Post by yenchihlee on Apr 3, 2016 23:39:04 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
One of Faqir Chand’s experience happened when fighting in a battle in 1919. In a dangerous combating situation, the Holy Form of Hazur Data Dayal Ji appeared before Faqir and said to him "Faqir, worry not, the enemy has not come to attack but to take away their dead. Let them do that. Don't waste your ammunition." (MSAC, 2014, p.30) Faqir sent the message to his commander and hence saved his and his comrades’ lives. Most of Faqir Chand’s experiences were related to fears. At those moments, he had sought for reliefs from God which would unknowingly project religious visions and miracles. Faqir believed that all saints are “ignorant about the miracles or inner experiences attributed to them.” (MSAC, 2014, p.12) Faqir Chand was the first Sant Mat guru to discuss about the unknowing aspects of visionary manifestations. The Chandian effect, named after Faqir, is a general explanation about almost all transpersonal visions which consists of two major factors. They are the overwhelming experiences of certainty accompanying religious ecstasies and the subjective projection of sacred scenes by a meditator without the conscious knowledge of the person who is beheld as the center of the experience (MSAC, 2014, p.15). Overall, Faqir Chand's experiences offer explanations about the projective nature of religious visions and miracles.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
The meaning of "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy" suggests that if philosophical thoughts can be proven successfully, they are science. Otherwise, they remain as philosophical thoughts. Plato’s allegory of the cave suggests that only prisoners coming out the cave could see the real shapes and outlines versus to those guessed through light and shadow when seeing the casted images from inside the cave (Land and Diem-Lane, 2014, p22). Philosophers are people who might be staying in the cave but they are capable of imaging things from outside the cave because their thoughts are not bounded by reality but by the understanding of the physical world. In evolutionary philosophy, the concept of eliminative materialism is applied, which is also an important process in scientific research (Diem-Lane, 2014, p.33). For instance, for a better understanding of human consciousness, according to eliminative materialism, a comprehensive analysis of the brain and the process in creating self-reflective awareness are needed (Diem-Lane, 2014, p.33). In other words, an acceptable philosophical thoughts would sustain scientific analyses and would be taken as scientific works. On the contrary, philosophical thoughts without scientific supports might remain as thoughts under debates.
Land, D. C. & A. Diem-Lane (2014) Quantum Weirdness: Einstein vs. Bohr. Mt. San Antonio College. 64pages.
One of Faqir Chand’s experience happened when fighting in a battle in 1919. In a dangerous combating situation, the Holy Form of Hazur Data Dayal Ji appeared before Faqir and said to him "Faqir, worry not, the enemy has not come to attack but to take away their dead. Let them do that. Don't waste your ammunition." (MSAC, 2014, p.30) Faqir sent the message to his commander and hence saved his and his comrades’ lives. Most of Faqir Chand’s experiences were related to fears. At those moments, he had sought for reliefs from God which would unknowingly project religious visions and miracles. Faqir believed that all saints are “ignorant about the miracles or inner experiences attributed to them.” (MSAC, 2014, p.12) Faqir Chand was the first Sant Mat guru to discuss about the unknowing aspects of visionary manifestations. The Chandian effect, named after Faqir, is a general explanation about almost all transpersonal visions which consists of two major factors. They are the overwhelming experiences of certainty accompanying religious ecstasies and the subjective projection of sacred scenes by a meditator without the conscious knowledge of the person who is beheld as the center of the experience (MSAC, 2014, p.15). Overall, Faqir Chand's experiences offer explanations about the projective nature of religious visions and miracles.
Reference
MSAC (2014) The Unknowing Saga: The Life and Work of Faqir Chand. MSAC Philosophy Group. 127 pages. 2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
The meaning of "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy" suggests that if philosophical thoughts can be proven successfully, they are science. Otherwise, they remain as philosophical thoughts. Plato’s allegory of the cave suggests that only prisoners coming out the cave could see the real shapes and outlines versus to those guessed through light and shadow when seeing the casted images from inside the cave (Land and Diem-Lane, 2014, p22). Philosophers are people who might be staying in the cave but they are capable of imaging things from outside the cave because their thoughts are not bounded by reality but by the understanding of the physical world. In evolutionary philosophy, the concept of eliminative materialism is applied, which is also an important process in scientific research (Diem-Lane, 2014, p.33). For instance, for a better understanding of human consciousness, according to eliminative materialism, a comprehensive analysis of the brain and the process in creating self-reflective awareness are needed (Diem-Lane, 2014, p.33). In other words, an acceptable philosophical thoughts would sustain scientific analyses and would be taken as scientific works. On the contrary, philosophical thoughts without scientific supports might remain as thoughts under debates.
References
Diem-Lane, Andrea, (2014) The DNA of Consciousness: A brief introduction of evolutionary philosophy. Mt. San Antonio College. 67pages. Land, D. C. & A. Diem-Lane (2014) Quantum Weirdness: Einstein vs. Bohr. Mt. San Antonio College. 64pages.
