06-07-2013, 08:15 AM
I think the hope for, or expectation of, a World Teacher is a potentially dangerous philosophy to hold.
For the simple reason that it absolves us, each individual, from the need to do anything, as the WT will do it all in good time.
And if the supposed promise doesn't arrive, isn't true, what then?
We all need to take responsibility for our actions and our protracted and enduring unconsciousness, not wait for a Messiah to do it for us.
To lead, not be led.
Brian ain't going to come and save us. Simples.
Again, no disrespect is intended in saying the foregoing.
For the simple reason that it absolves us, each individual, from the need to do anything, as the WT will do it all in good time.
And if the supposed promise doesn't arrive, isn't true, what then?
We all need to take responsibility for our actions and our protracted and enduring unconsciousness, not wait for a Messiah to do it for us.
To lead, not be led.
Brian ain't going to come and save us. Simples.
Again, no disrespect is intended in saying the foregoing.
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