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Further Along the Road Less Travelled: The Unending Journey Towards Spiritual Growth

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This road not unlike its Biblical counterpart, leads to LIFE, that FEW travel. LIFE IS DIFFICULT and further along, also COMPLEX;full of paradoxes. The main one is LEARNING TO LIVE AND DIE. The late Dr. Peck boldly romances death as an enigma and DEADLINE to human experience. As to LIFE, WE ARE HERE TO LEARN. People listened as he successfully remarried psychology with religion; the basis of all disorders (except congenital).Coming from a renowned psychiatrist, Zen Buddhist, turned Christian and author, is most refreshing. His eulogy that we are spiritual beings with God the essence of the unseen order, generalizes it to all religions. Spritual growth through changes in attitude, are painful but must be overcome to attain maturity- the bulls eye of his conceptual concentric path-way.Conversely, many more immature people don't "self-correct" or submit to a higher power. These are "People Of the Lie.". They lie to themselves and others. Credited with habitual playing of BLAMING GAMES; (first coined by psychiatrist-author Dr. Eric Berne)the most common of all psychiatric games, they are on the path to destruction. Dr. Peck's first book is devoted to this group, but, he sounds a warning of suicide if they can't ride out the very painful, internal chaos of their self-serving, manipulation. Both groups embody my own family and the deeply moving, profound truths, confirm my own convictions, for the most part. To be numbered in the few, gave me new heart to continue on my journey.I didn't know that I was on the right track, till I read this book, ten years after reading "The Road Less Travelled". "Scotty" will be missed.Elizabeth Laine author of,"A Butterfly Landed An Eagle".

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