The icon consists of a series of overlapping triangles:

1. A base consisting of a broad flattened yellow triangle representing a Science as our means to discover knowledge - a portal to view Reality. 

2. An overlay consisting of a green triangle, representing Philosophy as our means to gain understanding - a portal to view Systems in reality. 

3. An overlay consisting of a blue triangle representing Religion as our means to establishing values - those choices which best insure our collective survival. continuance-in-kind, and prosperity. 

4. A cap consisting of a purple triangle representing Governance as our means as a mere collection of individuals to achieve unity - the means by which we ascend to a collective entity.

5. A red spire piercing the nested triangles, representing Transcendence to a common purpose - wherein the collective body of humans, united in knowledge, understanding, values, and governance, become cohesive and cooperative cells of the living society they form - a society that is an entity of itself, existing, growing, and continuing though generations of its original human founders.  Individual human members are born and die, but the society lives on in succeeding generations to pursue a path and fulfill a destiny - to jump to the stars, and even to galaxies, to seek out the edge of the known universe, and to even strive to se beyond it. 

The process of transcendence is ascribed to the will and the way of The One - that which permeates the universe beyond our cognizance which, through catastrophe, chaos, and change, result in very few of the many collections of individuals to survive and coalesce into a single collective entity.

Each overlaying triangle is narrower than the one underlying to represent an intertwined paradigm that provides increasing focus, capability, direction, and purpose toward ascendance as a collective unity, 

The icon (or symbol) of Transcendent Reality above graphically depicts the paradigm of Transcendent Reality. An intermediate goal of Transcendent Reality is to persuade individuals with whom we form a collection to act in accordance with our values to realize the greatest social good - which we define as that which best enhances our collective chances for survival, continuance-in-kind, and prosperity beyond random chance. 

The ultimate goal of Transcendent Reality, the paradigm, is to survive, continue-in-kind, and prosper as a collective.  Our near-term objective is to achieve the Seventh Transcendence for our collective.  Our more long-range mission is to realize our Manifest Destiny, which is to fling ourselves literally in to the farthest corners of the Universe, thereby insuring our survival if a stellar catastrophe interrupt our existence on this planet, solar system, or galaxy.