Stories of ordinary people who choose a solitary lifestyle to find wholeness and self actualization. A longtime bestseller, now revised. † "Here we find mature men and women refusing heartless roles in what seem practical ways...." These "monks" and "mystics" are "surrendering their socially programmed selves to the overarching...law of their being.... This means, honoring their authentic selves." Marsha Sinetar, Ph.D., is a pioneering educator and prolific author. She is one of the foremost exponents of the practical benefits of self-actualization. Some of her other books include "Developing a 21st Century Mind," "A Way Without Words," and "Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics,"