Post by sparklekaz on Jun 10, 2011 16:46:37 GMT
Dear Friends,
I have for some years now attempted to grow spiritually through self awareness and self realization. I felt this was the only way in which I would gain a more truthful and realistic understanding of myself and the way I interacted with other people.
The purpose of this, has been primarily to allow me to become a more loving and compassionate human being. It has also been for the purpose of stripping away the illusions I had about myself, that I felt were detrimental to becoming a more whole person. Facing with honesty the consequences of my own actions and not hiding behind the lies we tell ourselves to justify them. I have come to believe, that it is only by doing this, that we can start to move forward and actually start to grow.
I have recently finished reading the book 'The Road Less Travelled' by M Scott Peck. I found it to be extremely enjoyable and interesting book. It is a rare and fascinating combination of psychological analysis of human emotions and reactions, with excerpts of real life case histories to illustrate; combined with well thought out and beautifully described spiritual insight.
Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually. Drawing heavily on his own professional experience, Dr M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding. He discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to recognise true compatibility; how to distinguish dependency from love and how to become one's own person.
I would like to share with you a couple of the passages from the beginning of The Road Less Travelled, to give you a little taster of what this book is about.
"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
What makes life difficult, is that the process of confronting and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending upon their nature, evoke in us frustration or grief or sadness or loneliness or guilt or regret or anger or fear or anguish or despair.
These are uncomfortable feelings, very uncomfortable and often as painful as any physical pain, sometimes equaling the very worst kind of physical pain. It is because of this pain that the events or conflicts they engender inside us that we call them problems. Yet it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom. It is because of our problems that we grow mentally and spiritually".
I have read many, many books over time. Books to empower and to motivate. But never have I read a book such as this that so eloquently describes the human psyche and the psychological dynamics the make us who we are. I have to say, that this book has been the most helpful to date. I hope you enjoy it too.
Love and light
Kaz
I have for some years now attempted to grow spiritually through self awareness and self realization. I felt this was the only way in which I would gain a more truthful and realistic understanding of myself and the way I interacted with other people.
The purpose of this, has been primarily to allow me to become a more loving and compassionate human being. It has also been for the purpose of stripping away the illusions I had about myself, that I felt were detrimental to becoming a more whole person. Facing with honesty the consequences of my own actions and not hiding behind the lies we tell ourselves to justify them. I have come to believe, that it is only by doing this, that we can start to move forward and actually start to grow.
I have recently finished reading the book 'The Road Less Travelled' by M Scott Peck. I found it to be extremely enjoyable and interesting book. It is a rare and fascinating combination of psychological analysis of human emotions and reactions, with excerpts of real life case histories to illustrate; combined with well thought out and beautifully described spiritual insight.
Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually. Drawing heavily on his own professional experience, Dr M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding. He discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to recognise true compatibility; how to distinguish dependency from love and how to become one's own person.
I would like to share with you a couple of the passages from the beginning of The Road Less Travelled, to give you a little taster of what this book is about.
"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
What makes life difficult, is that the process of confronting and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending upon their nature, evoke in us frustration or grief or sadness or loneliness or guilt or regret or anger or fear or anguish or despair.
These are uncomfortable feelings, very uncomfortable and often as painful as any physical pain, sometimes equaling the very worst kind of physical pain. It is because of this pain that the events or conflicts they engender inside us that we call them problems. Yet it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom. It is because of our problems that we grow mentally and spiritually".
I have read many, many books over time. Books to empower and to motivate. But never have I read a book such as this that so eloquently describes the human psyche and the psychological dynamics the make us who we are. I have to say, that this book has been the most helpful to date. I hope you enjoy it too.
Love and light
Kaz
