Conflict

[Guest guest]

Hi There,

Sometimes I feel as though I am to blame for so many

things, and that sometime, somewhere I will have to

" pay the piper. "

Must I play judge, jury and executioner? When in conflict

within myself or with another, am I required to make a

judgement? and, must I accept the judgement of others?

Now, am I in conflict between right & wrong, good & evil,

or is there more?

And Jung writes, and I quote----

" Once this conflict happens, the psyche of the individual does

acquire heightened importance. It is not only the seat of his/her

well-known and socially defined ego; it is also the instrument for

measuring what it is worth in and for itself.

Nothing so promotes the growth of consciousness as this inner

confrontation of opposites. Quite unsuspected facts turn up in

the indictment, and the defense is obliged to discover arguments

hiterto unknown. In the course of this, a considerable portion of

the outer world reaches the inner, and by that very fact the outer

is impoverished or relieved.

On the other hand, the inner world has gained that much weight by

being raised to the rank of tribunal for ethical decisions. However,

the once unequivocal ego becomes ambivalent and ambiguous,

and is caught between hamer and anvil. " It becomes aware of a

polairity superordinate to itself. "

By no means every conflict of duties, and perhaps not even a single

one, is ever ' solved,' though it may be argued over, weighed, and

counterweighed till doomsday. " -------

But according to the Fundimentalist, doomsday is only a few weeks

away. ---oh shit!

Oh well---but does this mean that I'm off the hook, or not? ha! ha! ha!

That crazy Old Man again

S.C.