05-11-2014, 12:51 PM
I put the word voluntarily in there to cover situations where people may change their attitude through fear of harm or through irresistible enticement etc.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14