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The only element that remains with us all the time
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Chasing the Present

The only element thatremains with us all the time is our essential being or ouressential...

The only element that
remains with us all the time is our essential being or our
essential self-aware being, and at some point, there
is this recognition, I am pure awareness

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The only element that remains with us all the time
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is our essential being or our essential self-aware being,
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and at some point, there is this recognition,
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I am pure awareness.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:21
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
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,
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