This is my tribute to my long-time good friend, Rev. Irene Danon
who transitioned from this life experience on February 12, 2021.
Irene was a highly successful Real Estate Broker, Author,
Artist, Mother and friend to all, and a Holocaust Survivor. She
was also an Ordained Minister, having been ordained at the City
of Angels Church in Los Angeles in 2002. She was 72 at the time
of her ordination. Her website address is
www.irenedanon.com if
you would like to know more about her.
Rev. Irene Danon's ... PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
So you don't believe in God? I don't blame you. I don't
either. No I don't
believe in a conventional way of God. I do not believe that
there is an old man sitting in heaven, with a long white gown
and a long white beard, deciding who is to live and who is to
die. I do not believe that there is a God who punishes you when
you've been bad and who decides if you are going to go heaven
or hell. In fact, I don't even believe there is a heaven or
hell, out there somewhere. I don't believe that it is God, who
decides who gets sick and who is to heal. But most of all, I do
not believe that God sits there up on his high throne, and
watches as man does evil to one another.
So how can I be a minister and not
believe in God, you ask?
I believe that there is an energy all around us. I believe that
this Energy makes the sun set and the moon to rise. I believe
that this energy controls our ozone, makes the flowers bloom,
makes the hens lay their eggs and makes the caterpillar turn
into a magnificent butterfly.
I believe that man is inherently conceived good, pure and with
his own free will, and does what and how he pleases, and it has
nothing to do with God or the energy which envelops us. And
through the action of free will, man creates his own heaven or
hell within himself and in that moment of awareness.
Just like when you turn on the switch and get light, or throw a
rock up in the air and know it will come down and hit you in the
face, I believe and know that there is an order, or a law
within this energy. This law, this order, these events that
follow the action are CAUSE AND EFFECT.
I believe that this cause and effect has nothing to do with God,
or you and me. It is a self motivating
cause which reacts upon itself.
We are one with this energy. We are this energy. Our bodies are
made up of vibrating particles as is everything in this
universe. The only difference between us and other things, is
the speed of vibration.
We as individuals, can through a process called treatment
(scientific prayer) and meditation, penetrate this energy and
make it work for us. With a strong belief (or you can call it
faith) we can influence and move this energy. So get out your
pad and pencil and write down all the (demonstrations) good
things that happen to you, and be aware. Don't go through life
in a comatose state. Be aware of your every thought and your
every ward. This is your power. This is your energy. For the
more you are aware of these demonstrations the more powerful
your belief and the more demonstrations you will experience.
AND THIS POSITIVE ENERGY, THIS LOVE WE
SHARE IS WHAT I CALL GOD!
Rev. Irene
Danon, not only studied metaphysics, she demonstrated spiritual
principles in her life's work and experiences. I first met Rev. Irene
at the Hollywood Church of Religious Science, the one on Sunset
Boulevard in Los Angeles. She and I studied together to receive
our practitioner certification and then ministerial studies. Our
studies were interrupted at Hollywood by the unforeseen illness
of Dr. Domenic A. Polifrone. After I was admitted to the
ministerial program at City of Angels (MECCA), Rev. Irene
followed me there and we both studied under Dr. O. C. Smith and
Rev. Juanita Bryant-Dunn. We both received Ordination as
Religious Science Ministers. Our only disappointment on the day
of our Ordination was the passing of Dr. O. C. Smith in
2001; our great teacher was not there to present us with our
Ministerial Certifications.
The first
time I met Rev. Irene, she was just Irene at the time, and I was
just Hank, she had planned a garage type sale at the Hollywood
Church on Sunset Boulevard, and had received Board approval for
the event. It would be the first time the Church had ever had
such an event, and there was opposition to it within the church.
It was very important to Irene and the Board that the event be
successful. A few days before the event, Irene came to me and
told me she had to have surgery (and please don't tell
anyone), and asked that I take control of the event. I had never
facilitated a garage sale or yard sale event before so I was a
little nervous about doing it, especially since it had become
more important than I had imagined it would be to the Church. As
it turned out, the sale was a big success and raised a nice sum
of money for the Church. And Irene's "surgery"
operation? An "eyelift" with a noted Beverly Hills plastic
surgeon ... turned out fabulous as well!
Keep the Faith!
Rev-Bates
(Reverend Dr. Henry Lee Bates)
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