Post by huamun on Oct 22, 2016 5:29:00 GMT
Why is Faqir Chand’s experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
It is because Faqir Chand has many specific experiences in his religion, and he likes to analyze his experiences objectively and answer questions that other religious people will not think about. In order to have a better understanding about religion, religion experiences are necessary. Faqir Chand had his own guru before he want to a battle. Later on, he became a guru. He also had experience that his guru showed up in his mind when he in danger. His follower told them that he appeared in the follower’s mind, too. He had two kinds of experience as a guru and a guru’s follower, so he can compare what happen between guru and followers. Secondly, he questioned what happened in meditation. Rather than being mysterious, Faqir Chand tried to be objective, and he proclaimed what he knew and asked what he was confused about. Faqir Chand told his followers that he did nothing directly when his followers told hie she receive his guidance. He also told his followers that the one who helped them was themselves. Faqir Chand is open-minded and is willing to discuss with people about his confusion.
What is meant by the phrase “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.”
It is meant that there is not a clear limitation that philosophy should talk about, and it is ironical to judge a philosophic theory is correct or not. A philosopher can talk about a hug range of knowledge like mathematics, religions, politics, and so on. As a result, philosophy needs many different kinds of subjects to support its theory. However, if a philosophical theory can be tested by a scientific way, people will say this theory is scientific. But if people do not have enough evidences to prove it, people will not believe this theory can be a potential science theory, for it may be proved in the future. People will think this theory is wrong because it is philosophy. It also reflects the embarrassing status of philosophy because people separate philosophy from science. People do not realize some objective scientific theories can also come from philosophy. People just believe a correct theory is usually science, and the philosophic theory is usually wrong.
It is because Faqir Chand has many specific experiences in his religion, and he likes to analyze his experiences objectively and answer questions that other religious people will not think about. In order to have a better understanding about religion, religion experiences are necessary. Faqir Chand had his own guru before he want to a battle. Later on, he became a guru. He also had experience that his guru showed up in his mind when he in danger. His follower told them that he appeared in the follower’s mind, too. He had two kinds of experience as a guru and a guru’s follower, so he can compare what happen between guru and followers. Secondly, he questioned what happened in meditation. Rather than being mysterious, Faqir Chand tried to be objective, and he proclaimed what he knew and asked what he was confused about. Faqir Chand told his followers that he did nothing directly when his followers told hie she receive his guidance. He also told his followers that the one who helped them was themselves. Faqir Chand is open-minded and is willing to discuss with people about his confusion.
What is meant by the phrase “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.”
It is meant that there is not a clear limitation that philosophy should talk about, and it is ironical to judge a philosophic theory is correct or not. A philosopher can talk about a hug range of knowledge like mathematics, religions, politics, and so on. As a result, philosophy needs many different kinds of subjects to support its theory. However, if a philosophical theory can be tested by a scientific way, people will say this theory is scientific. But if people do not have enough evidences to prove it, people will not believe this theory can be a potential science theory, for it may be proved in the future. People will think this theory is wrong because it is philosophy. It also reflects the embarrassing status of philosophy because people separate philosophy from science. People do not realize some objective scientific theories can also come from philosophy. People just believe a correct theory is usually science, and the philosophic theory is usually wrong.