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Does anyone here practice metaphysical Taoism? It began with the work of Wang Bi and He Yan at the time of China's 3 Kingdoms Period around 200 CE. The Metaphysical Movement was initially an academic study at a time when Tao was the mystical entity of the universe and its transformations brought good and bad fortune. It entered into high salons of debate and flourished for several hundred years until its demise in the Tang Dynasty.

Of all the forms of Taoism, Metaphysical Taoism is perhaps the only Taoism that understands modern science's Big Bang Theory and Darwinian Evolution. Big Bang and Darwin have evolved over the years, but the basic theories continue to guide modern cosmology and evolution. The philosophy and metaphysics of Lao-Chuang Taoism form the foundation of Metaphysical Taoism. Religion of today now uniformly advocates universal love and compassion as its main tenets, which seem incompatible with Darwinian evolution. As its name implies, Metaphysical Taoism tries to explain how reality works and is less or not concerned with universal love and compassion. That's why Metaphysical Taoism can be thought of as scientific Taoism and that's why it has been resurrected.

Metaphysical Taoism also does not worship the gods (unless the practitioner wishes to do so). Worshipping the gods is optional. Unlike other modern Taoisms, Metaphysical Taoism places the gods of outside religions into its framework as children of Tao and give them all equal regard and respect, because they are created in the chi crucible at the beginning of genesis in the TaoTeChing ch. 42. Thus, there are Taoist altars that include the Taoist gods, the Buddha and the Christian crucifix. They are worshipped in some predetermined order or even randomly. The Taoist follows the basic tenets of Lao-Chuang Taoism first and then the practices of the god being worshipped.

Because Metaphysical Taoism places outside gods into its framework and because it is also scientific Taoism, it is said by some to be a framework religion, in which other religions can be understood in relation to the great whole.