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Mellen-Thomas Benedict’s Near-Death ExperienceMaybe that was my higher self, I don’t know, but I heard thisvoice, clear as day, say “shut up.” So to this day I’m the onlyone in my family who hasn’t gone into the military. My brother,his children, my grand nephew—they have all served in Iraqand everything.Angela: So let’s fast forward to what happened when youhad this brain cancer and you knew you were going to dieand you arranged for hospice—what all happened then?Mellen: That was a pure, pure miracle. I was clueless,I was as thick as a brick in those days. I didn’t have anygoals and I hadn’t told anybody. In fact, I didn’t even tell myparents until it was all over.I felt isolated, I felt alone. I was a self-employed artist withno medical insurance and all my money was gone. And itwas just by pure chance that a dear friend of mine calledme one day and said that he had a friend and they weregoing to drive down to the beach, which was about an hourand a half away, and did I want to come with them?I said, “Sure, I’ll go.”But it was when we got to the beach and were sitting on thebeach, the two of them got to talking about what they weregoing to do with the rest of their lives. Both of them wereat an interesting point in their lives where they could reallystart something new and do things.I listened to this and it just broke me up. That’s the first timeI ever told anybody that I had no future, that I was terminal.© Mellen-Thomas Benedict 2008 • 12 • & Angela Treat Lyon 2008Mellen-Thomas.com • All rights reserved • Protected Internationally • EFTBooks.com