Post by benjaminenriquez on Nov 11, 2015 11:28:53 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences are important because they reveal the truth behind religious visions and miracles. They are unique to each individual and are not created by the religious figure themselves but by the individual having the visions. They are uniquely created by one’s own biographical and psychological history. Faqir was very outspoken about how gurus, prophets, and mystics “posing as all-knowing beings, have deceived millions of followers by duping them into believing that they have omnipresence and omnipotence when in fact they have neither.” He states that truly enlightened sages have is the ability to see how mysterious life actually is. Near death experiences are a frequent mystery. Some have religious visions before coming back to life, but others have had very different visions. In the Near Death Experiences film the young boy saw the most beautiful bike at the end of the dark tunnel, and it was that image that gave him the urge to come back. His birthday was in a couple of days and his mom had promised him a new bicycle. In Is The Universe an App?, it is also pointed out that despite religious visions appearing so real, Jesus only appears to Christians, Buddha to Buddhists, and so on. .This shows just how projective visions actually are, and how the individual own experiences are the cause of the manifestation.
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" refers to the idea that philosophy done poorly is just unproven theories and ideas, but philosophy done well can be tested and proven to become a science. Quantum theory is just one philosophical idea that has been explored by scientists and made into its own science. It’s not only turned into a science, it has evolved into a fundamental branch of physics. Together the two are trying to pose questions and find answers to those questions. Philosophy done wrong; however, is just a jumble of ideas and theories that cannot be proven. They are questions with no answers.
Faqir Chand’s experiences are important because they reveal the truth behind religious visions and miracles. They are unique to each individual and are not created by the religious figure themselves but by the individual having the visions. They are uniquely created by one’s own biographical and psychological history. Faqir was very outspoken about how gurus, prophets, and mystics “posing as all-knowing beings, have deceived millions of followers by duping them into believing that they have omnipresence and omnipotence when in fact they have neither.” He states that truly enlightened sages have is the ability to see how mysterious life actually is. Near death experiences are a frequent mystery. Some have religious visions before coming back to life, but others have had very different visions. In the Near Death Experiences film the young boy saw the most beautiful bike at the end of the dark tunnel, and it was that image that gave him the urge to come back. His birthday was in a couple of days and his mom had promised him a new bicycle. In Is The Universe an App?, it is also pointed out that despite religious visions appearing so real, Jesus only appears to Christians, Buddha to Buddhists, and so on. .This shows just how projective visions actually are, and how the individual own experiences are the cause of the manifestation.
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" refers to the idea that philosophy done poorly is just unproven theories and ideas, but philosophy done well can be tested and proven to become a science. Quantum theory is just one philosophical idea that has been explored by scientists and made into its own science. It’s not only turned into a science, it has evolved into a fundamental branch of physics. Together the two are trying to pose questions and find answers to those questions. Philosophy done wrong; however, is just a jumble of ideas and theories that cannot be proven. They are questions with no answers.