21-06-2009, 11:29 AM
Peter Presland Wrote:As for western 'democratic standards'. Are we really in any position to lecture others?
The arrogance of America and others in the west leaves me virtually breathless when it comes to the way they lecture and harangue other nations from their self proclaimed elevated position of moral superiority.
But I suppose we must understand that "democracy" for these people is, in reality, a successful fiction papering over the slime of dictatorial realities.
And speaking of slime, does Kissinger still have a French war criminal arrest warrant outstanding on him anyone know?
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