What if you realize that who you thought to be your best friend turns out to be a foe in disguise?
Especially when you trust that friend with the two of your best faculties?
What if that friend was not meant to be?
What if we conveniently misunderstood the behavior pattern because it suited our moods, likes and sensibilities?
What if the misunderstood friend was meant to be a tool?
If used well, could aide in our well-being and if misused, could harm us in every possible way.
Can you guess, who am I talking about? I’m talking about our very own “Tongue”.
There’s an interesting yet slimy metaphor attached.
Our tongue resembles the slimy snake.
One of the most visible & well known characteristics of a snake is it does not respond unless you tinker with it.
Our tongue caters to two of our most important faculties’ viz., “Brain”, which controls our emotional state and “Stomach”, which invariably feeds our entire system.
1) Words that cater as an outlet to our brain and its thoughts &
2) The taste buds which cater to our stomach.
The positive inference of the Snake’s characteristic could well be used for our “Tongue”.
For the “Brain”: We talk only when asked to and not because a thought bubble burst somewhere.
Let alone the “think twice” or any other logic before but just by exercising the above, more than half our troubles would be gone.
For the “Stomach”: We eat and drink only when and how much the body asks for and what it asks for. Not what the tongue craves for and to satiate the other craving of that to display our purchasing power. Yet again most of our ailments and physical problems would disappear.
There are applications of our knowledge lurking behind many such analogies and metaphors.
If only we check our minds for the quality of our thoughts as frequently as we check our handheld devices for “Facebook” and “WhatsApp” updates.
Especially when you trust that friend with the two of your best faculties?
What if that friend was not meant to be?
What if we conveniently misunderstood the behavior pattern because it suited our moods, likes and sensibilities?
What if the misunderstood friend was meant to be a tool?
If used well, could aide in our well-being and if misused, could harm us in every possible way.
Can you guess, who am I talking about? I’m talking about our very own “Tongue”.
Our tongue resembles the slimy snake.
One of the most visible & well known characteristics of a snake is it does not respond unless you tinker with it.
Our tongue caters to two of our most important faculties’ viz., “Brain”, which controls our emotional state and “Stomach”, which invariably feeds our entire system.
1) Words that cater as an outlet to our brain and its thoughts &
2) The taste buds which cater to our stomach.
The positive inference of the Snake’s characteristic could well be used for our “Tongue”.
For the “Brain”: We talk only when asked to and not because a thought bubble burst somewhere.
Let alone the “think twice” or any other logic before but just by exercising the above, more than half our troubles would be gone.
For the “Stomach”: We eat and drink only when and how much the body asks for and what it asks for. Not what the tongue craves for and to satiate the other craving of that to display our purchasing power. Yet again most of our ailments and physical problems would disappear.
There are applications of our knowledge lurking behind many such analogies and metaphors.
If only we check our minds for the quality of our thoughts as frequently as we check our handheld devices for “Facebook” and “WhatsApp” updates.
