When I first heard the song “The Woman I am” by Michael Benhayon (Glorious Music), I felt very strongly that there should have been a nationwide, if not worldwide, Stop Everything press release.
Every piece of media out there that relates to women, either relates to their outer beauty, sexual attractiveness or accomplishments. “The Women I Am” is the first song I have come across that sees a woman for who she naturally is without requiring her to be or bring anything;
It is a song that encourages true self-confidence rather than lack of self-worth, comparison, competition and jealousy. This is a huge leap forward for humanity as a whole.
We have recognised how deeply damaging music videos, magazines, TV etc. can be for the youth and adults in our society. Just about every way a woman/girl turns in her day she is bombarded with images and ideas of who she needs to be as a woman.
The confidence of our young women (and women on the whole) is pretty low when we come from the understanding that they should be walking around freely expressing their power, playfulness, sexiness, cheekiness and many other qualities with complete confidence and respect for themselves and each other.
Instead, our young women are often talking quite nastily about each other, mainly to feel better about themselves. Everywhere they look tells them they are not enough. To survive at high school with friends, as a young woman, it appears the main way to do this is to fall within the accepted ‘norm’ and to quickly dismiss and ridicule anyone who may step outside of this. Grown women have not escaped this either.
I am no expert on music and the video music charts, but from time to time I sit down to see what my lovely daughter and her friends are watching and listening to. I am shocked beyond words every time by the totally graphic and sexualised material that is in front of me. It is basically telling all women that they are either a ‘sex kitten’ or that they have very little worth in our society or to men.
Sexiness is not a sexual thing – the truth is, sexiness is just one of the many playful and cheeky aspects that make up the sacredness of women.
Then I saw the clip of the song, “The Woman I Am” on YouTube. Wow, the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full.
When I first heard this song, with lyrics and music by Michael Benhayon and sung by Miranda Benhayon, I knew it reflected the truth of who I am as a woman. It reminds me of the glory and graciousness that I am without having to do or bring anything; that simply by claiming the glory and graciousness I naturally emanate, I become a powerhouse of love. I may not always choose to live from this truth, yet it is so simple and natural for me to live this truth. I was born female, so all of this beauty is inside myself whether I am aware of it or not. All I had to do was to re-connect to the part inside me that knew all the words of the song to be true.
This song – “The Woman I Am” – is the call for all women and girls of all ages to stand in their power and walk as nothing less than the amazing sacred divine woman they are.
So why, when such a song is released, does our world not stop, re-evaluate what we have been producing up to this point and yell from the roof tops, “yes, this is what we want, this is how all women should feel from birth to death and beyond.”
So I am standing up applauding the amazing work of Michael Benhayon and Glorious Music, the new way forward they are offering women, girls and the music world. I have deeply healed much pain and anguish within me having listened to the lyrics and rhythms of “The Woman I Am” and felt how these words and rhythms resonate within me. I feel and know the truth they carry which I now know I carry within me, as all women do. As women we all have the ability to bring the same beauty and power inspired by our own individual flavor: we all naturally bring so much, just by being ourselves in all our glory.
Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have a deep respect for all women and the sacredness they are. I am forever appreciative of the courage and beauty they offer in standing for truth.
By Toni Steenson, Goonellabah NSW
Further Reading:
The Woman
A Woman’s Strength is ‘KNOW’ and ‘NO’
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What a joy to be inspired once more by your awesome blog Toni and be listening to the song, it is as powerful as years ago, there is nothing that will change this, we as women are (as Toni stated) ‘powerhouses of love’
What a treat to have listened to The Woman I Am by Glorious Music. It’s been ages since I first heard it and it had me smiling all the way through – gorgeous.
When I listen to any track from Glorious Music I feel my whole body relax and surrender to the living pulse of purpose
I too am a woman applauding “the amazing work of Michael Benhayon and Glorious Music” and how he is breaking down the deleterious images of women that are portrayed through so much of the music that has been written over many decades. The love and respect Michael has for women flows through his lyrics, lyrics that are offering healing to women, many who have lost the love and respect for themselves
Sharing the sacredness that we can all feel is such an important aspect of or returning to our divinity and this song is definitely empowering for all those who choose to openly listen.
Look at history and there are a million songs about being sexy, heartbroken, or high but virtually none that celebrate the essence of who we are. Michael Bengayon’s music changes all that, about time! Thanks Toni.
Thank you Toni, so worth sharing as you share the love that we as women hold and hold all others in equally, when we connect. A beautiful reminder to see what is already there inside us and what we can walk forth.. Without trying, simply being with what we are feeling and honoring this by our everyday choices.
When we live the delicacy and tenderness inside us, whatever we do – music, design, writing or art can’t help but carry that beauty too. Trying to produce stunning things without cultivating the divinity in you, will never work. Trust me I’ve tested this. Thanks for the reminder Toni.
Our job is to funnel God through, to be the widest river mouth possible for Him to flow through. ‘Trying to produce anything’ will always narrow the river mouth down and more often than not stop the flow of God completely because it’s never about ‘us’, it’s always about standing back and allowing God to flow through.
Joseph I so appreciate your words
“When we live the delicacy and tenderness inside us, whatever we do – music, design, writing or art can’t help but carry that beauty too. Trying to produce stunning things without cultivating the divinity in you, will never work”.
What would the world look like if we all lived the delicacy and tenderness that is within us. We know it is there because we know that tenderness and delicacy lives within babies and small children, but somehow by the time the children go to school those innate qualities are being eroded so that by the time we are adults the quality has been buried, protected or squashed by the current standard of our heartless society.
I agree Toni. I felt similarly when I first heard Michael’s Song ‘the Woman I Am’. Whenever I hear this song I am reminded that I am beautiful and worth celebrating. This in turn reminds me of my responsibility to share this with the world.
I also really love the cover version of this song by Deborah Savran and agreed it is very confirming for young girls and women http://bit.ly/2qLQ6ny
An amazing song celebrating the amazingness all women naturally bring. To appreciate the innate beauty, wisdom and sacredness of who we are within as women, is where the true power of a woman lies. Forget the images and pictures that are pushed onto us by society and the world outside of us, as there is not-a-thing that can compare to our connection to our essence, to show us the majesty of who we really and already are.
Toni certainly carries on cherishing the women for who they naturally are – thank you Toni. We all can play our part as role models to our youth. Change begins within and then through inspiration. The Benhayon family entrust this and a great custodians of inspiration. Bring on Benhayon tv — We do have Natalie With Love – http://www.nataliewithlove.tv/natalie-with-love-tv.
Wow, I just watched this video again as having not viewed it for a couple of years and I am touched all over again by the power of it. I stand beside you and second all you have expressed here Toni! Simply Beautiful!
I have just enjoyed playing the ‘The Woman I Am’ video again – it is always inspiring and empowering to sing along with this song and see the gorgeous women on the video.
There is another film clip out in the world now that shares the same message and also should have stopped the world. ‘So Lovely’ by Sounds of Soul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8HWpjo1GI
It’s an important question to ask why on earth the world doesn’t stop when a music video like this is released. It is in such strong contrast to the pornographic videos that are on the music channels. But, the reality is that we are so deeply de-sensitised that something like this is just boring for anyone used to feasting their eyes on something as in your face, flashy, glamorous (definitely not in the true sense of the word) and stimulating as what is on offer today. How lost are we if we don’t even consider the fact that we all deserve to be cherished and honoured?
Yep I will stand up and applaud with you. I agree and we definitely need more true media. The current mainstream media, music, videos etc has a lot to answer for and globally we need to demand something different and more confirming to who we innately are. Thankfully there are more songs/videos etc taking the floor and reflecting something different for humanity including The Girl to Women song by Rachel Kane https://youtu.be/9UQ8DoMf_tQ
I agree Toni. Each day I go to the gym I am repulsed by what I see in the music videos on perpetual display. It’s a horrible, disrespectful parading of women, and sadly, often perpetuated by women as well as men. We need to recognise just how damaging this is.
We don’t appreciate or celebrate ourselves any way near as much as we could. This is a great song for all women and men – it would be good to see more of these videos, both from men and women.
To be all of the woman I am is such a relief as it means that I do not have to bring or do anything than be me in all my fullness.
” Then I saw the clip of the song, “The Woman I Am” on YouTube. Wow, the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full. ”
The truth and beauty is awesome and its such a joy for me as a man to watch and hear the glory being expressed.
Without a connection to and acceptance of our qualities and values we will always be susceptible to a sense of worthlessness that will always have us fruitlessly looking outside of ourselves for what lies within.
As a man there was great joy in my heart when I first heard and saw this music video , it showed women being women in truth and flaunting it . No hooking sexual energy , no teasing of what you cannot have , but just the grace and joy of living a sacred woman and expressing so.
The woman I am is not always the woman I think myself to be. These erroneous thoughts shape us to be something we are not. How reaffirming it is to know the truth of who we are so that no doubt can enter the Kingdom where our true self reigns.
Much of the music these days actually encourages rape culture, the beat and the lyrics are really quite harmful, we have become so desensitised we don’t want to be aware of the deep harm that music can cause to ourselves, our loved ones and our society.
I love that this song that calls for women to be true to themselves and to appreciate how amazing they are was written by a man, and at a point in time where women’s self worth is globally at an all-time low – I absolutely love that a man cared enough to write a song reminding women they are amazing, and that every day we should be cherishing and appreciating who we are. Amazing.
There is no other song I know of that asks a women to honour and love herself exactly as she is, most music videos I know of are overly sexual and imposing that women should look and be a certain way.
This song is not just a call to all women to live the amazing sacredness they naturally are, but equally to all men to honour women as such and in doing so acknowledging that same sacredness within them too. I can remember the first time I heard this song and whilst it was in some ways challenging to feel the depth of responsibility we actually have with honouring each other in this way, it feels exactly what is needed in our world today especially considering we pretty much have the exact opposite being lived everywhere.
‘The Woman I am’ video and song touch me very deeply. It is like someone is finally saying, I know you are not just your looks, how sexually appealing you are that matters. It is the love, nurturing, wisdom and beauty that matters. That is your real gift to the world. This is all we have ever wanted to hear. When we know this for ourselves, we no longer have to play the game of the false ideal of a woman that society has created.
It is so true Toni that the music today that we are exposed to does not confirm the inner qualities that naturally reside in women, young and old and instead suggests that we are not enough, we need to be another way, not ourselves, to be accepted for love. False, disturbing and sinister. The absolute gift that we are as women is ready to be love by us all in which we do not need to be anything else. To discover the awe of our beauty, who we are, we simply need to connect to our essence and allow ourselves to be guided by our inner-knowingness. It is a blessing to have true music, such as ‘The Woman I Am’, that honours, represents, confirms and celebrates the realness of who we are as women.
Toni, it is very rare indeed to find a music video that celebrates woman for who they naturally are, for a music video to be empowering and confirming of the amazingness of woman without us having to do anything, simply being ourselves, this indeed calls for a celebration, ‘the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full.’
I love this song – how it shows women can be sexy and sassy without it being physical but rather coming from an essence that we carry with us and develop from within.
The Woman I Am video shows us all what true beauty is, nothing to do with any physical perfection but the celebration of every woman in her essence.
I can feel the power in the title of the song “The Woman I Am”. A truth to be claimed.
“All I had to do was to re-connect to the part inside me that knew all the words of the song to be true.” – Allowing myself to do this today listening to the song, Wow is all I can say. Feeling how the song communicates to my body felt amazing. Music is constantly communicating something to us no different to having a conversation with someone, we can tell by a persons tone of voice how they are speaking to us but just because theres a beat or melody that comes with song lyrics doesn’t mean we can’t stop to be curious and feel what is being communicated.
I just loved watching the video again this morning, I want to share it with every woman I meet, I am reminded of the wonders that lie within my body waiting to be expressed out and shared, the sacredness of divinity within our female form.
The more I am open to it the more I feel music and the more I realise that most of it is harmful, the vibration that is played is often not at all conducive to health.
Unfortunately the fact that music can harm will be one of those things that as a society we don’t fully acknowledge until way in our future.
Toni you mention that young girls ‘…should be walking around freely expressing their power, playfulness, sexiness, cheekiness and many other qualities with complete confidence and respect for themselves and each other.’ When I read that I really got how little I experienced that as a young girl – and as a young and even now as an older woman. It’s quite shocking to understand how little freedom we feel to express all we are.
‘The Woman I am’ is a lot of fun, cheeky and sassy, sexy and joy-full – everything a woman is once the yoke of ideals and beliefs, images and expectations of how a woman should be has been cast off.
Peel back all the layers of must do, must be, women are glorious and there is a strength, a playfulness, a light, a nurturing that can change the world. We couldn’t possibly go to war when we know that feeling – jealousy and comparison would be out of the window. What lovely inspiration this morning.