Post by jtrejo on Feb 13, 2015 21:22:27 GMT
Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chands thoughts and ideas are based on the experiences of his life. He has a grand awareness as to why manifestations occur and his experiences provide an understanding of the projective nature of religious visions and miracles. Faqir Chad once said, “Manifestations are nothing but the impressions and suggestions that are ingrained upon our mind and we have accepted them as Reality.”
Faqir Chand has had many visions, which have greatly helped others. For example, Faqir once said he went into a deep trance and “found one handcuffed dacoit accompanied by a policeman” (The Unknowing Sage 38). In this trance Faqir told the policeman that the handcuffed man was not a criminal. Afterwards, no longer in his trance, Faqir went to the police station and told a policeman that the handcuffed man “was not a dacoit and so wanted that he be set free” (38). The gentleman was later released and lived a “changed and happy life” (38).
People have told Faqir Chand, countless times, that his form has manifested to them. Yet, Faqir states, “I do not go anywhere, nor do I know about such miraculous instances” (9). For example, a man, Vyas Nryan, said that Faqir’s “form appeared to him and solved many of his worldly problems” (53). However, Faqir claims that he never knew the man and then asked, “Who manifested to him and solved his dilemmas” (53)? “This is all the game of the mind and nothing else” (53).
Faqir Chand explanation for these occurrences is due to “the overwhelming experience of certainty” and “the subjective projection of sacred forms” (15). Being attached to a certain religion or ideology makes a person narrow-minded and “keeps him away from the Truth” (45). From what I understand, to realize that manifestations are a creation of the mind, a person must know him or herself and relieve themselves from worldly things.
What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
The phrase, “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy”, is based on a reductionist approach. The purpose of philosophy is basically just to ask questions and provide answers through a rigorous process. However, before providing answers to questions, we must first “exhaust any and all physical explanations first before succumbing to the transcendental temptation” (The Remainder Conjecture film). As stated in the book, The Great Mystery, “If the phenomena cannot be explained fully and comprehensively by mathematics, then one turns to physics, and if that too is incomplete then to chemistry, then to biology, then to psychology, then to psychology, then to sociobiology, etc.” If answers cannot be scientifically proven then it is not science but philosophy. The answers to the unproven questions are still sought in which results to the question and answers being discussed philosophically.
Faqir Chands thoughts and ideas are based on the experiences of his life. He has a grand awareness as to why manifestations occur and his experiences provide an understanding of the projective nature of religious visions and miracles. Faqir Chad once said, “Manifestations are nothing but the impressions and suggestions that are ingrained upon our mind and we have accepted them as Reality.”
Faqir Chand has had many visions, which have greatly helped others. For example, Faqir once said he went into a deep trance and “found one handcuffed dacoit accompanied by a policeman” (The Unknowing Sage 38). In this trance Faqir told the policeman that the handcuffed man was not a criminal. Afterwards, no longer in his trance, Faqir went to the police station and told a policeman that the handcuffed man “was not a dacoit and so wanted that he be set free” (38). The gentleman was later released and lived a “changed and happy life” (38).
People have told Faqir Chand, countless times, that his form has manifested to them. Yet, Faqir states, “I do not go anywhere, nor do I know about such miraculous instances” (9). For example, a man, Vyas Nryan, said that Faqir’s “form appeared to him and solved many of his worldly problems” (53). However, Faqir claims that he never knew the man and then asked, “Who manifested to him and solved his dilemmas” (53)? “This is all the game of the mind and nothing else” (53).
Faqir Chand explanation for these occurrences is due to “the overwhelming experience of certainty” and “the subjective projection of sacred forms” (15). Being attached to a certain religion or ideology makes a person narrow-minded and “keeps him away from the Truth” (45). From what I understand, to realize that manifestations are a creation of the mind, a person must know him or herself and relieve themselves from worldly things.
What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
The phrase, “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy”, is based on a reductionist approach. The purpose of philosophy is basically just to ask questions and provide answers through a rigorous process. However, before providing answers to questions, we must first “exhaust any and all physical explanations first before succumbing to the transcendental temptation” (The Remainder Conjecture film). As stated in the book, The Great Mystery, “If the phenomena cannot be explained fully and comprehensively by mathematics, then one turns to physics, and if that too is incomplete then to chemistry, then to biology, then to psychology, then to psychology, then to sociobiology, etc.” If answers cannot be scientifically proven then it is not science but philosophy. The answers to the unproven questions are still sought in which results to the question and answers being discussed philosophically.