“There are no easy or simple formulas. In our attitude toward everything we experience, we are obliged to feel a certain emptiness and painful ignorance… But if your will is firmly anchored in the good and you are willing to suffer all the suffering when it is not quite certain what is good (and so […]
Below, I am sharing a definition of love that has profoundly influenced my life. It comes from an American psychiatrist who writes about the connection between psychotherapy and spiritual growth. His name is M. Morgan Scott Peck, and the book is called The Road Less Traveled. This is the author to whom I owe so […]
“The greatest lie promoted by many institutions in our society, which in a sense plays upon our human nature and the sin of laziness, is that we are on this earth to be happy all the time. Corporations, the media, and the church constantly flood us with the lie that we are here to be […]
“But what is this force that pushes us, both as individuals and as a species, to grow against the natural resistance of our own lethargy? We have already mentioned it—it is love. It is defined as: ‘The will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.’ When we grow, […]
“I have repeatedly emphasized that the process of spiritual growth is difficult and requires immense effort. This is because it is directed against natural resistance—against the natural tendency to keep things as they are, to cling to outdated maps and well-worn paths, and to follow the easy road. Regarding this natural resistance—the force of entropy—there […]
M. Scott Peck: “Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest. It is so because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly understand and accept that life is difficult, it no longer matters.”
M. Scott Peck: “The tendency to avoid problems, as well as the emotional suffering with which they are charged, is the basis of all mental illness. Since this is characteristic of most of us, we are all mentally ill to a greater or lesser degree, and some go too far in their effort to escape […]
