September 20, 2005 at 11:30:49 p.m.

Metaphysics is not a science, it’s a study. Science has built-in limits that dictate how one can present information and under what circumstances that information will be accepted. The beauty of metaphysics is that it has none of these limitations and to alter one’s course or extend one’s belief needs no outside validation. By definition, metaphysics is the study of those conditions that exist above the physical plane and are not defined or limited by the science of physics.

I have seen the metaphysical label placed on everything from mysticism to psychic mumbo-jumbo. Unfortunately, the good gets lost among the phony and validation often goes begging. Consequently, “metaphysics” is used as an authority for any condition or any set of circumstances a person wishes, whether the application is valid or not. It is no wonder that the greater part of the populace looks askance at what is done in its name.

As a study, metaphysics has unlimited values and applications. By its character it is opportunistic but never dictatorial. People who quote metaphysical “law” and then use it to justify their actions, often to the detriment of others, are simply not applying the concepts of the study. The beauty of metaphysical study is its personal and singular application. What I discover is not going to necessarily be what you discover, and should you seem to discover the same thing, it is unlikely that we will apply it the same way. That’s why it will never reach “scientific” status. There are no hard and fast rules and no absolute rights or wrongs.

When you work in metaphysics, as we do, the best you can hope for is the ability to communicate what you have found, to those who are interested in hearing you. We provide signposts that will give you a direction. Good or bad, that is all it does.

It is disheartening, to say the least, when I see people blaming conditions in their life on the metaphysical information they have acquired. They take the attitude that information is, in itself, power and that they need only to give it a cursory nod to have it thunderbolt into action for them. This is particularly true in relation to personal chart work, such as the Fixed Star or Bicircadian analysis. They believe that a “good” chart will save them from all the demons of the world and that they need only to relax on some warm beach and life will hand them all the goodies they could want.

Not so!

I have been in this work thirty-six years and have never seen two charts alike. In fact, I have never seen two of anything alike, which is what makes this work so fascinating. Every piece of work under the heading of metaphysics is personal and unique. It describes the opportunities that are there for you to use, the roadways that can aid your journey. Nothing in metaphysics will work for you. Everything in metaphysics will work with you.

Life development is an adventure. It is fun and it is exciting but it does take energy and application. It is not, nor was it ever intended to be, toil . A good chart says, “Look at all this good stuff you can use. Boy, you ought to try it!” But if you don’t make the effort, nothing will happen. All that potential good will lay there and whither. All your life changes will be dictated by forces outside you, not by you.

Conversely, you cannot look over and see what your neighbor is doing and decide that you are getting more or less than they. What they have available to them is different than what is available to you, and you have no way of knowing how much they are applying themselves to their opportunities.

Metaphysics, like life, is not a free ride. You are going to get out of it just what you put into it, no more, no less. Your “charts” are no better or no worse than anyone else’s. What you make of them is dependent upon you, not winds of fortune or the vagaries of fate. Some of it is like learning how to ride a bike-you’ll probably fall off a few times, but once you get the hang of it, you never forget how to do it. All you have to remember is that the bike does not teach you. You learn how to control it and then use it for your enjoyment.

Life is just like that. Metaphysics gives you the opportunity to enjoy life, but if you never get on and learn how, you will never have the experiences life was meant to give you. – GT