Why Tilak On Forehead?? -- Scientific Analogy.

 Hello crazies.  

Ever wondered whats the scientific reason behind marking tilak on your forehead?  

No,  rather than going into religious medium,  we will understand it in a scientific medium.  

You are on a platform where we have only one religion. That religion is nameless,  ritual less and 'god less'.  Rather than having beliefs,  it seeks truth.  So, my dear 'Earthians' ( that includes everyone!).  Let's know what is the significance of marking tilak on your forehead.  

1. Gifts Awareness!!

 I know what you're thinking. Why to always put awareness logic everywhere?  

Yes.  Let me explain.  You might have felt that when you do a tilak, made from sandlewood ( चंदन ) provides a cooling effect on the forehead.  So your awareness is centred on the cooling sensation.  You know we humans have a monkey mind.  It is physically present but mentally its never still.  A research shows that our brain processes hundreds of thousands of thoughts per day but 90 percent of them are uselesss,  wasteful thoughts!

So the thing that tilak's cooling effect does is that it helps you focus on present moment. If I want to call you,  I will either touch you or call you verbally to gain your attention.  In the same manner,  tilak's cooling sensation seeks your attention and brings it in present moment.  Try it!!

2.  Mind control.  Emotional balance.  

Friends,  whatever you feel,  you 'express' it right?  Yes,  its a fundamental human nature! But it also has a negative con.  Suppose you're working under scorching sun.  If you are busy expressing or responding to the sun's heat by ruining mood or by getting annoyed,  then my friends,  is it justifable? 

Ever wondered that how Himalayan Monks meditate in poor weather conditions?  They do not respond! 

And you must have noticed that whenever you respond to any obstacle by giving certain emotions,  you forehead's muscles contract accordingly.  Try it.  Contract your forehead,  you'll feel angry without any reason! Try this too,  contract your lips and cheeck area,  without any reason,  you'll feel unsatisfied.  

Hence,  'facial muscles' contribute a HUGE ROLE in human emotions.  Thus,  when you apply tilak on your forehead,  

After its no longer cool,  it becomes solid.  

After the cooling of powdery tilak,  it will obviously become solidlike. So it flattens the forehead. Now,  if you respond on anything,  your muscles will contract,  and when it will contract,  the solidlike tilak will resist the skin contraction! Thus,  it will resist your reactions! Try it. Apply sandlewood on your forehead and then contract your forehead! The tilak's solid-ness will resist the contraction! 

Friends,  whatever I wrote,  if you haven't tried or felt this,  you will find this blog boring or complicated to understand for obvious reasons! 

Daksh Parekh.