There are no successes and failures in life, only achievements - stepping stones.
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?
That we do not comprehend or accept something does not invalidate its truth.
Mind is the Soul speaking and Conscience is the Spirit speaking.
The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".
We are all Spirit experiencing a process set up to facilitate its (each Spirit's) understanding of its true identity and, through that understanding, to revert to its pristine state.