Week 8 Essay 1,2

1. Why is Faqir Chand’s experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?

    Faqir Chand was an Indian master in meditation of Surat Shabd Yoga, which is a form of spiritual practice and was advocated by Faqir Chand. He had ever consciously controlled near death experience by out of his body, and he enjoyed the bliss of higher inner regions. Faqir Chand’s experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles because he revealed the secret behind inner visions and miracles detailedly. According his words, “The visions are only because of the impressions and suggestions that a disciple has already accepted in his mind. These impressions and suggestions appear before him like a dream. Nobody comes from without. This is the plain truth,” it is a saying that our brain trick us not only in our thoughts but also in our minds, and we believe in still, even they are unbelievable. By doing his way of deeply meditation, people would go beyond mind, soul and inner sound, indeed, it would lead us to self-realization and eternal peace which are the matters by going through our sub-consciousness. While we learn better to conduct our life from such a point of self-awareness, we do better to know ourselves instead of being trick by our virtual imagination from our brains.

2. What is meant by the phrase, “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.”

    It is saying about the importance of “cause and effect.” Philosophical arguments show that there is nothing beyond sense experience. Normally, scientists are interested in proving the absence of anything beyond sense experience through experimentation. It should be, and it would correlate the saying, “philosophy done well is science.” There is no way to convince the need for sensory experience in knowing reality. By going through discovering evidences, science can be combined with philosophy, and it will increase the persuasion of philosophy.