I was looking up the saying:
登东山而小鲁，登泰山而小天下。
Part of the explanation says:
用超然物外的心境来观看世间的变幻纷扰。
Can someone please expand 超然物外?
Maybe: 超过自然，物质外边 ？？
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bkrs：超然物外[be free from things of the world; hold aloof from the world] 超出现实生活之外 1) 超出於尘世之外。 2) 引申为置身事外的意思。 超然 (1) [detached]∶超脱世俗 历史家所必需的超然态度 （1) detached; independent 这位超然的作曲家对舆论既不担心，也不在意。 The aloof composer neither worried nor cared about public opinion. 物外 〈书〉世事之外：超然物外[aloof from worldly things] 世外; 世俗之外 飘然物外1) 事物本体以外。2) 逸尘脱俗的世界。1) p.w. the realm beyond worldly things 2) attr. transcendental– user6065Dec 12, 2017 at 5:48
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超 ［动］（越过; 高出） exceed; surpass; overtake:（在某个范围以外; 不受限制） transcend; go beyond: 超尘脱俗 transcend the worldly ［形］ （超出寻常的） super-; ultra-; extra-; hyper- 然 (most common) adverbial suffix, cf.(Yip Po-Ching, CLCS) calmness：寂然、安然、泰然、坦然，clarity：了然、显然、斐然、照然，solemnity:赫然、昂然、凛然、俨然– user6065Dec 12, 2017 at 6:44
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ABC
hold aloof from the world
A Chinese-English Dictionary
hold oneself aloof from the world; be above worldly considerations; stay away from scenes of contention
Oxford
1 置身事外 be above worldly considerations
2 超脱于社会 shun social disputes
KEY
1 be above all material desires
2 be detached
3 be above the fray
Duogongneng Chengyu Cidian
解释 超然:不站在对立各方的任何一方;物:指客观世界｡超脱于尘事之外｡也指置身事外｡
语见 宋·叶梦得《石林诗话》卷下:“渊明正以脱略世故､超然物外意,顾区区在位者何足累其心哉!"
例句 这一种仪式既经举行,即倘有后患,各部都该负责,不能超然物外,说风凉话了｡(鲁迅《而已集·谈所谓“大内档案"》)
近义 置身事外
反义 同流合污
辨析〔参见〕置身事外
超然 is just "independent"
物 is the "objective world"
外 is "outside of"
超然 = Go beyond
物外 = outside of Material world
超然物外 = Go beyond the mundane world = Spiritual (not necessary religious)