The Road Less Traveled : New Phychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

from cdiemert

Confronting and solving problems is a painful process, which most of us attempt to avoid. Drawing heavily upon his own professional experience, Dr. M. Scott Peck, a practicing psychiatrist, suggests ways in which confronting and resolving our problems can enable us to reach a higher level of self...

from john257hopper

Much of this book was very good, especially the first section on Discipline and I can see myself coming back to this many times and drawing genuine inspiration from it. However, I found the last section on Grace unconvincing and a bit unsatisfactory, labouring some some rather subjective points o...

from Arctic-Stranger

We start with "life is suffering," and we go on from there. Peck is an insightful therapist, at least on paper, and a decent writer. This book is a "classic in the field" but mostly because it broke new ground when it came out--mixing religion and therapy in a way that does justice to both. Now b...

from edward.mannix

This is one of the key books that started my conscious growth process as a young adult. I read it when I was 19 at just the right moment, and it served as one of the entry points into the genre of self-help and spirituality literature, which as a whole has had a profoundly positive affect on my l...

from moukayedr

I read this book slowly and enjoyed immensely, as it contained so many nuggets of wisdom and food for thought. Dr. Peck was not stingy with references and further reading tips. There is a lot to think about if you read the material with an open mind. I like his interpretation of the original ...