Hi Ruby! This one causes a lot of issues but for me the distinction is simple.
Orange ray is about how we relate with the self and the other self. It's a personal energy, as the relation to other self is almost always a relation to self. The energy is attractive.
Yellow ray is about the self in relation to the much larger societal self, and the "identity" one feels that they are experiencing as far as the collective perception of their being. The energy is expressive.
Very often, in much catalyst, these two energies are working together. So it's hard to pull out a catalyst that would just be orange or just be yellow. I will attempt briefly, but it might be better if you bring up some catalyst that you are dealing with (as vague as you need to be) to be evaluated for its potential chakra involvement.
Basically, disagreements with your partner, your family, your coworkers, your friends - any close, personal relationships - this is going to involve the orange ray. Worrying if so-and-so doesn't like you is orange ray. Feeling unworthy next to someone who is objectively "more worthy" is orange ray. Someone cutting you off in traffic is orange ray. Our personality "quirks" originate in blockage in the orange ray.
Yellow ray would be more about authority, and the systems that are in place that are less personal. If you lose you job and you have to go get food stamps and you are embarrassed to even walk into the "welfare" office, this is yellow ray. If you have to get a job that is beneath your skill level just to pay the bills, this is yellow ray. If you are angry one political candidate is in office because you would prefer another one, this is yellow ray. Yellow ray is more about how we have structured society and how we think we can further structure society to a more ideal end.
Orange ray is about how we relate with the self and the other self. It's a personal energy, as the relation to other self is almost always a relation to self. The energy is attractive.
Yellow ray is about the self in relation to the much larger societal self, and the "identity" one feels that they are experiencing as far as the collective perception of their being. The energy is expressive.
Very often, in much catalyst, these two energies are working together. So it's hard to pull out a catalyst that would just be orange or just be yellow. I will attempt briefly, but it might be better if you bring up some catalyst that you are dealing with (as vague as you need to be) to be evaluated for its potential chakra involvement.
Basically, disagreements with your partner, your family, your coworkers, your friends - any close, personal relationships - this is going to involve the orange ray. Worrying if so-and-so doesn't like you is orange ray. Feeling unworthy next to someone who is objectively "more worthy" is orange ray. Someone cutting you off in traffic is orange ray. Our personality "quirks" originate in blockage in the orange ray.
Yellow ray would be more about authority, and the systems that are in place that are less personal. If you lose you job and you have to go get food stamps and you are embarrassed to even walk into the "welfare" office, this is yellow ray. If you have to get a job that is beneath your skill level just to pay the bills, this is yellow ray. If you are angry one political candidate is in office because you would prefer another one, this is yellow ray. Yellow ray is more about how we have structured society and how we think we can further structure society to a more ideal end.
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