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Metaphysics Introduction...

What is the meaning of Life?
What is my purpose?
What is God?
What is reality?
Why am I here?
How did I get here?
Who and What am I?
What will happen when I die?
How can I experience abundance in the areas of health, wealth and happiness?...
If you knew, without a doubt in your mind, the answer to each of these questions would you enjoy every moment of your life?
Would you also experience ultimate peace of mind?

Metaphysics has an infinite array of possible answers to all of these questions. I will do my best to point you in the right direction and help you to find your answers to these questions for yourself. I will not simply preach my answers, as many other people do.

It is only through a very personal experience of inner discovery that you will find ultimate peace of mind. Although you may find that following a particular religion or taking part in a particular metaphysical practice will guide you through this process of self-discovery.

Through this metaphysics introduction and through this metaphysical website you will learn first of all what is metaphysics, the philosophy of metaphysics, spiritual metaphysics, practical metaphysics and much more.I guarantee that this website (if not this metaphysics introduction) will satisfy that flame of exploration and desire for knowledge that burns inside of you.

What Is Metaphysics?

A metaphysics introduction from a website called "What Is Metaphysics" better contain a good definition of metaphysics. Here it is: Metaphysics is defined as the branch of philosophy that examines the true nature of reality, whether visible or invisible. Metaphysics includes the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, and, fact and value. Basically, metaphysics is the philosophical study of being and knowing. It is very closely related to spirituality, but it is not a religion.

The confusing thing about the word metaphysics is that it has been used to cover any one or a combination of the following subjects: Philosophy, Religion, Parapsychology, Mysticism, Yoga, ESP, Dreams, Jungian Psychology, Astrology, Meditation, Self-Help Studies, Positive Thinking, Life after Death, Reincarnation, etc… A metaphysics introduction must mention each of these topics to be complete. As, they are each important parts of metaphysics.

This wide range of subjects that can fall under metaphysics all have a common denominator, which is that they deal with the exploration and understanding of Reality. All of the above subjects fall into two categories, the philosophy of metaphysics and spiritual metaphysics, which I will be covering throughout this website.

What is Epistemology?:

Epistemology is the investigation into the grounds and nature of knowledge itself. The study of epistemology focuses on our means for acquiring knowledge and how we can differentiate between truth and falsehood. Modern epistemology generally involves a debate between rationalism and empiricism, or the question of whether knowledge can be acquired a priori or a posteriori:

Empiricism: knowledge is obtained through experience.
Rationalism: knowledge can be acquired through the use of reason.

Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope (limitations) of knowledge. It addresses the questions:

§ What is knowledge?

§ How is knowledge acquired?

§ What do people know?

§ How do we know what we know?

Much of the debate in this field has focused on analyzing the nature of knowledge and how it relates to similar notions such as truth, belief, and justification. It also deals with the means of production of knowledge, as well as skepticism about different knowledge claims.

Axiology is the study of quality or value. It is often taken to include ethics and aesthetics— philosophical fields that depend crucially on notions of value — and sometimes it is held to lay the groundwork for these fields, and thus to be similar to value theory and meta-ethics. The term was first used in the early 20th century by Paul Lapie, in 1902, and E. von Hartmann, in 1908.^[2]