19-02-2010, 06:23 PM
Agreed Austin. The expansion of consciousness is, for the most part, a laudable human endeavour. Even helping to shape this for the general betterment of mankind can be applauded.
However, using those pulses for the narrow interests of a ruling elite or in order to effect control of minds on a grand scale is quite repulsive.
However, using those pulses for the narrow interests of a ruling elite or in order to effect control of minds on a grand scale is quite repulsive.
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