Colorado Psychedelic Church Podcast

Sermon: The C in PACK-"Communication" as Resistance

In this sermon, Teopixqui Dez continues the exploration of PACK Life by focusing on the C: Communication. He frames communication not simply as talking, but as a sacred and practical force that builds connection, strengthens community, confronts ignorance, and resists the forces that try to isolate and silence people. Dez reflects on the church's move into a new space, the growing visibility of the community, and the responsibility that comes with having a voice. He reminds congregants that their words can protect, heal, challenge, affirm, and even save lives. Communication is presented as both a passive practice of honest connection within community and an active tool of resistance in a world where malice often speaks loudly. After Dez's sermon, Bahn Fasa Maya leads a breakout conversation on communication, connection, and compassion. The group discusses how easily words can be misunderstood, how personal history shapes perception, how hard it can be to speak when you have been silenced, and how confidence can be practiced. Congregants share real stories about being talked over, navigating miscommunication in marriage and friendships, learning to advocate for themselves, and finding power in both speech and silence. About This Episode This episode is part of the Colorado Psychedelic Church's PACK Life sermon series. PACK stands for Protection, Acceptance, Communication, and Kairos. In this gathering, Teopixqui Dez teaches on Communication, with a breakout discussion led by Bahn Fasa Maya. The sermon also includes updates about the church's new location, new sacrament options, the importance of community visibility, and the power of using one's voice in both personal healing and collective resistance. Timeline 00:01 – Teopixqui Dez welcomes the community and reflects on spiritual practice, personal growth, and peace at the end of the day. 01:20 – Updates on the new church location and gratitude for congregants helping build the new haven. 02:30 – New stage plans, open mic possibilities, karaoke, live music, and the future of Lounge Night. 03:35 – Introduction of mitocin as a new sacred compound option similar to psilocybin, with less nausea and no mushroom taste. 05:55 – Recap of PACK Life: Protection, Acceptance, Awareness, Accountability, and the move into Communication. 07:10 – Dez addresses current threats, rising fascism, voter suppression, and community as an act of defiance. 09:40 – Communication is introduced as the focus: the voice as a powerful tool for resistance, healing, and divine intervention. 12:05 – The passive side of communication: honest conversations, correction with love, and calling out ignorance without attacking one another. 15:20 – The active side of communication: voting, speaking up, and refusing to let malice dominate the public conversation. 18:20 – Dez reflects on the First Amendment, sacrament, revelry, and the church's public visibility. 21:00 – The importance of healthy communication in relationships and community: constant, clear communication. 23:25 – Dez honors Threadkeeper Sara and Cartag as examples of people who found and reclaimed their voices in the community. 26:50 – Congregants share phrases used to silence them, including "act normal," "you're too excited," and "why are you so sensitive?" 28:20 – Dez reminds the community that clergy are here to serve and help carry burdens. 30:00 – The power of small affirmations: compliments, kindness, and words that undo cruelty. 33:20 – Dez invites reflection: "Is your voice heard?" 35:20 – Sacrament notes: DCOG, microdoses, gummies from Threadkeeper Sara, chocolate microdoses from Bahn Fasa Maya, and other sacred compound options. 37:20 – Dez invites Bahn Fasa Maya to speak from her experience as a woman who has had to fight to have her voice heard. 40:40 – Bahn Fasa Maya begins the breakout discussion on communication, perception, and misunderstanding. 42:40 – Maya connects Communication with connection and compassion as essential parts of PACK Life. 46:45 – Group discussion begins: McKenzie asks how to speak when your voice has been actively silenced. 47:15 – Maya's advice: fake it till you make it, speak even if your voice shakes, and build confidence through practice. 49:00 – Brandy shares how showing up without waiting for permission led her to testify before a state committee and attend a Democracy in Action Summit. 51:10 – A congregant reflects on fear of public speaking and how mushrooms have helped soften harsh self-judgment. 52:25 – Tony shares struggles with being talked over and not feeling heard. 53:45 – The group discusses silence, self-advocacy, and making sure people worth investing in respect your voice. 58:00 – Practical tips for speaking with confidence: posture, breath, projection, and "Superman pose." 01:01:20 – Ham shares a recent communication breakdown with his wife after attending a DMT experience, and another misunderstanding with a friend that was healed through conversation. 01:05:30 – A congregant reflects on how hard it can be to explain complex thoughts before others jump to conclusions. 01:07:20 – The group talks about dialect, regional language, perception, and humor around phrases like "jeet" and "y'all." 01:11:25 – The breakout conversation winds down. About The Colorado Psychedelic Church The Colorado Psychedelic Church is a spiritual community centered on healing, connection, revelry, and authentic communal experience. Through sermon, sacrament, ceremony, and community support, the church seeks to help people reconnect with themselves and with one another while building meaningful spiritual momentum together. The church embraces the concept of PACK Life: * Protection * Acceptance * Communication * Kairos These principles guide the community's approach to healing, accountability, and shared spiritual growth. Contact & Connect Website: ColoradoPsychedelicChurch.com Discord: Join the community discussion and sermon conversations through the Discord link on the website. Podcast: Follow the podcast for weekly sermons, community discussions, and spiritual exploration. If this sermon resonated with you, consider leaving a review or sharing the episode. 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Sermon: The A in PACK-What It Means to Truly Find "Acceptance"

What does it mean to truly belong somewhere … without losing yourself in the process? In this sermon, Dez continues the ongoing series on PACK Life by exploring the "A" in PACK: Acceptance, Acknowledgement, and Accountability. Together, these three ideas form a foundation for authentic spiritual community … one built not on perfection, but on honesty, growth, healing, and shared responsibility. Dez reflects on the importance of being fully seen while still being fully accepted. From difficult conversations about language, identity, and personal growth to the fear of rejection and isolation, this message dives deeply into what it means to exist authentically within a healing community. The sermon also includes major updates on the church's upcoming new space, the June 1st grand opening, new sacrament offerings, and the vision of creating a visible beacon of healing and connection in Colorado Springs. Throughout the message, Dez emphasizes that PACK Life is not about conformity or becoming "a face in the crowd." Instead, it's about strengthening individuality while building meaningful communal bonds rooted in acceptance, accountability, and love. In This Sermon * Updates on the new church space and June 1st grand opening * The meaning behind PACK Life * Acceptance vs. blind acceptance * Accountability as thoughtful participation in community * Why acknowledgment is necessary for growth * Healing through authentic connection * Revelry vs. escapism * Building "the divine us" * New sacrament offerings including gummies, chocolates, and cannabis blends * Creating community through small shared experiences Memorable Quotes "We revel in our existence." "Acceptance is how we battle a lot of that doubt." "You exist to create. Not to lose who you are." "The divine us stands with us." "You could be the spark." "Community happens in motion." About The Colorado Psychedelic Church The Colorado Psychedelic Church is a spiritual community centered on healing, connection, revelry, and authentic communal experience. Through sermon, sacrament, ceremony, and community support, the church seeks to help people reconnect with themselves and with one another while building meaningful spiritual momentum together. The church embraces the concept of PACK Life: * Protection * Acceptance * Communication * Kairos These principles guide the community's approach to healing, accountability, and shared spiritual growth. Contact & Connect Website: ColoradoPsychedelicChurch.com Discord: Join the community discussion and sermon conversations through the Discord link on the website. Podcast: Follow the podcast for weekly sermons, community discussions, and spiritual exploration. If this sermon resonated with you, consider leaving a review or sharing the episode. Your voice may help someone else find the healing and community they've been searching for.

Cody's Story: DMT, Democracy, and Doing What's Right

In this episode, Oracle Richard sits down with congregant Cody for a wide-ranging conversation about community, activism, psychedelics, personal healing, and what it means to keep moving forward "one thing at a time." Cody shares how he first connected with the Colorado Psychedelic Church after meeting Teopixqui Dez at a No Kings event in Colorado Springs. From there, he began attending Tuesday sermons, a Friday lounge night, and a Sunday DMT sacrament experience that became deeply meaningful. Together, Oracle Richard and Cody explore Cody's spiritual background, his departure from traditional Christian spaces, his political and social activism, his work toward creating a civic transparency app, and the way psychedelics have helped him clarify his path. Cody also reflects on DMT as a powerful experience of beauty, alignment, and accountability … one that helped him see his move to Washington, D.C. as part of a larger unfolding journey. Timeline 00:03 — Oracle Richard introduces Cody and the purpose of inviting congregants to share their stories. 00:24 — Cody shares gratitude for the church and what it means to call the community his own. 01:05 — Cody talks about bringing brightness, living with compassion, and his motto: una cosa a la vez … one thing at a time. 03:08 — Oracle Richard asks who Cody was before finding the community. 03:40 — Cody describes a recent experience leaving a Christian church after anti-trans rhetoric from the pulpit. 06:20 — Cody explains how he met Teopixqui Dez at a No Kings event in Colorado Springs. 07:21 — Cody begins sharing his Sunday DMT sacrament experience. 08:00 — Cody recalls his first DMT experience from years earlier and how this new experience felt connected to it. 09:00 — Cody describes the first hit: geometric beauty, opening his eyes, and realizing the world around us is already the most beautiful thing. 11:16 — Cody describes the second hit: color, pattern, humor, and seeing everything as connected. 13:08 — Cody describes the third hit: gratitude, love, accountability, and the phrase una cosa a la vez returning. 16:26 — Oracle Richard reflects on the church as a stepping stone in Cody's journey toward Washington, D.C. 17:36 — Cody explains his background in biotechnology and mushroom cultivation. 19:00 — Cody talks about finishing a business administration degree and how moving to D.C. aligns with his graduation. 21:14 — Cody discusses wages, work, and why he shifted from biotech to business. 22:00 — Cody introduces the civic transparency app he is building to make democracy easier to understand and access. 26:33 — Oracle Richard asks what politically activated Cody. 26:49 — Cody reflects on Christianity, justice, and how people in his life moved away from the values they taught him. 28:13 — Cody shares how knowing someone who was trafficked shaped his sense of responsibility. 29:00 — Cody talks about inviting others into the community and a difficult Friday night experience with someone he brought. 31:51 — Cody describes finding the kind of community he had been searching for. 34:32 — Oracle Richard reflects on the church's role as a meaningful step in Cody's path. 35:19 — Cody brings up Oracle Richard's sermon and his questions about magic, change, and responsibility. 38:32 — Oracle Richard offers an agnostic perspective on big spiritual questions: we may be too small to know, so don't worry too much. 40:07 — Cody revisits the dreamlike quality of his DMT experience. 41:07 — Oracle Richard reflects on DMT, memory, and the importance of speaking about the experience soon after revelry. 45:18 — Cody shares that after his DMT experience, he attended a meet-and-greet with local politician Joe Reagan and asked about psychedelics, veterans, PTSD, and disinformation. 46:53 — Oracle Richard honors Cody's willingness to bring good change wherever he is. About the Colorado Psychedelic Church The Colorado Psychedelic Church is a spiritual community centered on healing, sacred entheogens, revelry, and meaningful connection. Through sermons, sacrament, ceremonies, open hours, and community gatherings, the church creates space for people to reconnect with themselves, with each other, and with the divine in ways that are personal, grounded, and communal. The church emphasizes PACK Life: Protection, Acceptance, Communication, and Kairos. Contact Us Website: ColoradoPsychedelicChurch.com Find the Discord link, event information, podcast updates, and more at the bottom of the website.

Sermon: The P in PACK-"Protection" is an Active Effort

In this sermon, Teopixqui Dez opens with gratitude for the community and reminds everyone that community does not happen passively… it happens when people choose to show up, step out of isolation, and create the "divine us" together. Dez shares excitement about the church's upcoming new space, with a planned grand opening around June 1st, possible pre-opening lounge night, updates coming to the website, and opportunities for the congregation to help prepare the building. The heart of the sermon focuses on PACK Life, beginning with the first letter: Protection. Dez explains that protection is not only about standing between someone and danger. It is also about sustainability, care, healing, boundaries, and noticing when someone is wounded before they even realize they are bleeding. Protection comes from both within and around us… through self-reverence, trusted kin, and a community willing to show up when things get hard. Dez connects protection to the Guardian and the Warden from the Seven Psyches: the shield and the sword, the healer and the fighter, the one who tends wounds and the one who fights malice where it stands. He also speaks vulnerably about childhood bullying, trauma, and how lack of protection can become vengefulness… while true healing can become peace, strength, and a life well lived. The sermon closes with encouragement to actively protect something this week, whether that means protecting your own peace, someone else's peace, or simply brightening a stranger's day. Dez also shares updates about sacrament gummies, chocolate microdoses, the upcoming church space, opportunities to help, and the new cannabis sacrament blends from the GrowBros. Timeline 00:00 – Opening and Community as Motion Teopixqui Dez welcomes the congregation and reminds everyone that community is created through active participation. 01:00 – New Space Updates Dez shares excitement about the upcoming new space, possible pre-opening gathering, June 1st grand opening plans, and website updates. 03:00 – Introducing PACK Life The sermon shifts from last month's Seven Psyches series into PAC Life: Protection, Acceptance, Communication, and Kairos. 05:00 – Protection from Within and Without Dez explains that protection includes threats outside the community as well as wounds, isolation, and harm growing within us. 07:30 – Protection as Love in Action Protection is framed as caring enough to notice when someone is hurting and showing up when it is inconvenient. 09:30 – Guardian and Warden Energy Dez connects protection to the Guardian and Warden: the shield that heals and fortifies, and the sword that confronts malice directly. 11:00 – Protecting the Inner Child Dez discusses trauma, wounded younger selves, and how naming those wounds helps us protect and heal them. 15:00 – Revere the Self as Protection The first universal truth becomes a call to fortify yourself, name your wounds, and take healing seriously. 17:00 – Childhood Bullying and Vengefulness Dez shares how a lack of protection in childhood can create a desire for revenge, and how healing redirects that fire. 20:00 – Healing as Resistance The congregation reflects on wounds they once thought they would simply have to live with, and Dez celebrates the healing happening in the community. 23:00 – Homework: Protect Something Dez invites everyone to actively protect someone's peace, their own peace, or something meaningful during the week. 26:00 – Reviews, Sacrament, and Feedback Dez asks listeners and congregants to leave honest reviews, sample new gummies and chocolates, and give feedback before the June 1st opening. 30:00 – Building the New Space Together Dez invites congregants to help prepare the new location and sign a tapestry that will mark everyone who helped make the dream real. 34:00 – Cannabis Sacrament Update The GrowBros have created cannabis sacrament blends, including clergy-inspired blends, available as five half-gram sacrament joints for donation or art cards. 36:00 – Closing Gratitude Dez closes by thanking the congregation for sharing their time, the community's most precious resource. About the Colorado Psychedelic Church The Colorado Psychedelic Church is a community centered on sacred entheogens, spiritual growth, harm reduction, and meaningful connection. The church teaches that healing happens through reverence for the self, communal experience, and trusting that the universe provides. Contact Us Learn more, join the Discord, see upcoming events, or connect with the community at: ColoradoPsychedelicChurch.com

What We Protect, What We Build w/ Teopixqui Dez & Threadkeeper Sara

Teopixqui Dez and Threadkeeper Sara sit down in the communal space while folding educational pamphlets and talk candidly about something every real community eventually faces… criticism, misunderstanding, and the need to protect what's being built. What starts as a conversation about online reviews turns into a bigger reflection on boundaries, generosity, access, and the difference between a movement built on healing and an industry built on profit. Dez and Sara speak openly about a hostile online comment that showed up in response to one of the church's public event posts, and use it as a springboard to talk about what the Colorado Psychedelic Church is actually trying to create. They explore the idea of energy exchange in the community… why volunteer work, art cards, mutual aid, and shared effort matter… and why access does not have to be purely financial to be meaningful. They also talk about the ethics of leadership, the importance of creating multiple paths into healing, and the reality that when you're doing visible good, not everyone will celebrate it. This conversation is a reminder that meaningful community is not passive. Gardens do not stay healthy on their own. They are tended. Protected. Nourished. And sometimes that means refusing to let weeds take root. At the heart of it all is a simple truth: the church is not here to compete, to exploit, or to cash in. It is here to create access, support healing, and build a space where people can show up as they are and grow into who they're becoming. Timeline 00:02 – Welcome from the communal space Teopixqui Dez and Threadkeeper Sara introduce the conversation while working on community pamphlets. 00:48 – Reviews, visibility, and why public voices matter Sara shares how she discovered the church had online reviews and why they help people find the community. 01:51 – A rough start to the morning Dez explains the hostile online comment that sparked the conversation. 02:24 – Good work attracts criticism Why healing-centered spaces often provoke backlash from profit-driven or exclusionary mindsets. 03:07 – Gardens, weeds, and boundaries The importance of protecting the community from malice while remaining open to growth. 04:30 – Reddit, outreach, and visibility How people discover the church and why showing up publicly matters. 05:17 – Vitriol vs. real feedback Distinguishing between bad-faith attacks and meaningful critique. 07:17 – What "energy exchange" really means Sara explains volunteerism, art cards, and non-financial ways of contributing. 08:18 – Investment creates transformation Why having "skin in the game" often leads to deeper healing. 09:19 – Access for everyone Dez makes clear that financial struggle is never a barrier to receiving support. 10:16 – The reality of sustaining the mission Balancing altruism with the practical need to keep the community running. 11:22 – Time, labor, and clergy support The real investment behind ceremonies and holding space. 14:02 – Movement vs. industry Why the church focuses on access and healing instead of profit. 14:54 – Different paths into healing Retreats, communal experiences, and meeting people where they are. 16:29 – Why your voice matters Encouraging listeners to share honest experiences to counter misinformation. 17:51 – Communication over assumption The importance of direct conversation within community. 19:33 – Standing firm without arguing Dez shares the principle: "Never argue when you're right." 20:20 – Closing reflections A reminder that the work continues, and the focus remains on healing. Contact Us To learn more about the Colorado Psychedelic Church, upcoming events, open hours, and ways to connect: ColoradoPsychedelicChurch.com If you've attended an event or been impacted by the community, consider sharing your experience. Your voice helps others find a place to heal and belong.