Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2015 17:36:20 GMT
Week six: Essay Questions
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
- While watching the film "inner visions and running trains," I discovered that Faqir Chand was a Surat Shabd master who felt that when it came to other gurus they were blinded by the miracles and visions that they would see before them. Throughout his life he went through various moments that were very life changing, and by studying this it can help us better understand the nature of these miracles and visions we sometimes have in our own lives. A great example to understanding this is when Faqir Chand was in a battle in Iraq in 1919 and they eventually needed more supplies or they would be defeated and killed, so he was asked to return to headquarters to make sure it was sent before morning. All the soldiers were enclosed in fear and death and at that moment a holy figure of his guru appeared before him and said do not waste the ammunition and sure enough it arrived at dawn, eliminating all the fear that lingered around them and replaced it with courage. When Faqir returned to Baghdad people worshipped him, because during the battle everyone was afraid not knowing what they should do and he appeared before them with directions for their safety. In the end his faith was increased and he believed then that whoever remembers God in whatever form will help his devote and these experiences Faqir went through are much like that to near death experiences. In the film Near death experiences it discusses that people when they die their suppose to see their religious figure, because they are a believer in their God, but what they saw were mere objects or a vision of something they were suppose to do and this actually revived them and brought them back to life. This relates to being a miracle and understanding these visions we have will help guide us in life to safety and happiness and it obviously happened to Faqir Chand, so it definitely is something worth studying.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
- I believe this notion that philosophy done well is science and philosophy done poorly is still just philosophy is actually quite true. When a philosopher's philosophy about something is simple to understand and elegant, and can even be proven with experiments it then becomes part of science. However, when the philosophy is just created to explain something and cannot be proved then it becomes replaced by something else or forgotten, therefore remains philosophy until it's solved. This to me seems to be how both philosophy and science have helped to shape our understanding of the universe and our place in it and they even compliment each other very well. In fact, it is said that opposites aren't really opposites to each other, they are actually one I'm the same thing that just happen to work so well together in this blending sort of way. When philosophy becomes science it's, because the two are able to prove each other right and when they cannot then they remain the same and keep on trying until they both prove something right together.
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
- While watching the film "inner visions and running trains," I discovered that Faqir Chand was a Surat Shabd master who felt that when it came to other gurus they were blinded by the miracles and visions that they would see before them. Throughout his life he went through various moments that were very life changing, and by studying this it can help us better understand the nature of these miracles and visions we sometimes have in our own lives. A great example to understanding this is when Faqir Chand was in a battle in Iraq in 1919 and they eventually needed more supplies or they would be defeated and killed, so he was asked to return to headquarters to make sure it was sent before morning. All the soldiers were enclosed in fear and death and at that moment a holy figure of his guru appeared before him and said do not waste the ammunition and sure enough it arrived at dawn, eliminating all the fear that lingered around them and replaced it with courage. When Faqir returned to Baghdad people worshipped him, because during the battle everyone was afraid not knowing what they should do and he appeared before them with directions for their safety. In the end his faith was increased and he believed then that whoever remembers God in whatever form will help his devote and these experiences Faqir went through are much like that to near death experiences. In the film Near death experiences it discusses that people when they die their suppose to see their religious figure, because they are a believer in their God, but what they saw were mere objects or a vision of something they were suppose to do and this actually revived them and brought them back to life. This relates to being a miracle and understanding these visions we have will help guide us in life to safety and happiness and it obviously happened to Faqir Chand, so it definitely is something worth studying.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
- I believe this notion that philosophy done well is science and philosophy done poorly is still just philosophy is actually quite true. When a philosopher's philosophy about something is simple to understand and elegant, and can even be proven with experiments it then becomes part of science. However, when the philosophy is just created to explain something and cannot be proved then it becomes replaced by something else or forgotten, therefore remains philosophy until it's solved. This to me seems to be how both philosophy and science have helped to shape our understanding of the universe and our place in it and they even compliment each other very well. In fact, it is said that opposites aren't really opposites to each other, they are actually one I'm the same thing that just happen to work so well together in this blending sort of way. When philosophy becomes science it's, because the two are able to prove each other right and when they cannot then they remain the same and keep on trying until they both prove something right together.