Getting my new tattoo [www.deviantart.com/view/37147973/] was no easy feat. But this of course is very typical of Ma & Shiva. I should've known some sort of test/initiation would be involved where they are involved. But, in the end everything turned out fine, also typical of these deities. I passed the initiation, even if it cost me a friendship. Gains & losses. This is what they teach. Attachments are ok if you can learn from them, & becomming unattached is the goal when the time has come to move on. I was fearful, I went thru much pain, & I came out the other side with a badge that will be there forever. Just another trip thru the Underworld.