i first encountered this famous book by Scott Peck: The Road Less Travelled way back in college through my classmates who are majoring in Philosophy (it's their book report).. but i never had the chance to browse, much less read it judging from the bunch of thick-glassed brats who always carried it with them wherever they go, almost making it a fashion accessory. so i thought it's boring, surreal and too ethereal a read for someone who's trying to understand the dynamics of real people in a real environment. …now that I got the chance to get hold of it, I’ve been proven wrong…
as of this writing, am not yet through with it but this early I’ve been amazed at how wonderfully Peck relates mysterious concepts such as love, grace, discipline, religion and truth with d contemporary condition of human life based on his many years of experience as a clinical psychiatrist…
Peck calls for a life that is totally dedicated to the TrUTH …but I guess this is something hard…some people (including myself) that I know will do everything just to shun from it--- summoning reinterpretation, rationalization, regression, reflection and the rest of Mighty Defense Mechanism’s minions to the rescue… ”reality bites” so to speak but truth to tell, it’s only through facing reality that one tastes the sweetness of freedom…if only they could realize that! “escape from freedom” as Peck contends has been human’s favorite mantra…and it has been proven to be a potent source of our problems and miseries….
life is a matter of choice so is FREEdom…
is there such a thing as aBsOLuTE FReeDOM? now, that’s another blog, i guess...
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