BOUT BOB TRASK
Bob Trask founded ARAS in 1978. Until that time he had been a firefighter, actor, singer, emergency medical technician, scuba diving instructor, wilderness guide, master sea captain, and always a writer and personal coach whose clear perspectives of reality and natural caring helped many people uplift their lives. His adventures included assisting people at their births, and assisting people at their deaths, and helping them through countless dramas in between.The wisdom he gained, combined with his unique talent for designing programs to empower and enlighten, quickly elevated Bob to the role of personal-coach and trainer. He knows that full and satisfying lives result neither from circumstance nor inheritance; fulfillment, he teaches, is the reward of those with the ability to dream, and with the clarity and courage to go after those dreams. Bob Trask is internationally acclaimed for his expertise in creating transformational programs and training trainers. As a professional entertainer, Bob is a popular key note speaker who enchants and inspires audiences and always leaves them feeling moved and empowered.

	Interview with Bob Trask
	Keynote Speaking

To hire Bob for a speaking engagement and/or workshop, please send an email to arasfdn@earthlink.net.

INTERVIEW WITH BOB TRASK
It was a rainy autumn morning, Perry and Melanie Chinn sat with Bob, watching rain dimple the pond beyond the window, drinking hot tea and eating warm zucchini bread.

PERRY AND BOB
Perry, (staring out the window): What is the purpose of my life?
Bob: To experience and express and thereby grow in wisdom and joy.

Perry: Joy and wisdom; why?
Bob: Well, because as eternal spiritual beings, that’s our mission; to continue expanding in joy and wisdom. Joy because joy is the Grace of God, and wisdom because it ultimately brings us into oneness with God.

Perry: Who or what is God?
Bob: God is Great Spirit, at least that’s what the Native Americans call God, and I think that’s about as close as you can get. But you could also say Holy Spirit. God is really the intelligent energy of the universe; The Creator of everything, in all dimensions.

Perry: Intelligent energy? That doesn’t sound like a being.
Bob: But that intelligent energy I’m talking about is a being; in fact it is the Being. The one Being of which we and the entire universe are all parts.

Perry: How can we experience God? By going to church?
Bob: Yes, we can experience God by going to church; any church. We can also experience God by going to the laundromat, by going fishing, by going to the grocery store. We will find God anywhere we are truly present and awake.

Perry: You said we’re here to experience and express and thereby grow in joy and wisdom. Just how do I do that?
Bob: Each of us came into this life with a singular purpose, a singular mission to fulfill. When we follow our true paths, when we honestly experience and express life along that path; we grow in joy and wisdom. When all of us are fulfilling our missions, then the Matrix, The Pattern is fulfilled. When that happens, we as a balanced family, create an ever-expanding atmosphere of wisdom and joy.

Perry: But how do I, as an individual, accomplish this?
Bob: By discovering and following your own unique life’s mission. The late Joseph Campbell said it best when he said; “Follow your bliss!” Our own mission paths are made blissful by Great Spirit as an invitation. That bliss is a beacon that leads to the fulfillment of your life.

Perry: And when a person chooses not to participate in the Matrix, then how does the Pattern get fulfilled?
Bob: It doesn’t. When many are not participating, not living their truths, we all begin to feel a sense of powerlessness, an awkwardness, a sense of something not being right throughout the race; an unreasonable anxiety and self-protecting behavior that spreads like disease. We become easily frightened, susceptible to those who tell us to arm ourselves against each other. And why? Because by losing the perspective of who we really are, not living our missions, not living in Grace, we become disempowered. This is a disease that could, through war and disease, eventually lead to the death of the race. So it’s not just for ourselves that we follow our individual life’s missions, it is for the human family everywhere, and all other life forms too.

Perry: How do I find my life’s mission?
Bob: First you must find your vision. In order for the mission to be true, the vision must be true. Your vision is embedded in your heart by Great Spirit for the purpose of pulling you along a certain path of growth, which is your mission. When I find a vision that captures my heart and follow it, I’m on my path, I’m doing my life’s mission.

Perry: How does one know when he has found his life’s mission?
Bob: Oh that’s so easy: every day will the kind you had as a child on Saturday mornings, you will be filled with excitement and energy, with the whole day free to do whatever you can imagine. Your work will feel like play. You will wonder why you ever followed any other path. The flow of Grace through your life will bless and empower you and provide you with an abundance of whatever you need to fulfill your mission.

Perry: So then, when I’m on my life’s mission, life is easy. Right?
Bob: Gosh no. Life is never easy, no matter what. But difficulty can be as fun for us as it is for athletes. When a major league pitcher is working the bottom of the ninth in the World Series, facing enormous challenges from within and without, he is in pure joy. When I’m on my mission, difficulties are called challenges; I am exited, empowered and I’m positive I can win. But when I’m off my path, difficulty has a different look; anxiety and confusion reign. Well that’s good news, isn’t it? Because it tells me when I’m off my path.


MELANIE AND BOB
Melanie: Are visions always great majestic things?
Bob: No, they are often only visions of something I want to do, be or have within a few days or a month. Remember, the purpose of a vision is to keep us on our mission path. We eventually accomplish our visions and they are replaced by others that lead us farther along our path. Some of our visions may seem trivial compared to others; but if they are calling our souls, they are important and must be followed.

Melanie: On a slightly different subject; how is Bob Trask’s message different from a host of other motivational speakers?
Bob: Well, I know from experience that people do get motivated by my work, so I guess I’m a motivational speaker. But motivation is not my main goal, I inform people of the options and opportunities that are waiting for them, I inspire them to reach beyond where they are and find the joy of really winning on higher and higher levels.

Melanie: What motivated you to write the book, God’s Phone Number?
Bob: God’s Phone Number has been banned by many religious leaders and their churches because it gives a pretty revolutionary viewpoint of God. I wrote it after seeing that so many people, because of their religious beliefs, were unable to heal their pain. I decided to find out exactly what Jesus had to say about it. For three years I haunted libraries and exhausted the patience of religious leaders. I really studied texts from all religions, but the Bible most intently. I read everything I could find about Jesus during his time, including all the English translations and finally even texts in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. I needed to know if he was advising us against living in high states of joy, I wanted to know if he was threatening us with everlasting hellfires, to know if he wanted us to suffer for our sins. What I learned really astounded me. Jesus was a very different person than the one represented in most churches. He taught that we are loved, forgiven, and free. He said that we are empowered by our ability to trust beyond what we believe. God’s Phone Number proves just how much Jesus wants us to feel happy and free and forgiven. Reading it gives people a feeling of calm and an enormous boost in self-love.

KEYNOTE SPEAKING
International Author, Speaker, and Spiritual Philosopher; Bob Trask's personal, poignant, entertaining style allows him to move an audience to new levels of understanding in a fun, upbeat way.

As a result of his years in professional entertainment, Bob is at home on radio and TV, as well as with live audiences. His personal experiences lend depth and credibility to his teachings, leaving his audiences feeling inspired and rewarded.

Listed in Who's Who In The West, Bob also spends time coaching leaders around the world.

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