Head, Gut, or Higher Self? How to Hear the Voice that Saves Your Life
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One evening, walking home from a massage, I was basking in the afterglow—relaxed, open, happy.
Then I heard it.
“STOP. Turn around and go back to the building.”
It wasn’t a thought. It wasn’t fear. It was a voice—clear, commanding, coming from just above my head. The kind of voice you don’t argue with.
And I recognized it.
Years earlier, as a teenager, I was drowning in the ocean—caught in an undercurrent, completely disoriented. I couldn’t tell which way was up. Just when I thought I wouldn’t make it, that same voice boomed inside my mind:
“STAND UP.”
My feet hit solid ground. The water had only been chest-deep. That voice saved my life.
This time, I listened again.
A white van had pulled over ahead of me. I turned around and went back inside the building. As I waited for my sister to pick me up, I saw the van circle back, slowly. The man inside looked angry—searching. I was not where he had expected me to be.
Saved again.
But what is that voice?
Is it intuition? Spirit? The higher self? Is it just a brain glitch—a “lucky” pattern?
Many of us hear voices in our minds. Internal dialogue is common and healthy—narrating, reminding, mulling, debating. Some of us live with a full mental cast of characters. Others feel their truth through body cues or emotional signals instead of words.
But here’s the challenge:
How do we discern between the voice of fear and the voice of guidance?
How do we know whether we’re listening to monkey mind… or the soul?
This is where intuition meets physiology—where gut wisdom becomes a survival skill, not just a spiritual ideal.
The Head: Logical, Loud, and Wired for Danger
Your brain is a miraculous machine. It stores memories, solves problems, interprets language, and projects reality.
But it’s also been hijacked—bombarded by a world of:
flashing screens and fractured attention
chronic stress and performance pressure
toxic inputs in food, media, and medicine
systems designed to profit from your distraction, addiction, and fear
No wonder you’re confused. You’re not broken. You’re saturated.
In that chaos, the voice of your mind will shout to keep you safe—but it often confuses danger with discomfort.
The Gut: Ancient, Silent, and Unmistakably True
The gut doesn't speak in words. It feels.
It knots. It flutters. It freezes or moves.
The enteric nervous system (our "second brain") contains over 100 million neurons and produces 95% of your body’s serotonin. It perceives before you can name. It reacts before you can explain.
Your autonomic nervous system wires to every inch of your skin, runs through your connective tissues, blood vessels, and organ walls. It is a literal body-brain—an ancient, sensory intelligence that functions more like an intuitive animal than a rational mind. It responds instinctively, and immediately, to subtle shifts in light, sound, temperature, expression, and tone—long before your cognitive brain can analyze a situation.
In other words:
Your body knows before you know.
Gut wisdom is this—your primal guidance system.
It doesn’t shout. It signals and reacts.
When you’re centered, safe, and nourished, this system can guide you with precision.
The Higher Self: Observing, Expansive, and Unafraid
Your higher self is not above you—it’s more of you.
Call it the soul, the quantum field, the oversoul, or just the Observer—that which notices your thoughts, but isn’t them.
The higher self guides through resonance, synchronicity, stillness, and expanded perspective.
It may sound like a voice, a knowing, or a sudden peace that enters in the middle of panic.
Discernment = Practice
To tell the difference between head, gut, and soul:
Create stillness. Your brain can’t discern in fight-or-flight, trust your body.
Track sensation. Gut wisdom comes with a felt sense. Head chatter doesn’t.
Ask: Is this fear or guidance? Fear shrinks. Guidance clarifies.
Practice observation. Meditation isn’t performance—it’s listening.
Remember your truth. The gut will not lie, but the mind can override it.
This is a skill. It can be learned. And it can save your life.
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The voice that saves your life might not be loud. It might not even use words. But it is always there.
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With clarity and love,
Dr. Aubrey Wallace