In Search of the Miraculous

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This all sounds well and good, so why only 4/5? Here I should be honest: this book is certainly not for everyone. In fact, I am not even certain if it was for me, because there sure were many moments where I thought about giving up. Some of the metaphysical theories were lost on me, such as the claims about the ways in which all organic life is connected and influenced by the sun and the planets, about humankind serving as food to the moon, etc. Even if it was presented in a semi-convincing, quasi-scientific way, I still don't really know what to make of all this. Gurdjieff's wisdom is beyond question, but I can see why opinions about Gurdjieff are divided. Indeed, there were times where the way he kept throwing this esoteric knowledge at his pupils while dodging questions and forcing them to not share his secrets with anyone outside their little groups reminded me of a sect leader. Although there's some conflicting little passages and a few questionable production choices here and there (the pretend California Pope Francis begins new decade as ‘a bit of a Californian.’ That means lots of love — and hate

It's been some years since I've written a review, but for this book I felt I had to. Probably one of the more challenging but also fulfilling reads of my life. The fact that I'm taking the time to write this well past midnight on a Saturday night should tell you enough. and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

People are often too credulous when faced with such witnesses, whose apparent honesty and eloquence (together with the psychological effects of the marvellous described earlier) may overcome normal scepticism. Miracle of the Gods' darts through everything from nightmarish electronic twitches and reprising soaring Mellotron/Moog Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

An adjacent room has been turned into a museum, with photographs on the wall and display cases containing the Mother’s meagre possessions: a bowl, a sari, an umbrella, a tiny cardigan, a patchwork of darning and re-darning, and the wheelchair she used in her last years.Holland, R.F.. "The Miraculous". In American Philosophical Quarterly 2, 1965: pp. 43–51 (reprinted in Richard Swinburne below) Fogelin, Robert J.. A Defense of Hume on Miracles. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-691-11430-7 Physical healing is very important, but to some people having hearts that are peaceful and joyful — that is real healing,” he said.

To those interested in esoteric traditions, this book should be considered an account of one man's crash course in the teachings that underlie the others. The book begins with Ouspensky returning home to St. Petersburg from his recent excursion to the East, where he journeyed "in search of the miraculous", as he put it. He soon meets a mysterious man, a certain "G.", who has all the answers for which Ouspensky has been arduously searching all his life. He immediately joins Gurdjieff's esoteric school, and begins learning a certain system of self-development which originated in the East, allegedly during the most remote antiquity, possibly millennia before recorded history. I came for the Eastern ideas, but funnily enough it was rather the topics that are already quite central to Western philosophy that made me stay: Gurdjieff's questioning of human freedom, his distrust of the prevailing norms, values and morality, his ideas on self-remembering and self-realization, his distinction between objective and subjective truth — all of these things I found remarkably interesting to read about. Throughout the last year and a half or so of reading this book, it forced me time and again to rethink the degree of control I have over my own life, to question dominant norms and values, to assess whether I am spending my energy correctly, and generally just to think of ways to improve myself. For these reasons alone, I think that anyone interested in these topics would do well to read this. Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.They were some 20 in number, dressed in riotously coloured saris, their faces coated in make-up. Raghu seemed to know them, or at least they greeted him like an old friend. We sat down with them in the dust, and Raghu started taking photographs, while they cooed, preened and chattered like exotically plumaged birds. I didn’t understand a word. One of them started to stroke my hair. People swirled around us, but nobody stopped and stared. Howrah station had obviously seen stranger things than a discomfited European sitting in the dust, having his hair stroked by a hijra. Autonomous Motivation and the Need for Autonomy: Findings and New Theoretical Developments in Israel And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. The reason to follow a guru is because books sometimes are not enough, the turn teaches us things that only in practice we can do. Vanderburgh, William L.. David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability. Lantham: Lexington Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4985-9693-0 He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you. Hume first explains the principle of evidence: the only way that we can judge between two empirical claims is by weighing the evidence. The degree to which we believe one claim over another is proportional to the degree by which the evidence for one outweighs the evidence for the other. The weight of evidence is a function of such factors as the reliability, manner, and number of witnesses.

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? In In Search of the Miraculous, P.D. Ouspensky takes his readers along on his spiritual journey that began when he first met George Gurdjieff in Moscow in 1915. For much of his adult life, Gurdjieff had wandered Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, India, Tibet, and many other places. He had met with dervishes, fakirs, monks, and members of the most diverse occult brotherhoods, each of whom searching for truth in their own way. Prior to their meeting, Ouspensky had himself also ventured East "in search of the Miraculous," but had returned to Russia largely disappointed. He had not found the answers he was looking for, but his curiosity was sparked upon meeting the enigmatic Gurdjieff, who seemed to be brimming with ancient wisdom.