Face Symmetry

Posted on January 9, 2008
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Face SymmetryAs children and babies each of us - for the most part - tend to start out with symmetrical faces and features.  As we age the symmetry begins to fade, this is the burden of emotion and negative thought patterns.  Last night whilst in a meditative state, I was shown the nature of my own features.

The left side of my face is dominated by whom I have endearingly named ‘General Not’, he is a petty tyrant that likes to control everything - and believes everything should fall into his lap.  The area of my face he occupies begins in the center of my forehead, and moves in a circle down to the left corner of my mouth.

When I look at my face in the mirror, I can clearly see how the negative emotions and thoughts from this aspect of my personality have marked me over the years.  It is especially noticeable around my mouth; the left corner has a subtle downturn, whilst conversely the right corner has a subtle up-turn.

The right portion of my face is occupied largely by myself aged around 10; that’s given me a lot of levity over the years.  And continues to be a source of how I find humour in the world.  I missed the maturity bus somewhere along the line.  But so-called maturity is the replacement of levity with gravity, and we should not mistake gravity for depth; as spoke of in that great quote, “Please do not mistake my levity for shallowness any more than I mistake your gravity for depth.”

General Not is all about gravity, hence the somewhat self-depreciating name I have given that aspect of my personality.  It serves as a reminder that something’s can be taken too seriously.

Gaining a strong grasp of face-symmetry can give us great insight into ourselves.  It will also give us valuable insight into the people around us.  Our features become marked by who we are inside and so it is something which is all but impossible to hide.  This accounts for a large factor in those ‘first impressions’ you receive from people.

This then becomes a great way of working on ourselves – it allows us to see who we are in very clear terms.  We may not always like what we see, but one thing I have learnt is that we are malleable and adaptable.  We are more than capable of change.

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2 Responses to “Face Symmetry”

  1. Chris on January 9th, 2008 6:59 pm

    Hmm For me it’s the opposite. Being left handed, I wonder if handedness is in some way related to this aspect of facial symmetry. Studies have shown brain development is related to handedness …. a left handed person develops the right hemisphere prior to the left hemisphere and vice versa during the fetal stages.

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  2. Marcus on January 9th, 2008 8:08 pm

    That’s pretty interesting! I am right-handed so there may indeed be something in that opposition.

    Is it possible that negative personality traits form in just one hemisphere of the brain?

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