Like many others, I first got ordained back in 1996 as a safety net for Reiki and other energy types of healing I was doing. I was part of a free weekly healing clinic where about a dozen healers would get together and offer our services to the public. I then moved down to Belize and lived for many years, helping out the indigenous people from my own pocket. I built a bridge, bought food & medical supplies when needed, helping out as I could. I met several other ex-pats also living there who were members of ULC, so we would gather for morning coffee and to chat, evening rum drinks and formed a loose knit congregation of sorts. My version of a Sunday sermon is to gather, and then head out into the jungles, woods, Mayan ruins or ocean, and just explore nature. We might so some animal tracking, identify local plants or just go for a wander. Then we would find a spot and everyone would separate off to do their own form of meditation. Although I haven’t performed any real ceremonies like marriage, I have performed numerous sweat lodges, vision quests and similar native ceremonies.
