Transcendence is a concept in metaphysics and philosophy concerned with what is understood as going beyond the limits of ordinary experience, physical existence, or a particular level of reality. It is often contrasted with immanence, which refers to what exists or operates within the world or within experience itself. Discussions of transcendence may address whether aspects of being, consciousness, value, meaning, or divinity surpass the boundaries of material or experiential reality, and how such claims relate to existence, reality, mind, substance, and immanence.