"From Vedic times, the bindi was created as a means to worship one's
intellect. Therefore, it was used by both men and women. The worship of
intellect was in order to use it to ensure our thoughts, speech,
actions, habits and ultimately our character becomes pure. A strong
intellect can help one to make noble decisions in life, be able to stand
up to challenges in life with courage, and recognise and welcome good
thoughts in life. The belief was that on this a strong individual, a
strong family and strong society can be formed."
"In Buddhist art and culture, the Urna (more correctly ūrṇā or ūrṇākośa (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as byakugō (白毫) in Japan) is a spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark. It symbolizes a third eye, which in turn symbolizes vision into the divine world;
a sort of ability to see past our mundane universe of suffering."
a sort of ability to see past our mundane universe of suffering."
"The most typical psychological term for functions carried out by the prefrontal cortex area is executive function.
Executive function relates to abilities to differentiate among
conflicting thoughts, determine good and bad, better and best, same and
different, future consequences of current activities, working toward a
defined goal, prediction of outcomes, expectation based on actions, and
social "control" (the ability to suppress urges that, if not suppressed,
could lead to socially unacceptable outcomes).
Frontal cortex supports concrete rule learning. More anterior regions
along the rostro-caudal axis of frontal cortex support rule learning at
higher levels of abstraction.
