What is Metaphysics, and what is the community all about?

Metaphysics groups focus on fostering deep connections and providing a secure environment, emphasizing the importance of community. People often ask what exactly metaphysics is and whether it has anything to do with physics.

Metaphysics is the study or inquiry of all topics of a spiritual or esoteric nature that transcend what we perceive in this physical dimension so that we can understand the natural and spiritual world. It includes a connection between body, mind, and soul, a tuning in with our senses.

It is a study into questions like:

• Are there angels?

• What or who is God?

• What is the Chakra system, and how does it work?

• How many dimensions are there?

• Is there a multiverse?

• What is 3D, 4D and 5D?

• What is the Merkaba?

• What is the Shiva/Shakti Energy, or the Divine Masculine & Feminine?

• Is the Trinity only in Christian traditions? What are the different forms that the Trinity manifests in?

• What is sacred geometry and the flower of life?

• What is the Enneagram?

When we meet for our metaphysics classes, I always begin with a meditation and a check-in to hear,

"How is your heart?"

This question comes from Sufi teachings, where I am not asking you a superficial "How are you?"

I am asking you to go deeper, self-reflect, and express what is present for you from an inner state or inner inquiry.

What emotion is present for you right now, and do you have an idea of why?

The metaphysical teachings are connected back to the Enneagram, Eastern and Western philosophy, Color Therapy, Family Constellations, and our chakra system. Everything is connected, and so all of these modalities work in harmony with each other. We explore the teachings of mystics of both Eastern and Western traditions.

It is like a modern-day spiritual salon. Since life gets so busy, we don't make/have the time to talk, and I mean really talk, share, and learn about things beyond what we can touch and see. This community is a safe harbor for like-minded souls to connect, express, learn, and share.

We share in other ways, too. I plan social outings to places of interest that we study and discuss. We planned a trip to the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose to learn about the Flower of Life, alchemy, and being an alchemist. We ended our afternoon with lunch. I try to plan meditations and lunches every quarter, and we do a bring-and-share lunch. We recently had a fun vision-boarding afternoon with the prompt, "What is it that I need to bring to my consciousness/awareness, a gift I am revealing for myself?" It was very insightful for many of us to see what we could shine a light on or acknowledge about ourselves. Our community is all about this kind of empowerment!

I am planning a mandala-making event for early fall and a forest bathing event. I also plan to take our community out into nature and create a mandala in nature using leaves, sticks, and anything else that nature provides. The metaphysics community also meets online for those who are not local, and I plan vision-boarding and mandala-making events to deepen our community.

We meet every two weeks. In August, when we resume our meetings after the summer break, we will be diving deeply into Sandra Maitri's book, "The Spiritual Dimensions of the Enneagram Nine Faces of the Soul." I will be teaching more about the Enneagram, and we will use Socratic questions, defined as probing questions that help us think and sense things more deeply, and self-directed inquiry as methods to deepen our understanding of who we are and how our personality patterns actively influence our daily lives. Did you know that your personality is not who you truly are?

Gurdjieff, who was a mystic and spiritual teacher of the enneagram, said that our essence is who we truly are; this is what we are born with, and it is our innate Self. Our personality is shaped by our society, culture, and family, and it does not truly represent who you are. Our work as Human Beings is to get back to our innate Self, and this is the nature of our exploration for the original metaphysics group that will be meeting in August.

I have plans to start another metaphysics group that will meet online via Zoom, beginning on August 19th from 5 to 7 PM PST. If you are interested in joining this new community, please let me know. We will be exploring the topic of Angels, Devas, Masters, and Archangels. To sign up for this class, contact me at hemla@7raysholisticcenter.com

To learn more about our Metaphysics communities and hear what students have to say, read: https://www.7raysholisticcenter.com/metaphysics-community