“ … the ability to go beyond the usual limits;
existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level.”
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/transcendence
TRANSCENDENCE, as represented here, is the art and act of stepping outside and above the influence of the Animal Kingdom Brain Core to follow a “higher calling”.
That “higher calling” might be an ASPIRATION or a CODE OF ETHICS / BEHAVIOR …
Being useful or helpful to others instead of being totally self-absorbed is an excellent place to start!
Volunteer with Scouts or Boys & Girls Clubs, take a single person to lunch (OK, start with THAT single person!), adopt a humane society pet, volunteer in a non-profit organization that does social support programs (American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House, Children’s Hospital … ), get a job in a healthcare institution, participate in early childhood reading programs at the library or after-school programs, coach minor league sports, work with kids who have learning disabilities, visit with seniors in Senior Living Centers, visit with veterans in a veterans hospital, donate blood …
If you have some level of talent, perfect it, whether it’s singing or dancing or playing the fiddle, harmonica, guitar or piano or drawing or painting … and SHARE it with OTHERS.
“You gotta treat your brain like a dog you just got … The brain is a stupid, little dog … you just have to confine it. And it’s done through repetition and systemization.”
Jerry Seinfeld
