Barry magid informs readers of ordinary mind exploring the common ground of zen and psychotherapy that for 25 years he has practiced psychoanalysis and zen buddhism first as an analysis patient when he was a beginning zen student and now as a psychoanalyst and zen teacher he notes that both psychoanalysis and buddhism offer a comprehensive model of the mind and a mode of dealing with human suffering. This item ordinary mind exploring the common ground of zen psychotherapy by barry magid paperback 1795 only 2 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazoncom. Ordinary mind exploring the common ground of zen and psy chotherapy that for 25 years he has practiced psychoanalysis and zen buddhism first as an analysis patient when he was a beginning zen student and now as a psychoanalyst and zen teacher he notes that both psycho analysis and buddhism offer a com prehensive model of the mind and a. Written in an engaging and witty style ordinary mind helps us understand challenging ideas like zen buddhisms concepts of oneness emptiness and enlightenment and how they make sense not only within psychoanalytic conceptions of mind but in the realities of our lives and relationships. Ordinary mind is a valuable clinical journal that demonstrates the unique contribution of psychoanalytic therapy and zazen as they work together like one foot forward and one behind to foster wholehearted compassionate functioning in the world in a way not possible with one practice alone