{"product_id":"when-no-thing-works-a-zen-and-indigenous-perspective-on-resilience-shared-purpose-and-leadership-in-the-timeplace-of-collapse-9798889840992","title":"When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween falling apart and coming together lies the threshold--step through with a Zen master's invitation to practice hope in chaotic times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake a breath. Take a step. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this time of collective acceleration--when institutions crumble, climate chaos intensifies, and polarization hardens hearts--Zen Rōshi and Native Hawaiian leader Norma Wong offers something different than solutions. She offers a way of being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart poetry, part strategy, part spiritual teaching, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen No Thing Works\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLift our gaze from urgent chaos to see the horizon beckoning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMove from \"I\" to \"we\" through breaking bread, sipping tea, sharing stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind the critical juncture (机) where change begins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractice the leaps that collective transformation requires--not alone, but as \"one and one and one\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis isn't a book of answers. It's an invitation to practice--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"What we do with this, matters.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norma Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889840992","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44151438999597,"sku":"9798889840992","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_e50d3dce-ee79-40dd-950c-99b903d5137a.jpg?v=1757351806","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/when-no-thing-works-a-zen-and-indigenous-perspective-on-resilience-shared-purpose-and-leadership-in-the-timeplace-of-collapse-9798889840992","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}