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Episode

106

Andrew Cameron Bailey

May 11, 2026

Andrew Cameron Bailey | Filmmaker, Author of The Trust Frequency, and HoloSapians 

What if the next step in human evolution is not becoming smarter, but becoming kinder?

In this episode of the Awaken Your Purpose Podcast, Zenka Caro sits down with filmmaker, author, and evolutionary thinker Andrew Cameron Bailey to explore what happens when purpose stops being something we chase and starts becoming something that chases us. From discovering Zen Buddhism as a teenager in South Africa, to the early human potential movement at Esalen, to founding the Sananda Foundation and later co-authoring The Trust Frequency with Connie Baxter Marlow, Andrew traces the winding river of a life shaped by consciousness, inquiry, and service.

The conversation moves into his new book, HOLO SAPIENS: Conscious Evolution in Action, which asks whether humanity has truly become wise yet, and what it would mean to consciously choose a more evolved way of being. Andrew shares why kindness, integrity, sincerity, and coherence may be the real markers of our next evolutionary step, why wisdom without love is incomplete, and the three simple practices he offers anyone seeking their purpose: sit, breathe, remember.

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Andrew Cameron Bailey is a filmmaker, photographer, screenwriter, and author whose work for more than five decades has explored the convergence of consciousness, science, and human evolution. He is best known for the documentary IN SEARCH OF THE FUTURE: What Do the Wise Ones Know? and its ongoing sequel and series, which bring together scientists, Indigenous elders, philosophers, and visionaries in direct, heart-to-heart inquiry.

With his wife Connie Baxter Marlow, he co-authored The Trust Frequency, a framework for a new paradigm rooted in trust, coherence, and mutual thriving. He is also the author of The Mayflower Revelations and the forthcoming HOLO SAPIENS: Conscious Evolution in Action. Andrew received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visioneers International Network in 2023 and is a member of the global Evolutionary Leaders Circle.

CONNECT WITH ANDREW

Website: https://thetrustfrequency.net

Substack: https://andrewcameronbailey.substack.com

Film: https://insearchofthefuturemovie.com

TIME CODES

00:00 – Welcome

01:35 – When purpose discovers you

03:01 – Zen Buddhism, enlightenment, and the teenage search

05:43 – Following the thread of cosmic consciousness

08:03 – Esalen and the purpose that would not let go

10:30 – The strange arrival of the name Sananda

12:51 – Building a foundation, losing the catalog, and learning from the greats

16:13 – Meeting Connie and the birth of The Trust Frequency

19:22 – Why HOLO SAPIENS?

21:02 – From the Holomovement Wave to a new word for a new human

23:36 – Conscious evolution, boots on the ground

26:37 – Why kindness may be the true sign of wisdom

27:50 – The real struggles of living your purpose

29:26 – Three words of advice: sit, breathe, remember

32:10 – The cost and responsibility of living your purpose

35:08 – What the world becomes when people live from coherence

37:21 – Closing

Thank you for joining us today. Our goal is to help you gather the courage to identify your passion and live your purpose for the sake of yourself and for the sake of us all.

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