Supporters and skeptics of Indigo children debate this phenomenon.
There has been a lot of discussion in the media regarding a recent categorization of children known as Indigos. Whether or not this is a valid term or merely New Age propaganda is under debate.
According to the online Wikipedia encyclopedia, Indigo children are “born with an empathic connection to Earth and other’s thoughts.” Proponents believe these children have come forward in order to improve the world in some way whether through bringing peace, toppling corrupt institutions or instigating a shift from allopathic medicine to more natural alternatives.
Indigo children are intolerant of behaviors or systems that are not in harmony with the “Universal Truth.” Indigo children are also said to possess extreme longevity, but these claims have not been verified.
Nancy Ann Tappe, psychic and author of Understanding Your Life Through Color (1982) created the Indigo Child label. This is the first known publication where the Indigo children behavior patterns were identified. In her book, Tappe speculates that people’s personalities can be determined by the color of their auras. One of the color groups Tappe recognized was Indigo. According to Tappe, the Indigo phenomenon has been recognized as one of the most exciting changes in human nature ever documented in society.
The Indigo label describes the energy pattern of human behavior that exists in over 95 percent of the children born in the last ten years, according to Tappe. This phenomenon is happening globally and eventually the Indigos will replace all other aura colors, notes Tappe.
Indigos are extremely bright, precocious children with an amazing memory and a strong desire to live instinctively. They are sensitive and gifted souls with an evolved consciousness that have come here to help change the vibrations of our lives and to create one land, one globe and one species. “They are the bridge to the future,” Tappe explains.
The Indigo trend has been the topic of much debate in the media. Countless books, websites and products geared toward the parents of Indigo children have popped up in recent years.
According to the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, no controlled studies with Indigo children have been performed by scientific researchers or learning institutions. This is “sufficient reason to recommend plenty of prudence to all the parents” of children fitting the Indigo characteristics and to “advise them not to pay for what can very well be just another swindle.”
David W. Boles’ Urban Semioticstates, “Indigo children have no scientifically verifiable abilities or quantifiable common traits. An Indigo child requires no accomplishment of human deeds and that kind of delusion disavows the very tenets of goodness and light we hope all our children will bring to the humanity around them.”
Indigo children—fact or fiction?
