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Indigo Children

  • 24-07-2006 03:48PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭


    Found this article interesting:
    July 24, 2006 — Sandie Bershad says she's always felt different than other kids and generally prefers the company of adults.

    At age 12, Sandie, now 17, says she went into a deep, two-year depression because she felt that no one understood her.

    She was treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with medication, but as she grew up, she said, she realized that she had special gifts and abilities, including the ability to see angels and hear voices.

    "I see dead people. I see my grandmother. She visits me all the time," Sandie said. "I have always been visited by spirits. For the past two years, I have been on a spiritual path, and I have come to help a lot of people with my psychic abilities."

    Sandie is one of the so-called "indigo children" — named for the blue aura some say they see surrounding them.

    Indigo children are described as highly accomplished, deeply spiritual, and gifted with psychic abilities.

    As with most paranormal experiences, this is more about faith than science. For parents Tammy and Aaren Glover, their children are the proof.

    "All three of the older children remember vividly previous lifetimes that they have had," Tammy Glover said. "And Maielaya, for example, lives in lucid, vivid memory of being my mother."

    They often talk about speaking with God, angels, or people who have died. Believers say indigo children are often rebellious to authority, nonconformist, extremely emotional, and sometimes physically sensitive or fragile.

    "Indigo children have access to human experience at a larger level, at a greater depth than most people do," said Neale Donald Walsch, author of "Conversations With God."

    Most have piercing blue eyes — though Sandie does not. Skeptics, however, believe these children may be autistic, have attention deficit disorder, or suffer from some other behavior disorder.

    "No rigorous scientific tests have proven the existence of these so-called paranormal gifts," said psychology professor David Stein.

    However, Marjie Bershad, Sandie's mother, says she knew her daughter was different "in utero."

    "There was always something different about her — more adult, more focused," Marjie Bershad said.

    "She was a force to be reckoned with," said Sandie's father, Tom Bershad. "She never acted like a child. She was sophisticated and in charge. It's the same with other indigo kids."

    When Sandie was 2, she told her mother that she had chosen her and her father to be her parents.

    About 10 years later, Sandie told her mother that before she was born, her maternal grandfather, who had died when Marjie was 1, had helped her choose her parents.

    Sandie said her most memorable experience was when her friend's recently deceased father appeared to her.

    "I called my friend and she was crying — had no idea this could have happened to her and her father. I described what he looked like and she's like, 'Oh, my God. That's my dad,' Sandie said. "He contacted me so I could give messages to her family and her friends."

    Sandie said that the father had revealed some private things to her that no one could know about his marriage.

    "I had to keep that back for a while because I didn't want to say anything when he first died," she said.

    Sandie says she can do an accurate reading of a person and tell what is troubling them and often advise them on how to fix it.

    "I feel totally surrounded by their feelings, embodied by them," she said. "It's kind of like a trance. I zero in on only the person and myself. Sometimes it's very intense because the person will develop an attachment to me because they feel like I'm the only person who truly understands them. They ask me for advice, so I'll offer options and choices rather than just tell them what to do."

    She has even helped her father with problems he has had at work.

    "I talked to Sandie about it, and she was able to give me real insight into the situation," he said. "She also told me about an employee doing something not quite right, and I was able to handle the problem."

    Some say as many as 90 percent of all children have indigo traits.

    Sandie believes that all people share her ability and can unlock it if they are open to being mentored by an indigo.

    She is happy that she has discovered her gift, after being misunderstood for so long.

    "A new world opened up to me," she said. "I felt someone finally understood me and helped open other spiritual realms for me and develop my gifts. I started channeling other people. I felt really in tune."


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    More on Indigo children:
    Who exactly are these indigo children? There is a generation of children that started arriving in the 1970's that are extraordinarily different from the considered norm and labels our society has created.

    http://www.thechildrenofthestars.com/index.htm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Actually the more i read this the more it worries me, and this is me speaking as someone who'd had some experiences.
    These special children are usually labeled ADD or ADHD because of their extremely high nervous system. This nervous system is a result of vibrating at a higher vibration then most humans. So to a "normal person," it would seem that the indigo is hyper or out of control.

    This might not be the case with all indigo children. It could have an adverse affect. Qualities of depression, suicidal behaviors, bi polarity, and many other psychological problems could develop if these children aren't encouraged to be who they are and connected with their life purposes.

    http://www.thechildrenofthestars.com/theindigochildren.htm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭ladybirdirl


    Hey there,

    Have seen this somewhere else recently

    Doreen Virtue (who does a lot about angel therapy and all that) has a big belief in this - I think her site is angeltherapy.com

    Sounds a bit sad to me that anything different gets labelled as ADHD

    Ladybird


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Yes but there is the other side that some conditions may become labelled as gifts of the reasons for them be seen to be paranormal. We have to remember that conditions like skitzopherinia (spelling) where once thought to be demon possession and such. I understand that that is a very negative example and fully believe that there are people, children included, who have psychic abilities but is saying that conditions like ADHD and ADD are just signs that these children need to be "tutored" irresponsible?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    This is not a debate on children with these conditions, I am merely pointing out an element of the article that did concern me.

    On the topic of Indigo Children, I know i've met children and young adults that had "something" about them. These are normal children that just have a different vib.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    I think there is somthing about certain children and there seems to be a lot of them about but I think 'indigo child" is being bandied about too much and had been hyped and is being used as a scapegoat.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    Actually half jokingly I thought I was an indigo child at the start of the year. Went and researched it and all. Dont have much to add to the discussion other that i began introducing myself to people as "Graham the Indigo child" . The looks I got, but I could see them coming.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭ladybirdirl


    6th,

    I see your point but given that we finally managed to move away from labelling people who are in the grips of mental illness as "posessed" I think it would really be a shame to label indigo kids as ADHD just because it suits the medical fraternity!

    Having said that I do also agree that the term does seem to be the buzz word of the hour.

    Ladybird


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭stormkeeper


    I can identify with a lot of that, most notably the "being different" and the piercing eyes... the being different definately popped up as a child.


    What does it mean about a "high nervous system"?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Thaedydal wrote:
    I think there is somthing about certain children and there seems to be a lot of them about but I think 'indigo child" is being bandied about too much and had been hyped and is being used as a scapegoat.

    I completely agree, unfortunately there will always be popular terms, they can be damaging as the term comes to mean more than the child itself.
    I think it would really be a shame to label indigo kids as ADHD just because it suits the medical fraternity!

    But is it a case of labeling indigo kids as ADHD or labeling ADHD as indigo kids?
    Kennett wrote:
    I can identify with a lot of that, most notably the "being different"

    In fairness what kid when looked at isnt different? Its only if we generalise do kids fit into boxes like "normal" etc., to say some kids are different is to say the rest are all the same.

    What we are talking about here really is these children who are said to have noteably blue auras and a certain "knowing" or maturity about them that some would say comes with having an old soul or a high degree of psychcic awareness.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭stormkeeper


    6th wrote:
    In fairness what kid when looked at isnt different? Its only if we generalise do kids fit into boxes like "normal" etc., to say some kids are different is to say the rest are all the same.

    I was picked on for being different to the other kids... my mum told me that I came home crying one day because I didn't want to be "different", so obviously I wasn't normal compared to the rest...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Thats when you look at the rest from your point of view, each one of those kids went home with their own problems at times i'm sure. Surely you cant say that each one of those kids in your school were all the same?

    I'm not saying for a second that you didnt have "something" about you which made you stand out in some respects but my point is how do we recognoise these children of potential unless we are them or part of their family circle?

    To say someone isnt one based on little or no knowledge is very closed minded.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    From reading up on Indigo Children, they seem to be being told that they are a special group and sectioned off (by adults).

    Throwing labels out there is a bad idea but its even worse when its kids, their minds will be shaped by the ideas put in their heads. Sure nurture them and help them to develope spiritually and as people but not at the cost of alienating them and those that arent as "special".

    Surely we should let kids be kids?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Kids should be kids but yes there are a lot of old heads on young shoulders and the numbers seem to be increasing and treating a wide, wise and mature 15 to 17 year old like they are a child when they are a young adult is going to cause a lot of problems.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Thaedydal wrote:
    Kids should be kids but yes there are a lot of old heads on young shoulders and the numbers seem to be increasing and treating a wide, wise and mature 15 to 17 year old like they are a child when they are a young adult is going to cause a lot of problems.

    I agree it would coz problems which is why i'm not suggesting it should be done. My problem is singling some children out (some as young as 8 and 9) and telling them that they are "different from other kids" and "special". There are better ways to handle it than throughing them up in front of the media.

    I'm not saying this is always the case but sometimes its like the parent is living it out through the kid, like you see when pushy parents "encourage" their children, burning them out in the process.

    As parents the best we can do for our children is provide a safe, healthy and supportive enviroment for our children. Feeding and caring for their spiritual and personal development.

    I have absolutely no problem with recognising children with these qualities which may lead them to be called indigo children, my problem is when they begin to say that ADHD and other conditions are not medicle/psychologic problems but indicators or psychic ability and are then treated as such. Are authism and dyslexia to be considered in this way also?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Authism no.
    As for dyslexia I have my own ideas about that due to my own difficulties and those that I know.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    So would you say there is a rise in children who are more psychically aware than say 10/20 years ago? Or is it that the area is more popular now (gets more media attention) and therefore people are either noticing more or jumpin on the bandwagon?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭ladybirdirl


    Got ya 6th,

    I see where you're coming from and you're right. More important than labels or the debate as to are they/are they not special is as you say the fact that they need to be allowed be children


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    6th wrote:
    So would you say there is a rise in children who are more psychically aware than say 10/20 years ago? Or is it that the area is more popular now (gets more media attention) and therefore people are either noticing more or jumpin on the bandwagon?


    I think it is a combination of more old heads on young sholders,
    having the time to think and develope that side of ourselves and
    we don't restrict children and tell them not do day dream ect.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    So an increase in freedom of thought is partially responsible for this surge in Indigo Children? I'd buy that.

    Would love to know if anyone else has any ideas as to why now there seems to be an increase .... it is the age of aquarias after all ;)


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    Indigo children was one of the first paranormal things I came across back when I started looking into the whole area. I bought into it in a big way at first, believing myself to be an indigo, but I got a bit put off by the way many seem to look at it. Americans in particular, but it is spreading, seem to be desperate to label their little darlings with anything that'll explain away any bad behaviour and give them an excuse to avoid any real parenting. It's kind of the same with ADD, and the two are often interlinked, in that many parents would prefer to have their children labelled and stuffed full of drugs instead of just accepting that kids aren't perfect and sometimes need to be disciplined.
    6th wrote:
    So an increase in freedom of thought is partially responsible for this surge in Indigo Children? I'd buy that.

    Would love to know if anyone else has any ideas as to why now there seems to be an increase .... it is the age of aquarias after all ;)
    The age of aquarius does seem to be central to the whole idea (altough I thought it didn't start till 2012 ?). The idea seems to be that the age of aquarius will lead to an evolutionary leap in the human race, and the indigo children are an intermediate step on this path. The coming of the age of aquarius will see mankind's energy/vibrations raised to new levels, long lost spiritual knowledge and abilities will be rediscovered and relearnt, and our DNA will change to support all this. Indigo children are supposedly here to help prepare the world for, and help facilitate the transition.

    Metagifted.org Indigo Index
    Metagifted.org Crystal Children (the next step)
    Great Dreams - Indigo
    Crystalinks article (quite well balanced)
    And another


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭El_mariachi


    aren't there supposed to be telekinentic too?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    aren't there supposed to be telekinentic too?

    I'm not sure i understand this question but it seems like you are assuming that these indigo children and people with telekinetic abilities wold be mutually exclusive?

    The suggested heightened psychical awareness of these "indigo children" would manifest itself in many ways, not limited to telepathy, telekenisis etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭El_mariachi


    yeah... i rememeber reading a book... which i am looking for again round my house which says that indigo children show strong control of telekentic powers and can develop these skills easly....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    yeah... i rememeber reading a book... which i am looking for again round my house which says that indigo children show strong control of telekentic powers and can develop these skills easly....

    I'd love to see a demonstration of these powers they so easily develop. If they can show them then theres a million dollars in it for them from the James Randi Foundation.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Zillah wrote:
    I'd love to see a demonstration of these powers they so easily develop. If they can show them then theres a million dollars in it for them from the James Randi Foundation.


    Well then why not contact one of the groups i the states and ask? They seem like a friendly bunch. Of course they may not be bothered about providing proof or the $1m, some people would say its a cop out but even if someone could levitate a chair on command why bother to go proof it - fame, money? Thats not important to some people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    I suppose its possible. But isn't there a lot of publicity about the Indigos? Aren't there lots of people eager to share the revelation, find more indigos, change the world and all that?

    Going on national TV and having James Randi attest that you do indeed possess telekeinsis would certainly be a good way of spreading knowledge of Indigos.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭CodeMonkey


    6th wrote:
    but even if someone could levitate a chair on command why bother to go proof it - fame, money? Thats not important to some people.
    Surely at least one person who really do have paranormal abilities wants to:
    • show the sceptics and the world that they do have abilities
    • show that they're not crazy
    • show that they are right
    • be rich and famous
    • save humanity with their special powers by first demonstrating their abilities


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Teach them to others?


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  • Subscribers Posts: 19,421 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Zillah wrote:
    Teach them to others?
    People do that all the time. Whether you believe they actually can is up to you.
    CodeMonkey wrote:
    save humanity with their special powers by first demonstrating their abilities
    I know youre being facetious, but if youve got a god complex, youre probably already on tv.

    It seems that anytime the issue of proof gets discussed here, the James Randi million bucks thing gets dangled like a carrot. As if to say, well you cant all be the real deal, you havent claimed the money! Is there nothing else out there but JR that skeptics will accept?

    And, yes some psychics are fakes. Just like some ebay sellers are fakes. And some rolex watches are fakes. For those that believe they are psychic, perhaps they feel they cant jump thru JRs hoops, nor want to. It may seem like an easy cop out, but this kind of ability is not fixed and available on demand. For those who say it is, see 'fakes' above. :rolleyes:


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