Roy Masters (commentator)
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Masters orating at Selma, Oregon in May 2014
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| Birth name | Reuben Obermeister |
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2 April 1928 London, United Kingdom |
| Show | Advice Line with Roy Masters |
| Station(s) | Broadcast on 190 radio stations |
| Time slot | 9–12 midnight PT Monday-Friday |
| Country | United States |
| Website | http://www.fhu.com |
Roy Masters (born 2 April 1928) is host of Advice Line, a talk radio counseling show he started in 1961 and still hosts today. He is a prolific author and creator of a mindfulness meditation exercise, now used within the US military. Masters is founder of the Oregon-based non-profit organisation, the Foundation of Human Understanding. In his early twenties, he travelled across America lecturing on the topic of diamond cutting.
Roy Masters was born Reuben Obermeister in London in 1928 to a Jewish family of diamond cutters. Like his father, Boris, Masters uses the common anglicisation of his original surname.
When Masters was 15-years-old, his father died, in 1943. His family could only afford education for his older brother, so Masters did not attend college. He was sent to Brighton, England to apprentice in diamond cutting at his uncle's company, Monnickendam Ltd.
Masters served in the Royal Sussex Regiment of the British Army during World War II. Following the war, he apprenticed in diamond cutting. He pursued his trade in many places, including Amsterdam; Brussels; Belgium; and Johannesburg in 1947, where he spent two years.
In 1949, Masters emigrated to the United States. He traveled across the country, lecturing on diamond cutting, under the auspices of the Diamond Council of America. He was invited to participate in radio and TV interviews on the subject, and he hosted a daily radio show called, "Story of Your Diamond".
Within a short time, Masters had visited 40 of America's then 48 states. He met and married his wife, Ann, in Birmingham, Alabama, and they eventually moved to Houston, Texas where they started a family. Masters eventually sold his diamond cutting business to start a new company, called the Institute of Hypnosis.
During his early years in Brighton, Masters saw a vaudeville stage hypnosis presentation where the hypnotist easily induced volunteer subjects to do strange and outlandish things. Masters distinctly remembered pondering the question: "Why can't hypnotism be used to make people act sensibly, rather than foolishly?" In the 1950s, excitement around Bridey Murphy's claimed past life regression led friends of Masters to consult with him about hypnosis.
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