Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic Buddhism.

America comes from a flawed but wonderful idea. Many great things have sprung forth over the past few hundred years but there were deep issues in the beginning that now are starting to show up.

Things today have become too big, too centralized, and too disassociated to be in relationship to each other.

Start from the bottom up.

Women have a connection to life force and nurturing. They have a connection that men don't have. It doesn't mean one's better or more important, it's just a difference.

Whatever shift is necessary is dependent on the scale on which it can be implemented, which is to say in your local community and family.

Don't walk in with a colonial mindset and say, "We know your problem and we're going to fix it."