13-02-2009, 05:45 PM
Magda Hassan Wrote:Bastards and criminals come in all religious flavors and none.
Very true. There are very many caring and civilized Jews as their are Catholics and members of other religions including Muslims. What we need to focus our attention on are the extremists, usually a small but vociferous minority in most religions, who preach hate and murder.
Over the years I have exercised discontent with the Vatican because it is a temporal power that claims to practice spiritual beliefs - and because it actually doesn't practice (and for all I know doesn't actually believe) what it preaches. This is distinct from the tens of millions of caring Catholics around the world who try to selflessly live their beliefs in carrying out good works in their community.
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