Immanence is a concept in metaphysics and philosophy describing what is present, active, or inherent within the world or within reality itself. It is often contrasted with transcendence, which refers to what is understood as extending beyond ordinary experience, the physical world, or a given level of reality. Discussions of immanence may concern the presence of meaning, mind, order, value, or divinity within reality rather than outside it, and the concept connects with being, existence, reality, substance, consciousness, and transcendence.