Robert Augustus Masters, PhD, is a relationship expert, an integral
psychotherapist, and a psychospiritual guide and trainer, with a
doctorate in psychology. He is the cofounder, with his wife Diane,
of the Masters Center for Transformation (MCT), a school featuring
relationally rooted psychospiritual work devoted to deep healing
and fully embodied awakening. He is also the author of many books
(including Transformation Through Intimacy, Spiritual Bypassing,
Emotional Intimacy, and To Be a Man) and an audio program- Knowing
Your Shadow.
His uniquely integral, intuitive work, which he developed over the
past thirty-seven years, dynamically blends the psychological and
physical with the spiritual, emphasizing full-blooded embodiment,
authenticity, emotional openness and literacy, deep shadow work,
and the develop-ment of relational maturity.
At essence his work is about becoming more intimate with all that
we are, in the service of the deepest possible healing, awakening,
and integration. He works side by side and in very close
conjunction with Diane. They live and work in Ashland, Oregon. His
website is http-//robert-masters.com.
He posts regularly on his Facebook page-
https-//www.facebook.com/robertaugustusmasters
“I love this book! There is a depth, a magic, and a sense of
ultimate fulfillment that we find through learning to love one
other person completely.… This is a hero’s and a heroine’s journey;
it asks everything of us, but also gives us all we have ever longed
for. We need a great guide on such a journey, and Masters is such a
one, walking by our side as we venture into deeper waters, finding
an ever-deeper healing and freedom through awakened
monogamy.”—Arjuna Ardagh, author of The Translucent
Revolution
“A thought-provoking, clear, passionate, and powerful road map
straight to the nectar of intimate love. In the crucible/sanctuary
of committed monogamous partnership, Masters shows us how to
realize our deepest potentials for mutual healing, integration, and
awakening, as well as how to come radically alive in what he calls
‘the ashram of the twenty-first century.’”—Katherine Woodward
Thomas, author of Calling in “The One”
“An illuminating and practical book about how intimate relationship
can be a path for deep healing, transformation, and awakening.
Masters writes with strength and precision—pay particular attention
to his groundbreaking chapters on emotion and sexuality.”—Gay
Hendricks, PhD, author of Five Wishes and The Big Leap
“This is an important and tremendously useful book, packed with
wisdom and insight. Highly recommended!”—Ken Wilber, author of The
Integral Vision
“For anyone who wants to more deeply understand the seeming mystery
of relationship—and transform their partnership to a sublime union
of souls.”—Barry Vissell, MD, and Joyce Vissell, RN, MS, authors of
The Shared Heart
“Transformation through Intimacy is so comprehensive, so
down-to-earth, so vivid and raw, so unflinching and kind, so
patient and persistent, it's hard to imagine that a more potent
guidebook to healing the multiple dis-eases of today’s intimacies
could possibly appear. There isn't a couple on earth, nor a single
seeking someone to love, nor anyone exploring multiple partnering
or other unconventional arrangements, who can't benefit by looking
into the numerous mirrors Robert holds up here as he traces our
potential growth through four stages of maturity in
intimacy.... Robert has distilled into simple, ordinary
essences his highly sophisticated awareness of philosophical,
developmental, and clinical theory and his vast years of experience
in therapeutic and teaching practice. The result is a book that
anyone with a feeling heart, a questing mind, and a dedicated
willingness to deeply encounter self and other can surely
understand and grow from immensely—again and again."
—Saniel Bonder, founder, Waking Down in Mutuality, author of
Ultimaya 1.0 and Healing the Spirit/Matter Split
“Robert Masters grabs us like no other couples therapist because
his ear for the normalized reactivity and interpersonal laziness we
bring to our close relationships is alarmingly familiar. No one can
read this book and mindlessly fall back on ‘I’m doing the best I
can’ or ‘I’m only human.’ But, happily … you will no longer want
to. Masters’s no-nonsense recognition of our immaturity fuels a
profound and hopeful understanding of couples development where a
genuine trust in Beingness neither bypasses immaturity nor allows
it to run the show. Through his own intense investigation of
intimate relationship, Masters teaches us that if we are willing to
roll up our sleeves, we can discover that what we have always
wanted actually exists: the safety with our beloved to be raw and
unfiltered … and the safety to truly live in our Bigness. At a time
when many are questioning the viability of long-term monogamy,
Transformation through Intimacy shows us that we ultimately have
only two romantic choices: boredom or grace.”—Nancy Dreyfus, PsyD,
author of Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love
“Transformation through Intimacy is a bold, refreshing guide for
anyone craving a deeper, more authentic connection with their
beloved—and willing to dive into new depths of compassion,
understanding, and honesty. The rewards are exponential, as I’ve
experienced personally. Robert truly is a master.”—Mary Allen,
author of The Power of Inner Choice
“In this oh-so-brilliant book, Masters calls us out from behind our
relational hiding places, reminding us that there is a sacred,
expansive path lying in waiting for us beyond the bondage of our
unconscious connections. With powerful and heartfelt language, he
paints a new and wondrous portrait of possibility for intimate
relationship, one that awakens us to the often unseen universe that
lives between and within our hearts. It is right there, close at
heart, just waiting to be uncovered, embraced, and explored.
Transformation through Intimacy is a magnificent map of awakening.
I highly recommend it to anyone who is ready to plunge deeper in
their relational life.”—Jeff Brown, author of Soulshaping
“A profoundly illuminating book! Robert Augustus
Masters’s breadth of expertise
and depth of heart reveal the way to
become intimate with all of who you are. His guidance is
compassionate, penetrating, and clear as a bell,
calling you into the very heart of relational
intimacy. When Transformation through Intimacy becomes
required reading for teenagers, our world
will transform! Robert is truly a master of human
transformation. If you are ready to deepen your emotional
intelligence and experience wholehearted, wide-awake, relational
intimacy, this book is for you.”—Terah Kathryn Collins, author of
The Western Guide to Feng Shui
“Transformation through Intimacy is a plea that couples not settle
for anything less than awakened monogamy, defined as attachment
built on total trust that enlivens, gladdens, and expands. It
sparkles with Masters’s many gems mined from decades of counseling
and inner work.”—Marnia Robinson, author of Cupid's Poisoned
Arrow
"This book will inspire you to do what it takes to create a deeply
loving, monogamous—but not monotonous—relationship.”—Diana Daffner,
author of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples
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