Reply #5: I am an ordained minister [View All]

in the Universal Worship Service. I took my training under a senior teacher, and still use it to this day as a spiritual practice. I've officiated at weddings, house blessings, funerals, and even cleansed a house of evil influences. Didn't take a dime for any of it. But then I see my ministry as a spiritual practice, and here's how it works:

In the Universal Worship, we honor the world's spiritual traditions and do readings from different holy texts, all based upon a theme. But the key is when I get up and read, say, the Bagava Gita, I find within myself that spirit of Krishna--or that of a devout Hindu--so that the reading comes not from me, but rather through me, if that makes sense. It is really neat to prepare for Universal Worship, because it gives the opportunity to get in touch with that part of the Being that is within all of us, and is all.

And yes, I did study in the year's classes I took. Wrote papers, did practices, and research. After all, the Gathas of Zarathustra doesn't have a concordance :)