A blissful mind...

...is reflected in a blissful face. Satchidanada's Words this week touch on how a person's mind is reflected in their face and body.

“Every thought changes our face, and it’s not only the face, the entire body is changed, though the change is more visible in the face. By this we can assume that thoughts have a say over the body, and if certain thoughts are very strong, the body changes according to those thoughts. If you want to have a nice, beautiful, relaxed, charming face and body, you have to think in that way. All the thoughts must be like that. Then you get that face. It’s not just external makeup that’s going to make the face attractive, it is the thought. A pure mind will give a very shining and attractive face. You get real personality and real magnetism by your own thoughts."

Sometimes I see people who carry their body with a great deal of heaviness. And not just overweight people. Even healthy-looking people walk around as though their body is holding them down. The face is the same--heavy. They seem to struggle to put a smile on. It seems that these people have a heavy mind, things bother them and it compiles a weight in their head. Everyone sees the weight in their body language and eyes.

I also see people who have a fidgety face. Turning nervously around, looking around constantly. They do not seem to actually be seeing anything. But just fleeting glances around. Their body twitches when they move. What is in that mind? Multi-tasking? Worrying too much about everything?

It is amazing how one's mind is reflected in their face and boddy language.