Being Clear
Know why we are here and what we want to create together.
Ancient circles. Modern tools.
Circles
How we gather, contribute, share resources, and decide together.
Axis Mundi is building an alternative economic and governance system rooted in unity consciousness. Shared principles bring us together. Circles turn that connection into shared action.
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Ancient circles. Modern tools.
We gather in circle to listen, find shared purpose, and decide what to create together.
A DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization, supports this through shared roles, decisions, records, and a treasury governed by members. Digital tools help carry these agreements into practice, so a project can thrive beyond any one person.
Together, these allow a community to govern itself, share responsibility among its members, and collaborate with other communities across the world.
How we meet
Being Present
Bring our attention to this moment and one another.
Being Real
Speak honestly from our own experience and listen with openness.
Being Connected
Care for our connection with one another, our community, and life.
Being Heart-Directed
Let inner guidance inform what we contribute and create together.
Adapted from the Five Ways of Being by Tej Steiner and WE-powered.
Underneath · How decisions are made
Each gathering has a clear purpose. A facilitator helps hold that purpose and make room for each voice. Members choose how much they wish to share.
When a decision is needed, a proposal is shared with the people responsible for the matter. Members ask questions, offer adjustments, and raise reasoned objections. Through consent, the circle works toward an agreement its members can carry together.
The decision is recorded with who took part, who will act, and when it will be reviewed. Matters that require a vote follow the circle’s agreed voting process.
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How circles connect
Axis Mundi connects people and projects through a structure inspired by the Flower of Life: whole circles, each with its own purpose, connected wherever their work meets.
The Axis Mundi Circle
Holds the network as a whole. Members decide on matters that concern everyone, including the shared Principles and any network-wide treasury.
The Steward Circle
Cares for the network’s shared infrastructure: community coordination, records and tools, agreements, and communication. Members hold defined roles with responsibilities that can be reviewed and passed on.
Region Circles
Connect people and projects within an area, such as Pisac or the Sacred Valley. They support cooperation around local needs and shared resources.
Project Circles
Are the standing communities and organizations of the network: a sanctuary, an event center, a village, a land project, an NGO, or an online community. A project’s home can be an address, a territory, or online. Each defines its own roles, agreements, and shared resources, and can form working circles for operations, communications, or other responsibilities.
Event Circles
Form around a specific undertaking: a festival, a water delivery, a build, or a season of work. They bring together the people, roles, and resources needed to carry it through. When the work ends, the circle closes and its records remain.
A person can belong to several circles, connecting their local community with projects and events across the network.
Underneath · How circles cooperate
Each circle defines its purpose, responsibilities, and the resources it manages. Members make decisions within that agreed scope.
Projects govern their own work. Regions coordinate matters shared across projects. Event circles carry a specific piece of work. The Steward Circle maintains the network within its agreed responsibilities.
When a proposal involves another circle’s resources or responsibilities, the circles establish an agreement together. Network-wide matters follow the process agreed by Axis Mundi members.
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How a circle runs
A circle turns its purpose into work that members can carry together. Programming, hosting, finances, communications, and other needs become clearly defined roles.
Each role describes the work, the decisions its holder can make, and the resources available to support it. Members share progress, ask for support, and review their responsibilities as the work develops.
Clear roles
Members agree who carries each responsibility, from hosting and growing food to finances and technology.
Room to act
Each role has clear authority and access to the resources needed for its work.
Shared accountability
Members keep their work visible, review responsibilities, and pass on roles with the knowledge needed for continuity.
Underneath · How the circle adapts
O2 describes four interactions: Review inspects work; Synchronize coordinates action; Adapt changes organizational structure; Care supports empathetic connection. A creative tension is a perceived gap between current reality and a possible improvement.
Four supporting roles help the circle stay connected and organized:
Guide
Supports the circle’s purpose, priorities, and role assignments.
Representative
Brings the circle’s needs and tensions into the wider circle.
Facilitator
Helps members follow the agreed meeting and decision-making processes.
Scribe
Maintains clear records of roles, agreements, and governance decisions.
Each circle’s agreement specifies how people take on roles and how their responsibilities are reviewed. Roles can be renewed or handed over, with the knowledge and records needed for continuity.
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How work moves
This is how a new shared undertaking takes shape. Everyday work continues through the roles and responsibilities already in place.
1 · Bring a proposal
Describe what you want to do, why it matters, and what it needs. Bring it to the project or region circle connected to the work.
2 · Agree the scope
The relevant circle considers the proposal and agrees whether to proceed, which resources are available, and what conditions need to be met.
3 · Invite people into roles
Name the responsibilities and skills needed. Open roles can appear on the Community Board so people across the network can respond.
4 · Confirm the agreement
Participants confirm responsibilities, budget, any compensation, and how contributions will be recognized. For a defined undertaking, the confirmed participants form an event circle.
5 · Carry out the work
Members act within their roles, coordinate as needed, and record decisions and resource use.
6 · Confirm contributions
Confirm completed work or ongoing contributions at agreed reviews, adding them to members’ Passports. Useful knowledge can be shared in the network library for other circles to build on.
Underneath · From proposal to confirmed contribution
A proposal includes its purpose, work needed, roles, budget, and intended completion. Approval identifies the resources committed and who is authorized to use them.
A response to an open role begins a conversation about fit, availability, and responsibilities. Before work begins, participants agree on any compensation and who will confirm completion.
The circle’s ledger records money received and spent, with supporting receipts and an agreed level of access. Contributions of goods and labor are recorded alongside the financial activity.
When an event circle closes, its decisions, ledger, and contribution records remain available under the circle’s access agreements.
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The Passport
Your roles, collaborations, and confirmed contributions become visible across the network, building your reputation through what you do. As others recognize your experience, new invitations and opportunities to collaborate can follow.
Who you are
Your location, practices, skills, and knowledge.
Your circles
The projects, regions, and events you belong to.
Your roles
The responsibilities you hold or have held.
Your contributions
The work you have done, confirmed by the people you did it with.
From one collaboration to the next
Imagine a member who holds sound for a festival in Pisac. The circle confirms their work, and it becomes part of their Passport. A project preparing a gathering in Chiang Mai can recognize that experience and invite them to collaborate.
Credit and exchange
We are developing a credit system through which confirmed contributions can support access to what participating projects offer. This connects the value created in one circle with resources available in another.
Underneath · Records, reputation, and credit
A contribution record names the person, the work, the circle, and who confirmed it. Records remain connected to the contributor, building a history of participation and collaboration.
Members and circles agree which information is visible across the network and which remains within the circle. Personal sharing during a gathering is recorded only with the person’s agreement. Corrections preserve a history of what changed and who confirmed the change.
Credit follows a separate set of economic agreements. Its issuance, use, and relationship with wallets will be defined through the network’s agreed governance process.
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Find your way in
I hold a place or a project
Get support to organize your project in circle and connect with others across the network.
Bring Your ProjectI want to take part
Create your profile, meet others, and find opportunities to contribute.
Enter the GateI have an idea for an event
Bring a proposal to your project or region circle and invite people to help realize it.
Propose an EventFor the fuller governance and economic design, explore Whitepaper III in the Library.
Governance mechanisms draw on O2 Meta-Agreements, developed by Target Teal and contributors, with adaptations for Axis Mundi.