01-03-2010, 10:25 AM
I am sure Jack is now aware that name calling or other personal abuse is not permitted on the DPF for any reason.
This is a good, sound and well considered rule that benefits everyone who is a member here, or who is otherwise active in the community of researchers - and who are (as we all know) by definition, strong characters of independent mind -- and usually hearty voice.
There are other forums that encourage dismay and abuse and we all know which they are. And most members here are members of those too, and anyone of us may freely indulge themselves in those other places - to their hearts content.
But let's please continue to allow this forum to continue to be a safe haven for well constructed argument, and equally well considered and sanguine comment.
This is a good, sound and well considered rule that benefits everyone who is a member here, or who is otherwise active in the community of researchers - and who are (as we all know) by definition, strong characters of independent mind -- and usually hearty voice.
There are other forums that encourage dismay and abuse and we all know which they are. And most members here are members of those too, and anyone of us may freely indulge themselves in those other places - to their hearts content.
But let's please continue to allow this forum to continue to be a safe haven for well constructed argument, and equally well considered and sanguine comment.
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