The Seed Of Life
In January of 2019 I began a journey with The Seed of Life tattooed on my throat center before embarking to my first Moon Dance in Costa Rica.
At the time, and still today, I made an intention to be more intentional and embody what it means to know that the words we speak into existence carry a vibration that can breathe life into matter. The Seed Of Life represents the way in which cells divide and matter is formed. The way in which Life forms. Our words matter. What we create in the heart to emerge from the mouth can have a tangible effect on matter.
My aim… to be reminded this so regularly that the words I speak are the words I can live by. To speak with volition and authenticity, but with a protected aura of life-giving inspiration.
Most often I feel I am living in alignment with this intention. Sometimes I don’t feel like what emerges from this center is of the highest caliber of truth. I will feel it in my throat. I feel the stuckness and inability to relish in the vibration I am emitting through word.
Well… what better way to keep an intention than being physically reminded of it on a regular basis?
I love this tattoo. It has taken me through so many layers of myself, reminded me of purpose numerous times, and has sparked so many conversations that have expanded my experience here on this earth.
Having it so seen was very vulnerable for me as well though. I wore turtlenecks for awhile to avoid the shock of people staring and asking about it. That meekness slowly transformed into empowerment and it is still my favorite tattoo I’ve adorned myself with to this day. Stepping into the power of the invocation.
People ask often if it hurt….
Honestly, I can very confidently say it was also the least painful tattoo I’ve ever received. Crediting Ben Sanchez in Boise, ID with his light but accurate touch and comfortable energy and also the knowledge dropped that we actually don’t have nerve endings on the front of our necks (I didn’t know this until getting the ink!)… it wasn’t painful at all! Just a lil tickle in the center was the only sensation. My breathing was so steady, even, and sure when I received this. It felt like a universal validation to the decision I made to tattoo my neck. I’m still in awe of this and the appreciation of the whole experience has not faded in time, but only magnified.
Nearly 5 years later and I’m still so much in love with this sacred geometry that has blessed my body companion and it’s wandering in ways I could not even anticipate.
If I could leave this on a note of advice…
If you really want something that feels it is a universal calling to step into your higher self but may come with societal backlash… DO IT ANYWAYS. Societal norms and cultures change and shift all the time. Are you going to subject all of your growth to the limitations that your society places invisibly upon you? They’re all illusions anyways. Be yourself, listen deep, and go with what makes your heart soar if it is in alignment with an overall undercurrent of the greater good moving us all forward into less constrained and more free way of being.
Bless on.
Plant seeds.
Breathe Life into this reality.
