When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse
| AUTHOR | Wong, Norma |
| PUBLISHER | North Atlantic Books (11/05/2024) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Between falling apart and coming together lies the threshold--step through with a Zen master's invitation to practice hope in chaotic times. Take a breath. Take a step. In this time of collective acceleration--when institutions crumble, climate chaos intensifies, and polarization hardens hearts--Zen R?shi and Native Hawaiian guide Norma Wong offers something different than solutions. She offers a way of being. Part poetry, part strategy, part spiritual teaching, When No Thing Works reads like sitting with a wise friend who sees both the falling-apartness and what's arising. With stories that spiral and return, with humor that lightens without dismissing, Wong invites us to:
Rather than offering answers, Wong opens doorways--showing us how to be at the threshold between a devolving world and an emergent one, how to hear what cannot be heard, how to move in the slipstream of these times with both urgency and patience. For those feeling the weight of "too much going much faster," for those seeking a different rhythm, for those ready to cocreate rather than merely resist--this book is invitation and companion. "What we do with this, matters."
- Lift our gaze from urgent chaos to see the horizon beckoning
- Move from "I" to "we" through breaking bread, sipping tea, sharing stories
- Find the critical juncture (?) where change begins
- Practice the leaps that collective transformation requires--not alone, but as "one and one and one"
Rather than offering answers, Wong opens doorways--showing us how to be at the threshold between a devolving world and an emergent one, how to hear what cannot be heard, how to move in the slipstream of these times with both urgency and patience. For those feeling the weight of "too much going much faster," for those seeking a different rhythm, for those ready to cocreate rather than merely resist--this book is invitation and companion. "What we do with this, matters."
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ISBN-13:
9798889840992
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
120
Carton Quantity:
84
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 0.40 x 8.40 inches
Weight:
0.35 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
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Country of Origin:
CA
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Social Science | Activism & Social Justice
Social Science | Zen
Social Science | Future Studies
Dewey Decimal:
650.1
Library of Congress Control Number:
2024003166
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Between falling apart and coming together lies the threshold--step through with a Zen master's invitation to practice hope in chaotic times. Take a breath. Take a step. In this time of collective acceleration--when institutions crumble, climate chaos intensifies, and polarization hardens hearts--Zen R?shi and Native Hawaiian guide Norma Wong offers something different than solutions. She offers a way of being. Part poetry, part strategy, part spiritual teaching, When No Thing Works reads like sitting with a wise friend who sees both the falling-apartness and what's arising. With stories that spiral and return, with humor that lightens without dismissing, Wong invites us to:
Rather than offering answers, Wong opens doorways--showing us how to be at the threshold between a devolving world and an emergent one, how to hear what cannot be heard, how to move in the slipstream of these times with both urgency and patience. For those feeling the weight of "too much going much faster," for those seeking a different rhythm, for those ready to cocreate rather than merely resist--this book is invitation and companion. "What we do with this, matters."
- Lift our gaze from urgent chaos to see the horizon beckoning
- Move from "I" to "we" through breaking bread, sipping tea, sharing stories
- Find the critical juncture (?) where change begins
- Practice the leaps that collective transformation requires--not alone, but as "one and one and one"
Rather than offering answers, Wong opens doorways--showing us how to be at the threshold between a devolving world and an emergent one, how to hear what cannot be heard, how to move in the slipstream of these times with both urgency and patience. For those feeling the weight of "too much going much faster," for those seeking a different rhythm, for those ready to cocreate rather than merely resist--this book is invitation and companion. "What we do with this, matters."
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