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It is about spiritual growth in an age of anxiety. This man puts it all together nicely in this book. He establishes the need for thinking again. In a society that has given over their decisions to everyone else by following established roads Dr. Peck re-ignites the need for genius and thinking about life daily. How the lack of thought causes the inequity and injustice's and prejudices in life.

Outstanding. I also recommend other books from Peck, especially People of the Lie.

Didn't land with me.

Nothing new in this book. I loved "The Road Less Traveled" but this was blah and a nothing new sequal.

3,5 stars, despite being heavy on religion it has some really helpful insights.

Wonderful book that explains human psychological behavior.

This rings a 3.5 stars for me. A major part of it could be attributed to the fact that when Peck wrote this, he was already in his sixties, having been through and seen more in life. Perhaps I may give this book an alternate rating when I re-read again at a later phase in life.

Unlike its predecessor 'The Road Less Travelled', this book offers a much closer insight towards Peck's relationship with God and the intimacy he had with God which has manifested since his first book. It illustrates aptly his growth in his walk with God.

I hadn't read any books on spirituality for a while, but I'd heard of Peck and I'd heard of his "Road" books, so I thought I'd give them a go. Unfortunately, it was a major disappointment. It started well: his background in psychiatry and mine in psychology gave us a common understanding, and his comments on Western society "dumbing down", the negative effects of lying, the positive effects of feeling grateful, all hit the mark. His own personal anecdotes, illustrating various points, made it more real. So there were many positive aspects to this book.

Despite this, he managed to completely destroy his own credibility. He constantly wavered between Freudian psychology and Christian theology, with blind faith in both, one contradicting the other, and neither showing any basis in scientific enquiry. For a psychiatrist, he showed an amazing lack of understanding of human behaviour, assuming that all evil is inherent rather than learned - and when he started hearing voices, he chose to believe it was the "voice of God" rather than a problem with his own mental health. Yet his most annoying habit was constantly referencing his own books as if he was the font of all knowledge without equal. His arrogance stifled whatever message his text was supposed to impart.

I am open-minded in my views on human spirituality, but this book left me feeling that something very important was missing.

I'm reading the book not listening to the audio cassette.

Fantastic read. Sets a lot of things in perspective.

having read A road Less Travelled some 10 years ago i am reminded of the authors style again and some obviuos growth on his themes after a gap 10 years between these 2 books. i just recomended the first to my 25 year old daughter becasue she is stuck in the area of love. both books are worth reading and will stimulate discussion.