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

So the self-inquiry beginswith this tracing back of the attention

So the self-inquiry begins
with this tracing back of the attention

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So the self-inquiry begins with this tracing back
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of the attention.
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8 seconds
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00:44:00
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
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documentary
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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.
We trace our way back until we get simply to that which I am. - Chasing the Present 00:07
We trace our way back until we get simply to that which I am...
The only element that remains with us all the time - Chasing the Present 00:14
The only element that remains with us all the time
And we've lost touch in most cases - Chasing the Present 00:14
And we've lost touch in most cases
In other words, it is the place in us of peace and happiness. - Chasing the Present 00:05
In other words, it is the place in us of peace and happiness...
But most of us have overlooked that or forgotten it - Chasing the Present 00:12
But most of us have overlooked that or forgotten it
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,