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“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” – Herman Hesse<\/p>\n
This is a fundamental tenet of Jungian psychology, projection.\u00a0 I mentioned this acquaintance a while back whom I have begun to despise.\u00a0 It became clear, as I wrote that, that projection was at work.\u00a0 There is something about him that I despise in myself, just what I’m not sure.\u00a0 It may be that I don’t think through things as clearly as I imagine since that’s the main problem I have with him.\u00a0 It may be that his anger, a strong undercurrent in his approach to life, reflects a similar emotional undercurrent in mine.\u00a0 As I write about it, that one makes sense to me.<\/p>\n
One of the difficulties I’ve noticed in the transition from 60’s political work to the millennial political work I’ve done with the Sierra Club has its roots there.\u00a0 In the 60’s our anger, our rage against the system fueled a willingness to live on the fringe of society and take the consequences.\u00a0 Today, though, politics on the left has a quieter, more plodding nature.\u00a0 I want to build a movement, mount the barricades, define enemies but my new colleagues use reason and persistence.\u00a0 In part this mirrors the relative failures of the left in the last three decades, we have been weaker.<\/p>\n
It has caused me considerable self-examination.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure where the underlying anger comes from, but I suspect its origin lies in perceived mistreatment by my father and fate.\u00a0 When I approach either of these from an older, calmer perspective, I can see both my role in them and their unintentional nature.\u00a0 Anger and fear have ruled my life at critical junctures.\u00a0 This may be the point where I finally confront them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beltane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Flower Moon “If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” – Herman Hesse This is a fundamental tenet of Jungian psychology, projection.\u00a0 I mentioned this acquaintance a while back whom I have begun to despise.\u00a0 It became clear, … Continue reading Projection Is Not Just A Machine In A Movie Theatre<\/span>