Post by bimaa on Nov 13, 2015 5:16:35 GMT
Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles? What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
From my understanding of Faqir Chand’s experiences and through his teachings I believe his true message and the conclusion that he came to was that the visions and miracles we receive, we truly receive from our own minds. It is our unawareness of ourselves that cause us to seek out idols and outside forces to worship, when truly our miracles and visions come from within. For instance, when he was serving on the armed force in Iraq in 1922 he believed he received a visions from his idol that gave him direction to bestow upon his fellow men that led to their own safety. However, afterwards the men did not worship the idol that Chand believed he received the vision from, the men were instead worshiping him and thanking him for saving their lives. I believe this experience amongst others provoked the thought if rather or not the thought had truly come from Chand’s own mind, and his mind projected the image of an idol that had delivered the message only because Chand was unaware of his inner self. It was hard to fathom that his own conscious would develop such a though on its own, instead the miraculous message must have been given to him from an outside force or entity. In my own research, I found another video on Faqir Chand, where confirmed that the miracles or so our spiritual visions come from within our own selves and our unconscious minds. We only seek outside forces because we are unaware of the and unconscious of our own minds.
When I reflect on the phrase, “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy,” I instantly reflect back onto the idea of eliminative materialism. This being that there is also a scientific explanation, and lastly if their is no scientific explanation, then it is possible to attribute it to God. Science is seen as a universal and exact answer for the world around, whereas more so religion and the belief in God requires faith. Science requires no faith, because it can be proven to be fact. Philosophy is the study of beliefs, theories, principles, ideologies, all with the sole purpose of explaining life and giving definition to the universe and human beings. So for a philosopher to successfully articulate his beliefs, and turn theory into fact he has then developed science, a solid explanation that can be proven and is physically tangible, versus a philosopher with a theory that remains that just a belief. Philosophy is the foundation for science, so the goal of course for most philosophers is to graduate their ideologies into science, and if they do not accomplish that then it remains philosophy.
From my understanding of Faqir Chand’s experiences and through his teachings I believe his true message and the conclusion that he came to was that the visions and miracles we receive, we truly receive from our own minds. It is our unawareness of ourselves that cause us to seek out idols and outside forces to worship, when truly our miracles and visions come from within. For instance, when he was serving on the armed force in Iraq in 1922 he believed he received a visions from his idol that gave him direction to bestow upon his fellow men that led to their own safety. However, afterwards the men did not worship the idol that Chand believed he received the vision from, the men were instead worshiping him and thanking him for saving their lives. I believe this experience amongst others provoked the thought if rather or not the thought had truly come from Chand’s own mind, and his mind projected the image of an idol that had delivered the message only because Chand was unaware of his inner self. It was hard to fathom that his own conscious would develop such a though on its own, instead the miraculous message must have been given to him from an outside force or entity. In my own research, I found another video on Faqir Chand, where confirmed that the miracles or so our spiritual visions come from within our own selves and our unconscious minds. We only seek outside forces because we are unaware of the and unconscious of our own minds.
When I reflect on the phrase, “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy,” I instantly reflect back onto the idea of eliminative materialism. This being that there is also a scientific explanation, and lastly if their is no scientific explanation, then it is possible to attribute it to God. Science is seen as a universal and exact answer for the world around, whereas more so religion and the belief in God requires faith. Science requires no faith, because it can be proven to be fact. Philosophy is the study of beliefs, theories, principles, ideologies, all with the sole purpose of explaining life and giving definition to the universe and human beings. So for a philosopher to successfully articulate his beliefs, and turn theory into fact he has then developed science, a solid explanation that can be proven and is physically tangible, versus a philosopher with a theory that remains that just a belief. Philosophy is the foundation for science, so the goal of course for most philosophers is to graduate their ideologies into science, and if they do not accomplish that then it remains philosophy.