04-03-2010, 09:40 AM
It never ceases to amaze just how cheap our pols are. It's not as though they are tough negotiators with the Lord Crims of the world, and intent on getting a fair shake of the bounty.
They'll bend over and smile for a few shillings.
They'll bend over and smile for a few shillings.
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