Robert Priddy?s Views on Key Human Values in Relation To Sathya Sai Baba
2009-12-06 00:04:00 In the brief article - Human Values ? Sai Baba?s truncated ideas - Robert Priddy, an academic philosopher at the University of Oslo for many years, and a former head of the Sathya Sai Organization in Norway, states his view of what human values are, in contradistinction to "divinely-instated values for humans" as proclaimed by Sathya Sai Baba. Priddy writes: "The values according to [or against which] we act are unavoidable and essential links that tie together personal perceptions and judgements, motives and actions into the sphere of common cultural values. They are central to grasping the motivations of our social and political life. Sai Baba promotes his own brand of ?five human values?, which is a simple and often all too vague recipe. His biographer Kasturi writes that Sai Baba scribbled the 5 values down on the back of an envelope when Kasturi asked him to define them. Grabbed as if out of thin air without any deeper thought, it is quite evident how shallow, rigid and inco...
Basava Premanand Long Challenged Indian Governments To Come Clean On Sathya
2009-11-18 00:13:00 Among many attempts to awaken India to the great danger posed by chronic addiction to swamis, gurus and the like, the formost Indian rationalist B.Premanand tried to arouse government and public accountability. The odds he faced were utterly formidable. See my in memoriam tribute to Premanand, with whom I kept in touch over the years: Basava Premanand. Vale. A fighter for truth who lived what others preach One might have thought that the religious organizations, were they to have nothing to hide, would, in effect, have said something like this: Yes, we agree that horrible oppressions in the name of religion exist. We disagree with Premanand in regard to deism and disbelief. However, we are at one with him in wishing to stop exploitation, and we too will speak out very clearly, and do our best to ensure that you are not a voice crying in the wilderness.
Dr G. Venkataraman, Sathya Sai Baba?s Nuclear Boon Companion
2009-09-29 00:18:00 Robert Priddy is the former long-time head of the Sathya Sai Organization in Norway and a retired philosopher in the Social Sciences, University of Oslo. He has written insightfully on the extraordinary, often procrustean efforts of Sathya Sai Baba's head of Puttaparthi propaganda programs to rationalise his beliefs in Sathya Sai Baba. Though not a physical (actually, nuclear) scientist like Dr G. Venkataraman, he has an abiding interest in the sciences, and how a certain variety of scientists, in a great minority but with unfortunate influence far beyond their importance, falsely use science to buttress up their religious claims. The following information may be of particular value for journalistic and scholarly investigators, and also those institutions and agencies which the Sathya Sai cult in many countries attempts to influence - but without portraying their real agendas. For those who may like to hunt and peck among Priddy's writings on G. Venkataraman, I have excerpted fro...
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Sophistry, Flattery, Art and Philosophy in a Commercial World
2009-09-13 20:00:00 In the modern understanding of the word, ?sophistry? has a decisively negative connotation. It refers to people who envelop, even purposely trick and deceive you with words. Nonetheless, the original sophists were a group of wandering philosophers; they would charge money for sharing their knowledge and were known for their reasoning skills as well as their manners of persuasion.The ancient Greek sophists, and often Socrates is mixed up with them, were said to be ?corrupters of youth? as their teachings often clashed with the conservative and age-old traditions of the Greek forefathers. By providing youth with a different definition of truth - away from the mindless following of rules and a more sharpened awareness of one?s own impact on the world ? these philosophers must have caused resentment in a society that preferred the already established morals and values.In this case, one should, however, point out that Socrates (and his pupil Plato shared this view) did not necessarily li...
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Do We Have To Give Up EVERYTHING? My philosophy?
2009-09-01 14:30:00 As part of some other work for the site this week I was forced to sit and think about my philosophy towards treats, snacking, deprivation and will and express how I’ve made the alkaline diet work for me. The thought of giving up some of your favourite foods, drinks and social eating and drinking is really ...
Moral reasoning behind Lockerbie terrorist release
2009-08-21 07:04:00 Watch the video or read the statement below. What is Mr. MacAskill talking about? What are these "Scottish values?" Where do they come from? By his reasoning, every murderer should be released a few months before their anticipated death so that they can be with their family (why should anybody else receive less compassion than the murderer of over 200 people?). I notice no mention of God and Scots have begotten several famous philosophers so one would have expected a purely scientific, rational basis for the decision. I just can't figure out what it is. Actually, I do know. It's narcissistic, callous, emotionalism. Narcissism, because I'm sure MacAskill feels like a good person for releasing Al Megrahi. Emotional, because I don't see any other basis for his argument. Callous, because he doesn't care that the victims' families have to endure the spectacle of Al Megrahi being feted in Libya. It reminds me of a quote I saw on NRO, part of which said that leftist liberalism...
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Facebook e-Evangelism? Sure.
2009-08-19 20:15:00 Below is a copy of a conversation upon Shany Wong’s facebook status, involving an exchange of ideas amongst myself and two individuals. Posts were arranged to reflect the timeline of responses. Enjoy, and God’s Blessings, as well as to keep them in your prayers. All for His glory: Shany Wong Faith > Reason Steven Guarin its sayings like these ...
A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
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Genetics, or a God given talent?
2009-05-19 05:40:00 Let’s say someone is really smart, becomes a physicist and wins the Nobel Prize. Should we commend him or her for their success? If you are an Atheist, you are probably a fan of Science, so you know your intelligence comes from your genes. If you are religious, you feel the physicist ...
BOOK: Intimate an Experience (2009)
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Ishraqiya | Suhrawardi's Philosophy of Illumination
2009-04-04 01:22:00 1.Allahu Nurus Samawati wal Ard. ... Nurun ala Nur.God is The Light of all planes of existence:both terrestrial and celestial,... heaven and earth,....... body and soul.The luminous candle of His Holy Personal Name, 'Allah' suspends in the globe of the heart of a gnostic by the tree of his material body.... Light upon Light,............. Light of Lights.- Non-linear translation of Quranic verses
Mark Sacks Memorial Conference
2009-04-01 16:03:00 On the 4th and 5th of June 2009 philosophers will gather to honour Mark Sacks, who died last year. Mark was the founding editor of the European Journal of Philosophy and a leading scholar of Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. I can’t say that I got to know him as well as I would have liked, ...
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Philosophy of Rural Life
2009-03-05 07:55:00 ?I help my neighbours and my neighbours help me?, is the philosophy of life in our village. Faith, sharing, contentment, grit, hard work and humour are few others. There are no marriage halls or other renting places. Daras (community centres where cultural diffusion takes place) are very useful ?institutions? for functions or for elders to sit and teach irreplaceable heritage of ideas to the younger generation. The learning that passed on to me in Dara turned out to be very precious: it was the legacy of the fable. Tandoor (Oven for backing bread) is still a meeting and talking place for women.
By: Light Within
The Philosophy of Fight Club, and Why It?s ok to be a Dude
2009-02-24 21:00:00 “We are a generation of men raised by women…and the last thing we need, is women.” — Tyler Durden I’m one of many men in my family. With only one female child in our line, my sister naturally has always felt a little lonely. There’s me and my two bull-moose younger cousins, my father and his ...
Heterodox Stalker created a new blog: Stalkers Philosophy
2009-02-21 02:41:00 Heterodox Stalker created a new blog: Stalkers Philosophy
Corporate Philosophy is Dead!
2009-02-13 17:54:00 What is the most important element of a business transaction? I would venture to say that most people would put ethics at the top of the list. The old corporate philosophy of “profits first” is becomming a thing of the past. As America struggles to deal with its greed, more people are realizing just how ...
The Nature of Scientific Discovery
2009-01-15 17:39:00 This is a repost from Bitesize Bio combining two posts of mine there in recent months: The Nature of Scientific Observation and Science as Progress, and More on the Philosophy of Science. Currently I’m reading Alan Chalmers’ What is this thing called science?, with specific interest in the questions of expertise and the uniqueness of science ...
By: Migrations
God logic
2009-01-09 00:07:00 The existence of God....Every time I visit the blog scene I am amazed at how many individuals feel they can know the nature of god, or think that they have the concept figured out. I think I've read... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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God in everyone, everything - Sai Baba
2009-01-03 12:26:00 ?God is in everything, everything is God? is the central alleged ?truth? in various teaching by Indian gurus, swamis and other self-styled divine beings. It underpins much of Hinduism and the ideas involve, when abstracted to a high degree, forms the backbone of Advaita Vedanta. It is at the core of the so-called ?teachings? of ...
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Revealing Materials On Sai Baba Of India
2008-12-21 11:40:00 In a surprise visit to Puttaparthi and other official Sathya Sai Baba locales in late 2008, Brian Steel acquired a series of books and audio materials. There are several notable scholarly and other strengths observable in Brian Steel’s vast opus on the Sathya Sai phenomenon. Yet again, these qualities come into play in his most ...
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Black Curtain Philosophy
2008-11-27 04:12:00 Symphony selection committees used to have potential orchestra members try out behind a black curtain. The best sounding candidate got the position. Not based on color or age, simply on performance without the performer being seen. This philosophy, not affirmative action, should be implemented with employee or student selection (resumes or college applications with no names, to nil ethnic name bias) determining what candidates are given preferred positions.What do yall think?
Operation philosophy of CFBC
2008-11-24 12:54:00 I would like to know the operation philosophy of CFBC and start-up & Shut-down sequence
Science as Progress, and More on the Philosophy of Science
2008-11-18 11:22:00 Following up on my recent post about The Nature of Scientific Observation, I left two-thirds of Chalmers? book What is This Thing Called Science untouched, including discussions on Bayes? theorem and the New Experimentalism.
COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY (E?CAP 2009)
2008-11-12 23:49:00 From Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 July 2009 the European Conference on COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY (E?CAP 2009) will be held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (very close to Barcelona city, Catalonia).E?CAP is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the European affiliate of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP, president: Luciano Floridi). ECAP'09 is the seventh conference in the annual series.CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERSKevin Warwick (U. Reading), http://www.kevinwarwick.com/ / : Cybernetics.Roderic Guigó (UPF), http://genome.imim.es/~rguigo / : Biocomputing.Francesc Subirada (BSC), Associate Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center,http://www.bsc.es/ / : Supercomputing.http://ia-cap.or-g/e-cap09/
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CFP: How Not to do Philosophy
2008-11-03 21:33:00 What is the appropriate way to do philosophy? Historically, the form of philosophy has varied; Plato preferred the dialogue, Nietzsche the aphorism, Kierkegaard the parable. In the 20th century many philosophers pronounced a proper way to do philosophy. The logical positivists wanted to do away with metaphysics and held science as the ideal model for ...
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Philosophy as the Missing Link
2008-10-13 16:49:00 The following is a guest post by Kimberly Wickham, who is the author of the books Angels and Horses, and Summer of Magic Horses, which can be found on her webpage [Here]. Philosophy as the Missing Link ? An Eye-Opening Audit of Our School?s Curriculum The question might be asked, ?Why would anyone want to teach philosophy ...
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2008-09-03 22:01:00 I just had the LONGEST day...it was INASNELY hot outside for September. So basically the only thing keeping me going is knowing my QVC package was delivered yesterday and I get to take a hot shower with the lovely scent...
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Philosophy of Ramadhan | Sayed Jawwad Naqvi
2008-09-01 06:00:00 Holy month of Ramadhan is called Rabi-ul-Quloob. Rabi-ul Quloob means the month of spring for the hearts. The way spring comes to the earth, same way the heart also experiences spring. This means heart, not that heart which is in our chests, not the heart behind the ribs of our chest, but instead that heart which is of our soul, that which is the true sensational heart of human being. Even this heart of soul, it passes through different seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.You have seen the land during winter, when cold air blows, water get frozen, snow falls; soft things become frozen, becomes hard. The same way the human heart acts as well, there is a particular human state when the human heart also becomes frozen, just like ice, it freezes. Then the remembrance of Allah is not possible for such a heart.Sometimes the heart becomes dead like the vegetation in the Autumn season, now it cannot accept any guidance. In order to freshen up this heart, make it blossom, make it gree...
Where are you, Einstein?
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Would You Like a PhD With That?
2008-08-25 02:20:00 For those of you who have not yet signed up for the email newsletter. This post is an example of what I will be sending to the email list. So if you are interested in getting this type of content you will need to sign up for the newsletter. For those that are signed up ...
On Hearing the News of Your Death
2008-08-24 16:46:00 Poetry by Thomas R. Belfield. [[ Click title to read the rest of this entry. ]]
Science + Love
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Cowboy Philosophy
2008-08-15 22:18:00 If it can’t be seen from the back of a galloping horse, it’s good enough.
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Dynamics of Change in Islamic Law (III): Grundnorm, a cosmological myth
2008-07-29 16:49:00 To effectively address the original Weberian objection i.e. normative pluralism is substantively irrational, it is mandatory to reformulate the problem in concise terms, starting point being that change in Islamic law takes place by means of some interpretive mechanism called Ijtihad. What exactly constitutes it: Is it the interpretation of the textual source ab initio; ...
Discussions on Space from last nights class
2008-07-25 01:31:00 For those of you who participated in a discussion on compounded and uncompounded space after the philosophy class last night. I found the reference to my comment that compounded space is an object of eye consciousness. It can be found on page 233 of Meditations on Emptiness by J Hopkins. Space appears both to an eye ...
A Royal Farewell in Bali
2008-07-19 16:14:00 Bali's royal cremation ceremony. [[ Click title to read the rest of this entry. ]]
7 Deadly Sips
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Philosophy: Falling in Love
2008-07-10 15:14:00 When it comes to love, you need not to fall but rather surrender. Surrender to the idea that you must love yourself before you can love another. You must absolutely trust yourself before you can absolutely trust another and most importantly you must accept your flaws before you can accept the flaws of another. None of us ...
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