I recently watched the documentary I Am Shadyac, in which Shadyac (filmmaker known for movies such as Ace Ventura) explains his quest to find.. well perhaps I could call it ‘the truth of existence’.
I only found this website yesterday, but I was pleasantly surprisedd to see Thom Hartmann in some of the videos as he’s also in this doc. And he basically confirms along with most other speakers things that I’ve come across mainly in (Zen) Buddhism. I recommend watching the documentary, along with checking out such people as Alan Watts and Jiddu Krishnamurti and so on (both have great stuff on youtube). And personally, I found the book Hardcore Zen to put a lot of things in perspective, in a very honest way. I’ve also found that a lot of my concentration issues come from
constantly thinking there’s something more important to be doing than what I’m trying to do at any given moment. It really helps to feel and realize the present moment. Too bad I neglected reminding myself about it. I might’ve been in a better place now. But hey, the future is an illusion of the mind, so there’s always hope that things will be better. 