I can distinguish thoughts by their patterns and arrange them into meaningful new patterns. I'm good, but not that good. Well, we're getting near the end of the tour here. One more ball. You want to hear the technical.
Mind exists as a separate self-aware entity, and was spun off from attention.
Mind creates truth. Truth attracts attention and simplifies attention's work. Because of its phases through Beta and Alpha, it is an Alpha mind one moment and a Beta mind the next, giving us two minds in one. Beta mind was originally limited to resonance with frequencies from the body ball. Awareness of the Alpha mind developed later.