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My Tattoo. It's Decided.
17 years ago
I just got out of the shower, and I had a revelation about my new tattoo.
I was thinking about the pheonix tattoo I wanted to get, and I thought more and more about what the bird represented in myth. Then I thought about what the pheonix may represent in two different religions. Christianity, Hind/Budditsm. I realized that the bird can be made to combine all three into a wonderful and very beautiful representation of the meaning of life, and I decided it would be a perfect tattoo.
The bird is born from it's own ashes. It's own ashes could be soiled from the fires of hell themselves (christianity). Born from hell, the bird is born a sinner and proves himself and his soul through the trials of life, building up spiritual strength which makes him stonger. The more karma the bird builds through life (hindi), the stonger and bigger it's wings get, being able to fly closer to heaven. If it's not strong enough to fly to heaven when it dies, it will fall to the ground, and it's soul will dive through the soil back to hell, to be reborn again and try once more to lead a life that will help get to heaven.
I know this is kinda a strange way, but it's suppost to be a metephore for life, combining two beliefs. I know there isn't any religion that has any such legond combining both these beliefs, but I thought it was a very romantic way of expressing the struggle of life, and would make a perfect tattoo reminding me of that.
I hope it makes sence.
I was thinking about the pheonix tattoo I wanted to get, and I thought more and more about what the bird represented in myth. Then I thought about what the pheonix may represent in two different religions. Christianity, Hind/Budditsm. I realized that the bird can be made to combine all three into a wonderful and very beautiful representation of the meaning of life, and I decided it would be a perfect tattoo.
The bird is born from it's own ashes. It's own ashes could be soiled from the fires of hell themselves (christianity). Born from hell, the bird is born a sinner and proves himself and his soul through the trials of life, building up spiritual strength which makes him stonger. The more karma the bird builds through life (hindi), the stonger and bigger it's wings get, being able to fly closer to heaven. If it's not strong enough to fly to heaven when it dies, it will fall to the ground, and it's soul will dive through the soil back to hell, to be reborn again and try once more to lead a life that will help get to heaven.
I know this is kinda a strange way, but it's suppost to be a metephore for life, combining two beliefs. I know there isn't any religion that has any such legond combining both these beliefs, but I thought it was a very romantic way of expressing the struggle of life, and would make a perfect tattoo reminding me of that.
I hope it makes sence.
but i know a ton of lesbians/bigirls with pheonix tattoos
i'd actually considered one for a little while, but stuck with the two nearly invisible ones i already have