{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9798889840992","title":"When No Thing Works A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Norma Wong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by North Atlantic Books, 2024-11-05\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Between falling apart and coming together lies the threshold—step through with a Zen master's invitation to practice hope in chaotic times.\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Take a breath. Take a step.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In this time of collective acceleration—when institutions crumble, climate chaos intensifies, and polarization hardens hearts—Zen Rōshi and Native Hawaiian guide Norma Wong offers something different than solutions. She offers a way of being.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Part poetry, part strategy, part spiritual teaching, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; When No Thing Works \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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:\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Lift our gaze from urgent chaos to see the horizon beckoning\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Move from \"I\" to \"we\" through breaking bread, sipping tea, sharing stories\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Find the critical juncture (机) where change begins\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Practice the leaps that collective transformation requires—not alone, but as \"one and one and one\"\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/ul\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\"What we do with this, matters.\"\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085272989865,"sku":"PHBK-9798889840992","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/20563653488913.jpg?v=1779379678","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9798889840992","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}