Language is inhibiting, let me try to express this:

I believe our definition, and indeed perception, of an 'Indigo Child' is perhaps so skewed that it, in all actuality, inhibits our growth.

Instead of dealing with pessimism and tearing conventional definitions apart I would instead like to offer a different belief:

It seems there are two major perceptions (although this is oversimplification): 1. Out to In and 2. In to Out. The belief is that Indigo children are inherently In to Out perceivers while the general, 'under-evolved' public is Out to In.

Brief definitions:
Out to In: Your surroundings effect and mold your perceptions and self-worth. You are limited.
In to Out: You effect and mold your surroundings holistically and selflessly from a strong sense of identity and place. You are limitless; you don't exist yet you do; you are everything and nothing.
(Obviously volumes of information are implied for each definition - take it away, Reader)

Being Indigo is thus not a matter of When you were born, what psychic "coincidences" you've experienced, or what inner feelings you have but rather it's defined by who you are as a person. Indigos, in the Belief, are calm, responsible (holistically), steadfast, patient, empathetic, curious, and so on (again, volumes). Anyone can "evolve" to a higher level of consciousness but it just so happens more and more people are being born pre-disposed to this Belief and perception. It doesn't spell Special, it spells, to quote Spiderman, "With great power (perception) comes great responsibility."

We have an obligation to this planet. Definitions: throw them out the window. Money: throw that out the window. Government: I don't want to be arrested but you know where I'm going. Every major religion and belief, in its pure form, condemns organized Rule and monetary systems. This isn't anarchism, conspiracy theory or an inability to adapt to society, it's spiritual fact: we aren't made to be so primitively confined.

Who wants to get serious?

Also, everyone has psychic abilities and again, some people are pre-disposed while others have to really work at it; we're all at different stages and it all has meaning.

IMO and, this is my own opinion, I do not and have never believed that there is any such thing as Indigo children.

This is one area that really does my head in, kids have certain abilites? So do thousands of other people and many of them were born before the 80s. Is this what is all oils down to, people born before a certain date - it woudn't matter what abilities they had mind, as long as they were put into a nice, tidy little box and labelled "Indigo".

It is about time that people stopped putting themselves into pigeon holes. True colours will always show through and if someone were labelled "Indigo" I would be extemely wary, but then again, that is just my opinion.

It's not about When, or which abilities a person does or does not have, it's about a certain awakening and the ease in which someone can process the new information. Obviously children can process new information more rapidly than adults, and it so happens that this awakening is taking place when these kids are being born, as in it's not that they are being born and causing the awakening, it's that the awakening is more influential on younger people (younger people are being born after the 80's obviously). Everyone has abilities but as I said before, it's about your state of mind, your perception (certainly not when you were born).

(I mention Indigo Children and you immediately assume I'm giving a conventional opinion when in actuality it's quite the opposite. You are taking your surroundings, with very little perception, and allowing them to influence you instead of genuinely searching yourself, and the universe, for a heart-felt interpretation. The result: you are opinionated which is grounds for conflict instead of Present which would be grounds for information exchange and growth. You are Out to In and I'm repeating myself.)

"Indigo Children" is a metaphor for a state of mind, a very skewed one that I don't like much. It's important not to get lost in the literal translation of a metaphor, people do it with so many spiritual texts and it drives me crazy. Indigo Children, definition: a younger person (statistically) with a higher level of perception (and thus perhaps more developed or in-tune abilities [everyone has abilities] ).

Indigo Child is conventionally misinterpreted, it was a bad phrase to coin. Being Indigo is not a birth rite, it's an accomplishment. You are 100% responsible for your life and your actions, when your parents conceived is not responsible for anything except your birthday (in this case). You and only you personally can elevate the world, or bring it down.

hi 3001509

Apologies for my first posting, I have just reread your original post, I got uptight for nothing.

To be honest, I came in last night after a night out, saw the term "Indigo" and thought grrrr (Everytime I go out, I swear that when I get back indoors I will NOT log onto the computer, but I still do it and dread thinking the next morning what I have posted )

Yes I see what you mean now. The way you describe it is a lot better than what has been thought before, whereby, some children are "Indigos" from birth etc. You worded your thoughts very well and I am so sorry for my first post.

I guess I have never liked the term "Indigo Children" because it is placing people or kids into a box and this is limiting in my opinion and as soon as a limit is placed on anything it gives the impression that they can go nowhere else.