The Book of Not Knowing, Peter Ralston
The Book of Not Knowing, Peter Ralston
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The Book of Not Knowing
Exploring the True Nature of Self, Mind, and Consciousness

Author: Peter Ralston, Laura Ralston

Narrator: Keith O'Brien

Unabridged: 19 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/25/2017

Synopsis

For fans of Eckhart Tolle—a guide to mastering self-awareness through direct experience rather than old presumptions or harmful thought patterns

Through decades of martial arts and meditation practice, Peter Ralston discovered a curious and paradoxical fact: that true awareness arises from a state of not-knowing. Even the most sincere investigation of self and spirit, he says, is often sabotaged by our tendency to grab too quickly for answers and ideas as we retreat to the safety of the known.

This "Hitchhiker’s Guide to Awareness" provides helpful guideposts along an experiential journey for those Western minds predisposed to wandering off to old habits, cherished presumptions, and a stubbornly solid sense of self. With ease and clarity, Ralston teaches readers how to become aware of the background patterns that they are usually too busy, stressed, or distracted to notice. The Book of Not Knowing points out the ways people get stuck in their lives and offers readers a way to make fresh choices about every aspect of their lives—from a place of awareness instead of autopilot.

About The Author

In 1975, Peter Ralston founded Cheng Hsin, a dogma-free approach to using direct experience in body/mind training, and two years later opened The Cheng Hsin School of Internal Martial Arts and Center for Ontological Research in Oakland, California. The first non-Asian ever to win the World Championship full-contact martial arts tournament, Ralston is author of Zen Body-Being, Cheng Hsin: Principles of Effortless Power, and other books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Todd on May 15, 2012

The Book of Not Knowing is one of the most important books that I own. In fact, if I were stranded on a desert island and could only have 3 books this would be the one I most definitely would not want to be without. No one interested in understanding the nature of who they really are, should be with......more

Goodreads review by Fernando on November 11, 2015

The book of returning to the simple state of nothingness. This is a direct guide to your true nature of existing, from nothing, to the whole essence of just being. The term not knowing is a start to understanding the world we live in by simply and effortlessly just living. Ralston explains step by s......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on May 15, 2013

I am loving this book. It's easy to read and yet sort of exhausting; mindfulness requires so much energy, somehow. This book brings me peace and I like its format, laid out like scripture chapters and verses; a nice replacement for those of us who have left organised religion.......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on November 29, 2018

Ralston, P. (2010). The Book of Not Knowing: Exploring the True Nature of Self, Mind, and Consciousness. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books. Paperback, 581 pp., $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55643-857-8. Reviewed by: Nicholas E. Brink, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist Who am I? What is the self? What is consciousnes......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on February 03, 2020

An epically profound book. The power of content in this book is second to none. Surely one of the most sophisticated and in-depth reads I've had the fortune of reading on the topic of consciousness. Ralston explores all the fundamental aspects of human experience and how they interrelate with consci......more

Quotes

“True innovators are, by definition, ahead of their time. Therefore, they remain largely unrecognized, except by a few. How many of us wish we had met Bruce Lee, sat in a session with Carl Jung, or walked around Walden Pond with Thoreau? Too late for that, but not too late to take notice of Peter Ralston. His creativity, commitment, and clarity shine through as he articulates higher principles based on direct experience and piercing insight. A caring teacher, he has been to the mountaintop and bathed in the spring of Being. His insights speak to us all.”
—Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior

“This is one of those rare books that you can read again, and refer back to… 10 out of 10 on our Infinity Scale. This is a must have book for the serious spiritual seeker.”
—EnlightenmentDudes.com

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