05-10-2009, 02:07 PM
It's sounds like a kid complaining that he can't be as naughty as he wants to be because nosey parents keep sticking their noses in...
An utterly ridiculous position to hold in a supposed democracy
An utterly ridiculous position to hold in a supposed democracy
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