Transcendence is the purpose of awakening.
It is the experience of consciously rising above our mind, emotions and imagination.
It is what happens when we experience the oneness.
For those who have not experienced it, it is a fable or the delusions of the religious minded person.
Some may see it as only an escape.
It is not a belief that can be comprehended rationally.
So strongly do we associate our life solely from our mind, emotions and imagination that naturally we doubt it is even possible.
For this reason few desire to seek it out until life demands that we look into it.
When the illusions of our life begin to crumble and we feel we are falling apart, then we will look for how to transcend then.
Life changes either in an upward spiral or a deep downward dive and variations in between.
We cannot avoid the changes, only hope we can transcend them and overcome.
Robert.