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Roberta's avatar

Is it possible that we are appalled when facing our own shadows…which appear when seeing a person express her ideas -even get reviews in NYT-without the credentials you might expect behind a published work? I have found this shadow aspect in myself many times and I don’t like her because she exaggerates the importance of the expert, and diminishes free will, even when I needn’t defer to her views as educated.

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Sara Rasmussen's avatar

Satya-Thank you. I was immediately afraid for the integrity of the work and began projecting all kinds of things on Ms Shaheen. And then you calmed me right down with your easy acceptance of the potential broader impact of her journal. Your credibility to me as a Jungian expert is impeccable, but almost more importantly, your capacity to demonstrate compassion and generosity rather than judgment is again, for me, a very welcome and refreshing example.

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