28-10-2009, 11:15 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:Israel is an honorary member of NATO, the European Union and even the Eurovision Song Contest.
Indeed yes. Israeli football teams are even members of the European EUFA. Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon (Israel's geographic neighbours) are not so associated.
This can only be reconciled (I think) as a consequence of US pressure.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14