QuoteCOncerned Partner The Doors are Always Open — October 20, 2012 by Nicole Twist, Newrybar, Australia I don’t know much about cults, but the little I do know is that there is an expectation of allegiance – surrender to the cult leader and to the doctrines of the cult and if you do not tow the line, there are what I would expect to be unpleasant consequences, punishment or even banish
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Not meaning to obsess over such details, but if oral and anal sex for example are forbidden by Serge as 'pranic', loveless, pornographic or however he categorizes them (and I'm not suggesting these sexual acts are necessarily for everyone), how are gay men supposed to express their sexual attraction to each other during lovemaking? I know for a fact that there are some homosexual
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QuoteCOncerned PartnerFrom recent EDG notes at the same event as above: "Pranically. Uses relationships for only personal gain. Can make you feel less without you knowing it. See people as objects to be used in their life. Very cunning at breaking relationships, particularly if they see one that is working" Who has these thoughts? Who knows people like this? I have found in my l
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Hi John, I read that too. The ultimate irony is that Rod slavishly follows Serge Benhayon, an individual who presides over a paternalistic cult in which he is the patriarchal figurehead: Furthermore, Serge's conduct when it comes to women is questionable in the extreme. Besides the fact that he apparently cheated on his first wife repeatedly, and began grooming his current wife whe
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QuoteHerbertKane178This posting has just appeared on the "Words from the Families of Universal Medicine Students" blog: STOP PRESS! SERGE REMOVES UNWANTED INTRUDERS AT E.D.G MEETING On Friday the 12th Of October at the regular EDG meeting at Lennox Head, NSW, Australia a news crew from Channel Seven conducted a door stop with Serge and his followers. This apparently involved pla
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Contrary to claims from the UM faithful that Serge doesn't give relationship advice, and that all the UM relationship break-ups have stemmed from 'abusive behaviour' on the part of the non-cult indoctrinated partner, here's some examples of the sort of toxic nonsense Benhayon is spewing out ad nauseum and which his followers are accepting as gospel truth. Anyone absorbing this
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In his craptacular sci-fi epic 'The Way It Is', Serge claims that the country we now call Egypt was originally called 'Pyramid Land', which is a good indicator of the limits of his imagination when it comes to supposed esoteric and arcane knowledge. He also regularly tells the students that they studied 'the work' under the great pyramid in past lives. I saw hi po
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QuoteCOncerned PartnerInteresting Post on the Families of UM blog. I must say I find this part very interesting: Benevolence and charity - these are the highest forms of evil on earth today. Pure illusion. We still tend to want to do “good” as it is so ingrained. Students are now very aware they have been living their lives trying to be “good”. Highest form of separation on earth
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QuotecorboyHistorians and journalists can look to one other situation in Australia if they want to do a full feature story--the Hamilton Byrne followers, aka "The Family" From the Wikipedia entry on 'The Family': "The group consisted of middle class professional people; it has been estimated that a quarter were nurses and other medical personnel and that ma
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Quotetreefern The 'healing symbols' around my home are the loving reminders of family, friends, home grown organic foods, a collection of a wide and varied range of positive and beautiful music and the always present thought of time spent with the most colourful (literally) bunch of people from all walks of life, all faiths and all with the most different and delicious eating styles und
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QuoteCOncerned PartnerWorthy of deconstruction. Interesting as an unreconstructed read because you may think it means something, when in fact it means almost exactly nothing if you know the principles of UM. “The esoteric principle is that we are love. The principles of the esoteric way of life date back to the oldest forms of knowledge and wisdom. (CP- love is not one ounce of emotion. In t
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QuoteJohn lazurasAs quoted from “Words on Serge Benhayon by Universal Medicine students” Gayle Cue, Byron Bay, NSW Sports ‘stars’ on steroids are paid millions. School teachers and nurses are paid barely more than minimum wage. Corporations can contribute millions to a politician’s campaign to ensure laws are passed that favour their business. Never mind that it is causing havoc on the plan
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Alternatives Gone Wild: Wacky Medical Cult Under Investigation A couple of months old now, but interesting to note the comments, with 'student' Michael Dixon denying he follows Serge or UM, despite the fact that he in fact does, and also defends the master's teachings elsewhere online despite their not being remotely grounded in scientific or medical reality.
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Quotecorboy Finally - look at the fine persons who do work at night and for the benefit of us all. Sailors who stand watch at night Sytems engineers who keep computers and communication systems functioning all night. Without them, no utilities or computer systems could function. Your mobile or landline wouldnt function. Musicians and entertainers and the stage crews who make their shows
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QuoteCOncerned PartnerQuoteVenusDarklyAnd this chestnut from an anonymous Apologist -- Vicky Mach III probably. (They all look the same after a while): Our tendency to blame others and the freedom responsibility brings — September 22, 2012 by Anonymous Accepting responsibility, being that our choices shape our lives, has become such a distant notion for many, that to return to it may feel lik
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QuoteVenusDarklyThe latest from the UM Propaganda Machine: Mainstream medicos and Universal Medicine— September 20, 2012 by Victoria Lister, MBus(Philanthropy&NpSt), Brisbane, Australia I find it curious that the Courier Mail has chosen to highlight the relationships Universal Medicine enjoys with the many respected medical practitioners who refer their clients to Universal Medicine practit
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Hello and welcome, Willow.Sunshine, Thanks for posting. I'm glad this thread has been of help to you. It's great to hear you're recognizing the self-imposed UM thought control for what it is, and finding your way back to yourself and the real world. Thanks again for adding your voice to the discussion, and looking forward to heading more from you.
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Universal Medicine may have to answer to AHPRA THE NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) has called on AHPRA to investigate an alternative medicine group after complaints alleged its founder, former tennis coach Serge Benhayon, claimed he could help prevent cancer despite having no medical qualifications. Universal Medicine, based in northern NSW, claims it has up to 2000 foll
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Serge once said to me: “My joy is to see you (students) returning to who you truly are.” Or rather, his joy is remolding you into an imitation of himself:
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"If Everyone is Equal, How Could I Worship Another?" The answer to that, and all the other questions posed by Jane in the above student blog post can be found in this detailed description of the 'initiation' process at the core of the UM belief system:
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QuoteVenusDarklyAmazing in the UniMed propaganda attributed to Brendan Mooney (Warez no cultz k thanx bai) that he has the gall to quote Margaret Singer and her seminal work on cult dynamics. Except that he left out the rest of the book that says 'Yeh u iz cultz k'. It's no different to the way Serge misrepresents and distorts any respectable literature in order to further his i
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Interesting research regarding the breat massage, Corboy. Thank you. Regarding Brendan Mooney's testimony, I wonder if he would be willing to stand before a panel consisting of cult experts and peers from his chosen profession and repeat his claim that UM is 'the antithesis if a cult' The catch being that the panel would each have a copy of the UM 'Initiation' docum
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"What a missed opportunity to write about Serge – he will become one of the great global modern stories even though he is not seeking any publicity. Leser...should attend the workshops or retreats. Or read the philosphical works and try listening to the many podcasts. The media needs journalists that break the mould of irresponsibility" - comment posted by 'Steve' on Davi
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QuoteCOncerned Partner Hi MacReady, thanks for taking the time to go through those students posts and highlight what is going on. It is worth noting what is happening with the student posts. They are not going up at whim. They are being vetted, edited, rejected, classified in a serious effort to control what is appearing on the internet. The information you can Google is information they want
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Quote: "The very first thing that I was presented with was to discern my own truth, and to never take on Serge’s presentations as truth without my own innermost discernment – that is, the feelings I have and know deep within myself, the feelings that are just mine and not told or dictated by anyone else. The feelings I have carried all my life, but at a young age had learned to override b
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QuoteMacReadyAnd from Lennox Cap again, on page 13 (reply # 224): (edited slightly -MacReady) "I had a very interesting morning coffee with my friend/Doctor today.   He told me that Serge had contacted him 12 years ago wanting to rent a room of his medical practice as a "healer".  My doctor friend met with him and within 1 hour diagnosed that he was a seriously ill p
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More coverage via Doubtful Newsblog: Some UM defenders have posted comments, including this from Michael Duxon: "This story has been in the press regularly for months now and the media continues to print lies, inacuracies and a slant on this story which seems intent on discrediting Serge Benhayon and the work of universal medicine.What does it matter that there is no scientific ‘pr
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And from Lennox Cap again, on page 13 (reply # 224): (edited slightly -MacReady) "I had a very interesting morning coffee with my friend/Doctor today.   He told me that Serge had contacted him 12 years ago wanting to rent a room of his medical practice as a "healer".  My doctor friend met with him and within 1 hour diagnosed that he was a seriously ill puppy and made
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A couple of solid/interesting posts discussing UM from the astrology forum: On page 11 (reply # 206) Lennox Cap astutely writes: "I think that what he is doing is preaching a new age ideology of total reflective responsibility. That is, everything is a reflection of where you are with your development and integrity. However, when the light is turned on the cult or the leader, that
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Something for the UM community reading this thread to consider: We all know that Serge claims that the 'energy' you're in is transferred into everything you do. I've heard him claim that if/when you prepare a meal, for example, you put the energies you've carried fir your entire past into that meal. What energy, then, has Serge transferred into every aspect of Unive
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