The Nine Principles of Sacred Ground

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PRINCIPLE ONE:

We are Grounded by 

Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings 

& Mindfulness Trainings, 

while drawing from other 

Worthy Spiritual, Religious, & Secular Teachings.

PRINCIPLE TWO:

We are Boldly Bringing Together 

what is Beneficial in Buddhism, Christianity, 

& Mother Earth Spirituality, 

while we remain open to other Worthy Religious, Spiritual, & Secular Traditions.

PRINCIPLE THREE:

We are Offering a Deep Melding

of our Congregants & Communities’ 

Blood, Spirit, & Land Ancestors 

so that 

“Your Blood, Spirit, & Land Ancestors 

may become 

Our Teachers & Spiritual Ancestors.”

PRINCIPLE FOUR:

We are Building an Open & Inclusive Sangha/Church/Spiritual Community - Celebrating our Diversity 

& Inter-Being Natures - Where all are Welcome Regardless of Race, Class, Age, Gender, Sexual Preference, or Political Party. We are Creating a Safe, Nourishing, Kind, & Caring Environment where “No part of your True Self needs to be left behind.”

PRINCIPLE FIVE:

We are Committed to “Care for the Commons” – Healing our Mother Earth, our Earthen Family, & Ourselves – 

as our Primary Spiritual & Ethical Imperative. We are ReEmerging & ReIdentifying Ourselves (& Each Other) as Earth’s Stewards, 

as Earth’s Children, & as Bits & Pieces of the Living, Breathing, Walking, Feeling, Thinking, Caring, Singing, Dancing, Healing Earth Itself.

PRINCIPLE SIX:

Recognizing each Ocean Wave as Distinct & All Waves as part of the One Sea, We Celebrate the Creative Distinctiveness of Sacred Ground Community Church & Sangha, and the Individual Uniqueness of each Sacred Ground Community Member, as We simultaneously Appreciate & Proclaim the Sacred Beauty of our Fierce Interdependence, our Inter-Being Natures, our Non-Separateness, 

our Foundational Unity 

with Each Other & with ALL OTHERS.

PRINCIPLE SEVEN:

We are Based in 

Mindfulness & the Five Mindfulness Trainings; Aspiring toward “the Pure Awareness of Nowness” & "a Sense of Enough-ness”; Recognizing that "a Thorough Grounded Contentment in this Present Moment" 

is both the Path Towards & the Ground Of  Personal Well-Being, 

a Healthy Society, & 

Positive Societal Transformation.

PRINCIPLE EIGHT:

We are Dedicated to Nurturing 

a Wholesome Environment of Peace, Joy, Lightness, Compassion, Integrity, & Wholeness for Children, Teens, Young Adults, Elders, Individuals, Couples, Families, & Community by “Watering Beneficial Seeds” and refraining from watering harmful seeds in Ourselves, Each Other, & the World as we Foster the Awakening 

of the Beloved Community.

PRINCIPLE NINE:

We are Re-Sacralizing our Lives, 

our Relationships, and our Earth 

through the 

Vastness of the GREAT SACREDNESS - 

called by many names & limited to no name, 

Related to All and Inherent in All - 

for the Benefit of All Beings.

These are the Nine Principles of

SACRED GROUND

COMMUNITY CHURCH & SANGHA.

They are foundational to our

Church/Sangha/Spiritual Community.