It does not effect me at all. Is she an enlightened sage?How does it affect you, Marsha, if Kelly is an enlightened sage? Will you be inspired, to push yourself even harder than before, now that there is proof that a female sage is a possibility?
No, I will not be inspired to push myself even harder than before. I push myself hard enough presently and have done so for several years. Does Kelly prove that there is the possibility of a female sage? If so, how?
I could not care less that Kelly is a woman. I do think that she should be aware of her femininity; how she is yet subject to men. Since she is yet subject to them, I cannot see how she could be considered a sage. That would be like saying the Buddha is a sage though he yet kowtows to his sexual urges or sits on his mother's lap.Or do you consider her an interloper, of very small standing, when set beside Kevin, David and Dan. If yes, then is that discrimination based on her work or on her being a woman, or both?
I think her work is very similar to Kevin's work.
Should I not question her BECAUSE she is a woman? Seems like a Catch 22 situation to me. If I question her validity, then, I am a woman because I criticize a woman. If I lap her up indiscriminately because she is a woman, then, I am a woman because I side indiscriminately with a woman.
I would as vigorously question a man. But that is a Catch, too, because it could then be said that, as a woman, I resent a man as a sage. Then, if I praise the man, it would be said that I am sucking up to men.
I mean, damn.
Am I or anyone not supposed to question? Am I -- because I am female --not supposed to question? Are we -- any of us -- supposed to fall down and say, "MY GOD!! SHE IS SO WISE!! FUCKING AMAZING!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT AND SHE IS A WOMAN!! KEVIN SOLWAY EVEN THINKS SHE IS A SAGE!!"
Kind of a teenage reaction to the coming of the Beatles.
It would take a lot more than getting a pension and writing a paper to cause me to do that. I would if I could. But I am not that impressed. I think she is very intelligent and a good writer. I think that David Quinn and Dan Rowden and Kevin Solway are very intelligent and good writers. I don't consider any of them to be infallible or god-like. I don't consider any of them to be enlightened sages. They are each good thinkers, just as Kelly is a good thinker.
I fail to grasp the big deal of it all.
I think Kevin is a good writer and a good thinker. I do not consider his work to be entirely crystal clear pools of thought. I do not consider Kierkegaard's or Nietzsche's work to be entirely crystal clear pools of thought. I do not consider the work of Jesus to be entirely crystal clear pools of thought.Is this because the information she writes of, is so important to humanity, that you do not want her to muddy those crystal clear pools of thought, written by the likes of Kevin?
I don't believe in crystal clear pools of thought. I don't believe in philosophical mentorship. I don't believe in philosophical leadership. I don't believe in philosophical prizes.
I don't believe in following. I believe in making my own way, as I -- or anyone -- must. Of course, I -- anyone -- will be inspired by others but never to the degree that I will fall down and call someone else "Sage."
That's bullshit.
I think Kelly is a good thinker and writer. I do not recognize her or anyone as a sage -- female or otherwise.
Faizi