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Surrounded by Angels

Rev. Johannys Hartog

It was like I was deaf when I was told the news. My brain couldn’t process what my ears had just heard.

The afternoon of July 18, 2007 was beautiful. I was at my home with one of my sisters, helping her with some projects, when the phone rang. The doctor was calling to give me the results of my breast biopsy, which I had repeatedly been told would be negative. I remember her words clearly. She coldly said,  “Unfortunately, you have cancer.”  What? She repeated those words.  I remember my heart beat accelerating.

Fortunately for me, I had already started the journey of becoming an Ordained Minister through Pathways of Light Spiritual College. I had also recently become a Licensed Unity Teacher. I saw the Pathways of Light courses as one more step on my journey to my true home with God. I know I have a call to serve through a ministry, and whatever the way I am guided to serve, I will say yes. Still, the diagnosis I heard that July day preoccupied my thoughts, changed my plans, and affected my whole world dramatically. I had been unable to carry babies to term, and now I doubted if motherhood would ever be in my future.  My job as an assistant Unity Minister, which seemed so important before, now became almost unimportant. My husband Jack’s loving concern and our life together were the center of my thoughts.

As A Course in Miracles student and facilitator for several years, I knew that the illness was not witnessing the truth of who I am. It was, to speak plainly, a lie.  I knew that God didn’t create this breast tumor; I knew that I was born with all I need to be able to express what we all are called to express: my holiness and oneness with God and every being. Anything else is just an invention of my erroneous mind. What was not created by God doesn’t have any power over me. As it is said in A Course in Miracles, ”The ego has a profound investment in sickness. If you are sick, you cannot object to your ego’s firm belief that you are not invulnerable.” T-8.Vlll.3:2

Whatever the thought in my mind that created this illness, the Holy Spirit will undo it with a little willingness on my part, for as it is said in A Course in Miracles, “Healing is always certain. It is impossible to let illusions be brought to truth and keep the illusions.” M- 6.1:1 and “Healing is the change of mind that the Holy Spirit in the patient’s mind is seeking for him.” M-6.4:3

At that time, I was helping my Pathways of Light facilitator, Rev. Annie Arbona, translate the Pathways of Light courses into Spanish. Through that relationship, I had been blessed to be able to bond with Mary and Robert, the founders of the Pathways of Light Spiritual College.

Soon after my diagnosis, on a Saturday morning, by phone,  Robert, Mary, Sharyn Zenz and Annie conducted a healing prayer service. My beloved husband, Jack, silently sat by my side, listening to the inspirational words and heart sentiments.  All they did was to remind me of my innocence again and again, while I opened my heart to accept this truth.

My surgery to remove the tumor was scheduled. Though my faith was strong, I knew the diagnosis had profoundly affected me, giving me periodic dark moods and sapping my strength. Although my eternal Self knew better, my ego allowed the diagnosis to cause me to spend many restless nights reviewing my past life and wondering about the future.
 
The night before the scheduled early morning lumpectomy, I went to take a shower.  In the bathroom, I heard the Voice for God, who I identify as Jesus, which I had often heard before. His words were unmistakable: “The nightmare is over.”  The nightmare is over. The nightmare is over! Thank you God! My knees buckled at the awesomeness of this assurance.  I couldn’t help but kneel down and say again and again, “Thank you God. Thank you Jesus.”  That night I slept like a baby knowing that everything was already OK.  In the mind of God, my prayers for health had long been answered.

On September 13, which happened to be The World Day of Prayer, I had the tumor removed. I remember waking up after the procedure and the surgeon telling me:  “You are the happiest person that I have ever operated on. You have being smiling during the whole procedure.” I knew, just knew, this operation would be the end of my cancer and that this whole episode would serve only to make me a stronger, healthier spiritual person.

A few days later, the pathology results showed that I had no cancer cells around the tumor. The cancer had not spread anywhere and the probabilities of recurrence were very low. I didn’t need chemotherapy; there was a recommendation to undergo radiation for six weeks, which I refused. I knew I was completely, 100%, healed.
 
Through this process I was surrounded by angels everywhere, in addition to Mary, Robert, Sharyn and Annie. “That is nothing,” were the words of one friend, steeped in A Course in Miracles, when I called her to tell her the news about the diagnosis. We engaged in a holy conversation about God, our true identity as God’s creations, and nutrition, which played a very important role in my healing process. My osteopath, who in addition to his medical advice, continually reminded me, as part of my treatment, who I really am. A Unity minister and his wife on the morning of my surgery stayed connected by phone with my husband in prayer. I shared the diagnosis with very few people, including family. But those who knew cared and prayed for my recovery. And my beloved husband gave boundless love; he was my constant companion, my rock, and my strength.

The love of all these angels showed me that love is possible even in this dream of separation and death.

Rev. Johannys Hartog, O.M.C., is a Pathways of Light minister living in Miami, Florida.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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The Exciting Dream

Rev. Larry Glenz

After 36 years as a history teacher and coach of several sports at the same high school, I am now in the final two months before my retirement from a long and rewarding career. Any major change in the “external world” is usually a source of anxiety for those of us still too attached to the ego-self and the illusion of who we think we are. I have loved being “Mr. Glenz” in the classroom and “Coach Glenz” on the field for so long I have come to believe that this is who I really am. Everything except the concepts I’ve learned from A Course in Miracles tells me that I really am this guy!

I am now in the process of reading Take Me to Truth — Undoing the Ego by Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Viera. I am also looking forward to the three day workshop with these authors in Kiel, Wisconsin given in early August in order to help me better realize Who I really am. Being reminded that I am not who I think I am is of great value to me right now as I ponder what God’s plan for me is in this dream I have created that seems so real.

Since I am the creator of this dream and the Truth is that I am at home in the Oneness that is God, how then am I going to experience this radical change in my concept of who I am? Am I going to feel the same sense of importance that my school community has fostered upon me for more than three decades? It seems I have always loved my job more than others have loved theirs. Won’t I feel diminished without this familiar role I have cherished for so long? Some Answers are calling out to me.

I am being taught that my greater happiness lies in attaching to the Unified Self instead of the ego-self. I am being taught that trust in the Source is the most important of all qualities required for me to fully reach my potential for happiness. And I am taught we do not know our own best interests except to ask for Higher Guidance. This is all very reassuring and exciting; but can I keep myself focused on the Unified Self and not the ego-self?

Commitment to these beautiful concepts and a strong desire for a greater connection to Holy Spirit is, I’m sure, the true pathway of Light. So with this commitment, I release all fear in my decisions since I do not intend to make them alone. My intention is to be open to everything — even those things and circumstances that I would not want or ask for in my life or for this planet. I do not know my own best interests except to ask for Higher Guidance — and so I will! And with that, how exciting is the rest of this dream going to be until I am fully awake?

I feel like I’m just getting started now. Marianne Williamson’s new book, The Age of Miracles — Embracing the New Midlife has also been very encouraging. It reminds me that I am in such a better mind-set than I was in for most of this dream. I’m ready to take off now with the direction provided by Holy Spirit. Since He awakens us slowly because of the shock we would experience otherwise, I guess I can just let the Holy Spirit take all the “time” necessary for a proper Awakening. In the meantime, I’ll just concentrate on the present moment — since that’s all there is anyway. Exciting? Yes, very exciting!

Rev. Larry Glenz, O.M.C., is a Pathways of Light minister living in Long Island, New York.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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Dear Child

Rev. Mary Manke

A single thought held truly
will set you free.

A thought that delivers
you from every insane,
unreal guilt thought is
the only thought you want.

It is within you now.

Lovingly held
till you are ready to
hold it yourself.

There is no loss, only Love.

There is no fear, only Love.

There is no independence,
only Love.

Rev. Mary Manke is a Pathways of Light minister living in Wautoma, Wisconsin.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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Mighty Companions

Rev. Sharyn Zenz

As I sat this morning with Holy Spirit, the words ‘mighty companions’ came to me. I realized in that holy instant that every single person I look upon or interact with is my mighty companion. What a great gift it is to have been sent all of these companions to help me on my path of awakening.

Sometimes different people’s interactions with me don’t seem like a gift for sure! It seems like they really know how to push my buttons, or that their actions are really making my life difficult. But boy, is that ego thinking and completely the opposite of what is Truth.

The truth is I am one with everyone and everyone is in my life as a gift in order to heal my mind. They are there so that I may learn from each situation to let go of the ego and strengthen my connection with Spirit. When a situation comes along that doesn’t seem fair, or seems like I am lacking something (money, self-worth or any number of things) I know immediately that there is something here for me to look at with Holy Spirit so that I can lift the veil and see the blessing that this person is bringing to me. When I see the blessing that Holy Spirit shows me, and then feel that blessing, my whole outlook and demeanor changes. I am free and look upon everything as the true Love that it is.

If I try to figure things out by myself and think I know what is best for the situation, I can be sure that it will not be effortless and I will be missing the “gift” that is placed right in front of me. But when I remember that I know nothing and go to Holy Spirit with the circumstance and ask to see with His Vision, I am assured that I will see something I probably never thought of on my own and the whole situation now looks different. I accepted His vision and have looked at my mighty companions with love and understanding through the eyes of Holy Spirit.

This last weekend Regina Dawn Akers and Laurent Elie Levy were at Pathways of Light and I received many, many, blessings. What a gift the two of them were to my awakening! I was able to look at my thoughts as only that… thoughts. And when those thoughts come along, I can choose to connect with them and start writing the ego’s story, or I can ask myself, “Is this what I really want? Will this bring me what I want most, which is my awakening?” Just by asking Holy Spirit those two simple questions I can “let go” of the thoughts and move on to awakening with my mighty companions. Thank you God for each and every mighty companion that You have given me as a gift. I love you.

Rev. Sharyn Zenz is a Pathways of Light minister living in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She serves as the Office Liaison for Students/Facilitators at Pathways of Light.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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