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Tag Archives: The Different Drum
Peck on the My Lai Massacre
In this post, I’d like to talk about M. Scott Peck’s discussion of the My Lai Massacre in his book, People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil. Wikipedia defines the My Lai Massacre as: “the Vietnam War … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, People of the Lie, The Different Drum
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Spiritual Alienation, Yet Extroversion
I got a lot read of M. Scott Peck’s The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. A significant part of this book overlaps with Peck’s Further Along the World Less Traveled, in the sense that Peck discusses the four spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's, Community, Religion
Tagged lonely feeling, m scott peck, Religion, selfish desires, spiritual interests, spiritual stages, The Different Drum, theology
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The Basement Group
In my latest reading of The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace, M. Scott Peck talks about the Basement Group, a group that gathered together once a week to discuss spirituality. In Peck’s story, the Basement Group started with a … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Religion, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, The Different Drum
A Place Where People Can Be
I started M. Scott Peck’s The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. I’d like to use as my starting-point something that Peck says on page 103, as he describes a hypothetical group that has entered into a state of community: … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Asperger's, Community, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, The Different Drum
