Post by vchavez28 on Feb 13, 2015 23:04:15 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
In the Book ‘The Unknowing Sage’ we learn that since an early age Faqir Chand had been on a quest for the realization of god and had many mystical experiences. He believed the inner visions he experienced were true and objective. It wasn’t until he came back from war before he was enlightened with further insight on religious visions and miracles. During the war, Faqir experienced a vision of his guru after praying for help when his group was under enemy attack. The guidance Faqir’s guru offered him in his vision saved his and his fellow soldier’s lives. A few months after Faqir returned home from war, he spoke with his guru that appeared to him in his near death experience and he learned that the guru knew nothing of the mystical experience involving himself. In time Faqir become a guru to others because of his visions that saved lives and soon he was the one saving the lives of others though their religious visions of him manifesting before them when they were in danger. The book speaks of an instance where a woman who was drowning in a river had a near death experience where Faqir appeared and pulled the woman out of the river and told her ‘You have yet to do a lot of work’. The woman wrote to Faqir of her vision and he explained that he had no knowledge whatsoever of the incident. This brought Faqir to question his own inner visions and he eventually came to the realization that mystical/religious experiences and near death experiences are merely a projection of one’s own mind. This is important in understanding the projective nature of mystical experiences because it gives more validation to the theory that near death experiences are a survival mechanism that projects to us what we need to see in the moment of impending death to give one the encouragement to live, all while tricking us into believing what we are seeing is real.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
If you are using philosophy to attain the truth then knowing and understanding the general rules of the universe and science helps when we are conjuring these questions about nature and life. I think the phrase “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy” comes from the notion that when you apply the facts of science and nature to philosophy, it can become the seed that science sprouts and eventually blooms from. As long as your philosophy is backed by science, it will have much more validity when presenting it to others and applying it to the world around us. When you blindly delve into philosophy without any knowledge of science, you tend to be lead to dead ends without science to prove your philosophical thoughts and therefore it remains philosophy and isn’t taken very seriously. If your philosophy is done well and agrees with the rules of science then it can be proven and it is no longer philosophy, it becomes a fact of science. The two are interwoven and it is important to remember that when we engage in philosophy.
In the Book ‘The Unknowing Sage’ we learn that since an early age Faqir Chand had been on a quest for the realization of god and had many mystical experiences. He believed the inner visions he experienced were true and objective. It wasn’t until he came back from war before he was enlightened with further insight on religious visions and miracles. During the war, Faqir experienced a vision of his guru after praying for help when his group was under enemy attack. The guidance Faqir’s guru offered him in his vision saved his and his fellow soldier’s lives. A few months after Faqir returned home from war, he spoke with his guru that appeared to him in his near death experience and he learned that the guru knew nothing of the mystical experience involving himself. In time Faqir become a guru to others because of his visions that saved lives and soon he was the one saving the lives of others though their religious visions of him manifesting before them when they were in danger. The book speaks of an instance where a woman who was drowning in a river had a near death experience where Faqir appeared and pulled the woman out of the river and told her ‘You have yet to do a lot of work’. The woman wrote to Faqir of her vision and he explained that he had no knowledge whatsoever of the incident. This brought Faqir to question his own inner visions and he eventually came to the realization that mystical/religious experiences and near death experiences are merely a projection of one’s own mind. This is important in understanding the projective nature of mystical experiences because it gives more validation to the theory that near death experiences are a survival mechanism that projects to us what we need to see in the moment of impending death to give one the encouragement to live, all while tricking us into believing what we are seeing is real.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
If you are using philosophy to attain the truth then knowing and understanding the general rules of the universe and science helps when we are conjuring these questions about nature and life. I think the phrase “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy” comes from the notion that when you apply the facts of science and nature to philosophy, it can become the seed that science sprouts and eventually blooms from. As long as your philosophy is backed by science, it will have much more validity when presenting it to others and applying it to the world around us. When you blindly delve into philosophy without any knowledge of science, you tend to be lead to dead ends without science to prove your philosophical thoughts and therefore it remains philosophy and isn’t taken very seriously. If your philosophy is done well and agrees with the rules of science then it can be proven and it is no longer philosophy, it becomes a fact of science. The two are interwoven and it is important to remember that when we engage in philosophy.