Metaphysical , love that word!

I had a caller email me yesterday asking what "metaphysical" means. She has an idea, but not really sure.It is a word that is hard to define, as hard as what it really is I suppose. I also had an email from another light worker who said he wasn't familiar with the term.

So what does "metaphysical" mean?

If you had to describe it, you might say, it is all that strange stuff, the spooky stuff, the stuff some people don't believe in. OK, true, but that applies to a lot of stuff, and so does the word. But what does it really mean???

Meta is from the Greek meaning "beyond". Metaphysical is beyond the physical world. It isn't something we can relate to with our normal five senses.

It is anything that is difficult to test scientifically (although that is changing). It is considered part of philosophy (that is changing also), much of it (manifesting or recording ghost voices for example), is becoming more of reality to people. It deals with the beginnings of our Universe, the unknown, the abstract. It looks for ultimate cause of things, it looks beyond the physical universe.

The metaphysician will be interested in energy work, psychic and energy healing, spirits, the other side, reading the future, past lives, talking to the dead. They will study manifesting, religion beyond and before denominations came along and ruined it,  and the ultimate supreme energy of the Universe. All those things that people tell you aren't real, or that you don't have to worry about, you will never know.

Science is catching up with metaphysics. Scientific study is being done on spirits, manifesting, healing to see how it works. Physics is catching up , things like the Zero Point Field and String Theory help us see that not only is all this metaphysical stuff possible, but probable.

The word metaphysics will most likely have its' definition changed soon as these things will become more trusted by the scientific community and will be proven rather that something you just have to believe in. Maybe all the stuff we call metaphysical now will just be labeled "mundane".

Since my blog is called "Metaphysical to Mundane". The definition of mundane is common, earthly and everyday. Sometimes we do get into the ordinary here don't we?

There are two universities out there that are accredited for teaching metaphysics. Since the common world hasn't quite caught up with them yet, they are based as religious schools, although they do not call themselves that. There are major universities teaching parapsychology.  This is a branch of psychology that studies psychic abilities like clairvoyance and telepathy. So we are moving forwards. I completed a parapsychology correspondence degree in the 70's, before I even earned my BA from Montclair State (or graduated high school for that matter). I am sure a lot has changed since then , and I am sure I knew most of it before it became approved course curriculum,  because I live it every day. It is a shame it is taking the academic world so long to catch up.

I have always sought out the people with the knowledge, and that has made me a knowledgeable person. Seek people out, talk to them, learn from them. Watch them work. There is so much out there that is beyond the physical. Find the true, competent, trained and talented people. They are the ones with all the knowledge of the Universe, and you will never know it unless you ask questions.


Peshaui Wequashimese

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