The Marks of Our Eternal Identity

‘Our eternal identity never leaves us alone in the bodies we choose, despite our current status. In reflection, meditation, or prayer, the memories of who we really are do filter down to us in selective thought each day. In small, intuitive ways—through the cloud of amnesia—we are given clues for the justification of our being.’
— Journey of Souls, M Newton

I have been reading this book recently, and it speaks deeply to my own knowing of what happens in the afterlife—why we are born into specific families and how everything is planned to continue our learning. When we leave behind our current body, certain emotions and stories still accompany us as we move into the ethereal realm.

The markings we once carried on our bodies—the tattoos imbued with our prayers and stories—feel to me like portals that reactivates memory across lifetimes. They are not only reminders of who we are in this life but also clues we may intuitively connect to as we return to Earth, life after life, through the veil of forgetting.

I am still not entirely convinced that it is always necessary to lose all our memories each time we incarnate. Yet when we do, it makes sense that there are ways to recall them—guiding beacons and anchors to help us stay aligned with the lessons and goals we originally set before entering this body.

Marking ceremonies, when approached with purity and awareness, can be one of these tools. They recalibrate our path and acknowledge our eternal identity. In the contrary—according to some traditions, if made without awareness, tattoos may bind a person to energies they later need to release or heal from. My mentor Mark from Tattoo Pathway also mentioned to me previously about some people getting tattoos as binding contract with lower vibrational intermediaries/spirits, and how their lives playing out though the contract unknowingly.

This is why I always invite people to begin their marking journey with quiet reflection and journaling at least a week before the ceremony. Messages may come through from guides or the higher self—a nudge or reminder of chosen paths, an acknowledgment of achievements, or sometimes a signal that it is not yet time to receive markings.

Perhaps this is also why, many times after finishing a marking ceremony, people tell me it feels as though they have always had the marking. To me, these moments feel like a flashback of memories, a brief remembering of their eternal self.

In the end, our bodies will return to carbon—along with the carbon ink of our tattoos. Yet the imprints of intention and meaning remain, woven into the tapestry of the soul.