The phrase "Indigo Children" pertains to an idea that gained prominence in the 1990s through New Age writer and educator Nancy Ann Tappe and was subsequently elaborated by authors Lee Carroll and Jan Tober in their publication "The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived."
The idea posits that a fresh generation of kids, referred to as Indigo Children, is emerging with unique or extraordinary skills and characteristics that distinguish them from earlier generations. The idea suggests that Indigo Children are very sensitive, compassionate, perceptive, and frequently have psychic or spiritual talents.
They are considered natural leaders with a strong sense of purpose, frequently experiencing a profound bond with the environment and a wish to create positive change in the world. They might also be inclined to question authority and conventional thought processes.
Opponents of the notion contend that the characteristics assigned to Indigo Children are ambiguous and not unique to this claimed category of people. Doubters also highlight that there is a lack of scientific proof validating the presence of Indigo Children or their special skills. The idea of Indigo Children is still debated and not broadly endorsed by the scientific community.
As with any of these so-called "new age" ideas, the Indigo Children movementhas its fair share of skeptics, and with good reason.
Benjamin Witts, in a Skeptical Inquirer article, points out that the descriptions of supposed Indigo Children are so broad and vague that they could easily apply to almost any child at one stage or another. * Indigo Childrenin the Classroom * Support for Sensitive Indigo Kids * Indigo Kids and Crystal Children
Additionally, manyIndigo Childrensupporters claim that the only foolproof ways to determine if a child is really Indigo is by reading his aura or using Kirlian photography; as magician and skeptic James Randi wrote in his 1982 book Flim-Flam, neither of these methods is empirically valid. Cool.
patterns of behaviour which have not been documented before
Are there children in your classes who display some of these characteristics?
Much less likely than the other children in class to pay attention to school work and make seemingly inexplicable mistakes.
Appear to have substantially more difficulty sustaining concentration when engaged in practical or play activities.
Seem unable to listen even when spoken to directly.
Do not complete tasks which they have been given.
Unable to get hold of themselves and the set task sufficiently to organize their thoughts and plan a reasonable course of action, yet they do understand what is expected of them when questioned.
Actively avoid and clearly dislike tasks and activities that demand sustained concentration and thought.
Regularly manage to lose things – school items such as pens ans pencils, but also precious personal things like toys.
Easily distracted, turning towards movement and noise. ‘Over-alert’.
Forget routine tasks.
Appear restless in all situations.
Show a clear pattern of wandering around the room when the task demands that they are seated.
Take any opportunity for running around or climbing.
Do not engage in quiet play.
Seem persistently active, with little need for rest periods.
Say things which are not thought out; talk for the sake of it.
Raise hands and blurt out answers before the question is finished, and the real answer can be known.
Have real problems turn-taking.
Have weak social skills; unable to join conversations and play other than by barging in.
This behaviour in not a recent phenomenon.
Such children are described as exhibiting the three behaviours of:
Attention difficulties
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity.
At best, they are labelled as being a nuisance, uncooperative, hyperactive, antisocial, negative, out of control……
In the worst case, they are labelled as having ADD (Attention Deficiency Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder)
The major answer to such beahviour by the authorities (Educational, Social and Medical) is to prescribe psychotropic drugs based on amphetamines:
There has been a significant increase in the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD and subsequent prescription of Ritalin etc. in the past 20 years:
In USA
In 1990 900, 000 children were on Ritalin
In 2000 5 million children were on Ritalin
In AUSTRALIA
1 in every 36 boys in New South Wales, Australia takes Ritalin
In UK
In 1992 2,000 prescriptions for Ritalin were written
In 1999 158, 000 prescriptions for Ritalin were written
In 2001 254, 000 prescriptions for Ritalin were written
73, 200 6-16 year-olds in England & Wales have been diagnosed with severe ADHD
1.7% of the population/6-8% of the child population has been diagnosed as having ADHD
The system has tried to ascribe the increase in ADD/ADHD to a range of causes, from poor parenting, to inadequate (junk food) diet, to environmental issues (TV/Computer abuse), to changes in parts of the brain that control impulses and concentration, and which are genetic.
Why ‘Indigo’ Children?
In 1982, Nancy Ann Tappe published Understanding Your Life through Colour in which she classified certain types of human attributes which seemed to correlate to the colours of the electromagnetic field surrounding all living things – in the case of humans, the auric field. She found that a deep blue colour was being seen in about 80% of children born after 1980. She called this colour ‘indigo’.
The term was then coined by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober for their ground-breaking book 1999 on the new children.
It is no coincidence that ‘indigo’ is also the colour at which the 6th chakra – the so-called ‘third eye’ – primarily spins. This is the chakra which regulates psychic phenomena.
INDIGO CHILDREN IN NUMBERS
BORN AFTERPERCENTAGE
200095%
199490%
199285%
198415-20%
197410-15%
19645-10%
PRE-19640-5%
The ten most common traits of Indigo Children are:
they have a feeling of royalty
they feel they deserve to be here
self-worth is not very important to them
they have difficulty with absolute authority
they simply won’t do certain things
they get frustrated with ritual-oriented systems
they often see better ways of doing things
they often seem antisocial
they do not respond to ‘guilt’ discipline
they tell you what they need
They respond best when treated like a respected adult.
They are also usually:
headstrong and strong-willed
isolationist
easily bored
seek real, deep and lasting friendships
bond easily with plants and animals
The Indigo Child at School
At school this means they behave differently in important areas of classroom activity such as :
Knowledge
They can suck up knowledge like a sponge, especially if they like or are drawn to a subject, which makes them very advanced in their areas of interest
Experience
They know that experiencing life helps them learn best, so they create the experiences they need to help them with their current problem or area where they need to grow.
Relationships
They respond best when treated like a respected adult/equal. If you’re not playing your part of the relationship properly, they feel justified in challenging you about it.
Learning
They have an inherent strong determination to work things through for themselves and only want outside guidance if it’s presented to them with respect and within a format of true choice. They prefer to work things out for themselves.
Indigo Children live instinctively.
Education systems require research-based proof.
Indigo Children have self-esteem and a positive self-image.
Education systems require a socially acceptable ‘self’.
Indigo Children need discipline which is logical and realistic.
Educational systems have rigid and fixed rules of punishment.
Indigo Children need choices and the opportunity for experience.
Educational systems give orders and limit choice and experience.
Working with Indigo Children
Treat them with respect
Help them create their own disciplinary solutions
Give them choices about everything
Never belittle them
Always explain why you give them instructions
Make them partners in bringing them up
Explain everything you are doing to them
Let them decide what they are interested in
Avoid negative criticism. Offer support and encouragement
Clear some space for Jupiter’s re-emergence! After several months retrograde and despite the chaos of this recent eclipse season plus the final Uranus/Pluto square active these the last few years the energy of joy, hope, abundance, and expansion returns to the scene with Jupiter returning to direct motion in Leo.
Jupiter is Zeus in Greek mythology, the god of the gods. This cosmic philosopher adorning the throne on Mt. Olympus boasts in the abundance of his royalty status while sprinkling gold dust on all those deserving.
When Zeus puts on the Leo wardrobe royalty is exaggerated and all that actively participate in the co-creative manifest of the life experience find favor in Zeus’ court. However those who deny their creative will also deny the acceptance of Zeus’ royal abundance and may find exasperation with an excess of arrogant, pride-filled and egocentric interactions.
Where Jupiter is transitting in your natal chart is where you’ll experience the positive and/or negative manifestations of this expansive energy. To co-create your experience with Jupiter in Leo you want to focus on the joy of the inner child and honor your philosophy through leisurely and artistic pursuits.
ARIES: I AM the JOY of my inner child’s creative expressions
TAURUS: I AM the JOY of my home and family
GEMINI: I AM the JOY of my communicative pursuits
CANCER: I AM the JOY of my self-worth
LEO: I AM the abundance of JOY, I AM
VIRGO: I AM the JOY of my higher mind
LIBRA: I AM the JOY of my future
SCORPIO: I AM the JOY of my career pursuits
SAGITTARIUS: I AM the JOY of my search for knowledge
CAPRICORN: I AM the JOY of my accessible resources
AQUARIUS: I AM the JOY of my partnership relations
PISCES: I AM the JOY of my abundance in healthy practices
Indigo Children: Children of the New Dawn The sun-eyed children of a marvelous dawn, The massive barrier-breakers of the world, Into the fallen human sphere they came, Children have always been our hope for the future. Lasagne-alla-bolognese.
Certainly our human-animal species seems genetically adapted to follow the dinosaurs andmillion other species that once lived on Earth are now extinct. mother and sriAurobindo estimated that it could be another 300 years before conditions on Earth were ready for the incarnation of supramental beings.Once our children and grandchildren have played their part in healing the earth, in healing the split between spirit and matter and the ancient suffering we have suffered from that split, perhaps we can as their children in a new supermentalized liberated light body to return !
Drunvalo Melchizedek distinguishes between the Indigo Children and the Super Psychic Children, which I prefer to call the Crimson Children. Jimmy Twyman calls them the Children of Oz in The Emissary of Love and speaks eloquently about his own experiences with this latest group and the message they want to share with the world.In future generations they might be the first to enter what Sri Aurobindo foresawsupramental consciousness.
They are also known as Crystal Children.Steve Rother (www.lightworker.com) has been communicating with a group of Light Beings aptly calling The Group for many years.They talk about the coming new planet Earth and also have a lot to say about these crystal children.The Indigo Children have begun to change your systems regarding children. Imagine what the world will be like when Indigo's first world leaders take their place. As this unfolds, the New Earth will be firmly grounded in balanced crystal energy.
You will see a space created for empowered people on earth, regardless of their faith, gender or background.Blessed are the Indigo Children for they open doors.Children of Crystal Vibrationare what you think of as magical children with abilities you don't yet understand. Crystal Children's attributes are simply double, they are extremely powerful but extremely vulnerable. Achievements that seem impossible can seem like child's play to those of the Crystal Vibration.
You will begin to see magical abilities in human children that you have never seen before.The energetic makeup of these children can produce unusual responses to electrical devices. Crystal children will destroy electrical devices quite often until they get used to the energy. You can see some children developing physical senses that have never been part of the human experience before. Even your science will struggle to explain what these Indigo Children will perceive as simple energy.
At first, Crystal Children will tend to gather in groups where they can hold space for each other.
The Group continues, saying: Unlike the children of Indigo vibration, the Crystal Children are so sensitive that they may feel threatened by the harshness of what people are holding in their hearts. The Children of Crystal Vibration are powerful beyond your understanding. I have also been in email communication with many who are working with, or wish to work with, Indigo and
Crystal Children.
Many have beautiful and inspiring stories to share of their encounters with such children. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother felt from their own experiences that the Supramental Earth now already exists in a different dimension than our own. Perhaps the Crystal Children are the bridges. In time, as this consciousness deepens upon Earth, as they find each other and learn to work within the old structures of Earth, as the old structures give way to new structures that will sustain them and sustain supramental life upon the Earth, we might find ourselves at the threshold of a Collective Planetary Shift. The Sun-Eyed Children are the inheritors of this New Dawn! Shrimp-with-green-peas.
The Indigo Children had learned to link in with each other through what they called a consciousness field, and this field suddenly sprang out and surrounded the entire planet.
