tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2603979926568412534..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Therapist Who Mistook His Patient for a PlantStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-20834591035708737292010-09-02T14:37:30.118-07:002010-09-02T14:37:30.118-07:00No, they use it like how you described:
"Her...No, they use it like how you described:<br /><br />"Here I am thinking of a therapy that would promise to facilitate your organic growth and development. It would see people evolving, flowering, even blooming, attaining a kind of beauty that is normally reserved for petunias and elm trees. <br /><br />Such treatment would help patients to heal by getting into closer touch with their natural selves, not their animal spirits, but their inner plant."<br /><br />... as a metaphor for personal and/or spiritual growth.<br /><br />And there is competition amongst plantlife, actually.sssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-28010484722956094032010-09-02T12:59:31.739-07:002010-09-02T12:59:31.739-07:00Do they use it to refer to genocide?Do they use it to refer to genocide?Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77660392766428645992010-09-02T11:54:11.543-07:002010-09-02T11:54:11.543-07:00The plant analogy is not unique to that Nazi. It ...The plant analogy is not unique to that Nazi. It is a metaphor often used in various Eastern Wisdom Traditions.sssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19891994223587677412010-09-02T06:14:46.465-07:002010-09-02T06:14:46.465-07:00Thanks for the comments.
As I recall Heidegger in...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />As I recall Heidegger introduced the analogy to agriculture when he was trying to deflect responsibility for the Holocaust.<br /><br />Being a believing Nazi himself he did not want to say that Nazis were responsible, so he shifted the blame onto technology, especially industrial, agricultural technology.<br /><br />Most observers considered that his remark betrayed a severely diminished moral sense.<br /><br />As for whether or not women should feel pride in doing something that comes naturally, as some feminists have suggested, it doesn't seem unreasonable that they would believe that following what they consider the call of nature would produce pride. Wouldn't they then be doing the right thing?<br /><br />I assume that you are challenging my logic... even though it is couched in irony.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-52634537199116945602010-09-01T22:18:58.480-07:002010-09-01T22:18:58.480-07:00"You may recall that in prior posts about slu..."You may recall that in prior posts about sluthood, I said that if a woman feels ashamed of something she has done she should take the opportunity to change her behavior. The shame is trying to tell her not to do it again.<br /><br />You might also recall that certain people of the feminist persuasion took vigorous exception to this concept, declaring that when a woman takes the walk of shame she should really feel proud of her accomplishment, because, after all, she was just doing what came naturally."<br /><br />Neither shame NOR pride should be felt when doing something that "just comes naturally".sssnoreply@blogger.com