08-08-2013, 08:13 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:There's the old saying that if the government fears the people, there is liberty, but if the people fear the government there is tyranny.
Let me adjust that quote for the 21st century:
Quote:There's an old saying that if the government fears the people, it will work tirelessly until it has the proper tyrannical protocols in place to repress them, as liberty is not to be permitted.
Ah, that's better...
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