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Chasing the Present

A materially successful young man, riddled with anxiety embarks on a worldwide journey of self inquiry, uncovering deep truths about who and what he is.

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Mark Waters

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Of course, a lot of
good work, great work, - Chasing the Present

Of course, a lot of good work, great work,

Well, I think as a species,
we have to realize that there - Chasing the Present

Well, I think as a species, we have to realize that there

I mean, there is a way
to stop our suffering. - Chasing the Present

I mean, there is a way to stop our suffering.

We have to find out what the
root of this suffering is, - Chasing the Present

We have to find out what the root of this suffering is,

It comes from some software
that we generated for ourselves - Chasing the Present

It comes from some software that we generated for ourselves

We went through 6 million
years minus 75,000 years, - Chasing the Present

We went through 6 million years minus 75,000 years,

Somehow, we developed this way
of saying, OK, symbolic logic. - Chasing the Present

Somehow, we developed this way of saying, OK, symbolic logic...

I can represent this
by drawing that. - Chasing the Present

I can represent this by drawing that.

I can point to this, and you'll
know, Oh, that's this thing. - Chasing the Present

I can point to this, and you'll know, Oh, that's t...

That may sound simple,
but that's a big deal - Chasing the Present

That may sound simple, but that's a big deal

And so what happened
75,000 years ago, - Chasing the Present

And so what happened 75,000 years ago,

Once we did, then we had this
I The I's in there, planted. - Chasing the Present

Once we did, then we had this I The I's in there, plant...

The I is right
there, and the I's - Chasing the Present

The I is right there, and the I's

Once we learned how to
do that, we kicked ass. - Chasing the Present

Once we learned how to do that, we kicked ass.

I mean, the other
four species, gone. - Chasing the Present

I mean, the other four species, gone.

There were bigger, stronger,
bigger-brained species. - Chasing the Present

There were bigger, stronger, bigger-brained species.

But at the same time, we
eventually came out of that. - Chasing the Present

But at the same time, we eventually came out of that.

And we said, we really are
going to control the package - Chasing the Present

And we said, we really are going to control the package

With that knowledge,
that symbolic logic, - Chasing the Present

With that knowledge, that symbolic logic,

We wiped up the planet,
for good or bad. - Chasing the Present

We wiped up the planet, for good or bad.

We've got this egoic structure,
and you can see it everywhere - Chasing the Present

We've got this egoic structure, and you can see it ever...

And this ego is what's
running the process - Chasing the Present

And this ego is what's running the process

We've lost ourselves
in objective experience. - Chasing the Present

We've lost ourselves in objective experience.

We have allowed ourselves
to become immersed - Chasing the Present

We have allowed ourselves to become immersed

We think I am this bundle of
thoughts, images, feelings, - Chasing the Present

We think I am this bundle of thoughts, images, feelings,

Now, most people are so
involved in their experience - Chasing the Present

Now, most people are so involved in their experience

They overlook or forget
their essential self, - Chasing the Present

They overlook or forget their essential self,

What is there for
him to do to stop - Chasing the Present

What is there for him to do to stop

And to begin with, that will
require some exploration. - Chasing the Present

And to begin with, that will require some exploration.

The root causes of suffering
can be described in many ways. - Chasing the Present

The root causes of suffering can be described in many ways.

You could call that
basic ignorance - Chasing the Present

You could call that basic ignorance

And of course, the
meditative process - Chasing the Present

And of course, the meditative process

But meditation takes
us to a deeper level - Chasing the Present

But meditation takes us to a deeper level

And when we look deeper, we
see the constituent elements - Chasing the Present

And when we look deeper, we see the constituent elements

And this is just helpful
because then we're - Chasing the Present

And this is just helpful because then we're

The more we can let go of the
self-centeredness which is just - Chasing the Present

The more we can let go of the self-centeredness which is jus...

There is a self-center
that we gravitate around... - Chasing the Present

There is a self-center that we gravitate around...

When we see through that,
then the natural expression - Chasing the Present

When we see through that, then the natural expression

I had a dad who
is very strong. - Chasing the Present

I had a dad who is very strong.

You have to score more
goals, hit more home - Chasing the Present

You have to score more goals, hit more home

Somehow, it was
a beautiful thing - Chasing the Present

Somehow, it was a beautiful thing

This ego part of myself
is so strong and so powerful. - Chasing the Present

This ego part of myself is so strong and so powerful.

It's been just fed for the
last 34 years of my life. - Chasing the Present

It's been just fed for the last 34 years of my life.

It's being fed and
fed and fed and fed, - Chasing the Present

It's being fed and fed and fed and fed,

And it was really overwhelming
to see like, shit, - Chasing the Present

And it was really overwhelming to see like, shit,

What I would really like to
hear for myself and understand - Chasing the Present

What I would really like to hear for myself and understand

It's not on a
schedule or something, - Chasing the Present

It's not on a schedule or something,

I do feel like
sometimes, my mind - Chasing the Present

I do feel like sometimes, my mind

Mata Maharshi, probably the
sage of the 20th century, - Chasing the Present

Mata Maharshi, probably the sage of the 20th century,

Western philosophy,
only one or two people - Chasing the Present

Western philosophy, only one or two people

During like... meditate
and just on that "make that - Chasing the Present

During like... meditate and just on that "make that

Is it simple
enough to say like, - Chasing the Present

Is it simple enough to say like,

But even more fundamental
than that is saying, OK, - Chasing the Present

But even more fundamental than that is saying, OK,

If we don't have the sufferer,
there is no suffering. - Chasing the Present

If we don't have the sufferer, there is no suffering.

There are an infinite number
of pleasures and possibilities - Chasing the Present

There are an infinite number of pleasures and possibilities

Every lack, there's an I there. - Chasing the Present

Every lack, there's an I there.

And if you just keep
going after that I, - Chasing the Present

And if you just keep going after that I,

And you keep watching, keep
asking, now, where is James? - Chasing the Present

And you keep watching, keep asking, now, where is James?

And you find out that in fact,
James isn't a real thing. - Chasing the Present

And you find out that in fact, James isn't a real thing...

Every time, James will meet
somebody, a different person... - Chasing the Present

Every time, James will meet somebody, a different person...

You talk to Mark, or
if you talk to Anna, - Chasing the Present

You talk to Mark, or if you talk to Anna,

You watch carefully, you can see
there are two different Jameses - Chasing the Present

You watch carefully, you can see there are two different Jam...

And if you watch yourself
in the course of day, - Chasing the Present

And if you watch yourself in the course of day,

How important can James be if
he's got whole pack of them? - Chasing the Present

How important can James be if he's got whole pack of th...

If you put yourself
in the scanner, - Chasing the Present

If you put yourself in the scanner,

You can say, hold it, we
can't find James anyplace. - Chasing the Present

You can say, hold it, we can't find James anyplace.

We can find lots of
Jameses, but James - Chasing the Present

We can find lots of Jameses, but James

Scientifically, we can show
you there is no James there. - Chasing the Present

Scientifically, we can show you there is no James there.

You're only now, now, now. - Chasing the Present

You're only now, now, now.

It's difficult not to
evaluate the experience almost - Chasing the Present

It's difficult not to evaluate the experience almost

There was nothingness for a
while because on some level, - Chasing the Present

There was nothingness for a while because on some level,

You stare too long in a
mirror, you freak yourself out - Chasing the Present

You stare too long in a mirror, you freak yourself out

It gets to a point
where you think, - Chasing the Present

It gets to a point where you think,

I would start by asking,
tell me about yourself - Chasing the Present

I would start by asking, tell me about yourself

Can you tell me about yourself? - Chasing the Present

Can you tell me about yourself?

So then the person might
say, well, I'm 34 years old. - Chasing the Present

So then the person might say, well, I'm 34 years old.

Again, I would comment, but you
haven't always been 34 years. - Chasing the Present

Again, I would comment, but you haven't always been 34 ...

So yourself cannot have
any particular age. - Chasing the Present

So yourself cannot have any particular age.

So I'm presuming, of course,
that, that person understands. - Chasing the Present

So I'm presuming, of course, that, that person understa...

Nothing extraordinary, nothing
mystical, nothing spiritual. - Chasing the Present

Nothing extraordinary, nothing mystical, nothing spiritual.

Just inviting the person
to go deeper and deeper - Chasing the Present

Just inviting the person to go deeper and deeper

The person may then refer
to some bodily sensation. - Chasing the Present

The person may then refer to some bodily sensation.

Again, I would point out that
our bodily sensations change - Chasing the Present

Again, I would point out that our bodily sensations change

So no actual experience of the
body is inherent to begin with. - Chasing the Present

So no actual experience of the body is inherent to begin wit...

They would describe thoughts,
feelings, and activities, - Chasing the Present

They would describe thoughts, feelings, and activities,

It's with me at
whatever age I've been, - Chasing the Present

It's with me at whatever age I've been,

So they would begin to
struggle to put a name to that. - Chasing the Present

So they would begin to struggle to put a name to that.

What is it in our experience
that qualifies as I? - Chasing the Present

What is it in our experience that qualifies as I?

Obviously, no thought, no
feeling, no bodily sensation, - Chasing the Present

Obviously, no thought, no feeling, no bodily sensation,

So the self-inquiry begins
with this tracing back - Chasing the Present

So the self-inquiry begins with this tracing back

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A materially successful young man, riddled with anxiety embarks on a worldwide journey of self inquiry, uncovering deep truths about who and what he is.

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Director: Mark Waters

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 13 Mar 2020

Awards: 4 wins

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