When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse

Author/Contributor(s): Wong, Norma Publisher: North Atlantic Books Date: 11/5/2024 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW 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 Rōshi 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: 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 (机) where change beg