--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "females with strong opinions, or insights, just don't > > last. (Judy excluded)" > > Don't forget Sal!
DO'H (lurk) > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > Darn, I thought for a moment you were going to propose some kind of > > solution to this situation, but instead it was a kind of open ended > > commentary. For the record, it was hard for me to see Bronte > > lasting long here. I enjoyed it while it lasted. It's just a > > pattern - females with strong opinions, or insights, just don't > > last. (Judy excluded) Bronte plays for keeps. She's not some > > specimen from the wild brought in for people's amusement. Rick, > > inviting her to joing WNC with its more genteel ways was inviting > > disaster. WNC, as I envision it, not being a member, doesn't want > > that degree of controversy. > > > > I'll miss her, thats fer sure. > > > > lurk > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > from the Wednesday Night Satsang List: > > > > > > Hi y'all, > > > > > > Rick gets private letters asking him to boot Bronte, and Bronte > > gets private letters in > > > support of her stance. Well, now, doesn't that say it all? Why > > can't everyone be up front > > > about this? > > > > > > I never said that I thought current Ff thought was as bad as > > German fascism, but I do think > > > the two are compatible modes of thought. One is more extreme than > > the other. The Ff > > > scene wants to project genteel peace at the moment, rather than > > holy warrior, and I find > > > genteel peace insufferably phony---and not only phony, but, at > > bottom, icy cold and > > > judgmental. And so I certainly agree with Bronte that the > > Wednesday Night group has a > > > tendency to be condescending. That's why I've not been attending, > > though I do enjoy > > > reading some of the posts. By no means all, however. In the > > posts, too, there is stuff > > > that's too patronizing for me. And a patronizing attitude is > > somehow even harder to take > > > when it comes from a female. > > > > > > That said, I'm going to be insufferably condescending myself. The > > Wednesday night group > > > is pretty much where my head was at thirty five years ago. I was > > waking up then, and a > > > group would have been nice. There wasn't one. And I was > > insufferably arrogant because I > > > was awake and nobody else I knew was, though I found kindred > > spirits in literature. I ran > > > rings around my profs in grad school, and that was not a good > > thing for a woman to do. > > > Back then, I thought I would just get more and more incredible > > experience that would set > > > me more and more apart from the stupid waking-staters of the > > world. Instead, I've > > > become more and more ordinary over the years. At this point, I'm > > more comfortable with > > > people who pretend to no spiritual attainment whatsoever than I am > > with folks who do. > > > Yes, I've also got groovy experiences, but so f---ing what. a > > > > > >
