So what's your opinion of Indigo children?

[Cathyclysmic]

So I've been hearing people dropping this buzzword lately. Haven't found a decent definition. I stumbled onto this website message board at work(yea, yea, I should be working).... So, is this a good definition? IMO,if it is a good definition, an "Indigo' person is anyone with a pulse.

What's your take on this?

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=4402&pst=91769

(If you don't want to click on the link, let me give you the condensed definition


Indigo Traits.....

Are intelligent, though may not have had top grades.
Had disgust and perhaps loathing for much of the required and repetitious work in school.
Were rebellious in school in that they refused to do homework.
Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs. Indigos resist authority and caste system of employment.
Prefer cooperative efforts, leadership positions, or working alone.
Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.
Have trouble with systems they consider broken or ineffective i.e. political, educational, medical, and legal.
Alienation from or anger with politics - feeling your voice won't count and that the outcome really doesn't matter.
Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.
Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at "Big Brother watching you."
If they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy individuals. )

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Yikes. That's me in a nutshell.

I'm an Indigo Boy!

[Cathyclysmic]

2. Blue Man Group!

[Misunderestimator]

25. Oh god... I think that I'm an indigo girl.

x(

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Mood Indigo

[Cathyclysmic]

8. Damn, even the Duke was an Indigo child..

amazing.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

26. Better than any pseudo-powerful "Indigo" by far!

:bounce:

:thumbsup:

[edwin]

4. Here's some background info

Wikipedia on Indigo Children
Indigo: The Color of Money

[Cathyclysmic]

12. Kryon! KRYON1111!!!11!@2

"The indigo child concept was first publicized by the book The Indigo Children, written by the husband and wife team of Lee Carroll and Jan Tober1. Carroll insists that the concept was obtained via conversations with a spiritual entity known as "Kryon"."

Who the hell is Kryon? Isn't that the spray paint I use in my art projects? Or is Kryon Xe-nu's red headed step kid?

[edwin]

17. Bwahaha!

:rofl:

Sorry, fell off my chair.

See here: Kryon

[Cathyclysmic]

19. Thanks for the link...

I'll look at it when I'm not at work. I'm sure the IT guys downstairs probably think I have lost my mind if they see where all I have been today.

P.S....KRYON111!!!!???:tinfoilhat: I believe in alot of things, but I draw the line at this.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. No, that was Krylon. Krylon died

and got the 'ell outta there. That was when He became a metaphysical shoulder to Kryon.

Sorry...No disrespect intended. Zap me with lightning bolts now if You wish, o Mighty One. :D

[djeseru]

5. So, then, all I need is balance?

:thumbsup:

Edit for spelling.

[edwin]

7. No, you gotta buy the book, djeseru!

:D

[djeseru]

10. That's what both Amway and Scientology told me!

Damn them. x(

[Cathyclysmic]

13. So have you found yourself yet?

Or just found yourself in broke and stuck with some books?

P.S...Kryon!!!!!????

[djeseru]

18. I'm still looking.

But I tend to step away when the solace they offer has a price tag on it!

And, yeah, my Krylon comes out of a can:

[Cathyclysmic]

22. The woman who channels Krylon, must also huff krylon

[Cathyclysmic]

9. Bingo!

Maybe it's because we are Indigo kids, but that's EXACTLY what I thought.:tinfoilhat:

[wildhorses]

6. Indigo Girls

Im trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
And the best thing youve ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
Its only life after all
Yeah

Well darkness has a hunger thats insatiable
And lightness has a call thats hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it
Im crawling on your shores

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
Theres more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
(the less I seek my source)
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

And I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a b-grade movie
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
Got my paper and I was free

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
Theres more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
(the less I seek my source)
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as Id been the night before
And I went in seeking clarity.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
Yeah we go to the doctor, we go to the mountains
We look to the children, we drink from the fountains
Yeah we go to the bible, we go through the workout
We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout
Theres more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
(the less I seek my source)
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

[Fox Mulder]

11. Sounds like me.

Why are they called "Indigo", though?

(I'm too lazy to click on links, if you can't already tell. Sad. I know.)

[Cathyclysmic]

14. My take on it so far....

A bunch of bored suburbanite's trying to validate how special their children are...even though they are very average yet boring.

[Fox Mulder]

16. Okay.

That's not me then. Average and boring don't describe me at all.

Thanks, btw.

[edwin]

20. And it's a "good" excuse

to not do anything about their less nice aspects.

Quote:

Indigo Children will display many of the following:

* Have difficulty with discipline and authority
* Refuse to follow orders or directions
* Find it torture to waiting in lines, lack patience
* Are easily distractible, can do many things at once
* Are often identified or suspected of having ADD or ADHD, but can focus when they want to
* Often express anger outwardly rather than inwardly and may have trouble with rage

Oh, and saw this one, too:

* Have very old, deep, wise looking eyes :shrug:

[Cathyclysmic]

21. Agreed

I know when I have a kid, he or she will be the center of my universe. But, I hope I live in some sort of reality about their behaviors and shortcomings.

"Have very old, deep, wise looking eyes"..That's reminds me of a guy that had a crush on me in college. He was the Janitor in the student center. He liked me because he thought I was a fellow alien. He could tell I was an Alien because of my small wrists and deep, dark brown eyes. He also thought Karen Carpenter was an alien because of the same reason( not because she was anorexic).:eyes:

[Beware the Beast Man]

23. I totally did it with a Romulan!

:P


:loveya:

[Cathyclysmic]

24. That would explain alot....

BTW, Are you going to respond to my message in your inbox or what?

[no name no slogan]

41. Wha???

That sounds like most teenagers I knew growing up.

Wow, the suburbs must REALLY be boring if they're writing books about this shit.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. I'm an Indigo Child apparently.

I also love the Indigo Girls.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. I *thought* Indigos were supposed to have some weird paranormal abilities?

And that was why they are called "Indigos"--their "auras" are very, very purple, which is supposed to be some significant/paranormal/psychic/magic/spiritual color.

:shrug:

[Cathyclysmic]

29. That's the gist I have heard also...

But did you see post #4? Very strange stuff.

[noonwitch]

28. Sounds like a way to convince yourself that your ADHD kid is Buddha

I'm sorry, but a whole bunch of new age bullshit does not make your ADHD kid any more special than anyone else's kid.

or, conversely, all children are special and can become healthy individuals as adults if their parents don't try to convince them they are somehow different or more special than everyone else because they don't like to follow the rules the rest of us have to.

[Cathyclysmic]

30. I could not have said it better myself.

I feel bad for the parents. Is their life is so dull that they convince themselves that they have sprouted the second coming from their loins? I guess thinking your kids are otherworldly special is much easier to handle then ADHD.

[xmas74]

31. I would be an Indigo

if I were younger but still find it to be a bunch of crap.

They want these kids to be wonderful and peacebearers. Check out some predictions by John Hogue sometime, if you want the opposite effect. I believe he was the one that called them "End Bringers" for those same reasons that they are being heralded.

[HiSee]

32. It is easier to be special than it is to be "special".

My brother who is an urban, organic, educated, hippie brought the subject of Indigo's up to me a few years ago. He did not know the Kyron connection though. It was his belief that the Idigo's are a precurser to Crystal Children. Star Children are supposed to posses all of the Indigo attributes, plus ESP. He has a five year old, very inteligent, difficult, daughter.

I think it was his way of explaining the difficulties many of the children (siblings & cousins) in our family have faced. Many of us have been challenging to our parents and had difficulties in school, even though we tested well. No disorder quite fit, although some of us were labled ADHD or learning disabled. Recently we found out that Asperger Syndrome is prevelent in our family, most of the children show some traits and a few have been diagnossed with the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

[Lilith Velkor]

33. Since you asked

I took a test to see if I'm an Indigo adult, got 25 out of 25, and joined the Yahoo group.

All they talk there is fluffbunny, whitelighter, New Age codswallop. Same shit, different Celestine Agreements.

[Cathyclysmic]

37. Do you know where the test is?

I'll take it. I just found out about the wife-channeling Krylon today myself. That took any credibility away.

Like I said, I believe in alot of things, some would probably call me new-agey. But this smells of bullshit to me.

[Dukkha]

34. are they like Ginger Kids?

the ones with no souls
not to be confused with daywalkers

[Cathyclysmic]

38. No, but that was a decent South Park episode.

[Cathyclysmic]

39. No, but that was a decent South Park episode.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. My opinion is we spend far too much time labelling people

and not enough just living.

[China_cat]

40. I figure it's just another way to keep from saying

that they're spoiled brats whose parents declined to discipline them.

[Blue_Tires]

42. my opinion?

spoiled, entitlement-minded wise-assed brats that tend to think they know everything there is to know by age 13, and cover their ears when an adult tries to wise them up to the fact that it's a harsh world out there and it doesn't owe them SHIT....(and i can say this because i used to be one, or close to it, at that age)

and yes, i do teach in the public schools system....

[Just Me]

43. But but but,...you are sounding a LOT like an indigo adult.

*wink*

I have a 15 yr old son. One evening, he got so ugly, I told him, "okay, you're in charge, I'm leaving for awhile", went to a hotel, for one whole night.

He got up, went to school, fed himself dinner and became a different person for, oh, about a whole week. Maybe, I should pull that tactic about twice a month or so (except, I'd probably be charged with neglect or something). Good grief, parenthood!!!

[Blue_Tires]

45. don't worry, sooner or later

he'll learn that you were right about all the things you tried to tell him about how the world works (just as you and i did when we were that age and couldn't be bothered to listen to those boring, lame-ass grownups)

fwiw i didn't have that much of a behavior problem, but i was the king of the smartasses (which is why it's so strange for me to get these same attitudes back from kids in school today)

and i still don't understand why kids that once upon a time were crybabies, had bad attitudes or were simply brats now get elevated to this 'special' designation--and for the record, my 'day' was not that long ago as i turn 30 this year

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. OMG! That's totally me!