13-11-2009, 10:19 AM
The surprise is that we should be surprised by what is, these days, typical self interested behaviour of our political, diplomatic and ruling classes.
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