Tattoos

Does tattooing effect the energy body in a negative way or can there be positive outcomes?

Hilarion: Generally, most individuals who tattoo as a result of careful, conscious thought, preparation, and awareness will typically be bringing up energies associated with recent past lives, remanifesting these in some way on their own physical bodies as a reminder. This is typified, of course, with birthmarks, where individuals have this naturally. But at the deeper level, where individuals draw this to themselves, there are particular issues that they are working with.

The reminder by physicalizing that which is a vortex, an energy connection, can be helpful as they are able to bring this into form regularly. The problem, of course, is once they have learned the lesson—once they have received the important information associated with the symbol of that part of the body, or the symbol that is tattooed, or the connection to the past life, or the forgiveness that is necessary in order to clear the issue—then that symbol remains on the physical body.

It is there as a constant reminder. This can be of some help, but for most individuals the opportunity then to remove the tattoo would be strongly advised. Other options in which tattoos are taken wantonly, rapidly, in a time of drunkenness, a time of intrusion by another being (opportunities in which they are done foolishly or without much contemplation or understanding) will inevitably relate to the negative thought form or energy association with someone other than yourself or some issue that you could have resolved otherwise, in an easier manner.

Many times an intruder, then, during such times of drunkenness, as imposing his or her energy, would actually be the one getting the tattoo in a certain sense, to remind them of the issues in the world. Such would of course only be detrimental where individuals then might perhaps use that as a reminder of avoidance of drunkenness or opportunity to release consciousness to others, etc. (there might be some benefit).

But other than that the deeper understanding associated with the tattoo is then largely lost on the individual. In general, of course, understanding the body as a sacred temple, receiving and working with it at every level, is beneficial. But most people don’t do that. They will be tempted to eat foods or imbibe beverages or do things that bring them immediate pleasure without thinking of the consequences of this. Tattooing is the same sort of thing, as the consequences then are lasting for most of your life perhaps.

At the same time as this, however, this is an ancient art, that which has been utilized by many civilizations in the past and has powerful symbology, as individuals may work with those energies to help them identify with, perhaps, certain cultural beliefs, other beings, other tribes, other capacities. In modern times—the symbology of this now being let go of, being seen so much less—[it] is obvious then the larger attention is not on the old ways and the old habit patterns and the old tribes but the larger humanity—as oneness, as connections to all beings, as the opportunity to share and work with all of earth’s energy. As such, therefore, the more modern understanding of this is one that inevitably leads to the body-as-a-temple concept in which, then, tattooing, becomes less and less widely utilized.

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