ANCIENT&
not so ancient
WISDOM
offering a weekly positive perspective
April
22, 2004
An
essential part of true listening is the discipline of
bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of
one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires so as
to experience as far as possible the speaker's world from
the inside, step in inside his or her shoes. This
unification of speaker and listener is  actually
an extension and enlargement of ourselves, and new
knowledge is always gained from this. Moreover, since true
listening involves bracketing, a setting aside of the self,
it also temporarily involves a total acceptance of the
other. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will fell less
and less vulnerable and more and more inclined to open up
the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener.
- M. Scott Peck (1936 - )
Dr.
Peck was born on May 22, 1936 in New York City. He received
his B.A. from Harvard College in 1958, and his M.D. degree
from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
in 1963. From, he served in the United States Army from 1963
until 1972 and received the Meritorious Service Medal with
oak leaf cluster. He opened his private practice in
Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1972.
The
Road Less Traveled was published by Simon & Schuster
in 1978. Over six million copies have been sold to date in
North America, and it has been translated into over 20
languages. It was the first of several books offering
ground-breaking concepts in behavioral science.
Dr.
Peck is a nationally recognized authority on the
relationship between religion and science, and the science
of psychology. As a result of his pioneering community
building work, Dr. Peck was the recipient of the 1984
Kaleidoscope Award for Peacemaking and the 1994 Temple
International Peace Prize. In 1996, he was also recipient of
The Learning, Faith and Freedom Medal from Georgetown
University.
Wishing
you great and continued success!
Sincerely,
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