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transpersonal

transpersonal

1 9.0
Experiences that go beyond a person and feel connected to a larger whole
  • adjective
  • /trænspɜrˈsənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transpersonal
  • The retreat focused on transpersonal experiences that go beyond individual understanding, fostering a deeper sense of community.
  • transpersonal psychology
  • transpersonal experience
  • transpersonal psychotherapy

That's perhaps the goal of transpersonal psychology, and it is the experience of psychedelics.

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Examples

  • The relationship to the internal guru (yidam) develops, establishing dialogue with the transpersonal, which leads to mystical insight.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Because we are working with transpersonal psychology, asking for help is more than just asking people.

    Academic text (1993)
  • If if we're going to look at it from a transpersonal lens, then we might get into the conversation of soul.

  • The Self is experienced as a transpersonal power that is greater than the ego.

    Academic text (1991)
  • You are in the middle of getting your master's in spiritual transpersonal psychology.

  • I have said earlier that most of the important data of transpersonal psychology are experiential in nature.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The inner journey through this transpersonal source of significance leads eventually to the reconciliation of ego and self.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Attachment to any transpersonal experience probably guarantees that it will not lead to full enlightenment.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Humanistic and transpersonal psychology are cross-cultural disciplines drawing extensively from both Eastern and Western sources.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Through meditation, she hoped to achieve a transpersonal state of consciousness that connected her to the universe.

Synonyms

transcendental
vstranspersonal
  • Formal
7 9.6

Beyond the natural world and ordinary experience

focuses on lived experiences beyond the self rather than abstract being
transmundane
vstranspersonal
  • Literature
9.9

Beyond the physical world and normal human experience

is about experiences that go beyond the individual self
translunary
vstranspersonal
  • Archaic
9.9

Like something from a world beyond the moon and ordinary life

highlights inner spiritual states beyond the individual rather than cosmic location
translunar
vstranspersonal
  • Literature
9.9

Not of this world and seeming like a dream

refers to shared spiritual experiences beyond personal self rather than style
transindividual
vstranspersonal
  • Jargon
9.9

Extending beyond one person to include connections between people

is about experiences beyond the individual self rather than between people

How Transpersonal

mystical
106 7.1
spiritual
660 4.8
transpersonal
  • Specialized
1 9.0
social
1.3
interpersonal
30 4.2
personal
313 2.7

Surface Forms

transpersonal positive

Morphology

transpersonal = personal (semi-transparent) = trans + personal

The prefix 'trans-' suggests 'beyond' or 'across', but the specific meaning related to spiritual or broader dimensions is not immediately clear.

Etymology

Transpersonal comes from the prefix trans- ('across' or 'beyond') and personal ('relating to a person'), the same trans- you see in transport and transfer. So transpersonal means experiences that go 'beyond the person' and connect someone to a larger or spiritual whole.