Since having several enlightenment experiences in his
early twenties, Peter Ralston has devoted his life to a
relentless pursuit of the truth, investigating everything
from the principles that govern movement and interaction
to the true nature of self and reality.
As part of the San Francisco Bay Area consciousness movement
in the 1970s, he founded Cheng Hsin ("true nature"), a dogmafree
approach to consciousness that assists people from all walks
of life in exploring every aspect of their personal experience of
Being, including enlightenment. He is also the creator of The Art
of Effortless Power and in 1978 became the first non-Asian to win
the World Championship full-contact martial arts tournament in
China. He has students in more than thirty countries and travels
the world teaching this work.
Ralston's other titles include The Principles of Effortless Power,
Zen Body-Being, and The Book of Not Knowing, which Spiritual
Enlightenment magazine voted the "Book of The Year" in 2010,
calling it "a must-have book for the serious spiritual seeker." His
books have been published in six languages.
