YOU & YOUR HEALTH
Interview
Gateways to the soul:
SERGE BEDDINGTON-BEHRENS Serge Beddington-Behrens explains why he turned his back on a privileged life to find his true path‌
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was an only child, born with a gold spoon in my mouth. My mother was a Russian princess, my father a wealthy industrialist and I grew up in a household of chauffeurs and butlers. I went to Harrow and then to Christ Church, Oxford where I represented my university in athletics, skiing and water skiing. Up until the age of 24, I lived a privileged life. I had learned to be very charming, wore elegant clothes, and went to very smart
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parties with people who were often rich and titled! After I left Oxford and was approaching twenty three, something began slowly changing inside me. I was feeling increasingly saddened by my socially very full, but spiritually very empty life. I was beginning to withdraw from it, greatly helped by being introduced to the works of a 20th century spiritual teacher called Krishnamurti. I started doing Yoga and learned to meditate. Gradually, a new life began to open up for me.
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