Stepping-Over and Into

I enjoy playing with words- though that is a common enough sin among every writer- but I am certain that I at time lose even myself in the utter desire to fill up the written page.

Regardless, my meditation here finds root in the three transcendences I look at and see. The first is the Ascetic Transcendence: that of the Buddha or a martyr. This transcendence is characterized by denying the self in order to transcend the world. The second I derive from Nietzsche: the Aesthetic Transcendence: In this, a man transcends by fulfilling his purpose, which he makes for himself. The third I call the Christian Transcendence: a man denies himself, but also works towards one goal. It is not a dialectical result of the former two, but a separate ideal altogether.
The third form is not realized by action, but by spiritual wholeness. In fact, it is the utter Christian ideal. Very few people realize this transcendence (or any, for that matter. People prefer to stay in the dark.), but those that realize it are truly the over-comers of this earth and life.
Transcendence interests me because it seems to be a goal for every great philosopher to step-beyond something. The Christian is in the hardest state; He can step beyond himself, but he himself is still himself. He steps beyond without actually leaving himself, that is.