Carl Jung described the collective unconscious with two metaphors. One is as a chain of islands which appear to be separate above the surface of the ocean but are really connected below sea level.
In the Hindu view, our individual egos are like islands in a sea: We look out at the world and each other and think we are separate entities. What we don't see is that we are connected to each other by means of the ocean floor beneath the waters.
"....but in the waves and underneath there's no volition,
no hypocrisy, just love forming and unfolding."