THE ILLUSTRATED
WOMAN
CASSANDRA HAS OVER A HUNDRED TATTOOS THUS FAR, PLACED STRATEGICALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY THROUGHOUT HER BODY.
SHE RECEIVED HER FIRST TATTOO WHEN SHE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD - JUST A MONTH AFTER A HOMETOWN TRAGEDY LEFT HER FRIENDS DECEASED.
AT THAT TIME CASSANDRA FELT LOST AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO GROUND HER DEEPER INTO REALITY. SHE DOVE INTO BUDDHISM AND FOUND SOLACE IN MANTRA.
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HER FIRST TATTOO THAT CHANNELED THROUGH WAS
OM MANI PADME HUM - THE JEWEL WITHIN THE LOTUS.
(THE SIX SYMBOLS BROKEN DOWN)
THE SIX SYLLABLES TOGETHER MEAN THAT IN DEPENDENCE ON THE PRACTICE OF A PATH WHICH IS AN INDIVISIBLE UNION OF METHOD AND WISDOM, YOU CAN TRANSFORM YOUR IMPURE BODY, SPEECH, AND MIND INTO THE PURE EXALTED BODY, SPEECH, AND MIND OF A BUDDHA.
AFTER CASSANDRAS NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE - SPIRIT STARTED TO SPEAK TO HER THROUGH CHANNELING MANTRA AND ASKING HER TO PLACE IT ON HER BODY.
“I DON’T CONSIDER THEM THE TATTOOS THIS WORLD SPEAKS OF. TO ME THEY ARE SACRED SCRIPTURES FROM THE DIVINE SOURCE IN ORDER TO BE THE PERFECT MIRROR AND SUPPORT MY BROTHERS & SISTERS IN REMEMBERING WHY THEY ARE HERE.”
CASSANDRA IS COVERED WITH DIFFERENT POSITIVE MANTRAS AND LOVED ONES HANDWRITING BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT WHEN SHE DIED AND CAME BACK THAT ‘IT WAS NO LONGER JUST ABOUT THE BODY - IT WAS NOW ABOUT THE MESSAGE OF THE SOUL.’
“THIS IS AN INSIDE OUT GAME AND I AM JUST A MIRROR OF THAT UNIVERSAL TRUTH.”