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I would assume he meant "insertion", and by that I guess he means the author putting themself into the work, probably as a love interest.

Something best kept to oneself, methinks.

I don't know about the truth of the "Indigo" thing, but I was often able to see things that had happened in the past, I still usually know what people are going to do or say, and have been able to since I was very small. My first memory is of an event that happened when I was only six months old. Because of the clarity of the memory for a long time I thought I had been older, but everyone that was present supports the memory of the crib. It was extremely traumatic, and no one could forget the fit I threw, I was not going to bed in that room again, and no one could make me. I knew my life was in danger in that particular room. My mother and father said it was like trying to put a cat in water. I have been diagosed as "Indigo" recently. I am well into my thirties, but I showed all of the symptoms all my life. My parents are extremely religious and terrified by the things I told them, and was convinced that I was "demonized". Being alone doesn't bother me, never has, probably never will. I do not play sports, but I do like to "hike" through the desert or mountains. School was extremely frustrating, I already knew most of the information and was bored out of my mind, and could not understand why it was that I was expected to repeat myself year after year by "learning" the same crap. I didn't have many friends, mainly because the kids were mean and hateful, I didn't want anything to do with them. Don't get me wrong, this is not a "poor me" statement. I have a happy life, marriage, kids. I am blessed to be alive. The thing with "Indigo" is that no matter how bad things get, you're problem solving abilities will get you through, and if you truly are "Indigo", it will not destroy you, adversity can only make you stronger and more loving. The wrongs done to you, you have a need to turn them around and do the opposite so that you do not cause the pain that was caused to you. In doing so, we rise above our own petty problems and learn that we are brothers and sisters, all things are concected, when one of us hurts, we all do. Please stop being so cynical and hateful.

It's hard to not be cynical when people like you want us to accept your claims, but you won't do anything to actually prove yourself.

I might also point out that posting such a long comment about yourself and your abilities shows that you haven't risen above all of your petty problems. If you were truly happy with yourself and didn't feel the need to prove anything to anybody then you wouldn't be here posting in the first place. Especially on a hoax site.

And no amount of denial will change that fact.

When I am capable of bilocation, I will believe that indigo children exist. Until then, I rest secure in the knowledge that my soul is old and that every human soul regardless of it's age will continue to mutilate itself for the sake of knowing that each single one is right, and that those who disagree are at least by extension, wrong.

Is there a way that I may speak with someone about being an indigo child. Me and a friend Shun where looking at the mayan calander that says that on the date Dec. 21 2012 The world will end. Now for the longest time me and him theorised that it wont be the destruction but a large change in the world as we know it. Then at the same time we both thought to search indgo child. Our amazment knew no bounds for the next 2 days we didn't sleep as we were so deep into reasearch. We look at all of the angles. The only conclusion we have are that we are Indigo Children our self he is 18 and I am 16. Also we kept seeing the word or name KRYON. Please reply and tell me what you think and more on the situation.

P.S. Sorry if my spelling is bad I good at a lot of things but thats where the stick ends.

Well Chaz, obviously you need to have a baby. But first you should build a spaceship, and when the world ends you need to ship your baby off to the planet Kryon (which is actually the newly rebuilt planet Krypton, but they didn't want to call it Krypton for fear of jinxing it to the same fate as the old one.) There in the red sun, your child will thrive and gain super human abilities and be able to save their world.

Okay if you feel that way but get you facts right. Kryon has nothing to do with Krypton from my understanding it is a fourm of Angelic energy I never said it was like a doomsday there are many ideals and to ignore such ideals is ignorent. Any one who thinks them self to have any part of a brain must know that you have to see all the angles and see it from all the points of veiw you can.

But angelic energy DOES come from Krypton! Who's to say Superman's not an angel? He does fly and save people.

Hey, Chaz, you seem like a nice kid so I won't rag on you.

Can I suggest that before you and your friend decide to believe in something, you try to find out if the thing is REAL?

People can and do talk themselves into all sorts of stuff, so the fact that you believe in a thing does not PROVE that it's real. You only have one brain and one life and my suggestion is that you don't waste them on superstition.

One good question for you and your friend to ask yourself is why you believe that "indigo children" exist and why you think you are indigo children.

Is it because there are ACTUAL FACTS to support those beliefs or is it because you want to feel special and different and being "indigos" would help you with that?

There's nothing wrong with wanting to feel special. Maybe you two feel like outcasts in your town and thinking of yourself as "indigos" makes you feel as good as, or better than, the kids who pick on you.

LOTS of kids think they're weirdos. I did. Here's a little secret: high school sucks and a lot of the kids there, even the "cool" ones, are assholes. Don't worry about what they think of you. Chances are, once you graduate, you'll never see most of them ever again.

Figure out what's cool about YOU, what YOU like to do and what YOU'RE good at and concentrate on those things. You know that "secret of life" stuff people are always talking about? Well, being yourself is pretty much it. I'm an old fart and it took me most of my life to figure that out.

See, I just saved you DECADES of wondering about the Secret of Life.

How very unevolved to argue about such trivialities.

You guys are just agry. Peole bash what they dont know becuase they are jealous. im one of those indago children and you think your trying to say its easy being one and we're fake!

Ross said:

"You guys are just agry. Peole bash what they dont know becuase they are jealous. im one of those indago children and you think your trying to say its easy being one and we're fake!"

Well, thanks to Ross, we now know that being "indigo" doesn't mean that you have superior literacy skills.

"When Carolyn Kaufman was getting her daughter, Ariel Carreno, ready to go, Ariel had an unusual request.
"Mom, we need to take an orange," Ariel said.
"Why?" Carolyn asked. Carolyn explained that this was a pizza party, and that an orange would probably be out of place.But when Ariel insisted, Carolyn grabbed an orange and took it to the party... So Ariel carried her orange into Chuck E. Cheese. The party went just as planned. The kids ate pizza. The kids played games. The parents endured the noise. Then, the birthday girl asked for the strangest thing. An orange."

WOW! WOW! WOW!

That is an AMAZING story. As we know, no child in the history of the world has ever asked for a piece of fruit. Clearly, something supernatural was involved here.

Also, there's NO way that Child A happened to know that Child B was fond of oranges. I mean, that would just be IMPOSSIBLE, so the whole "Indigo" thing is the only possible explanation. Clearly.