16-11-2014, 12:52 PM
Mind you, I think Putin was ill advised to leave early, as he must've known that the west would use that to their advantage in the propaganda war (a sort of Putin storms out of G20 meeting headline would be the obvious one). Staying and making those who spoke to him about Ukraine listen to his side of the story with his facts - even though he would've known it was a fruitless exercise - would be a better ply, because leaving earlier just plays into the west's hands. Fighting his corner or even laughing at them for their poodle-ness to US and NATO interests would, for me, be a better option.
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