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Chasing the Present

But most of us have overlookedthat or forgotten it in favor of the objectivecontent of our...

But most of us have overlooked
that or forgotten it in favor of the objective
content of our experience

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But most of us have overlooked that or forgotten it
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in favor of the objective content of our experience.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:58
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

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.
So is suffering kind of an illusion? - Chasing the Present 00:05
So is suffering kind of an illusion?
Very good, very good, very good. - Chasing the Present 00:05
Very good, very good, very good.
But it feels so real. - Chasing the Present 00:04
But it feels so real.
So by cultivating silence and self-investigation, - Chasing the Present 00:11
So by cultivating silence and self-investigation,
Are those the ways to bypass the mind, - Chasing the Present 00:05
Are those the ways to bypass the mind,
I was just in India not too long ago, - Chasing the Present 00:09
I was just in India not too long ago,
And at one point during the talk, - Chasing the Present 00:16
And at one point during the talk,
But I understood it on one level, - Chasing the Present 00:08
But I understood it on one level,
If James has bad thoughts, problematic anxiety, fear, - Chasing the Present 00:10
If James has bad thoughts, problematic anxiety, fear,
You can feel that one, and you can feel, - Chasing the Present 00:09
You can feel that one, and you can feel,
That's a different thought from, oh my god, - Chasing the Present 00:06
That's a different thought from, oh my god,
If these kind of thoughts are quiet, - Chasing the Present 00:13
If these kind of thoughts are quiet,
And do you feel like you still suffer from those things - Chasing the Present 00:09
And do you feel like you still suffer from those things
I went into self-inquiry, inquiring who you are and what - Chasing the Present 00:08
I went into self-inquiry, inquiring who you are and what
Part of this stuff that I do, this practice, - Chasing the Present 00:09
Part of this stuff that I do, this practice,
So you just deconstruct all those attachments. - Chasing the Present 00:04
So you just deconstruct all those attachments.
And so that drives you forward because as you - Chasing the Present 00:08
And so that drives you forward because as you
So a lot of James' stories about this and that, - Chasing the Present 00:12
So a lot of James' stories about this and that,
There's a James there attached to the car or the reputation - Chasing the Present 00:09
There's a James there attached to the car or the reputa...
You can break all those down, but you've - Chasing the Present 00:07
You can break all those down, but you've