I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.
Mind is the Soul speaking and Conscience is the Spirit speaking.
In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.
If we cut open the bud of a beautiful rose in order to see how it is 'packed' and what it is going to look like, what sort of a bloom will we get?
The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".
As the mind shrinks at the will of the initiate, thought flows in to fill the spaces so created.
To have knowledge and to know are two different things, and one is possible without the other.
A man without courage is a boat in a frozen lake! Get rid of your fears!
Open your hearts. Deep inside ourselves, we are all one and the same.
I think everyone is a case-by-case basis. Whatever the circumstances are that come with any individual, they exist and you have to make a determination as to what your comfort level is with that person and the characteristics that they bring.
A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.