Think about that moment right now. You know the feeling well. It is that sense of poignance, of power, of presence that is larger than what is there. Grab that moment in your mind. Lift it up.
Chances are, it was more personal.
Perhaps that earlier moment was the birth of a child, the offer of true love. Maybe it was the presence of great beauty, or the moment of great decision. Hold that moment in your mind now. You may not know fully, but part of it was that thing we call transcendence. When something becomes more than it was, when its meaning is greater than the sum of its parts, that is a transcendent moment.