Consciousness should defend its reason

The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1)

Consciousness should defend its reason and protect itself, and the chaotic life of the unconscious should be given the chance of having its way too–as much of it as we can stand. This means open conflict and open collaboration at once. That, evidently, is the way human life should be. It is the old game of hammer and anvil: between them the patient iron is forged into an indestructible whole, an “individual.”[Conscious, Unconscious, and Individuation,” ~Carl Jung, CW 9i, par. 522.