31-03-2009, 11:01 AM
Peter Presland Wrote:Peter
Quote:....those with paper gold will have only paperYou are quite right about paper; And it applies to paper anything really - including (even especially) bank notes. They are promises pure and simple and have the same credibility and prospects of being honoured as whoever is making the promise. That in fact is the nub of the matter.
Any English banknote bears the following words, written top and centre of the note:
Bank of England
I promise to pay the bearer the sum of...
I promise to pay the bearer the sum of...
Anyone holding a £20 note can, by appointment, visit the head office of the Bank of England and exchange that £20 note for smaller notes - say 2 x £10 or coins or a mixture of both. The same applies to all other issued notes.
That is the sum value of that meaningless promise.
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