Word Mandala

Yesterday morning, I woke up thinking of The ACT Matrix as a Word Mandala.

Back in 2009, Mark Webster and I were talking and mused that the Matrix was a very simple mandala. 

If you have ever used the Matrix with others, you've seen them calmly staring; it might as well be a mandala.

Then we added words.

Who's important to you? in the lower right.

What yucky stuff (like fear) shows up in you? (Goes in the lower left.)

Upper left gets: What do you do to relieve the yucky stuff?

And upper right gets: What do you do for success with those who are important?

Once the four quadrants are learned, we sort our stories into the Matrix (mandala).

Now we really have something to stare at calmly.

Kevin
Kevin L. Polk, Ph.D.