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Definition
Usually, the word Metaphysics comes from Greece, where it is a combination of two words: Meta, which means over and beyond and physics is physics. Thus, the combination means over and beyond physics. Metaphysics is referred to as a branch of philosophy that deals with first cause and the nature of being. It is taught as a branch of philosophy in most academic universities under the subject of “Speculative Philosophy.

Introduction
It is not so easy to say what Metaphysics actually is. Ancient and Medieval philosophers have said that metaphysics is, like chemistry or astrology, which is defined by its subject-matter: Metaphysics is the “science” that studied “being as such” or “the first causes of things” or “things that do not change”. It is not easy to define metaphysics that way, for two reasons. First, a philosopher who denied the existence of those things that had once been seen as constituting the subject-matter of metaphysics—first causes or unchanging things—would now be considered to be making thereby a metaphysical assertion. Second, there are many philosophical problems that are now considered to be metaphysical problems (or at least partly metaphysical problems) that are in no way related to first causes or unchanging things—the problem of free will, for example, or the problem of the mental and the physical.

The common denominator of this subject, of course, deals with an exploration of reality, and in the idealistic sense, how such knowledge may benefit human life on this earth, both individually and collectively. If, then, this is the aim of such interests, it is why most professional metaphysical practitioners regard metaphysics as a spiritual philosophy or way of life.

All but a very few practitioners in metaphysics today have a pivotal point of some sort of spiritual philosophy in whatever system or teaching of metaphysics they are engaged. It is important to understand this, especially when reviewing the legal technicalities of being in metaphysics professionally.

If we were to travel from one metaphysical teacher or organization to another, we would find people engaging in different things, all under the label of metaphysics. This could be a wide range, such as yogis, mystics, astrologers, positive thinking teachers, meditation teachers, spiritual healers, self-help teachers, counselors, coaches, and so on. The range is wide, but again the basic denominator is the search for truth, purpose and meaning in life, which cannot be isolated from basic spiritual questions. All of these fields, therefore, are regarded as part of metaphysics by the University of Metaphysics. There is an old proverb which states, ''“No matter what path a human may travel, it is My Path; no matter where they walk, it leads to Me.” ''

In a more absolute sense, we like to think of metaphysics as dealing with the basic questions of life, such as the relationship of man, mind, and the Universe, which leads to answers to the age-old questions of anyone who has truly paused to reflect on life by asking the most fundamental questions of all – “who am I; what am I; where have I been, and where am I going?”etc..

The problems of Metaphysics : The "Old" Metaphysics

 * Being As Such, First Causes, Unchanging Things
 * Categories of Being and Universals
 * Substance

The problems of Metaphysics : The "New" Metaphysics

 * Modality


 * Space and Time
 * Persistence and Constitution
 * Causation, Freedom and Determinism
 * The Mental and Physical

A NEW THOUGHT : Metaphysically Oriented Movement

 * Because of a commonly shared spiritual philosophy held the term New Thought was adopted to denote a religious movement.
 * The basic point was that everything is one vast universal mind, the human mind and body included. By fostering the thought of healing in the human mind/body, the God part of the mind could affect a healing. This is a holistic approach, characterized by the synthesis of body, mind, and spirit as well as the integration of the spiritual, philosophical, and metaphysical.
 * This theory has led to the success of such spiritual movements as Unity and Religious Science and has stimulated the birth of many independent teaching centers and churches along metaphysical lines.

Is Metaphysics possible?
It can also be that there is no internal unity to metaphysics. More strongly, perhaps there is no such thing as metaphysics—or at least nothing that deserves to be called a science or a study or a discipline. Perhaps, as some philosophers have proposed, no metaphysical statement or theory is either true or false. Or perhaps, as others have proposed, metaphysical theories have truth-values, but it is impossible to find out what they are. At least since the time of Hume, there have been philosophers who have proposed that metaphysics is “impossible”—either because its questions are meaningless or because they are impossible to answer. The remainder of this entry will be a discussion of some recent arguments for the impossibility of metaphysics.Current advocates of ‘metaphysical anti-realism’ also advocate a strong form of the thesis that metaphysics is impossible