I read a prose from a scripture which roughly translates into this

"Like two birds of golden plumage, inseparable companions, the individual self and the immortal Self are perched on the branches of the self-same tree. The former tastes of the sweet and bitter fruits of the tree; the latter, tasting of neither, calmly observes."

There are basically 2 schools on this, western and oriental schools on theory of consciousness , west doesnt differentiate mind and the consciousness where as in East consciousness is considered to be the supreme driving force or 'atman'.

Trump will be the skynet for america.