Mandalas are an ancient and sacred art that can be found in cultures and religions around the world. In my experience, mandalas are one of the most powerful consciousness raising tools. A mandala can be as simple as a circle drawn in the sand, as beautiful as a...
“We envision building inspiration centers with schools throughout the Cordilleras to empower the upcoming generations to meet the challenges of our times. Inspiration Centers will be open spaces that allow the youth to cultivate creativity, self-learning, and...
Guina’ang is a small and humble mountain village in the Northern Philippines. It takes 12 hours to get there from Manila and another two by rough road from Bontoc. I’ve been working with Guina’ang for the last two years after getting lost hiking...
I’ve been spending lots of time with our 1Mandala site. I’ve been focused on getting the core concepts refined, getting the Java script, the PHP and the HTML stuff working behind the scenes. The result? A very HEAD-heavy site. But that’s not what...
What’s the best way to make Good stuff happen? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this lately. Back when I was in university, my mentor, the campus Chaplin, would look over my weekly articles for the university newspaper. I loved to tackle...
I was asked by TrailAdventours, who are supporting the 1Mandala Guina’ang 1Book project, to tell the story of how it all began for their upcoming travel magazine. Here it is! —– The village of Guina’ang is about as far away as you can get...