Post by Andrew Craig on Nov 10, 2015 3:01:33 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand’s experiences important in understand the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences with religious visions and miracles are important in understanding their projective nature because he offers and explanation why some gurus have the miraculous visions. He makes this prevalent in his “unknowing” hypothesis. In The Unknowing Sage, the author writes about Faqir hypothesis, “The overwhelming majority of inner visions are projections of one’s own mind which have no substantial ‘reality check’ with the outer world or the higher inner regions.” (15). In other words, his hypothesis shows us that most religious visions and miracles are made up. His experience allowed him to come up with this hypothesis to teach us that if one believes that they will have visions that are miracles they will. Knowing that most visions are false and manifested by one’s own mind it helps us understand their manifestation. In conclusion, Faqir Chand’s experiences with religious visions and miracles has helped us understand the inception of these visions in other people.
2. 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” means that when it is done well it ends up acting as science and when it is done poorly, well it is just philosophy. This is prevalent in many sciences today. Many of the scientific theories that are in today’s society have a basis in philosophy. Scientists, such as Einstein and Bohr had a great belief and respect for philosophy. If philosophy is practiced poorly well then it is just philosophy because, it has no scientific basis. Philosophical theories such as, Eliminate Materialism is one example of philosophy turning into something that can be proven by science. This theory is easily proved by science. Some scientific theories such as, Quantum Mechanics at first was philosophy but now today it is the basis for physics. It has changed the way we look at the world and, where we come from, also what everything is made of.
Faqir Chand’s experiences with religious visions and miracles are important in understanding their projective nature because he offers and explanation why some gurus have the miraculous visions. He makes this prevalent in his “unknowing” hypothesis. In The Unknowing Sage, the author writes about Faqir hypothesis, “The overwhelming majority of inner visions are projections of one’s own mind which have no substantial ‘reality check’ with the outer world or the higher inner regions.” (15). In other words, his hypothesis shows us that most religious visions and miracles are made up. His experience allowed him to come up with this hypothesis to teach us that if one believes that they will have visions that are miracles they will. Knowing that most visions are false and manifested by one’s own mind it helps us understand their manifestation. In conclusion, Faqir Chand’s experiences with religious visions and miracles has helped us understand the inception of these visions in other people.
2. 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” means that when it is done well it ends up acting as science and when it is done poorly, well it is just philosophy. This is prevalent in many sciences today. Many of the scientific theories that are in today’s society have a basis in philosophy. Scientists, such as Einstein and Bohr had a great belief and respect for philosophy. If philosophy is practiced poorly well then it is just philosophy because, it has no scientific basis. Philosophical theories such as, Eliminate Materialism is one example of philosophy turning into something that can be proven by science. This theory is easily proved by science. Some scientific theories such as, Quantum Mechanics at first was philosophy but now today it is the basis for physics. It has changed the way we look at the world and, where we come from, also what everything is made of.