The deeper layer of psyche that every human carries, a shared emotional and symbolic landscape that exists beneath personal memory. It holds the universal themes, instincts, archetypes, and images that shape how people understand life even before their individual experiences begin. This layer influences dreams, intuition, and the familiar emotional patterns that show up across cultures, sex, geographic locations, and even sexual preferences without being taught.

It’s the part of the inner world that doesn’t come from personal history but from the broader human story, and recognizing it helps someone understand which of their reactions belong to their own past and which come from something more universal and deeply rooted in human experience.