Tattoo: Otherworldly Dreaming Tree

This purple tree tattoo and watercolor artwork is a representation of the conduit of attention between the metaphysical and the physical worlds. I start by painting a watercolor painting and then I attempt to tattoo the painting much like it appears in the watercolor style.

This writing is a short meditation on the meaning of the artwork.

The Dreaming Consciousness

The mind is beyond the physical existence, plain and simple. It has no tangible parts. What I am suggesting is that if you think of a glass of water, it only exists in your mind. That is a metaphysical glass of water. When you go get that glass of water that you thought about seconds earlier, it becomes physical.

The metaphysical territory is created by the mind and is the otherworldly dream of the consciousness. A very creative process! During sleep it overrules the forefront of your experiences. When the mind is very active during the waking state your dreams overwrite on top of reality. (daydreaming) 

The consciousness is also beyond the physical dimension. Although it births the mind, it is not the same as the mind. It is the spark of life in the body. It is before the mind and body. The mind and its senses report to the consciousness behind it. Some call it spirit, soul, etc. These words fall short and no belief is required to be conscious.

Without effort, it just is, you just are. It is the source of the very first thought that creates everything. The big bang is the very first seedling thought “I Am” or “I exist”. Everything that comes after that is the dreaming of consciousness.

I am the Consciousness Behind it All

The conditioning that you have gathered throughout this life will tell you otherwise, but identity is NOT limited to your surface self. We are all swimming in a sea of mind generated metaphysics whether we believe ourselves to be or not.

I have a mind. I am the consciousness. I can state that because I have discovered it to be true in my experience. You shouldn’t take my word for it. Question me and investigate yourself.

In one chop you can instantly recoil the attention back to its roots temporarily and the dreaming stops. Thinking stops and you become clear and free from the dreamworld but only for a brief moment. Then the dreaming starts again.  

Following the Tree Back to its Roots

The power of attention is most overlooked power we have as human beings. Attention is a tentacle of sensory interaction with life experience. The attention can also be compared to a tree of life rooted in consciousness, growing in reality, even dreaming itself beyond the physical plane.

Calling the attention back to source is all that is required to wake up from the dream for a moment. You can do this when you place your attention toward consciousness itself.  Your center of attention will resonate at the core of your being. It is a realignment and harmonizing of your inner most self.

Follow the tree back to its roots. In doing so you become aware of yourself as the consciousness. Not just aware of consciousness as independent from whom you are as we are most of the time. 

Then the mind and its metaphysical interpretations become a pleasant unreality, a beautiful lucid dream.

Comments Suggestions:

Do you have any lucid dreaming experiences? How about moments in the waking state where you became super focused and clear? Please share! 

Also thanks for looking at my tattoo artwork and paintings. You can find more at joelwrightart.com