“Spiritual growth is a journey out of a microcosm into an ever greater macrocosm. It is a journey of knowledge as well as faith. In order to escape the microcosm of our previous experience and free ourselves from transferences, it is necessary that we learn. Spiritual growth requires we continually expand our realm of knowledge and our field of vision through the thorough digestion and incorporation of new information” (M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled, Simon and Schuster, 1979).
“To spiritually grow we must be willing to develop a broader view and that requires we are willing to kill our narrow vision. In the short run it is more comfortable not to do this – to stay where we are, to keep using the same microcosmic map, and to avoid suffering the death of cherished notions. The road to spiritual growth lies in the opposite direction though” (Ibid). To spiritually grow we must actively seek that which threatens our preconceived notions. To spiritually grow we must deliberately challenge the validity of our concepts and construction to see whether they are Christ-like, biblical sound, and spiritually meaningful.
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