Week SIx/ Philosophical Videos

The two videos on Guru’s were quite the opposite of each other. Baba Faqir came up with the Guru as an inner God that is able to help you through troubling times. He had a vision that protected him and several other people. The followers then decided that Baba was a God like figure and began to worship him because of his inner Guru’s insight during the war. The need for people to belong to a form of religion comes from what ever makes sense to them and fulfills their current needs. This goes to show in “The Digital Baba” how people began to use the Guru philosophy to their personal advantages. It looked liked people were just flinging themselves at whoever they thought to be the most religious. I didn’t recognize any of them as a repeat throughout the whole thing. It seemed as though the Guru identified itself through whoever wanted to be part of the Guru. It is a shame how something can become over utilized by who ever interprets it in their personal fashion/will.
The psychology behind the Zahir was profoundly confusing. I did not understand the purpose of the Zahir. What I did figure out was that it has to do with creating what you want to believe by forgetting everything else. I’m not sure that was what was intended but after watching the video three times that is all I could get out of it. The conscience will believe what you want to make it believe.