24-12-2014, 08:53 AM
Ungrateful swine. Don't they understand that freedom and democracy if the traditional gift we in the west bestow upon lesser others? Where's their gratitude, especially at this time of the year.
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