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Chasing the Present

The I is rightthere, and the I's involved in everything that goeson, common across our...

The I is right
there, and the I's involved in everything that goes
on, common across our species

Full Transcript

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The I is right there, and the I's
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involved in everything that goes on, common across our species.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:20
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.
Once we learned how to do that, we kicked ass. - Chasing the Present 00:06
Once we learned how to do that, we kicked ass.
I mean, the other four species, gone. - Chasing the Present 00:05
I mean, the other four species, gone.
There were bigger, stronger, bigger-brained species. - Chasing the Present 00:05
There were bigger, stronger, bigger-brained species.
But at the same time, we eventually came out of that. - Chasing the Present 00:04
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 00:06
And we said, we really are going to control the package
With that knowledge, that symbolic logic, - Chasing the Present 00:08
With that knowledge, that symbolic logic,
We wiped up the planet, for good or bad. - Chasing the Present 00:05
We wiped up the planet, for good or bad.
We've got this egoic structure, and you can see it everywhere - Chasing the Present 00:07
We've got this egoic structure, and you can see it ever...
And this ego is what's running the process - Chasing the Present 00:05
And this ego is what's running the process
We've lost ourselves in objective experience. - Chasing the Present 00:04
We've lost ourselves in objective experience.
We have allowed ourselves to become immersed - Chasing the Present 00:12
We have allowed ourselves to become immersed
We think I am this bundle of thoughts, images, feelings, - Chasing the Present 00:08
We think I am this bundle of thoughts, images, feelings,
Now, most people are so involved in their experience - Chasing the Present 00:09
Now, most people are so involved in their experience
They overlook or forget their essential self, - Chasing the Present 00:13
They overlook or forget their essential self,
What is there for him to do to stop - Chasing the Present 00:12
What is there for him to do to stop
And to begin with, that will require some exploration. - Chasing the Present 00:04
And to begin with, that will require some exploration.
The root causes of suffering can be described in many ways. - Chasing the Present 00:05
The root causes of suffering can be described in many ways.
You could call that basic ignorance - Chasing the Present 00:16
You could call that basic ignorance
And of course, the meditative process - Chasing the Present 00:25
And of course, the meditative process
But meditation takes us to a deeper level - Chasing the Present 00:08
But meditation takes us to a deeper level