Love Class Reflection

I have read certain fractions from the notes given and understood some points to what love is not. I believe Love is a personal perspective that differs from person to person. The definition of love given by M. Scott Peck, “The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth”, sounds practical as it focuses on the selfish nature of the love as nurturing spiritual growth of one own’s  as well as selfless nature wherein we are working for spiritual growth of others. However, when I introspect, I feel its important to understand that the author is a psychotherapist, where he has categorized the elements of love into some groups and his case studies only revolves around these basic elements. I believe the concept of love is really unique to oneself and to how one would like to or rather believe to attain spiritual evolution. This is because I personally feel no one can explain or generalize or even set a benchmark of how the  “spiritual growth” is attained. So how is it possible that we generalize what love is and what love is not?

Nevertheless, I respect and applaud the way how Scott Peck has brought together his experience and knowledge to relate and help us understand what his perspective is towards the concept of love.