Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen & Psychotherapy
"A fascinating thesis in an engaging storytelling style. This thoughtful book can inspire us to look at our own lives and our own paths." (Psychiatric Services, A Journal of the American Psychiatric Association)"Magid teaches a Zen of everyday, ordinary experience. He describes the upper reaches of human development as the embodiment of a great wisdom, the practice of 'everydayness' as a personal harmony with the order of that which is." (Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, the newsletter of the Division of Psychoanalysis)"A wise and thought-provoking book that will have a significant impact on the way people think about the relationship between Zen and Western psychotherapy in the future." (Professor Jeremy D. Safran, editor of Psychoanalysis and Buddhism)"A wise and insightful guide to living a saner life."-- (Charlotte Joko Beck, author of Everyday Zen)