The Pinecone Tattoo
The needles of the evergreen symbolize the process of becoming a new, now awake human. I was so guarded and safe, but now I see that none of it mattered. It was all meaningful and yet didn’t matter at all. It was all going to happen the way God was going to have it happen. It was out of my control… for the good of me. The needles have a thicker outer-coating for protection. They’ve met with some harsh conditions, yet survived because of God-given protection and grace. The cone itself is a representation of human enlightenment and spiritual consciousness. The pine cone produces seeds.
How am I pollinating the world? How do I contribute to furthering love, acceptance, and grace to the people around me?
The pine cone is a symbol of growth. All the parts are there to create a new life, but since it has not yet taken root, it is still purely potential. The pinecone’s spiral is a symbol of the spiritual center (God, or what have you). A closed up pine cone is a sleeping human. An open scaled pinecone symbolizes awakeness. Even the shape of the pinecone, bigger base to a smaller top, making more of Him and less of me. The layering of the pinecone is a metaphor for my life. . .my depth.
The God of the universe has been sending me a message all along. I just looked around my surroundings at home and noticed that I have pine cones all around my house. I really do! I have for quite some time, longed to be used to awaken consciousness in people and reconnect them with their true nature… what God truly wants them to be sharing and doing with their lives. When folks come to the point in their lives that they can say, “God lives within me,” it would be beautiful if they could really embrace the magnitude and simplicity of that revelation within themselves.
God is Love. Love is Hope. God is the Hope and Love we’re all looking for and holding on to.
