Monday, 12 May 2014

metaphysics



My explanation of this world is that it is the application of detachment, objectivity, and a form of “scientific method” and rationality to the non-physical parts of reality (counting merely unseen matters such as X-rays as physical, for the purposes of this explanation).
This attitude has led to some interesting developments in Asia over several millennia - probably best known these days to many in the West through those few portions of the great science of Yoga which have become popular, and possibly matters such as Reiki and the discipline methodology of Buddhism.
In the West, my personal exposure to this term came through the writings of the very controversial author, Lobsang Rampa, where psychism was separated from religion and mysticism – and that is a point worth adding, so let’s explain metaphysics as:
the application of detachment, objectivity, and a form of “scientific method” and rationality to the non-physical parts of reality in a way that separates psychism from the dogma of religion and the vagueness of mysticism.
Note that this is my definition: for others, try seeing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metaphysics (not a bad tie-in to philosophy, there) and http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaphysics/ - and any of the links an Internet search will lead you to, although it would be better to focus on the credible sources, if you can J

As of the time this definition was written, I’ve touched on this idea in the following posts:

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