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Saeculum Viewing Red Flare
Humiliated through brutalization and enforcement through gunpoint has led us to the want of heroes and leaders who will not back down.
...publicly humiliate that summbitch.
One of my "Honey turn the car around!" moments this weekend. I love when we run across gems like this.
Farewell for Now
" You're going to miss me so much, and I will miss you too, until our paths cross again... 💖💗💞"
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SL Chapter: Temporary Goodbye - Until Our Paths Cross Again
☑ People who aren't into S&M like us don't get it. There are those who are addicted to dishing out punishment and others who crave the pain from being punished.
☑ Some hobbies should be supported. If crafting stories is what some people are good at, they should have their space to keep doing it.
" Let's just say we're laying down some ground rules - no more free attention and no contact. Though some still hope to catch Miss's eye. So, the Miss is adding one more rule to our chances of meeting: from now on, if any gang wants Miss's attention and punishments, they gotta complete three missions:
1. Write 500+ pages.
2. Leave 50,000+ comments.
3. Gather 100,000 L
Once they've checked off ALL that, they can come begging for Miss's humiliation and punishments."
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The crowd cheers as I stand over her and celebrate my easy victory with my foot on her face. As agreed, since I won the match, it looks like I get to pick something for her to do for me.
For #Flickrfriday #MoneyMoneyMoney theme.
March to May 1740 Vice Ad. Vernon siege Cartagena, with 186 ships and about 27,000 men; City defense was 5 forts, 6 ships and about 6,000 men leaded by Ad. De Lezo.
After 16 days of constant cannon fire, the men in Bocachica fort retreat, letting the Brit fleet into the bay. Full of pride Vernon send dispatch that he conquered the City, at least 11 variations of medals and coins were stroked. Three of them depicted in this picture.
After numerous attempts by land and sea in the next month and a half, anything from 9,500 up to 11,500 British died, 800 Cartagena defenders and the 6 ships were lost, humiliated Vernon returned to London, George II ordered never speak of the defeat again.
Next to a Spanish values chest miniature replica lays a 1797 British coin, and 3 medals stroked to commemorate a British "victory" that never came true.
In the soft background a scale model of a 18th century Spanish Galeón.
By the way, Cartagena de Indias was never took by any invasor force in history.
Sony QX100 tripod stand; available light from a small alcohol lamp, Gold+ priority mode, Auto WB.
Digital Darkroom:
Capture one 8.1 express for Sony: -0.7 EV; Auto HDR; Curve adjusted; Sharpness.
DxOFilmPack 3: Black and white film pack and grain; Orange filter.
*Sorry friends for being an absentee, I've been sick lately, fever and flu...so not much happening at the photography and flickr front.. just have been in bed.
I just saw a sad tv episode of how a boy wanted to kill himself because he got picked on in school and humiliated by the girl he's got a big crush on...sometimes one wonders why children do that..This lotus if for a smile and happy friday to my flickr friends..I'll try to catch up on yr streams soon..:)
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This is the former disinfection station at the remains of the Buchenwald concentration camp. It's the one building in which photography is not allowed. This building is where the camp prisoners suffered the most humiliation and dehumanization. From the Buchenwald literature:
"...The station was built in 1942-43, years which saw a substantial increase in the number of people arriving from the many occupied countries of Europe - people deported from their homelands in order to be exploited as a workforce for the arms industry. Before their transferral to the many external camps, these prisoners were quarantined at the Buchenwald concentration camp for several weeks."
"In the disinfection station all newly arriving inmates were subjected to a humiliating admission procedure. They were required to turn in all of their personal belongings, their heads and bodies were shorn, and then - as a precautionary measure against epidemics - they were made to immerse themselves in a burning disinfection bath. In place of their names, they received numbers, in place of their own clothing, prisoners uniforms."
And if that were not enough, the chambers you see above are where the prisoners' belongings were "disinfected" in cyanide gas.
The building now houses an art exhibit featuring works of art by the prisoners they made while in the camp and works by others about the camp.
You unironically wear nazi cosplay in public, buddy. Living in general is pretty humiliating for you.
Humiliation! The triumphant attitude that had carried the nation since 1870 was wiped away by Kaiseria's bitter defeat in the Great War. Her industrial regions were occupied by the soldiers of Anglotaine, her eastern provinces given independence as the Lech republic and her entire Northern Coast was granted to the mountain people, who had long perceived as primitive savages by the Kaiserian nobility. Worse still, the Treaty of Londres had left her with merely a shell of an army, but secret development of a new generation of weapons began immediately. Following the cavalry doctrine popular in the interwar years, a fast moving tank known as the Kampfpanzer 141 had been designed to engage and destroy enemy armoured formations, going into production at the specific request of the Kaiser's regent Franz von Kurzbach. In parallel, the Alwyn conglomerate's prototype for an infantry breakthrough tank was accepted by the infantry for production from 1936 onwards. This vehicle was designated Sturmpanzerwagen 161. The Kaiserian rearmament project was cut short by the nation's fall to an Asugisalic invasion precipitating the August crisis and the beginning of the 2nd Great War, but the vehicle stayed in production until the end of the war, with much of the leftover surplus later serving in a few smaller conflicts in the late 40s and early 50s.
Buenos días tristeza. Odio, resquemor, rencor, resentimiento, una sombra que se alarga entre dudas, injusticias, sinrazones y desigualdades; una sombra que alimenta el grito desgarrado de los perseguidos, de los olvidados, de los humillados y desconsolados, más allá de espejismos y quimeras deslumbrantes.
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The Stormtrooper Sergeant hits the prisoner with the stock of hi blaster.
“Talk, Resistance Scum!” He commands.
“How many times do I have to tell you? We are just miners!” the man replies.
“As Kylo says, we are the *beep* First Order! If we say you are a Resistance Scum, you are a Resistance Scum! Ok?”
“But..”
“There is not but, Resistance Scum. We have a big bad tank, ok?” The Stormtrooper Sergeant points at the armored speeder with its blaster cannon trained on the prisoners.
“If you cooperate- continues the Sergeant- we’ll give you a quick and merciful death”
“Hey- intervenes one of the other Stormtroopers- but we are going to torture them all and kill them slowly because we are the Space Sadists.”
“Shh, you idiot! If you tell them, they won’t cooperate! And don’t put Space before everything! Just because we are in a Science Fiction series does not mean you have to put the *beep* space before anything!” The Sergeant replies.
“Talk now, Resistance Scum! We are in charge here! We have the big bad tank, ok?” The Sergeant tries to intimidate the prisoner.
“Do you hear me? We have the big bad…” An explosion interrupts the conversation.
A high power energy weapon hits the armored speeder turning it into smoking wreckage.
“Ok, we HAD a big bad tank. What the hell is going on?”
It isn’t long before the Stormtrooper Sergeant’s question is answered.
One the mysterious “mechanical beings” who are attacking the First Order across the sector emerges from the nearby ruins.
He walks towards the Stormtrooper unit, wielding his huge rifle (he could fly but walking toward them create a more dramatic atmosphere).
“Hit it with everything we’ve got!” The Sergeant orders and the Stormtroopers comply.
Blaster bolts hit ineffectively his armor and rockets explode in his path.
When the smoke clears he continues to advance.
“What the *beep* hell! I can’t believe…” the Stormtrooper has not the chance to complete his cursing complain.
The “mechanical being” rises his rifle and fires. The chaos allows the prisoners to escape as the evil Stormtroopers get slaughtered.
“Ok..ok… think- says the Sergeant to himself- What would the great Kylo do? Run!” He starts to run but the shock wave caused the enemy’s powerful weapon knocks him down.
He tries to stand up but before he can do anything he sees the shadow of the “mechanical being” over him.
He looks down at the pathetic servant of the Tantrum Knight and crushes him with his armored fist.
Today many innocent lives have been saved and the evil servants of the pathetic Tantrum Knight suffered another humiliating defeat.
Today justice prevailed.
The “Mechanical Being” is one of the brilliant NXEdge action figures made by Bandai Tamashii Nations and specifically the Gundam Strike Freedom, one of the most famous Gundam Mobil Suits :)
I hope you like this photo :)
Miss A. is horrified as she arrives at the dinner party and realizes she and Barbie are wearing the same outfit....
At least there's lots of booze...
ADED 2010 317/365
Hymn
God's Love Be Extolled Forevermore
en.godfootsteps.org/God-s-love-be-extolled-forevermore.html
I
What do You ask for
as You bear great humiliation?
Who do You labor and worry for?
Hurrying here and there
to carry out God's will,
You think only of this work.
In the tiger's den,
You express truth to save man,
quietly endure rejection and slander.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
II
Humbly, hiddenly,
speaking and working,
You never show Yourself off.
An example to the people,
You suffer alongside,
tasting pain among man
with no complaint or regret.
You give the way of
eternal life to mankind.
Your words and work reveal love.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
III
To save man You've endured all pain
and given all,
never enjoying the warmth on earth.
You suffer all Your life worrying
until Your heart,
Your heart is left in pieces.
Judged and condemned by man,
abandoned by the age,
You've endured the utmost hardship
to save man.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
IV
Man is arrogant and rebellious,
he hurts You often.
Patiently, You do Your utmost
to save him.
No place to rest Your head,
still You care for man.
Your words water and nourish people,
exhorting them again and again,
only for man to gain life
and have a good destination.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
Yes, Your love be extolled,
forevermore, forevermore.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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Shame Meets the Mercy of Jesus
Christine Caine, Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick Up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny
Hi, I'm Christine.
At dawn one morning, Jesus went to the temple to teach. The people gathered round, ready to be taught — but the Pharisees rushed up, bringing a woman with them.
Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery,” they said. — John 8:4
My heart catches at the thought of what this woman must have been feeling. Can you imagine her fear? And above all, her humiliation? Caught in the act, yanked from under the covers, dragged through the streets under the stares of her neighbors. Was she covering her face, crying, pleading, silent? We don’t know. But she had to be aware that there would be no erasing the damage now done to her reputation, that she would from this day forward be the subject of whispers and fodder for the town gossips. She had, after all, been caught in the act. She had violated the law.
We know nothing of what may have driven her to this. Was she a repeat offender? Had she been seduced, perhaps even pressured or forced, by an unscrupulous man? Did she give in, in a moment of weakness, to something that she thought might bring her some relief in a loveless marriage? The Bible doesn’t say. What led her to commit adultery is not the point of the story, but rather Jesus’ response to her when her shameful adultery was publicly exposed.
We cannot help but notice that only the woman was brought before Jesus. Isn’t someone conspicuously missing from the scene? Apparently, only the woman — not her lover — was considered enough of an offender to be brought to the temple for immediate judgment. For a woman, adultery was not just a cause of deep shame but also potentially a capital offense.
The Pharisees challenged Jesus:
In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do You say? — John 8:5
The Bible doesn’t leave any doubt about what these men were attempting to do. This wasn’t a matter of wanting to adhere to the purest interpretation of justice according to the law. They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing Him (John 8:6). This woman was their bait. Would Jesus give a nod to stoning her, or disregard the law? Either way, they must have thought, we win.
Jesus didn’t take the bait. And notice how cleverly He distracted the attention of the crowd from the humiliated woman; He knelt and wrote on the ground with His finger. Imagine the crowd’s puzzlement as they watched Him. The Pharisees probably looked at each other, confused, and remained silent for a few moments to see whether He would speak. When He didn’t, they began assaulting Him with questions again, and eventually He stood and uttered the lines that have echoed through the minds of people of conscience ever since:
Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. — John 8:7
And He knelt and wrote on the ground again.
What was it that he was writing on the ground? A list of the sins of those who stood in judgment? The name of the missing man? It would be fascinating to find out, but that’s not what impresses me most about these verses. I find it a measure of Jesus’ mercy toward the woman that, once again, He draws all eyes away from her and toward Himself as He knelt.
I try to imagine myself in the woman’s place, dragged from the warmth of a bed with perhaps just time enough to snatch a garment or a blanket before being hauled through the streets to stand before Jesus and a hostile, glaring, condemning crowd, already hefting their stones. But for a few precious moments, she senses that no one is looking at her. All eyes are on Jesus. He has interceded for her already—and He hasn’t said anything to her yet. As He would one day soon on the cross, He has taken all her shame and humiliation on Himself and given her a respite.
As if this weren’t relief enough, what happened next must have astonished her even more. The crowd of people began to drift away—“the older ones first,” the Bible tells us (John 8:9).
Jesus didn’t stand until the crowd had dispersed. Then He turned to the woman and said,
Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? — John 8:10
Don’t you imagine it was with equal parts relief and amazement that she said, “No one, sir.”
Have you ever wondered how God reacts when you fall into sin? Then listen to these gentle words of Jesus and let them echo in your heart:
Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin. — John 8:11
We don’t know whether any other women were present in the temple courts to witness this exchange, but even if not, surely there were women who witnessed the woman being dragged through the streets by the Pharisees. How grateful and appreciative they must have felt toward this man who actually protected her and showed compassion, as no other men—including, apparently, the man who’d been sleeping with her — were doing.
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From the video: We are meant to live unashamed of who God made us to be. The world says 'shame on you,' but I'm declaring 'shame off you' in Jesus' name! - Christine Caine
Women Are Not “Less Than”
One could argue that the woman was brought for judgment because of her sin, but that would be only partly true. If justice had been the real goal, then the man would have been charged as well. No, this woman was guilty of the crime of being a woman caught in adultery.
If that sounds like an exaggeration, it wasn’t one by much in first-century Israel. Women in that culture were second-class citizens at best, akin to slaves. Men had complete authority over their wives and daughters and made all decisions regarding relationships and activities. The Mishnah, part of the Jewish Talmud, taught that women were like Gentile slaves and could be obtained by intercourse, money, or written contract. Women had few rights inside the home and practically none outside of it. They were not counted as members during a synagogue count, and received little or no religious education, except from their husband if he so desired. Men were discouraged from speaking to women on the street.
First-century Palestine — the world into which Jesus was born — was clearly a male-dominated society, but it certainly hasn’t been the only one. I can point out another one from personal experience: Greek culture. In the Greek family I was raised in, I felt that because I was neither the firstborn nor a son, I was somehow “less than.” “You’re only a woman,” I was told in so many ways — and it was crystal clear that this was not a good thing.
Nowhere in my experience has the denigration of women been clearer as in our work through A21 to rescue sex-trafficked women. In one court case, the accused was asked by the judge, “Why do you traffic women?”
The man shrugged. “They are easier to traffic than drugs and guns,” he said. “The penalty is not as harsh, and you can kick them like an animal, and they will do what you want them to do.”
Misogyny. It’s an ugly word — the hatred of women or girls. It comes to us through governments, cultures, religions, and nations. We’d like to think that it’s something that happens elsewhere, far away, or a long time ago. But no other word describes so precisely the attitude of the trafficker on trial that day, nor of the industry he represents. And it shows up in many other ways as well, from jokes — have you ever heard a blonde joke about a dumb blond man? — to pornography, to the difficulty a woman has getting equal pay for equal work, to the ease with which crimes against women are ignored or covered up.
Women are denigrated as often in modern society as they were in ancient cultures.
Two children are sold into the human sex trade every minute. Nearly two million children are forced into the worldwide sex trade every year.1 And 80 percent of all trafficking victims are women and girls.2 According to the United Nations, there are one hundred million women missing worldwide 3 — and five thousand girls are murdered around the world every year by their parents for acting in ways that shame their family.4
The history of our world — all periods of history, all continents, all cultural traditions — is rampant with damage, oppression, diminishment, contempt, and hostility aimed at women. Just think of the Salem witch trials, for example. Even today, women are stoned to death for adultery in India and Pakistan; they are raped and sold as slaves in Syria. And the men who perpetrate these horrendous acts are excused with religious theology. In every case, in every century, women have been targets. I see this same kind of evil played out in A21 court cases all the time.
Of all places on earth, the Christian church could be the most significant place of healing and hope — the place where women experience the joys of being respected, appreciated, esteemed, included, and celebrated. After all, God Himself made women in His own image —
Male and female He created them. — Genesis 1:26–27, emphasis added
What a profound thought: God’s image is only fully reflected in both man and woman.
When we denigrate a woman, we are in fact diminishing part of the image of God. When we exclude women, we exclude part of God. When we put women down, we tarnish the image of God.
Psalm 139:13 tells us,
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
God took just as much time and care knitting together every female child as He did every male child. Male and female are equally loved and valued by Him. Paul wrote to the Galatians stating this very point:
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. — Galatians 3:28, emphasis added
In Christ, there is no distinction in value between male and female.
No one dignifies, affirms, and celebrates women like the God of the Bible. Therefore, it should be the church that leads the way and sets the example of placing value upon womanhood... of getting them to Jesus, who can lift their shame and set them free.
Excerpted from Unashamed: Drop The Baggage, Pick Up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny by Christine Caine,
Unashamed
I have to admit, after I'd licked his cum off my wife's panties, I started to get a bit horny waiting for them to come back home.
We are out of our home in 2 days.... and have not lined up a place to live as of yet... eeekkk We have 3 places in the running. Let's pray one works out... quickly!!!
And, I am completely, utterly useless at the moment. It is a bit depressing and humiliating to be gnarled up with such back pain. :( I am stuck in bed while others do the work.
Saving grace, while others get no relief from their pain, at least when I'm lying here I feel great relief!
A friend sent me a beautiful verse today that lifted my spirits... it can't help but lift yours too: Joshua 1:9..."Be courageous and strong. Do not be struck with terror or fear, for Jehovah your God is with you WHEREVER YOU GO."
. . . Femdom Tale . . .
Chapter: Divine Arena #1
. . . Saphira . . .
" A goddess, a queen who needs no tag or label on her name. She is not a Mistress or Domme; those are mere titles. She is nothing but an architect of death, truth, and pain. She doesn't confine herself to the femdom world, nor to castles or empires; she has no home, for she is everywhere."
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Behold! Witness the arrival of the Goddess Saphira, a monument to the exquisite art of humiliation! Her form is a breathtaking tapestry woven from the threads of three terrible truths:
1. Veritas Mortis Regina (The Queen of Mortifying Truth): Her gaze pierces through the veils of self-importance, revealing the hollowness beneath. Her pronouncements, though delivered with a beauty that chills the soul, are laced with the bitter sting of truth, leaving no room for delusion.
2. Algisopeira (The All-Seeing Humiliator): No inflated ego escapes her notice. Like a cosmic sculptor, she identifies the flaws and cracks in their self-constructed image, then with a touch as delicate as a spider's silk, shatters the facade entirely. Her victims are left writhing in the agonizing light of their own exposed vanity.
3. Mortifier: This, the subtle essence of her cruelty, infuses every action. A perfectly timed misfortune, a misplaced word, a hint of amusement in her celestial eyes – each meticulously crafted to inflict the most exquisite pain upon " the arrogant souls who dare to draw her attention. "
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📌 QUEEN - Veritas Mortis Regina
The Queen of Mortifying Truth - She is the well-architected of the three goddesses:
1. Mortis • Mortifier, 'Death" who causes humiliation and shame sadistically, the metaphorical death of all egos she inflicts.
2. Veritas • Domina Veritatis - The 'Mistress of Truth,' where your shame's truth will keep relentlessly beating you, causing much more suffering than Death.
3. Regina • Pyrrhic Queen - a "Pyrrhic victory" , a win at such a high cost, only the hollowness left after facing her wrath!!
📌 GODDESS - Algisopeira
Algisopeira (The All-Seeing Humiliator)
• Algisopeira comes from the Greek words "algein" (meaning "pain") and "skopeo" (meaning "to see")
• A chilling image of a Queen who derives pleasure from witnessing pain.
📌 MORTIFIER - 'Death" ( Bad Boy Slayer )
• The subtle essence of her cruelty, each meticulously crafted to inflict the most exquisite pain upon " the arrogant souls who dare to draw her attention. "
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. . . The Tragedy of Arrogant Souls and Their Egos . . .
☑ There was no way he could escape this maze of ego torture. The more he held it, the more it hurt. And a stubborn person like him will never let go.
Which ego can be destroyed? She destroyed it.
Which ego does he hold tightly, possessive and won't let go? It doesn't matter. She will let him keep it in the most suffering version.
☑ In the online world, where people believe they can hide and none can penetrate their true egos and personas, thinking it's the safest platform where no one can reach their real life and the true essence of who they are, these notions are shattered permanently when you—the arrogant dare souls who crossed her line — meet beautiful troll killer, who possesses a divine skill (7,000++ hours of ego torments). It becomes his biggest mistake, one he would regret for a lifetime - accepting her disguised alt., a seemingly harmless bunny avatar, into his empire. He basked in the heavenly imagined conquest, unaware he'd waltzed into a Divine Arena.
☑ Behold, mortals, and tremble before the glorious Algisopeira! Where lesser deities dabble in power, she revels in the exquisite art of dismantling egos. For over seven millennia, she's honed this skill to a razor's edge, a dance of exquisite cruelty reserved for the MOST bloated and arrogant.
☑ The bigger the ego, the sweeter the CRUNCH. Like a cosmic serpent, she coils around their inflated sense of self, squeezing tighter with each boastful decree. Their illusions shatter under her gaze, leaving them whimpering husks where once resided insufferable arrogance.
☑ Veritas Mortis Regina is not for the faint of heart. She is the embodiment of the truth – a cruel but necessary reminder that even the most powerful are but fleeting whispers in the eternal void. Beware her gaze, mortals, for your ego may just be her next masterpiece of destruction!!
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☑ "If you don't die, you will live in more suffering than death. Deep pain is the price that must be paid with every breath."
☑ "His ego was so tormented that he had to demand she come and kill it to free him."
☑ "She chose to keep him locked up for further torture. Until, in the end, it was he who couldn't bear the pain, executing his own acc deletion and disappearing."
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🎧 'Sign' 🎵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ydJMw5loU
🎧 'Gods' 🎵
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Chapter: Divine Arena #2
Shadow Work in the Gospels
Father Richard describes Jung’s concept of the shadow and how it is present in Jesus’ teachings.
The ego wants to eliminate all humiliating or negative information in order to “look good” at all costs. Jesus calls this self an “actor,” a word he uses fifteen times in Matthew’s Gospel, though it is usually translated from the Greek as “hypocrite.” The ego wants to keep us tied to easy and acceptable levels of knowledge. It does not want us going down into the “personal unconscious” or, in Jung’s term, our “shadow self.” The shadow includes all those things about ourselves that we don’t want to see, are not yet ready to see, and don’t want others to see. We try to hide or deny this shadow, most especially from ourselves.
Jung asks: “How can I be substantial if I fail to cast a shadow?” [1] He makes clear that the unconscious is not bad or evil; it is just hidden from us. Jung describes shadow also as “the source of the highest good: not only dark, but also light; not only bestial, semi-human and demonic, but superhuman, spiritual” [2] and, in Jung’s word, “divine.” That is why we dare not avoid the deep self. Wild beasts and angels reside in the same wilderness, and it takes the Spirit to “drive” us there (see Mark 1:12–13).
The more we are attached to any persona, bad or good, any chosen and preferred self-image, the more shadow self we will have. We absolutely need conflicts, moral failures, defeats to our grandiosity, even seeming enemies. These are necessary mirrors, or we will have no way to ever spot our shadow self. Even if we only catch a glimpse of such shadows, that may offer graced insight and a moment of inner freedom.
Jesus seems to precede Jung and modern depth psychology by two thousand years when he says, “Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own? How dare you say to your sister or brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye’ when all the time there is a log in your own? Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother or sister’s eye” (Matthew 7:4–5).
Note that Jesus does not just praise good moral behavior and criticize immoral behavior, as a lesser teacher might. Instead, he talks about something caught in the eye. He knows that if we see rightly, our actions and behaviors will eventually take care of themselves. God wastes nothing and includes everything. The God of the Bible is best known for transmuting and transforming our shadow selves into our own more perfect good. God brings us—often through failure—from unconsciousness to ever-deeper consciousness and conscience. I doubt if there is any other way. All the rest is mere self-validation.
-[1] C. G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul (Harcourt, Brace and Company: 1933), 40.
[2] C. G. Jung, The Practice of Psychotherapy: Essays on the Psychology of the Transference, and Other Subjects, trans. by R. F. C. Hull, 2nd ed. (Princeton University Press: 1976), 192.
Adapted from Richard Rohr, Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality (St. Anthony Messenger Press: 2008), 75–76; and
Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps (Franciscan Media: 2001, 2021), 31–33.
~Not my cat~
Originally from Gizmodo, and from there you can follow the links back to the original Japanese site.
If I could figure out how to get one, I totally would. And yes, I would attempt to put it on my cat. And then she would hate me forever, but it might actually be worth it. It's HK limited edition - only like 900 are made, and they're approx $63 (with an interchangeable collar-thing). So, if anyone's looking for something special for me for my birthday...