When No Thing Works is a new book by Norma Kawelakú Wong Roshi. This is a virtual reading of the book and conversation with the author — an 86th generation Zen master, Abbott of Anko-in temple, and member of the Collective Acceleration community of practice.
What do we do When No Thing Works?
That question burned in the heart-mind and hara of our wise colleague and friend, Norma Kawelakú Wong Roshi, and we are all the better for the visionary guide that emerged from her explorations. When No Thing Works shows how we can co-create new worlds from one in crisis, exploring questions like:
As we stand at a threshold of collective change, what leaps must we make?
How can we push through discord and polarization and meet these critical changepoints collectively?
What practices, strategies, and spiritualities can align to vision a sustainable future for our communities and descendants?
How can we step out of urgency to tend to our crises with wisdom, intention, and care?
Wong Roshi asks us to not only imagine, but to live into, a story beyond crisis and collapse—one that expands to meet our dreams of what (we hope) comes next while facing with clarity and grace our here and now in the world we share today.
The live virtual event will be December 12 at 7:30-9 pm CT (3:30-5 pm HST). It is co-hosted by Collective Acceleration, Institute for Zen Leadership, and Chosei Zen. Register below to receive an email with a link to join. If you’re joining Daily Zazen (7-7:30 pm CT) beforehand, you’ll have to switch to this event-specific meeting link.
“This work is a triumph, and you can feel the thunderous dance of ancestors’—past and future—approval.” —REV. ANGEL KYODO WILLIAMS, Roshi, coauthor of Radical Dharma