Further Along the Road Less Traveled

In the 15 years since The Road Less Traveled was first published, M. Scott Peck has addressed audiences around the world. Their questions--and Peck's own self-questioning--were the seeds of this book. Focusing his attention on urgent matters of personal and spiritual growth. Peck offers provocative insights into blame and forgiveness, self-love versus self-esteem, the mystery of death, the illusion of romantic love, and more.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE

THE FIRST STEP: GROWING UP

ONE Consciousness and the Problem of Pain

TWO Blame and Forgiveness

THREE The Issue of Death and Meaning

FOUR The Taste for Mystery

PART TWO

THE NEXT STEP: KNOWING YOUR SELF

FIVE Self-Love versus Self-Esteem

SIX Mythology and Human Nature

SEVEN Spirituality and Human Nature

EIGHT Addiction: The Sacred Disease

PART THREE

THE ULTIMATE STEP: IN SEARCH OF A PERSONAL GOD

NINE The Role of Religion in Spiritual Growth

TEN Matter and Spirit

ELEVEN New Age: Symboline or Diaboline?

TWELVE Sexuality and Spirituality

Epilogue: Psychiatry's Predicament