Why has this book helped so many people? We all need a spiritual teacher

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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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Why has this book helped so many people? We all need a spiritual teacher

This book has helped many people. Its message is that 'Life is difficult' and that we make it more so by running away from our responsibilities and pretending that life cannot be difficult. Peck's prescription for a better life is realizing that life involves a constant effort to understand and improve ourselves. He supplies case- histories of people who seem to have given up or be lost, and then in psychotherapy with him find a way to make better lives. One especially moving story was of a young man who simply could not feel joy at anything in life. He simply had lost his enthusiasm. It turned out that not only had this young man lost a best friend, he had grown up in a world where his two elder brothers knocked down immediately any idea he might have. They tormented him continually and made fun of him. And the parents never paid attention. Peck in two years of psychotherapy was able to teach this young person to stop being fixated at what he was when he was ten years old. He taught the young man how to respect his own thoughts.
Peck's message again is of a new psychologyof love, traditional values and spiritual growth.He warns against our tendency to escape from freedom, and to rely on outdated maps of our situation.
My sense is that this book has helped so many people in part because so many of us need help. We are continually looking for a message, a word of wisdom or spiritual insight that will help us , and renew our faith in ourselves and life. We are continually looking for a spiritual teacher that will be able to help us.
I must admit that this book does not really provide me personally with the kind of message and help I feel a need for at the moment.
How I miss my teacher and friend the Holy Teacher Dovid Herzberg who taught by his example a love of people and joy in being with them which lifted up all those who knew him.
Scott Peck by this book probably helped thousands maybe even tens of thousands of people. Dovid Herzberg helped tens of people maybe even hundreds. But for me and all those who were blessed to know him, he was the highest of the highest.
And helped so so many.

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Thanks to the Author

This book has brought me understanding of situations within myself and in relation to others of why we behave the way we do. With this , I am now more aware of how I relate and react to issues and people. I understand that we cannot change the world alone, but influence it by how we interact with the world and perceive it. Thank you Author

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Dirt Cheap Therapy For The Dysfunctional In All Of Us

I'll be honest, I've barely read the latter 2/3 of this book. It is the first 1/3 that to me is the valuable portion, and I reread whenever I need a free self-therapy 101 refresher.

The reason I like that portion of the book so much is that it outlines some of the fundamentals of discipline, what makes us value ourself, and what life is really about in a way that I guarantee you your parents probably never managed to do as insightfully. There's no BS'ing, suger coating, grandioseness, or other people's neurosis nor "professional distancing" here... it's one of the most candidly honest and helpful opening thesis's of psychology I've read. For this reason, I recommend you buy this book for conjunction with other books and treatments for any sort of mental recovery or personal journey.

The rest of it goes on to talk about love and spirituality it would seem, which may or may not be something you feel like reading about. The first part alone is worth it to me, however.

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Realistic psychotherapeutic perspective

When this book entered the general marketplace 25 years ago, it served as an excellent reality check against the "Just be positive and it will all work out fine" and "Fake it until you make it" flawed positive thinking model which had swept through Western society. Scott Peck's message that "life is difficult" reached people who were ready to face the truth and tackle life head on. Through many interactions with patients, he shows us that we can overcome our past failures and limiting perceptions, to increase our self esteem and the quality of our lives. I recommend this classic book together with another superb book, Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self. Optimal Thinking is the road along which we all make the most of the everpresent moment, any situation, business and life. Read both books!

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