22-12-2014, 12:09 PM
If looking up a horse's arse is a measure of human inquiry, then it's little wonder why we're in such a mess as we are today.
On the other hand, others see things differently; Einstein saw imagination as absolutely vital:
And I would further add, "all there ever was to know and understand."
Perhaps Mark Twain put it best though: "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
On the other hand, others see things differently; Einstein saw imagination as absolutely vital:
Quote:"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." Albert Einstein.
And I would further add, "all there ever was to know and understand."
Perhaps Mark Twain put it best though: "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
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