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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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And it's good, innit,
to just take the piss - Chasing the Present

And it's good, innit, to just take the piss

This is a little curtain, and
you come behind the curtain, - Chasing the Present

This is a little curtain, and you come behind the curtain,

Maximum 50, 60 years, then
it's the old boneyard. - Chasing the Present

Maximum 50, 60 years, then it's the old boneyard.

Yes, I was in Peru not
too long ago and stayed there - Chasing the Present

Yes, I was in Peru not too long ago and stayed there

And we did some very intense
ayahuasca ceremonies. - Chasing the Present

And we did some very intense ayahuasca ceremonies.

It was the first time in my life
that I ever tried ayahuasca, - Chasing the Present

It was the first time in my life that I ever tried ayahuasca...

And the first night,
I was kind of mellow, - Chasing the Present

And the first night, I was kind of mellow,

And before I even
drank the medicine, - Chasing the Present

And before I even drank the medicine,

I realized I was trying
to control something. - Chasing the Present

I realized I was trying to control something.

I was trying to
control the medicine, - Chasing the Present

I was trying to control the medicine,

I'm here in Peru in the
jungle drinking ayahuasca, - Chasing the Present

I'm here in Peru in the jungle drinking ayahuasca,

I remember having a thought
of, well, if this is death - Chasing the Present

I remember having a thought of, well, if this is death

But you had reached that
point of surrendering even - Chasing the Present

But you had reached that point of surrendering even

But I still do suffer
in my life from anxiety. - Chasing the Present

But I still do suffer in my life from anxiety.

And I feel it coming, and then
I do the same kind of thing - Chasing the Present

And I feel it coming, and then I do the same kind of thing

And I guess, what you just
said makes a lot of sense. - Chasing the Present

And I guess, what you just said makes a lot of sense.

I have to maybe treat it
like I did with the ayahuasca - Chasing the Present

I have to maybe treat it like I did with the ayahuasca

You were still there after
you surrendered, right? - Chasing the Present

You were still there after you surrendered, right?

You were still there
and identifying - Chasing the Present

You were still there and identifying

I think first and foremost,
we have to concede that we are - Chasing the Present

I think first and foremost, we have to concede that we are

What we're here to do,
as best as we possibly - Chasing the Present

What we're here to do, as best as we possibly

Where I see the light is an
awakening of consciousness, - Chasing the Present

Where I see the light is an awakening of consciousness,

The most transforming effect
of this recognition is that it - Chasing the Present

The most transforming effect of this recognition is that it

It doesn't even mean to
say that we necessarily - Chasing the Present

It doesn't even mean to say that we necessarily

Everybody I work with
has done everything. - Chasing the Present

Everybody I work with has done everything.

So I'm the only virgin,
but yeah, I just - Chasing the Present

So I'm the only virgin, but yeah, I just

So through meditation,
through practicing yoga... - Chasing the Present

So through meditation, through practicing yoga...

I'm just interested to
know the different methods - Chasing the Present

I'm just interested to know the different methods

But the core of
it is just this, - Chasing the Present

But the core of it is just this,

When you completely
surrender, it happens. - Chasing the Present

When you completely surrender, it happens.

God, how many people
I think are even aware... - Chasing the Present

God, how many people I think are even aware...

...Of what this thing is that
they could actually have access - Chasing the Present

...Of what this thing is that they could actually have acces...

There's something in
our life, everybody's - Chasing the Present

There's something in our life, everybody's

It wasn't caused by
an orgasm or something - Chasing the Present

It wasn't caused by an orgasm or something

And quickly, the brain,
conditioned very heavily, - Chasing the Present

And quickly, the brain, conditioned very heavily,

But if you recognize, you can
have that, that little window - Chasing the Present

But if you recognize, you can have that, that little window

You can be in this blissful,
transcendent, OMG state - Chasing the Present

You can be in this blissful, transcendent, OMG state

These bodies still have
behaviors that they do. - Chasing the Present

These bodies still have behaviors that they do.

But in fact, what's
inside is vast stillness. - Chasing the Present

But in fact, what's inside is vast stillness.

You still pick up
coffee and tea, - Chasing the Present

You still pick up coffee and tea,

But in fact, what's
happening inside - Chasing the Present

But in fact, what's happening inside

The body still does
what bodies do. - Chasing the Present

The body still does what bodies do.

You can see that all
of this is a dream. - Chasing the Present

You can see that all of this is a dream.

You're in a whole
different place. - Chasing the Present

You're in a whole different place.

I mean, if you're in now, now,
now, to really just be there. - Chasing the Present

I mean, if you're in now, now, now, to really just be t...

There's no recollection of
what took place 10 seconds ago. - Chasing the Present

There's no recollection of what took place 10 seconds a...

There's just now and
now and now and now. - Chasing the Present

There's just now and now and now and now.

You feel bliss because the
bliss pass through you. - Chasing the Present

You feel bliss because the bliss pass through you.

The path, in the sense that
I'm on, is trying to figure out - Chasing the Present

The path, in the sense that I'm on, is trying to figure...

When we're kids, we
have to be a certain way - Chasing the Present

When we're kids, we have to be a certain way

So we pretend to be
something else that we think - Chasing the Present

So we pretend to be something else that we think

And just that idea in
itself causes us to suffer, - Chasing the Present

And just that idea in itself causes us to suffer,

It causes us from reaching
our full potential, - Chasing the Present

It causes us from reaching our full potential,

And from what I
learned traveling - Chasing the Present

And from what I learned traveling

If you say you're present
all the time anyway, - Chasing the Present

If you say you're present all the time anyway,

That's important for me to
be in the moment, right? - Chasing the Present

That's important for me to be in the moment, right?

But you said like, being
present when things are - Chasing the Present

But you said like, being present when things are

You figure it out, carve your
little circle out, and do you. - Chasing the Present

You figure it out, carve your little circle out, and do you.

What you can never change
what other people think - Chasing the Present

What you can never change what other people think

I stopped watching the
news and reading the newspaper - Chasing the Present

I stopped watching the news and reading the newspaper

Nothing you can do about what's
happening on the 8 o'clock - Chasing the Present

Nothing you can do about what's happening on the 8 o�...

At night, cranberry and
pineapple something. - Chasing the Present

At night, cranberry and pineapple something.

It looks like a drink
so you could perpetrate - Chasing the Present

It looks like a drink so you could perpetrate

Stop messing around, eat a
big steak, get it over with. - Chasing the Present

Stop messing around, eat a big steak, get it over with.

Get down with a steak. - Chasing the Present

Get down with a steak.

I got to just get off, just
eat chicken for a few weeks, - Chasing the Present

I got to just get off, just eat chicken for a few weeks,

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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

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 13 Mar 2020

Awards: 4 wins

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