Post by ambermoran0720 on Feb 14, 2015 5:27:26 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faquir Chand experiences led him to believe that “God is universal to all.” A person’s strong affinity to someone will determine whether or not that person would appear to them in light of a tragedy- in essence, incidents such as visions during near death experiences aren’t necessarily what we see but may actually be projections of our thoughts of that vision. Faquir Chand did not believe that there was just one God, or Jesus or Buddah or otherwise but instead that God incarnated into what a person knew. What I find interesting is that although he seemed to have attained this great understanding he still seemed to have a longing for a deeper spiritual connection to something or someone; “The Unknowing Sage states that even though he would “...daily leave his body at will and experience exalted states of awareness, Faquir Chand was not satisfied with these attainments and sought something higher and more permanent.”
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
According to Oxforddictionary.com Philosophy is defined as the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience. Philosophy is rooted in questions. Science is defined as the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Science is rooted in experimentation. I believe what is meant by the above quote is that in order to validate new theories science must be implemented. Theories must be tested and proved or disproved to some degree in order to be considered credible. Philosophy without any validation process is just an array of random questions.
Faquir Chand experiences led him to believe that “God is universal to all.” A person’s strong affinity to someone will determine whether or not that person would appear to them in light of a tragedy- in essence, incidents such as visions during near death experiences aren’t necessarily what we see but may actually be projections of our thoughts of that vision. Faquir Chand did not believe that there was just one God, or Jesus or Buddah or otherwise but instead that God incarnated into what a person knew. What I find interesting is that although he seemed to have attained this great understanding he still seemed to have a longing for a deeper spiritual connection to something or someone; “The Unknowing Sage states that even though he would “...daily leave his body at will and experience exalted states of awareness, Faquir Chand was not satisfied with these attainments and sought something higher and more permanent.”
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
According to Oxforddictionary.com Philosophy is defined as the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience. Philosophy is rooted in questions. Science is defined as the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Science is rooted in experimentation. I believe what is meant by the above quote is that in order to validate new theories science must be implemented. Theories must be tested and proved or disproved to some degree in order to be considered credible. Philosophy without any validation process is just an array of random questions.