08-01-2009, 03:31 PM
But to be completely fair, it is blindness reinforced at virtually every level of society from the cradle to the grave.
It takes a brave soul to step out of the herd.
It takes a brave soul to step out of the herd.
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