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WHO'D
'A THUNK AN UNEXPLAINABLE INDIGO PHENOMENON would emerge from the
cornfields of Kansas and Oklahoma? Certainly not me, even though exploring
unbelievable and inexplicable events is my hallmark as a New York Times
best-selling author. How did I stumble on these Indigo youths who are
being struck by or visited by a brilliant white light? Sounds like something
out of the movies. But it isn’t. It’s really happening, and
in different ways. So far I’ve interviewed five out of seven of these
kids who have come to my attention. The first and most bizarre event occurred
with nineteen-year-old Joey Klein, who used to be into drugs, alcohol,
and racing cars on city streets.
It took a near-fatal car crash for me to meet Joey Klein. Rescue personnel
insisted an ambulance take me to the County Hospital emergency room. My objection
that I had to deliver a keynote address the next morning at the nearby
Colorado Crestone New Age Conference fell on deaf ears. Not until the
ER doctors could find nothing wrong with me but a bloodied ear and a mild
concussion was I finally able to get a ride to the conference. The next
day I would meet an Indigo there who would change my life. While taking
a walk in the grounds, I overheard a man and a woman talking about the
accident, and me, and how beat up I looked. Actually, I kind of looked
like Yoda with my swollen ear. The woman said, "Somebody really doesn’t
want this guy here at the conference.” Well, I felt a bit put out
at hearing that. But then the man rebutted, “No, actually I think
someone really does want him here.” The man was right. If it hadn’t
been for the car accident, I wouldn’t be writing this article and
traveling the country with my message.
Joey Klein, a mere nineteen, would discover himself that weekend in the
high desert. Because I could not leave the conference when I had planned,
my car having been turned into an accordion, Joey and I spent hours in
conversation, his questions deep and delving. Certainly I had heard about
Indigo, or Crystal, or Starseed Children, but I’d never actually
met one. It wasn’t until this sage-like teenager asked to come and
live with me and study the healing path, that I took him seriously. My
life hasn’t been the same since.
Why would a precocious teen quit his job and give up on his studies at
college to apprentice with me? Something unexpected happened to Joey soon
after the conference - he was struck by a brilliant white light, which
paralyzed him for a time, then caused him to see what others cannot see
- including angels. Joey Klein was awakening. And this was just the beginning.
It turned out that he is not the only young adult having these Love-Light
visitations. Why is this happening?
In working with Joey, I believe I’ve discovered what others like
James Twyman and Doreen Virtue have discovered: The time is now for the
Indigos - or as I prefer to call them, “the Children of the New Earth”
- to awaken. But how? Do they awaken themselves? Are all of them, or a
selected number of them, in need of awakening?
On Sunday March 23, Joey Klein and I will address these questions before
an audience at the East West Book Shop in Seattle. We will talk about
the coming days of wonder, the subject of my new book. What seems to be
emerging is like a mirage in a desert: There’s more than shimmering
promises of water needed to quench the thirst of these young adepts in
our midst. They thirst for wisdom. And what seems to be the primary watering
hole is the pool of wisdom found in elders. Now isn’t that curious?
In a society that has grown accustomed to treating its senior citizens
as castaways or afterthoughts, these awakening adepts are finding treasure.
Something powerful is afoot here, and I encourage everyone to start paying
attention. We may be looking at nothing less than a watershed transformation
fomented by the brewing together of the wisdom of elders and the enthusiastic
revolution of youth demanding changes in a world yearning for healing.
When asked about awakening the Children of the New Earth, Klein says,
“I believe many like me have similar gifts to mine, some of them
are even better at this healing work. On the other side of the spectrum,
some have gifts such as peacemaking, psychic abilities, cooperative leadership
skills, spiritual teaching, or working with the plant or animal kingdoms,
yet all have a common purpose in healing this world.”
Why haven’t others like Klein come forward? He says, “When I
awakened, it was an extremely trying time. I couldn’t understand
what was happening to me. My first efforts at getting answers ended up
with my being told that I was possessed or that I had gotten involved
with cult energy. None of this was true, and it took a great deal of effort
to finally arrive at the truth: that I had been struck by a divine light,
which had awakened me. I don’t want others who are having similar
experiences to have to go through what I went through.” And thus
the reason for Klein’s going public. Hopefully it will allow other
Children of the New Earth to come forward and awaken to their gifts.
And what about the other Indigos who have been visited or struck by this
Divine Light? Like Joey, they also heard words from peers and parents
of warnings and dire consequences if they opened themselves to a new spiritual
path. But unlike Joey they have chosen to stay in silence, to take their
time in trusting what is happening to them. Which is fine. We must allow
people to move with these great forces in their own way and their own
time. What is important is to start the awakening process, which gets
us back to the topic of the role of Elders. Some kind of networking or
clearing house of wisdom folk needs to be established so that these awakening
teens can find refuge or direction or rites of passage they can freely
and fully choose on their own. These Elders also must be willing to work
with parents, for parents are oftentimes more of the problem than they
are the solution. The parents’ world gets rocked by the tremendous
capacities of these Indigos to foster change and chaos. And who can blame
the parents for wanting to hang on to their ways, their comfort zones,
and their values? Yet something must be done. In some households the dynamics
between the parents and their gifted kids resembles a war zone rather
than family sanctuary.
So, what
is an Elder? It’s not up to me or someone else to define. It needs
to be whatever it needs to be. Are Elders simply old people? Well, maybe.
Are they wise men and wise women? I have found that to be instrumental.
But then who defines what is wisdom? This leads me to the conclusion
that we are all better off if we stay away from trying to define. Let
us simply create a place, an environment for these kids and/or their
parents to come to. Let them decide what it is they need. Let them pick
the Elders they need. But for that to happen, folks need to know that
Elders are available. We need to listen closely to these gifted children,
even when we don’t want to. First and foremost, these Elders must
be good listeners.
When asked what kind of message Joey would like people to hear, Klein’s
eyes glow with a kind of inner joy. “Truthfully, I want people
to wholly love themselves for who they are, and then take that love
and give it to everyone else. Not only are we all family, but we are
all perfect, whole, and complete just the way we are. Some people cringe
when they hear that. But if you ask them if a flower is perfect, whole,
and complete just the way it is, they’ll say, ‘Yeah, of course.’
If you ask them if the seed the flower grows from is perfect, whole,
and complete, once again I hear people say Yes. Well, if we can see
that kind of perfection from seed to flower, then why not see it in
ourselves? For we are all seeds of God growing into beings of light
and love.”
Treat yourselves to a peek at the New Earth, and hear what else this
young man has to say to his peers as he travels the country. http://www.joeyklein.com/calendar.htm.
©
2003 G.W. Hardin
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