Which prove (to any but the most committedly material) that Mind is not brain, that Mind can alter the physical for good or bad, that Mind survives physical death and that Mind can use another brain and body at another time (reincarnation). This alone does not answer your question, but the fact of Mind is part of it.
To get closer to an aswer, one has to place a degree of credence in the thousands of anecdotal accounts reported for literally millennia. In the final analysis, near death experiences can be verified depending upon how much detail is reported under medically attested circumstances, ditto out of body events, but many will insist it is all fiction. Doctors and nurses have verified many examples, but this is just beyond the comfort zone of many.
To get closer to an answer, many people, especially psychics, identify "soul." A mother whose baby cam photographed a small globe of light hovering near her baby and called a psychic to find out what it was and if the baby was safe. "Soul, the soul of the grandfather." Photographs capture balls of light. Soul does exist (for those of us who have seen/experienced it) and it is distinct from Mind, although they are a team. For most, soul is a matter of faith.
We're getting there! Soul is energy and vibration. There is indeed a Source for all human souls...I don't know beyond that...and the soul and Source share the same make-up. But they are not the same. If you walked to a beach and scooped some water into your hand, your water would chemically be identical to the ocean water. When you tip the water back, it combines perfectly with the ocean water. But you never, ever held the ocean.
Only a few people have experienced their souls' reaction to being in the presence of Great Soul (much less the Source, only one I can attest to) and come back from that plane to describe it. The soul is filled with complete, unquestioning love, desire to totally immerse itself in the perfection of the radiant energy. Attraction, magnetism. A frustrating, single-minded, tunnel-vision obsession to become one with the greater force. The soul expresses ecstasy, bliss. If this seems like a certain biological act, that's probably not a coincidence.
The Mind translates the emotions of joy, happiness into one quality, the Good. The Mind equates bliss with goodness. Since what we know, or believe, derives from those who have returned, they report a sadness at having to return, a knowledge that they have unfinished business (to do more good), an understanding that they are currently just not good enough.
THE ANSWER: There is a Good and a system which cultivates it. The Source somehow emits what we call a divine spark, a tiny version of the Source. I have no knowledge of where the Mind comes from, but since the Source has Mind, I suspect soul+ mind originate together. Just as animals are hard-wired for behaviors beneficial to the individual and the group, the soul/mind is programmed for a purpose, to unite with its Source and experience bliss forever, which also increases the strength of the Source. But, the soul must grow into adulthood before it can go home to retire. The soul is wired/knows it must migrate to grow and ,for those in the human/earth system, it goes where it must go, earth. Just as the Source radiates an energy which we perceive as joy/goodness, so the soul/mind attempts to spread joy/goodness. If someone accuses you of "acting like God," that's a actually a compliment...if your understanding of God is true! With each incarnation, the system provides opportunities to develop soul-muscle as well as improve conditions on earth. Win,-win!
Thus, the evolution of the soul/mind over the millennia creates a general improvement in the perception of good world-wide. We see this clearly in a place of free will, like the US. Whereas once, most ignored the abysmal living conditions of immigrants, now a wave of more developed souls cannot turn a blind eye to the bad. Once, and sometimes still, a segment of society judges others by race, sex, religion, nationality, language or some such superficial standard. But more and more people are led to recognize the innate Good below the surface, the commonality of humanity...ironically, that commonality being what transcends the physical.
The "good genius" is the developed soul/mind, capable of caring beyond brain/physical. Schweitzer. Warren. Sanders.
Obama. Hillary. Anyone who sacrifices self for others. The "evil genius" is the undeveloped soul whose physical needs overwhelm its built-in humanitarianism. A peanut-sized soul just can't stand up to ego.
Everything written is contained in Jesus's parables. It's more than a shame that dogma has ossified brains. Christianity could be so helpful to everyone, but it's not lived up to its purpose. Jesus talks of a God as light, people as having a light. So "Christians" discriminate over sexual orientation. Show me the light that has a penis or vagina. Those who scream Jesus the loudest probably have the least developed souls. Go figure.
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