Indigo children are also known as indigo crystal children or blue children, and they have a number of characteristics that set them a little bit apart from the crowd. For the most part, an indigo kid tends to have traits that are quite similar to children who have ADD or ADHD. In fact, the rise of cases in Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder are accounted for as being the greater numbers of Indigo children born on earth.
For the most part, indigo children are identified by a channeled or a psychic who can see auras and identify them as having the distinctive deep inky purple twilight colored aura. These creatures are the beginnings of an evolution towards a more sophisticated race of humans that can communicate telepathically with each other. In theory, they are here to save the world from what civilization has wrought and we are supposed to protect them from harm.
Otherwise, indigo children's characteristics include such traits as high sensitivity, high irritability, and compulsions that are difficult for other people to understand. These children may also be highly obsessive and over focused on details.
They tend to have all of the indigo crystal children traits that mimic ADD, including the distractibility component. The child may not be able to focus on just one thing and get frustrated fast. If not, left to follow his or own plan for the day, the strong willed indigo kid then becomes disruptive to a class.
Most prominent among the indigo children traits is the feeling that the child is somehow "trapped in visual" space and more oriented towards television screens and geometry than they are towards the written word.
There are no schools for indigo children, so they may not thrive in an educational environment and get low grades even though their parents may suspect that they are actually very smart. Most parents don't ever even start to diagnose their children as being indigo kids until they take an indigo children quiz or watch indigo children movies. Navigating any educational system with an indigo kid can be frustrating, especially if the kid is a little psychic and "seeing things." It may sometimes be hard to convince educational experts that your child does not belong in a special needs school.
If you have ever asked yourself "am I an indigo child," it is not likely if you are born before 1970, although a few indigo individuals may have been born in the sixties. These people for the most part were never recognized as blue children and a consequence led difficult lives where they were ahead of their time and misunderstood.
Craig M. is a writer for SpiritNow.com. Visit SpiritNow.com, your online spirituality destination for psychics and tarot readings. Get a free psychic reading at SpiritNow.com.
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Thursday, 19 November 2009
What Are Indigo Children Characteristics? by Craig Malone
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
The Experience of Bereavement by Greg Madison, PhD
The modern term ‘bereavement’ originates from an Old English word meaning ‘to rob’. In contemporary society, bereavement can refer to any great loss, but it commonly refers to the death of a loved one. The modern term ‘bereavement’ originates from an Old English word meaning ‘to rob’. In contemporary society, bereavement can refer to any great loss, but it commonly refers to the death of a loved one. ‘Mourning’ refers to the various public displays of bereavement; funeral ceremonies, wakes, visiting cemeteries to put flowers on graves, memorial services on anniversaries etc. ‘Grieving’ refers to the psychological component of bereavement, the feelings human beings have when a loved person dies. Since Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross published her seminal book ‘On Death And Dying’ in 1969, it has been assumed that coming to terms with death has five distinct phases; denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. Health care professionals believed that anyone bereaved or facing their own death should move through these phases, one at a time, but potentially a person could get ‘stuck’ at any stage, impeding the ‘resolution’ of their grieving process. The above view assumed that while each bereaved person may feel things in somewhat different ways, everyone’s bereavement process was essentially the same.
It is now accepted that human beings are far more complicated than that. After years of dealing with patients who did not conform neatly to this view of distinct phases, psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors and psychotherapists, began to change their assumptions. It is now recognised that each person experiences bereavement in his or her own way and every bereavement will have its own unique process. A bereaved person might move back and forth between denial, anger, sadness, fear, and guilt many times a day and never reach ‘resolution’ in Kubler-Ross’s sense. The way bereavement is experienced depends not only upon personality: a person’s individual sensitivities, the way a person typically responds to crises and loss, but also upon the circumstances of the death and the relationship the bereaved person had to the person who has died. It can also be affected by how much we are supported by others and by how much other stress we have in our lives at the time.
Bereavement can bring feelings of isolation, anxiety, and confusion, as well as physical effects such as weight loss, lack of concentration, and sleep disturbance. The bereaved person may experience a loss of memory, loss of self-esteem and identity, and on occasion may even begin to take on the characteristics of the person who has died. They may begin to neglect their appearance for a time and feel that nothing matters any more. Although these are all normal rather than pathological reactions, at such times it can help to talk to others about what is being felt. Friends, family, health care workers, religious leaders, all may be able to offer support until life begins to make sense again.
A ‘complicated bereavement’ can occur when the bereaved person begins to suffer from more complex mental health problems as a result of not being able to deal with their feelings of loss and grief. The following are guidelines only and a person who does not fulfil any of these may still have a difficult experience of bereavement. Likewise, someone who fits all of the following may be able to move through the feelings of grief without undue difficulty. However, if some or all of the following conditions apply, it may be more likely that the bereaved person could suffer from a complicated bereavement:
•If the bereaved person is a carer for others, especially a single parent of young children.
•If the bereaved person has had a history of mental health problems.
•If the death was sudden, or violent.
•If the relationship between the bereaved and the deceased was a difficult one, characterised by strong feelings, both positive and negative.
•If the bereaved person is under additional stress at the moment of the death, for example, a divorce, financial worries, his or her own poor health.
•If the person who died was the person that the bereaved would have turned to for help or support.
•If the bereaved person has experienced multiple bereavements within the past few years.
Bereaved persons have to learn to live with the emptiness of the absent person, as well as deal with intensified self-reflection regarding their own lives, their choices, regrets, and their own mortality. Bereavement can instigate many deep changes that can affect those left behind in ways that extend far beyond the specific loss of relationship they are mourning. Although living through these changes often feels painful and sometimes even overwhelming, the eventual outcome of this process can be quite positive. By confronting the fact of death it is possible to become more compassionate, or galvanised into pursuing what’s really important in one’s life.
Dealing with the Feelings of Grief and Bereavement:
•The reaction to bereavement will be influenced by the relationship the bereaved person had to the person who died, and the way that person died.
•What is ‘normal’ will feel different for a while. For example, the bereaved person might feel numb, or like everything is unreal.
•This change in reality can feel scary and isolating. It can be helpful to seek the advice and support of a GP and/or counsellor during this time.
•Sadness, fear, and anger are common feelings during bereavement.
•The energy of sadness often rises up the front of the body, into the chest, throat, face, and eyes. Tears can release this sadness.
•Fear can feel like a stiffness around the body, or a frozen feeling in the middle of the body. Another’s comforting touch or embrace can let the body relax a little.
•Anger can feel hot, like pressure, and can be quite intense. It may be a challenge for the bereaved person to have compassion for their own suffering while not taking their anger out on others.
•Working through grief takes as long as it takes, and it can take longer than is commonly expected, long after others think it has passed. These feelings can also re-emerge if the bereaved person suffers another loss of any kind.
•It is advisable that the bereaved avoid making important decisions, when possible, during the months immediately following the death.
Bereavement Counselling
No matter how a person responds to bereavement, their response inevitably reveals something about how they function as a person, and this ‘something’ can be explored in a safe and confidential way with a counsellor. Bereavement counselling, like all counselling, offers a person the opportunity to hear themselves express their thoughts and feelings, or to sit in silence with someone who is willing to be with them as they are, without trying to change them or cheer them up. Counsellors usually do not give advice, but will help a person to find their own answers to their life issues and conflicts. Bereavement counsellors will expect a person to want to talk about the person who died and also about how to adjust to life without that person. But a person can talk about anything that’s important to them and this means that a counselling session might be spent talking about practical matters, future hopes and plans, or new relationships that are developing with neighbours, family members, and others. Although bereavement is the issue that may bring a person to a counsellor, the sessions may eventually and naturally begin to lead to other matters.
Bereavement counsellors are trained to work exclusively with people who are coping with the death of someone important to them. However, most counsellors and psychotherapists will work with bereaved people. Some hospitals and all hospices offer bereavement support and in these settings it is becoming clear that people can also benefit greatly from the opportunity to talk about their anticipated bereavement before the person has actually died, and there is some suggestion that support before the bereavement can make bereavement support afterwards less necessary. Counselling can also be accessed from many GP surgeries, voluntary bereavement services, hospices, counselling centres, and some hospitals. Some volunteers from bereavement services (volunteers may not be trained counsellors but will always have completed a bereavement training course) can meet in the person’s home but most counsellors work from an office or health centre. Some people seek counselling for only one session, or occasionally when they feel they need it, or on a regular basis (often once a week) for a longer period. It is important to note that a person does not have to feel in crisis to ask to see a counsellor. He or she may just want to check out how they are coping, to be reassured that what they feel is OK.
Some professionals suggest that bereavement counselling is best left until six months or more after the bereavement. It is at this time that friends, families, neighbours, have begun to get on with their own lives and may assume that the bereaved person is ready to do the same. It can be difficult to continuously bring up the issue when others expect the person to be over it. It is perfectly acceptable for a person to seek counselling years after the bereavement, when others seem to think everyone must be over it. Another bereavement, illness, divorce, job loss, etc. can unexpectedly rekindle feelings of grief that had subsided.
A first session of bereavement counselling usually begins with the person seeking counselling (the client) telling their story. This often includes a full history of the relationship they had with the deceased, how they met, what they enjoyed doing together, how long they were together, and perhaps any difficulties in the relationship. Clients also often begin counselling by talking about the present, how difficult it is without the person who has died, how it has changed their other relationships, and almost always, a detailed discussion about how the person died. As nowadays more and more people die in hospitals, this discussion can focus on anger regarding what was done or not done by hospital staff. The bereaved person can sometimes be left almost ‘haunted’ by questions about their loved one’s illness or care that no one can adequately answer. Dwelling over and over again on these specifics may be one way of trying to deny that the person has died.
It is not uncommon for people to continue to feel the presence of the person who has died. Sometimes the deceased person’s voice is heard, or their image is seen in a favourite place. The counsellor can offer reassurance that this is not uncommon, and eventually, after some months of talking about their feelings, a new sort of continuing relationship may develop between the bereaved person and the memory of the deceased. Clients might begin counselling thinking it will help them to get over the person’s death, making that person less important so life can proceed. But most people don’t want to ‘forget’ how important their loved one is to them. They want to be allowed to ‘talk’ to the person they miss, and think about how they would handle present situations. This can be quite comforting. Counselling can be used to help find a way to integrate the bond with the deceased back into present life, albeit now without that person’s physical presence.
The ‘If only’ phrases uttered by family, friends, doctors and nurses, (‘If only I’d said…’ ‘If only we’d done…’ ‘If only he’d left a few minutes later’) suggest that our society forgets that despite medical advances and our scientific age, we all still die. And as a consequence of this everyone needs to find ways of adapting to their mortality and to the fact that others they care about will also die. Counselling is one source of support in trying to make sense of the shattered certainties, loneliness and confusion that bereavement may bring. Unresolved grief can become a barrier between the bereaved person and others. It can seem so unfair that this person is no longer there. This feeling can become general, until life itself seems unfair. The bereaved person may begin to relate to the world as if it is an unsafe and aggressive place. The counsellor can help the person begin to discover the source of this negativity in their own reaction to their loss and the reassurance that what they are feeling is quite normal can help their world seem understandable again. Bereavement counselling aims to provide comfort and support, facilitate mourning, and ameliorate complicated bereavements. Clients typically feel grateful for the space that counselling provides and studies suggest that ‘high risk’ clients benefit significantly from these sessions.
Useful Books
The Power of Focusing. A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing. By Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell (1997). New Harbinger Publications.
‘You’ll Never Get Over It’ The Rage of Bereavement. Virginia Ironside (1996). Penguin Books.
All In The End Is Harvest. Agnes Whitaker (Editor) (1984). DLT Publ.
Badger’s Parting Gifts. Susan Varley (A Children’s Book)
Your local bookshop will have a selection of other books on bereavement and how to help feelings change.
Children and Death
Children’s reactions to death vary according to their age and it can be helpful to seek the advice of a counsellor if an adult is not sure how to explain death to a young child. Hospices can usually offer information and literature appropriate for young ages. Generally it is advised to include children in the pre-death period, explaining some of what is happening, answering questions, and allowing the child to say goodbye to the person who is dying. It is often helpful to allow children to attend funerals and services as they wish, but to remember that, unlike an adult, a child may alternate between extreme distress and playful indifference quite quickly, and this is normal. Bereavement projects that work with children often use play, arts and crafts, in individual and small group settings, to explore the child’s loss and relive their memories in a safe and productive way. Greg Madison, PhD, is a therapist in private practice in London who specializes in existential psychotherapy. Greg is available here: Good Therapy and at this url Therapist Nashville
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How To Process Grief. by Coach Iyabo
Sometimes we are just not aware that we have not processed grief. We know to process grief when someone dies. However, there are other events that happen that we may not be as aware of the need to grieve as we process these events.
In midlife, you find yourself facing multiple events that can be quite overwhelming. Sometimes, because life is so busy, you may not take the time to process grief. If a parent dies, or someone significant, we know to process grief. However, many times other tumultuous events happen and life just goes on. This pattern repeats itself over and over again, especially in midlife. Finally, you are faced with a crisis as you can no longer process your emotions.
If you are lucky, you may be aware of what is going on as you have a midlife crisis. This is a time to reinvent your life. It is time to process your past and look at each of the triggering events. If you do not process the grief from any of these events, you end up not being able to move forward in your life fully
Grief comes up from any of the following events:
~ End of a marriage or a long term relationship.
~ Layoff from a job.
~ Loss of your home to foreclosure.
~ Bankruptcy.
~ Diagnosis of an illness such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure or heart problems.
~ Empty nest syndrome.
~ Failure of a business.
~ Caring for aging parents.
~ Death of one or both of your parents.
~ Death of friends or siblings prematurely.
~ Loss of a pet.
~ For women, the onset of peri-menopause or menopause.
~ Any major life change.
~ Realization that you may never have children.
~ Any sort of major life change.
There is a place to grieve for the loss of what you once had no matter how bad it was. It is important to process the grief otherwise it gets stuck in your body and in your emotions and you find yourself reacting in ways that may seem strange. No matter what the triggering incident it, it served a legitimate purpose in your life. Even if you had an abusive parent, they were still your parent and their loss from your life can be devastating.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book called, “On Death and Dying” in 1969 in which she details the five stages of grief.
~Denial - “I feel fine.”
~Anger - “Why me? It’s not fair!”
~Bargaining - “Just let me live to see my children graduate.”
~Depression - ”I am so sad, why bother?”
~Acceptance - “It’s going to be okay. All is well!”
A person processing grief does not go through each of these stages in any particular order and usually, processing these emotions feels like a roller coaster ride.
It is important to acknowledge that you are experiencing grief. It is important to get support in the way that is meaningful to you. And please make sure you get to the place of acceptance where you know you are fine and that you have something to look forward to.
If you do not observe the grief process then you stand the chance of creating something new out of your weakness and not from a place of strength. Getting to the place of acceptance allows you to create from a wonderful place of fully processing grief and so your reinvention comes from a powerful platform.
Now that you know the stages of grief, the most important thing to know about grief is this: “Go ahead and experience grief when necessary.” Please know when you are grieving and give yourself the space, time and energy to grieve.
This article is part of a 40 page report by the author on "How to Reinvent Yourself at Midlife and Maintain Your Sanity." If you would like a free copy of the full report, please visit http://www.CoachIyabo.com/reinvent
Iyabo Asani is a life and business coach. A former lawyer, she left the practice of law after twenty years and now, she helps empower smart boomers create businesses and attract abundance by discovering the gifts and talents of their Inner Genius.
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Monday, 16 November 2009
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Friday, 13 November 2009
Psychokinesis: How to develop your Psychic Abilities by Fern Owl
The terms psychokinesis and telekinesis tend to be used almost interchangeably however the term telekinesis was originally meant to apply only to the movements of objects caused by ghosts and spirits, but in about 1914, the term psychokinesis was coined to be used by those seeking to learn to develop their abilities because so many fake spiritualist had used various methods of pretending to contact spirits, those truly seeking to advance their skills wanted to be sure they were not confused with the con artists.
Today however, the two terms are used pretty much interchangeably and for those seeking to develop their psychokinetic abilities, exercises designed for either purpose will work just fine.
It is important to note that developing psychokinesis does not happen overnight. How long it takes depends on many factors, some of which science can not yet explain. I have seen people reporting results in on their first attempt while others do not see results for weeks. No can honestly say that everyone has the ability. Some people quit trying before they receive results and who knows, they might have gotten results the next time they tried but because they stopped we will never know for sure.
The bottom line is to practice. Go into this knowing it could take months or even years to develop the ability. But it is not something you have to spend hours upon hours practicing. Short 10 to 15 minutes practice sessions once or twice a week will show results for most people. So even if it takes you months to learn, it is not a big outlay of time and energy.
The great thing about this exercise is it can be done anywhere at anytime and no one even has to know you are practicing psychokinesis. All you need is a coin that has two distinctive sides and a fall surface to toss the coin on.
To allow yourself the maximum opportunities to be able to practice, make each session just 10 coin tosses. You can easily track this in your head and know whether your tosses are higher or lower than pure chance and if you have time to run multiple sessions at one sitting, that is great, but if time is short, just do a quick 10 tosses and go about your business.
Since a coin has only 2 sides, there is a 50/50 chance that you will toss the correct side without it involving any type of psychokinetic ability. So with a session being 10 tosses, chance will show 5 correct guesses out of the 10 tosses. Your goal would be to get as close to scoring 10 of 10 as possible.
Keep a score sheet in your wallet or purse and at the end of each session, jot down your score. A score of 7 out of 10 means nothing but a score of 700 out of 1000 is starting to show a strong ability and a score of 7000 out of 10,000 would show a powerful ability. But you need to make note of it. Keeping it in your head is not going to be very impressive to anyone. A written record is much more believable and if you keep detailed records it is even better.
All you need to do is decide which side of the coin you want to show up when the coin comes to a rest after you toss it, and use your mind to send that thought to the coin. Toss the coin and make note of the results.
It is important to note here that you are not trying to psychic guess what the outcome of the toss will be before your toss it, you are attempting for force the coin to land on your chosen side. This will of course involve sending your thoughts toward the coin, but you can try different ways of doing it to see which gives you the best results.
Some people will see the side they want to show up in their minds eye (visualization). Others will send thought energy of the visualization towards the coin while it is being tossed. Others will send the name of the side through their thought energy. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Everyone is different and will receive different results, so do what feels right to you.
Pamela Freeman is a noted author and researcher who has dedicated her life to helping others. Her website offers free classes to learn Psychokinesis and help develop psychic abilities. Article Source: http://www.articlerich.com http://www.articlerich.com/Article/Psychokinesis--How-to-develop-your-Psychic
