[Bruce Achterberg]

I very much match the description of an indigo child. It's somewhat uncanny how well I fit the description. Now you could put that down to my particular upbringing in terms of the values that were instilled in me by my environment, but you could also say that I was more prone to acquiring certain values due to my high degree of resonance with them.

But I’ll mention when I say “indigo child”, I more so refer to the traits (ie. “warriors spirit”, etc, etc), not so much the role (“bring about a new era and transform consciousness”, etc).

On that note, there's a good chance that this idea was coined by someone who was simply really good at generalising themes they found were common in children being born into this particular time period, but I don't let that bother me. Instead, I say, “how is it useful to me? Does the general concept still hold up even if you change around specific details (such as the role of the “indigo children”, explanations as to why these children exist, etc)?”

To both questions I’d have to answer “yes”. If you are a sceptic and find the concept too “new agey”, I suggest you listen to the feedback your emotions/logic/intuition is giving you and move onto something that resonates with you more. Just as you don’t watch a TV show you don’t like when you can change the channel, don’t try to “prove” or “make yourself feel better about” concepts that don’t feel right to you.

If you feel the need to do such things, from my experience/observations, it's probably more so about an unconscious, conditioned mental pattern trying to maintain your sense of self/certainty then it is about a genuine attempt to align yourself with concepts and ideals that seem accurate. Before you try to prove accuracy, first make sure the lens you're trying to prove accuracy through isn't sabotaged by any automatic, unconscious conditioning that you're not aware of.

Interestingly, lately I’ve noticed a sort of synchronistic pull towards the topic of indigo children. As far as I can tell, regardless of the model you interpret this through, the message seems to be “embrace your differences and stop resisting them/the process”. The more I seem to accept concepts like these, regardless of what people say or whether I have the logic to “prove” why I should accept it, the better I feel and the more effective I can be.

I’m sure there will be those who say “you’re just being unscientific and illogical”, but that type of thinking is the very thinking that my “message” is prompting me to avoid! Such thinking certainly has some validity, but I’d rather be effective and slightly delusional with the potential of actually being accurate then be not very effective while trying to make my life a kingdom of reason.