There is a great deal of confusion in the world with regard to metaphysics versus mysticism and many simply believe them to be one and the same. Practitioners of metaphysics see themselves as being more evolved than organized religions, while at the same time organized religions are decry metaphysics as the work of the devil.
There is a perfect path for every evolving soul. Those who in other lifetimes believed in nothing, may now be ready for and in need of organized religion to give them structure. Others who have evolved beyond the need for the discipline of organized religion find themselves seeking more and find metaphysics. This also has a completion point and the seeker ready to embrace the deeper truths of mysticism and a consciousness of oneness.
Because metaphysics covers a variety of different teachings and practices, there is no one metaphysical path. Metaphysics is openness to non-traditional teaching and practices that range from Wicken to the ancient Druids. The natural psychic development that comes with spiritual evolution causes those locked in narrow religious belief systems to fear it, believing it to be of the devil.
New ideas, especially those having to do with God always frighten those who believe they already have all the answers about God. Any belief based in duality and separation automatically excludes anything higher because the individual does no allow him/her self to be open to anything other than what one has been told and accepted regardless of how ridiculous some teachings are.
Metaphysics provides a foundation that prepares the person for deeper truth. Metaphysics may be the person’s primary belief system for several lifetimes. Many relate to it because they have studied in the Mystery Schools of the middle ages which were primarily about energy. The wide variety of tools and practices of metaphysics are geared to help the student heal and become closer to God.
In general, metaphysics is about manipulating and utilizing energy in order to change, heal, correct, or evolve a bad physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual picture into a better one which of course varies with every individual. The manipulation of energy is achieved through the use of crystals, chants, hands on energy work, oils, sound, color, and modalities most of which are not considered valid according to medical or religious belief.
In the past and even today, there are some who choose to use their knowledge of energy manipulation for selfish purposes which is how the “black arts” began and is why so many associate metaphysics with evil, believing it to be the work of the devil. Anything that can be utilized for good or for evil represents the third dimensional belief system–duality and separation. This is why metaphysics is simply a path along the way to deeper truths, and not a stopping point.
Metaphysics utilizes crystals, candles, chants, ceremony, drums, and many more tools in working with energy to bring about some desired result. Generally it is taught and practiced under the supervision of a Guru or teacher of the particular path. For many centuries these tools have been powerful and effective for changing energy from one form into another but it is also somewhat dependant on the power and individuals has endowed the item or ceremony with.
Ancient temples successfully used color, sound, oils, touch, and many other modalities for healing. Many present day healers believe that they are discovering new healing techniques when in fact they are simply remembering their work from other lifetimes in the ancient healing temples.
When the energy on earth became very dense, many of these ancient healing techniques were hidden and forgotten. Now that the energy of earth is once again rising to where it once was and more, ancient practices, modalities, and techniques long stored in the cellular memory of many are once again becoming accessible.
Mysticism is an attained state of consciousness in which an individual lives, moves, and has his being in a conscious realization of Oneness–oneness with Source and all its expressions.. The mystic knows that because there is only One Divine Consciousness forever expressing ITSELF, everything is already complete, whole, and perfect and therefore nothing needs changing, fixing, or healing. Attaining the consciousness of this is the evolutionary goal of every soul because all at some point must “come home” and remember who they are. This can be delayed but never avoided for it is the truth of every individual’s being.
Mystical consciousness is usually comes after a person has lived metaphysics for one or more lifetimes. When someone seems to jump into mysticism with no background of religion and very little effort, it usually means that they did the work necessary for that level of consciousness in other lifetimes. Problems arise when students of truth hold tight to what they believe and refuse to move on from the tools and modalities of the particular path that helped them spiritually evolve. These tools served him well along the way and he has come to believe that he needs them. This is especially true for teachers or healers that have built their reputation around a certain practices and modalities. Continuing to depend upon some tool or practice after that state of consciousness has been outgrown will hold a person locked in a belief system he is ready to move on from, blocking his shift into the next phase of his spiritual journey. Beliefs of duality and separation tell us; “I am not whole and I need this tool or practice to make me whole” whereas the truth is; “I already am everything that I seek”.
Every soul chooses their earth experiences in order to learn and spiritually grow in wisdom and knowledge. The attained wisdom and knowledge must then be practiced and lived until it becomes one’s state of consciousness at which time it can never be lost or devolve.
Evolution is simply the dedicated process of removing the self created illusory debris one has ignorantly draped upon oneself over lifetimes in order to eventually expose the reality–the perfect expression of Divine Consciousness.
This does not mean that a seeker must throw away the crystals, oils, music etc that they have come to love in order to evolve. Enjoy these things, feel their energy and utilize it in your work, but do it with the full awareness that you do not NEED these things. They are tools and helpers that can serve to bring you closer to realizing “I Already Am”.
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