09-11-2016, 12:36 PM
Cliff Varnell Wrote:A lot of folks in these parts seem to think the antidote to American imperialism is overt American fascism.
I find that thinking more baffling than ever.
As Jung once observed:
"That which we do not bring to consciousness appears in our lives as fate."
The US, politically speaking, has been intrinsically fascist for a very long time indeed - but enjoyed projecting that Shadow trait on to others.
This is what I meant in an earlier Clinton post about reaping the whirlwind of your own making.
Enjoy.
You earned it.
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