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Pascal's Wager And The Problem Of Having A False Guru
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<blockquote data-quote="Seeker9" data-source="post: 143149" data-attributes="member: 11719"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">My Dear Caspian Ji</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">What a great resource of philosophical information you have at your disposal!</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Yes I have come across this before</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">An interesting definition. It’s a bit like the glass is half full or half empty isn’t it? With your atheist leanings, you have presented this in terms of “toleration of doubt”, whereas my definition would lean towards “a strong belief without the requirement for empirical proof”</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Interesting argument…I commend you on your range of thinking. Personally though, I think it is from a number of non-biological factors including upbringing, culture, life experiences etc</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In order to measure loss you need to have an idea of what you mean by success? If success means achieving spiritual enlightenment and the end result is you don’t achieve this, then yes, in those terms, it would be a loss. The world is full of kind, compassionate humble people. Guruship goes beyond these qualities I think.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Yes, you could follow them if that’s what you really want to do</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">How do you quantify an intangible like faith? I cannot answer a question about amounts of faith! But I would agree it is very much dependent on the individual. And yes, blind faith does exist. At the risk of regurgitating old territory for you and I, it can be argued that an element of blind faith also exists in Science. But let’s not get drawn into that debate on this thread please!</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You are making an assumption here in your argument that there is nothing to lose whereas I said earlier there is potentially much to lose in terms of failing to achieve what you understand to be your intended goal</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Very interesting!</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">My thoughts are that if they do their meditation and simran as prescribed, and follow all the teachings as prescribed, I would not regard that as a harmful activity for them at all! But hypothetically speaking, it is not a matter of simply regurgitating the spoken word. Gurus teach from their knowledge AND experience. Whilst you may hypothetically in your thought experiment duplicate knowledge, there is no duplication of experience you would draw upon to answer their questions.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #001f4b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In the case of the Amazon tribe who have had zero prior contact, then the answer is clearly no. However, on the other thread, I think SPN Admin Ji quite clearly outlines the qualities of the fake gurus which make them easier to identify.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left">Good post my friend!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seeker9, post: 143149, member: 11719"] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]My Dear Caspian Ji[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]What a great resource of philosophical information you have at your disposal![/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]Yes I have come across this before[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#001f4b][/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]An interesting definition. It’s a bit like the glass is half full or half empty isn’t it? With your atheist leanings, you have presented this in terms of “toleration of doubt”, whereas my definition would lean towards “a strong belief without the requirement for empirical proof”[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]Interesting argument…I commend you on your range of thinking. Personally though, I think it is from a number of non-biological factors including upbringing, culture, life experiences etc[/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#001f4b][/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]In order to measure loss you need to have an idea of what you mean by success? If success means achieving spiritual enlightenment and the end result is you don’t achieve this, then yes, in those terms, it would be a loss. The world is full of kind, compassionate humble people. Guruship goes beyond these qualities I think.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#001f4b] [/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]Yes, you could follow them if that’s what you really want to do[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]How do you quantify an intangible like faith? I cannot answer a question about amounts of faith! But I would agree it is very much dependent on the individual. And yes, blind faith does exist. At the risk of regurgitating old territory for you and I, it can be argued that an element of blind faith also exists in Science. But let’s not get drawn into that debate on this thread please![/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#001f4b][/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]You are making an assumption here in your argument that there is nothing to lose whereas I said earlier there is potentially much to lose in terms of failing to achieve what you understand to be your intended goal[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]Very interesting![/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]My thoughts are that if they do their meditation and simran as prescribed, and follow all the teachings as prescribed, I would not regard that as a harmful activity for them at all! But hypothetically speaking, it is not a matter of simply regurgitating the spoken word. Gurus teach from their knowledge AND experience. Whilst you may hypothetically in your thought experiment duplicate knowledge, there is no duplication of experience you would draw upon to answer their questions.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#001f4b][FONT=Verdana]In the case of the Amazon tribe who have had zero prior contact, then the answer is clearly no. However, on the other thread, I think SPN Admin Ji quite clearly outlines the qualities of the fake gurus which make them easier to identify.[/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT]Good post my friend![/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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