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What is the difference between metaphysics and spirituality?
Metaphysics is philosophical: it’s about explaining the fundamental nature of the world and what it means as humans to inhabit it. Spirituality, on the other hand, is experiential, and has more to do with spiritual practices and the development and discovery of the self.
What is the difference between metaphysics and religion?
Metaphysics chiefly addresses questions about what is ultimately real and important. Philosophy of religion explores and evaluates religious views of reality and seeks to understand religious practice.
Is religion a form of metaphysics?
Religion is also not metaphysics. Religion is based on a set of convictions that may well make predictions about the world or explain why certain phenomena occur, but certain kinds of change are not allowed without disturbing the integrity of the religion.
What is the relationship between metaphysics and religion?
Metaphysics and religion are related, therefore, because religion often attempts to provide a metaphysical understanding of existence. Other questions important to both metaphysics and religion include the nature of the human mind, free will, and the existence and role of God.
What is a spiritual sense?
The “spiritual” sense cannot be likened to subjective interpretation, imagination or speculation of some sort. Authentic “spiritual” sense of scripture requires a balance among three levels of reality: the biblical text, the paschal mystery of Christ, and the contemporary circumstances of life.
What is a spiritual world?
The spiritual world is the greater reality beyond the limited material world of our experience. The world we know is made of temporary matter, but the permanent, spiritual world is made of spirit, which is the essence of all life. The spiritual world is also known as Vaikuntha , the place of no anxiety, where there’s no death, disease, or enmity.