Confronting and solving problems is a painful process that most of us attempt to avoid, yet avoidance may result in even greater pain. Using his own professional experience, Dr M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the ensuing changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding.

States that if we are to prevent civilization destroying itself, we must rebuild on all levels, local, national and international - the first step to spiritual survival. This book describes how communities work, how group action can be developed on the principles of tolerance and love, and how we can transform world society into a true community.

The psychiatrist author of this work suggests ways in which facing 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 become one's own person and how to be a more sensitive parent.

The journey to serenity and peace, Dr Peck writes, can only be made with increasing self-awareness and social awareness. There are no easy answers for complex problems. In this text, he aims to show that there is a way to think with integrity, and to come to terms with dying and death.

Suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding. This book discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to distinguish dependency from love, how to become one's own person and how to be a more sensitive parent.