The Art of Mastery: Principles of Effective Interaction

This title is part of the Sacred Planet Books collection.

Peter Ralston is a founder of the consciousness movement and the creator of the Art of Effortless Power, an internal martial art based on effortlessly effective interaction. Born in San Francisco but raised primarily in Asia, he began studying martial arts at the age of 9 in Singapore. By the age of 28 he had black belts or expertise in almost every martial art there is and was developing his own Art of Effortless Power. In 1978 he became the first non-Asian ever to win the World Championship full-contact martial arts tournament held in the Republic of China. He is the founder of The Cheng Hsin Center outside of San Antonio, Texas. The author of several books, including The Book of Not Knowing, he lives in Pipe Creek, Texas.