The 1% or Indigo Children
Laura and I have a theory, actually a borrowed theory from a friend, called the 1%. This refers to the small number of people who seem to be aware of something more to life than everyday reality. These people question the status quo and look for higher meaning. They also have special insights into life and our universe. We’d expect that most of our dedicated reader are part of the 1%. In my frequent internet wanderings I found another idea that sounds very much like the 1%: Indigo children.
Indigo children is a New Age term for people with an indigo colored aura who demonstrate certain characteristics:
- Are intelligent, though may not have had top grades.
- Are very creative and enjoy making things.
- Always need to know WHY, especially why they are being asked to do something.
- Had disgust and perhaps loathing for much of the required and repetitious work in school.
- May have experienced early existential depression and feelings of helplessness. These may have ranged from sadness to utter despair. Suicidal feelings while still in high school or younger are not uncommon.
- Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.
- Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at “Big Brother watching you.”
- Have a burning desire to do something to change and improve the world. May be stymied at what to do. May have trouble identifying their path.
- Have psychic or spiritual interest appear fairly young - in or before teen years.
- Have strong intuition.
- Random behavior pattern or mind style - (symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder). May have trouble focusing on assigned tasks, may jump around in conversations.
- May be electrically sensitive such as watches not working and street lights going out as you move under them, electrical equipment malfunctioning and lights blowing out.
These are just some of the characteristics of Indigos that I found. People who subscribe to this theory claim that Indigos started being born in small numbers around 1958 increasing in numbers until the 90’s when the number of Indigo births became the majority. They say that Indigos are going to bring an age of peace and spirituality to humanity.
We’re not sure how literally to take the Indigo concept (we tend not to), but we like the ideas behind it. First, rather than medicating all perceived problems (like ADD) with a cure-all pill, there may be ways to understand and nurture a child’s unique traits. Second, whether an indigo aura is present or not, gifted children should be encouraged to explore their spiritual side and well as their intellectual side.
Whether you’re an Indigo, part of the 1% or something else entirely, it can be hard feeling different. The Indigo movement focuses on the positive and provides tools to nurture the gifts that make some of us different, rather than trying to drive those qualities out for the sake of conformity.
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Interesting idea. I don’t normally take new age stuff very seriously, though I have wondered if certain people might not have an ability to sort of intuitively see other people’s psychological makeup, expressing itself in their brain as a colored aura surrounding the person. Kind of like the way people with synethesia see smells and taste colors.
My ex-girlfriend might have been one. I never saw a light blow up near her but electronics have a tendency to malfunction in her presence….
It’s interesting you mention people who have an ability to intuitively see other people’s psychological makeup. We have a friend who has an uncanny ability to do that (but he doesn’t see anything expressed as an aura, rather he gets a metaphoric image of the person that provides the insight). As for electronics, I can attest to that. I have the toughest time wearing watches-they stop and start sporadically, and move forward and backwards in time.