The following are the procedures to attain philosophical ideology.
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PROCEDURES
1. First read and take notes. But read
very, very slowly. Philosophy cannot be read quickly.
2. Then re-read until the paragraph is
understood. Do this and try doing this before going on to the next paragraph
otherwise further paragraphs may not be understood.
3. Compare ideas understood with what is given in personal experience.
How similar? How different?
4. Relate with other readings, with
other experiences.
5. Review and change technique if not
working. How can the process be done differently?
Sample 1
Insight: “
Love is a way of being”
What does
this line mean?
I used to think that I
already understood what it meant. But Looking back , my original understanding
was mainly theoretical. I knew the meaning of love based
on what I have read such as “love is an active concern for the life or welfare
of the other” as Erich Fromn describes it; or that “ love is the communion with
the other” as Gabriel Marcel says; or that love is selfless giving as
oftentimes said. The existential
philosophers say that by loving one
rises to the level of the human. By means of this readings my understanding of
the experience became broader, less limited and less superficial…..
But how did I arrive at the idea that love is a way of being?
Definitely the readings helped. The readings constituted the theoretical
background for a deeper understanding of the experience. And I have read not
only one but several descriptions and interpretations of love. I can say that
one of the first steps to my understanding of this experience were the
readings. The readings, however, did not occur systematically. Some were done
deliberately, because the subject had to be studied; others were done as the
opportunity arose and because the topic
was interesting. The readings coupled with the writing down of important
points, that is outlining what was read so that highlights could be reviewed and attention could be focused on
them have contributed much to the understanding of the experience.
But a remarkable way, which helped me to understand this
experience more profoundly, was intuition,. One day, I was not deliberately
engaged in reflection but merely letting
my thoughts wander from one idea
to another when suddenly hit me that love is really a way of being, that
is a way of touching reality and becoming real. And so by way of personal
experience I know that it is possible to grasp more fully the reality of an
experience without deliberate rational deduction.
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