Perception: How It Impacts The Mind-Gut Connection

I just watched a movie entitled The Duchess. It was about an 18th-century English duchess who agreeably married a 26 year old duke at the young, developing age of 17. Influenced by her mother’s perspective, the duchess believed that her life would establish more meaning and happiness based upon true love with her husband. Instead, to her dismay, her perception was wrong.  She experienced the opposite of her beliefs.  Upon viewing the movie, I thought to myself:

 
What is the true reason that perception is reality?

Perception is a person’s personal definition of a life experience that he or she is interpreting through one or more of the five (5) senses. The senses include sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. These sensory mechanisms become the foundation upon which an individual formulates a belief system. Thereafter, the belief defines individual-specific reality.

 

 
At what age does an individual begin to formulate a perception of the world?

Perceptions become a person’s reality as soon as he or she is able to formulate a memory, based upon a stimulus, triggering one or more of the 5 senses. An individual will use memory as a building block for world-view beliefs. Change will come if an individual is willing to allow another life event to supersede a previous experience.

The duchess, like most little girls of her era, was influenced by ideals of marriage and children. From the start, she was groomed to mimic the subservient behavior of women, to honor dominance by men and to play house or mimic tea parties with dolls and playmates. The duchess’ mother appealed to those beliefs by verbally confirming “love” as merely a one-sided feeling which could sustain marriage and happiness for a lifetime.

 
How does understanding perception influence the ability to change one’s initial perspective?

Understanding perception will help one change their perspective with the inclusion of two ingredients:

1) A level of awareness about bodily functions and

2) A willingness to identify and accept personally-defined conscious truths.

Scientific research has taught us that half of the human brain is devoted directly or indirectly to vision. Cells work together to interpret visual information supplied to the brain.(1) This interpretation contributes to beliefs pertaining to that which is thought to have been seen or experienced.

[Spoiler Alert] In the case of the duchess, in addition to the perpetual communication from her mother, she practiced the art of visualization along with imaginary play to identify with the beliefs of her era. This perspective made her a good fit for the duke’s marriage proposition. However, once the duchess chose to accept the truth of her marriage, she knew that the early formulation of her beliefs would not apply to her life. This awareness shattered her perception.

The duchess’ marriage, originally unbeknownst to her, was based upon a guarantee, by her mother, that she would bear a son as an heir to the throne. During the process of producing three babies, she bore witness to an aloof husband at the sight of each girl child, acts of abrasive intercourse and an obvious display of the Duke’s true love to a live-in mistress.

These experiences led the duchess to choose reconciliation with the truth of her mother’s plans for her life as well as the duke’s practice of infidelity. These were hard truths for the duchess to swallow but they forced a change in perspective.

 
How does the mind-gut connection influence mind perception and gut perception?

Science has now determined there are two minds within a human body. One functions in the brain and the other functions within the gut. Dr. Michael Gershon and Emeran Mayer details this science inside The Second Brain and The Mind-Gut Connection.

A brain mind and gut mind have a direct communication pathway. They influence one another in thought and function. This communication causes a cellular response that is associated with perceived sensory input. Ultimately, the cellular response will contribute to either progressive strength (happy emotions) or signs of growing weakness (troubling emotions). However, if there is a combined, guided physical and emotional cleansing through the mind-gut connection, consistently, an individual could experience the following improvements:

1) Clarity of the mind perception
2) Expression of the gut perception
3) Consciousness
4) Self-love and
5) Improved self-actualization

This progress contributes to a change in perspective which influences mind-gut perception.

 
Is one’s perception a reflection of their cellular response?

Since 2002, based upon my work with clients as a spiritual guide and national board certified colon therapist, I have recognized that a cellular response is a reflection of one’s perception. Additionally, I have noted that this cellular response has a verbal and physical component. If this cellular response is verbally expressed and physically completes its digestive process, an individual will continue to experience life progression. However, if this cellular response is verbally repressed and/or indigested, one is on track to experience illness. If one chooses to overcome the ailment, it will serve as one of many life lessons. Otherwise, it will become the path of acceptance to expiration. The key to allowing a mind-gut connection to influence perception is a combined approach to brain mind and gut mind therapy. This combination is always accompanied by safe guidance toward the conscious awareness of concealed truth.

The duchess was denied not one, but many simple pleasures that would have brought love and joy to her heart. Additionally, she lost a voice that accompanied the fearlessness she once displayed regarding life. The loss of expression caused her to internally stuff her emotions. Each visual display of the Duke and mistress’ love caused a cellular response which led to the indigestion of emotional thought. This emotional constipation led to an abundance of health issues subject to primitive medical care. The duchess lived gracefully with her emotional indigestion. Eventually, these concealed emotions resulted in a breakdown of immunity that yielded disease. At the young age of 45, the duchess expired.

While serving as a spiritual guide and administering guided colonic cleansing work, I have witnessed advanced emotional and physical health improvements with countless clients. This work is a cocktail that includes conscious identification of emotional pain blended with the physical act of guided colonic cleansing to a colon. A balanced therapeutic mixture leads a client to an intersection of self awareness where the two minds – brain mind and gut mind – come to a conscious agreement regarding false perception. At this intersection, a client becomes enlightened about his or her truth existing within the mind-gut pathway. At that place is where clients experience the beginnings of accelerated emotional and physical improvements, long-term. Consistency is key.

 
How can I learn more about the mind-gut connection cleansing process?

Cleansing through the mind-gut connection is a new theory with old traditions at its foundation. Currently, if you are experiencing thoughts that are negatively impacting your mind perception, feel free to join The Mind-Gut Connection 21-Day Challenge. It will help you change your perception by teaching you how to embrace internal balance. Click here to join now!

Likewise, if you are experiencing troubles with your gut mind which mimics different types of gut dysfunction, feel free to begin with the gut kickstart program. It will help you identify gut challenges as well as provide guidance toward natural remedies for reprieve or healing. Click here to get started.

For readers who want to build upon this new concept, click here to see a positive or negative example of perception through the mind-gut connection.

Remember that every single day yields infinite possibilities of life’s promises. Your responsibility is to take action and enjoy the journey!

1) “MIT Research – Brain Processing of Visual Information.” MIT News On Campus And Around The World, MIT News Office, 19 December 1996, http://news.mit.edu/1996/visualprocessing.