In my many years of working in the field of social work and life coaching I have been witness to many people struggling to get more done in less time. I have heard the frustrations of daily living such as being stuck in traffic, working a job that is very stressful and not having enough time to sleep or for self care. People do not have a lot of time to spend with family or friends. I see a lack of fun in some people’s lives.  Many people have given up on their dreams. I observe many people are living their lives to meet the needs of other people. They do not spend much time doing things that make them happy because when they do have some time to themselves they are too tired to doing anything. Stress levels are high and people are searching for meaning in their lives and for their life purpose.

I see many people wanting to make the best decisions to better manage their life events and situations to live a more fulfilling life with more passion and meaning. That is what Indigo Living is all about. Indigo Living means utilizing our inner guidance system, talents, and abilities to reach our most human potential.

Earth Day is a good day to reflect upon how the decisions we make about how we live our daily lives can affect the lives of others and the planet. I am reminded of a line in the prayer of St. Francis “Make me an instrument of your peace.” I believe that peace on Earth starts with how we each live out our lives and the relationships that we nurture. I believe that our positive daily thoughts and actions somehow add to the overall vibration of the Earth. I believe that we are connected to the Earth in ways that we are just now discovering. I believe the Earth is a living being and we both need each other to survive, we are interdependant. I believe we need to speak our truth about what is happening in our lives.  When we speak, The Earth Speaks!

How To Tell If You Are An Adult Indigo

You may be an adult indigo if the follow characteristics apply to you:

• 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.
• Were rebellious in school in that they refused to do homework and rejected authority of teachers, OR seriously wanted to rebel, but didn’t DARE, usually due to parental pressure.
• 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 in the Indigo Adult.
• Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs. Indigos resist authority and caste system of employment.
• Prefer leadership positions or working alone to team positions.
• Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.
• May be extremely emotionally sensitive including crying at the drop of a hat (no shielding) Or may be the opposite and show no expression of emotion (full shielding).
• May have trouble with RAGE.
• Have trouble with systems they consider broken or ineffective, ie. political, educational, medical, and legal.
• Alienation from or anger with politics – feeling your voice won’t count and/or that the outcome really doesn’t matter.
• 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 what to do. May have trouble identifying their path.
• Have psychic or spiritual interest appear fairly young – in or before teen years.
• Had few if any Indigo role models. Having had some doesn’t mean you’re not an indigo, though.
• 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.
• Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, out of body experiences, hearing voices.
• 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.
• May have awareness of other dimensions and parallel realities.
• Sexually are very expressive and inventive OR may reject sexuality in boredom or with intention of achieving higher spiritual connection. May explore alternative types of sexuality.
• Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world. May seek this through religion or spirituality, spiritual groups and books, self-help groups and books.
• When they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy individuals.
  
  Please note, anyone could have a few of these traits, but Indigo Adults have most or all of these 25 characteristics.

Chapman, W. (2001). Are you an indigo adult? Metagifted Education Resource Organization, www.metagifted.org. Retrieved July 28, 2007, from:

http://www.metagifted.org/topics/metagifted/indigo/adultIndigos/areYouAnAdultIndigo.html.

• They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it)
• They have a feeling of “deserving to be here,” and are surprised when others don’t share that.
• Self-worth is not a big issue. They often tell the parents “who they are.”
• They have difficulty with absolute authority (authority without explanation or choice).
• They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
• They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and don’t require creative thought.
• They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like “system busters” (nonconforming to any system).
• They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
• They will not respond to “guilt” discipline (“Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did”).
• They are not shy in letting you know what they need.

THE INDIGO CHILDREN – The New Kids Have Arrived
ISBN 1561706086 1999 – Hay House Authors – Lee Carroll/Jan Tober