 | by Carola Woods Through this connection now I realise that all of this magnificence is not for me alone or to just make my own life better. Meeting Serge Benhayon inspired me to explore the philosophy of The Way of The Livingness. I re-discovered my Soul, and that in being in connection to my Soul, my relationship with God is known. In fact, it was already a given. I feel the presence of God within me as a Godliness, and with this I know everything that I am and represent as a being. It’s very tangible and feels very natural. There is a greater awareness of my relationship with everything, the world, the universe, my universality and how this quality can be brought to every aspect of my life be it work, family or relationships. |
Life now is about living the truth of this connection, of who I am openly, every day. Never a dull day when you live the magic of who we are, the magic of your Soul. However, I had not always felt this way.
Here at 49 years of age, looking back on my life one could say as an observer from the outside that I have lived a ‘pretty normal’ life. Comparatively speaking, it can be said this is true. In the current standards of society this is considered ‘normal’. In my 30’s I was in a long-term relationship, had a mortgage, worked full-time in hospitality management, played gigs in a popular band on a regular basis, had lots of friends, partied often, was close with my family, had no terminal illnesses and had an actively spiritual outlook on life. I experienced many successes and achievements along the way that made me feel valued. All sounds ‘pretty normal’ right? All bases were covered. I would and did agree.
But, and there is a “but” that deserves to be considered here, all this so-called normality in my life, was marred by an undercurrent feeling of discontent, a longing for more to life. I felt a dullness, a sadness, a monotony and suffered with melancholic tendencies. The cause of this, was that I knew in my bones and deep down that something was missing. I just knew there was a greater purpose to fulfil in life and I couldn’t let that go. I yearned and had visions of a life lived with greater simplicity, greater connection amongst us and to an otherworldliness. The ‘normal life’ I was living was not cutting it for me.
By this stage I was also experiencing regular bouts of bronchitis/tonsillitis/strep throat. Every year precisely in the same month of August I would fall ill for 1 – 2 weeks. I also was experiencing very intense lower back pain so much so that I could not bend forward to dry my hair with a towel. Even the illness I experienced is considered normal, so I learned to live with it for many years until I got to the point when I had had enough.
After exhausting all medical, complementary, natural and homeopathic medicine avenues, one practitioner suggested I try a Universal Medicine practitioner as they had observed many successes from clients that had visited the clinic. And so, this was my introduction to the teachings of the Serge Benhayon and the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, the healing modalities of Universal Medicine and the religion The Way of The Livingness.
But, and there is a “but” that deserves to be considered here, all this so-called normality in my life, was marred by an undercurrent feeling of discontent, a longing for more to life. I felt a dullness, a sadness, a monotony and suffered with melancholic tendencies. The cause of this, was that I knew in my bones and deep down that something was missing. I just knew there was a greater purpose to fulfil in life and I couldn’t let that go. I yearned and had visions of a life lived with greater simplicity, greater connection amongst us and to an otherworldliness. The ‘normal life’ I was living was not cutting it for me.
By this stage I was also experiencing regular bouts of bronchitis/tonsillitis/strep throat. Every year precisely in the same month of August I would fall ill for 1 – 2 weeks. I also was experiencing very intense lower back pain so much so that I could not bend forward to dry my hair with a towel. Even the illness I experienced is considered normal, so I learned to live with it for many years until I got to the point when I had had enough.
After exhausting all medical, complementary, natural and homeopathic medicine avenues, one practitioner suggested I try a Universal Medicine practitioner as they had observed many successes from clients that had visited the clinic. And so, this was my introduction to the teachings of the Serge Benhayon and the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, the healing modalities of Universal Medicine and the religion The Way of The Livingness.
This is where I experienced for the first-time true healing and true self-empowerment.
I learnt about love. The true deep love I had longed for and envisaged experiencing was now in my hands. I learnt how to truly love and honour myself. I discovered how real love is experienced from within. I came to know that love is in fact everything that I am. In connecting to this quality within there’s an incredible sense of grandness and this was an absolute confirmation of everything I had sensed as a child, in my teens and at times in my journey through adulthood. I realised that this was the light of my Soul and it was always calling for me to turn within, to connect to its quality. This is what I knew was possible to feel and possible to live as an everyday experience. It is what makes sense of everything, brings enrichment to every aspect of my life and makes life a sacred movement from one moment to the next … without perfection of course. I felt deeply settled when with this connection, and now these aliments no longer trouble me. In fact, they haven’t for years.
Whether I am singing, working, being with family, doing the shopping or just spending time with friends it is my connection to Soul that fulfils and brings purpose to every one of these moments.
What Serge Benhayon has reflected to me is the opportunity to reignite within the knowing of who we are, reconnect to and live the truth that resides within us, guided by our own wisdom of how to live everything we are. When we live governed by our Soul, our standards of living become an honouring of truth and love. I realise that these are the qualities that in fact honour the beingness of every Soul in this world. In living truth there is a universality, and this unites us all. This for me is profound and the purpose I now live inspired by every day.
This is my religion and religion is my every day.
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