Status: New Age Mumbo Jumbo
Indigo Children is a new-age term for children whose aura is indigo colored. These are the kids whom medical science would diagnose as being hyperactive or having ADD (and many lay people might diagnose as spoiled brats). But according to the indigo-child theory, these are actually children with very special powers. Nancy Ann Tappe, the psychic who first described the concept, says that Indigo Children are "souls with an evolved consciousness who have come here to help change the vibrations of our lives and create one land, one globe and one species. They are our bridge to the future."
The Skeptic's Dictionary has some good info on the subject.
According to
an article from the Orange-County Register, one of the powers being attributed to Indigo Children is the ability to see the future. Take this example:
When Carolyn Kaufman was getting her daughter, Ariel Carreno, ready to go, Ariel had an unusual request.
"Mom, we need to take an orange," Ariel said.
"Why?" Carolyn asked. Carolyn explained that this was a pizza party, and that an orange would probably be out of place.But when Ariel insisted, Carolyn grabbed an orange and took it to the party... So Ariel carried her orange into Chuck E. Cheese. The party went just as planned. The kids ate pizza. The kids played games. The parents endured the noise. Then, the birthday girl asked for the strangest thing. An orange.
Wow! The kid brought an orange to a party. Try to explain that, skeptics! Carolyn Kaufman also offers an example about her sony Tomy:
After fights with his sister over what to watch on TV, Tomy has broken five VCRs in the family home using only his energy force, Kaufman said. In some families, kids might get grounded for breaking expensive electronics. Not in Kaufman's house.
I'm sensing it would be great to be a kid in the Kaufman house. You could get away with anything.
"It wasn't my fault, Mom. It was my energy force."
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"I temporarily disable electronic equipment if I am touching it while I'm angry. For example if i am grounded I could walk up and lightly tap the computer monitor only to have it crash."
Dear Os:
Prove it. Until then, I'm not buying your story.
- L. Ron Hubbard
Just because other people believe in indigos doesn't mean that they're real, it just means you're all deluded.
"research cant prove anything, people can though."
Huh? That isn't a serious comment, is it?
Exacly who do you think conducts research? HINT: it's people.
In the absence of research, all we would have is guessing. Since you reject research, whether or ot you realize it, you're admitting that you're just guessing about "indigos."
Why should we take your guesswork seriously?
But one fateful day I discovered the Dallas newspaper article on Indigo Children and the whole "I'm the Avatar!" quote had me rolling around with laughter. (Avatar is a brilliant show BTW)
I do frequent some forums on Paranormal and I can tell you as soon as anyone posts a topic mentioning Indigo children there is a metaphorical dogpile of badly written posts each clamouring that "Liek omgz im a inigo child to and i liek takl with mi angles and cn reed mines".
Yes, I have my own views on the paranormal- that some things a worth a second look at. But Indigo Children? Oh god please stop with this bull.
"Look I'm sorry okay, some people believe in them some don't and yes research can prove things. But it all comes down to peoples thoughts and ideas and if you dont believe me fine but i dont want to be aganist you. (whats the point looking at what it says above if you don't believe in indigo's??"
When I attempt to boil down what you said there, what I get is, "I believe in certain things, including Indigo children, not because there's any evidence that they actually exist, but because I just WANT TO."
There are a great many things in this world that I'd LIKE to believe in, but if the evidence doesn't support their existance, why should I waste my intellect on them?
Look around you there's indigo children amongst us!!!!
Maybe you'll see one sittin in the rain at some sidewalk cafe;
with half of their wet cigarette in the ashtry..
they just want to find a lost soul to save..
Are you a lost soul tryin to find a road that's paved?
Keep faith in your suitcase, pack your beliefs...
Indigo children exist, I've even seen some sleep!
I love this fucking country...
Just like love.
The difference between love and "indigo" is that the former is an emotion and the latter is claimed to be an observable phenomenon. Funnily enough, scientists have actually seen a change in brain activity when a person thinks about someone they love.
Auras, on the other hand, like fairies, can apparently only be seen by those who believe in them. Please don't bring up Kirlian photography; it's been dealt with already in this thread.
There is no such thing as love - Emotions are utterly irrational and therefore nonexistent, simply random chemical imbalances in the body.
I doubt the existence of Indigos, but there are simpel exoperiment sto determine their claims . . . Love however cannot be tested and therefore is far and away less likely to exist.
http://wbztv.com/health/love.head.heart.2.932987.html
Firstly, the test subjects were those people who were 'in love' or 'recently heartbroken'. In my misspent youth studying biology, the one thing that was important was measuring the state of test subjects; There were vast lists of procedures to determine isf an organism was alive, something most laypeople would describe as 'f&^%*ing obvious'. I note NO repeat NO mention of the criteria that was used to determine the state of these people apart from what they 'felt' or 'believed' about their emotional state ( Does that remind you of someone? Some people of a certain "colour" which is how all this started? 😊 )which is a serious flaw to the study; And it underlines my point that this so-called state of being cannot be measured objectively by instrumentation. Reality is waht can be determined by equipment, not by the subjective opinion of flawed human beings as I know all too well.
The brain loop circuit the study notes is probably just some reflex involved with the activities associated with sexual behaviour, rather than the airy-fairy emotional repsonse you seem so determined to waste your intellect upon.
In conclusion, Cranky, you appear to be falling for a similar delusion as the Indigos - Rather like the old Szardi ( sp?) test for mental illness, where the patient supposedly responded most strongly to a picture of someone with the same symptoms - And to regrettably quote the Bible, you should look to the log in your own eye before trying to remove the splinter form your neighbour's eye.
Secondly, love is an emotion and is therefore subjectively experienced, unlike the alleged aura around Indigos, which would be a physical entity, and therefore should be detectable and measurable.
It occurs to me that this could be tested in a double-blind experiment. This might have to be tweaked, but I'm thinking that a child claimed to be Indigo and therefore in possession of an indigo-colored aura could be put in a room with "non-Indigo" kids. Then, one at a time, people who claim to be able to observe these auras would be brought in (probably on the other side of a one-sided mirror) to watch the kids. Neither the "Indigo detector" nor the experimenter would know any of the kids or which kid was allegedly Indigo, to make it a true double-blind.
After a period of observation, the person would say which kid they thought was the Indigo. The experiment would be repeated as many times as practical. My guess is that the results would be no better than (or at least not statistically better than) chance.
"It's okay if you don't like us; but it would be nice if you could accept us."
I think you're completely misunderstanding the situation here, Lux. I can only really speak for myself, but my guess is that this applies to the others who are skeptical about "Indigos" as well.
"Accepting us" seems to mean that you think people should take your claims of having an indigo aura and all that supposedly accompanies one at face value.
Imagine for a moment that you knew a person who claimed to have X-ray vision. Would you take that claim at face value, if there was no proof whatsoever that they actually did have it? If so, why?
"Indigos" make the claim that they have an aura, which is unproven in itself. On top of that, they claim that THEIR aura is a different color from those of other people and that that difference makes them special. Why should someone accept those claims? What proof of them exists?
Again, speaking strictly for myself, I don't dislike you. I don't know you. I just see no reason to believe the claims you and others make about Indigo-related stuff.
One day, the truth *will* be known . . . and once all those who disagree either are reeducted or reused biologically, in a short 40 years EVERY problem in the world will be solved. Every single problem.
Unless soemone can prove me worng of course. Granted, like an African-American US president who lives for more than a year after his inaguration, it may one day happen.
Anyone with evidence is free to prove me otherwise.
And no, I'm not just a 'ignorant, narrow-minded skeptic'. I thought enough of myself a few years ago as being completely different from everyone else and I went with this Indigo Theory for quite a while. I feel sorry for all of you who are still clinging to this hopeless ideal, it was a horrible revelation to me, realizing that having enough faith in something can make you jump to irrational conclusions about your own self, connecting dots that just aren't there, etc.
Every person who I've told about this Indigo Theory told me that they think they might be one. That's impossible, because as you say they are few and special. It's a human ideal to strive to be different but there's other ways of doing it-if you just harness the innate individual traits that you all have to reach such a potential.
I'm just saying, consider 'believers', that maybe
you are very lost and confused like I was, and are searching for an answer that isn't there.
So the debate rolls on...
my names johdi, im a 21 year old young woman and have always felt like i dont fit in. 2 years ago i started to suffer with servere depression. soon after this started i started to see hear and sense things others couldnt. i know all u skeptics are gonna be like yeah whatever! because thats how i used to be.
soon after these episodes i joined a church and talked about my experiances. i was told by more than one person on more than one occassion that i was an indigo child. so i researched this. i had many of the qualities that a typial indigo child would have.
i also have always been highly sensitive to my surroundings and the way others around me are feeling.
i just want to put a theory to all these skeptics! okay you say we have no proof what so ever that we are indigo children.
let me ask you! what proof do you have that we are not indigo children?????
you believe in god but u cant see him, so just look at it this way u cant see who indigo children are but this doesnt mean they are not real!
johdi x
We also know things more than just our concious mind knows.... things about people like theyre age...or ethnicity and i mean things you couldnt rationally know from reason...its like more of a gut feeling...it suprizes a lot of people...also clarvoiant dreams.....i had a baby bunny and one night i had a dream it died...and two days later it died...things like that that most people dont know..
were not concerned with your praize or lack there of...we are on a mission and a journey and we are here to educate you...and to speed your evolution. you have the free will to listen or to not...we are not trying to convert you..theyre are much more important matters at hand.
remember my brothers and sisters...the earth is perfect it is us that are flawed..but we are part of the earth and therefore are perfect..we only have to realize it...
love and light and blessings
Honestly, I came here with an open mind. Who knows, maybe I too could become a super crystal kid. But then, I read the comments, and all you "indigo kids"... no. Just no. Your points are weak and I'm simply not getting this deep intelligence you're supposed to have from the way you write. The angels have lost another soldier, I'm afraid.
If they get poor marks, it is because they are self-destructive personalities 😊
I'm not taking one side or another but really people! You should be doing something other than arguing over something that is so unclear.
IF you feel that you are Indigo, then you should have a little self respect and not go flaunting it about. Let skeptics think what they want. When one asks you for proof, you should have some dignity and if you feel like you don't need to give any, then DON'T!
But also, skeptics who don't believe in Indigo's need to be a little respectful. You don't see Christians hating on Jewish people, or visa- versa. It's like a religion, you can't prove which one is "right". Let people think what they want without being dissed on for it.
It IS ok to have your own opinion, but can't we all just be a bit nicer about it?
"Ok people its for real i am an indigo child i dream of the future and interpret it and im always right"
OK, Shanini, if you can predict the future and you're always right, you should have no trouble making a specific prediction about something that will happen in the near future, right?
Please note that "specific" means that the prediction has to be about something real and verifiable, not something vague.
For those that believe in such abilities and want to convince others, shall provide evidence. CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE CLAIMED ABILITIES. ANECDOTES ALONE DO NOT COUNT.
Congrats to ''Cranky Media Guy'' for outstanding comments dealing with the lunatics of this thread!!!
~~Cherrina the Cherry Pie Nerd! , 13 years old SCEPTIC and objective enquirer