The Patriarchy is so much more than "men." It's tied into capitalism, militarism, colonialism, and almost all other toxic "isms." It's a force that has taken on such momentum that it will now require radical countermeasures if we have any hope of true equality for all, and future balance between genders.

The Patriarchy is so much more than "men." It's tied into capitalism, militarism, colonialism, and almost all other toxic "isms." It's a force that has taken on such momentum that it will now require radical countermeasures if we have any hope of true equality for all, and future balance between genders.

Family farms are the future. That, or else, we may not have a future. According to Swedish scientist Johan Rockstrom, Mother Nature has several "boundaries" within which She must operate or else extinction threatens Her and Her children (ummm...that's us, by the way). Thanks to Big Ag and current unsustainable farming practices, humankind has already breached several of these irreversible "boundaries," which means if we don't find clean, local antidotes to fetid factory farms and chemically-contaminated produce, then we risk not just our health but our globe.

This is a short dialogue about the celestial bodies we honor with our days of the week: the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

The Greeks broke down love into an array of categories and subcategories: philia, ludus, storge, agape, philautia, pragma, and eros. They also conceptualized time as chronological (kronos) and seasonal (kairos). 

Emerson famously said, "it's not about the destination but the journey." The power of a koan is its susceptibility to a number of interpretations. Meditation and mindfulness are about the moment and not the outcome. In a time when we need nuance more than ever, koans open our minds to explore possibilities in shades and hues that put to shame our tired old models of binary black and white.

Two interlocutors cover Gordon Ramsay, Oliver Anthony, Russell Brand, Jordan B. Peterson and Carl Jung. Mia enlists us all into her new cult, The Church of the Plants of the Living Garden.