Someone please explain metaphysics to me?
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Metaphysics (Greek words μετα [meta] = after/beyond and Φυσις [physis] = nature) is a branch of speculative philosophy concerned with explaining the world. A central branch of metaphysics is ontology, the investigation into what categories of things are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. The metaphysician also attempts to clarify the notions by which people understand the world, including existence, objecthood, property, space, time, causality, and possibility.\n\nContents [hide]\n1 History of metaphysics \n2 Central questions of metaphysics \n2.1 Particulars and universals \n2.2 Change and identity \n2.3 Space and time \n2.4 Necessity and possibility \n2.5 Personal identity \n2.6 Abstract objects \n2.7 Other metaphysical questions \n3 Criticism \n4 Metaphysical subdisciplines \n5 Metaphysical topics and problems \n6 People \n7 See also \n8 References \n9 External links \n \n\n\n[edit]\nHistory of metaphysics\nOne theory of the origin of the word 'metaphysics' (in Greek, μεταφυσικά) is based on the organization of some of Aristotle's books in the Library of Alexandria. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle produced a number of works which together were called the Physics. In the Library of Alexandria, the works of Aristotle were organized in such a way that another set of Aristotle's works were placed right after the Physics. These books seemed to concern a basic, fundamental area of philosophical inquiry, which Aristotle himself called "first philosophy". So early Aristotelian scholars called those books τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσι κά βιβλια, "ta meta ta physika biblia", which means "the books that come after the (books about) physics".\n\nThe term "Metaphysics" covers the subjects addressed in those books by Aristotle which have come to be called, collectively, the Metaphysics.\n\nThe Metaphysics was divided into three parts, now regarded as the traditional branches of Western metaphysics, called (1) ontology, (2) theology and (3) universal science. There were also some smaller, perhaps tangential matters: a philosophical lexicon, an attempt to define philosophy in general and several extracts from the Physics repeated verbatim.\n\nOntology is the study of existence; it has been traditionally defined as 'the science of being qua being', where the Latin word qua is usally translated "as". Hence, in English, "being as being." \nTheology means, here, the study of God (or the gods) and of questions about the divine. \nUniversal science is supposed to be the study of so-called first principles, which underlie all other inquiries; an example of such a principle is the law of non-contradiction: A = A, A not = B, Not both A and B. In other words, the elementary laws of logic as Aristotle knew them. \nUniversal science or first philosophy treats of "being qua being" — that is, what is basic to all science before one adds the particular details of any one science. This includes topics like causality, substance, species and elements. It also includes topics like relationship, interaction, finitude and a theoretically boundless infinity.\n\nMetaphysics as a discipline was a central part of academic inquiry and scholarly education even before the age in which Aristotle coined the word. Long considered "the Queen of Sciences", its issues were considered no less important than the other main formal subjects of physical science, medicine, mathematics, poetics and music. Since the Age of Reason, problems that were not originally considered metaphysical have been added to metaphysics. Other problems that were considered metaphysical problems for centuries are now typically relegated to their own separate subheadings in philosophy, such as philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, philosophy of perception, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. In some cases subje
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Your mind really. We make up religion to suit our needs. No real proof exist for symbols of good nor evil. This is why both sides of the coin exist. We simply do not know and remain mystified or in question. Both religions based on evil or good as forces percieved by humanity. Now to answer your question-at least go for a Druid religion or Wicca. It is realistic. Type in Wicca.com. Our minds are still in early stages of evolution. What you imagine or perceive can be amplified to the extent you create proof. I will tell you this: it is all tail chasing if you seek some organization to belong to. You will be manipulated. You search for power in numbers perhaps, or some unity to acknowledge your belief. Look into yourself. The web site is in your heart, honestly. In the end, you will find that wisdom and knowledge are released with spiritual insight and evil negates this. I truly know this first hand. Do as you may, but do not hurt others unless they hurt you in a real way with malific intent.
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The centrality of goodness demands that it come from One Source.  Are there absolutes?  Is truth a thing that can be relative?\n\nYes, there are absolutes.  Truth is not relative.  What or Who determines truth though?\n\nYou really should find out.
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This website is just someones personal interpretation of the verses in the Bible.  Read the bible for yourself and then ask God  himself for any needed explanation. He just might answer you !\n\nGood luck with your spiritual journey!
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Check out Godel's theorem.  The way I read it it states that given any language you can write sentences that are true, false, or neither true nor false (i.e. "This sentence is false.").  I see God as the language which is Truth.  If you have the concept of truth, falsehood is derivitive from truth.  So if you have a true omnipotent God who is all good, you can have the false concept of his opposite, suffering, or any other sort of bad or evil thing you can imagine.  Just because you can say it in the language of God, doesn't make it true.  The material world is an example of sentences which you can construct in the language of God which are not true, i.e. illusion or relative.  As our thought becomes more spiritual or absolute, we find that the so-called evil in the world falls away from our experience, not that we ignore it, but our thought changes the world within the sphere of our consiousness.  The world is our collective shared consiousness, lots of people think that it is all that is real and filled with both good and evil, so it sure seems like God must have created all this suffering, while in fact he is of purer eyes than to behold anything but pure 100% good everywhere.  Just because you can have the concept of suffering or anything else bad, doesn't make it necessarily real.  We are God's image and likeness, we have free will, therefore, we can believe that which is not true to be true, i.e. believe that illusion is reality.  Without free will, the universe would not be infinite.
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I am sorry you have received some really harsh answers to this question.  I believe your answer can be found in the definition of agnosticism.  \n\nThe doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge. \n\nThe belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist.\n\nAsk yourself one more question, especially in regards to the root of all churches, the Catholic Church.  What is it they claim their Holy Trinity to be?  He or They are the answer to all questions.  The beginning to understanding and the end to suffering.  This to me is a wonderful belief to hold.  It gives some a sense of comfort.  However, this belief for many is difficult to understand given scientific reasoning, current global situations, and the reputation of the Christian faith.\n\nAgnostics are easy to equate in this manner.  Say you had been blind your entire life, and all your life everyone told you the sky was blue.  You would form this idea of an unidentified "blue."  Then one-day science comes along with a cure for your ailment.  The first thing you want to see is the sky.  When you look at it, it looks nothing like your idea of "blue."  Had you been wrong your entire life?  No.  Your concept of the idea of "blue" has no shifted from an idea to a reality.  Same thing with agnostics.  They have an idea of a higher power.  Yet since they have not physical proof of this power, it remains an idea.  Nothing more than that.\n\nI hope this helps.
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First of all, transliterate this into coherent English.\n\nSecond of all, when you find the theory of entropy in those holy books, you let me know.
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In the infinite universe it is very very likely that the number of Gods is infinite, too. Each God must have a God superior than herself. That is all to it. Either the Gods are limitless or there is no God at all. This is logic . The rest is nothing more than rubbish thinking or "feeling" as they might call it.....
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That is your perception of the "truth".  Everyone has their own.\n\nHere is my belief:\n\nWe are here so that God can experience God's self.\n\nGod is absolute. In this state there are no contradictions and no relativity. Everything is constant, absolute.\n\nThere are no temperature fluctuations, for instance. How would you know it's hot, if you never experienced cold? How would you know you're tall, if you never saw someone shorter than you? How would you know love if you never experienced hate or fear?\n\nGod knows what God is, but the knowing of a thing and the experiencing of it are two entirely different things. For example you know what icecream is, but experiencing the taste of it is different (and SO much better) than just intellectually knowing that it is frozen cream and sugar.\n\nGod created life as we know it so that God could experience God's self in the world of relativity through us, who are each an individuation of the whole.\n\nGod does not judge us for our actions...after this physical incarnation ends we will return to the spiritual dimension and decide if we want to stay or experience another physical incarnation. This is how we serve God.\n\nSo, live life with love, joy and gratitude and take advantage of the chance to fully experience every event that comes your way.
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it depends on your own metaphysics\n\ngods and devils are on explanation into the unknown.\n\nscience is another\n\nperhaps, today's science will be consider ignorant in the future\n\nperhaps, religion is yesterday's science
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That would depend on your definition of Magic, wouldn't it?  My own definition includes a lot of things that appear to be well within the scientific cause-and-effect paradigm.  For example, I have long held this to be true:  If anything is magic, then sex is magic.  Now, lots of biologists would argue that it is all quite explainable in scientific terms, etc.  Sure.  So how do you explain feelings that seem to be completely beyond human existence and into the realm of the numinous which are sometimes experienced by those who are deeply in love?  \n\nOr another one:  at what point is the explanation "coincidence" purely inadequate?  If I shuffle the cards honestly, and you cut them yourself, and I do three tarot layouts in a row, what is the odds that the very same card will appear in the very same position three times in succession?  OK; astronomical odds is not the same as impossible.  But is my explanation, that the card has something to tell you that we didn't notice on the first two layouts, any more nonsensical?\n\nMagic is a vocabulary.  It does not need to contradict natural law in order to be real magic; it simply has to be effective.
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Never accept you have the answer until you have experienced the totallity of life. What you propose as the truth or meaning today could prove a falsehood tommorow. remain openminded until your last breath then decide what it was all about.
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hi, \ngo to this link.. its all about 6th sense http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20000701-000034.html
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THANK YOU! I believe, in all sincerity, that everything that exists is a reflection of the Divine. So, I ought to be able to look at ANYTHING and learn something about Deity. Kind of like looking at an artist's work and knowing from that work something about not just the art but the Artist too. Being what I am, which is human, it should be easier to see Divine attributes mirrored in things like me. In other words, I ought to be able to look at other people and see or learn things pertaining to the Divine Nature. So I check out the race as a whole. One constant that I find all over the world and down through time is ... Humor! With that in mind the answer to your question is a definite ... YES! And with THAT in mind ... Ain't it a relief knowin' that? LOL! ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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.    The concept of God the Absolute includes all . Time , space and beyond. All realities are found therein . Error , evil , sin , and iniquity are unreal and are lost in the totality of reality.
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h ah ah a.. the first answer really made me laff alot...i mean what when jesus christ was not around(no offences meant here for the lord) and what abt the animals and other living beings...what a stupidest of ideas ...anyways to answer ur question let's think abt it objectivley... my answer would be yes...b'coz this whole universe is a cycle...it's about changing forms....so ur physical part is definitely going to take some other form and i hope u don't doubt it since matter cannot be created nor destroyed unless of course u take into consideration the concept of antimatter .... which if comes into scenario(as it will at the end of this yuga or kalpa( see for further reference at wikipedia)) is going to "again" reduce everything to "0" well as for ur spiritual being i.e. ur soul(if u believe in it...if u don't then how do u explain the difference in thoughts and behaviour of ppl) if it's liberated and not bound by limits which ur mind puts up then u'll attain "nirvana" or "moksha"(or a state of no change or maybe total power or total annihilation of self in which u cease to exist anymore....or maybe total freedom :)) which is not too easy....\nin case u desire or are bound by desires then yes u will be reborn...according to aryan philosophy(u must go thru the philosophy part sometime) there are 8400000 species of living forms on earth in which the human life is only capable of performing action or "karma" and through this action it may liberate the self from the "cycle"(of birth and rebirth or change) ....pretty complex to understand at first but u'll feel it if u try everyday....so yes life after death does exist ...as death is nothing but a change bound to happen; a door to another realm of existence....\n\never wondered what's the source of ur thoughts and why ur dog can't really think up things as good as u ...or why the cockroach does not stop eating the soap bar and may be go on a sail????\n\n:) hope it helps... \nbye...\nregards \nvivek
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It depends on what you consider life.\n\nWhen you die you will shed that body.  Is there something more than just that body there?  I don't know, but if so, as whatever it is it will not be able to interact with the material world as easy as it did.  \n\nIf such things are possible, metaphysicians will figure it out first.  Give metaphysics a read or two.