Edith Stein's philosophy, along with that of her mentor Edmund Husserl, is of paramount importance if we are to protect our minds from the current phase of modernity. Reading Stein and Husserl has shown me why it is that I seem "to get" their philosophy. The reason is not because of university degrees and professional research but because of something more substantive; my life has been a lived expression of their philosophy. I lived what they posited. I know experientially what they were trying to say.