11-04-2013, 09:11 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:I too applaud that a non-white became President and he is charming and well-spoken...but that's as far as it goes, sadly, he says one thing and does something utterly different. He often speaks as a man of the People and always acts as a puppet of the Oligarchy.
A man with the common touch. Smoothly told lies. A smiling, believable face. Says one thing, does another.
That was why he was groomed for high office.
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