{"product_id":"the-emptiness-of-our-hands-james-murray-9780692080856","title":"The Emptiness of Our Hands: 47 Days on the Streets","description":"In 1999 Phyllis Cole-Dai and James Murray lived by choice on the streets of Columbus, Ohio, the fifteenth-largest city in the United States. They went to the streets with a single intention: to be as present as possible to everyone they met, offering them sustained and nonjudgmental attention. Such attention is the heart of compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book chronicles their streets experiences. It will thrust you out the door of your comfortable life, straight into the unknown. It will force you to confront what might happen to you, and who you might become, if suddenly you had no home. The meditative narrative is accompanied by pinhole photographs shot by James using cameras he constructed from trash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the third edition of the book, lightly edited. Though recounting events that occurred in 1999, it remains as relevant today as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"eye-opening\" and \"life-changing\" read \u003c\/b\u003eRead this book on its own or in the company of \u003ci\u003ePracticing Presence: Insights from the Streets, \u003c\/i\u003e which Phyllis wrote on the tenth anniversary of her time on the streets. Take your reading slow, perhaps one chapter per day, so you can absorb and reflect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you happen to be Christian, you might consider using this book and \u003ci\u003ePracticing Presence\u003c\/i\u003e as companion resources during Lent and Holy Week, which served as a backdrop for Phyllis and James's experience. But you don't need to be a Christian to take this stumbling journey into practicing mindfulness on the streets. Just allow these forty-seven days to be for you what they were for Phyllis and James: a deep embrace of core values that human beings around the world have held in common for millennia. These values might best be articulated as questions: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do we treat others as we would have them treat us?How do we love our neighbors, including those who seem \"alien\" and \"other?\"How do we extend hospitality to strangers, allowing them an honored place among us?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese age-old questions have no simple answers. We must seek to answer them daily with our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGet your free sampler of Phyllis's work when you join her mailing list at http: \/\/www.phylliscoledai.com.CATEGORIES FOR THIS BOOK: --spirituality\u003cbr\u003e--memoir\u003cbr\u003e--mindfulness\u003cbr\u003e--homelessness\u003cbr\u003e--Lent \u0026amp; Holy Week\u003cbr\u003e--social conscience\u003cbr\u003e--engaged Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Murray, Phyllis Cole-Dai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692080856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692080856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bell Sounds Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d","brand":"James Murray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046336524543,"sku":"9780692080856","price":15.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e83ec189-f972-4d0c-ba3a-f70c8b1ce343.jpg?v=1684983982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emptiness-of-our-hands-james-murray-9780692080856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}