Michèle Michael was already involved in practicing Zen when she met Edward Salim Michael in 1974. She rapidly perceived the importance of the teaching given to her. Because of the fact that Edward Salim Michael had never been to school and had no mother tongue, she took several years to convince him to embark upon writing a first book. This book, THE WAY OF INNER VIGILANCE, would be written in English and demanded the unremitting work of its author for four years. Michele Michael translated it in French. In 1983, when this first book simultaneously came out in English in London and in French in Belgium, she married Edward Salim Michael with whom she would continue to collaborate closely, assisting him in writing his seven other books written directly in French. Aside from these, Edward Salim Michael and Michèle Michael published a translation of the DHAMMAPADA, the famous Buddhist text. In addition to his spiritual journey, Michèle Michael collected Edward Salim Michael’s memories and reflections which she put together in his biography published in French in 2013 and in English in 2015 under the title of “THE PRICE OF A REMARKABLE DESTINY” The WAY OF INNER VIGILANCE has been republished in 2010 by Inner Tradition under the new title : THE LAW OF ATTENTION