Post by jdeleon on Oct 19, 2016 22:58:45 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Fair Chand's experiences are important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles because he realized that these visions are illusions that our mind has created for us. According to The Unknowing Sage, Faqir Chand said "all Manifestations, visions, and forms that are see within are mental (illusory) creations." Chand questioned whether other gurus are ignorant to their visionary manifestations to their believers, as he is ignorant to his. While a guru appeared to Chand in his moment of danger, Chand's mirage appeared to his hometown in their moment of danger. This made Faqir realize that these visions that come to us are not real and it is our minds tricking us. Our minds could be creating visions that portray our thoughts and we choose to interpret them how we want to. Chand once envisioned his father complaining about him to Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal and he believed Maharishi to be God. We learn that what we see isn't always what it appears to be.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
Philosophy is the study of the nature of knowledge, existence and reality. In order to understand the universe, we need to understand how things relate to each other, and we can do that with science. Science is always changing, as is our understanding of the world. Science is known for falsifying hypotheses, not proving them right, just how philosophy should use reduction to eliminate theories that don't explain something fully. Philosophy done well requires the use of science to reason through theories, and to avoid settling on a mythical explanation that can't be proven, like "God did it". According to the "Remainder Conjecture: Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul de Sac", it's better try to use all physical explanations before we "prematurely jump ship and opt for super mundane explanations for erstwhile mundane events." Even if we are left with things that cannot be explained, this "remainder" will at least teach us something about the nature of self-reflective awareness.
Fair Chand's experiences are important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles because he realized that these visions are illusions that our mind has created for us. According to The Unknowing Sage, Faqir Chand said "all Manifestations, visions, and forms that are see within are mental (illusory) creations." Chand questioned whether other gurus are ignorant to their visionary manifestations to their believers, as he is ignorant to his. While a guru appeared to Chand in his moment of danger, Chand's mirage appeared to his hometown in their moment of danger. This made Faqir realize that these visions that come to us are not real and it is our minds tricking us. Our minds could be creating visions that portray our thoughts and we choose to interpret them how we want to. Chand once envisioned his father complaining about him to Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal and he believed Maharishi to be God. We learn that what we see isn't always what it appears to be.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
Philosophy is the study of the nature of knowledge, existence and reality. In order to understand the universe, we need to understand how things relate to each other, and we can do that with science. Science is always changing, as is our understanding of the world. Science is known for falsifying hypotheses, not proving them right, just how philosophy should use reduction to eliminate theories that don't explain something fully. Philosophy done well requires the use of science to reason through theories, and to avoid settling on a mythical explanation that can't be proven, like "God did it". According to the "Remainder Conjecture: Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul de Sac", it's better try to use all physical explanations before we "prematurely jump ship and opt for super mundane explanations for erstwhile mundane events." Even if we are left with things that cannot be explained, this "remainder" will at least teach us something about the nature of self-reflective awareness.