The Six Branches of Philosophy
Metaphysics
1. What is real?
Do any of us really know for sure what is real and what is not? A few years ago I read a book, although the name of it escapes me, that really had me thinking. “Is this life real or are we dreaming? I wondered if what we’re doing is dreaming and if our dreams are actually our reality.
2. Is the physical world more or less real than the spiritual or psychological world?
I believe it is all real. The physical world of course is real, how else would we feel pain? Love? Happiness? And the spiritual world is just as real as this world, we just can’t see it. There are too many unexplained things that happen to not believe in the spiritual world. For instance, one year my family and I sat down to Thanksgiving dinner. We had the entire family over and every one was sitting at the table, but we all heard footsteps above our head as if someone was running in the hallway upstairs. So was that in all of our imaginations? I think not.
3. Is there such a thing as a soul? And if so, how does it survive outside of a physical body?
Yes, there is such a thing as a soul. How else do you explain Heaven and Hell? I think that it lives outside of our bodies because our bodies are not yet dead. They are still functioning. Let’s say you go to bed one night. You dream that you’re with a loved one that had passed on. In my belief, your spirit is actually visiting with this person just as if you are visiting a friend down the street. But it is your souls that are actually visiting one another.
Here is an example. My grandfather passed away when I was 17. But when I was 18 I had a dream that we were sitting in a park talking. He was telling me that everything was ok and that he was happy and with my Grandmother again and she was happy. I can’t remember anything else from that other than it was a good talk and I felt better about his passing after that. Of course the question could be raised, “Does our subconscious mind really dream
1. What is real?
Do any of us really know for sure what is real and what is not? A few years ago I read a book, although the name of it escapes me, that really had me thinking. “Is this life real or are we dreaming? I wondered if what we’re doing is dreaming and if our dreams are actually our reality.
2. Is the physical world more or less real than the spiritual or psychological world?
I believe it is all real. The physical world of course is real, how else would we feel pain? Love? Happiness? And the spiritual world is just as real as this world, we just can’t see it. There are too many unexplained things that happen to not believe in the spiritual world. For instance, one year my family and I sat down to Thanksgiving dinner. We had the entire family over and every one was sitting at the table, but we all heard footsteps above our head as if someone was running in the hallway upstairs. So was that in all of our imaginations? I think not.
3. Is there such a thing as a soul? And if so, how does it survive outside of a physical body?
Yes, there is such a thing as a soul. How else do you explain Heaven and Hell? I think that it lives outside of our bodies because our bodies are not yet dead. They are still functioning. Let’s say you go to bed one night. You dream that you’re with a loved one that had passed on. In my belief, your spirit is actually visiting with this person just as if you are visiting a friend down the street. But it is your souls that are actually visiting one another.
Here is an example. My grandfather passed away when I was 17. But when I was 18 I had a dream that we were sitting in a park talking. He was telling me that everything was ok and that he was happy and with my Grandmother again and she was happy. I can’t remember anything else from that other than it was a good talk and I felt better about his passing after that. Of course the question could be raised, “Does our subconscious mind really dream