The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves

My collection of 12 short stories has officially been released in the U.K. and the U.S. through O-Books!  Order now from Amazon...

Most of these stories occur in contemporary urban America; the people are the dispossessed middle class looking for meaning and purpose in a world that seems to have lost both; the themes are as evocative as the language — love, brutality, tenderness, humor, forgiveness and redemption, death and rebirth.  Learn more...

"This is a profound and deeply felt collection of short stories, highly recommended for those who are looking for intelligence, insight, wit and wisdom.  Especially in these days of postmodern flatness, art with depth is a rarity indeed." 
Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision
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A Heart Broken Open
The Extraordinary Story of Denis Kelly, Jun Po Roshi

Jun Po's life is fascinating by any standard.  Working-class Irish Catholic boy in the Midwest, soldier, LSD underground manufacturer kingpin, world traveler, federal prisoner, husband and father, and Zen monk, Denis Kelly finally became Jun Po under the Zen Master Eido Shimano Roshi. 

This book is the story of his Awakening, and how he came to found the revolutionary practice of Mondo Zen.  Along the way, he met Yogi's of phenomenal power and ability, confronted demons real and imagined, was nearly driven to insanity by the U.S. Army at the height of the Vietnam War, spent 7 years in a Zen monastery, survived Stage 4 throat cancer at the age of 64, and founded an entirely new school of Zen.  Jun Po is the very embodiment of a "Spiritual Warrior", and his life will provoke and inspire you.  

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