October

Sharyl Jackson is Section Editor for CHILDREN OF THE NEW EARTH. A former public school teacher, turned tax accountant, Sharyl is mother to many grown children, and host of a weekly meditation group in Seattle, Washington. Sharyl has dedicated her life to humanity, especially children, to the earth and to bringing forth the Love and Words of God. Sharyl and Claudia Smith are in the process of creating their website TheOneNewEarth (TONE) and have an on-line e-group dedicated to earthwork, assisting those in transition, welcoming new children, sharing information in a timely fashion, healing and balancing, personal empowerment, and doing their part in the creation of the Communities of Light. Their goal is to live, anchor and spread Unity consciousness wherein all are honored as the pieces of God that they are. Sharyl is available for private spiritual counseling sessions regarding parenting, personal empowerment or just about anything you wish to discuss. She is adept at creating and holding a safe space for you to find your personal truth while offering intuitive, sometimes channeled, always loving, guidance and insight. Feel free to contact Sharyl at sclaus11@hotmail.com.

Hello,

I have a question but don't know where to begin looking for the answers. I thought that since indigo children are mentioned on your site maybe you could help or would know some one who could.

I have been different all my life. I had no idea why I seemed so different or why others didn't understand the ideas that seemed perfectly natural to me. Then someone online told me about indigo children. I read the book (The Indigo Children by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober), did some online research and found that for the most part, I fit the description. However, I don't seem to have any of the psychic powers, past life memories, or natural computer talents every one keeps talking about.

I have heard stories about my early childhood and have been told that I noticed things most people would never notice, that I could find something that had been lost for months, and that I had a kitten who acted has a guardian for me.

So I was wondering, is it possible for an Indigo child to lose her talents under extreme circumstances like abuse and neglect? Or is it possible that older indigos don't have all the talents younger ones do? I don't have a pure life color as it is combined with blue, could that make a difference?

If you have any answers or know anyone who might please contact me, I would really appreciate it!

Yours,
Alysha

Hello Alysha:

So glad that you have found us and are writing.

You ask good questions and ones that are actually quite common. Like many of my children, you are one of the older, transitional Indigos. The "pure Indigos" did not arrive until after 1987 is what I have been told. It seems that there are many kinds of new children to fill all the varying roles that will be needed in the new energy. Some of you are technologically oriented, some super psychic; some are other kinds of healers. Very few express all of the characteristics that are written about.

The most common attribute that I see in the older Indigos is how different they felt in school, at home, virtually everywhere. They never felt they were heard or understood, and things that seemed normal to them were extraordinary to others. They just didn't feel like they really belonged anywhere.

To answer your question, yes, abuse and neglect can very easily block many of the abilities. For example, I was very awake as a child, but my mother couldn't handle it, withdrew her love and punished me for it, so at the age of three, I decided it was in my best interests to disconnect from God so that the humans around me would love me. My daughter Maria consciously chose to be "normal" and block all of her seeing when she was in her early teens. Now she finds it difficult to bring back her abilities.

Love and blessings,

Sharyl

Dear Sharyl:

I think it is very important to realize that these children have come to teach us adults too - most of us need to get to a deeper soul level, to ground our spiritual selves physically and to connect to our divine source, bringing it into our physical selves connecting all aspects of ourselves. The children who commit these crimes are not 'grounded' in the lower chakras, and they do not have emotional integrity. Until we, all human beings, 'feel' that interconnectedness, the hurt they feel will be so strong that it will compel them to commit these acts. It is after all a cry for love, which no one has answered, that has driven them. I am tired of continually hearing about these children when in fact they are no different than anyone, they are simply making you aware that you need to take a good honest look at yourself. Whereas in the past a good clip around the ears did wonders, that is no longer acceptable nor does it work. We are having to dig deeper into our being to find 'truthful' ways of solving our problems and in doing so, cultivate our divine emotional state and further evolve ourselves to our source. No easy task for many of us and the lessons are many and varied.

Singh Heer

Dear Singh-Heer:

Thank you for writing. There are many who would agree with you, including me. I am constantly grateful that my children are now all over 21 years of age and that I did not have the challenges with them that I see so many parents struggling with. I can honestly say that I do not know what I would have done had I had a violent child, an addicted child, or a disruptive child. I say this because I have much compassion for all parties in difficult situations. "There but for the Grace of God go I," has been my mantra!

Love and blessings,

Sharyl

Sharyl,

Thank you for the interesting article.

I have some comments and would appreciate any rebuttal you may have if you have Time. I know how hard it is to find time for extra things in life.

I find the action of categorizing spirit in the ways the "indigo" children are categorized is not productive to human spiritual evolution. It just promotes "my indigo is better than your indigo" sort of competition.

In my perspective, there are innumerable different agreements with which a soul comes into an incarnation. I can take the things that are said about these children and tell you that both myself, born in 1949, and my children born in the late 70's and 80, are of this ilk.

Categorizing is something of which I do not understand the advantage. Human evolution is greatly slowed down, (imo) when this is done. It creates THE ENVIRONMENT OF COMPARISON AND OUTSIDE EVALUATION, RATHER THAN GOING INSIDE AND EVOLVING FROM SPIRIT.

So, please, help me with understanding this. I go to the local metaphysical bookstore and hear some very competitive parents extolling the "indigo" virtues of their kids so they can feel separate and superior. Much better to focus on the inner spirit, in my perspective. I am, by Jan and your article assessments, an "indigo" but I was born in 1949! The Native Americans had some interesting prophecies about the return of the elders which you might enjoy exploring.

If you can widen my perspective, please reply. Once again, if you can find the motivation and the time.

Thank you,

Ohana

Dear Ohana:

You bring up an issue that we have faced and struggled with all along. We have braved the criticism and realize that there is no easy answer, although I know that I have dealt with the question of labeling and elitism at various times in my articles. We changed the name of our section from "Indigo Children" to "Children of the New Earth" to avoid labeling.

In my opinion a certain amount of categorizing is sometimes necessary for identification purposes. It was important that individuals got validation for what they were experiencing and seeing. Now I think that it is critical that we move past the stage of simple identification to one of action.

I realize that this identification process has made some feel separate, unworthy. I also realize that some parents use it as a tool for elitism...I do not know what to do about this because that is the nature of duality and will be with us until it isn't, until we move more into unity consciousness.

Yes, you and I carry these attributes...I certainly always felt different and was meant to do the work that I am doing with the children. However, I do not wish everyone with a different set of attributes to feel the isolation, loneliness and pain that I felt for most of my life. I don't see a purpose in that...validation feels a lot better than always feeling like there is something wrong with me because I don't fit, which is how many of the new children say they feel.

Some individuals are going to use this phenomenon to create separation...these are ones who will find anything, something, to use for this purpose because that is their agenda.

I thank you for writing.

Blessings,

Sharyl

Dear Sharyl,

I read with interest your bio at the end of your article "Children of the New Earth" about growing up in North Dakota. Since I spent my early years on my grandfather's homestead in central North Dakota, I have always been drawn to this land, often pondering the nature of the pull.

Since I was born in 1942, I am way too old to fit the indigo children mold, but as I have grown and tried to deal with a society I do not fit in, I have come to realize that I always arrive before it's time, bringing messages no one understands, often at great cost to myself. But I am committed to honesty, honoring those who came before, and work which brings me satisfaction and joy. In many ways, just the environment I found on the farm where I spent my first through fourth years.

The North Dakota of my childhood no longer exists, but in many ways I think it provided a place for people like myself, who did not come in without the veils, to see what can be, even as it disappeared from our culture.

And most of all, it gave me the grounding to raise two very unusual children myself (born in 1969 and 1971) even though I knew nothing about the larger picture or the indigo children I would find myself reading about now that they are grown.

Thanks for providing a place where our stories can be told.

Diane

Dear Diane:

Thank you for your wonderful letter.

There were some great things about growing up in North Dakota, in my case the southeastern part of the state in 1945. I grew up very protected from many of the ways of the world on the farm, very isolated. I knew of no such thing as racism and all of us worked when work was to be done, so there were few completely gender specific jobs. At 10 years of age, I drove a huge old truck home from the field.... I was so small I had to stand on the seat. I went to a one-room school with an outhouse, actually two outhouses, and a barn. We had one teacher for all 8 grades, no kindergarten and I was the only one in my grade. As I write these words, it feels like another lifetime, maybe even another planet. The one thing I did not like at all was the weather...just awful, and to this day I find very little that I like about the extremes there. Although there are lots of wonderful things about being a small child there, you couldn't pay me enough to live there now!!

Yup, yup, what do we call us old ones...I too have so many attributes ascribed to Indigos...I just call myself an old hippie from the 60's, since without us none of this would be happening.

Again thanks for writing and sharing with us.

Love and blessings, Sharyl