In the most segregated city in the country, volunteerism was one thing I found transcending the divides of race, class, religion, and political party.
They argue that only by transcending the divided mind, by finding and holding on to the pure, unified consciousness that lies beyond all divisions, including right and wrong, us versus them, light against darkness, can human nature finally realize a state of peace, love, and truth.
Army uniformity and discipline, it was seen, could transcend the divided classes, and all army men could be made to comply with the rigorous political standards set by Mao's leadership.
The book suggests there is no real possibility of successfully transcending the cultural divide; national identities are fixed and impermeable.
He seemed then to be a genuinely different kind of candidate, heterodox and capacious, capable of transcending the great divides of our time to forge perhaps a new and improved political consensus.
The impact has been greatest in sports-mad South Africa, where Pistorius was seen as a rare hero who commanded respect from both black and white people, transcending the racial divides that persist 19 years after the end of apartheid.
To inspire us in the same way Coke, Disney, Harley Davidson or Starbucks have inspired Americans over time, capitalism needs to tell a story about transcending the morality-protection divide rather than perpetuate it.
Also, his reported principled defense (transcending the Sunni-Shi'a divide) of any victim or oppressed group -- including in Syria -- was further evidence for some that he was a prisoner and martyr of conscience and not a terrorist.
While Ukip has, in recent weeks, been bizarrely labelled as both left and right wing - the truth is that this situation has arisen because journalists don't seem to understand that we've transcended the political divide, and indeed have broken the class divide.
It transcends the old divide between party and organisation.
