Last year I met an old friend who I hadn’t seen for nearly 15 years. He recognised me but I knew he couldn’t remember my name, so I said, “You don’t remember me do you?” to which he shook his head, so I told him my name. He literally stood there for about 3-4 seconds with his mouth open and eyes wide in disbelief and just blurted out “You’ve gone back in time.”
We started to talk about how I had chosen to refine my diet; over the last few years I had cut out dairy, gluten, alcohol, sugar and caffeine. This dietary change has had such a profound and positive effect on me and my overall well-being; it had also helped me lose a lot of extra weight I had been carrying. But his only response to everything that I shared with him was “What, you don’t drink any alcohol at all?”
I found it strange that his only response was about the alcohol so I presented to him the possibility that what we eat has a direct influence on how we look and that certain foods and drink can age us prematurely.
Using the analogy of looking at our body as a car, what happens to a car if we:
- Don’t always put the right fuel in?
- Drive it too fast?
- Don’t protect it from rusting?
- Don’t keep it clean and tidy?
What happens is that the car starts to look shabby, neglected and old beyond its years.
Is it possible then, if we don’t lovingly take care of our bodies and really look at what fuel we put into it, that our bodies will go through the same process?
I feel that by putting the wrong fuel into our bodies it starts to rust from the inside. We start to look a lot older than we actually are and then things start to break down.
For instance, I used to have a constant supply of tablets for heartburn and indigestion because I was drinking too much coffee and alcohol combined with eating lots of fatty fried food and enormous amounts of sugar in the form of cakes, biscuits, chocolate, sweets and fizzy drinks. I would also feel bloated from eating foods with gluten, like bread or pasta.
Because of what I was eating I always felt lethargic; I just couldn’t be bothered to do anything except watch TV, which just compounded the issue. My thoughts were very foggy and only seemed to be about food and watching TV/DVD’s. My skin was red and blotchy and I quite often came out in spots. My bones seemed to creak when I had to get up and I was always catching a cold or having a complaint with my chest; at one point in my life I had a stint of several ear infections.
Since 2007, when I started to attend the presentations by Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon, I have gained a better understanding about the effects certain foods and drinks have on our bodies. I could then start to make choices that truly nurtured and supported my body.
With the changes I have made to what I eat and drink I no longer need any tablets for heartburn or indigestion, I don’t feel bloated and my energy levels have increased. My thoughts have a lot more clarity and are not just focussed on me. My skin is very clear and I haven’t had a cold or a chest complaint for years.
Looking at some old photos of myself, I now look about 10 years younger and what is more important is that I FEEL younger. The choices I have made have had a profound effect on my life and I know I will never go back to my old ways.
So, in answer to the question,
Is Time Travel Possible?
No.
But is it possible to appear to slow down the ageing process by choosing to fuel and run our bodies in a loving manner, so we will look healthier and have more vitality? YES!
It just makes sense that if something we put into our bodies can prematurely age us, then we can reverse that by not putting it into our bodies, something which I have experienced, all without a time capsule in sight!!
Inspired by the work of Universal Medicine, Serge Benhayon and his continued love, commitment and dedication to humanity.
By Tim Bowyer, London Bus Driver, UK
Further Reading:
On The Topic of Food and Diet
Farewell Dear Coffee
Before and After My Self Love Program – Forever Unfolding the Real Me
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It’s such a vicious cycle when we eat poorly. You feel tired, heavy and your body reacts with things like indigestion. You can’t be bothered exercising, you eat more food and drink more coffee/alcohol to make the unpleasant feelings go away. You don’t know how great you will feel until you stop and try a different diet. I was forced by my body’s reactions to give up gluten many years ago, which I thought I couldn’t live without. I started to lose weight that I hadn’t been able to shift, I felt more energised and back in life instead of existing through it. With this massive change I was more able to listen to my body and other refinements naturally happened which have further supported my health.
And Tim you just look better and better each time I see you, and always with that amazing smile of yours, what a great advert for living life in a certain way.
This is a brilliant testimony to the transformational effect of making different choices to our lives, and being aware of what we’re putting into our bodies and the fuel we’re running it on. One of the biggest choices we can make is to accept ourselves and to let go: let go of our pictures and expectations of how life should be and how we need to be in it, the things we think we need to make us feel okay, including certain types of foods and activities, other people’s responses and reactions to us, etc. Treating our bodies with deep love and care, including noticing what type of fuel we’re running it on, has a ripple effect on our relationship with ourselves, with others, and how we are in the world.
I recently saw someone I haven’t seen for many years from a rather obscure area of my past, it was a great opportunity to appreciate how much I have grown into myself and how much has fallen away since then. Not only do I look well for the years but lots of baggage has been healed too, and clearly it shows.
“The choices I have made have had a profound effect on my life and I know I will never go back to my old ways.” – This statement feels like one of the most powerful ones of this great transformative approach that Tim has chosen, because there are so many behaviours that we all can drop into or return to in order to numb or distract ourselves from feeling some hurt or other difficult situation, even when we thought we were past them, but to be able to build a certain level of self-love where you know in your heart you will never return to those self-destructive behaviours is truly remarkable and shows how the concepts taught by Universal Medicine assist in true long-lasting healing, not just a quick fix only to have the issue resurface later.
Epic before and after Tim – quite the model for a way of living that has plainly supported you to take a step back in time. Is it possible… absolutely yes and there is a proven way of living to help which is what Serge and his team have been promoting since 1999.
Thank you Tim Bowyer for it clearly reveals what effect we have on our body by what we consume. Let’s make some healthy choices ! Truly healthy I mean.
Its amazing how quickly we can feel good just by making simple loving choices that support our body, I have seen people’s levels of vitality sky rocket really quickly just by taking away all forms of gluten and diary.
Awesome we have people like you Tim who can inspire us to listen to that inner voice that is forever there just waiting to be heard.
What we think about eating becomes a policy that we believe will work and it is a bit like Russian roulette when we consider that most processed foods are simply not healthy. Then food can become an exhuming passion that keeps us from listening to our body because we are entrapped by a way of eating, which is all about fast food and convenience.
Living in a way so not to eat foods that will dull, case damp and bloat us, is simple to feel, when we are able to listen to our body.
What becomes confusing is that we have sometimes given up food before we are not actually ready to eliminate it from our diet, so we end up with the replacement items. Then it is easy to fall into critique that comes from the judgement about what we see others eating or buying at the super market and this is because we have given this or that up but energetically we are still craving for that food.
So that we have eliminated foods without the discernment of what it felt like in our body.
When we feel the effect of any-things that has been brought to our body and we discern why we feel dulled, hung-over, racy etc. then it becomes quite easy to say no to that energy because we recognise the symptoms, which means we are not easily fooled by false energies and what they put into our body. Thank you Tim, there is so much to explore, and when it comes to being accepting of who we all are, we would never ”go back to my old ways.”
Yes it is definitely possible for vintage cars to look amazing 🙂
The difference in your before and after photos is incredible. I’ve always found it strange that most people know about the harming effects of certain lifestyle choices yet still choose these things and act surprised when someone else makes a different choice.
Great to come back to this blog again today and be supported in some dietary changes that I am in the process of making. Ones that I know make sense but that I have been holding onto for the comfort they bring.
We will all without doubt age, but we all have a huge role to play as part of the ageing process. When I say that I don’t mean in deciding how youthful we look, but in how vital we are so we can live our lives to the fullest.
I love the practicality of this blog and the analogy of how our car will quickly break down if we do not put the right fuel into it. It just goes to show that we take better care of our car than we do our body a lot of the time.
Amazing testimonial in photos and truly the confirmation of a photo is in the feeling of it.
What I love about the esoteric teachings presented by Serge Benhayon is that the way we live is medicine. This means that we have no one to blame when we develop conditions that alert us to the fact we are not living in a way that supports the health and vitality of our body and thus calls us to be way more responsible in terms of how we are choosing to live – the food we out into our body, the way we sleep, the quality of our thoughts, behaviours and interactions with others etc. when we truly understand that ‘life is medicine’ we can step out of the victim mode and start to restore who we truly are in a world that has long buried the reflection of this.
Simple but so true Tim, when we allow our-self to feel what certain foods do, we can turn back the clock on how we feel, by eliminating those food choices from what we eat.
“But is it possible to appear to slow down the ageing process by choosing to fuel and run our bodies in a loving manner, so we will look healthier and have more vitality? YES!”
Absolutely Tim, and the students of the livingness prove this again and again.
I wonder if as a society we all deeply cared for our bodies, what we would look like. Perhaps much of what we see in ageing is simply a consequence of not having cared for ourselves. Yes the body will age, wrinkles will form, things will slow down…but perhaps there is a grace to be had in all of this instead of much of what we see with it being a struggle and ill health.
Great photos’s Tim. I love the analogy of the car in relationship to our body and how we take care of it, inevitably bringing the same result as the car – from the care we have, or have not brought to it..
“Using the analogy of looking at our body as a car, what happens to a car if we:
Don’t always put the right fuel in?
Drive it too fast?
Don’t protect it from rusting?
Don’t keep it clean and tidy?
What happens is that the car starts to look shabby, neglected and old beyond its years”.
Aging happens slower than normal when we look at our normal (our diets, lifestyles etc) and express that it is actually abusive and we go back to what is natural to the body ( loving), what de-ages us is self-care and self-love.
This article and others like it need to be expanded, studied and put into practice if our society is going to begin to truly feel the harm of living life in disregard and the results that come from such a choice.
I loved reading your blog Tim and would love to be a passenger on your bus any day!
At some point as we get healthier and healthier we have to learn how to adjust to the increased power our car (body) has and that takes another whole level of awareness!
Living the future.. looking and feeling great. It is so worth taking care of ourselves.
Exactly Victoria the benefits far outweigh the non benefits so to speak, even if we like the retreat away from life in truth we want the care and love we just have to be willing to give this to ourselves, Whenever I get angry I don’t want to care for myself yet its then a cycle that keeps me from me.
Love the body/car analogy. It is interesting to look at the state our cars are in and the quality of care we treat them with…reflective of how we are with ourselves. In fact this applies to our homes too and everything in life.
No wonder he did not recognize you Tim the transformation I have witnessed in the time I have known you is extraordinary and I would not have recognized you now had I not seen you regularly over the years while you were changing.
Yes, I agree Mary-Louise- I have witnessed the same changes in Tim as reflected in the photos – totally awesome!
One of the most important relationships of our lives, which we are conditioned to overlook, is the one we have with our body. Whether we accept it, honor it or pay attention to it or not, the relationship remains, continually reminding us of the truth of our choices and if they are supporting us to live our true potential. Hence when we begin to listen and honor it, it is no surprise that our health and well-being improves out of sight.
“The choices I have made have had a profound effect on my life and I know I will never go back to my old ways.” This is profound compared to the success of diets. How many can say they will never go back?
Looking at your photo Tim, I’d say time travel is possible!
If our car becomes run down and shabby from our lack of care and loving attention it makes perfect sense that the same happens to our bodies. But it is very obvious that if we take more care of our car it will reflect that care in the way it looks and drives, just as our body will when we make the choice to treat it in a deeply caring and honouring way.
This is a true testimony of how making inner change can manifest when the inner change is backed up by choices that lovingly support the body.
A beautiful sharing on what it means to truly nourish ourselves from the inside and how this nourishment and love is then felt and mirrored outwardly so. Awesome thank you.
It makes absolute sense to me Tim. What doesn’t make sense is why there is such a push for all the products and lifestyle choices that are harmful to the body. The option of eating to support our body’s well-being and vitality still seem to be on the ‘unusual/less obvious’ list of approaches.
I love your photos Tim, it looks like time travel is possible when you look at them. It amazes me how incredible our bodies are and how well they respond to love and care. If we abuse our body and not look after it as well as we should it will deteriorate and age much faster, but when we make more loving choices it doesn’t take long for our body to regenerate and return to its natural state. Your blog shows us how intelligent and amazing our bodies are.