Transcendence as a Way of Living and Being

A major focus in both my personal and professional life is to achieve and teach transcendence. My aspiration is two-fold:

1). To achieve and teach transcendence in the stillness of meditation.
2). To experience and develop a sustainable transcendent state while still actively engaged with one’s reality.

While I have achieved transcendence temporarily in meditation and actively in motion, my goal is for transcendence to become a way of living and being in a sustainable “transcendent” state. 

When I have allowed myself to expand into a transcendent state of elevated awareness, I have experienced complete liberation from ego limitations. In this place of freedom and expansion, my soul is released and I feel lighter, brighter and fully present. While my ego wants to keep me trapped in thoughts about the past and future constantly reminding me of my body’s needs and desires, my soul wants to set me free. When I’m able to transcend my egoic thoughts and needs, my soul is liberated to spread its wings and soar. This is ideal for meditative transcendence but soaring through the cosmos isn’t ideal for active transcendence. I have come to the realization that attaining and sustaining an active transcendent state requires balancing the ego’s awareness with the soul’s expansion. One must stay grounded and centered in the locality of their physicality while opening and expanding into the vastness of their spirituality.

Unity & Duality: The Divine Plan for Humanity

In an active state of transcendence, both grounded and expansive, I gain a higher perspective that allows me to become the observer of a wider reality beyond my own little world. I rise above my limited awareness where things and beings are separate and expand into a universal view where everything and everyone is interconnected. As I become overwhelmed with a profound sense of oneness in love with all that is, I simultaneously feel empathy toward all beings locally. With my higher perspective and local awareness, I can see how unity and duality are both part of the divine plan for humanity. I have an inner knowing that the greater purpose of the plan of duality and unity is the opportunity to know and love thyself as both a physical and spiritual being. I realize too that the deeper meaning of the divine plan lies in the intrinsic value of a comparative reality in which shadow and light dance on a spectrum from density to transparency, separation to unity.

Active Transcendence & Grounded Centeredness

In an active state of sustained transcendence, my heart expands in love and empathy. This allows me to transcend not just my own ego but I’m able to transcend the egos of others too! In the high-vibe frequency of unconditional love, I naturally connect into their soul’s pure essence. This allows me to inspire others to transcend their egoic limitations and tune into their heart for guidance as well. I have discovered that by transcending the ego’s limitations, we can appreciate the true purpose of our ego’s role as a survivor, warrior and student. By expanding the soul’s awareness, we can embrace its role as a guide, angel and teacher. Co-creatively, I believe we are here to be both students and teachers of and for each other as well. In a transcendent state of both elevated awareness and grounded centeredness, we can do that by balancing our ego and soul in a way that inspires and empowers one another. Once you’re able to sustain an active transcendent state, reality will bend to your divine will and others will respond to your loving light.

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