Transcendence is Easy

One Simple Thought

Do not let yourself be mystified by transcendence or think it is about something rarefied or only possible for unusually gifted souls.

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It doesn't have to be like this!

There are innumerable "it"s and "this"s which would be better off if someone turned their imagination and their energy to them.

Bottom Line: Transcendence is open to everyone. It is simply a matter of using the appropriate elements within your Will.

The endeavour framework is the prototype of THEE frameworks that show how the spiritual dimension, which is transcendent, can be brought, level by level, into the temporal dimension, which is actual.

Meaning of the Term

Transcendence means «going beyond». It commonly implies that one's personal self is left behind (i.e. self-transcendence). That meaning fits this framework of personal endeavour perfectly well.
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In self-transcendence, you look within and say: "I don't have to be/act/think like this!" To which your self (as you incorrectly regard it) answers: "But that's me. I've always been this way! It's my nature. You can't expect me to change." The issue then becomes whether you want to let your higher Self take charge. THEE has a Satellite with frameworks putting more flesh on these bones.

What about selflessness? Selfless activity appears to be a genuine phenomenon. Persistent selflessness, named self-renunciation, is a special and rare form of human existence, not an endeavour as such.

What about self-actualization? This is the other half of the duality: transcendence v actualization in relation to the self. So self-actualization is an endeavour to make actual a particular transcendent potential—in this case the self's potentials.

THEE itself is a «transcendental system» in the sense that it is not tied to specific concrete examples or the limitations of any historical moment. Philosophers might perhaps label it as a form of: «transcendental realism».

More specialized meanings:

• The Taxonomy recognizes the duality: transcendence v immanence. This is a reference to God's presence, i.e. both separate and unutterably other, and yet present all the time in everything.

• Many philosophers have used the term in various ways, but examination and comparison of such views does not belong in this website.

It seems appropriate to consider transcending as a positive—or at least neutral effort. But that is a matter for each of us. Freedom exists in the universe, and you can choose to do harm or to release evil.

Actualization is Hard

When you possess an indefinable willingness to take on something—perhaps a different challenge or a new project, or when you want to do what you see others doing—it is all rather vague. You just know that the time has come for you «to do something».

At some point you see what needs to be done and determine that it is indeed for you. (If you are self-actualizing, then it may well be «what you were born for».) In any case, what is the result?

Whatever is to be done is not you. It is something impersonal, however great your interest in it. Remember: there is no endeavour yet. There is only a potential (for an) endeavour: a dream. And if there is to be an actual endeavour, then you must submit to that potential, to that dream.

The most important and utterly impersonal aspect of the potential is the purpose that you have selected. That purpose, its relevant values and its more concrete objectives now take charge. Self-transcendence occurs to a greater or lesser degree according to your creativity.

Transcending may be easy, but actualizing is hard.

As you become clearer in your mind, you shape, define and guide the transcending potential using your freely chosen personal goal, other Levels in the Root Hierarchy, and your capacity for awareness. Above all, you are in charge via RL4-Experience: see the diagram.

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• Now rejoin the full account of how transcendence is transmuted to actualization.

Originally posted: 06-Jul-2011. Amended 16-Jul-2023.