15-04-2010, 02:47 PM
Quote:his journey has taken longer than it need have: with a Conservative government it would take even longer; but we'll get there in the end. After all, so far we have spent a mere 30 years crossing the desert.
Based on the analogy of "crossing the desert" we're all going to die of thirst before things change.
I found the statement "but we'll get there in the end" to be complete bollocks.
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