{"id":1818,"date":"2014-05-06T20:09:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T02:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:13:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T02:13:18","slug":"ego-transcendence-metaphor-computers-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/ego-transcendence-metaphor-computers-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Ego Transcendence Through The Metaphor of Computers &#038; Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could think of ego death and ego transcendence as transforming the interpretative software of your brain.<\/p>\n<p>Your are born with this default software program, which is constantly trying to make sense of your sensations, emotions and thoughts in order to stitch it into a coherent narrative of your self and your life.<\/p>\n<p>You can upgrade the software that runs on your brain.<\/p>\n<p>All of your life you<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> have added new apps from the App Store of societies&#8217; conventional institutions: school, tv, friends, family, work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But did you know you can upgrade your entire operating system and have an entirely new experience of reality?<\/p>\n<p>This is the perennial aim of spiritual practice in 21st century technological metaphor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You could think of ego death and ego transcendence as transforming the interpretative software of your brain. 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