Post by Spenser Hale on Jun 12, 2015 22:37:53 GMT
1. Why are Faqir Chand’s experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences are very important in ways might not see. For example, his experiences had happened during times of war and such, which to some will think that it does not concern them because they were never part of ayn war, but that is not what it is about. Chand’s experiences are about how one person see’s things. For example, one of his experiences is that he had a vision about his guru telling him how to lead his men and himself to safety during the war, yet when he was back home and asked his guru about it, his guru Shiv Brat Lal had no idea of what he was talking about. What this shows is that our minds give us information, such as how to get to safety, by showing it in a message or vision such as the one Chand had had while in the war.
Sources: The Unknowing Sage
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
When this quote is said, it is talking about how when one researches philosophy, and finds research and evidence that is able to back up whatever information that they find, then it then becomes science since science is the evidence part of it all. So when the research is done well, then whoever is researching is able to categorize it as science since they found solid evidence to back up their philosophical claims. However, when research on a philosophical claim is done poorly, they are unable to categorize their newfound research as science because they have little to no evidence to support it or even they may just have very insufficient evidence that does not support their philosophical claim(s). “True knowledge is knowing that you don’t know; true wisdom is knowing that nobody else does either” (Page 106-107 The Unknowing Sage). By stating this, Chand is simply saying that nobody truly has the answers to everything, and that they need to find solid evidence to support their philosophical claim(s).
Sources: The Unknowing Sage
Faqir Chand’s experiences are very important in ways might not see. For example, his experiences had happened during times of war and such, which to some will think that it does not concern them because they were never part of ayn war, but that is not what it is about. Chand’s experiences are about how one person see’s things. For example, one of his experiences is that he had a vision about his guru telling him how to lead his men and himself to safety during the war, yet when he was back home and asked his guru about it, his guru Shiv Brat Lal had no idea of what he was talking about. What this shows is that our minds give us information, such as how to get to safety, by showing it in a message or vision such as the one Chand had had while in the war.
Sources: The Unknowing Sage
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
When this quote is said, it is talking about how when one researches philosophy, and finds research and evidence that is able to back up whatever information that they find, then it then becomes science since science is the evidence part of it all. So when the research is done well, then whoever is researching is able to categorize it as science since they found solid evidence to back up their philosophical claims. However, when research on a philosophical claim is done poorly, they are unable to categorize their newfound research as science because they have little to no evidence to support it or even they may just have very insufficient evidence that does not support their philosophical claim(s). “True knowledge is knowing that you don’t know; true wisdom is knowing that nobody else does either” (Page 106-107 The Unknowing Sage). By stating this, Chand is simply saying that nobody truly has the answers to everything, and that they need to find solid evidence to support their philosophical claim(s).
Sources: The Unknowing Sage