My apologies to Caroline as the author of the blog. I only just googled and found the blog. The defense was written by someone else who also needs to check their credentials. One by Brendan Mooney, Registered Psychologist BPsySci (Hons) AmusA Oh Dear, what can you say about this nonsense and lack of self awareness? It is certainly not an advertisement to use his services is it? ( rememb
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QuoteJohn lazurasHi All, A Registered Psychologist who works from and for the Universal Medicine Clinic at Goonellabah has made some comments on the “Truth about Universal Medicine” web site. I am not too sure where he gets his information from about UM but I need to share my experience with UM here. His comments are in black bold: In recent weeks, there have been a number of article
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QuoteMacReady"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&
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QuoteMacReadyMore 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 s
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QuoteVenusDarklyI thought I’d post on Serge’s astrology and his current transits coinciding with the increase in public scrutiny. Please note that the astrologers at the astro.com thread are much more advanced than me and have done an amazing analysis of his chart. I just thought I’d write up a simple layperson friendly version for the benefit of those reading here, focusing on just a few poi
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QuoteMacReadyFinally, a UM blog entry that to some degree acknowledges the need students have to keep going back to UM events to maintain the mood created by external stimuli, the '"Serge said" syndrome that's so prevalent among the cult, and how difficult it is for the families of these people to live with an obsessive, devoted Benhayon follower. The author absolves Serge of
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Cult Counselling Australia director Raphael Aron said his organisation had a researcher working full-time on the group after counselling former clients who were concerned about its influence on their children. He said Mr Benhayon "seems to be toning down his belief that he is the reincarnation of Leonardo Da Vinci which doesn't wash well with other people". Mr Benhayon said h
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QuoteHerbertKane178Here's an interesting thread: http://forum.astro.com/cgi/forum.cgi?num=1343693750/0 There is some really insightful material on there, even if you don't follow astrology. I know Serge recently spoke on numerology, I wonder what his views would be on astrology and the information presented here? Well worth a read from start to finish. Thanks Herb, this is th
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QuoteVenusDarklyContinued from the previous post: The ovarian reading ended up being the last treatment I had from Serge. I was feeling better, partly due to the treatment and also because I’d taken long overdue holidays. Serge asked if I wanted the ovarian reading and even when he explained what it was I struggled to see the point of it. Serge explained he would put his hands on my lower
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Quotelifetruetomehas anyone noticed this: UM followers hiding behind support of women's issues. I would love a UM woman student to say what she classifies as "abuse". The women I have worked with who had suffered DV and "abuse" hid under tables and got hit over the head with hammers ended up in hospitals and fled to refuges. I wouldn't have thought a man cu
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QuoteJasminThere are also sold business cards especially created for good energy. A lot of Serges students in Germany have them. They especially are common by esoteric healing practicioners, now, or musicians. In Germany the Universal Medicine spreads it´s wings out very quickly, what to me is very scary. The followers of Serge Benhayon and Chris James (very important Person for Serge Benhayon) ,
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QuoteRock BiterI'm an ex-cult member still overcoming the effects of belonging to the cult. Its disturbing to write those words. I've always prided myself on my critical reflexive thinking. All my critical reflexive thinking and training did me no good though. I still became ensnared. Almost to the point of losing my beautiful precious wife and everything I love, my children, home
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QuoteSandmanAny self-respecting 'cult leader' has, as a main priority, control over followers' sex lives. When the leader is male then the strategy is to manipulate other males in the group so that they appear to be incompetent amongst the females. This occurs time and time again, whether the cult belief system is conservative or liberal. Serge Benhayon uses 'Ageless Wi
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Quotelifetruetomethis link has to be the worst attempt at humour I have ever come across. It is so self serving and righteous. What happened to self deprecation as really good humour. I really can't believe how judgemental UM'ers are (yes the irony hasn't escaped me that I am being judgemental writing this post but I will always draw the line at particularly bad humour). .
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QuoteSandmanAny self-respecting 'cult leader' has, as a main priority, control over followers' sex lives. When the leader is male then the strategy is to manipulate other males in the group so that they appear to be incompetent amongst the females. This occurs time and time again, whether the cult belief system is conservative or liberal. Serge Benhayon uses 'Ageless Wi
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At which point I laughed and replied that whether I went to the occasional weekend course or not I would not live any differently with or without UniMed, because the great lifestyle I lead as a result is something that works well for me. So it begs the question what exactly was the reporters concern? That I live a drug and alcohol free lifestyle or that I appear happy, healthy and younger than my
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QuoteHerbertKane178Strange that in the rather vile and bitter response to the most recent media examination of Universal Medicine (read it here) that no link is given to the actual article so readers can make up their own mind. There is also no real response to the article, other than the normal 'media abuse' claim that accompanies every examination of them. Here's the article for
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So this is what we have so far: 1. Serge is a common liar just like every other mortal except on a grander scale- He has spent years telling everyone that he is a man of absolute integrity and honesty, and bragging about his success before resisting the call to enlighten the world with his brand of 'soulfullness' and bestow his unique and exclusive gift of energetic knowledge upon
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QuoteMacReadyThe author of the following piece is strongly advised to thoroughly investigate Serge's past business dealings before recommending his teachings as the answer to the world's economic ills. She will find several people eager to catch up with Benhayon, and more than willing to testify to the true nature of his 'integrity' in financial matters: Having attended
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For you Serge: Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached
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QuotetreefernActually correct me here if I'm wrong any UMer out there. All the people with cancer have first been diagnosed and subsequently treated by the TRAINED teams of medical professionals? I don't in all honesty believe you can owe your being 'alive' now to Serge, because from what I gather there are a lot of poor people who have lost their lives due to his misdiagno
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QuoteMacReady"I know more than any scientist in my inner heart ... I know everything about the universe and how it works. I can answer any question about any mystery in the world, any mystery in the universe." - Serge Benhayon Yet he clearly doesn't have a clue when it comes to diagnosing clients. Otherwise he would know that people looking to him for healing have cancer, a
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Serge did you write this? or one of your minion at your instruction? Do you forget all the other material that is floating around out there in cyberspace? and now in the hands of the Lords of Form? The only one putting a spin on is you my friend- can you think of a way to get that all back? think, think, think... No it is not possible, and it all contradicts what you have written here
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QuoteJohn lazurasWell said Corboy and 100% correct. ...... As quoted from the Good Weekend article - Miranda Benhayon counters: "I don't actually have contact with her at all by choice, because it hasn't been love. When we started off tennis, it was a family thing; it was all of us in it together. She pulled away from that and that's why I continue to have a relationshi
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QuotecorboyQuote(Leser's)focus being a very narrow one. As Rebecca said, in this selective focus, the journalist selects aspects of Universal Medicine which may generate a reaction from the public I dare suggest that UM has found a very narrow focus by which to generate a reaction from non UM partners. If these men had been tyrannical brutes, their wives and girlfriends would not hav
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I have to add, read this: In the 8 years I have known Serge Benhayon and his family, I have never felt even the faintest whiff of a lack of integrity. I have found in Serge Benhayon the highest level of ethics and code of conduct that I have ever found in any profession, and more to the point my experience has been life changing. Not because Serge or any of his family/Universal Medicine have
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QuotelifetruetomeIs this a little disturbing? A 12 year old defending UM. And what she writes, is slightly exaggerated. I know lots of 12 year olds and work with 12 year olds and I have never ever had one of them come to school hungover. I don't know where she is living but it certainly isn't with anyone I know...... Also, I find it disturbing at how she is putting down everyon
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QuoteMacReadyAnother quote from a UM student on the GW Facebook page: "Sadly, David Lessers article of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine read to me as a strange, distorted story more in line with dramatic fiction..." (sic) Funnily enough, that's how the claims made by Serge Benhayon strike most people who are still in possession of their critical thinking faculties. To th
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QuoteMacReadyThe apparent incorporation of Raja yoga into the retreats is interesting, for several reasons. Firstly, Serge has emphatically and repeatedly declared that all yoga (apart from the 'yoga' he claims to have 'brought through' from the Heirarchy in Shambhalla) is absolutely evil. Secondly: "The essence of the work that flows through me is in line with that w
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Sorry I had to highlight this Gem from the retreat description: Of note, and it should be said, an Ascended Master is simply one who has ‘mastered’ their way out of the re-interpreted meaning of life. And thus, as we have taught you, he/she are not a master of or over anyone. An Ascended Master is but a point of reflection that reflects a certain light/energy that is free from the force of de
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