Special Report

Inner Gold

by Korani Connolly

I have always liked gold. Something about its shine, its lustre, and its quality of being slightly elusive always appealed. It wasn’t until I found myself writing a book some years ago, however, that I discovered a deeper significance to gold. I was in South Africa visiting Colour Mirrors creator, Melissie Jolly, who had just added seven ‘Golden Gaia’ oils to her colour healing system, Colour Mirrors. To say I took these golden bottles into my heart would be an under-statement. From the first, I was mesmerised, transfixed, bewitched. The particular shade of gold was pale, soft, flaxen and delicious: this was literally liquid gold.

For the week I was with Melissie, we sat and gazed at the beautiful golden bottles, but we were not just enjoying the colours, we were soaking up their energies and messages. Melissie’s creations are far more than ‘just’ colour. They exude a light and radiance that almost everyone responds to in some way. Whether they stir up an emotion, bring peace to your heart, quieten your mind or make you smile, each Colour Mirrors oil has a specific colour or combination of colours that brings about a response.

Colour is a language, and even if your mind does not know it, your body – and your spirit – speaks it fluently.

Over the course of my week with gold, I felt extraordinary changes taking place within me: bliss, joy, huge excitement and a well of creativity bubbling up inside. I felt as if I had found a truth – a truth so huge my mind could not fully comprehend it. For what these Golden Gaia bottles showed me was my own unique inner gold. They showed me that it is the powerful light within each human being that makes us who we are. They showed me the beauty and the magnificence of the human spirit. They showed me that there is a power within each of us that transcends who we ‘think’ we are. They even showed me the potential for humanity, if we can evolve beyond the limited and limiting mindsets we seem collectively to have embraced.

The golden bottles began to convey so much information that I felt compelled to write about them, and a book, The Language of Light, began to take form. As it did, I realized there would be no turning back for me now. I could no longer ignore the call of my soul to follow the path it was laying out for me, and soon my life began to take on a kind of golden glow. Everything flowed. As soon as I had a desire it would manifest. My creativity blossomed. I was also given a profound taste of living in an expanded state of consciousness.

This blissful state lasted quite some time, and has informed my life ever since, but I have also experienced my share of struggles and challenges like anyone else. I have certainly had times of finding it difficult to access my inner gold, and during those times, I would call on the messages of gold I received from the Golden Gaia bottles. They reminded me that the gold was still there inside me if I could keep chipping away at the rocks surrounding it: the conditioning, the limiting beliefs, the traumas I had experienced, and the dramas I had created.

Now, the more I access my inner gold, the more I live in a flow state. Gold helps me remember how to value myself. I choose to find the ‘gold’ in the challenges I face and be grateful for the blessings. I find a storehouse of wisdom and inner knowing I can turn to and rely on. I keep on reaching for the gold within me and drawing on its power.

Not everyone owns physical gold. But everyone has inner gold!

Gold helps us see who we are, perhaps from a higher perspective than we might usually view ourselves. When we describe something as ‘gold’ or ‘golden’, it is because it is priceless, precious and valuable; special, significant and admirable; shiny, beautiful and brilliant.

Your inner gold is what makes you ‘you’. Your inner gold is what makes you precious, of value, of worth – to yourself and others. It is the beauty, the light, the glow you carry inside. It is your unique brilliance: the things that others admire in you, and that you respect in yourself. Gold is the spark that shines out through your eyes. It is your spirit, and your individual essence. And when you truly access your inner gold, you cannot help but feel empowered.

What do you value about yourself? What do others value about you?

Imagine you are a true friend, one who knows and loves you deeply and sees you clearly. What would this friend say about you if asked to describe your inner gold? If asked to share all the gifts, talents, skills, qualities and characteristics that make you so precious to them? Write it all down, without censoring, without stopping. Dig out every last nugget of gold you can find. When you are done, take a breath and read it back. This is YOU! This is your inner gold. If it feels hard to own it, just notice that.

Now highlight the top 4-6 things your friend has said about you, the ones that resonate the most, the ones that feel most ‘right’, most ‘you’.

Distil them down into one sentence. You can mix and match words, pick out some nuggets, discard others, add new ones. Refine this sentence until it perfectly sums up your inner gold, your inner worth, your inner preciousness.

Now see or imagine it as a golden light in your heart. See or feel it right there inside you. Let yourself feel, even for a moment, that it is truth.

Write it out (preferably in gold). Place it somewhere you can see it, and let yourself receive this beautiful golden message often. It is your inner gold that lights up the world!

Korani’s book, The Language of Light, features the seven Golden Gaia oils from Colour Mirrors. The second edition is due for release April 2022 and will be available in paperback and e-book format.