With much gratitude I’d like to thank my Zen teacher, Roshi Philip Kapleau, for the decades of support and training I received from him; and also Dr. Habib Davanloo for my psychotherapeutic training. I would like to acknowledge that this article has been written with considerable help from my wife, Ven. Sunya Kjolhede. Sunya was also sanctioned and ordained by Roshi Kapleau; together we co-direct a residential training center, Windhorse Zen Community, Inc. located just outside of Asheville, NC. My heartfelt thanks, also, to Lani Banner, for her consistent support and the significant contributions she’s made throughout the writing process.