Is The Face The Mirror Of The Soul?

It sure has happened to you sometime. Coming across a face and feeling a sudden distrust, or on the contrary, experiencing without knowing why, a pleasant serenity and well-being.

It is not necessary that they be more or less beautiful faces, they simply convey something that goes beyond the basic senses of sight…. they are expressions that perhaps convey to us the reflection of the person’s true being. His soul.

Can this be possible?

Experts tell us that people actually have a large collection of “faces. ” What’s more, we wear one depending on the circumstances. It is not the same to be at home alone than at a work meeting or at a dinner with your partner or your family.

Our expressions change. The faces vary. So, are we people born liars capable of masking ourselves at all times with a face? Absolutely.

At an age, our face will reflect a genetic predisposition and a personal component. The one where expressions will tend more towards what is most common in us: anger, anger, sadness, shyness, openness, serenity, a sense of humor, etc.

Face, emotions and souls

There is a curious anecdote that tells us how one day, Abraham Lincoln came to reject a person just because “he did not like his face. ” One of his assistants reproached him, justifying that he was a prepared person who could contribute a lot to his personal cabinet. He was 50 years old and not new to such tasks. Furthermore, noting that “no one is responsible for his face.”

To which, President Lincoln replied that once he is over 40, we are all responsible for our face, and that man did not inspire confidence. No more. Surprising as it may sound, when doctors and psychiatrists speak to us about morphopsychology, they maintain that Lincoln’s idea was entirely true.

When one passes the 40, our physiognomy has been molded according to the attitudes that have dominated our life. A rictus on our forehead implies concern. A mouth that tends down is a reflection of a person who is not used to smiling….

When we look at a face, we all usually gather information from it in a few seconds. Is he cheerful, does he have a serious and elusive air? Is it smiling or does it convey sadness? 

Obviously, there are those who hide their emotions very well, who usually wears a mask almost every day to hide what they truly are, like a kind of Dorian Gray capable of leaving their evil arts and darkness on a canvas.

An ancient discipline

A curious fact to keep in mind is that face reading has been practiced for thousands of years. It was in China, and before Confucius, that this discipline was, so to speak, a real profession. This was more than 2,500 years ago.

Even Pythagoras came to use it almost every day. It is said that the sage chose his disciples based on their facial features, making an examination of the face and the body in general. He even valued non-verbal communication, to make a justified value judgment on people.

Do you know, for example, what we people give more importance to? To the eyes and to the smile. A body may be deceiving us, some movements may show us closeness and kindness, but if the eyes do not seem sincere, we will distrust.

Perhaps it is not the face, but the eyes that really convince us. They are the least given to lies and it is in them that we reflect ourselves to feel comfortable or not, in front of a stranger.

But still it pays to be cautious and prudent. We must not fall into the error of being influenced by the first impression and that almost instinctive need to judge people only by their face.

Remember that we ourselves are full of prejudices, and there is nothing more dangerous than seeing the world from those distorted prisms. So before judging someone, we better start with ourselves …