Reflections of being / Peter Ralston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ralston, Peter, 1949-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 75 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, [1991]

Summary:

Personal, reflective, and gently investigative, these early essays have a raw, fresh quality which predates the more formal theory and practice of Peter Ralston's two best-selling books, "Cheng Hsin: The Principles of Effortless Power" and" Cheng Hsin T'ui Shou: The Art of Effortless Power" . Many of the questions for which the martial arts work of Cheng Hsin is a vehicle of discovery- identity in relation to others, authenticity in the face of belief systems, the draw we have to pursue ineffective self-serving urges, and our tendency to conceptualize rather than experience things- are described here in simple, almost conversational language. Attempting to grasp what authentic knowledge is, Ralston's queries become a quest for how humans can develop a deeper sense of themselves as participants in the world.

ISBN:

1556431198

9781556431197

OCLC:

26590661

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