1.0Meditation Magazinehttps://www.meditationmag.com/blogRobert Hirschhttps://www.meditationmag.com/blog/author/roberthirsch/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LGjYnd0U7Q"><a href="https://www.meditationmag.com/blog/grace-freedom-and-ego-machine/">GRACE, FREEDOM & THE EGO MACHINE                      </a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.meditationmag.com/blog/grace-freedom-and-ego-machine/embed/#?secret=LGjYnd0U7Q" width="600" height="338" title="“GRACE, FREEDOM & THE EGO MACHINE                      ” — Meditation Magazine" data-secret="LGjYnd0U7Q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.meditationmag.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.meditationmag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/buddha-image.jpg960659I placed the video into the VCR, pressed play, and sat on my couch with my scruffy beautiful mutt at my feet. An American spiritual master, Adi Da Samraj, began speaking, clarifying the nature of ego, the origins of humankind’s self-created suffering, and expounding upon the Divine Reality in which everything is arising.  A few […]