Join us for a monthly* online book club! We’ll dive into some of our favorite books on Buddhist philosophy and practice, contemplative studies, political theory and praxis, justice and liberation studies, and spiritual warriorship and activism. Our book club is open to all paid members on our substack, as well as supporting members of The Arrow Journal with current digital or member subscriptions. Substack members can access the book club directly through the book club tab on the substack web browser. Arrow website members will receive a Zoom link via email. The book club will generally meet on the third Friday of each month from 11a-12p ET, unless we’ve got another event scheduled. *We’ll also take a break for about one month each in the summer and winter. Zoom links will be posted in this channel. First Book Club: Friday, September 25th If you can’t make the live sessions, you can still participate by joining the conversation on substack!

the weight of a war on an empath feels like a post apocalyptic scientology…whoops i mean science fiction flick happening in real time. like something indestructible and relentless must perish in the hope for safety and softness for babies like running away in cellular and molecular waves is resistance like mischief and wit and trouble aren’t weapons of war anymore but drone strikes are and apparently Artificial intelligence… can’t spell school  so no crying. the weight on my mitochondrial self as an empath stings inside from this and all these wars perseverance sizzling out of my pores as I disappear onto the subway again. taking in the eyes of those still alive enough to raise them smiling about something abstract and meaningless  knowing only not to do so wouldn’t be less meaningless  knowing the detachment is worse than being an empath with the weight of all the pain from. all these wars… in America. repeat after me we are free. عبد ملك From our forthcoming issue, Like Fire.

What Endures in Times of Collapse “Faith is what we have when we believe in ourselves and what it is we are about, the tangibility of our horizon story (not the probability)” –Norma Kaweloka Wong In just thirteen slim chapters, Roshi Norma Wong’s When No Thing Works blends spirituality, Zen practice, Hawaiian Indigenous wisdom, collective resilience, and political strategy to address how we can adapt purposefully in a world of ongoing crises. An 86th generation Rinzai Zen Master and Abbot of Anko-in, Roshi Wong serves practice communities in Hawaii, the continental United States, and Toronto, Canada. She has also served as a state legislator and policy advisor to Governor of Hawaii, John Waihee. Released the week of the November 2024 presidential elections in the United States, Wong’s writing is a timely and vital offering to “look at the possibility beyond the fraughtness of the current moment.” If you are looking for a prescribed, straightforward “toolkit” for how to meet the world in these times, this is not the book for you. As a longtime student …