Is your child an Indigo Child?

[PinkRabbit]

Okay, so here's a question (asked with my tongue so far in my cheek that it's tickling my ear), we know about Indigo Children, but can one have an Indigo Parent?

I ask because if I answer those questions on behalf of my father, he gets a score of 16. We always just thought of him as...well...eccentric, overbearing, and socially awkward (what can I say, dad's an electrical engineer---brilliant man, but...um...different), but perhaps we've discovered an all new phenomenon, namely Indigo Adults (we used to just call them odd, but this sounds much better).

Really, I think there's a fortune to be made in book that accompanies this theory.

Barb

 

[xouper]

SRW: This is a parody site right?

I can confirm that it is NOT a parady site. The main Lightworker® website and the various message boards there are inhabited by real people who (more or less) really do believe the nonsense they post or publish. Among those forum participants are many who pay good money to attend the many seminars and retreats sponsored by the Lightworker® non-profit organization. Steve Rother is indeed a real person and the founder of Lightworker®. He is a colleague and personal friend of New Age author and channeler Lee Carroll (www.kryon.org which is also not a parady site). Tami can confirm this too.

Zep: Xouper, have you gotten ANY response to your suggestion since then?

No positive response at all from the people who believe in Indigo Children. For the most part, it was largely just ignored.

 

[Zep]

Xouper, this sounds fairly typical of the whole deal. Just BELIEVE, BELIEVE, BELIEVE, and ignore anything to the contrary.

 

[Pakaran]

I still think we should post a question on that site about whether a normal man or boy can become an "indigo child" by purchasing preparations, eg via junk email, to enlarge his "biological equipment" to meet standards.

This is an important issue which these people should be considering.

 

[SRW]

I can confirm that it is NOT a parady site. The main Lightworker® website and the various message boards there are inhabited by real people who (more or less) really do believe the nonsense they post or publish. Among those forum participants are many who pay good money to attend the many seminars and retreats sponsored by the Lightworker® non-profit organization. Steve Rother is indeed a real person and the founder of Lightworker®. He is a colleague and personal friend of New Age author and channeler Lee Carroll (www.kryon.org which is also not a parady site). Tami can confirm this too.

Well the big question is how many of these people really believe this crap and how many are just scamming the gullible. I expect its a mixture of both.

 

[jallenecs]

I just finished following the links listed herein, and surfing the "Lightworker Forum." Indigo children? Crystal children? Angel children?" They can't possibly be serious!!!!!

 

[xouper]

jallenecs: I just finished following the links listed herein, and surfing the "Lightworker Forum." Indigo children? Crystal children? Angel children?" They can't possibly be serious!!!!!

Sadly, may of them are quite serious. I know this from direct interactions with some of them, and first-hand observations of many others.

SRW: Well the big question is how many of these people really believe this crap and how many are just scamming the gullible. I expect its a mixture of both.

My personal opinion, based partly on some of my personal correspondence with Lightworker® founder Steve Rother is that he is indeed a scammer. I can't actually prove it, though. He may even believe half of what he publishes. But a parady site? No.

Pakaran: I still think we should post a question on that site about whether a normal man or boy can become an "indigo child" by purchasing preparations, eg via junk email, to enlarge his "biological equipment" to meet standards. This is an important issue which these people should be considering.

Done that, been there. Got banned. Mention my name there and you too will likely get banned. Feel free to try, though.

Zep: Xouper, this sounds fairly typical of the whole deal. Just BELIEVE, BELIEVE, BELIEVE, and ignore anything to the contrary.

Exactly. Well, I would add that part of their motivation for believing what they do is that it makes them feel good. In fact, for many of them, that's their primary epistemological tool. If it feels good or feels right, it must be true, and if it feels wrong, it must BE wrong. Logic doesn't enter into it. They call this discernment process "resonating". If something "resonates", it's true, and if it doesn't resonate, it's not true for you. To many of them, all truth is relative.

 

[tamiO]

Okay, so here's a question (asked with my tongue so far in my cheek that it's tickling my ear), we know about Indigo Children, but can one have an Indigo Parent?

I ask because if I answer those questions on behalf of my father, he gets a score of 16. We always just thought of him as...well...eccentric, overbearing, and socially awkward (what can I say, dad's an electrical engineer---brilliant man, but...um...different), but perhaps we've discovered an all new phenomenon, namely Indigo Adults (we used to just call them odd, but this sounds much better).

Really, I think there's a fortune to be made in book that accompanies this theory.

Barb

Go for it Barb!

All you have to do is write up your theory, explain it was given to you by your higher self and ask for Indigo parents or their children to send in stories.

I just went and read some of the reviews for the first book on Indigo Children by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober... LOL !

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/002-6629094-4577621?v=glance&s=books

Despite these reviews, the book sold very well and their high priced seminars sell out.

I was privileged to attend one of their seminars in 1996 and it was quite an experience.

edited for clarity and spelling.

 

[xouper]

tamiO: I just went and read some of the reviews for the first book... LOL ! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/002-6629094-4577621?v=glance&s=books

I assume you remember Debra Hegerle, one of the contributors to that first Indigo book. And that she said Lee Carroll solicited another contribution from her for the second book and she told him to go stuff it, given the poor treatment she got from him after the first book was published. Of course, she was a kook in her own right.

 

[SRW]

After reading the post on the lightworker board I could not understand where these people were coming from. Then I found this and it all fits Indigo children are from Planet X.


____________________________________________________Nasa and the secret government would naturally keep this planet secret because it is actually described on other websites as a spaceship, it is red in appearance and several times larger than earth, it orbits every 3600 years and when it comes into contact with earth, this creates major catacylisms and destruction on earth, ---clip---
____________________________________________________

planet X

 

[Yahzi]

I have 4 aunts, each of whom had at least two children. By all record, my new-age aunt M spoiled her four children rotten, let them do anything, and in general lived up to all the idiocies of new age parenting.

Now that these kids are adults... they are college graduates, happily married, extremely nice, responsible, and functional people (well, the eldest daughter almost became a chiropracter... but a subscription to Skeptical Inquirer & her husband straightend her out, and the youngest girl is still a little wild).

All the rest of my cousins are pretty happy and functional too, but they don't have college degrees (despite the fact that all of their mothers do!).



I just chalk it up to good genes, luck, and one of those eternal mysteries.

 

[jallenecs]

I have a confession to make, made most terrible by the reply I made in another thread about always trying to take th moral high ground.

One of my husband's former friends (we have since cut him loose) has three children, whom he lets run absolutely wild. They would come to my house and destroy things, be physically abusive to my own children, you name it. The father REFUSED to lift a hand to any of them, regardless. His youngest -- a six year old!!!!! -- actually stole fifty dollars from my purse, and her father praised her for being clever enough to fool a grownup!!!

The man in question was into a lot of woo-woo stuff, and was generally a strange fellow. I don't know if he thought his children had any particular color, but that would not have been surprising.

Well, I put up with this stuff for a bit. And finally, I had enough. The oldest girl finally pushed me one step too far, and I lost it. I caught the girl hitting my oldest child (who was about five years older, and nearly fifty pounds heavier, and was only NOT hitting back because I had begged him not to kill the girl).

I grabbed the girl by the shirt front, backed her up until she was against the bole of our apple tree, and said to her, and I quote, "Listen Mary, I don't know what you do at your own house. I don't care if you burn the place down. But at MY house, you'll conduct yourself as a lady, and keep your GD hands to yourself. If you don't, then I'm going to KILL you, and your father can sue me later if he wants to."

Yeah, I know, not the most diplomatic thing to say. In some states, it probably would have gotten me arrested. But I was pushed to the end of my endurance. And I have to say, the girl was on her best behavior the rest of that visit.

Was the girl in question "Indigo?" Who knows? But I chalk her behavior up, not to attunement with whatever witchy-poo crap of the moment her dad was buying into. I chalk it up to the fact that she needed a ton of discipline.

 

[Thanz]

Did anyone else read the description of the indigo child and the quiz posted by Denise and immediately think "Wow! Lord Kenneth is an Indigo Child!"

The next step in the evolution of our species is here. I guess we really should call him "Lord Kenneth"

 

[Hexxenhammer]

Thanks Xouper for all the info. I read some of those links and I'm speechless. The messageboards are crazy. I read one post from a mother who thinks her kid is a "crystal" child and asks if she's right. Everyone who answers says yes, of course he is. The poster is now relieved she was right. Glad you got all that expert advise and validation from anonymous people on the internet lady!

Jeez...

 

[Soapy Sam]

Just took a look at the Delphi / Indigo site.

Good grief.

I blame Bill Gates: Time was, people that stupid didn't know how to use computers.

 

[john_v_h]

"Indigo" = Personality Disorder?

As I was reading the characteristics of the Indigo Child, something familiar nagged at me. I think I have found it. Here are the attributes of the Indigo Child compared to the diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (according to the American Psychiatric Association):

They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it).
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements).

They have a feeling of "deserving to be here," and are surprised when others don't share that.
Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her.

Self-worth is not a big issue. They often tell the parents "who they are."
Requires excessive admiration.

They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations.

They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and don't require creative thought.
Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.

They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (nonconforming to any system).
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.

They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).

They will not respond to "guilt" discipline ("Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did").
Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.

They are not shy in letting you know what they need.
Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

My inner child is an indigo child.

oops, I am mixing up threads......

 

[ImpyTimpy]

Re: "Indigo" = Personality Disorder?

I just read through your list and I must say, spot on. Kudos for the research!

As I was reading the characteristics of the Indigo Child, something familiar nagged at me. I think I have found it. Here are the attributes of the Indigo Child compared to the diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (according to the American Psychiatric Association):

They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it).
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements).

They have a feeling of "deserving to be here," and are surprised when others don't share that.
Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her.

Self-worth is not a big issue. They often tell the parents "who they are."
Requires excessive admiration.

They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations.

They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and don't require creative thought.
Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.

They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (nonconforming to any system).
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.

They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).

They will not respond to "guilt" discipline ("Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did").
Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.

They are not shy in letting you know what they need.
Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends.

 

[xouper]

john_v_h: ... Narcissistic Personality Disorder (according to the American Psychiatric Association):

Interesting analysis. I would predict, based on my own first-hand experiences with New Agers, is that if you present this info to them, the kind of response you will likely get is one of denial, that science doesn't know everything. They will simply not accept that the American Psychiatric Association knows better than they do about these things, in the same way they eschew the AMA and embrace homeopathy and Reiki. For them, logic doesn't enter into it and science does not have any epistemological privilege at all.

 

[Grommitt]

In 1996 the 5D Ascension Grid was created through the combined efforts of those we awakened and activated in the First Wave* (1994-1996) along with a new race of beings who began incarnating on Earth as early as the 1960s whom we call the Spider People. You have several names for them of which Indigos is the most common. This race is known throughout the galaxy for their ability to create technological webs. In return for assistance in reintegrating lower chakra emotions, which they had lost, they agreed to create a “web” through which you could access all information. You know it as the World Wide Web, or Internet.

Al Gore is one of the Spider People!