18-06-2009, 10:11 PM
Apocalypse Now:
Killgord: I love the smell of spin in the morning. You know, one time we had the country spinned, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink expense. The smell, you know that spin smell, the whole country. Smelled like
[sniffing, pondering, sadly]
Killgord: victory. Someday this elections gonna end...
Killgord: I love the smell of spin in the morning. You know, one time we had the country spinned, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink expense. The smell, you know that spin smell, the whole country. Smelled like
[sniffing, pondering, sadly]
Killgord: victory. Someday this elections gonna end...
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