Foreword

My encounters with Dr. Bob Schwartz and Dr. Victor Baranco and their lives’ work profoundly transformed the quality of my life.

Before meeting Bob and Vic I was well educated and successful, but the acquired skills that had served me so well in the world utterly failed me in my intimate life. I could have never grasped, in the absence of those encounters, the possibility of having a phenomenally great sensual life, let alone “winning” with women. What was worse, I didn’t know that such a possibility existed. Indeed, from my experiences, education, and enculturation such a prospect seemed quite impossible, or at the least, given my Chicago-Midwest upbringing, California “woo-woo.”

Then, I had the unexpected good fortune of meeting Bob, who, in turn, introduced me to Vic. Thereafter, I had the pleasure and privilege to come to know Bob, Vic, and their visions while representing them and California’s More University and Institute for Human Abilities, founded by Vic, as clients. Dear friendships developed. They were gentle but enormously powerful men possessed of genuine horse sense, humor, and insightful brilliance who shared themselves lovingly, enthusiastically, and “selfishly for their own pleasure,” making sure to never lose sight of the goal—fun! Their unique way of being moved, touched and inspired me by interacting with me in such a way that I could provide for myself the opportunity to create, for the first time, an entirely new way of seeing and a structure for interpreting my universe and everything in it, including myself, in a way that was gratifying at all levels of my existence. It was my privilege and pleasure to know them.

As coauthors, but most importantly, as soul mates, Bob and Leah wrote this book as a loving collaboration when he responded to her “call” to join her in sharing this valuable information with the world. Dr. Leah, the love of Bob’s life, and he hers, inspired him to produce this book for her pleasure! You are about to become the beneficiary of that “call” and Bob’s enthusiastic response to it. They had, as did Vic and his wife, Dr. Cynthia Baranco, the most amazing, fun, man-woman relationships I had ever encountered. That same possibility can be seized by you, here and now, though their words.

When Bob departed this life in 2001 and Vic in 2002, I lost two of my dearest friends, men who had become my gurus, heros, partners, and brothers. Yet, I rejoice for them because, unlike so many, they had no regrets when they were done. They thoroughly enjoyed experiencing every moment of their lives right down to the last as right and were 100 percent complete when it was their time to go. Inspired by their enthusiasm, courage, and example to find themselves, others, life,—indeed, everything right and perfect, doubt their doubts, and put good in the world, it is now my privilege to stand on their shoulders and share their work with the world through this fourth revised edition. We’ve updated Bob and Leah’s first person rendition only to the degree necessary to assure it lives on in a way that continues to capture and deliver their loving collaboration, as it did when it first rolled off the press.

My appreciation to Dr. Leah, who, in her ongoing commitment to continue to share her and her late husband’s and Vic and Cindy’s vision, has granted me the rare opportunity to contribute to the writing of this edition and to make this book even more widely available. Hopefully, your encounter with their “More Philosophy” and associated sensual methodology will make a difference for you, too, by expanding your sexual potential and capacity to have more fun experiencing, producing, and creating a more satisfying, pleasurable life for yourself and others.

What you will learn by undertaking the adventure of reading this book you will not likely find anywhere else. Just start by finding what you have now right, good, and perfect, doubt the doubt, don’t forget to do your “homework,” and experience what occurs. As you will see, this book does not merely reveal techniques. Rather, it reveals a powerful way of relating to yourself and others that may lead you to discover that “One Hour” is only the beginning and that much, much “more” lies beyond. I therefore invite you to begin your journey of possibility and pleasure by turning the page. I trust you will have fun reading this enlightening gem of a book!

—Walter Maksym

Chicago, Illinois

March 2006