The capacity to trust or distrust a total stranger seems to operate similar to the conscience. The point being is, it seems to arrive from outside of the physical self, as a genuine artifact of non-local consciousness. Where do the feelings of trust and distrust originate from? What is Creator’s perspective?

What you are perceiving and assuming to be non-local consciousness is actually in most cases a combination of influences. In the day-to-day activities in reacting to things you see and hear and people you might be involved with, there are two levels in play—one being you and the differing levels of your mind, all of which will be reacting to ongoing events, and the other being the higher self and potentially Creator as well, depending on the circumstances and what might be called for, and the prior interrelationship and degree of partnership with the divine to be on a close personal basis. Many of the factors governing trust and mistrust are learned and are shaped by inner beliefs. These develop all through life with new experiences as you learn about the way things work, how people and their attitudes and their body language can, in a sense, telegraph what to expect and to give you a kind of early warning to steer clear in some cases or to put your trust and faith in someone and engage with them unreservedly, as the case may be. Many factors come into play because of the many kinds of beliefs that are formed about people and their differences, whether you see them as members of your clan, so to speak, or quite foreign to you in some respects and this is where bias and prejudice can become an overriding consideration, even subliminally, to govern your emotional reaction and the conscious self might use that emotional response, coming from the deep subconscious in triggering the response within the body, as a reason to see it as a warning, and then pause to reconsider things and perhaps engage in avoidance behavior as a consequence. The conscious level of the mind will hold certain governing operating rules that are the basis of feelings of trust and mistrust with respect to ongoing activities that are part of the routine, in particular. It is those beliefs that are ready at hand that guide your conduct and decisions in the moment about what to expect with every part of your day with regard to the hazards and uncertainties that may always pop up unexpectedly. Those things that are part of the routine have already passed muster, so to speak, and are simply accepted at face value with equanimity out of habit. Even though they are belief-based, there is a kind of general consensus almost like muscle memory that keeps you on an even keel without having to agonize over every little thing—so much of this is learned and automatic. With a new kind of stimulus, more discernment is called for and this is often when the higher self might weigh in with a warning, or in some cases an encouragement if there is a divine orchestration underway or simply to help the person with a nudge in the right direction, a kind of a feel-good response to something because the higher self can see it represents possibilities that will be in your best interest and in divine alignment as well. So this is partly intuitive and in part, solely the province of inner beliefs, depending on circumstances. You have an intuitive reach coming from within yourself that can pick up information about the trustworthiness and safety concerns when in a new circumstance and it represents a physical hazard of some kind or a person, or persons, you are encountering. That antenna varies from person to person in its detection threshold for issues of importance and the scope and depth of information that might be discerned. So this is yet another level of the mind, in a sense, that will be operating automatically and can be of great value for many.