoms and the energetic root cause of the behaviour that led to their appearance. We could say that our ailments are really just a solidification of any behaviour we are engaging with that is not in harmony with who we truly are and all that we are seeded from. If we ignore the signs at the energetic level, they become increasing ‘louder’ by way of becoming denser and denser until they make it down to the physical level where they become much harder to ignore, due to the amount of physical pain we may then find ourselves in.
The nature of the Universe is one of simplicity, order and harmony. As we are a part of this Universe and our bodies are designed to respond accordingly, this is also our natural state. Yet how many of us can say we truly feel and live this consistently on a daily basis? This is because the majority of us live in separation to our true Soul-full selves and as such we have crafted a way of living here on Earth that goes against this innate order and symmetry which then creates a tension that if not dealt with becomes a disharmonious rhythm we carry in our bodies where it will eventually precipitate into the physical where it is much more difficult to turn a blind eye to.
We are forever being called back to all that we are. True medicine assists us in this journey.
I know this pendulum swing well Angela – going from expecting medicine to ‘fix’ us (i.e. not wanting to take responsibility for our ill choices that led to our ill-ness) right over to the arrogance of ‘you can’t fix me’ (refusing to deal with the physical manifestation of our ill choices). Both a stubborn refusal on behalf of the human spirit running the show, to not go where it/we need to go in order for true healing to take place. For this to happen we need to admit that we are a spirit in a body and as such there needs to be a cure at both the energetic level in the sense of going to the root of our ill behaviour, and at the physical (dealing with the symptoms). As always, balance is the key and through bringing both parts together – the energetic and the physical – the whole being is brought back into harmony and therein lies the healing.
Angela I completely relate to your story. We actually do need western medicine, given our state of health. We are in crisis management now in health. I work in palliative care and we do a lot of crisis management. Where would we be if we did not have medicine as we know it today? I have seen patients as well who have declined all but the minimum of what western medicine has to offer in the treatment of their disease and really they fare no better. There is definitely a place for both, but it’s about seeing what each has to bring, for they bring quite different things, and not seeing that it is either one or the other.
Being ill isn’t inevitable, yet we almost seem to make it so, but realistically many of us are going to suffer ill health, it is in this moment we either embrace western medicine or we don’t. My own experience was I embraced it but with a determination to understand my own body and how I could care for my health more deeply through the choices I made.
The fact that you sought Western Medicine ‘when absolutely necessary Angela’ tell us that it certainly has its place. It is interesting how our beliefs sabotage any possibility of examining the truth of a subject to feel its relevance or support. Your sharing has caused me to reflect on where pockets of arrogant beliefs impinge on my willingness to look more deeply at what is going on in my life.
Western medicine is great for acute issues – as an ex-nurse I attest to that. For a while I then embraced all things alternative and they became sticking plasters for the deeper problems. Since coming to Universal Medicine presentations I have re-embraced Western medicine. The two together seem to be the wonderful answer. However I have also recently become aware of the strong power that drug companies have over doctors today and that history – in the USA – is compelling reading.
Western medicine is not ‘sold’ to us. When we go to a doctor, the doctor rarely tries to convince us, tends to have little time and does not ‘sell’ us their recommendations. When we go to an alternative practitioner, they tend to have more time and they often make a substantial effort to sell their modality.
Western medicine has plenty of issues but it is a far better offer than most alternative remedies. It just doesn’t sell itself very much.
I use to resist Western Medicine, for a period of my life, making it out that alternative medicine was the way. But when I came across Universal Medicine I realised the important of Western Medicine and how it is a support for the healing of our body, by one taking responsibility for one’s choices in self care and self nurturing. Western Medicine alone cannot fix illness and disease, it is the combination of ageless wisdom and ancient techniques too.
What I am understanding is for true healing to take place, there is a place for both eastern and western medicine. Together they work and support the body to heal. Without the one, the healing process is incomplete. They both play important roles in the healing process, the more you start to understand the body and how it works, the more you are able to appreciate the healing process.
Recently I was reminded of why I turned my back on conventional western medicine. And this experience has taught me how with this not only did I turn my back on medicine, but also I turned my back on myself and on people. I was at the doctors and the whole experience left me feeling belittled, humiliated, embarrassed, and ashamed. It was a familiar feeling, that brought back a lot of very uncomfortable memories. However, what hurt me the most about the whole thing, was how silent I remained during the whole event. yes, what was happening was unacceptable, but I accepted it and was left with all these unfathomable emotions to deal with and process. When in fact, had I just spoken up, the experience could have been very revealing and healing for both myself and the doctor who I was seeing. I know now that this is what needs to be done, and I am sure another opportunity will present itself for me to have another go. And I can assure you that the experience was strong enough to not ever want to go through that again and I will make every effort to use my voice next time. Because this is love, to express ourselves in every moment.
Angela, I loved my revisit to your blog and it has confirmed for me the great support both Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing together can give us.
I have had such attentive and lovely care in hospitals recently, and I am sure that it is a reflection of the change in attitude that Angela writes about, that has also happened in my life.
Having studied nursing and natural medicine I can now see how an important missing link to healing is us taking responsibility for our illness by better self-care, and self-nurturing.
Also with the greater understanding that every illness has an energetic root cause, esoteric healing has complemented western medicine and helped achieve an optimum outcome.
Conventional medicine certainly has a place in healing as do some complementary health modalities “In the past 2 years I have come to an awareness and understanding that Western Medicine is not ‘the’ answer to illness and disease, but it is an important ‘part’ of ‘the’ answer.”
It is interesting to look at how conventional medicine and pharmaceutical companies come in to the picture when health is already unbalanced, and there symptoms to deal with. Maintaining health, homeostasis, is something that we can commit to and develop at all times of our life, rather than waiting to seek help when illness develops.
After being raised to accept the Western Medicine as the panacea for all ills and having numerous visits to the doctor as a child, in my mid-30’s I began to turn away from it having felt very let down during the long term illness of one of my children. Western Medicine had raised its hands and said I can’t help, so I began to search elsewhere and visits to the doctor became very rare. It was almost with an arrogance that I continued this divorce until I came upon Serge Benhayon in 2005 and slowly I began to see that I was denying myself a most important component in many forms of my healing. Now for me Western Medicine is a natural part of any healing process, but just as important is my responsibility for my own health and well being.
Opening up to western medicine and embracing its many supportive aspects is a great thing to do, while as you say Angela, also developing understanding how much of a central role we can play in our lives regarding health and wellbeing.
Thank you for sharing Angela, it’s always inspiring reading blogs which tell of true healing. I have found that the complementary medicines of conventional and the esoteric together with our own loving actions are required for a full healing. Relying too heavily on one aspect and not the whole leads to gaps in our possible vitality levels and wellbeing.
If we all, as Angela has done, accepted the responsibility for the well being of our own bodies we would bring this pro-active awareness to whatever happens to us, and then , hand in hand with whomever we chose to consult with , true healing could start to take place
I absolutely relate to everything that you have shared here as I too turned may back on western medicine. However when I was diagnosed with breast cancer I discovered how supportive in my healing western medicine and using complementary medicine like Esoteric Medcine was for my treatment. Thank you, Angela it is always inspiring to read about the changes many people have made.
From attending Universal Medicine events I have come to truly appreciate the power of combining the benefits of Western Medicine with self-responsibility and the wisdom that comes from self-loving choices and how the two together can deeply support the body to heal. It is a powerful healing combination that I believe will undoubtedly assist the landscape of ill health around the world when really understood and embraced.
When we need help with our health and we are open to receive it’s healing. The out come is a blessing. Whether it is conventional or complementary medicine it is not limited with the constraints of judgement.
Universal Medicine made me also much more aware of the support that Western Medicine offers. I like Angela did use it when necessary but could feel the same sort of derogatory way about Western Medicine. Now after attending presentations by Serge Benhayon I have a very deep appreciation for all that Western Medicine offers.
We react to the lineal thinking Western Medicine has adopted and know deep within that there is far more going on than they share or tell us. This is very important to honour too, because alone Western Medicine will never understand the whole of what is truly going on.
It sounds like by starting to listen to your body rather than your mind, you have been able to honour what is needed.
I too came from this attitude – that alternative medicine was my way of being superior to the help of the medical system, but now, like you, my understanding has shifted and I can see that in that arrogance I was not supporting what my body needed, or respecting the role of western medicine.
Now, as I complement Universal Medicine with responsibility and a deeper awareness of my body, I’ve never felt healthier or more in tune with my body.
Universal Medicine is, for many people, the bridge between conventional medicine and complementary medicine, and as such will be the turning point for many people’s well-being.
I remember hardly ever seeing the doctor when I was a child. I have been blessed with good health but later on I thought that I didn’t need them and that alternative therapies had the answer. This mind set changed since listening to Universal Medicine and their pro medicine approach. It broke down those arrogant barriers I held and I started to accept that checking things out with the doctor was a great support and very necessary at times. I now have no hang ups about visiting the doctor’s, for me it is now a natural part of taking responsibility for looking after myself.
So true Angela. It is amazing how much we can resist the support of Western medicine thinking that we can go it alone or seek alternative ways to heal. Getting a doctor’s assessment and listening to what treatment they suggest is an important part of the healing and can stop things escalating into something more major. Universal Medicine plays a huge part in the healing, by helping us to understand the cause of the ailment and then make the necessary changes in our lives. This is the missing ingredient that is yet to be fully embraced by Western Medicine.
Beautiful Angela. As you experienced Conventional Medicine is an absolutely essential ingredient to the recipe of us taking care of our human bodies. For you to go from living with such a resistance to Western Medicine to accepting its true value and embracing it is absolutly awesome. I cannot but wonder if you would you have come to this same realisation without Universal Medicines Esoteric philosophy opening your eyes and supporting you to accept the fact that Conventional Medicine is indeed an integral and vital part to our healing process??
What I found with alternative medicine is that it seems to simply alleviate the symptoms without offering any true healing. What I’ve discovered through Universal Medicine is that western medicine can support my body while I’m in the process of changing the way I live which has caused the condition to be there in the first place.
I agree with what is written here, I also held beliefs about the western medical system that were not true, and now have great respect for medicine in all its forms. Thank you to Serge Benhayon’s presentations for allowing me to trust in the medical system and medical professionals again, and for reminding me that my health and medical state is actually determined by the way I live.
It is an undeniable fact that Western Medicine is needed, however my underlying expectation was that it should provide the complete package i.e. support all my baggage that came with the illness. It wasn’t until I came across Universal Medicine, after exploring many, many alternative therapies, that I found something that truly complemented Western Medicine and the necessary path I had to take in order to address the illness and disease occurring in my body.
I would not be here today feeling the joy that I am and is my life without the support of these two complementary therapies – there is no alternative, this is it, this is the way for us all to face the responsibility of the choices we have made in our lives and come back to who we are … And sometimes that means we have to accept the support of medical interventions to heal. Thanks to Universal Medicine and what Serge Benhayon presents I have been able to accept this and how my active participation in the process is required. There is no checking out or running away from my responsibility in having to accept the support that is true medicine, which is Universal Medicine and Western Medicine working together!
There can be such an arrogance in both western and complementary therapies that they need to be the only solution. The reality is that both are missing one critical element…the Estoeric…Not as a replacement but as a way of bringing a quality that is truly supportive for both and ultimately more healing for the patient.
Yes Joel this arrogance is often heard when complementary therapies are suggested. Both bring elements that support healing but when we play the arrogance game the opportunity to heal is lost.
Angela wow what a turn around for you. I too can relate to resisting western medicine despite being a health professional myself. I used to feel so proud that my kids rarely had to see a doctor and that I could support them to get well with the use of alternative medicine. I can now see how arrogant and ignorant I was. Today I am very open to the support of western medicine while knowing that there is always more going on at a deeper level that I need to address when I become unwell.
It’s great to hear that those old mindsets about Western Medicine have left you now Angela. Although Western Medicine is in no way perfect, it has always seemed a shame to me when people don’t avail themselves of its service when required, because there is so much it has to offer. I have witnessed many with ‘alternative viewpoints’ or ‘new age’ ideals actually allow themselves or their family members to get very sick, on occasions even to the point of death, because they did not want to go to the hospital or the doctor. It just goes to show that any belief or ideal we hold can be a very limiting factor in our responses to life. Western Medicine coupled with the depth of understanding and loving support of the body/being offered by Esoteric Medicine is the perfect combination.
When my health broke down a number of years ago I can see how I would have got myself into a heap of trouble had I not used Western Medicine, it is great that through self care and the holistic approach of Esoteric Medicine I may not need it so much but I remain thankful that pharmaceuticals were there as they gave me the space to address my health problems and alleviate the problem.
Thanks Angela for your blog. I, along with many others, can relate to what you are saying about viewing the use of Western Medicine as some sort of personal ‘failure’ and being proud of relying on alternative therapies. This view has been totally turned around since attending Universal Medicine workshops and having sessions with practitioners. Western Medicine has plenty to offer, and when combined with Esoteric Medicine, it offers a powerful healing opportunity.
It is a great marriage when we allow it.
I have equally completely turned my previous bad attitude towards medicine around, and what a blessing it is to fully open to and embrace ALL the support that is here for us.
I agree Jane, I just followed on from what my parents did and had a lack of respect for doctors and Western Medicine unless you absolutely need them. But then when you turned to them you expected them to do everything and have all the answers. Knowing full well when you were ‘fixed’ you would again turn your back on them. I have found through Universal Medicine I have a deep respect for Western Medicine and now understand the part I play. So how I take myself and interact with doctors is completely different. I have regular check ups with them and also myself to see how things are going. I take a greater care for myself and then this supports the greater care I take with everything, it’s a pretty simple formula.
Hello Angela, I agree with what you are saying and have experienced also that, “Western Medicine was an equally important part of this healing process. I was amazed at how much I was supported simply by ‘allowing’ the support that was there, and how this assisted in the overall healing, and the support I received and felt as a result, was truly lovely.”
Your openness to Western Medicine is very beautiful, the healing that western medicine gives to the body is important to get rid of the symptoms while being able to energetically look at the symptoms and feel where the true source is.
My stubbornness in not seeking help when I clearly needed it has cost me dearly. It came from an ingrained belief that I should not be weak, that whatever ailment I had would eventually be overcome. In the past few years, thanks to Universal Medicine, I learned and continue learning that my body is the marker of truth and needs to be listened to.
I have had the same – when a skin issue didn’t heal at all without treatment, it then took six months to heal instead of two weeks if I had gone to the doctor straight away. That taught me.
It’s crazy how our stubbornness manifest more. Why do we play the hero game, rather than getting support and taking responsibility for our input in the ill, in the first place. It is a hard lesson to learn something that should have healed in two weeks took six months, that just shows how we self delay.
I also was stubborn and held on to untrue beliefs about western medicine and suffered extreme chronic pain without anything to help, not realizing that anti-inflammatories can actually really help to stop the cycle of inflammation contributing to that type of pain. Somehow dealing with the pain gave me some false sense of strength and therefore acceptance, that in reality was debilitating and unnecessary.
Yes, I can relate to this Lisa – where we take a pride in being the ‘strong one’ who can tolerate putting up with pain. What I now realise is that this was a load of rubbish that just happened to suit my stubbornness at the time. These days I am far more open to the combination of Western and complementary medicine as the best approach to supporting my body.
It’s an interesting balance you have presented here, being open to and embracing western medicine and complementary therapies and the support offered without becoming a victim and giving our power away to either. Taking responsibility for our own health is a step we all need to consider if we choose to.
Hi Angela, It is also my experience of becoming disillusioned with western medicine and unfortunately when I did visit the doctor I would go in with the belief that he couldn’t help anyway, so what was the point – is it any wonder I would come out feeling disappointed and did not feel supported. These days thanks to the presentations of Serge Benhayon, I have embraced all that Western Medicine and Esoteric Healing can offer with a deeper understanding that both have a part to play, along with me doing my bit. Now I have the best of both worlds.
By seeking the support of western and Esoteric medicine, along with owning our contribution to our ill conditions allows for true healing to occur.
Absolutely it is about owning the responsibility of our contribution to our illness, at the same time seeking support from the western and esoteric medicine. To just focus on one will delay the healing process, they all work hand in hand.
Hi Angela, I would also have gone, in the past, to complementary therapies first and avoided western medicine as much as possible. My experience of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine is that he totally supports western medicine and when I had a painful shoulder his first question to me was ‘what did the doctor say?’ It’s crazy really to think we don’t use all the support which is available to us.
Thank you Angela for sharing your experience of seeking alternative medicine to ‘fix’ health problems. I have learned through the inspiration of Serge Benhayon of my own responsibility in my part of healing when seeking support from conventional medicine.
There were times in the past when I considered that Western Medicine was not as good as the more natural healing therapies. I tried quite a few different healing modalities that left me feeling disappointed, and the same with some Doctors that I saw. This was before I was aware of the part I played in my bodies health, which has led to me taking more responsibility for this part of my life. Thank you Angela for reminding me of this and Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicines part in this insight as well.
I also had a resistance to western medicine, seeking out alternative healthcare to heal myself which a lot of the time did work. It was always a last resort for me to even consider going to see the GP. But these days I realise the importance of both alternative health care and Western Medicine equally and just as important if not the most important, the responsibility I have in taking loving caring of myself and making different choices when necessary to support in my healing process, whether that be my diet, or in the many other ways I am living. I understand now that, western medicine, complementary medicine and self responsibility are all equally needed in supporting the body to heal.
Many of us have somehow lost faith in western medicine, perhaps because we used to think they had all the answers, but we keep seeing people around us getting sick, much sicker than they used to when we were kids. Just because western medicine used to be seen as the answer and now we find that’s not completely true, doesn’t mean we need to throw the baby out with the bath water. Having worked in healthcare, I can say that western medicine is incredible, what they now know and can do to support our bodies. The missing ingredient isn’t the extreme opposite. It needs to start with us taking a look at how we live and treating our bodies with the love and care they need. Then with that connection and understanding of ourselves, we can seek out the support we need from western or complementary medicine. There is no true healing without us centre stage in the process.
I myself, went down pretty much the same path like you Angela. But through the inspiration by Serge Benhayon I have embraced Western Medicine and very much enjoy working together with my doctor today. The experiences I had combining Western Medicine and Esoteric Medicine were very supportive and healing.
It makes so much more sense to see Western Medicine as supportive and not the enemy which is pretty much how I treated it. Now I see that I have a big part to play in taking responsibility in my own self care and not look outside of me for all the answers but only for support in guiding me and treatment when needed.
I contracted Septicaemia after an operation in my 20s. After that I decided to reject Western Medicine and seek Alternative Medicine when unwell.
I now see that I was throwing the baby out with the bath water……
Since taking more responsibility for myself, i.e. walking exercise, diet changes, more love for me etc., my health has greatly improved. One ‘side effect’ has been, less need for my GP and National Health Services, less strain on their resources and finances.
If we are to ‘save the NHS’ and worldwide crumbling health services, it is incumbent on one and all to take more responsibility for unhealthy lifestyle choices and step up and be accountable. This has the potential to literally change the world!
I can relate so easily to your wonderful blog Angela. After a very frustrating time, when the medical profession were unable to help during a long period of illness that my daughter was suffering from, I too found myself looking to alternative sources of healing, and very gradually I turned away from Western Medicine. And when I began to react to various antibiotics, in one case extremely severely, I began to turn away even further. I even used to feel proud that I didn’t go to the doctor. It wasn’t until I came to Universal Medicine in 2005 and heard Serge Benhayon presenting how we need Western Medicine; that it is part of the total healing equation; that I slowly began to let go of the resistance and began to return to the doctor. I now look forward to a doctor’s visit, especially as she is open to what I have to share about what I feel is the energetic cause of what I am seeing her for. There is no judgement from her and I feel we work together to facilitate my healing. She listens to me and I listen to her – a very healing opportunity for us both.
Thank you Angela and Ingrid, I agree Esoteric Healing as presented by Serge Benhayon is complement to Convention Medicine.
I realised some time ago that I may not be alive except for conventional medicine. It is no big deal – I have had several infections which were taken care of without much drama by antibiotics.
I recently read a book from the pre-antibiotics age and having an infection was spoken about with great fear as you could do nothing except hope.
When I am now sick, in pain or have to see the Doctor I use that time to stop and reflect on how I’ve been living my life and driving my body. Choosing to accept the support of medicine along side my own responsibility towards my health I can begin to build a moment where healing can take place.
Thank you Angela for a wonderful blog. It is interesting to note that there are many people who are NOT Universal Medicine students that have the attitude to avoid conventional western medicine and seek alternative therapies only. However those who begin an association with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine realise and adopt a more balanced and supportive view that conventional medicine is an important part of our healing process.
I did exactly the same, Angela, and was very proud of the fact that I never took myself or my family to the doctor unless there was a life-threatening situation. I did admit that if it wasn’t for modern medicine either my first son or I would not have survived the birth. But because they didn’t have all the answers, soon afterwards I rejected any help offered. I love that Serge Benhayon teachers self-responsibility and self-care as forms of ‘good medicine’, but that they go hand-in-hand with western medicine. It feels great to have let go of my arrogance that I know better, and allow the support that is offered when required.
Hi Angela. I so relate to what you are sharing. I remember being so affected by aspects of nursing and medicine that I went down the pathway of studying natural medicine. I was never anti western medicine, but I was never what you would call pro medicine either. I would always suggest clients see a doctor if I felt it was appropriate, but how I treated myself was quite different, in fact I often treated myself. This is actually quite harmful. I have discovered for myself, that asking for help is actually very healing, not just in health, but with the whole of our lives. When we live in a way that is self-caring and are taking responsibility for our choices, there is nothing better to hand a doctor, when we go and see them with a health issue. I have learned this consistently through Universal Medicine and have not looked back.
My family was not against western medicine, we simply avoided going to the doctor unless absolutely necessary. Putting up with the pain was part of our up bringing, it made us stronger. I waited 6 months before going to the dentist for what was an abscess and lost the tooth in the bargain. Universal Medicine has taught me to take care of my precious body.
Great post Angela and in (now) embracing western conventional medicine it’s wonderful to feel how you then embraced more of yourself from developing a quality of self-care, value and worth for your body, health and wellness. Complementary and conventional sitting side by side and not as one and only alternatives.
Thanks for a great sharing Angela , I too fell into the trap of Alternative Medicine being right and Western Medicine being invasive and wrong. I had been critical of WM but when I needed it, it has always been there for me and my family. Being more responsible for my health has opened me up to the truth that WM plays a very much important role in supporting our body whilst we are offered an awareness of how we lived to arrive at needing WM.
I had also held on to a decades-long aversion against Western Medicine and what it has to offer until I started attending Universal Medicine events. Embracing the fact that I am responsible for my health and the conditions my body displays, together with the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom and combined with Western Medicine, I now live a daily rhythm of dedication to my inner knowing and with immense appreciation of what Western Medicine brings.
Dear Angela, I once held the same views as you did about Western Medicine and prided myself on the fact that we actually didn’t have or need a Doctor except on rare occasions. At times when I did have pain I would tolerate it by relaxing and going with it but refused pain relief as I was anti drugs at the time. I have come to see how unloving this has been to my body and now understand how western Medicine and Universal medicine go hand in hand . Thank you for a great blog, Angela
I don’t know where the idea came in, but I also have struggled with trusting doctors or believing they were helpful. I was very stubborn and resistant to receiving support as a teen, believing that illness meant you weren’t strong, and I felt very awkward about letting others care for me. Later, around the time I explored alternative medicine I developed the attitude that I could take control of my own health, and with that came an “us and them” attitude with the two sides being “natural health” and “medical”. I’ve now found a very good doctor and have great natural therapists who work with my GP and it’s the best of both worlds.
As I read Angela’s blog, it reminded me of my own path of seeking Alternative Medicine and turning my back on Western Medicine. Several years ago I needed to be hospitalised and I had to accept that the support being offered was exactly what was needed. I was taken care of, and I got better – quickly. So from this point I incorporated Western Medicine back into my life, as a complement to receiving esoteric healing as an ongoing care program. In my life Esoteric Medicine and Western Medicine now go hand in hand – they complete the picture together.
It must be a real burden on medical practitioners to have to deal with the attitude of ‘the doctor is there to fix it’ that has become typical of the way many think about medicine. It appears much education is still required on the healing process so that medical professionals aren’t put under such a strain to ‘fix and repair’ and so we as individuals also understand our part and responsibility for the illness or dis-ease that is being experienced.
Vicky that is very true – when I walked into my local GP practice there were at least two dozen people who appeared to be going in for the fix. It was interesting that the doctor did start to broach with me other causes such as stress/emotions, but he quickly discounted that they were things I (we) have any control over. It was as if he knew, but had accepted that everyone walks in to be fixed without wanting to take any responsibility in the matter. It was lovely to actually talk with responsibility about making changes together with the treatment.
This is a really interesting point of view, because I often felt in the past that I was a failure if I came down with the flu, or had to take a pain killer. I tried to avoid using western medicine, with the same arrogance you describe. Even now, I often find myself not wanting to come down with the bug that everyone else is coming down with, as it shows I’m not caring for myself well enough. Actually I feel that it can be the opposite too, that I’m not allowing my body the time or the space to heal something, and keep pushing through. The way you describe being able to accept and embrace the support offered when needed is a really important aspect to consider with any illness & disease, thank you for sharing this.
I can really relate to feeling a failure if I was ill Laura and feel that I too have often pushed myself to keep going and can now appreciate like you that in so doing ‘I’m not allowing my body the time or the space to heal something.’
I think at some point I forgot that getting ill is a natural part of life, it’s just how you deal with it that is important and makes all the difference. Most of us accept that children getting ill is a natural part of growing up, and give them a great deal of care, understanding and love at this time. We are unlikely to force them off to school and say just get through it, so why don’t we try to keep this level of care for ourselves throughout life?
Having come from a nursing background, where I fully embraced Western medicine, although I could see it didn’t have all the answers I then trained in various alternative health modalities. I arrogantly turned my back on Western medicine. An abrupt stop to this came when I found a breast lump and despite nearly a year of trying to reduce it by alternative means I re-turned to Western medicine. On my introduction to Universal Medicine, I became aware that this was the missing link. I now combine the best of both worlds, supporting my body with a healthy active life-style and staying present with myself to the best of my ability and also seeing my GP should the need arise.
Esoteric Medicine is the missing link in support of all the wonderful work of Western Medicine. When I go to the doctor it is my body and the way I have been living that I take to the surgery and while the doctor helps to restore the function it is for me to reflect on the way I have been living that may be the underlying cause of the problem.
This is a really great article and truly highlights the combination of our responsibiliy for ourselves with the absolute benefit of both Universal Medicine and Traditional Medicine for our health and well being and the real appreciation needed of this.
Thank you Angela and all the comments highlighting this.
I used to hold off going to the doctors because either I wanted to hide my head in the sand and not hear how my choices had affected my body; or I was in the arrogance that nothing could happen to me. Both ways I have paid the cost of not going to the doctors and having to have more invasive procedures as a result. I have learnt my lessons and recently went to the doctors and was prescribed anti-biotics for an infection that could have got me hospitalised.
Even if the infection does escalate I know what it is and how what to do. I also need to look at what the doctor just described as the cause of the infection as ‘bad luck.’ I know there is a lot more to it than that!
This is a great point Karin I have definitely prolonged and delayed health appointments because I didn’t want to take responsability for the way I was living
It is so true that Modern Western Medicine has so much to offer by way of support for our bodies to heal – but it is also true that we have the responsibility to heal energetically the root cause of any illness and disease, and this is where Universal Medicine comes in – complementary in its support.
Great point Jane. There is definitely a belief out there that we can do it ourselves, or that going ‘natural’ or ‘alternative’ is less harming. However once we learn to fully appreciate our bodies and truly love ourselves there becomes no question that you will do what you can to support yourself. The key though is most definitely not to rely solely on western medicine, there is always something to be shown to us in these interventions and when we can look and realise why we are in this position the whole picture is seen and truly supported.
Thank you Angela. I used to have the thought that having to go to the doctor was an admission of failure that I wasn’t able to find a cure for the problem for myself – how arrogant! I now find that a visit to the GP and hospital referrals are like detective work with us all working to find the underlying cause of any problem and then decide on the necessary steps for healing to take place. The same as with my car, I can be responsible for the everyday care and running of the vehicle but I have to take it to an expert when something goes wrong.
I used to want the Doctor to fix me and would get frustrated when they couldn’t. It wasn’t until I went to Universal Medicine that I learned to take more responsibility for myself and realise that the quality of my health was down to me and my daily choices. I now go to the doctor for support not to have all the answers. I know the only person who can “fix” me is myself.
Yes, I was another strongly against Western medicine. It started when they suggested giving me a colostomy bag in my 20’s for ongoing constipation, and then later suggested anti depressant pills for my low energy, when I very clearly was not depressed. I lost trust in them and went in search of answers. I embraced complementary medicine, and even trained fully to practise acupuncture. Despite hundreds of extra courses and a growing arrogance, I realised that acupuncture was not the answer.
Now, I feel it is super important for me to take responsibility for how I live, to be nurturing and loving, and to embrace Universal Medicine with Western medicine – a trilogy.
Thank you so much Angela for sharing about your journey ‘From resisting Western Medicine to embracing it’ which I can really relate to. I now choose to make more responsible decisions about my general health and part of this has been having the check-ups offered by my local doctor.
I was very much against western medicine growing up.
Whatever the ailment, no matter how big or small, my mum always had some sort of homeopathic drops or tissue salts that would cure it all.
My dad didn’t help my attitude as he had a fundamental issue with doctors. He would rather chew his arm than going to see a doctor who would ‘put a thermometer up his bottom and give him drugs’
So – that was that. No doctors for us. There was certainly an arrogance when it came to western medicine. I found it much more therapeutic to rub my temples for 20 minutes rather than take a panadol.
But as I’ve become more aware of how it can actually support me, I’ve started to allow Western Medicine into my life more and more. Certainly I understand now that it is a big part of the healing process, married with our own choices and how we treat ourselves.
That to me makes absolute sense, and I have a much deeper understanding of how health and the body works!
Thank you Angela. I too had turned away from Western Medicine believing complementary/alternative medicine could address my ills many years ago yet continued to have ongoing health problems. From the inspiration of Universal Medicine I have returned to Western Medicine and having major surgery last year found it to be very supportive and a vital part for my healing along side the support from Serge Benhayon through this and Universal Medicine Practitioners. My experience with the medical staff was completely different to my previous experiences through taking responsibility for myself and my part in the process.
I agree Jane that it’s time we fully embrace western medicine as it works to support us with immediate relief in most cases. Avoiding it leads to more trouble down the road and I for one was very anti conventional medicine and turned ‘alternative’ which of course I know now did Not have the answers. What is needed is for us to first take the western medicine and then look at our choices and behaviour as Angela says in this amazing blog which is the other support. That way you get to see and feel the whole situation and are less likely to repeat the same again. It makes sense to see western medicine as a big part of the whole but not the all as it clearly is not.
I am very pro conventional medicine thanks to Serge Benhayon bringing me an understanding which was clearly missing.
A great account Angela. It shows so clearly the importance of western medicine being supported by our own living choices as presented by Universal Medicine. By combing the two we end up being able to truly address what is going on. It must also be a great support for the doctors to realise they don’t have to be responsible solely for saving everyone rather it’s doctor and patient working together.
Well said Angela – Western medicine is not the only answer but certainly is an important part.
Thank you Angela, I also had a strong aversion to Western Medicine with little trust. Over the years and as I have developed greater awareness of who I am I have come to see how valuable and supportive Western medicine can be.
I loved hearing how you embraced the support offered to you whilst in hospital, allowing ourselves to be supported in these times is true healing.
I find it quite strange that we don’t embrace both types of medicine but I know for sure that I would not go to the doctor unless I absolutely had to, until I began listening to the presentations from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and realised that each has its place and they do work like a horse and cart together in harmony to bring the best healing potential for the patient.
I refused to take any conventional medicine for many years.
Until, in 2001, I was told by my doctor the outcome of not taking his recommended medication for Polymyalgia Rheaumatica could mean I may lose my sight.
Shocked, I agreed, stopped work, took stock of my life and was able to come off them just a year later.
Taking stock of my life was the important factor, now as a student of the Way of the Livingness I have learned to take more responsibility for my health, making loving choices (which may sometimes be to accept conventional medicine).
Great article Angela and very important re the mix of conventional and esoteric medicine and self responsibility for our health and the way we live.
Growing up myself with my father as a doctor and seeing everyone wanting to be made better and looking for someone to fix things I was cynical as to what could really be done.
Now I am appreciating my part in my own healing and responsibility for my own health and lifestyle choices – it makes so much sense and I find is very empowering and really does make a difference to the care and attention I give to myself.
Funny how many people continue to negate the real value of mainstream medicine in caring for the self. Where has that come from? I know I devalued it for many years and it was only when I had major surgery that I changed my perspective. Before that, I had the arrogance to believe that ‘holistic’ meant an alternative therapy that purported to look at the whole of the body, rather than taking responsibility to ensure that diagnoses and treatments were explored through several sources to maximise the benefits from the sum of the parts. Why would I shun conventional medicine in that? But I did. One of the things I respect about Universal Medicine is its strong advocacy of conventional medicine and that they don’t see themselves as alternative, but as additional and complementary to anything that offers true wellness and care – and that for sure includes conventional medicine.
Hi Angela, when Western Medicine could not ‘fix’ my neck and back pains and bouts of stomach pains I started to look at alternative medicine, and because it did seem to relieve the pain briefly I arrogantly thought that it was better than Western Medicine, and became hooked at finding a cure. What I have recognised through Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that Western Medicine is there to support us but that true healing comes from ourselves and a willingness to look at the part we play in our illness.
Absolutely beautiful Angela and I second and third all that you have said. I was very anti-Western Medicine throughout my teens and twenties. With the absence of my periods in 2011/12 – with the beautiful support from my GP, esoteric healing practitioners and Universal Medicine, I was able to turn this around. Now, like you I have no hesitation employing the support from Western Medicine, but like you say not in a helpless way, also holding in awareness that something in the way I have been living would be contributing to whatever illness I am experiencing.
Great article Angela. I too went into the arrogance of ignoring the support that western medicine provides and it does not work.
Thank you Angela Perin for bringing this article to us as I too like you was so proud at the fact that I would not turn to the medics for any help. Alternative was the way and the only way. I got so sick that collapsing and ending up in emergency and having 2 blood transfusions got me thinking that my way or the high way was not the answer.
At that time I had been inspired by Serge Benhayon and his teachings and he also supported my surgery and recovery. When I look back today 6 years later, I can feel that to embrace western medicine is what saved my life. Thank God I listened to Serge Benhayon as before him, I was ready to end my life as alternative medicine was so ingrained and deep rooted in me, I could not contemplate another way.
Lovely blog Angela, thank you. If it’s one thing that Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon has made me aware of is that western medicine and esoteric medicine go hand in hand to get a true and full understanding.
I agree Tim, western medicine is great for controlling the symptoms, and supporting us to manage our illness. Esoteric medicine supports this, and also shows us how to look deeper into the causes, and work with them to achieve a true healing.
Thank you Angela, What is amazing is how the turn around to embrace both conventional and Esoteric Medicine is so beneficial and is actually when my health changed for the better. Before this time, when I only used every other alternative modality and became sicker, I could not see at all how the ‘alternative stuff’ and medical doctors could go together. It was an ‘either..or’ choice. Now I cannot imagine life without Universal Medicine as a complement to Western Medicine. And that is it The Esoteric Modalities are not alternative but absolutely complementary bringing sense to what is happening physically in the body. An awesome partnership!
Thank you Angela. I like the part when you talked about taking responsibility for your body and how this allowed for support and care.
Yes I can so relate to this in my own life and learning that there is a partnership between self nurturing, healing and western medicine.
Judy, I too have loved learning about this wonderfully healing partnership; one, that these days, I fully embrace.
Angela, I loved this piece. Again, as in Suzanne Anderssen’s ‘Rush rush’ blog, you could be talking about me! I kept right away from Western Medicine all my life except when it came to childbirth when I was very glad they were around! Like you, it was Universal Medicine that helped me to realise what an important role the main-stream medical was playing in the life of humanity. I have been so impressed with Unimed’s sane and sensible outlook on life – based on truth and reality and not on some mad ideal. Both kinds of medicine have their place and can work in co-oeration.Thanks for your great piece
thank you Angela this reflects exactly my experience with Universal medicine and their support for Western medicine and the change within me from resistance to a beauty -full embracing
Hi Angela,
Well put. I too used to want to avoid doctors at all costs and thought the only way was to do things ‘naturally’, what ever that involved! If I had a headache or pain I would try to avoid pain killers at all cost – whereas I know from my medical training this can actually be damaging to the body. Learning to accept where I am and what my body is going through has been a huge part of this, which Universal Medicine has been integral in doing. I can now, like you, allow the support which before I would have shunned away from. The attitude of I can do it alone, I don’t need any help/support is no longer with me!
I have noticed if that I resist going to the doctor it is quite often because I don’t want to admit the full extent of what I have been doing to myself so over-ride and make excuses as to why i don’t need to make an appointment. I also used to see alternative or complementary medicine as being better than Western medicine. I can really see now that this is not the case, that complementary and western medicine can and should work together, as each brings its own part to the healing.