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

• 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 requiresnot alone, but as “one and one and one”

Rather than offering answers, Wong opens doorwaysshowing 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 resistthis book is invitation and companion.

“What we do with this, matters.”

Norma Wong, a life-long resident of Hawaii, is a descendant of Native Hawaiians and Hakka Chinese immigrants. She has decades of experience in organizing, policy, strategy, and politics in Hawaii, particularly in the area of Native Hawaiian issues, serving in the Hawaii State Legislature and as a policy lead and negotiator for Governor John Waihee, Hawaiis first Native governor. Norma began her spiritual practice at the same time as her political life unfolded. These days, it is the intertwined application of Zen practice and an indigenous worldview that Norma brings to provoke practical inquiry and redirect work. She is a thought partner, a strategist, and a teacher.

• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Publish Date: November 05, 2024
• Pages: 120
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9798889840992
• Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.3 inches | 0.4 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Politics, Philosophy