It's a feeling that has resonated throughout history, prompting ancient wisdom traditions across the globe to develop frameworks for understanding the cyclical nature of time and societal evolution.

The Buddhist idea of the ālayavijñāna, often translated as "store consciousness" or "root consciousness," and Carl Jung's concept of the "collective unconscious" share some fascinating parallels in their attempt to understand the deeper layers of the human psyche beyond immediate conscious awareness. While they emerged from vastly different cultural and philosophical contexts, both point to a level of mind that holds trans-individual experiences and predispositions.

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who developed the theory of analytical psychology. In Jungian psychology, the anima is the unconscious feminine aspect of a man's psyche. It represents the totality of a man's unconscious feminine psychological qualities. Think of it as the inner feminine side of a man.

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