Jung, Shadows and Your Potential

Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions. — Dr. Carl G. Jung In 2006, Ted Haggard was considered one of the most famous Christian conservatives.  He also had great political power and advised the President and other politicians.  Millions watched him as an exemplar of the values of the Christian right.  In November of 2006, however, this all came crashing down when a male prostitute came forth and said he had known the male minister for three years as “Art,” a drug user and sex client.   Prior to all of this, Haggard had been someone who spoke out against drugs and homosexuality.  This is very similar to a 1980′s scandal involving Jimmy Swaggart:

In 1986, Swaggart exposed fellow Assemblies of God minister Marvin Gorman, who had been accused of having an affair with another pastor’s wife, who was at the time undergoing counseling with Pastor Gorman. Some said this was done out of fear that Gorman was taking away from Swaggart’s audience and donations. Gorman was based in New Orleans and was adding stations throughout the southern region and was beginning to add stations on the west coast and the northeast. Gorman was also in the planning stages for a weekday telecast. Once exposed, Gorman was defrocked from the Assemblies of God and his ministry all but ended. The following year, Swaggart exposed fellow Assemblies Of God televangelist Jim Bakker‘s sexual indiscretions and appeared on the Larry King Show, stating that Bakker was a “cancer in the body of Christ.” He and similarly-minded Baptist evangelist Jerry Falwell investigated Jim Bakker and eventually uncovered his indiscretions. In 1987, Jim Bakker’s ministry was falling apart as a result. As a retaliatory move, Marvin Gorman hired a private detective to follow Swaggart. The detective found Swaggart in a Louisiana motel on Airline Highway with a prostitute, Debra Murphree, and took pictures of the tryst. ^{http://www.answers.com/topic/jimmy-swaggart#Controversies_and_criticisms}

One of the most unusual things that I have witnessed throughout my life is that many of the most religious people I have known have also been the most troubled in many respects and often the most dishonest, [Read more]

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Your Ultimate Goal: How You Can Find Job Security

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