Red Gold Crystalline Ray

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Y — Warm Yellow Crystalline Ray
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Crystal System — Cubic
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Periodic table group — 11
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Sound — D#3-D#4-D#5
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Direction — Earth to Heaven
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Essential oil — Orange
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Ascended Masters — Archangel Jophiel, Archangel Sandalphon
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Galactic Signature — Sun
Yellow Family is the only one in this color system where Crystalline Light is connected to precious metals not crystals. Both warm and cool yellow crystalline rays are variations of Golden Light. Warm yellow crystalline ray contains more orangey and earthy shades, combining the power of Fire and Earth elements in the Red Gold Light. In jewelry red gold is an alloy with a substantial presence of copper, the best known conductor that grounds the fire of electricity in the physical realm. Red Gold Ray indeed encloses the energies of Copper and Bronze. If we look into the placement of gold in the periodic table, we’ll find it in the 11th group along copper and silver (silver is an essential energy of cool yellow crystalline ray — Green Gold). 11 is a number of Transformation and Awakening and that’s what coppery Red Gold and silvery Green Gold stand for.
Transformation is an alchemical process that starts from earthy Ochre tones of Purification, followed up with warm streaks of Amber Attunement, and resolves in the explosive Rebirth of Golden Yellow. Our physical body is a cauldron where every single moment the sacred dance of Transformation takes place. The fire of our guts breaks down the food we consume into the number of compounds that together with oxygen provided by incessant work of lungs and heart is transformed into ATP molecules, primary units of energy within the body. 10% of blood plasma instead of going back to the heart and lungs for another portion of oxygen enters the intercellular space and gets transformed into lymph, the golden liquid of our immunity, that protects and stabilizes us. Similarly our minds consume the experiences we have been choosing in life, break them down into a bunch of beliefs and concepts, that either inspire us to live to the fullest or to fight against the painful emotions and disorders. The flames of Red Gold Ray keep alive only essential knowledge from our past (past lives included), strip off all outdated beliefs and rigid dogmas and give birth to the new reality through wise resolute joyful actions that are radiating from the brightest core of our Solar Plexus.
The Sun is the core of our star system, the source of light and energy, the provider of life for all whimsical forms of physical reality. It is a thermonuclear reactor where constant transformation or fusion of hydrogen into helium takes place and emits tremendous amount of heat and light. Sun activity directs physical and spiritual evolution of the Earth and her inhabitants. The Sun is our personal stargate, whose light codes define us, earthlings, and let other beings recognize and connect to us. Sun alignment with other stars, galaxies and many other deep space objects weaves a thread of connection that facilitates light codes transmission from other dimensions to keep up an incessant process of transformation within and without.
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Ascended Masters of Red Gold Ray are Archangels Sandalphon and Jophiel. Sandalphon anchors Life Force at the Earth Star Gateway in the roots of Tree of Life opposite Metatron who is residing at the Crown of Tree of Life, the gateway to Source. They hold a vertical axis of transformation where Sandalphon assures the energy of Creation is grounded and our soul is fully present within the physical body. Archangel Jophiel, literally “Beauty of God”, sings glories to God and their wisdom. He aligns cognitive understanding with innermost truths and wisdom and helps express it joyfully through spoken and written word, art and music.
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Let the fire of Red Gold take out our depleted old belief systems, purify them with the flames of Determination and Resolution, harmonize them with the Universal knowledge of Joy and Beauty in order to enter a completely New World reborn from the ashes of the old.

Y — Warm Deep Yellow
Sound — D#3
Level — Subconscious mind/Physical Body
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Transformation in the fire of Red Gold Ray starts with Purification of the subconscious mind by the earthy tone of Ochre. Ochre is a pigment derived from the soil, the ground that supports and nourishes us. The fire of Transformation can be painful or seems destructive only if we are not rooted, if we do not keep our feet firmly pressed to the ground. Ochre Light keeps us deeply rooted in our own nature while we are distilling our past experiences into a solid foundation for an astounding new life.
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Very often valuable and important knowledge that felt like a breakthrough in the past can be turned into a rigid dogma not relevant to the present life lessons any more. Back in the day Moses was that powerful and courageous character who was able to question customs and norms of the society he had been transforming and bring forward the revolutionary Ten Commandments. His unapologetic authority sparked a huge backlash from the people he was leading out of slavery into ultimate Freedom. The dispute was over due to the fact that among 12 lifeless stiff rods representing 12 knees of Israel only the rod of Aaron, Moses’s ally and associate, had budded, blossomed and bore ripe almonds over a night. In their turn The Ten Commandments became a dogmatic foundation of Christianity. If the commandments not to kill, steal or covet are timeless and transcendent, the ones to keep the Sabbath or not to make any graven image of God are relevant only to a specific creed.
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In the Eastern traditions a very useful knowledge of Karma (literally means “action” in Sanskrit) revealed by sages as the law of cause and effect has been molding tolerant and understanding generations for millennia. But merged with fear of possible repercussions and timidity disguised as Acceptance, in the minds of many, Karma took over the unfoldment of life. As long as we believe that our life is bound by Karma we find ourselves stuck in an endless chain of lifetimes, longing for freedom. However, a purified mind and heart recognize the primacy of Unconditional Love over any law of Existence and shape reality through the power of Grace.
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Let the Ochre Light from the depth of the intercellular space encourage us to look into the spiritual systems we have created (collectively or personally), scrutinize them thoroughly and with Gratitude and Appreciation for their service weed out dead stems and leaves of obsolete ideas and beliefs and melt them into pure Gold of Freedom.
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I am grateful for everything I have been. I am releasing everything I am not. I am free to create New Life based on eternal truths of Unconditional Love.

Y — Warm Deep Yellow
Sound — D#3
Level — Subconscious mind/Physical Body
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Transformation in the fire of Red Gold Ray starts with Purification of the subconscious mind by the earthy tone of Ochre. Ochre is a pigment derived from the soil, the ground that supports and nourishes us. The fire of Transformation can be painful or seems destructive only if we are not rooted, if we do not keep our feet firmly pressed to the ground. Ochre Light keeps us deeply rooted in our own nature while we are distilling our past experiences into a solid foundation for an astounding new life.
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Very often valuable and important knowledge that felt like a breakthrough in the past can be turned into a rigid dogma not relevant to the present life lessons any more. Back in the day Moses was that powerful and courageous character who was able to question customs and norms of the society he had been transforming and bring forward the revolutionary Ten Commandments. His unapologetic authority sparked a huge backlash from the people he was leading out of slavery into ultimate Freedom. The dispute was over due to the fact that among 12 lifeless stiff rods representing 12 knees of Israel only the rod of Aaron, Moses’s ally and associate, had budded, blossomed and bore ripe almonds over a night. In their turn The Ten Commandments became a dogmatic foundation of Christianity. If the commandments not to kill, steal or covet are timeless and transcendent, the ones to keep the Sabbath or not to make any graven image of God are relevant only to a specific creed.
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In the Eastern traditions a very useful knowledge of Karma (literally means “action” in Sanskrit) revealed by sages as the law of cause and effect has been molding tolerant and understanding generations for millennia. But merged with fear of possible repercussions and timidity disguised as Acceptance, in the minds of many, Karma took over the unfoldment of life. As long as we believe that our life is bound by Karma we find ourselves stuck in an endless chain of lifetimes, longing for freedom. However, a purified mind and heart recognize the primacy of Unconditional Love over any law of Existence and shape reality through the power of Grace.
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Let the Ochre Light from the depth of the intercellular space encourage us to look into the spiritual systems we have created (collectively or personally), scrutinize them thoroughly and with Gratitude and Appreciation for their service weed out dead stems and leaves of obsolete ideas and beliefs and melt them into pure Gold of Freedom.
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I am grateful for everything I have been. I am releasing everything I am not. I am free to create New Life based on eternal truths of Unconditional Love.

Y — Warm Deep Yellow
Sound — D#4
Level — Conscious Mind/Action
The genial warmth of Amber Light works like a tuning fork for our conscious mind. Attunement is a crucial part of Transformation. Our souls are always in search of Harmony, constantly readjusting their vibration, as sunflowers are in search of the Sun, constantly readjusting the position of their heads to keep the Source of Light in view.
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Attunement to the Higher Knowledge naturally follows Purification of the subconscious mind. The purge makes our minds more sensitive and receptive to subtle truths of the Universe. All diverse healing practices and modalities from different traditions serve this goal. But Attunement can also precede and initiate Purification. How often exposure to the beauty of music and art, the unexpected kindness from a stranger, the humility and vulnerability of a person we revere, the silent presence of a spiritual teacher rocks our world and ignites the fire of Transformation.
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Another important property of Attunement is Expansiveness. It opens us up not only to the higher but to the wider range of frequencies. We are able to recognize Beauty and Wisdom in all schools of thought, traditions and paths, in all forms and colors. We become susceptible to the Light Codes of Angelic Realms, Ancient Civilizations and Galactic Families. We can see their interconnectedness and finally feel being an integral part of the intricate tapestry of this Universe. Arcturian, Andromedan, Mintakan, Polarian, Hadarian, Pleiadian, Lyran, Sirian, Orion, Corvusian and so many more energies enter our reality not only in the ambiguous form of symbolic mystical visions and sensations but in crispy clear form of creative actions and collaborations.
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Let Amber Light stream along the lymphatic vessels of our body, remove alienation and estrangement from a wider Galactic Family and tune to the symphony of golden hues that mold us into new Galactic Beings.
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I am one with the Universe. I belong to the Galactic Family. I am here to co-create Beauty and Wisdom of the New World. I am expanding my perception and ways of Being.

Y — Warm Light Yellow
Sound — D#5
Level — Higher Self/Intuition
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Shining Golden Yellow Light indicates Rebirth, final stage of Transformation. Having released the old in the flames of Purification, having expanded to the new in the glow of Attunement, the Higher Self is ready to go through the process of Rebirth. It is a continuous never ending journey of updates and upgrades where death is not finite or dramatic. We are so focused on the continuity of a linear story our mind creates that we do not even notice how many cells die and get recreated on a regular basis within our physical body. The ease of dying and being reborn is kept within our own biology.
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The Golden Egg is a magical container of new life we carry within. It cracks open on its own time only when we let the old and dysfunctional die, release the expectations of how the new should look like or the fears of how the new might look like. It is safely stored in the warmth of radiant Solar Plexus waiting for the perfect time to hatch the brilliant Inner Sun. The Inner Sun illuminates the past, the present and the future. It brings Clarity into the karmic puzzles of various lifetimes, stitches together incoherent elements into a pronounced thread of the path that finally makes sense. It eliminates indecisiveness and doubts, enhances Beauty and Joy. With conspicuous Precision it sifts through the seeds of our past actions and lets germinate only those that are aligned with ultimate truths of Love. Inner Sun brings into focus the forgotten spiritual system of Ancient Time, dissipates dogmatic misinterpretations and with the influx of Golden Yellow Light upgrades and recreates them.
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Let Golden Yellow Light enter our Solar Plexus and ignite Confidence and Clarity of Inner Sun. Let the limitless energy of Inner Sun propels us out of comfort of indecisiveness, obedience and compliance into savage beauty of Independence, Creativity and Strength.
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I am recreating myself and the world. I allow my Inner Sun to radiate Strength, Confidence and Clarity. I can see clearly what to do and where to go next. I am free from dogmas of the past and open to limitless opportunities of the present. I am safe to create my own spiritual system.
Green Gold Crystalline Ray

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Y — Cool Yellow Crystalline Ray
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Crystal System — Cubic
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Periodic table group — 11
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Sound — E3-E4-E5
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Direction — Heaven to Earth
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Essential oil — Lemon
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Ascended Masters — Archeia Illumination, Archeia Hope
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Galactic Signature — Eltanin (Draco)
Green Gold Crystalline Ray is bridging yellow and green. Cool slightly greenish tones of yellow seem less welcoming than warm orangey shades of Red Gold (see Red Gold at page #). They are like a splash of cold water thrown on the face to sober us from a long slumber. Bright and sharp, they initiate Awakening.
Green gold is an alloy of gold and silver. Two metals together create exquisite greenish shimmer and almost blinding highlights. Back in the day, due to its high reflectivity, silver coating was used to make mirrors. Silver Light as the integral part of Green Gold Crystalline Ray provides us with the mirror we can look into, see a reflection of our thoughts and emotions and start acting differently. Pungent shade of Mustard light offers us a different Choice, sharp Canary Yellow light invokes so much needed Guidance and penetrating Lemon Yellow brings Matter and Spirit together into Union.
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Green Gold light bridges lymphatic and nervous systems and prepares the mind to wake up from an illusion of control. It brings mind to balance by facilitating the flow of chyle, a mixture of lymph and fatty acids or lipids formed in small intestines, liver and pancreas. It intensifies the brilliance of the Inner Sun within the Solar Plexus to become more susceptible to the guidance of Intuition. It breaks through the walls of mortality and unites our body and spirit not after death but in a current lifetime, right here and right now. Green Gold Ray shakes off all irrelevant and irrational fears, reconnects us directly to Source bypassing all the systems created on a personal or collective level. It illuminates the matter and wakes us up to a simple fact that everything is made of Light.
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The body of our planet also has an intricate system of golden channels, mystical ley lines, that interconnect energetic hubs, sacred sites all over the Earth. This energetic system was created by Seraphim Dragons, first beings fragmentized from Source and associated with the star Eltanin, Gamma Draconis, in the constellation of Draco. In Orthodox Christian tradition seraphim are depicted as the balls of light with six wings attending to the God's throne. "Seraph" means fiery or luminous and has ability to create light forms as a blueprint to manifest denser forms of life. They are a higher octave of Elementals. The element they work with is Light, where all other elements derive from. Similarly to their Water, Air, Fire, Earth and Ether counterparts, Seraphim Dragons are not engaged with human or other species drama at the playground of the Universe, they are building an environment for the souls to go through their karmic lessons.
Ascended Masters of Green Gold light are Archeia Hope and Archeia Illumination. Archeia Hope is a divine counterpart of Archangel Gabriel. She is the morning star, the one that arises over the horizon when the time of Awakening has come. She dispels gloomy thoughts of despair and replaces them with bright optimistic visions of the highest possible timeline. Those who choose Hope as their beacon are granted with joyful Dedication and playful Ease.
Archeia Illumination is a divine counterpart of Archangel Jophiel. She is the master of Light and Lightness, often seen as splinters or dots of light. She facilitates the transmission of knowledge by making it accessible through the virtue of Transparency. She governs lucid dreaming and swiftly moves between different realms and planes of Existence. As a messenger of Light Illumination welcomes the changes and helps integrate them on a physical level.
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Let the brilliance of Green Gold wake us up to the Wisdom of our own Spirit, guide us to the choices that will benefit our life and the lives of others, and reunite us with our own Light nature.
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I choose to wake up. I trust the guidance of my Intuition. I am an Immortal Light. I choose to reveal this Light within this life and this physical body.

Y — Cool Deep Yellow
Sound — E3
Level — Subconscious Mind/Physical Body
The deep cool yellow tone of Mustard light reminds us that Awakening is always the result of Choice made on a deeper level of the subconscious mind. Choice is an expression of our Free Will. Choice is a threshold we cross to initiate a new life. It is a clasp our mind uses either to attach to or to detach from the circuits of energy that activate different timelines and possibilities.
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However, Choice and Free Will, as important and imperative as they are, can exist only in the world of duality, the world of opposites, the world where Light opposes Darkness. So many of us are so afraid to make a wrong choice that we get stuck in the limbo of indecisiveness. But inability to choose is also a Choice. Choice defines the course of Life, the lessons we are learning, the souls we are encountering, the virtues we are exercising. Nevertheless, Choice as an extension of Free Will can always be changed. That's why we have to reiterate the choice until it becomes our inherent quality. If we keep choosing Light and aligning ourselves with Divine Will we eventually merge into them and witness the paradoxical beauty of Awakening. We start this never ending journey of embodiment of Light with a resolute Choice and come to the moment where all doubts and fears are resolved, and Choice and Free Will cease to exist.
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Let Mustard light enter lymphatic vessels and ducts and bring Transparency to the choices we make consciously and unconsciously. Let it ignite Discernment and Resolution within our Solar Plexus to clasp to the choices that align us with the Highest Good. Let it kindle Fearlessness within our guts to witness the brilliance of Divine Light and freely step into it.
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I choose Light through my own Free Will. I see my Free Will merging into Divine Will.

Y — Cool Medium Yellow
Sound — E4
Level — Conscious Mind/Action
Vivid Canary Yellow light is probably the brightest of all the colors. Its unsettling saturated intensity stirs things up, nudges towards the unknown, and makes us embark on a journey we have never thought of. It is the guiding light of the Star of Bethlehem that encouraged Magi, the wise men from the East, to set out for Jerusalem, the land they have never been before.
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Guidance is a crucial part of Awakening. In yogic tradition the path to Self-realization starts with the guidance of a spiritual teacher, the guru, who shows the way from the darkness to the light. But in order to recognize a true guru in the first place, we have to build a trusting relationship with our own inner voice, to get familiar with the most important guidance of our Intuition. Not everyone has their guides in a physical form, many of us are steered by the teachings and templates Ascended Masters left behind. Some have guides who even never were incarnated on this planet before. Our Intuition is the instrument the Spirit is using to lead us.
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Canary Yellow light is named after a bird that had been caged for its beautiful voice and entertaining songs. The songs of our intuition are also kept in the cage of our abdominal cavity, within the Solar Plexus, responsible for all these butterflies or wrenches in the stomach. To trust the gut feeling is no less than to believe in our own Light and capability to sense the Truth, to foresee the consequences of choices that have been made.
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Let Canary Yellow Light reinforce luminosity of the Solar Plexus, break through the walls of false humility and obedience, and shed the spotlight on the path ahead that leads to fulfillment of our destiny.
I am guided by the Spirit. Light of my Intuition shows the shortest, easiest and the most enjoyable way to fulfill my destiny.

Y — Cool Light Yellow
Sound — E5
Level — Higher Self/Intuition
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The uplifting shade of Lemon Yellow light is transporting us into a welcoming ecstatic embrace of the Higher Self. It pronounces Union between Spirit and Matter. Dove, a renowned symbol of Spirit, is usually depicted frontally. Frontal image implies that there is still a distinction between the object and the viewer. When we want to become one with the object we see, we visualize it from behind. A similar point of view initiates the process of merging into one another. Also frontal images create an impression of downward motion, images from behind create an impression of upward motion. The frontal image of Dove presumes that the Spirit is descending, entering the physical realm. The image of Dove from behind presumes that we are one with it and ascending back into the Higher realm.
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The ascending power that ushers in Union of Spirit and Matter lies within our Solar Plexus. This radiant star of the Inner Sun holds a tremendous amount of energy known as Will Power. Will Power is an immensely concentrated light of prodigious quantity that supports the fire of Transformation and helps maintain healthier eating behavior, physical activity, work/rest balance, entertainment consumption. Purified body and mind become more subtle, more flexible and eventually translucent. The auric field becomes so strong that it can be seen by the naked eye. Halos of the saints are nothing less but emanations of purified minds. We are coming to the moment when every cell of our physical body will wake up and start emanating the Light that will inaugurate the transmutation of Matter as we know it into a radiant alloy of two.
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Let Lemon Yellow light explode within the Solar Plexus and give birth to a supernova of Will Power that paves the way to Divine Union of Spirit and Matter.
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My physical body is made of Light. I emanate the Light of Spirit through every cell of my body. I enjoy the Divine Union of Spirit and Matter within my physical body.
Citrine Crystalline Radiance

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Y — Yellow Crystalline Radiance
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Crystal System — Trigonal
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Mohs Scale — 7
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Sound — D#6-E6 trill
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Direction — All-Permeating
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Essential oil — Magnolia
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Ascended Masters — Apollo, Tsohanoai
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Galactic Signature — Canopus (Carina)
Glistening yellow Crystalline Radiance of Citrine combines the properties of both golden rays with enchanting Gracefulness and Elegance. The Primary Virtue of Beauty it stands for, both transforms and awakens everyone and everything it comes in touch with.
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This Creation is designed according to a blueprint of Beauty based on its innate qualities of Harmony and Divine Order. That’s why Citrine Crystalline Radiance is very structured and defined. In visual art Beauty is described with a perfect spiral of the Golden Ratio, the Golden Section or the Divine Proportion. Visual objects whose proportions fall into the Golden ratio of 3:2 are perceived as harmonious and pleasing. All patterns in nature with their intricate design follow the path of the Golden Ratio spiral. Mathematically the Golden Ratio corresponds to the Fibonacci sequence of numbers that also can be found in consonant harmonies in music. Building blocks of musical harmony are intervals between sound frequencies. Combinations of different pitches are pleasing to the ear only if they fall into a specific ratio. A simple formula of a chord (1st, 3rd and 5th note of the octave) on a level of frequency is aligned with the Fibonacci sequence.
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Harmony and Beauty are self-organizing principles of Life. We just have to get our overthinking and self-defeating mind out of the way. Despite seeming complexity, Beauty leans on Simplicity. The most breathtaking pieces of art are manifested through simple and pure lines, colors and sounds. The most fascinating advanced spiritual masters manifest their inner Beauty through Simplicity and Humility. Inner Beauty also requires structure or discipline of the body and the mind. One of the most renowned yogic techniques is pranayama (breath work) based on a specific ratio of inhalations and exhalations. Structured breath pacifies the mind and allows it to create harmonious thoughts and share harmonious words. Citrine radiance of Beauty brings into harmony the regulated light of Will Power and the infinite light of Creation.
Canopus is the brightest star in the southern hemisphere constellation of Carina (the Keel), and the second brightest star after Sirius in observable sky. It is linked to angelic realm of golden light that is less of yellow, more of white color in its nature, better described as white gold. Angelic beings from Carina are also known as Southern Pleiadeans. Along with their Northern counterparts they hold the wisdom of the Heart. Northern Pleiadeans are the masters of the Higher Heart, the bridge that connects the Heart with the Voice (Throat) and Devotion to Sublime. Southern Pleiadeans are the masters of the Bottom of the Heart, that connects the Heart with Solar Plexus and Power of Creation.
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Ascended Masters of Citrine Crystalline Radiance are both connected to masculine principle of the sunlight. Apollo, the Sun God of Ancient Greece, and Tsohanoai, the Sun God of Navajo. Apollo is recognized as a god of light, music, poetry, truth and healing. He invented the lyre and gifted it to ancient musicians. He himself is a master of music who brings the healing light of Divine music into the world of humans and the world of gods. Apollo is also a master of archery and shoots the arrows of Truth either to cure the worthy or to kill offenders.
Tsohanoai is a spouse of Changing Woman, creatrix of Navajo. He is the Bearer of the Sun, or the life-giving force, the one who initiates his sons into their duties or their purpose, the one who never abandons his own duty and crosses the sky from side to side every single day.
Let Citrine Radiance bring Structure into the explosive Light of Will Power within our Solar Plexus, bring Harmony between thoughts and actions and illuminate our minds with creative Simplicity and humble Purity of Beauty.
I am aligned with Beauty of Creation. I create Beauty and Harmony within my mind and body, I project Beauty and Harmony through my actions and words. As Above, so Below.

Y — Yellow Radiance
Sound — D#6
Level — Essence of Primary Virtue
The essential color of Citrine Crystalline Radiance is the noble and gentle Ivory of queen-like magnolia flowers. It is a container of Evanescence, a fleeting fragrance of Beauty.
Eternal all permeating radiance of Beauty renders all objects and phenomenons in this Creation with exquisite Delicacy and astonishing Precision. Beauty is a song of Glory to the Divine. As much as Beauty itself is eternal and constant, the Creation designed along its guidelines, is transient and ceasing. Every single thing that has ever been created is destined to go through the cycle of Life and eventually return to Source.
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The human mind can recognize the eternal presence of Beauty in the objects around but it confuses appearances for essence and gets attached to the objects, especially to the way they looked or felt initially. Inevitable change brings about disappointment and a concept of ugly. If we praise only lush magnolia flowers with their sweet intoxicating scent, we’ll fail to see Beauty in their gradual color change of decay, in sophisticated two colored leathery foliage, in statuesque outlines of naked trunk and branches. Inability to see Beauty in ever changing reality gives rise to grief and overwhelming pain of loss where the mind also tends to be stuck and miss the next turn of the wheel and a new beginning. Evanescence refocuses our attention from a single moment in time to a perpetual flow of changes and teaches us to play and enjoy the fleeting Beauty of Creation.
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Let Ivory Radiance enter every single cell of our body, and through the softness of Detachment dissolve pain of loss of the past and fantasies of the future, and settle in the Sweetness of the present, and enjoy every single evanescent moment of it.
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I embrace the changes of Life. I detach from the memories from the past and fantasies from the future. I recognize and enjoy Beauty in every single moment of the present.
