Collective unconcious

Carl Jung describes the collective unconscious as the whole of inherent universal traits that form part of the human experience.

They are so engrained that we cannot explain them. They simply exist during every era and every culture almost as an archetypal baseline. 

It's as if this unconscious forms part of our DNA. 

Our job is then to distinguish between and arrive at some understanding between personal consciousness and this baked-in portion such that we can achieve life balance.