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Indigo Evolution: More Questions than Answers Those who read my December, 2005 column, “Coming Soon to a Location Near You: The Indigo Evolution,” know that I was downright excited about seeing this film during its premiere weekend on January 28–29, 2006. I had seen the fictional movie, Indigo, and was excited about a documentary that would give us an in-depth look at flesh and blood indigos. Further piquing my interest were extensive descriptions of the indigos by James Twyman via his Emissary of Light email list, as well as the descriptions from Indigo Evolution’s website (www.theindigoevolution.com): About the indigos: “Whatever you call them, our children are coming into the world with their eyes wide open, ready to play their role in creating a world of compassion and peace. Are we witnessing a major leap in human evolution, what Jean Houston calls ‘Jump Time?’ Many people believe that we are on the brink of a global awakening, and that the Indigo Children are here to show us our highest potential.” About the movie: “In The Indigo Evolution you will hear from leading experts from around the world that this is much more than an imaginary fancy. The Children are real, and they are changing the world. Director James Twyman takes us on a journey into one of the most important questions of our day: “Has the human race finally evolved to a higher reality?” After that column was published, I received an email from Life Between Life therapist Susan Wisehart (www.susanwisehart.com). Through Susan, I’m doing my own exploration of Life Between Life therapy (stay tuned, that will be explored in a future column). Her email gave me food for though and a pinch of doubt about what I was hearing about the indigo children. Susan suggested that I check out P. M. H. Atwater’s book, Beyond the Indigo Children, as well as her website, www.pmhatwater.com. “I have met and know PMH and feel that her material is grounded,” Susan stated. “She calls into question some of what Drunvalo and James Twyman have asserted. PMH seems to be more empirically based. I have long felt that there has been a lot of speculation and assertions made about these children that don’t hold up to scrutiny and are exaggerated. I feel that we need to back up what is being put out there if these spiritually gifted children are to get the help and recognition that they need.” Susan’s observations gave me pause. I know James Twyman and have avidly followed his work via his email list and website (www.emissaryoflight.com) for years. I have a lot of respect for both James and Susan, so I didn’t know what to think. I decided to see The Indigo Evolution movie first and explore Susan’s reservations later. I wanted to view the film from my original place of excitement about the indigos. I fully expected to be blown away by the profiles of these young people. Unfortunately, for me, at least, the movie left me with more questions than answers. Here are some of my own reservations about the film: • Indigo Evolution seemed to be heavily weighted with experts talking about what the indigos are and far less focused on the experiences of the indigos themselves. • The fictional movie, Indigo, tells the story of an indigo girl who was in communication with other indigos through some sort of psychic grid. The indigos interviewed in Indigo Evolution did refer to telepathic powers, but the idea of some kind of worldwide communication grid among indigos was not even mentioned. • In Indigo, the little girl had healing powers, supposedly a common occurrence among indigos. None of the young people profiled in Indigo Evolution mentioned powers like these. • I wondered if all the children profiled could qualify as indigos. One little girl, for example, was born with memories of being her grandmother in her previous life. Her mother and sisters said that they had to reassure her because she seemed upset by being back. We know through the studies of Dr. Ian Stevenson (www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies) that these experiences are not uncommon—or new. Dr. Stevenson’s staff have been have been investigating these cases since 1961. Is this child an example of the evolutionary leap of indigo—or one of many who, over eons of history, have come into the world remembering? Don’t get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed the indigo children who were interviewed for this documentary. They certainly are brilliant, for the most part kind and spiritual, and have a certain dazzling light that sparkles in their eyes. But, after seeing them in Indigo Evolution, I also have questions and reservations. Taking Susan Wisehart’s advice, I visited the P.M.H. Atwater website. The full name of Atwater’s book is Beyond the Indigo Children: The New Children and the Coming of the Fifth World. Obviously, the title indicates that she seems to agree with Twyman and Drunvalo that something new is happening. Atwater states that her goal “is to put the various claims, visions, prophecies, and ideas about what is happening to our children and our world into perspective.” She says that through her research of child experiencers of near-death states, that children in general—and especially those born since 1982—are unlike children of any previous generation. To understand these children, Atwater states that one must also have a better understanding of our times: the Mayan “Suns,” prophecies of apocalypse and tribulation, the root races, generational imprinting, social ages, the great shifting and the great ages, and human evolution. As a teaser for potential readers, Atwater provided a list of her chapter heads including “The Mayan Gateway,” “The Fifth Root Race,” “The Fifth World,” The Fifth Chakra,” “The March of Generations,” “Blues or Indigos,” “A Hodgepodge of Stories,” “Lure of the Astral,” “The Spiritual,” “A Peculiar Anger,” “Television, ADD/ADHD, and Jumping Genes,” “Soaring Intelligence, Lost Potential,” “New Ways to Educate,” “Zippies, Tweens, and Mini-Me’s,” “Their Charge to Change,” “The Great Shifting,” “The Great Ages,” and “Moving into NOW.” Hmmmm ... If anything, this all sounded even more fantastic than what was promised by The Indigo Evolution movie. I decided to check out the some of the reviews on Atwater’s book that are reprinted on her site. The review by Betty Maxwell, Associate Director of the Gifted Development Center, Denver, Colorado, is scheduled to be published in the Journal of Near-Death Studies. Maxwell points out that Atwater is very concerned about the unhealthy adulation that these children are experiencing. “Atwater,” says Maxwell, “warns sternly against such limelighting.” Maxwell states that Atwater’s view is that the new children are very like the child near-death experiencers she has been studying for decades. They also have many traits with gifted children—who tend to be sensitive, energetic, empathetic, have their own agendas, and do not automatically respect or obey adults. “Atwater,” states Maxwell, “suggests that the new children (and NDE experiencers and gifted children) are forerunners of the full wave of Indigos yet to come. They give us a taste of the future that we do well to heed.” Hmmm. Oh, dear. Rather than answering my questions, I’m afraid my visit to the Atwater site has spawned a host of new ones. I guess I’ll just have to pick up a copy of her book and see if reading it provides the answers. In the meantime, what about you dear reader? Have you seen The Indigo Evolution movie or read Beyond the Indigo Children—or both? Please send your thoughts about either or both to me at my new email address, monty764@sbcglobal.net. I’d like to share your thoughts with my readers in a future column.
Mary Montgomery is a certified web author and developer. Her company, Montgomery Media Enterprises (“Freelancing with Finesse!”), specializes in public relations, writing projects and web authoring, development and publicity, especially in the non-profit sector. Ms. Montgomery has a Master’s Degree in religious studies from Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) and is working on a Ph.D. with a focus on the new scholarship of Unlimited Love and the Other Regarding Virtues. She is also in the process of completing the Morris Pratt Institute Course on Modern Spiritualism. Contact her via email at Monty764@aol.com or at her web site at www.montymedia.com. |
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