We can also make the link between the explanations of Sir Lal and the 31 realms. The more we go up in the 31 realms the less we want to perceive. A citta exists only to perceive. Our mind takes bodies in the 31 realms to perceive.
However, for the vast majority of realms,, he needs the senses (2 to 5). Think about this, are the thoughts enough ? They are also a way to perceive. However, because of ignorance and attachment, we crave perception more and more, so the mind builds the cakkhu perception(eyes) to perceive forms and colours created in his thoughts. It is still not enough, so the mind builds sota perception (ears) to perceive songs created in the thought. Still not enough so he created ghana(noses) to perceive smells, jivha(tongue) to perceive taste, and finally Kaya(body) to perceive touch. See, the mind becomes more coarse when he craves perception.
The more you do coarse actions like craving sensual pleasures, you will be trapped in Kāma loka. Inside the Kāma loka, some do coarser actions with bad intentions in order to perceive. They go to the 4 apayas where the perception are the more coarser and that makes the mind so inconfortable that suffering are created in each cittas. Those who do coarser actions with good intentions go to the humans world or the devas world. In the deva world the most coarse perceptions (potthabba sanna), smells (gandha), tastes (rasa) are reduced to their most subtle form and that gives them more pleasures than the human realm.
In the 16 Rupa brahma realms, beings suppress (for the Duration of that bhava) the need to perceive with smells (gandha), tastes (rasa), and touch (potthabba). Visual objects (rupa) and sounds (sadda) are so subtle that they receive pleasures without sensuality in them.
In the Arupa Brahma realms, beings suppress the need to perceive with any of the 5 senses. Despite being attached to perception with mind objects (dhammas) they restricted their thoughts to 4 perceptions ( akasanancayatana,vinnanancayatana,akincannayatana, nevasannanasannayatana). However, this is still perception. Only an arahant has eradicated the need to perceive any objects, even dhammas. This is why an arahant stops the generation of a citta that leads to a new rebirth. The distorted sanna exists because we want to perceive due to ignorance and attachment. Always see the nature of causes and effects.
Ignorance and attachment are the causes, and the effect is the distorted sanna. Because of Ignorance(Avijja), we believe the Samsara is pleasurable, therefore we attach (Ragā) ourselves to the 31 realms. We need to cease the causes to stop this process, and the understanding of the distorted sanna and the practice of satipatthana will help us.