Ordinary Mind
Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychoanalysis

So many great quotes, so many great ideas!......more

There are times in your life that a book comes into your life at the right time and is life changing. In my early 20's it was Scott Peck's The Road less Travelled. In my forties it was No Ordinary Mind. It is the kind of book you cannot just read. It compelled me into musing, to pause often and refl......more

Not exactly what I wanted, but it's not the book's fault: it says it's exploring the common ground between Zen and (American post-Freudian) psychoanalysis, and that's what it is. I can't really comment on the merits of the latter element. As a book on Zen, it was okay, but too clear and technical fo......more

This book was written for a therapist, not for the lay person...like me! Although I found parts of it quite interesting, the author has written if from the perspective of a doctor and a zen teacher, and he is both.......more