{"product_id":"the-emptiness-of-our-hands-47-days-on-the-streets-paperback","title":"The Emptiness of Our Hands: 47 Days on the Streets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003ePhyllis Cole-Dai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhyllis Cole-Dai seeks in her writing to cross deep divides to promote understanding and respect. She has edited or authored works in multiple genres, including historical fiction, spiritual nonfiction, and poetry. She makes her home in Brookings, South Dakota, where she resides with her husband, teenage son and two cats in a cozy 120-year-old house. Learn more about her work at www.phylliscoledai.com. There you can join her mailing list and receive a free sampler of her work. James Murray is an artist, writer and clinician who holds multiple graduate degrees. His primary work for over a decade has been with his firm, Breakthrough Interventions, which offers therapeutic interventions to individuals and families in crisis. He lives a creative life of service and strives to be present. Currently he resides in Wyoming and has a wonderful partner, Hana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468157862141,"sku":"9780692080856","price":27.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/b3N5NVp3S1JnUEpxSFBnRTFIUllaUT09.webp?v=1777285627","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-emptiness-of-our-hands-47-days-on-the-streets-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}