| What is metaphysics, and why should we bother | | | | and again for their assistance--usually for a |
| studying it? What benefits does it have for | | | | large fee or with some loss on our part. We |
| humanity? What is its purpose? How will its | | | | will not be too specific here, we simply |
| teachings help advance society? How will it | | | | caution our readers to "be wary, be very, |
| assist our civilization and culture to | | | | very wary!" Treading the spiritual |
| progress? How will our lives be re-created | | | | metaphysical path will assist one to be more |
| individually and collectively with the | | | | discerning as to the understanding of what is |
| application of metaphysical principles? | | | | True and what is false, what is Real and what |
| Questions abound concerning metaphysics, for | | | | is illusory.Generally speaking, a portion of |
| people intuitively feel that it may have | | | | humanity is now more experienced in the ways |
| something precious to offer in terms of | | | | of men and the world than in bygone days, and |
| facilitating personal growth and | | | | they seek for that which will release them |
| self-empowerment. Among those spiritually | | | | from all their mortal limitations and errors, |
| inclined, it has become a "prime directive" | | | | from that Gorgon we call "the human ego," |
| to understanding their lives in terms of | | | | from concepts that bind one to personal |
| metaphysical principles and concepts such as | | | | illusions and glamour, and from that state of |
| multi-dimensional realities, the Higher Self, | | | | human mortality. Many of us are beginning to |
| love, karma, reincarnation, etheric energies, | | | | realize the existence of different dimensions |
| psychicism, oneness with all, cosmic beings, | | | | and multifold realities. We seek ways for |
| the ascension, etc., and some of the causes | | | | improving the human condition, for perfecting |
| of this higher thinking and awareness is the | | | | human expression, and the generation of a new |
| thinning of the cosmic veil between | | | | type of Homo sapiens whose intelligence and |
| dimensions; the increased contact with | | | | heart matches those of the immortal |
| invisible forces; the influence of intense | | | | gods.Human beings are basically seekers. Some |
| electromagnetic cosmic energies bombarding | | | | of us thirst for that which we know not what. |
| upon our planet and solar system at this | | | | The "curiosity instinct" impels every one of |
| time; the influx of higher spiritual beings | | | | us to learn everything we can of our |
| incarnating in the physical realm; the | | | | environment, of ourselves, of the universe, |
| discoveries of many ancient secrets left | | | | of Nature, and of God. What fascinates and |
| hidden in monumental structures and time | | | | intrigues us most are the phenomena caused by |
| capsules; scientific developments in | | | | forces and powers that transcends the |
| hyper-space technologies, and shifts in its | | | | perceptual capacity of the physical senses |
| paradigms, etc.All of these are occurring on | | | | and the apprehension of the human mind. |
| a global scale, in every nation of this | | | | Humanity is intensely interested in the |
| planet, and it is affecting every human | | | | Intelligence that shapes human |
| being. So it would seem that humanity is | | | | destiny--whether this "Intelligence" be |
| awakening from its long sleep of | | | | considered as a being, a force, a Universal |
| forgetfulness and ignorance. The Tree of Life | | | | Mind, an omnipresent energy, or a collective |
| of immortality, enlightenment, and | | | | consciousness. People are seeking |
| illumination will be found hidden in the | | | | explanations to their "inexplicable" |
| seeds of the Tree of metaphysical | | | | experiences in the field of psychicism and |
| knowledge--using the word "metaphysics" in | | | | the paranormal. Such occurrences as |
| its most spiritual, gnostic sense.For | | | | coincidences or "synchronicity" also baffles |
| thousands of years we have sought for truth, | | | | the mind as it begs for enlightenment. Those |
| and most of the time from the wrong persons | | | | of elderly years wonder what lies for them in |
| and in the wrong places--what we received | | | | the "after-life," as the youthful ones wonder |
| were man-made opinions and beliefs which were | | | | of their place in this world. A questioning |
| forced upon our minds to be accepted as the | | | | being is a thinking being and it denotes, |
| "word of God," or the way that Nature had | | | | whether consciously realized or not, as a |
| decreed, and that there is nothing that | | | | desire to seek, to know, and to be aware of |
| anyone can do to change it. While in our | | | | Truth. The curiosity instinct mentioned above |
| infancy, physically and spiritually speaking, | | | | could well be the primitive stirrings of the |
| we accepted everything told to us by | | | | divine will of the highest aspect of Man |
| organized religion, elders, and pedagogues as | | | | seeking to be aware of Its essential nature. |
| gospel and truth and we based our philosophy | | | | The teachings of the Ageless Wisdom as taught |
| of life on the indoctrination imposed upon us | | | | in metaphysical, esoteric, occult and arcane |
| and which subsequently formed our false sense | | | | schools are filled with principles that would |
| of "conscience," and a poor understanding of | | | | help us understand ourselves and our |
| spiritual values. This caused us great | | | | omniverse.Humanity as a whole, is jaded and |
| soulful sufferings and torment in succeeding | | | | sickened by the constant wars and conflicts; |
| years in our everyday life--an intense sense | | | | with the materialistic and hedonistic life |
| of shame, guilt, fear, and sin whenever we | | | | that do not offer any permanent peace and |
| "violated" any so-called law of God | | | | happiness or solutions to the various |
| formulated by theology; and it never occurred | | | | problems facing us as we approach a new |
| to us to question the systems, the | | | | millenium with its tremendous supernal and |
| mechanisms, and their origins that brought | | | | mundane challenges. Many seek for a more |
| about our morbid condition. This naturally | | | | profound meaning in life, for they see |
| lowered our self-esteem. Conscience is not | | | | through their mundane activities as a brittle |
| similar to the concept of the "still, small | | | | illusory facade presenting itself as reality. |
| voice." The latter is the silent voice of the | | | | We often ask "why am I here?" "why do I |
| Spirit, whereas conscience in part, is simply | | | | exist?" "where will I go from here?" Our |
| the engrams or programs imprinted upon the | | | | present systems of religion, philosophy, and |
| subconscious mind. Conscience is also | | | | science offer no real solution, consolation, |
| partially our memory of the negative | | | | solace or comfort to our hearts and |
| consequences of our past actions impinging | | | | soul-search, instead they tend to mislead, |
| upon our conscious mind whenever we are about | | | | confine, and circumscribe the soul and mind |
| to act in a negative way resembling that of | | | | to a certain area of life; to a limited way |
| the past.But to return from our digression: | | | | of living and thinking; to a sense of |
| in past centuries we were told lies by false | | | | separatism; to a dualistic judgmental |
| prophets and the ministers of religions that | | | | attitude; to a sense of fear and |
| mediators between God and men were necessary; | | | | helplessness; and to a state of external |
| that theirs was the only way to God; that | | | | dependency--it especially confines man to a |
| their race or sect were the chosen one of | | | | mortal sense of existence--and we say this |
| God; that everything that God would reveal to | | | | not from a sense of judgment but from an |
| humanity lies in a single book; that God | | | | observational standpoint.Conversely, |
| punishes us for sinning and perhaps in the | | | | metaphysics as a repository of "New-Age" |
| afterlife casts us into hell; that illness, | | | | concepts, the Ageless Wisdom, divine |
| old-age, and death were a natural part of | | | | energies, power-centers, and angelic and |
| life; that one no longer receives any new | | | | cosmic support, seek to liberate us from |
| revelation from God, etc. We were told to | | | | self-imposed limitations as it offers answers |
| fear God, to see everything as separated from | | | | to questions that troubles the human soul. |
| us, to believe that we were born in sin, that | | | | The soul loves freedom for freedom is |
| the sexual act is shameful, that we were | | | | ingrained in the soul. God gave man the |
| simply mortals subjected to the whims of God | | | | liberty to choose, and this privilege should |
| for the determination of our fate, that we | | | | not be taken away from man by any being for |
| were inherently bad--and even more--that the | | | | it is a violation of the natural order of |
| world was flat! While at the same time | | | | things.Freedom may be considered as an |
| heinous crimes against the Holy Human Spirit | | | | instinct for it is to be found in animals as |
| were being committed by those very same | | | | well. No creature enjoys being confined in a |
| representatives of religions such as the | | | | cage. Every creature love to be free and to |
| crimes of persecution, torture, and murder of | | | | express the genetic joy programmed in its |
| innocent human beings who simply were more | | | | DNA. Nature has granted all creatures their |
| spiritually and psychically inclined or | | | | freedom of expression but some of us would |
| conceived the universe from a different | | | | impose our will upon Divine Will by creating |
| viewpoint--and all these atrocious acts were | | | | cages of man-made laws and regulations that |
| carried-out in the name of Religion, Love and | | | | do not reflect the laws of Heaven. Man-made |
| God. The Crusades and the Inquisition are | | | | laws may easily be manipulated by the |
| dark chapters in the history of man.One of | | | | unscrupulous for their own heinous purposes. |
| the points that we wish to put forth here is | | | | Crimes may be committed that are "lawful," |
| that since time began the dark, retrogressive | | | | that goes undisciplined in our courts of |
| forces have infiltrated or have tried | | | | judgment. In the laws of our society, the |
| infiltrating every institution that have | | | | innocents are often made to pay for the |
| sought to improve the condition of the soul, | | | | crimes of another. Where is the love |
| and the expression of the human spirit in our | | | | (religion), and rationality (science), and |
| mundane lives. They have always opposed and | | | | justice (philosophy) in that?We are writing |
| attacked the true representatives of God and | | | | intuitively here and our statements may be |
| steered seekers of truth away from them. | | | | interpreted and applied in various ways. In |
| Their purpose is to stall human evolution and | | | | fact, statements in our literary works may |
| progression indefinitely, that human beings | | | | seem to lack any logical structure or |
| cringe and cower under their manipulative | | | | sequence. They may appear to be non sequitur. |
| control, that humans be made into slaves and | | | | Logic may appeal to the thinking mind, |
| automatons answering to their every whim. | | | | however it is more than conceptual reasoning |
| They work openly and subtly, physically and | | | | that we have to develop. There are higher |
| psychically. They make us believe that we | | | | faculties of the soul that should be |
| need them--their services and wares--and we | | | | cultivated and made used of, such as |
| are psychologically controlled to be | | | | intuition. |
| dependent upon them and return to them again | | | | |