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In this meditative memoir?a compelling fusion of?Barbarian Days?and the journals of Thomas Merton?the author of?Saltwater Buddha?reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of grace in the world?s oceans as well as everyday life.Born to a family of seekers, Jaimal Yogis left home at sixteen to surf in Hawaii and join a monastery?an adventure he chronicled in?Saltwater Buddha. Now, in his early twenties, his heart is broken and he?s lost his way. Hitting the road again, he lands in a monastery in Dharamsala, where he meets Sonam, a displaced Tibetan.?To help his friend, Jaimal makes a cockamamie attempt to reunite him with his family in Tibet by way of America. Though he does not succeed, witnessing Sonam?s spirit in the face of failure offers Jaimal a deeper understanding of faith. When the two friends part, he cannot fathom the unlikely circumstances that will reunite them.?All Our Waves Are Water?follows Jaimal?s trek from the Himalayas to Indonesia; to a Franciscan Friary in New York City to the dusty streets of Jerusalem; and finally to San Francisco?s Ocean Beach. Along his journey, Jaimal prays and surfs; mourning a lost love and seeking something that keeps eluding him.The poet Rumi wrote, "We are not a drop in the ocean. We are the ocean in a drop."?All Our Waves Are Water?is Jaimal?s "attempt to understand the ocean in a drop, to find that one moon shining in the water everywhere"?to find the mystery that unites us.?