The New Rainbow Warrior

"There will come a time when the Earth grows sick and when it does a tribe will gather from all the cultures of the World who believe in deeds and not words. They will work to heal it...they will be known as the "Warriors of the Rainbow."   - Native American Prophecy

7 days of 100% raw food

7 days of self love and oneness with community and the earth

7 colors of the rainbow to use to look within

Above is the Maia Mandala we here at the earth village are guided with.

I was swimming in the sea yesterday and saw this beautiful rainbow on the sky. A beautiful affirmation of who I am in alignment to the next intentions to come.

I am overly grateful for the beautiful energies and spirits here at Maia Earth Village. There are around 11 countries represented sharing the common intention and vision of oneness by connecting with self, others, and the earth.

Maia's Internet Cafe (photo by Pi Villaraza)

I write on top of a hill with a beautiful view of the mountains and the sky kissing. This is the only spot with wifi access. The wind is blowing strong and the tarp on top of me is blowing like the ship’s sail. 

Two months ago, I rode a ship to Cagayan de Oro to do arts relief work for survivors of Hurricane Washi, an overdue effect of climate change. While on the ship I recalled being on Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior for a climate change campaign 5 years earlier. Now, I feel like on the same ship with the heavy flapping sound of the tarp playing with the wind on top of me while I sit on my yoga mat up on this hill. This time, becoming the rainbow warrior myself.

Sailing on the Rainbow Warrior at 24 for the Renewable Energy Campaign

I am meditating on many things while I am here: to continue with my Masters in Arts for Peacebuilding, to continue with arts relief work in Cagayan de Oro, and if to continue accepting job offers and/or opportunities that may not be directly aligned to my own birth vision.

Most of all, I am here to answer, understand, and become this question: Who Am I?

(Maia mandala photo by Pi Villaraza)

Rebirthing with the Mandala

I started conceiving this mandala journey since 2008 and started mapping the beautiful sacred circles all over the world 2 years ago. 



I am writing this at the Mactan airport in Cebu, my birthplace, while waiting for my flight. I have just taken a ship called “Princess of the Earth” from Cagayan de Oro last night and woke up in prayer with the ocean at 4 am for guidance on this next part of my journey. 



I am en route to Puerto Princesa to commune with a beautiful conscious community of seekers, artists, gardeners, life and light workers. 



The community is guided by self-inquiry and self governance by “knowing, being, and doing” based on the principles of the Maia Mandala. This inspiring mandala was cultivated by Pi Villaraza, a fellow Filipino whose spiritual seeking led to the discovery of Inner Dance; and developed with Juanita Naidoo, a beautiful South African soul who is a guide to new beings. The development of the mandala was also co-created by members of the Maia Conscious Community.



I am taking a pause from arts relief work for survivors of Hurricane Washi/ Typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro. There are so many things I can do to help through an upcoming community art project based on the mandala as a healing and integrating medium. So many ideas brewing in my mind. 


Yet after 2 months of working, I found myself burning out. How can I sustain my energies and resources while helping others? How can I be of highest service through the co-creative process of artmaking?

How can I continue bringing the mandala into awareness and embodiment by first deepening my knowing and becoming the mandala myself? 

One of my spirit teachers taught me this important lesson about being an artist which I am still learning:There are two kinds of artists: 

One who paints the flower andOne who becomes the flower.

Giving birth to this mandala journey begins with my own rebirthing journey by  becoming that flower in every moment in awareness. 

I am now at this moment, 29 years old on Earth in this lifetime. Each moment is an opportunity to find my bliss by staying at the center of the wheel - wherever and however it may turn. This is my first lesson of the mandala.

Ok, logging off and wait for my boarding announcement :-)