13-03-2010, 04:08 PM
Two cents worth is very often worth a lot more than its monetary value. It is evident that there are gatekeepers across the political spectrum, because there is also consensus on the big issues by the same parties. And the radical left are not a dissimilar beast to the fascist right - two sides of the same zealot coin in my view.
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