September: Ratna Energy

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You have probably seen prayer flags hanging, but have you ever contemplated their deeper meaning?  We continue our exploration of each of the five classical prayer flags - their colors and deeper meanings - as our monthly themes.   Prayer Flags not only offer prayers that travel the wind, they each have very deep and rich meaning that points to different aspects of one's true nature.   Each prayer flag represented a different aspect of our unique and inherent wisdom energies.

Ratna energy is the wisdom of the Earth and is represented by a jewel and the color gold.  It points to the aspect of our being that is rich, full, and abundant. Many people, in an attempt to find richness and abundance in life, chase after things, experiences, people, and status to feel full.  But this attempt is like continually feeding and never feeling full.  The opportunity we have to transmute this energy in our lives is to see that we are already full, and that the constant attempt to add more more more to our lives depletes our system and leaves us feeling deadened.  Ratna energy is one of abundance, where the fear of not having enough, being enough, or being special enough is seen clearly and fully.  From this seeing comes the recognition that the attempt to 'have enough' is a constant experience of failing....but to begin to see that what is within is already enough removes the greed and pride of endless acquiring, holding, chasing.  Ratna jewel energy in its confused aspect tends to overindulge in pleasure, seeking to make oneself as comfortable as possible in every circumstance.  In it's deepest energetic experience, this wisdom energy becomes equanimity, contentment, and gratitude for what one has, and what one is.  As this unfolds, the jewel-like nature of our being begins to emmanate a richness, a fullness, that is so profound.   An ability to appreciate life simply and completely just as it is.