Colloquium on Quantum Phenomena, Consciousness, and Being
Definition of Metaphysics
Meta = beyond

Physica = the things of the physical, material world

Metaphysics is the exploration of Consciousness, of Ultimate Reality
and First Principles, and of Being.

It is the exploration whose object is to determine the real nature of
things and to determine the meaning, structure, and principles of
whatever is insofar as it is.  Although this study is popularly
conceived as referring to anything excessively subtle and highly
theoretical and although it has been subjected to many criticisms, it
is presented by metaphysicists as the most fundamental and most
comprehensive of inquiries, inasmuch as it is concerned with reality
as a whole (adopted from Encyclopedia Britannica.)

Those who explore metaphysics are called metaphysicists and not –
as often erroneously termed – metaphysicians.  Those who study
metaphysics do not diagnose, operate on, and/or heal the
sicknesses of ghosts.  They explore the realm beyond physics, finer
vibrational worlds, and the source of being.