The Secret Power Within

Informationen zum Autor Chuck Norris Klappentext Chuck Norris has spent a lifetime studying the martial arts, earning severalblack belts and world championships. Now, through anecdotes about his ownpersonal struggles and triumphs, Norris explains how the ancient system ofZen--the core philosophy behind the martial arts--can help each of us achievespiritual tranquillity and self-confidence. "The Secret Power Within" is both a highly accessible lesson in Zenphilosophy as well as the compelling story of Chuck Norris's own remarkablesuccess. In this highly entertaining and inspiring account, Norris shows howZen can be applicable to everyday situations, from the conference room to theliving room. Chapters include: * Winning by Losing: If you have nothing to prove, you have no need tofight.* Complete the Wheel: How to balance your life to achieve success.* Your Master, Your Art: To maintain self-respect you must respect thework you do, and do it as well as possible.* My Way of Meditating: Norris's personal technique for achievingtranquillity under pressure.The message is simple: There are no limits for the person who refuses to acceptthem.Chuck Norris, currently starring in his CBS-TV show "Walker, TexasRanger," is a world-champion martial arts master and star of many popularaction films. He is the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "TheSecret of Inner Strength," his autobiography."This book is about what I've seen and understood by looking through Zen.It's about my life and the lives of people I've known, about real-lifeexperiences that are in some way related to Zen or that make a special kind ofsense when looked at in Zen terms."PREFACE My first experience with Zen was in 1962 in Torrance, California. I was a young black belt and I had just started a martial arts school, which was one of the first in the Los Angeles area. The school, located in what had been a store, was right on the corner of two main streets. Cars passing by would slow down to look through the big windows, and people would often just walk in off the street to watch the classes for a while--a karate class was something unusual back then. From time to time a monk wearing the saffron robes of a Buddhist would drop by. I'd see him come in, be aware of him sitting there quietly watching me teach my students, and then I'd look up to find that he was gone. One day, at the end of a session, I went over to talk with him before he could leave. I learned he was from the Yogananda temple in downtown Los Angeles and that he, too, was a martial artist. The fact that we were both martial artists made him feel a certain kinship with me, and he had a lot he wanted to share. As we chatted, he mentioned the word ki several times, which he described as an internal force and said was related to Zen. Zen: Today that little word has been reduced to a kind of catchphrase that can be attached to everything from learning to use the Internet to getting ahead in the business world. It has been detached from its original source so thoroughly that its meaning, at least for a great many people, has become a matter of personal conjecture. I doubt it would be used quite so often if people had to use its full name, Zen Buddhism, which is what the monk was talking about. Although I had earned my black belt while I was in the air force in Korea I knew nothing about Zen. My Korean instructor had rarely mentioned it, at least not that I was aware of, for he spoke very little English, and although he could make himself understood when need be, he was most comfortable with a series of shouted commands. I'd heard of ki, however, but it seemed vaguely mysterious, almost magical. And here was this monk talking about it as though it were something nearby. Curious to learn more about both Zen and ki, I asked the monk more questions. He said, "Let's step on the mat [training area]." My students for the day were gone, so I locked...

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Chuck Norris

Klappentext
Chuck Norris has spent a lifetime studying the martial arts, earning severalblack belts and world championships. Now, through anecdotes about his ownpersonal struggles and triumphs, Norris explains how the ancient system ofZen--the core philosophy behind the martial arts--can help each of us achievespiritual tranquillity and self-confidence. "The Secret Power Within" is both a highly accessible lesson in Zenphilosophy as well as the compelling story of Chuck Norris's own remarkablesuccess. In this highly entertaining and inspiring account, Norris shows howZen can be applicable to everyday situations, from the conference room to theliving room. Chapters include: * Winning by Losing: If you have nothing to prove, you have no need tofight. * Complete the Wheel: How to balance your life to achieve success. * Your Master, Your Art: To maintain self-respect you must respect thework you do, and do it as well as possible. * My Way of Meditating: Norris's personal technique for achievingtranquillity under pressure. The message is simple: There are no limits for the person who refuses to acceptthem. Chuck Norris, currently starring in his CBS-TV show "Walker, TexasRanger," is a world-champion martial arts master and star of many popularaction films. He is the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "TheSecret of Inner Strength," his autobiography. "This book is about what I've seen and understood by looking through Zen.It's about my life and the lives of people I've known, about real-lifeexperiences that are in some way related to Zen or that make a special kind ofsense when looked at in Zen terms."

Zusammenfassung
Chuck Norris has spent a lifetime studying the martial arts, earning several black belts and world championships. Now, through anecdotes about his own personal struggles and triumphs, Norris explains how the ancient system of Zen--the core philosophy behind the martial arts--can help each of us achieve spiritual tranquillity and self-confidence.

The Secret Power Within is both a highly accessible lesson in Zen philosophy as well as the compelling story of Chuck Norris's own remarkable success. In this highly entertaining and inspiring account, Norris shows how Zen can be applicable to everyday situations, from the conference room to the living room.  Chapters include:

*  Winning by Losing:  If you have nothing to prove, you have no need to fight.
*  Complete the Wheel:  How to balance your life to achieve success.
*  Your Master, Your Art:  To maintain self-respect you must respect the work you do, and do it as well as possible.
*  My Way of Meditating:  Norris's personal technique for achieving tranquillity under pressure.

The message is simple: There are no limits for the person who refuses to accept them.

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PREFACE

My first experience with Zen was in 1962 in Torrance, California. I was a young black belt and I had just started a martial arts school, which was one of the first in the Los Angeles area. The school, located in what had been a store, was right on the corner of two main streets. Cars passing by would slow down to look through the big windows, and people would often just walk in off the street to watch the classes for a while--a karate class was something unusual back then. From time to time a monk wearing the saffron robes of a Buddhist would drop by. I'd see him come in, be aware of him sitting there quietly watching me teach my students, and then I'd look up to find that he was gone.

One day, at the end of a session, I went over to talk with him before he could leave. I learned he was from the Yogananda temple in downtown Los Angeles and that he, too, was a martial artist. The fact that we were both martial artists made him feel a certain kinship with me, and he had a lo…

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