I’m a metaphysician and I’ve heard this question enough times to talk about it here. There’s no really easy or simple answer to this question; you could line up 20 different metaphysicians and possibly get 20 different answers.

Here’s my take on it.

Meta means ‘beyond’ and physics means ‘nature’. So a metaphysician is one who studies what is beyond the natural world. There are unseen elements at work always, and the metaphysician makes a study of these elements, with the intention of improving all aspects of living in the natural world.

What does that mean?

It means that I, as a metphysician, give more attention to what’s not seen and perceived by the 5 senses than I do to what is perceived by the 5 senses. By the time something shows up in the physical, manifest world, there’s been much activity about that particular thing in the unseen world.

What unseen world am I talking about?

Kabbalah puts it in a way that works for me, so I’ll share it here. (If you’re not sure what Kabbalah is, click here to read my post “What’s Kabbalah Anyway?”)

Kabbalah teaches that there is a 1% physical world, and there is the 99% unseen world, comprised of thought, intention, belief, emotion, and all things unseen, including God, angels and cosmic energies.

The 1% physical world is ruled by the 5 senses, and is governed by chaos. When we are deep in sense perception, relying too heavily on the 5 senses, we’re not looking to or calling upon our unseen spiritual/mental/emotional powers. This is why many religious and spiritual traditions teach that materialism is a sin. It is the idea that being too attached to the physical world takes us out of connection and communion with the spirit realms.

The 99% unseen world is ruled by Spirit/God/The Light. Here is where all physical creations begin. Nothing can show up in the physical world without first having been thought of, felt and conceptualized in the 99% unseen world.

For instance, you’re probably looking at this blog from a computer. Before computers showed up in the physcial world, there was years of thought and discovery that led up to the creation of computers.

The first computer didn’t just fall out of the sky and land on someone’s desk.

There were discoveries of unseen laws that govern the creation of a computer.

There were clear intentions to create something that would make our human life easier; we wanted a means of calculating complex problems easily and quickly, without spending hours and hours of human effort.

There were those who had ideas about how a computer could be created.

There were beliefs that we could create something that would make our lives infinitely easier.

All this and more was going on in the invisible realms, inside of people’s minds and hearts, before the computer ever sprang into the physical world. The process took years. Exactly how many years it took to move the idea of a computer from the minds of humans into the physical world, we have no way of knowing. Maybe the first caveman started the process when he looked up at the night sky and started asking questions.

Anyway, in my worldview, a true metaphysician doesn’t spend a whole lot of time arguing with what is. What shows up in my world began in my mind, and was shaped, molded and massaged into manifestation through the channel of my consciousness. I may not always like that truth, because it means I have to take TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING IN MY WORLD (without blaming anyone for anything–I’m still working on that one), yet it also acknowledges my infinite creative power and ability to change what I don’t like in my life and create what I do.

That’s how reality is created, through the channel of consciousness.

A true metaphysician works with unseen energies to create what is desired on the earth plane.

What unseen energies?

1. THOUGHT. Thought could be an inspired idea, or a flash of insight. Thought is the progenitor in the creative process.

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2. INTENTION. This is my bold inner statement to the Universe of what I desire. When I intend to do something, I’m putting the Universe on alert to what I desire. Then the unseen forces begin to move to bring it to me. I have supernatural help as soon as I create and state a powerful intention and speak it with conviction. Which brings me to…

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3. BELIEF. I’ve got to believe in what I’m doing — I won’t get anywhere without it. Belief is simply a thought I’ve held onto for so long and energized with so much emotion that now it has creative power. Beliefs create.

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4. PRAYER & MEDITATION. For me, prayer is essential in the creative process, not only for purifying and refining my desires, but also for putting me in communion with my Highest Most Holy Self, who supports me unconditionally in creating a better reality for myself and the world. Prayer and meditation raises the vibration of what I’m doing.

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5. VISUALIZATION. I make mental pictures, images and movies of myself enjoying what I’m creating. Visualization is the mind seeing it as already done, and includes feeling the feelings of the goal already achieved. For instance, if the desired creation is of a new home, my mental movies will be of me in the home, moving from room to room, sleeping in the master bedroom, taking a bath in the jacuzzi tub, sitting on the deck just out back with a glass of lemonade and a good book. The visualization includes the minutest details. I assure you, your mind is paying attention to even the slightest details.

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6. RELEASE & TRUST. After I’ve done the internal work, I release my desires with full trust and knowing that they will be delivered to my doorstep in divine perfect timing and divine perfect order. Period.

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Throughout the creative process, I hold my intention with belief and passion as I pray and meditate on it, and I create mental movies, complete with full emotion, of me enjoying my desired outcome. Then I release it to the all-loving, all-wise Universal Intelligence, which always knows how to bring me what I want, in the most elegant fashion. The Universe knows how best to line up all the elements for me to have what I desire. I haven’t got a clue about how to do that, so I choose to trust that it will be done on my behalf.

It’s a matter of doing your part, then having the faith, (firmly relying trust) that the Infinite Love of the Universe will do Its part by arranging people, places, events, resources, and any and everything else required to bring the desire into manifestation for the highest good of all.

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This is how I, as a metaphysician, seek to create a better life on the earth plane, not just for myself, but for the highest good of all. (Though there are countless variations on the creative process, and different metaphysicians may use different tools and practices in creating reality, basic elements are always present.)

It’s pointless to try to manipulate the conditions that are already in place. The wisest course is to go back to the source, the origin of the condition, which is consciousness. The metaphysician knows that you can’t heal a diseased tree if the seed that planted the tree was diseased. Best to uproot the tree and begin again with a healthy seedling.

Metaphysics is not just about creating reality.

It’s about the way one looks at the world, always remembering that there are countless unseen energies at work. The manifest physical world is simply an outpicturing of our collective consciousness. And our individual world is simply an outpicturing of our individual consciousness.

The metaphysician knows there are laws which govern the harmonious and orderly workings of the universe, including the Law of Cause & Effect, the Law of Attraction, The Law of Mind Action, The Law of Creation, The Law of Infinite Supply, the Law of Love and many more.

And there are principles which govern human behavior, such as integrity, honesty, truth, acceptance, trust, faith, discipline, commitment, responsibility, excellence, mastery, wisdom and understanding, and many more.

Consistent violation of these laws and principles will cause pain and suffering. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, nor does it except us from the consequences of ignorance. It’s your business to know how the Universe works.

There are also experiences we as humans are collectively going for. For the most part, we want to experience love, joy, peace, abundance, security, harmony and fulfillment. If you have all of these in your experience, you’re probably a pretty happy camper and you’re probably making the world a whole lot happier too!

So there you have it, a metaphysician is one who studies what is beyond the physical world so as to create a better world for us all.

As a metaphysician, I know that the elements bend to our will. You have the power to create anything you desire, using the stuff that’s between your ears and in your heart. Inside your being is all you require to be, do and have all you desire.

Namaste,

VAL

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