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Why we do what we do

Philosophy Team Safety

Sacred Garden began in connection with the Decriminalize Nature Oakland movement, rooted in education, access, and responsible relationship to plant medicines.

Over time, it has grown into a meeting place for many lineages, traditions, and perspectives—what we sometimes call a fractal lineage: a living network shaped and carried forward through the people who participate in the community.

Sacred Garden Community observes a principle of least dogma-- the minimum belief we need to share to be a cohesive religious community:

We are open to the possibility that respectful practice with the Sacraments of our Church can bring about a direct experience of the Divine, within this lifetime.

Mission

To grow communities that benefit and thrive from informed, disciplined, safe and responsible use of sacraments.

SGC offers its Practitioners the opportunity to connect with the Divine through intentional, respectful, and caring practice with the sacraments of our church. Specifically, SGC facilitates direct experience of and relationship to Divine presence for individuals and community, and life integration of the benefits this experience and relationship can bring.

Vision

A world where the way is opened for everyone to directly experience divine presence within this lifetime.

SGC envisions growing diverse, thriving, wise individuals and communities. Specifically, SGC envisions individual and community growth in respect, care, trust and integrity, within which our own lives and all of our relationships are consecrated through direct experience of and relationship to Divine presence.

Our Core Values

Care

Compassion and softness; inviting and supporting each other to bring the best parts of ourselves to the community. Embodying the fullest expression of love, the divine, and Truth as they are uniquely and directly experienced and integrated by each community Practitioner.

Respect

Honoring each other, the spaces we curate, and the work it takes for us to exist in them. Working within the awareness of humanity’s inalienable connection to and emergence from Nature, while also recognizing the sovereignty of each individual and community within our shared Unity of Nature.

Trust

The active belief that, through our work, we will witness, support and hold space, in loving presence, for the absolute entirety of each individual’s process of awakening.

Fractal Wheel of Practice

Our path to direct experience of the Divine...

The Fractal Wheel of Practice is Sacred Garden Church’s path toward direct experience of divinity. through shared practice and community participation.

The Wheel reflects generations of spiritual practice, conversation, and direct exposure, guiding members through preparation, participation, and integration within the life of the church.

Safety

Care, Respect and Trust are our core values

SGC encourages our community members to take responsibility for clearly communicating their needs and boundaries. If anything ever does not feel right, we encourage you to use immediacy to address it in the moment or ask for help addressing it from an SGC staff or facilitator. If you have an ethical concern or an adverse experience that you were not able to address, please check out our safety and harmony page for additional resources.

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