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The Intimate Way of Zen cid_1283 For those who are justAn intimate mystery encompasses you and tugs upon your heart what does it mean to follow that tug across the arc of a spiritual life? Reflecting out of more than fifty years of practice in Zen Buddhism, Unitarian Universalism, and other contemplative traditions, James Ishmael Ford invites us into a journey through lifes mysteries and the stages of spiritual development. Lightly structured by the archetypal Buddhist oxherding images, Fords exploration