Awaken Essence

09/12/2023

LIFE IS A JOURNEY… make every moment count… our experiences are priceless beyond measure!

Glacier National Park
photo: Richard Mayer (c)

24/11/2023

HITHER HILLS STATE PARK, NY… next waypoint!

164 Old Montauk Hwy, Montauk, NY 11954

04/01/2023

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24/01/2022

Life… a reflection of our True Self

12/09/2021

IN THE WORKS...

24/07/2021

Ever wonder what the state of 'thoughtlessness' is like? We are only ONE THOUGHT AWAY... https://youtu.be/VIn1DvybL60

Thanks to Julian Freeman ❤😎❤
for a beautiful and provocative video!!!

Words by Sydney Banks, Art by Anco Wientjes, Idea and filming by Julian Freeman. Check out https://www.patreon.com/Julian_Freemanto help me make a film like ...

21/07/2021

ESSE ~ Metaphors for Life...

'M is for MIND'... the ESSENCE of all Life. M is also for MUSIC in this instance as a comparison to music as a 'creative flow'. ❤❤

19/07/2021

BEAUTY of NATURE… some phenomena is simply indescribable, best witnessed and enjoyed!

Recent Image of Red sprite taken in Italy, July 4, 2021 🇮🇹
Red sprite is a type of lightning and rarely has it ever been photographed in this detail. Even though sprites have been recorded for over 30 years, their root cause remains unknown. Some thunderstorms have them, but most don't.
These mysterious bursts of light in the upper atmosphere momentarily resemble gigantic jellyfish. In general, red sprites take only a fraction of a second to occur and are best seen when powerful thunderstorms are visible from the side. ⠀
Image Credits & Copyright: stephane vetter

04/07/2021

Everyone has a story to share about the ‘something’ that changes your life… forever!

What’s your story? ❤️🤗❤️

02/07/2021

Einstein was a true non-dualist. Here are some of his quotes. We love this!

“I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.”

“Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. Matter is spirit reduced to point of visibility. There is no matter.”

"Time and space are not conditions in which we live, but modes by which we think.
Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, determined by the external world."

“Time does not exist – we invented it. Time is what the clock says. The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”

“I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me."

"The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, the solution comes to you and you don’t know how or why.”

"A human being experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

"Our separation from each other is an optical illusion."

“When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected. The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.”

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

“We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.”

“When you examine the lives of the most influential people who have ever walked among us, you discover one thread that winds through them all. They have been aligned first with their spiritual nature and only then with their physical selves.”

“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.”

“The ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.”

“The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.”

“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike. We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of which we are unaware.”

“I’m not an atheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books.”

"The common idea that I am an atheist is based on a big mistake. Anyone who interprets my scientific theories this way, did not understand them."

"Everything is determined, every beginning and ending, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper."

“The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It will transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology.”

“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.”

“Everything is energy and that is all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you can not help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”

"I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care about money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. I claim credit for nothing. A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future."

06/06/2021

Wisdom... it IS what it is... just BE. ❤️🤗❤️

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” – Confucius

26/05/2021

Thanks to DAVE BANKS for permission to share this quote and a vintage photo of Syd Banks in his beloved yard on Salt Spring Island

In Loving Memory of...
SYDNEY BANKS
January 1931- May 2009

“At the age of 42, I had the most astounding good fortune to stumble onto the secret of life itself. In a split second, the world beyond the physical world of form was revealed to me, and suddenly I was witness to a dimension beyond time, space and matter. Some might call this a twist of fate; I see it as the greatest gift I, or anyone else could hope to ever receive in their lifetime… I realized it was not mine to keep and that it was meant to be shared with the world.”

Sydney Banks

* photo taken at Syd's waterfront home on Salt Spring Island.

03/01/2021

FRESH POST on the AwakenESSENCE Blog...

ESSE ~ Metaphors for Life January 2, 2021January 2, 2021Richard MayerLeave a comment ESSE ~ METAPHORS FOR LIFE is fuelling insights in others and, in due course, is evolving from the original insight in October 2016 to revealing its true purpose in December 2020… a virtual storytelling/sharing spa...

03/01/2021

AwakenESSENCE... it's intentional that LIFE is a reflection of what is innately US, the INSIDE-OUT expression of our Inner Self.

It is with great pleasure that we present this animation of our brand, which will be republished when a musical score that is currently in progress is completed.

This visual serves to share the emergence of ESSE ~ METAPHORS FOR LIFE, an eBook that is presently in production. We encourage everyone to make note of the significant date being planned for the unveiling of ESSE... AUGUST 2021

Learn more... www.AwakenESSENCE.net

31/12/2020

LINDA RYAN BRACH and RICHARD MAYER wish one and all the VERY BEST as we transition to a NEW ERA in 2021.

learn more... www.AwakenESSENCE.net

31/12/2020

FRESH PRESS... AwakenESSENCE blog ~ ESSE ~ is now up and running. More content will be released for our 2021.01.01 ~ 00:00:01 unveiling!

Please SHARE this news far and wide... AwakenESSENCE has a global network of 7.8+ Billion souls to reach!

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG ~ ESSE ~ a storytelling space for people to share their experiences and stories about Life, all in! We know everyone has experiences and stories to share, of your time on Planet Earth, an extraordinarily beautiful home for humankind, third rock from the sun. The lead Collaborato...

30/12/2020

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

THE WORLDWIDE PREMIER OF HOPEFEST 360°... will take place at NOON Eastern Daylight time on 2020.12.31 ~ intentionally timed to coincide with arrival of NEW YEAR on Christmas Island in the Australian Territory, the first population to welcome the DAWN of 2021.

Please visit the HOPEFEST 360° below... EVENT LINKS will be sent to YOU when you register. Streaming will continue nonstop throughout January!!!

WHY register ??? ... BECAUSE HOPE MATTERS ❤🤗❤

An Epic Worldwide Recorded Broadcast via YouTube January 1, 2021 / All Time Zones

30/12/2020

Looking forward to reading the third book by LINDA QUIRING...

29/12/2020

Something to get YOU into your day... this will settle your MIND. Thanks to JULIAN FREEMAN for this nugget, which will be featured in ESSE ~ Metaphors for Life... Q is for QUANTUM.

ONE THOUGHT AWAY is more than a quantum abstract…it’s the REALITY of every living being on Mother Earth.

28/12/2020

HOPE... shine YOUR Light!!! ❤😎❤

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest. You may remember the famous scene in the 1991 movie "City Slickers" when Curly (Jack Palance) has the following exchange with Mitch (Billy Crystal): Finding Our One Thing...

26/12/2020

HOPEFEST 360°... creating a WAVE OF HOPE in humankind. Together WE will create a WAVE that will start 2021.01.01 and ripple throughout the world for the rest of time.

Please VISIT + RESERVE your ticket(s)... NOW!!! ❤️🤗❤️

360°

26/12/2020

Our VISION... AwakenESSENCE ...a global network to engage as many of the 7.8+ Billion souls on Planet Earth as we can... digitally, physically, spiritually!

We would love ❤️ to create a groundswell quickly, straight out of the gate! To that end and to engage as many as possible, AE is encouraging all to LIKE + SHARE our page.

Blessings to those who hear our call for support. ❤️🤗❤️

25/12/2020

QUANTUM... MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS and THOUGHT are the true quantum expression of the FORMLESS.

We are ONE THOUGHT away from TRUE SELF

www.AwakenESSEnce.net

25/12/2020

AWAKEN ~ Live NOW... be one with the UNIVERSAL ESSENCE.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS... Stardate 2021.01.01 ...please LIKE and SHARE AwakenESSENCE with your friends!