by Judith Andras, health practitioner and store manager, Germany.
I have been vaccinated recently (for tetanus/diphtheria/polio/pertussis). And I would like to share here about adverse reactions, as there is so much discussion about this.
Initially I felt resistant to vaccination and I avoided the subject, see my previous blog about this: Vaccination – more than just self-protection.
I chose to vaccinate because I felt that it was the responsible decision to make, for the whole community.
After I had the injection, my arm was hurting and releasing a lot. What it felt like was something very old had been stored there and was now being released.
Infectious diseases are from the old era – when they were a real life threat and people died from theses diseases like flies. Today – thanks to vaccination and improved hygiene – this threat is no longer our main health concern. Infectious diseases now account for 10% of all deaths, much less than in the past.
By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity, YES to clearing the old energy that I was holding onto, that had kept me feeling separate. I feel like I had kept myself aloof, somewhat standing back from fully participating in life – by avoiding vaccination I could keep that illusion up and preserve the bubble that was holding me separate from other people. It felt like a protection.
It felt as though when I got vaccinated this whole package was released and my body had to clear it. So five days after the vaccination I got the flu and had to stay in bed for two weeks.
Now you could argue, as many do, that vaccination is bad for you, because I got sick afterwards, as it seemed somehow related.
I feel it was a blessing – an opportunity for my body to clear old energy – something (a lot of disregard for myself and other people) I had denied looking at and held onto and which was well overdue to be released.
My feeling is that the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy we have been holding in our bodies. And so vaccination, as with so many things in life that seem like a problem on the surface, can be a blessing, and another opportunity for us to heal and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are.
Medicine and Serge Benhayon 
There are so many ways to keep each other away, to stay separated from each other, to keep isolated. And this article shows brilliantly how easy it is to believe in what we are doing, even when what we are doing is all about staying apart from everyone else.
I’m of an age where I can still remember kids getting polio, measles, mumps and chickenpox but as time has gone by and we do not see many cases, we don’t realise how bad these illnesses can be.
There is certainly a lot more going on in our bodies than just physical healing when we are sick. I know for me when I’m unwell I can often feel an emotional component clearing from whatever part of my body is affected. I recently had a cold and underlying that was the realisation that I had been pushing myself so my body was experiencing the consequences of that pressure and clearing it to return to equilibrium. The body always wants harmony and if the being part of us is out of harmony then that also has to be corrected.
Whenever we have a reaction to a vaccination it is easy to dismiss it in some way, yet there is a message in that reaction for us if we take the time to stop and read into what may have caused the reaction in relation to the choices we make.
We often see getting ill as a bad thing but what if it wasn’t and was, in fact, a necessary event that helps us to move energetically out of something?
The body is communicating so much with illness, disease, reactions and it’s many ways of clearing. If we as the being choose to understand what’s being communicated then our relationship with the body becomes less adverse.
There’s much to appreciate, even in a seeming adversity, if we can allow ourselves to feel and read what that is we are being offered.
A great point you offer for us to consider, as our current relationship with understanding illness and disease doesn’t embrace the possibility that it can be a clearing of a momentum that has been running us, our body and being, and I can see how this is also possible with vaccinations. We do have to discern where our ideals and belief are coming from as it seems only too convenient that the seemingly ‘adverse’ reactions in the body after vaccinations are used to oppose this form of self-care that supports not only our own well-being but that of the community also.
I am truly beginning to appreciate how amazing our body is, when it offers us such a beautiful opportunity to look more closely at our choices when we have a reaction to something whether it’s a vaccination or something we eat, the opportunity is the same, and if we brush over it we miss the blessing that is offered.
Very true Judith, illness is always an opportunity to clear and heal any stagnant and old energy, making space for a deepening and acceptance of more love.
Vaccinations have been given a bad name and bad press because of the 1990’s MMR scare that was started by one man who said that having the vaccination caused Autism. It can be so easy to jump to conclusions and run with a lie especially when we are told we will be harming our children. The upshot of this was that parents stopped vaccination and because of this, Measles and Mumps and whooping cough started to return. When we come from our hearts we know what is true for our children, vaccinations have been shown to support people throughout the world especially in 3rd world countries. We need to be more discerning and feel what is true; the press love to run with a story and are not interested in validating their information if they know it will sell papers.
Thank you for sharing this, Judith. We can so easily become a victim of a circumstance (our choice) and blame this thing or that, but this is a great example of how responsibility empowers us and how that bolsters our commitment to embracing life.
I find it a beautiful realisation that illness in our physical body is a way of releasing ill-energy that is disharmonious to our body. It offers us an opportunity to reflect on the choices we are making and how we are living our life.
If there is something that polarizes our communities in Australia it is this subject… The Shire next to us has the lowest vaccination rate in Australia… And this alone is indicative of so much… And the fact that so many people are proud of this is a reflection of so much more.
Judith I reread your blog today, and it highlighted to me how often we blame the vaccination for a illness we get afterwards, rather than feeling more deeply into what our illness is really showing us, and what we are actually clearing, a great reminder to feel more deeply and to be more honest about our ideals and beliefs and what we have held onto.
I agree Sally, we are too much in the habit of looking for and outside cause to blame for our woes, but unless we turn inside and nominate what is in the way for us to live and be who we truly are, we will not find the true answers.
Some of the general population could well be getting complacent with the belief that infectious diseases are old era, but without herd immunity that the vaccination process supports that could change, and the infectious diseases of yesteryear could well become very present age.
When I studied Naturopathy nearly 30 years ago there was a strong anti-vaccination movement gathering momentum. I got swept up in this, convinced by the arguments put forward by the lobby groups at the time.
Since then, and thanks to the influence of Serge Benhayon and his complementary-to-medicine approach to healing, I now hold a view that feels far more balanced and community-minded.
For me I never thought twice about them. Working with animals at college it was mandatory that we were vaccinated against tetanus and rabies (although rabies is rare for the UK). For me I see them as a matter of preparation or to have it rather than not and need it.
An interesting perspective on adverse reactions to vaccinations worth contemplation. It is fascinating how we can change our perception and no longer see something as an issue but rather as an opportunity for healing that is there to be embraced.
I think this is a very good point, sickness is not always a negative thing, especially when you know that you are clearing out an old pattern or something that may have been stored in your body unconsciously for a long time.
Of course needles can be horrible and our bodies can react badly but it’s true, it’s part of our responsibility towards other people to keep up to date with our vaccinations. I love that if you look at the bigger picture and how infectious diseases can kill people then it makes sense – why would you not choose to care for yourself and others in that way?
Thank you Judith for your sharing here – I have to agree with what you are sharing in the sense that I feel every illness, disease or condition that appears for any one of us to deal with, is actually a blessing in disguise in that it allows us to shed those things we have accumulated that do not serve us.
Thank you Judith – it is the resistance that causes the damage. I recognize the resistance myself of being negative with vaccination in the past. As indeed it can cause you to be sick for a few days or weeks, but I never took the time to truly ponder on what this vaccination is really telling me. All I could feel by resigning or resisting a vaccine, my withdrawal from my responsibility and relationship with humanity.
BUT actually I started, since I commit to The Way of The Livingness, my religion, to feel my responsibility and the possibility of effecting another by an illness or disease whilst having the opportunity to protect myself and so others – It started to intrigue me, that because I love my body and people – I need this vaccine and it is actually a very good thing.
That is really a positive way to look at vaccination Judith. I love it what you have shared, as your body’s reaction to your vaccination seems to be more like a gift than an illness which should be challenged. Your blog is an invitation for people, allowing them to questioning their own view on it: “And so vaccination, as with so many things in life that seem like a problem on the surface, can be a blessing, and another opportunity for us to heal and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are.”
Vaccinations sometimes brings up other things that we need to deal with to the surface, anything from a rash to getting flu after a flu jab, and although it is inconvenient do we ever appreciate what our body is actually doing for us, as it brings up things that need to be cleared out of our system, before they turn into something much bigger and more severe.
I agree, we only see disease as a nuisance or like a curse or punishment, but what if disease helps us to clear old patterns and unloving choices? Accepting disease as a support to heal the disregard we have lived is a great way forward and can help us to make more loving choices.
Once again spot on Judith – we cannot see illness as a nuisance or punishment as this works against the body’s natural rhythms and cycles. It is a blessing, even though it might not feel like it at the time!
It is interesting to read when someone writes that they are grateful for getting sick so that it gives them the chance to clear old patterns of energy from their bodies and then feel more expanded for having taken the time to heal – if more people saw illness and disease like this our relationship with our bodies and getting ill would change our whole perspective of life.
This is a wonderful thought provoking article about vaccination. Thanks Judith. When you realise that illness and disease and the healing cycle the body goes through is far bigger than the physical body fighting a virus or a symptom, what you propose about the opportunity for healing old patterns and imprints through vaccination makes absolute sense.
Thank you Judith, I have had a niggling feeling about getting a tetanus injection and your blog has inspired me to contact the doctors surgery where apparently there is a form to fill in and a nurse available to talk about what the details of this procedure are and what tetanus is about. She can also look at my notes and check my history as this vaccination is only given ten times in one’s life.
I haven’t considered the clearing effects of vaccinations before reading this. It makes total sense and takes responsibility to another level when we consider doing it for everyone and not just ourselves.
Yes and it takes away the pressure of our individuality, simply because we open up to being part of a whole. This opening up is of course available in any choice we make.
I have chosen to have vaccinations throughout my life, however I do feel concerned that mercury and formaldehyde can occasionally still be ‘discreetly’ in some vaccines.
It’s a good idea to talk to our doctors about the contents of vaccines as there may be vaccines produced by different companies that don’t contain harmful ingredients.
‘I chose to vaccinate because I felt that it was the responsible decision to make, for the whole community.’ It’s funny how so often we champion our right not to vaccinate, and I remember that feeling of being empowered to make my own choice… but you’ve introduced a bigger picture here. If we take into account all the other people at the Doctor’s surgery, or in our town, or in the country – then we get a better understanding of why vaccination is important. When we widen the view, our individual responsibility for things becomes a lot more obvious.
It is interesting how we are the first to shout and blame the vaccination for our symptoms that may flare up after receiving it but could there be more at play? Just yesterday I heard about two people in my area where I live having the flu vaccination and in both cases they experienced an adverse reaction and became quite unwell. Spreading information in communities like this does put doubt in people’s minds but to me it is simply an avoidance of taking responsibility for the choices that have been made.
Recently I have been looking at many things I do in my life on a daily basis and asking myself if I am doing them just for me or am I doing them knowing that I am one part of the whole of humanity and therefore part of a global community. I have found that when I consider the latter, the way I do things changes because I am considering the effect and responsibility I have on the wider world by my actions.
“I chose to vaccinate because I felt that it was the responsible decision to make, for the whole community.”
Simple, true and yes to humanity, thank you Judith.
So true Judith. When we choose not to be vaccinated we go into protection and keep ourselves away from others who may pass on an illness but when we are vaccinated we are more open to others as we know our body is already strong with a protection from within so that we can support those who are unwell.
Thank you for sharing this experienc Judith, I can feel the truth in your words. It is a responsibility to be vaccinated, and it is a disregard to do not so. We are all connected and when we choose to not be vaccinated we choose to not take responsibility for ourself and the health of others.
It is a great time to be writing about and discussing vaccination as there are so many urban myths in circulation that are destabilizing the essential fabric of our modern society, and that is the opportunity to NOT be vulnerable to infectious diseases in the way that we were.
Re reading this I realise that actually I have never had a flu shot because I am too afraid to do it, the potential to get sick just put me off! But actually I work with people with vulnerable immune systems so now it is not just about me, this is about those I come into contact with. Next winter, my body will be ready!
It is always a blessing when we clear our bodies of energy that no longer serves the body. The ill energy has to leave and so there comes a time when it has to be released in one way or another. When I see for myself the clearings that have taken place within my body I get to deeply appreciate my body; it is incredible.
Yesterday I took my 2 month old to get her vaccinations. There was a moment when the long needles were jabbed into her thighs and she looked at me as if to say ‘I can’t believe you just let that happen’ – then today she has a fever. But I didn’t resist getting the injections because they protect her from much worse scenarios. Like you I am pro medicine and pro advancement – prevention over cure – so I had to appreciate that and reading this blog confirms the importance and support of vaccinations.
This gave me much to consider. I have been doing quite a bit of research into this topic and asking why we react is a good question. We all clearly care or we wouldn’t react. Herd immunity is a fact, it works and it is something we can do to protect the more vulnerable in our community.
Thank you for such a refreshing look at the often contentious subject of vaccination Judith. This is a subject that tends to polarise opinion, but here not only you have asked the question – “why do we react” you have also offered us a wonderfully clear and common sense answer.
Thank you Judith for bringing awareness to the possibility that there can be more to the reactions we sometimes receive from vaccinations and that there is a healing on offer and also that it’s about our responsibility to each other in the community we live in to ensure that we play our part in helping to keep these diseases eradicated.
I’ve had all my vaccinations since a baby and I had not ever considered not being vaccinated or going to a medical doctor until I started delving into some alternative therapies. Now after seeing it for what it is, the consciousness of irresponsibility and only thinking of yourself underlined many alternative therapies I was using. Just last year and this year I chose to get the flu vaccination and I could feel the responsibility and care for others by having it… it was interesting how clear I saw my past choices were after getting it… a lot of wasted energy on trying to justify why I shouldn’t.
Thank you Judith. Many would deny what you are saying and think how could this be true “because I had a vaccination this is why I am sick – it made me sick” – it is the usual statement made. I have the understanding that if my body is sick in any way, it is because of choices I have been making, whether that was yesterday or years ago.
This is a great article about the level of responsibility we all hold with regards to vaccination as it is not just about the self but the whole of the community at play. What you have shared here Judith is groundbreaking, as most people don’t understand the energetic side and how healing the opportunity for them is to stop and clear out old disregard from the body.
In the past I was anti vaccination and blamed all the reported reactions on them. However as I have become more aware of what illness and disease is really showing us, I now realise that vaccinations are only a small part of what leads to a possible reaction. I feel now that the responsibility to be vaccinated outweighs the possible risk factors.
The word vaccination in itself is about bringing more awareness of how to support our bodies. Judith you raised a great point that a vaccination is about supporting the whole community, not just ourselves.
When we do start to listen to our bodies and our hearts it is like tuning into a enormous repository of innate wisdom that is simply there just waiting for us to tune into.
“By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity, YES to clearing the old energy”. By saying yes to vaccination we are being responsible to humanity not just ourselves. It is difficult to understand how some people do not vaccinate thus jeopardising the overall health and well being of the all.
Thank you Judith for shining a light on this issue.
I’d never before considered the possibility of a reaction to a vaccination as the release of something that had been stored for some time in the body, and could therefore be seen as a blessing, instead of assuming as we do that the reaction is caused by the vaccine and therefore it is something to be avoided. Thank you.
We react from ignorance… let’s face it that where reaction always comes from, so until humanity starts to understand true education, that is, connecting with the intelligence of the heart, then these old paradigms will continue.
Vaccination for me has always been seen as a safeguard against serious diseases. It is thanks to a reaction to vaccination as a teenager that a serious disease was diagnosed. The treatment lasted two years and I fully recovered. What I did not know at the time was that my body was giving me a lesson in living. I have since made important changes to my life style and keep on deepening the care I dedicate to my body.
Thank you Judith, I have always understood that vaccination is a way to support the whole community in preventing disease from spreading, but it is an expansion to feel that the body’s reaction to vaccination may be a clearing out and healing of old energy held in the body. Thank you.
Very insightful Judith as I had never considered that vaccinations could clear old energy of illness still stored in the body. Thank you for the blog
Great blog Judith. It’s fantastic the way you present this new perspective on vaccinations, which has definitely enlightened my view of them. There is a lot of fear about vaccinations which I know I have had at times. But to see them as a way of supporting the whole community and as an opportunity to further heal ourselves and create more space for love is profundly refreshing, Thank you!
Dear Adam, I feel this goes a little deeper than not trusting each other, as I read your comment and the comments below I could feel that there are people that we feel could possibly harm us or even simply lie to us and we have in the past let this happen, as we were unsure of what we felt in ourselves. I feel the ability to trust ourselves and what we feel is lying underneath our ability to trust others. As we return to our own senses, and begin to again trust in what we feel for ourselves, we begin to again trust in humanity, we are then able to see the true benefits of such things as vaccinations, cancer treatments and other medical procedures that we may find we need to support our bodies to heal.
Yes, very true that if we have lost trust in others, it is only because we have no foundation within ourselves first. For if we were to truly know our innate divinity, we would be more willing to understand that this is the true underlying nature of all, and more willing to open up to all. After all, to mean that one is trusting does not mean that one is not discerning. Trust without discernment is after all just hope, and hope delivers nought but false promises in the end.
I have really had my eyes opened through your blog Judith. What a shame that most people (myself included before reading this blog) would jump to the conclusion that the vaccination itself was the problem. I simply hadn’t considered that reactions to vaccinations may be the body’s way of clearing old stored energy that needs to be released. Seen this way, the reactions are such a blessing.
This is gold Judith…you offer here an alternative and very valid viewpoint for everyone to consider. And although there may be reactions to the vaccination, how much of that reaction was created by disharmony already in the body before the vaccination was given?
An absolutely wonderful article on vaccination, thank you Judith. To know we are taking responsibility for our part within the whole community when we choose to be vaccinated is such an important point.
Having recently had a triple vaccination and feeling ropey for days after, it’s really lovely to re-read your article. I know in having the vaccination I was saying: yes I am part of humanity. In the past I held a huge arrogance that I was better somehow than others and wouldn’t get sick, without even a consideration that I could be carrying disease that could harm another.
I also clarified the whole issue for myself about vaccination following discussions I heard in Universal Medicine events. Many years ago I chose to not vaccinate my children. Now it would be quite different. I have a greater trust in conventional medicine and the process for safety assurance and yes as Judith says, there may be adverse reactions after an injection but I do question how much this comes down to disharmony already in the body and what surfaces after a vaccination.
I agree Simon…I was vaccinated but chose to not vaccinate my child at a time when I was absorbed in natural therapies, however since hearing Universal Medicine presentations and having more understanding of the bigger picture and western medicine, I too would choose differently now.
If more of us felt like this ‘I chose to vaccinate because I felt that it was the responsible decision to make, for the whole community.’ living in a way where it is not just about ‘us’ but instead getting ourselves out of the way and making it about the all (everyone), it would change the world in a really beautiful way.
I appreciated this point too Vicky, that we have a responsibility for our wider communities, and that decisions are not all about us.
So true bernadette curtin. When we make it all about us we are choosing not to be part of the whole community that supports us in so many ways.
I know I still hold a resistance to vaccination. To me it seems like an unnecessary invasion of the body. But I see your point about saying ‘yes’ to humanity,and the fact we need to consider the whole community.
Awesome discussion – yes there is mis-trust in systems and obvious greed and power motivations, however instead of reacting to the choices that others are making if we first look at what we are choosing for our own lives and feel the quality of truth and brotherhood in our choices – then the world will change choice by choice and begin the reflect the quality that we are bringing. Focussing on factors outside of ourselves is important so that we expose corruption etc, however there needs to be an equal focus on ourselves – otherwise we are just hiding from life, playing victim and giving our power away. Perhaps it is each of us who are in fact in control of the world, it just depends what we do with our choices – to bring our true quality to the world, or hold back because others aren’t bringing theirs… so it becomes a stand off and we all lose, because there is not love.
Judith good that you could see another side to this long winded debate.
Judith is so right in that we have so many opportunities to heal, so much is presented to us that gives us the opportunity to learn, to feel, and to heal. All we have to do is to really choose to start to listen to our bodies, to our hearts, and to all around us… It is therefore us all the time, the University of life.
I love what you have shared here Judith, it actually brings clarity and puts an interesting spin on what feeds all our reactions to anything that happens in our everyday life.
I love your last paragraph Judith for it offers another way to view sickness after a vaccination that steps away from the blame of the injection and allows consideration of the true healing opportunity that illness can provide.
I agree Samantha the healing opportunity is greater than we know. When we vaccinate we choose to be responsible for not only our own heath but that of the community which we are part of.
This blog is great in exposing the individuality around vaccination but also to reveal the perspective of how a so called ‘reaction’ to a vaccination can be “another opportunity for us to heal and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are.” What a beautiful healing.
Wow indeed, you nailed something very important here Adam. I can feel how I have mistrusted people and this is where my reaction of vaccination comes from. Thank you. I can feel that I have separated myself from humanity; by thinking it is against me or even partly my enemy. I can feel that by becoming so narrow and separative I have locked myself up and actually become not trusting of people and dismissive of people. This actually had crushed me as my only love is love for everyone (every person, all people). Therefore this reaction and this awareness now has allowed me to seek deeper and see that this reaction has nothing to do with the vaccine itself, but with the hurt I was holding against the world – against humanity. Now I choose to no longer carry this hurt with me.
I really like what you have written here Adam it really brings home that vaccinations are not just about protecting ourselves but society as a whole and what can happen when we all work together. Vaccinations have been blamed for many things that have made us distrust them and ourselves. I was pro vaccine then anti vaccination when the news broke about autism and now I am very much pro vaccination again. The years have shown how many illnesses and diseases had all but disappeared, but slowly began to creep back as parents stopped vaccinating their children, showing that vaccination really does work.
I love what can happen when we work together. Vaccinations are just another way to confirm brotherhood is the way. It is for society as a whole, that vaccinations exist, to protect us all, if we make it all about each other. This type of thinking is what is deeply needed.
Absolutely Alison, when the whole is considered there is no question about the benefits of being vaccinated.
Thank you for writing about your experience with vaccination Judith, and your understanding of what the decision to be vaccinated really means – that we say yes to being at one with humanity, to being responsible for our own health. I also appreciated your awareness around your reaction – clearing old energy from the past, your feeling separate. Your article casts fresh light onto an important topic, thank you.
Yes I find Judith’s reaction around old energy is incredibly important and insightful – it is old energy that she is discarding, and I love how she uses her awareness to realise this.
This is a groundbreaking article on vaccination. It has totally opened my eyes and brought so much more awareness of our responsibility as a whole. Thank you Judith for sharing your experience as it has given vaccination a whole new meaning. No longer can adverse side-effects be blamed on the vaccination – we all have our part to play.
How interesting – I never saw vaccination as a release of old energy – it was just something you did when you were travelling abroad or was given to children as a general immunisation – part of growing up. I didn’t enjoy taking malaria tablets for a year when I was living in Libya 30 years ago but it felt important to do – I have the kind of blood that mosquitoes love, so the risk is always high for me. Tetanus jabs have always given me a huge reaction so I have avoided updating that – perhaps there is more to explore here . . .
Judith, what you write makes a lot of sense. Vaccination is a commitment to yourself and when you are caring and loving towards yourself that which isn’t caring or loving has to go. At some times that may be a bigger package than at other times and this can be misunderstood.
I agree Christoph, vaccination is a commitment to yourself and others since if we are actually healthy individuals it is possible to carry the virus and pass onto others without ever becoming sick – not very loving.
I agree Christoph. Vaccinations are a commitment to yourself first and secondly they extend to the wider community as the decisions we make does effect us all.
Well said Adam , the way forward is one of all encompassing truth and love uniting us all in the body as humanity. We are part of humanity and what we choose not only affects our self but all of our brothers we call humanity.
It was very interesting to read your blog and feel your experience of the body releasing an energy of disregard for yourself and others. I and many others have lived in the same disregard, but I never thought of it in connection to not being vaccinated.
Thank you for your insights on the important topic of vaccination.
“By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity”, this so well illustrates how there is always a bigger picture to any one decision. And in that is the responsibility you felt (and took) to make the choice beyond your previously held ideals. The responsiveness that our bodies can be, is wonderful – Thank you for your awesome example of this Judith.
This is a very interesting way of seeing adverse reactions to vaccinations “my feeling is that the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy we have been holding in our bodies”.
There is so much for us to understand about the body and listening to its messages is a great place to start. It makes sense that if you were clearing an old energy that was held in your body that your body needed time to rest and recover post the vaccination.
This is great Judith… “By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity” and, you were also saying YES to being truly responsible and living in a way that is fully committed to yourself and others. It is amazing to live life from this perspective and knowing how we each play such an important part in the whole; as opposed to the insular bubble of self that we can imagine is reality, but is actually just an excuse to be irresponsible and separate from all around us.
By not having a vaccination I was only considering my own wellbeing and not taking on my part in the responsibility toward humanity … You have given me another perspective Judith.
Last week I got my vaccinations I should have got when I was nine years old, along with the program set by the government, my parents decided not to let me have it, so 11 years later I got it and what a great thing vaccination is, it indeed feels like taking the responsibility for the possible illnesses, and as my body showed me the days after there were some old things to heal. It is a great experience, opening up to the world.
I had those same injections as I had not had them as a infant, my mum had a massive issue with them as when I was born a big stir up of how vaccines create autism was in the news. When I went to the doctors to have my injection my mum came along and even when we walked in the room I could tell that she was clearing the conciousness of the vaccinations she had.
Having had a flu shot and yes I got the flu afterwards… I really didn’t associate it with clearing old energy which would have been a blessing … It’s great you have bought my awareness to this as I wasn’t planning on having it again.
A very interesting read Judith, thank-you for bringing your awareness to this and sharing it with us. Yes there is a reason for everything and my understanding is that all sickness is a clearing out of an excess ill, no matter how you arrive at it. It is possible that sickness after a vaccination is brought on by something within us that needed to be cleared regardless. Society has an upside down and back to front way of looking at illness and disease, not looking at it as a blessing and an opportunity to heal much but rather as a burden or an affliction.
I love the awareness you have brought to the issue of vaccination Judith, I had not previously considered it in such a light. I have always had vaccinations, most recently when my daughter was born and I have always found them to be a great support to my body. It feels amazing to know that by choosing to support humanity in this way we also have the opportunity to clear more from our bodies thus allowing more love in. Thank you for what you have shared it has definitely given me a greater understanding of the true purpose of vaccinations.
I love the way you present your view that the reaction from the flu shot could be an opportunity to clear old energy that really makes sense to me. Especially then we consider the infectious deceases we could have been in contact with in the old era, before vaccinations were available and people were dropping like flies. We now have the opportunity to clear some of that energy we could be carrying from when we did drop like flies. Thankyou Judith.
I agree with you, Judith. Since a recent vaccination I have had two tremendous clearings of old energy and am feeling the benefits of this. Thanks for a great blog.
What you share here Judith shows that life is not about us but about all of us. That is not only with vaccinations but with everything. When we make a choice, we can ask ourselves: is this for me, only for me, or is this for all?
Thanks, Judith – you have just given me another perspective from which to broaden my views on vaccinations. The blog is leading me to wonder just how many other things I have accepted or taken for granted and done/not done because ‘that’s the way I’ve always done it’ or ‘that’s the way it is’, without considering any possible deeper significance.
“My feeling is that the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy we have been holding in our bodies.” – I feel what you’re saying here is true Judith and as such, this puts a whole different perspective on the vaccination question. To view it as a return to letting people in and being part of humanity, not an isolated, independent unit, is really beautiful. So if we do have an adverse reaction to a vaccination, it’s a necessary healing on our journey back to being ourselves in full – this takes the fear and apprehension out of the decision and allows us to be accepting of the outcome.
Wow Judith, I can honestly say I have never considered vaccination as an opportunity to clear old energy however I completely understand that protecting yourself from disease of this kind is a responsibility we can take for ourselves and all others.
I can totally see how saying YES to vaccinations is saying a bigger YES to life, and to caring for ourselves and others – I love how you have written this in consideration of not just your health, but of everyone’s.
“the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy we have been holding in our bodies.”- Yes, I agree with you Judith- as the body is constantly discarding what is no longer needed, when we choose to selfcare, and self nurture more.
What you offer here Judith relates to how many if not most view illness or disease.
How easy it is to see a cold or an ailment as a hindrance, a set-back and something we may judge ourselves for, scorning the body or life for it occurring to us and at times soldiering on rather than considering the blessing of the stop, deeply nurturing ourselves and accepting the amazing and deep healing process that is occurring.
Thanks Judith. I love your point “By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity.” We are all responsible for community health.
Judith it’s really interesting to consider a bigger picture on not only why people get sick, but why some people react to vaccinations and others don’t. Or perhaps its even down to the type of vaccination and therefore the type of reaction. When we allow ourselves to consider the bigger picture, the fact of previous choices, energy and humanity as a whole, what once seemed “random” or “bad luck” starts to make complete sense. With that, responsibility becomes something to embrace rather than run away from, as it can be so easy to do. I would certainly only be considering the effect of vaccination on me before reading this blog and now have a far bigger awareness.
Growing up in a Third World country like Venezuela, South America I can very much appreciate the place Vaccinations have in our communities to ensure diseases are kept at bay to the best of their ability. While I now live in a much more sanitised country, I still felt it important to vaccinate my child, however I did feel into WHEN I should do this. For example I did not give my daughter the MMR Vaccination until she was 5 years old as she was quite sick with colds, asthma and the like as a toddler and felt strongly to just wait a while for her immune system to catch up.
This is a very good point Donna, around knowing when the time to have vaccinations is most supportive for the body. This is also empowering, as we are making the choice in regard and respect of the body, rather than going ahead because we are told to, according to another’s timing.
Judith, I have felt, too, that vaccinations can release energy held in the body from the past when those diseases were rife: awesome to have this confirmed by someone in print. Thank you.
This blog is so incredibly powerful in the potent potential healing which is on offer. I too have avoided vaccinations at times – but after reading this can feel absolutely the aloof energy which holds me in separation. Rather than taking the gift of what is on offer to fully join humanity. Awesome.
The depth of understanding that Universal Medicine brings has completely changed my attitude to illness and disease and my feeling of shared responsibility with all of humanity.
Thank you for bringing a new perspective to the issue of vaccination – a part of our shared responsibility for each other in the community.
Judith, this blog gives so much support for the possibility that it is fine and in fact very healthy to have vaccinations.
Nicole, I felt to add a few words about my developing awareness here in relation to the ‘flu shot’. After initially reading the blogs about vaccination etc. I felt my reactions a little confronting to what was being expressed, as I had not had a flu shot for more than 25 years. However, following the 74th anniversary of my birth, and having had experienced some lung issues the previous winter I decided I would make the choice to receive a flu shot – it resulted in my having quite a reaction displaying symptoms, but not to the extent of a debilitating bout of flu as such, and wondered if I had made the right choice, however, what I feel to add here is that this has been a great opportunity, a platform if you will that may not have presented itself otherwise, to cleanse a little more from my body – so I guess I feel the reaction has been a bit of a blessing really – perhaps helping me to see things from a different perspective.
It is really interesting reading both your’s and Nicole’s comments because I have always seen the flu shot as a negative thing and something artificial brought in place that we didn’t need. I feel like I am being shown something else to consider here with your comments. Thank you.
I love what you are saying about vaccination being about more than just yourself. That it’s about others around you too. We seem to have lost this in modern society – that we are all here together – a community and we need to look after ourselves, in a way that also takes care of everyone else too.
As a nurse,midwife, I feel it is being responsible to have an annual flu vaccination- not only would it protect myself from getting the flu but I was also not a potential threat for others who are very susceptible e.g. premature babies, elderly.
I work with premature, sick babies ,and at the time of my first flu vaccination my parents were in a nursing home where all the residents are at risk of coming in contact with the virus from healthcare workers if we weren’t vaccinated.
An interesting viewpoint on vaccinations… what is certainly true is that Universal Medicine is helping people to overcome irrational prejudices like being anti-vaccination and, as Judith says, actually being a responsible member of our community … humanity
And let’s not forget to mention the many other prejudices that Universal Medicine has brought truth and light to. I can remember being anti-microwave before attending presentations. When it comes back to the energetic understandings of life, so many of our beliefs get totally exposed.
Yes I agree Vicky, there was a long list of beliefs that i held close when I first attended my first Universal Medicine presentation all of them were opportunities I used to not participate or to hide and protect my children.
Vaccination is generally something people do to protect themselves, it’s not often seen as a service to the community. It’s great to broaden it and see that we do have an effect on others in many ways, including how we take care of our health.
Yes, good point Melinda.
I too had really thought of vaccination as going beyond my own body – I was thinking I was protecting myself, not really protecting the community as such. Now I can see how when we consider the whole community, it is a much broader perspective and it then makes sense to vaccinate.
I felt strongly your comment – ‘saying yes to vaccinations I was saying yes to humanity’. I got caught up in the perspective that vaccination was not natural, I now believe that I have a responsibility to care for myself and I have a responsibility to care for humanity. I’m am appreciating more and more the opportunities to deepen my inderstanding of what true responsibility is.
I have recently thanks to Serge Benhayon started to appreciate and work with any symptoms that my body may show as a way of deepenening my understanding about my choices in life and rebuilding a life of love and evolving. It had not occured to me to consider potential reactions to vaccinations in this light also. Reading this article it seems obvious. Thank you for the insght.
Coming from a generation that has grown up with vaccination as the norm and infectious diseases are not very common, I have not tended to fully appreciate just how truly supportive vaccination is. As you mention, we cannot afford to undervalue the true service this is for humanity.
There’s a lot to be said for examining this issue of vaccination from the perspective of the countries in which we live. I suspect many of the voices in the broader vaccination debate are coming from countries where communicable diseases are pretty much under control and we have the luxury of choice – thanks to the fact that 1) vaccinations are available and 2) most have agreed or chosen to vaccinate. If we lived in countries where this is not the case, where the ‘business end’ of communicable disease is still very much apparent in people’s daily lives, I doubt we’d question it at all – we’d all be getting immunised gladly and as a matter of course. Is there a case then for maintaining vaccination in a relatively ‘healthy’ country, to ensure we continue to enjoy a largely safe and healthy population?
I agree Victoria.
Great point Josh, I wouldn’t say you were alone in not fully appreciating the support that vaccinations can give, as I know for myself and likely others, I have never considered what life would look like without them, and therefore I haven’t truly appreciated what they bring.
What strikes me with this blog is that with every moment in life we have the opportunity to broaden our view on what is before us. Here you have taken Vaccination and expanded your view on it to see what else might be at play or what options are around you. And we have this for every moment in life. Not just to see things from one point of you. I am grateful for Serge Benhayon for expanding my view and for me to be open to see it.
‘What strikes me with this blog is that with every moment in life we have the opportunity to broaden our view on what is before us.’ I love this, every moment we have the opportunity to grow more understanding of life, and not get stuck in certain ways of thinking.
I can only talk from my experience here. I never had an issue with vaccines. Never got sick after a shot either. Perhaps, getting sick is related to releasing an energetic package. Actually, it does make a lot of sense.
Hi Judith, I felt drawn to read your blog again today – and to remind myself of your insight and wisdom held within your expression. Until about 10 days ago I had not had a ‘flu vaccination’ for somewhere between 20 – 30 years. I had read the blogs as to the reasons why and I could concur as to why one would perhaps choose to vaccinate. I attended the Doctor’s surgery sort of still questioning why I had made this choice, when the medical person who presented in place of my regular doctor, introduced themselves – the last name being ‘soul’. What a curious thing indeed.
However, as you described above, even though I was advised that this vaccination would not ‘give me the flu’ – I may feel some symptoms – and I might add here, that was an understatement. So now I am in appreciation for the additional opportunity of clearing a little more of that which is not love from my body.
I love this statement Judith ‘By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity, YES to clearing the old energy that I was holding onto, that had kept me feeling separate.’ Yes or no to vaccination is layered with emotions and I was caught in this too when my children were young. We have to consider that we can say no to vaccination because of the large amount of people who say yes to vaccination. There is a huge responsibility for all of us, you have to separate from others, from humanity to say no.
‘We have to consider that we can say no to vaccination because of the large amount of people who say yes to vaccination.’ This is a fabulous point Annelies. Economists call this phenomenon the ‘free rider problem’ – when people enjoy a goods or service without paying for it, or making a contribution towards it that is less than the benefit they receive. Those who choose not to be vaccinated are in many ways riding on the fact that the majority do.
It was great reading your blog, and in particular …” the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy we have been holding in our bodies.” This offers so much more to consider, in the way of understanding the process our body is going through during illness and disease.
A truly inspiring aspect to look at Judith & Johanne. To see the reactions that people experience after a vaccination as a clearing of old energy indeed is a point worth pondering. Thank you.
To be open to the deeper aspects of the way the body discards and heals during illness and disease is something I have learnt through the presentations by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, and it has been incredibly valuable, life changing in fact.
For me also, Jenny. We tend to see illness and disease as something random, that ‘shouldn’t be happening to me’. But if we look a little deeper, we can begin to see the conditions we have are simply the outward manifestations of a myriad of choices we have made – in this lifetime and others. I too first heard this presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, but in truth I was really only re-hearing and re-connecting to an Ageless Wisdom I’ve always known.
There are so many things that we react to, in so many of these reactions are a conditioned trigger response, to the point where we are virtually unaware of the continual react, release, flight, fight, responses going on in our bodies. To lay this to rest, to move out of reaction, is an absolute necessity for us all to rebuild that true connection with ourselves.
Well said. Indeed, regarding the ‘flight or fight’ response, it is often the state of living in a perpetual flight or fight stress response to life that leads to adrenal exhaustion and an array of ill-health conditions, some of them pervasive. I know I developed the thyroid condition I now live with because I took on a role early in my working life that I was, quite literally, ill-suited to but persisted with because of what I thought it would do for me in terms of recognition and success… and then continued with that pattern for the next 20 years. So, by pursuing my quest for individuation –rather than going with what my body was showing me at the time – I not only went against a personal grain, I created a set-up that had implications for others and the whole. Again then, this is all about responsibility… for self and the all.
judith I relate to the feeling of being aloof, in a bubble of my own. Last year, the day after a Women in Livingness workshop which was about expression, I woke up unable to talk, with a very bad sore throat that developed in a nasty cold and backache from coughing. At the time I was puzzled by this development but came to feel that it was a kind of clearing, of letting go of some hurt, and an opportunity to rejoin my fellow human beings.
Thank you Judith, I also discovered that in situations – and with people – when I really feel challenged or when everything seems problematic, these are the moments to stop and truly explore why I feel challenged or what is there that I do not want to look at. It is those situations that have always offered me the biggest possibilities to learn and move on.
Well said Michael, and when we are always reacting to it instead of just letting ourselves surrender to the truth of the moment then the opportunity that is there is never taken up in the fullness it could be.
It is so interesting to consider our reactions to illness and healing. Do we put the blame on something else or do we take responsibility and feel our part in the illness and what it is showing us? Also we must consider that we are part of a community and our health affects those around us. We are really not as individual as we would sometimes like to believe.
Great comment Amanda, well said.
It’s a convenient reaction to blame something else for anything that happens to us, but I have learnt that everything is of our own making. Just as you unraveled the disregard that your body had to release, there was an understanding due to the responsibility you took by not simply blaming the vaccination for the illness you had after it.
I agree Rosanna, that is another super-significant part to this story. It takes the scenario from flu shot = physical reaction = must be bad to illness-that-followed-the-flu shot as revelation, a personal message delivered via Judith’s body from her soul… an opportunity to further clear the way forward. That’s pretty beautiful.
We often are missing the big picture of the responsibility we have for the community we live in, that is the thing that this blog made me realise.
Me too Benkt. We’re always so ‘not in my backyard’, as we say in Australia. In this country we have the luxury (relative to many countries) of a lot of space between us and the next person, further cementing the illusion that we’re all separate. If you go to, say, a city in Vietnam, we can be instantly reminded we are but one in a vast pool of humanity.
When we get sick it is one of those moments that we usually become very self-involved, and can tend to make everything about ourselves. And why not? we feel pretty rotten and that physical feeling is right in our face all the time we are ill. In those times it is often difficult to see (or really do anything about) the affect that us being sick has on others around us, be that our co-workers who have to pick up the slack while we are off work, or our loved ones who care or worry about us. An illness is not just a localised occurrence that happens to one person, it can affect many who are there to help.
So therefore, it would seem to me to be one of the greatest responsibilities to care for ourselves not only for ourselves, but for those we love and live with.
So true, the moment we get sick and we feel rotten – as expressed by you Naren, we are very reluctant to admit that we hold a responsibility to what is occurring to us. It is much easier to blame it on something outside of us and vaccination seems to be one of the scapegoats for anything and everything.
I love what you say here Naren – it’s so easy to forget that it’s not all about us when we’re sick and that we have a responsibility to everyone to care for ourselves.
That’s a great point Naren. We often point the ‘you’re irresponsible’ finger at people who seem to be very obviously flirting with ill-health – such as smokers, drinkers and other drug takers – but as you point out, the responsibility to maintain our health applies to us all. If I have a cold, someone, somewhere has to pick up the slack, so to speak. Now, this is not to feel bad about falling ill or being sick, be it for a short time or more permanently – no, not at all, we’re all on a learning curve. But it is about seeing and understanding the bigger picture.
Great comment Amanda! You’ve made a great point here which to me captures this blog – taking responsibility for our health and being willing to look at our choices that end up in illness and disease, and for us all to consider this responsibility in respect of being part of a community.
Yes, I agree: Our health affects all those around us, including life and the healthcare system. I heard a story about how the healthcare industry runs in other countries, and I realised that we can complain about the littlest of things, and often fall short from appreciating the health care system, and all the support we have. (Not to mention, appreciation ourselves and each other).
This is a great point Amanda and I am feeling this quite strongly now. I had the flu vaccination this year for the first time in many years this year as I could feel my responsibility in being part of a community.
Great to read this Judith. Having had the flu shot 20 years ago after which I became unwell for over 2 years culminating in a thyroid condition, my views on vaccinations became somewhat distorted. I’ve been breaking it down over the last few years getting underneath some old beliefs I’d taken on and reading this I could feel myself reacting… infectious diseases only account for 10% of all deaths, with thoughts like… if the risk is so low then why is it necessary for me to have them… but I caught it. Reading on, this said it all for me… ‘I feel like I had kept myself aloof, somewhat standing back from fully participating in life – by avoiding vaccination I could keep that illusion up and preserve the bubble that was holding me separate from other people.’ Feeling this to be true and knowing in my heart that I say ‘YES to humanity, YES to clearing the old energy’ and that indeed if I become unwell after getting vaccinated again, it would be a blessing (as my thyroid condition has clearly been) and another opportunity for me to heal and as you say, ‘make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are.’ I look forward to returning to read the comments here and then perhaps it’s about time for me to look at getting vaccinated 🙂
To me that is the key point here as well, that vaccination is ultimately all about humanity and our relationship with and to the people with whom we share life in human form. Are we separate or part of the whole?
That is exactly what it comes down to Victoria. Judith has opened the discussion on vaccination but this same question can be applied to everything.
I was born in 1950, when there were so few vaccinations available we had them all as a matter of course. Nowadays we have vaccines even for the things that my immune system dealt with naturally as a matter of course.
The pharmaceutical industries are already producing drugs – not for when we are sick, but to stop us getting sick or to make us feel better, like Malaria drugs.. That’s really good for business, drugs for everybody, not just the sick.
I feel that if we left our health to the pharmaceutical industries our health wouldn’t actually improve, we world be taking preventative drugs for every little thing including drugs to counteract the side effect of all the drugs, and I don’t suppose any less would die from diseases, but lots more would die from the effects of all those drugs.
Judith thank you for sharing your thoughts. What it brings up for me is the fact that I don’t feel clear at all on the subject. It feels very cloudy for me. I know not to go into my head and try to work out what I feel about this subject as this never works. I shall be open to an answer coming from my body.
Thank you Judith for this expansion of looking at vaccination. This builds beautifully on a previously developed appreciation of illness and disease as a welcome clearing by the body and source of learning and evolving. In those scenarios I have learned to take the time to reflect and feel what might have led to the illness or disease that I am facing and what new choices or understanding this invites. I had never considered looking at the reaction/healing cycle my body at times goes into after a vaccination in this light. Your article provides a great insight to consider.
Judith this brings such a different and real understanding to vaccination that simply makes sense.
Why would we not vaccinate, knowing this healing aspect to our body,Thank you.
I too had in the past reacted strongly to vaccination. Letting go of this reaction and fear was very healing for me also. I did not vaccinate my children when they were babies but they have since nearly completed a catch-up schedule. I am also preparing to begin clinical training in the hospital in a couple of months and have been having all of the necessary vaccinations updated to meet my clinical requirements. I can’t say I enjoy it but it is not traumatic. The needle itself is what has always upset me the most, it does feel very invasive but I have experienced no adverse reactions and as much as I can feel initially the foreign substance enter my body and it doesn’t feel like it belongs, because I don’t react, it integrates very quickly and I can hardly notice it has happened. The tiny pin prick certainly does remind me each and every time of just how precious I am.
“After I had the injection, my arm was hurting and releasing a lot. What it felt like was something very old had been stored there and was now being released.” interesting comment Judith and what a great opportunity for you and a responsible decision for the whole community. In the past I would have tended to go into the reaction, about my body reacting and attempting to clear the poison that had been injected into me.
Hi Judith, our family is about to go on a trip overseas soon and it was decided that getting vaccinated was the most sensible thing to do since we will be visiting a tropical country. Something in me was resistant to having this done, but I agree that to not do so would have been arrogant and self-centered. Getting vaccinated is a loving choice for ALL of us, not just for self.
Until recently, I steered well clear of vaccinations of any kind, reading Jamie’s comment I can feel now the arrogance that was underneath this choice. It was like others should have vaccinations, but I will be fine without them….sheer arrogance.
Judith, thank you for sharing your experience with vaccination, and your feeling about what it represents for you. I particularly love this last sentence:
“And so vaccination, as with so many things in life that seem like a problem on the surface, can be a blessing, and another opportunity for us to heal and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are.”
When we come to understand that life’s “problems” can be “blessings”, life becomes truly joyful.
I recall avoiding vaccination like the plague – lucky that didn’t catch up with me!- but there was an air of arrogance to this, like I’d never get sick, it’s for them not me kind, so when it’s mentioned that this could be seen as an active step to join humanity and being more responsible, it’s great to see the arrogance in me subside.
This is such an interesting discussion. Recently I had to take some anti inflammatories which when I last took them had quite bad side effects. This time I have had hardly any, it makes sense what you say.
What you say Judith makes complete sense and yes we do need to take responsibility for ourselves as well as our community that we live in. Bringing it back to the whole not just self is very important.
Judith, thank you for bringing up the fact that we can either blame something outside of ourselves or take responsibility for our own choices. Blaming a sickness on the vaccination means that we would miss out on the opportunity to heal, which you have so clearly shared. This is a truth that is easily overlooked because it asks us to be responsible for our choices and for all those we live with – humanity.
I keep coming back to this blog, Judith, because it speaks very powerfully about really stepping fully into life as a human being and embracing the temporal aspects that need tending to, as well developing a consistent commitment to clear the energetic impact in the body of past choices. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Thank you Judith, much to ponder in what you have written, I can feel the truth of your experience and it is this that encourages me to investigate vaccination for myself.
I really appreciate what you have shared here Judith, so often we champion our ‘freedom to choose’, especially around vaccinations. I recall being arrogant and stubborn with getting certain vaccinations in my adult life, I now look at the bigger picture and the possible harm to myself and others around me. We need to make responsible choices regarding our health, that support not only ourselves but the whole community.
Great point, Anna, I remember having a similar feeling of ‘well no-one can make me…’. Our freedom to choose on this subject and many others allows us to be irresponsible and resist things that do actually make sense and are there for a reason. And our world view narrows as a consequence.
Great thought-provoker, Judith. I really get what you mean about old energy being held in our bodies and then released when the body is somehow ‘tapped into’. I recently had a routine mammogram. It was, as is generally known, entirely excruciating. In fact, the pressure on one breast reduced me to quiet tears as I stood there, clamped in. Perhaps pain is not always what it seems and even though there are the obvious physical reasons for pain in this scenario, maybe even here there is also the possibility of a deeper healing at play?
I agree Cathy. Pain has taken on a new meaning since I have started taking part in Universal Medicine events. Things still hurt and I would still take pain killers where appropriate, but I now also consider the greater significance of the pain. E.g. getting a stomach ache might tell me that I have eaten something that my body finds difficult to digest. So a healing would come out of it by choosing not to eat it anymore.
Yes, I know it can be challenging at times, but the less we react to the pain we are experiencing, the more we can listen to what the body is actually saying (very loudly) to us. There is a lot to learn from our bodies even when the pain is excruciating and pain relief is necessary.
A great point you make here Judith. So often we look at illness as though there is something wrong with us. As you have pointed out, illness can be a clearing in our bodies, an ill that has been there and is coming to the surface to come up and out of the body.
Coming to your article Judith was so timely as I have been contemplating having my first ever flu vaccination. I have been very wary of doing so in the past as a result of listening to all the negative stories from people who had had them, but on reading what happened for you, and the deep insights you have received, I am feeling more clearly that I will go ahead with the vaccination. I now realise that it’s just not about my responsibility to me, but also to all those I connect with each and every day.
Your article really made a difference to how I view flu vaccinations Judith. I had always avoided having them even though I’m a nurse, partly because I had a reaction to one years ago, a family member always being sick after the flu vac, and also a bit arrogantly thinking, “I look after myself well, I never get sick, I dont need it.”
I had a flu vaccination 2 days ago, I felt well and up to it, and I went with the new understanding that it wasn’t just about me protecting me, but about all of us. My acceptance of it from the broader picture, rather than my usual resistance, changed everything and I have had no pain or swelling or tenderness after, and I still feel well.
And funnily, I feel a greater community connection.
The last flu vaccine I had was as a child and I got really sick. I hadn’t wanted or given my consent to have the vaccine and for the rest of my life I have used this as proof that I shouldn’t have them. However the other day I was talking to a nursing colleague and flu vax came up. Then 2 days later I found myself after a nursing job interview with the vaccination nurse. I felt really well and I decided that if I was going to be working with people who are already unwell and immuno-compromised, I need to do everything I can to make sure I am not adding to this. I hardly felt the injection – not like when I was a child! My arm was barely tender for a couple of days after but otherwise I felt great. I also just happened to have the day off the next day, so I was able to rest and allow my body to work with it. For me, this experience showed how important my intention and acceptance of the vaccine was.
It’s a great point you make here Fiona that our reaction to a vaccination can be negligible if we take the time to care for and nurture ourselves and allow our bodies to work with it.
Judith, yes vaccination is one of those hot topics, isn’t it? Interesting that as an adult you decided to be vaccinated and see all that it brought as a wonderful opportunity to heal and be more love. Terrific.
What is to be really observed here is to feel how a ‘populist’ paradigm can influence a society to the point where it impacts upon the overall health and wellbeing of society. Consider smoking … once upon a time doctors smoked on TV as they did ads, now it has been exposed for the toxic plague that it is… I feel that there will be much more that has to be openly looked and and exposed before society comes back into balance.
Thank you Judith for your interesting blog on vaccination. That the energy of infectious diseases comes from a old Era and therefor old energy within ourselves, makes sense. Therefore if it is the case it is worth looking into more – as you said, seeing it for the whole community, not just ourselves.
A lot of the time when I see other people get sick or ill after just having a vaccination, they quite often blame it on the vaccination rather than looking at what else is there.
Judith it makes sense that there is more to adverse reactions to vaccinations than simply the vaccination as different people are affected differently. As with all illness and disease the more I understand how this comes from the choices and way of living in this and previous lives the more empowered I feel. It’s also so refreshing to see how we can approach healthcare not only for us but for our whole community.
‘My feeling is that the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy we have been holding in our bodies.’ Wow, Judith you are putting vaccination and the reaction of the body afterwards in a whole new light of responsibility and love for humanity. With your blog you have opened my eyes for another aspect of vaccination and the possible adverse reactions we can get, thank you Judith.
I haven’t looked at vaccinations from the humanity perspective, just the protection from the disease for oneself. Thanks Judith for sharing
Thank you Judith and what I get from your story is this strong commitment to humanity and sense of responsibility. It’s made me look at this whole topic and related issues in quite a different way.
Agree Michael, this blog really lays it down plain and simple. Each and everyone of us has a responsibility to ourselves and the wider community.
‘By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity, YES to clearing the old energy that I was holding onto, that had kept me feeling separate. I feel like I had kept myself aloof, somewhat standing back from fully participating in life’
Great blog Judith. Very liberating ✨
Thank you Judith, I had never thought of vaccinations in that way before, but is makes prefect sense. Illness is just a bigger stop at times because we did not listening to what our body was telling us earlier.
Thank you Judith you’ve offered another perspective on the reason to vaccinate – that it’s actually about humanity and not just the individual. This is something I had always felt to be true. Interesting what you say about it being an opportunity to clear old energy – this had never occurred to me.
With you 100%. About six months ago I went to the doctor to check up on all my vaccinations. I was in fact completely up to date, so didn’t need any. BUT – here’s the fascinating thing. Every vaccination that I have had, has been to protect ME. But when i went to the doctor to check I was up to date, I was doing it for all of us. And it felt amazing…to connect like this with the bigger picture. It was, just like you, a huge step back in to humanity for me, in to the all, out of the self. And it felt great
Thank you Judith and Otto for a refreshing new take on an old issue. I can feel the old energy surrounding vaccinations older than my own childhood.
Yes Otto… Connecting to the bigger picture is so powerful. Our human family is than truly considered.
That’s exactly it Otto, people who choose to not vaccinate are in my eyes quite selfish as they are only thinking of themselves by what the injection is doing to them rather than being injected to provide safety in our community and those we come into contact with.
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Thank you Judith for sharing your insight about vaccination. I can feel in my body how this actually makes sense and I’ll take some more time to feel into all of this as I have been caught in the anti-vaccine discussion.
Thanks Judith – that’s a really interesting perspective on the vaccination question. While I fully support the freedom to choose, it is also very important to accept the responsibility we have as a community for the health and well-being of all equally, and that for the majority choosing vaccination will help to protect everyone, and especially those who are not able to be vaccinated.
So true Annie. Choosing to vaccinate comes with a responsibility not only for oneself but for the broader community.
Annie it’s great what you share about accepting the responsibility we have as a community – the health and well-being of all equally.
Thank you Judith, Annie and Serge Benhayon. Vaccinating or redeveloping our lives against the ire of the mind is an intriguing subject. The Livingness work shops as presented by Serge Benhayon share how we all can innately start to fortify against (immunise) our emotional baggage (‘clearing out the old energy’).
Hi Judith, there is such a lot of information and misinformation when it comes to vaccines and I have never looked at the possibility that some of the reluctance to use vaccinations could come from old energy I’m holding in my body which I maybe do not want to let go of! It’s one to ponder deeply on, thank you.
Very interesting blog Judith – I had never really understood why some people may get adverse reactions to vaccines and some wouldn’t – there might be a complicated biological/chemical answer, but I like how you have kept it really simple – that for you, you felt that it was releasing something from a long time ago. Simple as that
This blog brings a whole other level of understanding to vaccinations and why we may experience a reaction. I had considered I was well informed on vaccinations however this article demands one to take responsibility for the choices being made to vaccinate or not and actually the body is only doing what it is necessary. What a blessing!
I’ve never really weighed in on the pro vac – anti vac debate. I was vaccinated as a child, it didn’t hurt me, nor my friends and family and just seems a common sense thing to do as vaccination has helped the world wipeout crippling and terminal diseases. I can see from these blogs that it is a responsible choice.
Yes, a simple and responsible choice. Those against vaccination use a number of arguments that keep being investigated and found so far not to be true. A scientist could become famous quickly if they could prove that vaccinations cause more than the very occasional complication, yet it hasn’t happened.
Wow Judith what great insight you have shared. It’s easy to blame what seems like cause and effect but is often much deeper than this. I love the openness you’ve shared about having lived a way that wasn’t honouring of yourself or others and that opportunities for this energy to be released are to be welcomed not avoided!
Love the refreshing perspective Judith! And I might also add, that all illness and disease in itself can be seen as a blessing to rid the body of something that does not belong there – be it diarrhoea and vomiting but also other illness such as cancer that help clear out all the accumulation of old energies that we may have harboured, collected or amassed over time (often unbeknownst to us initially). What a blessing is offered when the body gets sick and says enough now, we must clear this out!
Henrietta, it is indeed a true blessing when we become aware that illness is our body’s way, of clearing the inbalances that we have imposed upon it. With this awareness we get to feel the consequences of our past choices, and an opportunity to make more responsible decisions on how we care for ourselves in the future.
interesting blog I have never thought about immunisations and flu shots being an opportunity to clear old energy. something to ponder on.
Very interesting, I had never considered what you are sharing here in your blog Judith but it feels like you may be starting a revolution in health care. Wow!
There is something very clear and strong about this piece of writing, Judith, that exposes a common blind spot and brings us to deeper and broader sense of responsibility.
Yes I felt that too Janet. It was very clear and strong that there is another way to look at vaccination and indeed life itself. I related very strongly to the reference to being aloof as more and more I am beginning to realise how much I play the ‘aloof’ card and not fully commit to life and being present and looking at what is being presented. Great blog.
I love too what this blog reveals about our attitudes to community. We seem to see ourselves part of society but not fully part of it or committed to it watching it from inside our bubbles and feeling that it all doesn’t apply to us! In realising that we are only thinking of ourselves and not community the shallowness in our individualism is strongly highlighted. To get to the point where we all look out and make personal choices based on the needs of the whole seems a little way off yet however.
I agree with you Judith, illness like you described here, can be a blessing – “an opportunity for my body to clear old energy – something (a lot of disregard for myself and other people) I had denied looking at and held onto and which was well overdue to be released.” Whatever we choose is experienced and registered by our body, so it would stand to reason that this can also be released from the body at a later date when (as your story describes) the circumstances are right.
Thanks Judith, that is a great awareness that you have shared.
I did feel I had an energy of lack of caring for others and a stubbornness, when choosing to not vaccinate the children a recommended shot a few years ago, I was very uninformed.
I won’t think twice in the future though, after reading the last few blogs relating to this topic.
Great that you are now aware Sheryl: aware of how you felt at the time and that you can now make a different choice next time as you are now more informed. That’s the beauty of information and experience sharing as it can help us all make different and more caring choices and look at things from an angle or perspective that we’ve never ever considered before.
Wow Judith. What an interesting blog. I have never considered this with vaccination. This is beautiful, and I ask myself why I have had issues with vaccinations that also feel very old. Interesting for me to ponder.. Thank you Judith.
I agree Heidi, this is certainly a new take on the reason behind the reactions to vaccination, worth pondering.
Worth pondering indeed Joel, I had not considered that these ways of clearing could take place in this way and now Judith has expressed this I can relate this to others.
This is a powerful revelation Judith… one that few would have ever contemplated.
What a beautiful way of looking at your vaccination and your body’s reaction to it. We could look at every indication presented in our bodies with this same openness to understanding and feeling deeper for ourselves what our bodies are really speaking to us. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Judy despite being vaccinated I was wary of the secondary effects particularly on babies. After reading your previous article I did a little bit of research and found an article from the Medical Journal of Australia on vaccine constituents which challenged the beliefs I had. Considering the needs of the community takes the responsibility to a higher level than looking out only for your child. Thank you for sharing these articles as I am now saying Yes more fully to vaccination.
This is so true Judith. I am finding that if and when I stay open and see what the learning is in any situation and not close down, what seems like a problem is often a great opportunity for healing – releasing patterns of behaviour/decision making that no longer serve.
Thanks Judith for expanding my understanding of vaccination.
So simply and beautifully expressed Judith. I can feel the truth and love in what you present, and as you say you that is a choice for humanity. An inspiration to see beyond the surface.
This is awesome to read Judith. I love the awareness you have to allow your body to openly communicate with you what is going on. Many are unaware and as you say, see these ‘corrections’ in our body as a stress or inconvenience. Thank you for expressing your observations so others may feel the potential of how vaccinating can offer space in our body through clearing the old within.
Thank you Judith, for opening up a complete new view on vaccination for me. I was absolutely against it my whole life for different reasons, I now want to look at and feel into it again. I can already feel, that – in my case – it will not only change my point of view on vaccination, but reveal more strategies and self-explanations I chose to stay in self-simulated separation from humanity. Wow.
I’ve returned to this article today, which is no accident for I am booked in for a well over due booster shot. I was part of a mass immunisation program as a child – I still remember the long queues as we lined up for our shot, listening to horror stories of needles breaking in people’s arms – I have no idea if this was true, but standing in those lines built up fear and tension in my body. I also had all the childhood diseases when I was young, and accepted that as normal. When my first child was born the ‘natural health’ movement was gaining momentum, and there was a turning away from conventional medicine, and I was influenced by this. I allowed one shot of immunisation for my baby, but could not bring myself to follow through with the series, largely because of fear. It was hard for me to evaluate the arguments for and against immunisation so I erred on the side of caution, which to me was do nothing, and focus on building the health of the child. Now as a grandparent and with the gift of hindsight, I have no hesitation in having my booster, particularly as whooping cough is on the rise and newborns are vulnerable. Another grandchild is on the way so together with these articles has put me in touch with our collective responsibility to everyone.
This is an inspiringly responsible view on what I see is the whole purpose presented with the choice to lovingly take care of our health.
Judith the first part of this sentence has so much strength and genuine care for where we are and the people that we live with. – “By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity” and also clearing an old energy.
Thsi article is such a beautiful invitation for us to remember that we are all, the whole of humanity, connected. No man is an island. All our choices and all our actions leave a fundamental footprint and affect us all.
I really enjoyed reading this article; it is a very interesting and fresh addition to the discussion on vaccination. From what you have said Judith I can feel that it would be important to (a) prepare well to have a vaccination shot and (2) have a vaccination shot on a day when you feel well and vibrant because then your body can cope with anything that occurs afterwards.
A great reminder, Elizabeth, that the way we prepare ourselves for something such as having a vaccination very much determines our experience of it and how we respond to it.
This is super important Elizabeth.
Great blog Judith, I would never have thought about vaccinations as being a clearing of old energy so thanks for bring that up. I also agree that we all have a responsibility to ourselves and others just as much to do our best for everyone to keep these diseases to a minimum.
I totally concur Judith, vaccinations are about community and any flu like reaction in the body is a cleansing of old energy. Great points raised re our equal responsibility to humanity.
In the past I had been against vaccination and chose not to vaccinate my children. The other day I booked both my children in for their first shots, one being 2 and the other 5. I had read this blog before this day and felt the truth in what was shared. I’ve come back to the post to add another element to what was written.
Something I hadn’t considered before hand was how much of a clearing I was to receive by now choosing to vaccinate my children. I definitely had the most noticeable clearing out of the 3 of us. It was a huge letting go for me of ideals and beliefs. I could feel how stuck I had been in a consciousness that was not considering the whole and in turn neither was I.
During this process I felt how in the past I had not taken responsibility for what I was choosing, but instead chose to follow others without feeling into what was true for me. I feel like another illusion has been knocked down and the expansion in me feels amazing. Thanks to all who have shared on this topic, it has been extremely supportive.
I always wondered why some people had bigger reactions to vaccinations than others, this may just be the answer.
This is true Jane. I love the perspectives we are now being offered with vaccinations in these discussions. We could be offered healing in any of these moments.
Lots to ponder on and consider here with what you have presented Judith. Feels like it reveals a deeper truth about why vaccination has become such a hotly debated topic. As you say could there be something more for us all to consider.
Yes, I agree, Jade, vaccination is a topic that stirs people up, because it calls for us to be responsible, to consider others/the bigger picture, and to reflect on our past choices as Judith has expressed so clearly here.
Thank you Judith, you have given me something to really ponder here – my role to “clearing old energy” not through fear of illness but my responsibility to supporting my own body and humanity equally.
I am inspired and see what a blessing western medicine in combination with universal medicine is. To choose vaccination is to choose to let go of old energy and I do good to prepare myself for it and to take my responsibility about this old energy (I chosen before) and don’t blame vaccination for what maybe will come up to clear.
It would be so easy to just blame the vaccination as the reason for getting sick, of course that is part of the reason, but there is always an opportunity to look a little deeper at the things that happen in our day to day life, little and big, and not to ignore what we are constantly being shown and taught.
Agreed, Laura. If the body uses every opportunity possible to clear whatever does not belong inside it, it is important for us to look at what the body is showing us about our choices rather than react and blame.
I like this presentation on this topic. It brings another depth to the conversation.
Judith what a brilliant perspective you have shared so honestly. So many great points to consider.
For those who have not had to live with the threat of our children dying of infectious diseases, it is easy to question the benefits of vaccination. There is a much bigger picture to consider which involves everyone and not just our own families. These days we want to blame the weather, vaccination, microwaves, anything other than looking within as the cause of our illnesses and disease. I loved the perspective you give on this subject Judith. Thank you.
So true Karen, we seem very keen to find something out there to blame for our ills rather than consider that the way we live and that what we eat, drink, think and do might be the main causative factors. Through vaccinations the western world has become complacent about many diseases that in other countries are still killers. We all have a duty of care to our communities and continuing to vaccinate is an important part of that care. I have been vaccinated as a teenager and vaccinated when travelling overseas. Initially this has been done because I didn’t want to put myself in danger, but now Judith has brought in the bigger picture of our responsibility to everyone to ensure we do not bring home diseases that threaten us all. Vaccination is a major step forward for us caring for our communities and understanding how the actions of one affects the lives of many.
Thank you Judith, I really related to how I can separate myself from the rest of society, by choosing not to consider others and how my choices might affect them.
Jenny it does help you realise how so many areas of our lives are simply about staying comfortable and safe ourself or in our family. Yet how few areas are truly about humanity and our community. The need to protect ourself would perhaps change if each person lived in a way that is being responsible for society as a whole.
Well said, Jenny, I feel most of us are guilty of that and it takes a good deal of honesty to own up to the full extent of it. But this is a great step towards changing the way we are in relation to others and the world beyond our doorstep.
Vaccinations were something I always avoided because I was influenced by the few without taking responsibility for what I felt or found out for myself. I feel from this subject being raised it has shown me how I gave my power away, for others to make the tough decisions for me. Thank you for the discussion Judith it has shown me a different perspective on vaccinations.
Thank you Judith. It is refreshing to hear you speak of illness – your two-week flu – as a blessing. I feel the same. And it feels like the sickness is never as bad when you see it in this light.
True Simone, it can be a real letting go and deepening of the connection to the body and as you say the experience is mitigated and dare I say (depending on the discomfort, level of illness) can even be enjoyed when embraced as a blessing.
Beautifully said Josephine. It does offer a letting go and a deepening. It is such a different perspective from how illness is generally perceived in society. And yes, although the physical discomfort can take its toll, the underlying understanding and knowing of a deeper truth can bring joy through the blessing. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Judith,
I get the feeling I will need to check my vaccinations…
Haha me too Christoph!
This brings up an important point about how we perceive illness and disease. We tend to see these things as a failure or something to be avoided at all costs but what if they were actually a clearing by the body of something that needed to come out or be healed?
Very true Andrew. What if illness and disease are actually clearing and a healing for the body? It is definitely not a failure to be ill. It can sometimes simply be the body having a clear out.
I agree Andrew and thank goodness our bodies have this amazing ability to react and clear themselves, we would be in a sorry state if they did not. I certainly used to regard illness as a failing, but since meeting Serge Benhayon, I have come to understand, appreciate and know that if I get sick, my body is clearing something out that does not belong inside it. This realisation has supported me to clean up my act in how I look after myself and my body and as a consequence it no longer feels the need to get sick so often. I now know that my body never does anything by accident or in error, everything it does has a purpose and wisdom, it is now just a case of me stopping to feel and appreciate the cause and effect of my actions upon myself.
Great point Andrew, Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon present just that fact that the way we live and the choices we make have an impact on our body. When those choices are not made from the divine love that we are, then that sits in the body until such time as it is ready to be cleared – and in some cases the illness and disease can be extreme… but yes an absolute blessing.
Judith thank you for your article. I have only recently opened up to acceptance of vaccinations prompted by the enlightening sharing of Serge Benhayon, as well as blogs and comments on sites such as this. And now with this article my understanding and relationship with vaccinations has gone to a deeper level.
I have also had a lot of fear around injections. Mainly because of the prick/pain of getting them. So when my mother and the school gave me the choice in my teenage years, I avoided them (Which was easy as I believe my mother may have not been for it anyway – due to fear I believe)…but it seems I was avoiding a lot more than just the prick of a needle. There was fear about getting it in school where they were lining us up as sheep, and I was unsure of the care.
In the recent years, I have chosen to get a few vaccinations, and Judith, you have inspired me, to next time hold in mind that getting a vaccination is for the myself and humanity combined. It is for the care of all. And then see it as a clearing of the old choices, a clearing, a healing, and I begin to dissolve the fear, and instead just simply trust.
Thank you Judith, I loved how you spoke about “the adverse reactions people experience after vaccination may not just be related to the vaccination itself, but – as in my case – they may be clearing an old energy”. When people begin to hold this as their foundation, I feel there will be less fear in this world, but an openness to heal.
Vaccination has been presented to me today to protect those around me that are more vulnerable to illness. I felt resentment and was considering not doing it. As I was reading your blog I realised that this was me not wanting to fully acknowledge the interconnectedness of me to others and a lack of commitment to fully participating in humanity. Thank you for sharing so I could deepen my awareness about me.
I have had a lot of fear and beliefs about vaccinations and side effects for a long time, feeling very anti them. Your article Judith and others I have recently read on this site have brought me a completely different view, understanding and feeling about them.
Yes, I agree Ruth, it is great to think beyond your own personal decision-making by connecting to the bigger picture and the knock on effect of everything we do (or don’t do) on others.
So true Janet. I know that so often I just consider the impact of my choices, decisions and desires on me and fail to look up at the bigger picture and consider how others may be affected. Vaccinations are a great example of how a choice made on an individual basis can have such far reaching implications for entire communities.
Hi Judith, thank you for sharing your experience of your vaccination and how you felt it was a blessing. I love that you say you felt it was a responsible decision to make for the whole community.
Thank you Judith, your blog felt so true to me. While reading I could feel old patterns releasing in my body. It gives even more reason to immunize, taking the responsibility to the depth that’s needed. Great insight.
Thank you for this blog, Judith. I have found it a very, very interesting read and I will be coming back to it for further pondering.
Interesting Judith that you mention that only 10% of deaths, (worldwide I am assuming) are attributable to infectious disease). That means that 90% of all deaths are attributable to something else and we know that most deaths these days are due to lifestyle choices -something we can’t vaccinate against, but need to take responsibility for!
Excellent point. Lifestyle choices are more likely to lead us to death than an infectious disease, and there is indeed no vaccination for this! Responsibility required all round.
Yes its quite a sobering fact really. It proves the efficacy of vaccinating if it is has reduced some pretty major infectious diseases to this threshold. Imagine then if the majority began to take a serious look at their lifestyle, what an incredible impact that would have on our societies. 90% of our health issues could be resolved through changing the way we live, as opposed to the lengthy and expensive research that takes place these days to find medications to do the job for us.
Great point, and turning what you say around it would be an interesting world if we could vaccinate against life-style choices: here have a shot of responsibility booster, that will see you through for another three years!
Love it Josephine! I wonder what the reactions to that would be like?
Ha ha! I love this Josephine. I’d love a commitment booster please!
Ha ha – Universal Medicine, the best love and responsibility booster ever!
Haha, I love that Josephine. There are all sorts of ‘social plagues’ nowadays that it would be great to be able to collectively immunise against.
Great point Jane that we can also contribute to the outcome of a vaccination by taking good care of ourselves in the run up to having it and thus make sure our body is as prepared as possible for it.
Thanks Judith, as my children have all grown up it’s been many years since I’ve thought much about vaccination, however they were all fully vaccinated and the only time I questioned it was when one of our daughters was diagnosed with Epilepsy and the Paediatrician asked about her reactions to vaccinations. She had had one huge adverse reaction to only one vaccination which made me wonder about side effects. Years later our daughter while under the care of the Paediatrician and on prescription medication for the epilepsy also attended a local Universal Medicine practitioner and at 13 our daughter felt the changes in her body following a number of sessions which she described calmed her body. The experience of my daughters Epilepsy has not changed my mind about vaccinations and if grandchildren come I will support the choice of vaccination if their parents choose this for them. There is a responsibility to our children and our communities to support their health and wellbeing and preventing outbreaks of infectious disease feels like a sensible choice to prevent complication and further risk for our communities.
It is interesting what you have shared about how it felt like an old energy, pattern of disregard, that was being released from your body.
This blog and your last one have really opened me up so much more to vaccination – thank you Judith. It feels so right when you suggest that it was something very old that you were releasing and by supporting the releasing in the way that you did, it feels as though this release was even deeper and lovelier. When I go with what life offers I can feel the true benefit.
Thank you Judith, your insight about vaccination open my eyes as well as my heart.
In my mind lots of doubts but connected to myself I feel the same.
It is great Judith, what you have brought up about the side effect after having a vaccination. I never even considered that it could have to do with clearing a very old energy. I always could feel that there was a good reason for me to have vaccinations but never could quite put my finger on as to why. Your blog has reveald a whole another way of looking at and taking responsibility for vaccatination.
If we gave as much attention to our reactions in general, it would expedite great healing. Why are the reactions to a vaccination any different to every other reaction that we experience.
Great point Matthew – there really is no reason our reaction to vaccination should be different to any other experience or task we do that supports our family and community.
This is true, it would be awesome if we could pay attention to what our bodies are telling us all the time. It is a great insight what Judith has shared and puts a completely different perspective on reactions from injections that we may have never even considered. There is a lot more to be aware of, or more going on than what we ‘think’ is happening.
Good question Matthew. Having a reaction to a vaccine seems to give us the opportunity to blame the reaction on something, rather than stopping and truly considering why we are reacting and what is being released. Vaccines are designed to make the body react, that’s how they work so if we have an adverse reaction, if we get more ill than we think we should have, maybe the body is taking advantage of the situation to clear something else out too, something we chose to ignore or decided to not take responsibility for a while back. Our bodies are very wise, they never do anything without proper reason. If we truly consider that a reaction to a vaccine is no different than a reaction to a particular food or a reaction to a work colleague, we might chose to put the whole question of vaccination into a different perspective.
Great comment Rowena. If we react to anything it is our body’s way of telling us to stop and consider what is really happening. When you say ‘we might put the whole question of vaccination into a different perspective’ it, for me, takes all the heat and emotion out of the pro/con vaccination argument, and leaves us clear for an honest appraisal individual to each, but considering the wider effect. Thank you.
I love that, Rowena, that our bodies are wise and never do anything without a good reason – generally with the purpose of clearing out what does not belong in there…simple wisdom.
Yes agreed Janet, the simple wisdom of our bodies cannot be denied, it can be ignored or overridden but the wisdom is always there.
I really appreciate Judith how you looked deeper into why we might react to vaccinations, it allowed me to ponder how we might carry the energy associated with certain diseases or illness from the past into the present.
Yes, it’s a great point Judith and it makes perfect sense. I wonder why there is so much debate around vaccination? Is it because ‘reactions’ are really the issue? Or is it simply an avoidance of clearing and letting go of that old energy from the past, as you have described; and taking steps towards committing to life, and our fellow human beings in a responsible way.
This is such an interesting article and all the comments, it’s great you have opened this discussion Judith and presented a deeper awareness vaccination.
I agree Ruth – these kind of discussions are so healthy to have, to see different opinions and where false information may have been sold as true or old ideals and beliefs colour our outlook on life.
Much to consider here Judith, thank you for sharing your feelings and experiences with vaccination. Looking at vaccination and its effects as a way to release and clear pockets of held energy in the body brings up a whole new level of self responsibility, and responsibility to others.
I come from a family where vaccinations have always been kept up to date and have continued this practice with my own family. Now, thanks to Judith’s words, I have a better understudying of the healing opportunities we have, what we are saying yes to. Yes to ourselves and the opportunity to heal underlying issues we had not even have been aware of. What a gift! Sure puts a new slant on the ‘reactions’ people have to vaccination as well.
Judith, I had the experience of my six week old daughter reacting to the triple antigen vaccination of Diphtheria, tetanus and Pertussis. Within moments following the shot she fell unconscious and remained so for a minute or two with the doctor very panicked. Afterwards they sent us home with no explanation or understanding for what had just occurred, and as a young first time mother, my immediate reaction was of course fear and reaction towards vaccination itself. Your sharing has offered me a deeper insight into what could of been going on for my daughter, so thank you.
Anna, it was reading peoples’ stories like this, (babies’ reactions) that influenced me very strongly against vaccination. I also had an older friend in her 80’s who after a flu injection became so very ill for 2 years and almost died. Reading this blog has brought up some reaction which as I have been reading through all the comments has started to change for me. Interesting.
Recently having had the (vaccination) conversation with 2 friends, I noticed that I was not there yet (ready to change my view on it), and that therefore I could not agree with the view that being vaccinated is about being a responsible member of humanity etc.
From this experience I gained the understanding that when we are not ready for something, then we will bring up the resistance, and until we are ready to learn, grow, understand evolve, open up to the deeper complete truth, we will remain capped and stuck in the old patterns and energy.
So feeling this resistance happening within myself to do with this issue, I immediately gained more compassion for others.
And now from reading this blog and comments, I can feel I have begun to open to the deeper truth and that the resistance I had has started to dissipate slightly.
I love the honesty in which you are presenting your feelings Mary Lou. It’s a huge emotive issue for a lot of people that has polarized parts of the community. Your willingness to go there and look underneath your feelings of resistance is amazing and super inspiring and very healing for all.
Thank you Judith for sharing your experience and feelings on vaccination. I was fervently against vaccination in the past and by reading these blogs and realising there is another way to look at it has allowed me to let go of my arrogance and feel into the truth. I love how you present that it is not just about us but that the whole community is affected by our decisions. The opportunity to clear old energy is always welcome when it comes with understanding.
‘By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity’ , this is beautiful, it is lovely to feel the bigger picture with what you write about vaccination, I had only ever seen it as a personal choice before rather than something that affects all of humanity.
Wow Judith, it is huge what you have shared here. If I had been in your boots, I am sure, I would have ended up berating myself, thinking I had made the wrong decision to have had the vaccination. What I get from your article is, how very important it is to unravel our reactions in order to see the bigger picture and the blessing in the event, that we are reacting to.
What you have written here Judith is debasing the idea that illness is something to be avoided at all costs. I am learning and accepting that illness is a blessing which helps us clear our previous ill behaviours allowing us to be our fresher and more vital true selves.
Judith I love the way your account considers the deeper meaning behind any illness we receive post vaccination, and agree that it feels ‘old energy or ills of the past’ making its way out of the body – no longer inside gestating, multiplying or trapped, but being released to create more space inside the body for healing. Wonder-full.
Game changer – vaccination as a blessing – an opportunity to clear old energy to make more space for love. This is gorgeous Judith and really eye opening. How easy would it have been to revert to your old headspace once the post vaccination illness kicked in? But you didn’t. To me that speak volumes. Volumes I could just keep reading for the wisdom and truth ths they bring. Thankyou.
What a different what to look at vaccination Judith, thanks for sharing your insight. What you have shared feels true to me, as you have gone deeper than just the surface layers of what a vaccination might mean for you in this moment, considering more than just yourself but considering the whole of humanity as part of your vaccination process.
I have been hugely prejudiced against vaccinations in the past and can feel how I have used that stance to keep myself separate from humanity and the shared responsibility that I have. As it is said, “no man is an island”, and that refers to vaccinations as well. What I do affects everybody, sooner or later.
Judith it is quite refreshing to hear someone not blaming their illness / symptoms / being unwell, in your case on your vaccination, but rather look and feel it from a different angle. Responsibility.
Thank you Judith for this sharing. I hadn’t thought of it like this before so I appreciate the new perspective. I especially loved these words ‘blessing, and another opportunity for us to heal and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are’
Judith last year I went to a women’s workshop about expression and reconnecting with our body. The following day I lost my voice, had a bad cold and a cough that gave me serious back ache. At the workshop I had realised that I had never truly been myself, I maintained the status quo and bottled things up. My body decided to shake me up and, as you said, make space for more love by clearing out a few very old hang ups.
Wow, what an insight, you blow me away Judith with this blog. Vaccination and then 2 weeks the flu as a blessing. My initial thought would be: oh, that’s because of the vaccination, the vaccination is bad and not good for you. Thank you for inviting me to look deeper and to see the deeper truth of things.
A very beautiful reflection Judith, I have still to get one vaccination I actually should have got when I was 9 years old, and after reading this I can feel how I this is very important to go and make an appointment, I think it is something to take the responsibility for and give my body this support, 11 years later..
I can feel the truth of what you say Judith Andras, by making the choice for being vaccinated for the old era infectious diseases we take our responsibility in being part of the societies and communities we live in. Some years ago I also needed some vaccinations for traveling to the far east, and when I received these I could feel the blessing of taking care for myself that these vaccinations were giving me. But now after reading your blog I can also feel that the blessing I felt at that time was also because of the greater picture, me taking the responsibility of being part of a greater world than only myself.
And that is what touches me more Nico, that something as simple but controversial as vaccinations, can remind us that we are not alone, that we affect everybody, and that we have to think about other people and the consequences of our actions on a big scale. The trend in our society is nowadays more than ever to just be concerned about oneself, if you are lucky one´s family and maybe a bit more. It is so needed that we open ourselves as Judith says to feeling the whole, everybody and the best for all.
Thank you for an honest insight into your experience of vaccination Judith. The statistic – ‘Infectious diseases now account for 10% of all deaths’, although much lesser than in the past, still brings our responsibility to get vaccinated in order to prevent ourselves and those around us getting ill, to a whole new level. 10% is still substantially high, and I think there is still much we could do to lower that percentage.
I agree, Susie. And if the current trend to not vaccinate continues, those figures may rise again. Let’s make sure that does not happen, for everyone’s sake.
I agree, looking at the devastating effects these diseases had in the past really highlights that there is a responsibility to vaccination so as not to let the percentage creep up any higher to affect anymore people – for our choices can have a massive impact on the lives and health of other people.
“and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are”….yes what a blessing
Making space for love is definitely needed. Thank you Sarah
Thank you Judith for your sharing on such a hot topic at the moment. Our responsibility as people is to realise we are love and to feel that love we are and are all connected by, and to share that love with who ever we meet by living the love we are in our body. Vaccination is one of those responsible choices that has been proven by fact, we need to feel any adverse reactions as we would any reaction and to see our part we play in them and why we are offered them.
What I like about your blog is that you take everything that happens as an opportunity for healing. Great example of using adverse reactions to learn. Thank you Judith.
Yes good point Julia, rather than seeking to blame or ignore, Judith is showing us that illness is an opportunity to stop, question, feel and release old energy within us that is preventing us from moving forward. How refreshing to come across a person who is truly seeing the benefit of illness and appreciating how her body is responding to the choices she has made.
Ok this is a super honest and sweet account of your experience. I honour the process your body went through and feel that vaccination is there to celebrate.
Very interesting concept that we have a vaccination not only for ourselves but for everyone around. As this is one to play our part in the community so infectious diseases are no longer able to spread as they once did. Presuming all the facts about vaccination are indeed correct. 🙂
What a brilliant turn around. When we consider our bodies responses, signs and symptoms as opportunities to learn; deepen our relationship with ourselves and life; feel everything, so much of the struggle and resistance to life’s flow disappears. Thank you, Judith.
Thanks Judith you have uncovered something pretty important here and that is the intention we have when we seek medical help or healing in any form. If we go to get help with the intention to be responsible for how we have been living up till that point then a much deeper healing can result. Conversely if we seek healing without taking any responsibility for how we have been living then we might get some alleviation of symptoms but no true healing.
This is a great point Andrew. Well said.
Judith, I like the possibility you have presented here. It really is another angle to ponder on in terms of being more deeply responsible for our health and well-being. The possibility that any adverse reactions experienced after vaccination may not be the actual vaccination! Thank you.
Robyn I know it puts a very different view on the way we’ve looked at things in the past. I notice the long list of side effects for so many types of medication – perhaps these also may be bringing out reactions within the body that need to come out. Something for me to reflect on further.
Great point, David. There is really a much bigger picture for us to ponder on in respect to what our bodies are saying when reacting to medicine.
This is a powerful piece of writing Judith, presenting us with the opportunity to consider how significant it is when we choose to start being responsible, not only for ourselves but for those around us.
I like your view on illness and disease. I have come to see the concept of illness as more than something that just ‘happens’ to me. I see illness as an opportunity for my body to clear what it is holding, what it cannot hold any longer, similar to what you have described here. It makes sense that if we change the way we are feeling or being in the world that the body would need to adjust and change too.
It is a great way if looking at it Judith, rather then just blaming it on the needles. It brings more of an understanding about it and more of a truth.
It’s great to have this follow up Judith, and to hear your experience both of how you feel inside and the greater commitment to our larger community, as well as your take on the ensuing bout of flu. Rather than taking the easy route of blaming the vaccination, it’s refreshing to hear you staying open to other factors that were at play. It would be interesting to hear more experiences like this…
I can so relate Judith as I held myself separate in a similar way. Great to expose the ways we tend to separate ourselves from others. Also it is inspiring how you were open enough to read the situation in a clear and fresh light instead of reverting to the old stories that keep us trapped in a limited perception.
Thank you Judith for giving vaccination this perspective. I hadn’t considered it this way. It makes a lot of sense that our bodies are clearing after being vaccinated, just like our illnesses are clearings as well.
Judith that makes sense. Every choice we make has the potential to be deeply healing, and your choice to vaccinate as part of your responsibility to humanity has cleared the way for more. It never ceases to amaze me how every single decision has far reaching effects either for expansion or contraction. There is much to ponder here.
Definitely Anne – getting vaccinations are a part of our responsibility to humanity.
You make some interesting points about vaccination that I had not considered before. Thank you.
Thank you Judith for another perspective on the subject of vaccination and one that I had never considered. I totally agree with the fact that what one does affects the whole of humanity, and taking responsibility for that. Maybe the resistance I have around being vaccinated is really a fear of not wanting to feel something that may come up for me in the process, much to ponder, thank-you.
Bringing awareness to the energetic aspect of vaccination opens a complete new dimension to the discussion and purpose of vaccination definitely changing my view on the subject.
Thankyou for bringing a totally new perspective on vaccination, something I had never considered. I am now pondering my own reactions to vaccination, having been very pro it as a former nurse and health visitor, then opposed to it on account of the research I did when I was a complementary health practitioner. I am now reevaluating, and this blog has given me more pause for contemplating.
I love what you’ve written here Judith. How brilliant to look at the bigger picture here rather than blaming the vaccine itself for your illness. It’s easy to put all our woes onto something else rather than looking at our own responsibility in the matter. This is definitely an eye opener. Thank you.
Thank you Judith. You introduce a very interesting angle here that we can hold things in our bodies and that by getting sick as you did after the vaccination, was a way for your body to clear that old stuff out. This puts a different perspective on getting sick.
Thank you for sharing your experience. The last flu shot I had as a child I got really sick and have never had one since. I had not considered that the sickness may be a clearing of an old energy. I love what you have shared that saying yes to vaccination was saying yes to caring more for the whole community, to not just making sure you are ok. This feels very lovely and a loving thing to do.
Wow Judith thank you so much for sharing your experience of being vaccinated and your deeper understanding of the after effects ‘I feel it was a blessing – an opportunity for my body to clear old energy – something (a lot of disregard for myself and other people) I had denied looking at and held onto and which was well overdue to be released.’ I can feel my resistance to going there so you have given me much to ponder.
Thank you Judith for sharing your experience. I agree that whatever the outcome is, after being vaccinated, it has a relationship to that particular person, and their relationship to the bigger plan. What I feel is true, is that, we have a responsibility to ponder deeply the choices available to us, the connection to ourselves and the much bigger picture – humanity. Thanks to Serge Benhayon and the teachings of Universal Medicine I have come to know that things just don’t happen to me and that I am part of the configuring or constellating of the choices I make and their rippling effects.
Wow Judith and ch you are really bringing in a bigger picture here of what else is happening. It feels important that we stay open to what else is occurring when we get sick or when things ‘randomly’ seem to happen.
Judith you have brought to our attention the importance of vaccinating for all of humanity and how it benefits all communities. A great call. Thank you.
Judith thankyou for expanding my perception on the side effects on immunisation. I had always thought getting sick after vaccination was due the body reacting to something in the vaccine. It sort of makes sense that the body could get sick if it needs to get rid of something (a bit like all the mucous that is released when we have a cold).
Yes exactly Sharon… it completely changes the way in which reactions can be viewed.
Yes Sharon, that really surprised me as well. I could feel that the choice to vaccinate unlocked something that had been hidden and buried and came to the fore. So it was the choice to live life with a greater responsibility for the community and humanity that brought on the clearing after the vaccination, and not just the vaccines that caused me discomfort.
Thank you for sharing your experience Judith. There is much to ponder on here. I can still feel my resistance to vaccinations but as you say it may give us an opportunity to do some deeper healing.
Thank you Judith for your perspective that I had never considered. Could this be then said about other medications too? In fact this is never considered about any medications. They are there to control or manage symptoms or reduce the severity of disease. Perhaps this level of healing comes only with combining them with how we are living and really feeling what drives us to live this way and whether this is true, otherwise it’s just more of the same.
Yes I totally agree Jennifer. In my work as a health practitioner I see many people that struggle with adverse reactions to medication. One thing I have often observed in regards to this is, that when the patient starts to make more self-loving choices their relationship to the medication changes as well. This can mean that they change the medication, but many times I have observed that the more understanding they bring to their condition and connect to their body and see the medication as a device of support, the less adverse reactions they have to deal with. It is like the medication starts to be in sync with the body working for it rather than fighting against it.
So once we make a choice to support ourselves then the medication has an opportunity to contribute in a positive way to our healing.
Judith, thank you for writing so openly about your experience with vaccination. I imagine that what you have described would come as a jolt to a lot of people as it is so very different (and deeper) to what you would expect in discussions on reactions to vaccinations. Vaccination seems to be quite a polarising subject in that you are either for or against, or to simplify even further, view vaccination as either good or bad. From this good/bad, right/wrong standpoint, it would seem logical that a reaction to a vaccination that involved discomfort and sickness would definitely equate to a response of “vaccinations are to blame / not good for you / are harmful”. But instead you welcomed the discomfort as an opportunity to connect to and release an old energy that had been holding you back.
I felt a slight reaction myself when I first read your blog, but I took the time to re-read what you had written which allowed me to appreciate what you are offering here – the opportunity to look deeper, beyond the yes/no, right/wrong, good/bad and to look at how an event relates to you and how you have been living in the world and the beliefs and patterns you have been holding onto. Replacing blame with responsibility paves the way for a much deeper understanding.
I know what you speak of here Judith as I have experienced this myself. In surrendering to my body and what it needed in the way of medication and support, I saw the medication being able to support in the way that was needed. Awesome sharing.
Yes Judith, I have seen the same changes when patients begin to understand their illness, take more responsibility themselves and in the process, accept their medications as a necessary and supportive part of healing, adverse reactions or side effects become less. This is most marked with Chemotherapy patients, with them I have seen remarkable changes in their tolerance and acceptance of the support it offers.
This is a great perspective, observation and sharing that you are presenting here Judith. I totally agree and relate to what Hannah has said below- she further highlights that all the possible debates, opinions and beliefs around vaccination and that by looking ‘deeper, beyond the yes/no, right/wrong, good/bad and to look at how an event relates to you and how you have been living in the world and the beliefs and patterns you have been holding onto. Replacing blame with responsibility paves the way for a much deeper understanding.’ Beautifully expressed Hannah!
As I re-read your blog Judith, the more I am able appreciate the magnificence of the body and the intricacy of it’s architecture that is perfectly designed to align with the rhythm of the universe. When we are out of sync with this rhythm we are consistently presented with opportunities to restore the alignment and bring about healing. Through our ability to offer ourselves self love and understanding for whatever condition or ailment that presents and a willingness to connect more deeply with our bodies, I can see how this would allow a medication (if that is the ‘device of support’ that is needed) to perform the function it is designed to do with less adverse reactions.
This is a great point, Judith. If we are not looking to change our ways to be more loving and responsible for ourselves, any thing we take to support our bodies will not be able to have the full effect, as in many ways we are still fighting against ourselves and not open to true healing.
Wow Jen, this opens up a whole new way of looking at Medicine and its healing capabilities when coupled with how we are choosing to live.
This is brilliant Judith. What you have presented makes so much sense – it is only through vaccination that we are now in the situation where these infectious diseases are no longer plagues in society and so it makes total sense that in order to be a participant in life and claim our place as an active member of humanity that we take responsibility for the collective health of humanity. I always felt if I had had children I would have had a hard time over the vaccination question, but your article has brought absolute clarity for me on the subject. What a healing for us all. Thank you.
Wow, great insight Lucy. Your response presents much to ponder on. The possibility that it is our responsibility to ‘claim our place as an active member of humanity…for the collective health of humanity’. By holding this back are we delaying humanity from truly healing the trauma of the plagues of the past?
Great Question Stevie! Well worth pondering . . .
Absolutely Stevie, great question and one I would answer with a YES. Personally I can feel how choosing not to vaccinate my children in the past was a way for me not to be an active member of humanity, another way for me to hold back and in turn delay true healing for all.
Indeed, what a great question and responses. This blog is a powerful wake up call for a slumbering and separate humanity who have lost touch with what it is like to live and work considering the whole.
I agree Lucy, it’s amazing to me that with a little humiity and looking at the possibility of there being another way to view the debate about whether to vaccinate or not – that a deeper truth may be just waiting for consideration.
Judith a great point here, it’s so easy to line things up and say because of the vaccine I got sick therefore I may not vaccinate again. Yet no-where in there do we reflect, ponder, ask or consider – Why? It means we don’t have to look, even in a simplistic way, as to perhaps an accumulation of our choices have led to this moment where our bodies are discarding something that does not belong. Perhaps the vaccination process offers us much more than we see on the surface. I feel it’s just the start of the story.
As I read this blog I began to feel my past choices in my body – the disregard for myself and others. I could feel the resistance. While my attitude towards my children being vaccinated has changed I feel it’s time for me to look at myself and vaccination and as I write this comment it brings up a lot that I too have been denying. Thank you Judith for sharing as there is much here to ponder on.
I love the insight you offer into why there might be some adverse physical reactions to having vaccinations. Many parents decide not to vaccinate based on fears around this. MMR being one case in point as there have been stories circulating for years that it can cause disability in the form of autism. I can understand the total horror of a parent if their healthy child suddenly regresses and loses the skills they have been developing, but if we are to look at the bigger picture and see life in the form of everything being energy, then what if the energetic clearing a child gets as a result of the vaccinations is the opportunity to clear the build up of lifetimes of old energy that has stagnated in the body?
When reading your blog I remembered a reaction I had after receiving five injections at one time, I was eight years old and had to be vaccinated due to travelling overseas and I was so angry with the doctor afterwards – event though I have had many vaccinations since, I never forgot that experience and how I felt. Now, it makes me wonder what else was going on.
It’s amazing to consider the fact that by choosing not to vaccinate, you were choosing to not be open to humanity. This is something I haven’t considered myself, but it makes sense. It’s also interesting to consider your body’s reaction after having the needle, it’s as if your body was clearing something out.
Wow, thank you Judith for this really interesting insight with vaccination. How you have explained this makes a lot of sense, that the reactions are our bodies healing making more space for the love we truly are. Something for me to consider and ponder.
I love that last sentence – “make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are.” Vaccinating ourselves against a disease usually creates a reaction in the body, that is what they are designed to do and in your case Judith, your immune system was simply doing what it was asked to do, clear out the old and prepare for the new. Now your immense army of white blood cells are all pepped up and ready for anything and because of the immensely loving way you care for you and your body, will continue to be so for many years to come.
Wow, Judith what a great sharing and the feeling of responsibility you have taken shines through. I was one who was really against vaccination, however what you have shared makes so much sense and brings a deeper understanding to the reactions we may have. Thank you.
Thankyou for sharing your experience Judith. For many years I have been caught up in the deeply ingrained belief that if you take care of yourself ‘properly’ you do not need to be vaccinated. This extended to the belief that by allowing my children to be ‘pumped full’ of vaccinations at a young age would only weaken them in some way and cause other potential health risks.
I can now see how damaging this could be, not only for them but also for others, and it is a very narrow view of the subject.
There is most definitely a lot to ponder on here, so thankyou Judith for opening up the conversation.
Thank you Judith for sharing your experience with vaccination “By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity”. This feels like holding all in equalness as what I do for myself I also do for others.
Serge Benhayon has given me a completely different perspective of illness and disease that when I am ill it is not because I am a victim or have done something wrong but that it is my body discarding the harm I have taken on. It takes my understanding and appreciation of my body to a completely different level.
This is really interesting. I can’t imagine being able to stay in bed for two weeks with the flu, when there is so much responsibility I have to carry. Although, I understand what you are saying and it makes me wonder – exactly where is the responsibility? Is it in all the things that I do, or is it in the quality that I am doing them in? Thank you Judith.
Thank you Judith for this blog – I hadn’t though about vaccinations in this way before and it has certainly got me pondering my own reactions and healing from previous vaccinations.
Thank you Judith for sharing such a different view on the reactions after vaccination, that makes so much sense.
Yes it does make sense…a bit of a game changer.
This is definitely a challenging subject for many of us, myself included. When you say Judith ‘ by avoiding vaccination I could keep that illusion up and preserve the bubble that was holding me separate from other people. It felt like a protection’ I can relate. Personally I feel like by avoiding vaccination I was putting myself in a superior position to most, as in “I don’t need to be vaccinated because I am beyond that”. Thanks for continuing with this subject, there is a lot there to be explored and exposed.
Absolutely Paul I can relate to feelings of superiority that ‘I am beyond that’ which is exposing.
Exactly Helen, I know we express ourselves differently, but we are all the same, and having feelings of superiority has happened to me too,. I know that it’s something to watch for, and it always exposes an old attitude or habit that needs to be addressed.
Thanks Judith for your amazing insights into your recent vaccination and the deep healing that has taken place around that. I really like that you saw getting the flu as a blessing and an opportunity to clear old energy.
Thank you Judith for you sharing. This is not something that I had considered and I appreciate your perspective. I love when you said sickness is a ‘blessing, and another opportunity for us to heal and make more space in our bodies for the love that we truly are’
I feel truth in this.
This is a view on vaccinations that I had never considered before, thank you.
A really thought provoking blog Judith. I had never thought of vaccinations from this perspective but it does make sense to me. Years ago I had vaccinations without a second thought and my children are all vaccinated. However, I must admit I have now developed a bit of a fear of vaccinations for adults as I have seen adult family members and others go through some pretty severe reactions when they have had vaccinations in order to travel overseas. Thank you for opening my eyes to alternative considerations on the subject.
Great insight to another aspect of vaccination, thanks Judith.
What a revelatory perspective that I’ve never yet heard in relation to immunisation. This adds so much more possibility, responsibility and very real deeper healing than I have ever considered being part of our choices around immunisation.
This paragraph in particular I had not considered before but can really relate to from the time I was choosing not to immunise.
“By saying YES to vaccination I felt like I was saying YES to humanity, YES to clearing the old energy that I was holding onto, that had kept me feeling separate. I feel like I had kept myself aloof, somewhat standing back from fully participating in life – by avoiding vaccination I could keep that illusion up and preserve the bubble that was holding me separate from other people. It felt like a protection.”
Thank you, Judith. A very interesting take on the subject of vaccination. I hadn’t thought about its reaction in the way you have offered here. How empowering it is when we are able to understand energy and see everything as a part of healing.
This is a very different way to view vaccination. To see it as an opportunity to release an old energy is something I had never considered until reading this. I am coming to realise that in so many different ways vaccination is a positive step with regard not only to my own health but for the health of everyone I come into contact with.
This is fantastic Judith. You are offering another possibility for reactions that takes the blame from the vaccination and brings it back to us and our responsibility for our health and choices always. Thank you for offering myself and the world an opportunity to connect to something deeper on this topic.
Thanks Judith, you’ve actually just got me wondering whether or not I am even due for any vaccinations. I have this idea that I can leave the responsibility up to someone else to inform me…in the same way as when I was a child and my Mother sorted that out for me. Hmmm….perhaps I need to look further in to it.
What you have shared Judith resonates with me as true and makes sense. You have described your experience with insight and a perspective about holding separation in the body I had not considered. You have expressed it so beautifully. Thank you.
Thank you Judith for sharing your experience of vaccination and adverse reactions. I love your honesty and the awareness you came to. What a beautiful healing the vaccination process has provided for you.
Looking at your experiences in this way brings the bigger picture and the wider possibilities of the ways and reasons our bodies respond to things. I love how you describe the flu as part of your process in choosing to be vaccinated – and it being an opportunity for your body to clear all that it had held from your beliefs about vaccinations.
Thank you Judith, that’s a really interesting perspective on why we may have a reaction to vaccination. And I agree many things that seem like a problem on the surface can turn out to be a great opportunity to learn, heal and grow.
2 weeks in bed with flu, my first thought was wow that is a long time I can’t remember the last time I was ill in bed for a day, let alone 2 weeks, then my next thought was I am not sure I could spend that long in bed I have too many things I need to do. Thank you Judith for writing this I can feel you have exposed something for me and why I have not been taking steps to get my vaccinations done.
What you have written here Alison has got me wondering. I too have not been ill for as long as two weeks for a while now, but is that a good thing? All the ‘smaller’ ill messages my body gives me day in and day out that get overridden by the to do list – are these small messages when ignored the big “STOP” of two weeks in bed? or worse?
If illness and disease are not the enemy, but a chance to shake out and make room for greater love, then is avoiding those messages a healthy way to live if health is marked from a place of being love? Often I have viewed illness as a failure and wanted to avoid at all costs feeling the aches and pains and tensions in my body, but what if rather than avoid it we embraced the chance to clear out what is not love? and embraced the fact that our body does know what is healthy for it. Thank you Judith, this blog has given me much to ponder on.
This perspective on vaccination is a view I had not considered before, so thank you Judith, your continuing writing on this issue has given me another opportunity to look at the ideals and beliefs I hold.
Wow, Judith, thank you for taking my awareness about vaccination deeper. I have not really embraced vaccinations before, so there is a lot for me to consider and ponder on. I love what you are sharing here.
I found what Judith had to say in this blog fascinating. Judith looks at vaccinations and her reaction to a vaccination in an entirely new way, and contemplating what Judith had to say has left me feeling alive and invigorated. I am now wondering what other things there may be that I have thought of in a purely literal, and limited, or limiting way.
Judith, I loved how you have related vaccination with saying YES to humanity. We are all connected to each other and I am responsible for my part in contributing to the health and wellbeing of everyone else which you have demonstrated by being vaccinated. Thank you for that!
Judith, what you are writing here makes so much sense. Again it is about how we view illness and disease. Is it something horrible which happens to us or is it the body being given an opportunity to heal itself with a clearing? Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you for sharing more of your perspective on vaccination Judith. I found it interesting what you said about avoiding vaccination and how that felt like it kept you separate from people. I can relate to that – I somehow thought that I didn’t need to get vaccinated for some things because I was healthy and would therefore not be affected (i.e. I was ‘different’ in some way to others – so not true). This was silly, as I know exactly how vaccination works. To be honest I was also worried about the adverse effects and this potentially making me feel unwell – something I felt I could not ‘afford’ to be. This was interesting to feel into also! In the end I decided to get my travel vaccinations as I felt it was worth investing the time and risk of adverse events as ultimately I knew getting the disease, or someone else getting it would likely be much worse. I did get a sore arm, and need to go a lot more gently for some days afterwards but this was all a great part of the healing process for me.
This is such an interesting take on why to vaccinate, I never really had an issue with the decision but know so many people who have not vaccinated their children. It feels that you have deeply felt that there was so much going on around the decision to not vaccinate, awesome to heal the erroneous belief that you were somehow better separate from humanity! We love having you with us!
Now that feels like an empowering drop of truth Judith! Beautiful. The fact is it is always, always related to our choices just as much as it is to the actual vaccination itself.
Hi Judith I have never thought about vaccination in this way thank you for sharing your perspective it has made me stop and think about why I have not chosen to update my vaccinations.
Thank you Judith for this interesting perspective on immunisation. I have experienced something similar with other health conditions, where I have had an illness and felt it was clearing some old disturbance in my body. The way I have confirmed this for myself was how I felt slightly different afterwards in a more permanent way -lighter and more sensitive to my body often accompanied by a slight change in diet. I have also noted how seeing illness as an opportunity to clear has changed my relationship with the experience so that I do support myself with more patience and allowing of a process to occur rather than trying to get better as quick as I can.
This is great Simon. I know that feeling you describe of going through an experience such as an illness and coming out the other side feeling like you’ve let go of something, with a sense of a new beginning. I also like what you say about embracing the process rather than trying to rush it through so you can get on with life. When we go with life, fully observing and allowing, it is so much easier.
Some interesting points you make here Judith about vaccination that I had not considered before. Thank you.
Yes I agree with you Suzanne, Judith you make a really interesting point that I hadn’t thought about.
It’s very cool Judith to read in your words, how vaccination becomes a confirmation of our connection. How often we draw conclusions without allowing the possibility that there may be more to the story than just what we see. When you consider the reaction as something that reflects a deeper story it turns our usual interpretation upside down.
I second that Joseph and read Judith asking us to look more carefully here at how we think of illness in society. Is illness simply something that is good to avoid and bad to get, or is there something much deeper to look at – that illness is in fact an integral part of our healing. Judith I couldn’t agree more with what you are suggesting.
Game changer – vaccination as a blessing – an opportunity to clear old energy to make more space for love. This is gorgeous Judith and really eye opening. How easy would it have been to revert to your old headspace once the post vaccination illness kicked in? But you didn’t. To me that speak volumes. Volumes I could just keep reading for the wisdom and truth that they bring. Thankyou.
To view illness as the body undergoing a healing by eliminating something that is not harmonious to it is such an empowering perspective.
I agree Jonathan and it is also a responsible perspective for one to take!
I can relate to what you have written. Over the last couple of weeks or so I have been thinking back to when I broke my jaw (many years ago) and feeling that I still had some residual ‘stuff’ there (energetically)…
Today I went to the dentist to have some work done and I can now feel my jaw is aching, physically from holding it open for such a long time. Although this may seem like an issue on the surface level… on another level I realise that this was an opportunity for my body to clear more of that ‘stuff’ stored there and I can feel it has been a true healing!
Making space for more love, how could we not choose that. Accepting the fact that sickness is in fact a healing in disguise can be a tough nut to crack, but a huge step in the right direction. When we make choices for humanity, it moves mountains. Thanks Judith, lovely to feel your expansion.
‘Accepting the fact that sickness is in fact a healing in disguise…’
Yes I feel it is too Matthew…our bodies way of getting out attention and saying…’hey, that’s not the way to love, stop & come back’
This is true Matt. Sickness is our bodies healing but unfortunately as you say it is a ‘tough nut to crack’ as we have not been brought up with this understanding. I have noticed that we tend to either think its coincidence, just something we caught, happens because of genetics etc but if we really take responsibility and are willing to feel what is really going on in our body and look at how we have been with ourselves, then we will be able to feel that our body is actually clearing something that is not naturally part of it. I know that when I get sick I am forced to stop and rest, to be stiller etc and in this I always get an understanding of how I need to make adjustments to support myself and self care more in life. Also I always do feel fresher and lighter after I have recovered from a sickness.
A very interesting perspective on vaccination Judith that I haven’t considered. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights – there is much food for thought.
I agree sandradallimore – there is much food for thought here… in particular to consider that sometimes our reactions or responses to certain things may not necessarily be the thing that we think caused it, but merely the trigger for releasing something much deeper, and that in this instance, it’s the opportunity to consider the deeper aspect in order to bring about true healing…. I too have much more to ponder on here…
Thanks Judith, I have never given vaccination much thought and apart from being vaccinated at school and also being compulsary vaccinated for hepatitus when I was in the prison service twenty years ago, I haven’t ever taken it upon myself to be regularly vaccinated. However after reading your blog I am inclined to have up to date vaccinations
Hi Joe, I’m in the same boat, reassessing my attitude to vaccination. It’s great that we are open to a change of heart and embracing truth when it is presented and felt.
thank you for a very different view on the reaction to vaccination
Wow Judith, I had never considered the fact that my reactions to vaccinations could have been linked with old energy stored in my body. When I read your blog I remembered a vaccination I received that was particularly painful, I felt really emotional afterwards and had to rest. I have begun to feel that a lot more was going on in my body than I realised. Thank you for sharing your experience here, I have been reminded to pay attention to all of my body’s reactions and what they may really be about.
Me too Leonne – I had not considered fully what the effects of being vaccinated could actually have on the body. I know there are no accidents and everything happens because of energy first and foremost, but still there are some things which are seemingly ingrained. It is easy to only look at them at face value and not actually stopping to feel what is really going on – thank you for the reminder.
Me too Leonne, it is a beautiful reminder to pay attention more to our bodies and allow ourselves to feel what is possibly going on.
Wow, thank you Judith for this deeper insight into vaccination. This makes so much sense.
I second that Esther – I found also, the realization that we hold much in our arms from long ago very telling. I agree Judith’s article makes so much sense.
I’ll ‘third’ that. Last year I had flu and shingles vaccinations at the same time, There was no soreness or discomfort at all, but a month later I was more ill than I have been in 40 years. I knew from the start that it was a huge clearing, and needed a month off work to adjust. It felt like a huge blessing for me too, I so appreciate my body’s ability to show when my head is overruling my heart.
Yes thank you Judith this makes absolute sense to me too. I love this line Catherine ‘I so appreciate my body’s ability to show when my head is overruling my heart.’ Me too, it’s gorgeous. I know I can trust my body to show me the truth.