Sweet Orange

A truly amazing oil, this one. Just the healing and soothing to be found by reading this following piece alone is worth the time taken. I use Sweet Orange not nearly enough and came across this text today while I was working. This is a timely reminder to align myself with the energy of this oil more often.

SWEET ORANGE (Citrus sinensis)

Oil of SWEET ORANGE is a good friend to all who use her.  She tends the sick, the weary, the loveless, the uninitiated and those who seek merely upliftment in whatever circumstance.  SWEET ORANGE offers joy and the resolution to take a step forward in a task, decision or merely an action towards development.  needs SWEET ORANGE Oil needs to be used over a period of time. She has a short-term healing power compared with some other oils that linger longer in the subtle bodies, but do not be deterred from using the intensity of SWEET ORANGE’s healing power.

Oil of SWEET ORANGE can assist you to relax into who you really are.  When faced with difficulties and challenges in life, Oil of SWEET ORANGE will draw you inward to discover the inner joy of your inner being which nurtures and uplifts when all goes wrong in the outer world.

Those who require Oil of SWEET ORANGE are usually unaware that their circumstances have been chosen so that they can learn and develop.  Oil of SWEET ORANGE will also help those who are often aware of this concept but, due to weariness, or seemingly difficult times, have temporarily lost faith.  When you do not take responsibility for your situation and state of mind, energy depletion on all levels results.  When you don’t turn inward for answers but rather look outward for causes, you will find it difficult to flow in the river of your life.

Oil of SWEET ORANGE poses two questions. Firstly, do you want to move forward and grasp your spiritual destiny? Secondly, what is it that prevents you from doing so?  The origin of the emotional block will vary from person to person, but the patterning in the body’s energy matrix will be similar. This inertia to move on is due to past hurts and traumas where you will have been the victim of the powers of the time that may have used the fear of loved ones being hurt to modify your political, religious, cultural, etc attitudes.  The emotional trauma of not living in your Truth, with the threat of your dear ones being hurt, deeply affects the heart, spleen and small intestine meridian function.  When this energetic pattern is tangled up in the emotional body, you can feel not only vulnerable but also powerless to express your Truth and the mission your Soul has chosen for these times. Often you may begin a task with great conviction and enthusiasm only to find that, a short distance into the task, you experience inexplicable feelings of anxiety and vulnerability that undermine your resolve to complete the task.

The Oil of SWEET ORANGE awaits our service, so if you require its healing frequency, know this,

In these times it is important to know ‘who’ you are. If you move about your world without a sense of ‘you’, life will become difficult, shrouded in fog where you can’t see the forest for the trees, or like an impassable river where while you can see the other side you don’t know how to get there. The moment you acknowledge the role of your inner world, you will have made the switch to being responsible and in control of your destiny once more.

Then, and only then, will your life and your Soul’s choices be revealed. Look within, reveal the pain, deal with it, own it and then liberate it. Joy and wonder at the being within, who has been part of you since your first breath on this Earth (and long before) will be the result. You carry so many talents and so much knowledge from times past which will never leave nor abandon you, but will always be there for you. Come to know this part of you and you will feel the freedom, the love and the inspiration.
You want to do so much, say so much, share your talents, but you feel unworthy of the task. It is now time to clear the old traumas that hold you back and that imprison you in your belief system.
Look within and share your light with others. Discover the secrets that you carry within and use this knowledge to reconnect with who you really are. The pain will often cloud your resolve, but do not be deterred from your quest as this is the lifetime of lifetimes to shed the old heavy energies of the past that weigh you down. Use this pain to propel you into the light and the State of Grace. Bathe in this love and you will never be the same again.

While Oil of SWEET ORANGE in its sweetness and light is gentle, on a spiritual level there are few oils that can match its power to work through old, dark and stuck energy.  It is particularly useful when working with animals as it can relieve many symptoms that are vague in nature and do not have a definite cause.  These are usually due to blocked energy of a spiritual nature. When the human realises the level of evolution of all animals of this planet, they will feel a sense of humility. The ego of the human has set up a false hierarchy of human and other animals; this has been the cause of much cruelty, disrespect and treachery in the treatment of these dear ones with whom they share the planet.  If you think that the animals who share your life require the services of SWEET ORANGE, create a spray of it with 125mm of pure spring water and flower essences such as Bach Mimulus, or the Australian Bush Essence, Kapok, with the colour tinctures of Blue and Pink. This mix will ease their Spirit so that their physical healing can take place.

SWEET ORANGE moves fast in the aura, permeating the darkest areas and infiltrating them with light and love.  It resonates to the second and third chakras but can also help if you are working on the creative aspects of spiritual thought and expression in the throat and third eye chakras.  Many other vibrational attributes are connected to SWEET ORANGE.  The amplification properties that are well known are due to an almost jet propelled movement of atoms in the molecule.  SWEET ORANGE has the ability to move energy by a spiralling motion so that it becomes ‘looser’ in the aura, and so that emotional issues attached to it can be faced and resolved.

Regarding space, SWEET ORANGE is particularly good for places that have little chi flow due to the problems of chakras on the landscape.  Many times, landscape chakras have been suffocated due to human ignorance of the patterns of energy that flow across and above this planet.

—from Baxter, Lee, Healing Botanicals; Plant energies to heal person and place
(Creek Publications, Bendigo; 2003)