This book changed my life. I read it 24 years ago and it has become a parental inner voice of navigating and copping with life. It has been a great source of, comfort, strength and perspective. Today I am considered very emotionally grounded and sound and the foundation for this is from The Road Less Traveled.

Absolutely fabulous. Couldn't stop reading the whole series after the first book. Dr. Peck transfers lots of experience and knowledge about human nature, and most importantly, he sees the good and the love behind it.

It is certainly thought provoking, although the book itself seems random and disorganized. Its as if he just sat down and started typing every thought that popped into his head and he didn't stop until he was done! Then he never read it again.

Fantastic book about spiritual growth
I firmly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good psychological reference.
Well written and with great depth.

grace.

I found this book really hard to get into at first. However, after much perseverance I found that Dr Peck is very informative. This book is about thinking and now accepting popular culture. Dr Peck is a psychologist and many of his experiences with patients come through in his work. The thing that came up for me when I was reading this book was a story about a young woman who sounds much like me who suffered alot of frustration at work because most of her colleagues did not meet up to her standards. Many years ago my husband suggested that I 'make allowances' for those people who were not as fortunate to be as smart as me. At the time, I actually thought that he was helpfully reminding me not to be so 'perfect'. Now I see it in this book, that because I continually educate myself and love to learn new things, there is an art to having more compassion for people and getting to understand them better.

It is easily one of the best books I have read for spiritual development. I really love how Scotty is able to use narratives that reflect personal experience both also show the science behind it. This book is a very nice read. It changes my mind about a lot of things. As someone who struggles with personality disorders, this book just really hits home on some things and it just helps a lot.

Sequel to the infamous Road Less Travelled, I wasn’t as captured as I was with the original. Whilst it was a great read, and I have marks and annotations on most pages, I found that there was a lack of original thought and a lot of repetition of the content from his previous work.

My favourite sections were thinking and consciousness. So many great observations and thoughtful insights. Something I know I will look back to read and flick through. Gave me a unique way to think about decision making especially when it comes to careers and life goals.

However, aspects I glanced over or didn’t read properly were all the references to Christian values and religion in relation to becoming a moral person. In my opinion, this really dated the book. Whilst the original book (it’s prequel) written in 1984 was so poignant and timeless. I found this one (written in 1997) slightly less culturally aware.

Would I recommend others to read it? Definitely yes to the original, but for this one? I would most likely say to flick through my highlighted notes. This might be a harsh assessment, but I think a truer depiction of the effect such subjective and religiously driven writing can have.

THY WILL NOT MINE BE DONE

This is a seminal book in modern psychology, one both interesting to read as well as study as a text. While one is certainly capable of disagreeing with Peck's point of view at times, especially his Weltgeist, this does not diminish the book's importance both as effective and instructive reading

Ο πρώτος "δρόμος" με ταξίδεψε αρκετά, ο δεύτερος λιγο λιγότερο και ο τρίτος αρκετές φορές γίνεται κουραστικός επαναλαμβάνοντας το πρώτο βιβλίο και με αρκετές αναφορές στα αλλα βιβλία του συγγραφέα. Αναμφισβήτητα "οι δρόμοι" εχουν σκοπό απόκτησης επίγνωσης και κατανόησης πολύπλοκων θεμάτων για την ανάπτυξη και την εξέλιξη του ανθρώπου.

Example book for aiding and promoting contemplation of personal & spiritual growth.