The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values...

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	The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual ... M. Scott Peck Touchstone, 2003 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 179 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Insightful and Transformational

A bevy of psychological and self-help books have been written since M. Scott Peck first penned this work of towering intellect. In my honest opinion, few of them have even approached THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED. For over twenty-five years millions have read his book for clarity, inspiration, enlightenment, and wisdom.
Considered a different kind of psychology/self-help work, The Road Less Traveled, approaches subjects like dependency, egos, and falling in love, with a perspective so fresh and revolutionary, that for many years it became a sort of psychological manifesto.
It addresses the painfulness that confronting our life's dilemmas can cause us, and shows how our very reluctance to deal with these problems actually result in greater dilemmas and increased pain and anxiety.
Many of the concepts so brilliantly laid out by Peck, are still not totally embraced by society. His section on love (section 2) is one of
the most unique and insightful descriptions of love written in modern times. He cogently dispels the myths of falling in love, romantic love, and love as a feeling. These three "myth under standings" are embraced by everyone from Hollywood to the couple next door. Peck clearly delineates between what he calls true, or pure love, and feelings that closely resemble love. His book is broken into four sections, Discpline, Love, Growth and Religion, and Grace, and are written from the pyschotherapeutic perspective.
After reading Peck's book,I am amazed at the range of dysfunctionality that can be reasonably attributed to a lack of mental growth and development. It is a very intriguing thought that our own mental ability to embrace reality,quite possibly holds the key to self-fulfillment and inner peace of mind.

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Perhaps the best self-help book ever

I first read this book 20 years ago, and have read it more than once, and it had a huge effect on me. I just purchased a copy for my 21-year-old grandson, who can benefit from these messages about love, discipline, and responsibility. The book isn't religious, it's spiritual and psychological. I think the concepts in this book are important and the world would be a better place if more people understood them, concepts about taking responsibility for oneself and realizing that love is a decision and a commitment, not just a passing feeling. I still admire this book after all these years.

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Clarity

Like many who may be inclined to purchase a book on leading a productive, engaged , spiritually rewarding life written by a psychiatrist, I have studied more than my share of psychology over the years. What Scott Peck, M.D., does however, is take the many different pieces that I knew at some level and puts them in a most readable and utile manner. This is not touchy-feely, free love, take what you want, feel good psychology but the real deal calling for real discipline, thoughtfulness, separation, and commitment -- that is if one wants to lead a sane life life of self growth and do his/her part for the spiritual growth of a partner and/or children.

Emerson defined genius as the expression of previously unsaid but seemingly common knowledge. The Road Less Travelled largely breaks no new ground but by taking many disparate strains from psychology, psychiatry, theology, and his own life long observations, his books falls well within Emerson's definitions of genius.

I clearly wish I had read it sooner; the clarity provided (the emphasis on discipline and delayed gratification for example) could have helped me get to the less travelled road of rewarding self fullfillment much sooner than my jumbled attempts at same. However, one needs to be in a frame of mind to appreciate the prescriptions of Dr Peck. That requires a receptivity to thinking hard about the well trod but perhaps very self destructive path to which one may be deeply committed . One must be ready to dare to change a course that does not work and commit to both a plan of action and other people in a way that one had not truly considered. Could I have done that without the weight of my own experience revealing the inadequacies of my older approach?

If a reader is in a frame of mind to take a hard look at his/her own life and listen to some challenging prescriptions well reasoned and well presented, then this is a hell of a book-- maybe even a personally tranformative one.

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Deep, Insightful, Potentially Life-Changing

This book blew my mind. The perfect balance of where psychology meets life. It was unexpected, practical, deep, well-written & I've already purchased copies for several friends. I think I expected to be inspired (and I was), but I didn't expect to get new insights on life to the depth that I received from reading this book. I assumed it was a Christian book from the mention of spirituality in the sub-title, but was blown away by the approach it took on the spiritual dimension of living (turns out it wasn't Christian-based & would not be offensive even to an atheist, deist or non-practicing person). Can't imagine a person who would be bothered by reading it & can only imagine how many people I wish would read it because it would benefit them. Just read it - even if only out of curiosity - you WILL learn something.

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Eye opener

A great work explaining life in easy to read terms. The Psychology of Dicipline, Love and God - and how they work together. Highly recommend for all those struggling with any relationship problem. Chuck C

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