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Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of being and the world.

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Metaphysics

nondualism

Philosophy; Metaphysics

The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomenae. Examples of dualisms include self/other, mind/body, male/female, good/evil, active/passive, and many others. A nondual philosophical or ...

oneness

Philosophy; Metaphysics

A spiritual term referring to the 'experience' of the absence of egoic identity boundaries, and, according to some traditions, the realization of the awareness of the absolute interconnectedness of ...

panentheism

Philosophy; Metaphysics

The view that God is both immanent within all creation, and also maintains a transcendent character.

pantheism

Philosophy; Metaphysics

The view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent God; or that the universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. More detailed definitions tend to emphasize the idea that natural law, ...

parapsychology

Philosophy; Metaphysics

The study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or to gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, ...

plane

Philosophy; Metaphysics

In metaphysics and esoteric cosmology, a plane of existence (sometimes called simply a plane, dimension, vibrating plane, or an inner, invisible, spiritual, supraphysical world or egg) is a ...

reality

Philosophy; Metaphysics

Everything that is, whether or not it is observable, accessible or understandable by science, philosophy, theology or any other system of analysis. Reality in this sense may include both being and ...

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