02-10-2008, 05:15 PM
Thanks Charlie and I heartily agree - so much to learn in such a short space of time.
I'm sure you will also agree with me that not everything that glitters is necessarily gold and not all that seems sinister is necessarily evil.
As friend Jung once observed:
"Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life. Non-ambiguity and non-contradiction are one-sided and thus unsuitable to express the incomprehensible". CW 12
I'm sure you will also agree with me that not everything that glitters is necessarily gold and not all that seems sinister is necessarily evil.
As friend Jung once observed:
"Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life. Non-ambiguity and non-contradiction are one-sided and thus unsuitable to express the incomprehensible". CW 12
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