Understand what is happening
Map a field or untangle a situation before asking it to carry a decision.
Start with the path that best matches what you need to make visible.
Generator paths
What kind of work is in front of you?
MandalaStacks generators create structured working artifacts for understanding, deciding, transforming, examining integrity, resolving tension, and discerning guidance. Start with the task you need to take up; you remain the person who chooses the tool and acts on its output.
Choose by task
Start with the work in front of you
These are entry paths, not automated recommendations or conclusions.
Decide with the tradeoffs in view
Make options, constraints, and near-term consequences easier to compare.
Choose this when the decision is real and you want its tradeoffs stated plainly.
Transform a condition deliberately
Frame a change from its present condition toward a more workable next state.
Consider this when a transition needs practices, constraints, and review points.
Examine integrity
Inspect evidence, claims, commitments, and action for gaps, drift, or distortion.
Start here when careful review matters more than a quick conclusion.
Resolve a meaningful tension
Hold competing commitments in view and look for a workable resolution path.
Choose this when both sides of a conflict need to be represented accurately.
Discern guidance carefully
Reflect on an inward signal with grounding checks, alternatives, and humility.
Consider this when you want to slow urgency rather than turn a signal into certainty.
All generators
Inspect the focused starting surfaces
Every generator has a bounded job, a canonical route, and limits on what its output can claim.
Map or understand a domain
Domain Mandala
Map a field, system, or topic into inspectable layers and relationships.
- Suitable input
- A field, system, or topic you want to map.
- Expected output
- A seven-ring domain map with relationships and next areas to explore.
- Caution level
- Low
- Approximate depth
- Foundational
Best when: you need to see the whole terrain before deciding what to study, build, or change.
Open Domain MandalaMove from one condition to another
Transformation Mandala
Frame a change from its present condition toward a more deliberate next state.
- Suitable input
- A present condition, desired direction, and meaningful constraints.
- Expected output
- A change pathway with leverage points, experiments, and review points.
- Caution level
- Moderate
- Approximate depth
- Deep
Best when: you are navigating a transition, redesign, or sustained change effort.
Open Transformation MandalaUntangle a confusing situation
Clarity
Separate signal from noise and name the question that needs attention.
- Suitable input
- A rough description of the situation, even if it is incomplete.
- Expected output
- A clean problem frame distinguishing signals, assumptions, and unknowns.
- Caution level
- Low
- Approximate depth
- Foundational
Best when: the situation feels vague, overloaded, or difficult to describe plainly.
Start with ClarityChoose among consequential options
Decision Mandala
Make choices, tradeoffs, and near-term consequences easier to compare.
- Suitable input
- A decision, the available options, and the constraints that matter.
- Expected output
- A decision workspace with criteria, uncertainty, tradeoffs, and next experiments.
- Caution level
- Moderate
- Approximate depth
- Deep
Best when: you have real options with different costs, values, or risks.
Open Decision MandalaExamine evidence, claims, or distortion
Integrity Forensics
Inspect claims and evidence for gaps, distortion, and unsupported conclusions.
- Suitable input
- A claim, source, or conclusion with the evidence available to inspect.
- Expected output
- An evidence review separating claims, support, concerns, and verification prompts.
- Caution level
- High
- Approximate depth
- Deep
Best when: a conclusion needs closer scrutiny before it guides an important action.
Open Integrity ForensicsEvaluate an inward signal
Inner Signal
Hold an inward signal in a careful, structured discernment process.
- Suitable input
- An inward impression plus the context and questions surrounding it.
- Expected output
- A discernment record with alternatives, grounding checks, and cautions.
- Caution level
- High
- Approximate depth
- Deep
Best when: you want to reflect on a felt direction without treating it as certainty.
Open Inner SignalTest coherence between values and action
Alignment Audit
Compare stated values with behavior, structures, and current commitments.
- Suitable input
- Stated values, current actions, and concrete evidence of how they meet.
- Expected output
- An alignment review showing tensions, evidence, and repair opportunities.
- Caution level
- High
- Approximate depth
- Deep
Best when: you suspect drift between what matters and what is being done.
Open Alignment AuditResolve apparently conflicting positions
Contradiction Resolver
Make competing positions explicit so their conflict can be worked through.
- Suitable input
- Two or more positions, commitments, or requirements in conflict.
- Expected output
- A contradiction map with competing claims, constraints, and resolution paths.
- Caution level
- Moderate
- Approximate depth
- Deep
Best when: two commitments appear incompatible and both need to be taken seriously.
Open Contradiction ResolverNot sure which generator fits? Start with the Guide.
Use the Guide to clarify the situation before choosing a focused surface.
Generator outputs are structured working artifacts: provisional aids for reflection and action, not authoritative conclusions or substitutes for appropriate professional, scholarly, legal, medical, psychological, or spiritual judgment.