The road less traveled a new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth
A psychiatrist suggests ways in which confronting and resolving problems, a painful process most people try to avoid, can lead to greater self-understanding and spiritual growth. Life is difficult he says, and the journey to spiritual growth is a long one. Here he helps us explore the very loving na...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2003.
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| Edition: | 25th Anniversary ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Peck, M. Scott |q (Morgan Scott), |d 1936-2005. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The road less traveled : |b a new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth / |c M. Scott Peck. |
| 250 | |a 25th Anniversary ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Simon & Schuster, |c 2003. | |
| 300 | |a 315 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1978. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction to the 25th anniversary edition -- Discipline. Problems and pain -- Delaying gratification -- The sins of the father -- Problem-solving and time -- Responsibility -- Neuroses and character disorders -- Escape from freedom -- Dedication to reality -- Transference: the outdated map -- Openness to challenge -- Withholding truth -- Balancing -- The healthiness of depression -- Renunciation and rebirth. -- Love. Love defined -- Falling in "love" -- The myth of romantic love -- More about ego boundaries -- Dependency -- Cathexis without love -- "Self-sacrifice" -- Love is not a feeling -- The work of attention -- The risk of loss -- The risk of independence -- The risk of commitment -- The risk of confrontation -- Love is disciplined -- Love is separateness -- Love and psychotherapy -- The mystery of love. -- Growth and Religion. World views and religion -- The religion of science -- The case of Kathy -- The case of Marcia -- The case of Theodore -- The baby and the bath water -- Scientific tunnel vision. -- Grace. The miracle of health -- The miracle of the unconscious -- The miracle of serendipity -- The definition of grace -- The miracle of evolution -- The alpha and the omega -- Entropy and original sin -- The problem of evil -- The evolution of consciousness -- The nature of power -- Grace and mental illness: the myth of Orestes -- Resistance to grace -- The welcoming of grace. | |
| 520 | |a A psychiatrist suggests ways in which confronting and resolving problems, a painful process most people try to avoid, can lead to greater self-understanding and spiritual growth. Life is difficult he says, and the journey to spiritual growth is a long one. Here he helps us explore the very loving nature of relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. He helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love, how to become a more sensitive parent, and ultimately how to become one's own true self. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Love. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Self-actualization (Psychology) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Self-realization. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Interpersonal relations. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Values. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Spirituality. | |
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