Are indigo children real?

Back when I was documenting the allegedly unexplained phenomena by talking to all sorts of people from all walks of life (well, with some, I had to cut the conversation short, as I was clearly dealing with a deranged person), one phrase kept coming up: indigo children. 

Who are the indigo children, also known as indigos? Are they real? It’s an umbrella term. All sorts of mental health aspects, both positive and negative, and metaphysical topics, fall under the indigo children umbrella. They are supposedly highly intelligent children who don’t tolerate authority without being given a logical reason as to why that authority is there. They supposedly have an indigo-colored aura around them. Indigos are said to have big, wise eyes that see into the depths of your soul. Indigos are reformers or if you prefer – spoiled brats called special names by their entitled parents who can’t cope with the fact their kids aren’t geniuses. I taught English in an elementary school. I know the type. Lord have mercy on my soul if I have to go back to school to teach English ever again.

As a matter of fact, we have a saying in Polish, which is more like a curse, ”Obyś cudze dzieci uczył.” Loosely translates as may you teach the children of others. I can certainly see why this would be a curse, that’s for sure. When I was in China, there were foreign teachers who taught children and wanted to proselytize on the side (you know how it is with religious radicals, they can’t help themselves). Yeah, well, not in China. You get deported for stuff like that and, frankly, I enjoyed my time in China precisely because there were no fanatics running around. But it doesn’t change the plight of so many people in China, to be clear.

Indigo children tie into giftedness and genius, of course. Indigo adults control their indigo impulses, so to speak, though they are still indigos at heart. Indigos know what a crippling existential angst actually means. It really is a feeling from hell. Indigos have a strong sense of justice and morality, but they can switch sides and join team darkness for all sorts of reasons. And they’ll be a huge asset to the baddies, for sure.

Now, extremely high intellects have extraordinary minds, yes. Eye-roll, I know. Goes without writing. And genius minds demand respect. No, not in the way you think. Imagine a dragon from the Game of Thrones. The dragon won’t just accept anyone. And whoever gets rejected by the dragon,  he or she is going to find out first-hand what dragon fire feels like. To put it in bland terms, if one is blessed with the genius mind but doesn’t challenge that mind enough, then expect the genius mind to destroy its host. Genius minds are a blessing, no doubt, but having a genius mind is also a huge responsibility – first and foremost, to oneself. It’s no accident so many child prodigies die tragically. Their own powerful minds turn into enemies, leading to tragic consequences. Highly intelligent, scratch it, exceptionally intelligent children and adults need a lot of stimulation to calm their always-asking-questions minds. It’s not something others can fully grasp, only in theory, maybe, if reduced to memes with the annoying brain asking questions when one wants to sleep. It’s not arrogance, people who laugh at it or say it’s just arrogance, clearly don’t get what they are talking about. No wonder, then, that a genius teen poses a serious threat to the Mengelesque institution abducting children for psychic experiments, as pretty well presented in a recent TV show. The villains aka the gaslighting maniacs posing as scientists running the institute say so themselves, ”Your intellect makes our job harder.” Indigo children are great at detecting deception and they won’t be shy to point out all the flaws in your reasoning.

I took out a communion wafer out of my mouth when I was 8 (first communion, a big deal here in Poland). Yes, in front of everyone. I was curious why this whole first communion thing was such a big deal. My female ”religion teacher” was upset big time. No wonder I was told by a Polish Catholic priest I was going to hell. What a nice man, eh? So understanding.

Indigo children also have an acute sense of who is who – intellectually, perhaps even spiritually. They’ll know, really fast if someone’s like them or not. If they sense a kindred spirit, they’ll at least try to be friendly because it’s so rare to come across one in this world.

So, are indigos real or is this all magical thinking nonsense? We can’t know for sure, as much as those for and against the existence of indigos want to sell us on their ideas. There’s no doubt (don’t I know it) many entitled parents want their kids to be special, when their kids are just spoiled brats with average minds. Religious radicals, well, we know what they are about to say. ”All of this is demonic, you’re going to hell for discussing Satanic topics.” Gotcha. Broken record hits are always the same with them.

Donnie Darko looks like an indigo kid to me. Indeed, the teen meets his demise in strange circumstances (seeing a scary giant rabbit and talking to it about the impending end of the world) that could be interpreted as his own genius mind ”doing him in.” Plus Donnie’s dad always low-key enjoys his son’s ”dealings” with mediocre-minded teachers. Still, Donnie finds a kindred spirit in a physicist who tells him at one point, ”I won’t be able to continue this conversation.” Being a teacher in a Catholic school, he was venturing into dangerous territory and as we know – religions don’t like that. It’s anathema.