19-06-2013, 05:34 PM
Lauren Johnson Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:Seemed to me the bear was just very curious, but otherwise quite passive and friendly.
But I was in the aircraft above the tree looking down at the time... No sweat.
Having been around many bears in the mountains, this is not surprising behavior. But had the bear smelled something it wanted, it would have been ugly. Black bears attack a lot of campers and hikers every year. The guy is lucky.
Understood Lauren. Black bears became extinct here a long time ago, but can still be found in the more remote parts of Europe. I understand the safe thing to do is to suspend food up over a high branch by rope tied off lower down the tree. Makes sense to me.
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