29-12-2008, 06:27 PM
Pete, I would argue that the education system reinforced by the deceitful preferences of the MSM shape peoples mindsets and that, in turn, inhibits creative and analytical thinking outside the box. Forums like this enable that sort of creative thinking and once someone has awakened they can never go back to sleep again.
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