Self-Transcendent Experience Journaling: The TRACE Method for Mapping Six States of Mystical Experience
📌 TL;DR — Self-Transcendent Experience Journaling Self-transcendent experiences (STEs) are transient mental states in which the boundary between self and world softens, attention to self-evaluation drops, and feelings of connection or unity rise. Most people have had multiple STEs — awe at the ocean, flow in deep work, peak experience after a