Beyond the Indigo Children: The New Children and the Coming of the Fifth World,
P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D. Bear & Co./Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT – Sept.
2005.
EXTRAS
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"Beyond
the Indigo Children" is the first major study of today's children, and
their place in our rapidly changing world, that combines objective research
with mystical revelation and prophecy.
In the book, Dr. Atwater illuminates the talents and weaknesses of these
brilliant and irreverent kids born since around 1982. She explores the
relationship of
the new children to the prophecies in the Mayan calendar and other traditions,
providing extensive background information about the seven root races, and
the great shifting of consciousness already underway. She reveals the connection
of the seven root races to the seven chakras, and how the fifth chakra – the
chakra of will power - will refine itself in the human family as the new
children grow to maturity. She also discusses the phenomenon of soaring intelligence
and undeveloped potential, and provides concrete guidance and tools for those
who seek to understand and help the new children achieve their full potential.
Photo of Kileigh Steven Johnson,
born 7-31-05 at 9:11 pm.
He is one of the 911 Generation.
(From the author) … "I am very excited about 'Beyond the Indigo Children,'
so much so that I have created this EXTRAS section so additional ideas and resources
that missed the original printing could be listed. Of concern to me is that you
read everything in the Notes Section of the book itself. That's because Notes
functions as a Resource Guide, filled with wonderful books, websites, contacts,
and groups of all kinds that will be most helpful to you and to kids. EXTRAS
is really more of a hodgepodge than anything else. Enjoy scrolling through it.
-- PMH
BRAIN BUILDING GENE MUTATIONS
It doesn't take someone like me to point out that there's something
remarkably
different about the children in today's world. Parents and grandparents,
school teachers, counselors and therapists, anyone who
knows a child – all
of them – say the same thing: our kids know more
than we do. And
they're right. The kids do."Two key brain-building genes,
which
underwent dramatic changes in the past that coincided with huge
leaps
in human intellectual development, are still undergoing rapid
mutations,
evolution's way of selecting for new beneficial traits,"
so said
Bruce Lahn and his University of Chicago colleagues in a study published
in the journal "Science," dated 9-9-05. Not everyone has both
of these genes, yet reports of mutation are increasing at an unprecedented
rate: 70% of the world's population now evidences one of them, 30% both. "Just
as major environmental changes, such as dramatic shifts in the climate,
food supply, or geography, favored the selection of genetic traits that
increased survival skills," continued Lahn, "the pressures
on gene selection today come from an increasingly complex and technologically
oriented society." Numerous genes are involved in brain building,
not just the two mutations, still, there is enough scientific evidence
now to back up the claim that our youngest citizens represent a new type
of human – evolution in our time.
HOLD EVERYTHING . . . there's more!
Read again what you've just read. The science gives us numbers: 70% of
the world's children are the new children (what I describe at length
in Beyond
the Indigo Children); 30% are the more advanced (also in the book). The
30% matches almost exactly what educators are finding with scores from
Standard
IQ tests. In those countries where the test is administered, there is a
reported rise in scores from 24 to 26 points with about one-third who
take the test.
For this third, scores now range between 150 to 160 – an unprecedented
leap in intelligence – with no genetic markers to account for it
(wasn't heredity), only slight improvement in rote learning (wasn't education),
nothing
particularly to peg it to (nutrition, parenting styles, etc.). To confuse
our educators even more, the biggest part of the rise comes from non-verbal
intelligence, which is creative problem solving. Some educators say genius
begins with scores between 134 and 136. Other educators say no, it begins
at 140. One-third of today's children are now scoring between 150 to 160
. . . smarter than the geniuses of yesteryear!!!!!!!!!!!!
YUP, THERE'S EVEN MORE . . .
In my research of children who had near-death experiences (refer to my
book, The New Children and Near-Death Experiences), with a base of 277
child experiencers
between the ages of birth and 15 years, 48% scored between 150- 160 when
old enough to be tested. I had two clusters (more cases): with little
ones from birth to 15 months, and from 3 year-olds to those almost but
not quite
6. If I just look at those children from not quite 6 on down to birth
(yes, a child of any age can have a near-death experience and talk about
it or
draw pictures of it when old enough to do so), with this younger group
the percentage scoring between 150-160 jumps to 81%. If I just look at
babes,
from birth to 15 months, especially those who had a dark or black light
experiences instead of a bright light experience (get over that nonsense
that dark or
black light is negative — far from it), almost all of them score
in the genius range, beginning at between 181 and 184, on up into the
200s.
The younger the child, the greater the leap in intelligence as an aftereffect
of the near-death phenomenon. Proof to me that it is intensity of the
experience, not how complicated or classical, that determines the spread
of aftereffects.
My research on this is preliminary, however. I challenge others to launch
their own study. Let's see what they find (my protocol is outlined in
the above book).
OOPS, ONE MORE. . .
Professor Vladimir Mikhalev from Bryansk State University told the British
newspaper, "Sun" (September, 2005), that children exposed to radiation
following the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine – are
testing out with higher IQs and faster reaction time that those from
unaffected areas.
I do not have details yet on this finding, but the implications are
quite amazing and makes me wonder if what Professor Mikhalev found
dovetails in
some manner with what I found in cases of near-death . . . that intense
interruptions of brain and nerve development in the very young can
on occasion jumpstart
the evolutionary process . . . and perhaps more often than we think.
REMEMBER, THE HARMONICS OF OUR PLANET (EARTH'S PULSEBEAT)
ARE INCREASING
FROM 7 CYCLES PER SECOND TO 12, SOME SAY.
I SUSPECT IT'S EVEN HIGHER,
DEPENDING ON LOCATION AND THE MEASUREMENT YOU GET.
* * * * * * * SPECIAL ALERT * * * * * * *
I had the privilege of attending a special workshop with Joseph Chilton
Pearce, the premier authority on children's brain development and what
it takes to
raise a healthy child, just days after he turned 80 on January 12, 2006.
Although frail of body, the man is as vital and snappy as ever with an
encyclopedic
memory recall. Although the topic was neurocardiology (the new science of
the heart), he covered a broad range of subjects. Here are some tidbits
from my
notes:
** Read "Darwin's Lost Theory of Love" by David Loye. We know about
Darwin's work on the origin of species but who has heard of his book "The
Descent of Man"? Toward the end of his life, Darwin became convinced that
his theories on the origin of species did not explain humankind. This last book
of his sets the record straight – he believed that love and altruism,
and those traits alone, explained the origin and evolution of the human
being.
** Science now tells us that DNA produces
a light wave, which is sensitive to environmental signals. Hypercommunication
occurs between DNA strands
via this
light – they talk to each other. A single DNA strand, by the way,
if un-unwound is six feet long. The strongest force that can affect DNA
is emotion.
** The brain develops in stages. Each stage is dependent on those which
precede it in order to ensure a mature brain. Takes about 25 years to
achieve this,
not 21 as previously thought.
Stage
from birth to age one ……………….the
survival or reptilian brain
Stage
from one to age four
……………..the
emotional or limbic brain
Stage
from four to age seven
…………………the
new brain—right hemisphere
Stage
from seven to age eleven
……………………..the
new brain—left hemisphere
Stage
from eleven to age fifteen
……………………the
cerebellum
Stage
from fifteen to twenty-one
…………………… the
pre-frontal lobes
Stage
from twenty-one to twenty-five
…………… brain
development complete
** Besides the womb and the first year of life, the most important
years for brain growth and development are between the ages
of six and seven (from 500
to 600% greater neural mass in brain, oversaturates so concrete
operational thinking/reason can begin); and between eleven
and twelve (mind emerges
from the brain that gives
rise to it – neural cells pruned so specialization
in formal logic can take place, beginnings of abstract
thought).
In my research of the new kids, I found that the number
one trait that sets them apart from previous generations
is their ability to abstract,
almost
from the
time they become verbal. Many of today's preschoolers
possess the ability to plan their class curriculums and direct
their teachers
in how those
curriculums should be taught. What I have been
finding is that four-year-olds
display
the brain development, not only of twelve year-
old, but in many cases of a youngster
of fifteen. Although they are not emotionally
ready to negotiate the demands of an older child, they often
possess
the basic knowledge
of
one.
** According to Pearce, scientists are now
finding that our new children, by the time they reach the teen years
(some even
earlier) – 50% of them have lost the ability to abstract!
And the culprit is……virtual realities!
** Because of sensory overload with virtual realities – all too many children
can no longer handle peaceful or natural environments. The average five-year-old
today has watched 6,000 hours of television. Virtual realities of any type – cell
phones, gameboys, video games, television - directly interfere with the normal
stages of brain development. Kids grow up smart and know a lot, but that incredible
ability they once had to abstract, to think outside the box, to indulge in creative,
intuitive leaps of imagination and promise, are either gone or nearly so. Kids
must get physically involved in life, think their way through complex puzzles
and challenges, have periods of doing "nothing" but staring in- to
space or watching clouds drift by or daydreaming. In other words, they must – they
absolutely MUST – have recess, playtimes, chores, and multiple projects
to challenge their mind. If an electronic gadget substitutes for this activity,
kids become as if intelligent "idiots." You can "catch up," make
up for lost time, heal the brain in a myriad of ways, and you begin by…..… limiting
the use of electronic gadgets!
What Joseph Chilton Pearce alerted us to has been confirmed
by yet another source. In an article from the United
Kingdom (refer
to "Failing to Teach Them
How to Handle Real Life," http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2014198,00.html),
there appears the following quote:
"Far from getting cleverer, our 11-year-olds
are, in fact, less "intelligent" than
their counterparts of 30 years ago. Or
so say a team who are among Britain's most respected education
researchers.
After studying
25,000 children
across both
state and private schools, Philip Adey,
a professor of education at King's College London, confidently
declares:
'The intelligence
of 11-year-olds
has fallen
by three years' worth in the past two decades.'"
I warned about this in my book, "Beyond the Indigo
Children," in the chapter on new ways to educate.
The new children are spatial learners. School curriculums
are set up for verbal learners. Between excessive exposure
at too young of ages to virtual realities, and school
curriculums that utterly bore them, our new kids are
either opting out of career paths or cutting classes,
or somehow removing them- selves from the culture at
large. Volunteerism, projects development, and entrepreneurship
can bring them back in.
THE FIFTH WORLD – AN EXPLOSION OF FIVES
There can be no doubt that the
Fifth World, predicted by revelators and prophets for thousands
of years, is now here, and, accelerating – moving in to what is termed "ascension." Repeating "fives" are
extraordinary. Most are discussed at length in the book, but another, very
important one was missed. I include it here – the fifth wave in communications – along
with a brief overview. Here are the major fives. Be certain to
read the book for in-depth descriptions:
Fifth World, polarities shift
Fifth Root Race, blue
Fifth Element, ether
Fifth Chakra, will power
Fifth Brain, the heart
Fifth Dimension, free from time/space states; intention rules
Fifth Ray, Venus (associated with mercy and Goddess Kuan Yin)
Fifth Communication Wave, personal computers
Five Senses, shift to higher modes, expand, enlarge
Five Types of Intelligence, kids excel in those that cannot be
tested
Five, the number of the human family/the human species
Five, the number of change and progress
14th Generation = Five, Millennials, the Shift Generation in
the age of Shift
The five waves of communication
in the human family:
1st wave -
verbal communication, sign language
2nd wave -
use of stele: inscriptions on markers, stones, pillars, flat surfaces/walls
3rd
wave -
the invention of papyrus: a paper-like material for writing on,
scrolls, ancient documents
4th wave -
printing from movable type: first book, the Gutenberg Bible
5th wave -
personal computers: introduced in 1982, the very year the new children
began to enter the earthplane en masse (the start of the Millennial
Generation)
NOTE OF INTEREST:
THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND TECHNICAL EXPLANATIONS
DECREASES WITH FORMAL EDUCATION.
WHAT IF YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD?
This is the title of
a surprising book by Linda Iribarren
(Radiant Star, Carlton, WA 2005). I say
surprising because, at first glance, it
appears to be little more than a lot of
white space decorated here and there with a
few words ? until you stop to consider "what
if." Then it hits you, right here, in this
one book, are ideas that really can help
anyone change the world. No kidding!
BE ONE OF THE 4%
Tom Hanks, the
remarkable actor, in his speech at Vassar College's graduation ceremony
in New York (5- 22-05), spoke of the four-percent solution. The study
he referred to dealt with the question: how many cars would you have
to remove to get rid of gridlock on crowded roads? Computer simulation
gave the answer: four out of every 100, or 4%. When applied to any
and every situation possible to imagine (from boycotting a product
to swinging an election), the "Power of Four" tipped the
scales from helplessness to clout. Since we're moving into the Fifth
World, why not up the percentage to five? If 4% is the tipping point,
what would 5% do? Imagine!
YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHO THE NEW KIDS ARE?
The
new kids move consciousness from "I" to "We."
hey're
the girls of the
Northwestern University
Women's Lacrosse Team who visited the White
House in July of 2005 to celebrate
Championship Day with the President ?
wearing flip-flops for shoes and tops that
showed too much skin. Their appearance
sparked a dress-code controversy that
continues. Today's young people are
irreverent. They have their own ideas about
fashion and about everything else you can
think of. Don't expect them to follow
"tradition." They are groupies who follow
their own intuitive knowing.
hey're
many of the bombers who created mayhem and
killed innocent people in London, England,
July 2005. In fact, the majority of Muslim
suicide bombers throughout the world are the
new children, easily misled by angry clerics
and what they see as a gross violation of
Islamic law by the secular West.
The new kids are powerful and
powerfully charged to change the
world; but in what way?
An old adage may help them in their decisions:
"Chose your enemies carefully. The more time you spend thinking about them, the more like them you will become."
Let me introduce you to a new word/concept that best describes how the Fifth World
can move into Ascension in a positive way:
A holon is created when opposing forces agree to
cooperate with each other for the benefit of all.
You are not going to change the
people of the world. By forming holons to accomplish
things, people will see for themselves that certain behaviors are
better than others, that certain ideas work and others don't, that
respect leads to tolerance, that caring about each other's needs
leads to forgiveness.
Most of the new kids are born
knowing this. Help them remember what they already know.
The new kids are the
most spiritual, intuitive, intelligent, creative, inventive children in all history. And they are globally present. But they are an impatient bunch with little respect for what inspired their parents. They don't like to be
lied to or cheated, and they're
easily angered by anything inauthentic or
exaggerated. This trait can be a great strength, but all too often it becomes their greatest weakness. That's why so many fail at school or turn to crime or hatred. Be honest with them, keep
your word, participate in their lives. That's love made
manifest. If you're willing to do this, you won't have to worry about the new children, yours or others. These kids are miracle makers ? if given a chance. They are programmed at birth to be active and actively involved.
THEY
WILL CHANGE THE WORLD! Count on it.
PEOPLE
... Ah,
that, too, is the name of a book ?
this one written and illustrated by Peter Spier (Doubleday, New York City,
1980). It may seem ancient, seeing as how it was published in 1980, yet it is
the best book I've yet seen for teaching children about all the wonderful people
on this earth, how they are different yet the same and how various groups appear
through the other's eyes. Really great.
SOME IDEAS
ABOUT FOOD, ADDITIVES, MERCURY
A home reference book from America's leading natural health authority:
Prescription for Natural Cures,
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D. John Wiley & Sons; Indianapolis, IN 2004.
This is a comprehensive
reference of natural remedies
for common ailments, including:
acne, allergies, arthritis,
asthma, back pain, cancer,
depression, fibromyalgia, heart
disease, hypothyroidism,
influenza, irritable bowel
syndrome, menopause,
osteoporosis, stroke, Syndrome
X, varicose veins, and
more?almost 200 health problems
and conditions in all.
Schools must wake up to the fact that the sale of sugary sodas
and
fatty snacks are hurting our children and complicating their natural active nature. Soft drinks are literally liquid candy. So far, legislation to
restrict such sales in schools has been defeated because of powerful snack-food lobbies. Two dozen states, though, are gearing up to pass necessary laws. Is your state? Check it out.
Bleached white flour contains
alloxan, a substance that spins up enormous
amounts of free radicals in pancreatic cells. It is a diabetes-causing contaminant. Avoid its use if you can. Switch to unbleached flour or flours from other grains which do not contain alloxan.
There are so many chemicals used in food today that it is hard to keep
up
with what's what. Even milk is so full of
undesirables (regardless of the milk industry's assurances to the contrary), that thinking parents are turning more and more to organic milk. A hallmark of the new children is
their desire for the natural order. Keep this in mind with food ? the more
natural the better.
Children MUST be vaccinated against
the diseases of childhood
that cripple. Slowly, over the decades, increasing amounts of
thimerosal
have been used as a preservative in the manufacture of necessary vaccines.
In 1997 it was discovered that no one was keeping score ? totaling the amount of
thimerosal used. Also by then, multiple doses given as a single shot - for
children and adults ? were blamed for damaging side effects. The main ingredient
in thimerosal is mercury; not the mercury released in the air or groundwater
from pollutants. The type of mercury in thimerosal is 1,000 times more toxic
than lead. With the rise of its use has come the rise of various learning
disorders and autism. In studies of excessive thimerosal use, the symptoms of
autism emerged as a side effect. Now that thimerosal has been removed from most
vaccines, the incidence of autism is dropping. However, it is still used in flu
vaccines; older stock has not been destroyed and continues in regular usage.
What began as a misjudgment on the part of pharmaceutical companies back in the
thirties led to a disregard for the type of retesting necessary to ensure the
continued safety of thimerosal. The result: the largest debacle in medical
history that has devastated countless families and put at risk an entire
generation! Pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to protect themselves by
lobbying for congressional legislation that would hold them blameless. Evidence
stacks up daily on how this debacle occurred. Should this evidence survive court
scrutiny, it could wipe out the pharmaceutical giants. Think this over
carefully. Yes, resolution is absolutely necessary. But, do we really want
to wipe out an entire industry? Do we really want to end all childhood
vaccinations, flu and military vaccinations, etc.? This problem is so huge it is
beyond the restitution courts can provide. One source to contact about this: www.dadsagainstmercury.org.
Autism and the God Connection
Cases of autism and its full spectrum of variants are
now so pervasive in the United States and other countries that it is considered
an epidemic.
If you don't know a child who has some form of autism, you soon
will.
These children are not confined as "forever wards" of their
parents or neces- sarily institutionalized. They grow up. Many are high-functioning.
Thus, in some capacity, you will be dealing with them or already are, perhaps
as a student in a class they teach, perhaps as an employee in one of their
businesses, perhaps at a party, in the bank, at the post office, or
in
a studio admiring
one of their paintings. Because they can and do spread throughout society
in numerous ways, it behooves all of us to learn something about what
makes them
different and how we can bet- ter support the talents they offer.
There are many excellent books out now about autism and its full spectrum
of variants. None of them, though, are as deep or as revealing as this
one: Autism
and the God Connection: Redefining the Autistic Experience through Extraordinary
Accounts of Spiritual Giftedness, William Stillman (Sourcebooks, Naperville,
IL 2006). Stillman himself is autistic; he has Asperger's Syndrome, fluent
verbally, a high-functioning professional.
Autistic kids are "wired" differently. Many cannot speak, are
easily frustrated and angered by change, and are challenged by emotional
expressiveness.
Most relate better to animals than to people. This is evident. What
isn't evident in how intelligent the majority are and how exquisitely
sensitive, intuitive,
creative, and spiritual they are as well. Stillman carefully and with
immense focus dissolves away the walls of prejudice and abusive behavior
so common with
and to autistics, to unveil a rich depth of personality and awareness
that lies just behind the jarring facades of involuntary movements and/or
odd stares. With
new ways to communicate, new forms of speaker boards and computers,
new types of counseling, the true inner realities of autism spectrum
are rushing to the
surface: an inner world of vivid dreams, uncanny psychic and intuitive
abilities, fluid and advanced mental abstractions and concepts, incredibly
accurate memories
of past lives and the soul and God and spirituality – and – in
many cases, knowledge of why they are here in this life and what they
are to do, their
mission.
Stillman advises to
always assume intelligence when relating to those who have autism. Look
them straight in the eyes when communicating
with them.
Be alert
for symbolic gestures and languaging, telepathic connections, and
exceptional knowing and wisdom. Although autistics are predominately
visual, not
verbal, they can readily communicate if given a chance and with the
proper equipment.
They are extremely sensitive by nature and easily confused by loud,
sudden noises. If you remember that and adjust environments accordingly,
satisfying,
even deeply
meaningful relationships, can result.
I believe the world owes William Stillman a debt of gratitude for
the courage it took him to research and write this book. It is filled
with
rare wisdom
and amazing stories – that will totally surprise you.
NEW SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNICATIONS, OUR SENSE OF PLACE
Engineers,
at least in Australia, have caught on to the power of intuition.
Bruce
Field, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Monash
University said: "Conventional engineering programs
only educate half the engineer – the left hemispheric part
associated with technical knowledge and mathematical skill.
Intuition, or the ability to reach a correct solution without
formal analysis, is an extremely useful skill for engineers."
This
recognition of intuition's important role, even in the professional
and technical world, has resulted in the world's first pro-
gram aimed at developing intuitive skills in undergraduate
mechanical engineering students at both Monash University and
the University of Melbourne. The greatest breakthroughs in
science have always come from hunches, dreams, a sudden flash
of inspiration. Now, finally, this fact is not only being recognized,
but initiated via classes in intuitive development at the university
level. May all universities everywhere be as smart as the ones
in Australia!
May 16, 2005 issue of Newsweek Magazine.
The article focused on William McDonough, architect, industrial designer, and founder of
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is not your traditional environmentalist. He wants to completely overhaul the Industrial Revolution and he has the ideas and practical know-how to do just that. Forget reduce, reuse, recycle. McDonough's vision, as quoted from the article, covers "factories so safe they need no regulation,
and novel safe materials that can be totally reprocessed into new goods, so there's no reason to scale back consumption or lose jobs... I want five-year cars. Then you can always be getting the newest car - more solar-powered, cleaner, with the newest air bags and safety features. The old car get upcycled into new cars so there are still plenty of jobs ? Being less bad is not being good. Our idea is to make production so clean, there's nothing bad left to regulate." His mantra is "Growth is good, if you use nature as a model and mentor." Read this article if you can, then contact him or his staff for more information:
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, 700 East Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902;
(434) 295-1111 or 245-0057.
Little Rock, AR 72203;
1-888-422-1161; foundation@heifer.org. This charitable
organization started a Global Village in 1991 with a small house patterned after those typically found in Guatemala, and for the purpose of giving people an opportunity to live as those in extreme poverty do, to see what it is really like. They now have facilities in Perryville, Arkansas; Ceres, California; Rutland, Massachusetts; and Howell, Michigan. Mainly for teens, each global village camp provides experiences where students are forced to
ration provisions, barter for essentials such as water and vegetables, and sleep
in tiny African huts or similar places found in Thailand or Tibet. Some
students get college credit for the experience. One church leader who
accompanied 16 youngsters from Boulder, Colorado, said: "Here's a bunch of
affluent Caucasian kids. They talk the talk but I wanted to see if they could
walk the walk" (Heather McDuffee, quoted in "Thousands of Teens See
Third World Life" distributed by Associated Press, 7-28-05). The unique
learning experience offered by Heifer International is like a game of trust
where kids find out a lot about themselves while participating in real life
struggles. Heifer spokeswoman Michelle Izaguirre commented on the students who
came to camp: "You can see it in their eyes. You can hear it in their voices.
They walk away with empathy as opposed to pity. It's a mindset change."
We in the West cannot retreat to a past without modern technology,
but we can learn many things
from native peoples (and
experiences like those from
Heifer International). French
researcher
Eric
Julien lived in Colombia with the Kogis, who are descendants of the Mayas,
and learned 10 basics for a better world. They are: all action is rooted in
memory, social relations are vital and essential, balance is necessary in all
things, time is a circle (cyclical), there is power in knowing your place, the
living world sets the laws, true harmony is in opposites in good relationship
with each other, problems come from leaders who don't understand leadership,
talking to each other is important and so is listening, a spiritual force is
what brings us to life. The story of the Kogis and their way of knowledge as
told by Eric Julien is in the June 2005 issue of
Ode Magazine.
Ode Magazine, by the way, has outstanding articles, especially those
that would interest
the new children. In the same
issue (June 2005) is an piece
called "Understanding the
Universe on Its Own Terms" by Satish Kumar. Kumar has led a remarkable
life as a monk, activist, teacher, and magazine editor. He addresses how the
universe transcends its own divisions to exist as a glorious whole ? one song,
one poem, one verse. Some of what he shared: "The word 'religion' comes
from the Latin root religio which means to 'bind together with the string of
certain beliefs.' A group of people come together, share a belief system, stick
together and support each other. Thus, religion binds you, whereas the root
meaning of spirit is associated with breath, with air. We can all be free
spirits and breathe freely. Spirituality transcends beliefs. The spirit moves,
inspires, touches our hearts and refreshes our souls ? We can be our own
prophets, unlock our own hearts and minds and allow the fresh air of compassion,
of generosity, of divinity, of sacredness to blow through our lives ? Religious
denominations act as nurseries for seeking souls. But in the end, we each have
to establish our own roots and find divinity in our own way ? The rivalry among
religions would cease if they realized that religious faiths are like rivers
flowing into the same great ocean of spirituality. Even though the various
rivers with their different names give nourishment to different regions and
different peoples, they all
provide the same quality of refreshment. There is no conflict among the rivers. Why then should there be conflict among the religions? Respect for a diversity of beliefs is a spiritual imperative."
The new children are natural-born entrepreneurs, so please note this
offering
from Pamela Hartigan, director of Schwab Foundation for Social
Entrepreneurship in Geneva, Switzerland (found in the same issue of Ode as above). She discovered that the ten most highly effective habits of world
entrepreneurs are (and you kids are going to love this): impatience, awareness,
innovation, pragmatism, expertise, persuasiveness, flexibility, stubbornness, joy, and infectiousness (people around you believe that the example you set is worth following). Doesn't this list sound like the typical characteristics of the new children? Yeah!
In praise of streets, parks, squares, coffee shops, and other beloved
hang-outs, there is a new movement afoot to reinvigorate public life and
public places where folks can
sit, talk, walk around, play,
and just enjoy each other's company (with an opportunity to meet new folks). Worldwide, it involves localities placing a premium on such places and providing protection from traffic and from crime and violence, and bad weather. Survey the area where you live. Where are your hang-outs? Do they
have good aesthetics - trees, plants, fountains? Can carnivals and festivals be
held there? How about food vendors, exercise and sports venues, performances of
various types? Public places are the starting point for all commerce and
community, hence democracy. Studies have shown that nothing grabs people's
attention more than other people. We are social beings and we need each other.
Get this: there is not a single example of a city that rebuilt its public places
with quality that has not seen a renaissance. "Our
Place in the World" is a brilliant article by Jay Walljasper in, you guessed
it, the June 2005 issue of Ode Magazine. If you haven't discovered Ode yet,
please do. It is a European magazine written for the world's people.
I highly recommend signing up to receive the free e-zine entitled
"Reality Shifters" from Cynthia Sue Larson.
I mention Cynthia in my book "Beyond the Indigo Children." If ever there was an example of a more mature version of the new children it is her. She is the author of several books (you'll find out about them on her e-zine), as well as "Reality Shifters" ? a well-crafted piece that explores how, what we think of as reality, can shift and sometimes in the most peculiar ways. Cynthia is both highly intelligent and intuitive, as most of the new kids are, plus she has a joyful yet clear way of helping people develop their own intuition while finding a comfort level with unexplainable phenomenon. Her email is cynthia@realityshifters.com; her
website address is www.realityshifters.com.
Two
books that illuminate where we're headed as a people:
"A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to
the
Conceptual Age," Daniel Pink. Riverhead Books, New York City,
2005. The information age is ending. Success in school and business
will now depend upon right-brain specialties such as artistry, imagina-
tion, "big picture" thinking, and the transcendent.
"The
Translucent Revolution," Arjuna Ardagh. New World
Library, Novato, CA, 2005. A worldwide advance in human con-
sciousness is occurring by what Ardagh calls "translucents" – individ-
uals who have undergone a spiritual awakening deeply enough that it
has permanently transformed their relationship to themselves and to
reality, while allowing them to remain involved in ordinary life.
HISTORY TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN
With
new scientists, new tools, new thinking, many of the previous findings
that established who, what, where, when, and why
throughout
our world and in every country, are not only being challenged but in many
cases proven false. Here's one that some may find unsettling: Columbus was
not the first to discover America – Zheng
He was – in 1421. With
more than 300 ships and a crew of nearly 30,000 men, Zheng He transformed
China into a superpower in the 15th century. One of his giant junks have
been found; DNA evidence traces he and his crew throughout the Americas,
including the Yucatan (Mayan), Peru (Incan), and in Mexico (with the Aztec).
Refer to the book, 1421:
The Year China Discovered America, by Gavin Menzies
(Morrow/Avon, New York City, 2003).
NEW EDUCATION,
HOW AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN
Too
many of us were told when we were children that there was something
wrong with
us
or that we were too sensitive. Today we know differently. And
we know that
because millions and millions of kids are entering the earthplane
who are not only sensitive but profoundly so, with nervous systems "wired" in
ways that make them doubly susceptible to overstimulation and violent
or excessively rough behavior. Here's a book that might help – The
Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide: Essential Skills for
Living Well in an Overstimulating World, by Ted Zeff, Ph.D. (New
Harbinger, Oakland, CA 2004).
CAUTION: Headphone use damages young ears. Hearing loss in young people
today is rampant. Experts say the popularity of portable music
players is the main culprit. Walkmans and iPods are wonderful,
but they're also harmful. Same goes for cell phones that operate
from headphones/ear buds. Our new conveniences, as it is turning
out, can be and very often are dangerous.
classroom has produced
spectacular results at every school where it has been used. It enables
children to relax, release stress, and learn more easily. Not only do boisterous
children calm down, the exercises help the quieter kids to loosen up a bit. In
short, children feel better
about themselves. Contact HeartMath for
more information: HeartMath Institute, P. O. Box 1463, Boulder Creek, CA
95006; (408) 338-8700 or 1-800-450-9111; website is
www.heartmath.org.
P.S. HeartMath
has also done some leading-edge research with heart rhythms - and what
they found is that people are intuitively aware of future negative events. The
human heart appears to have access to an information field. Rollin McCraty,
who heads the research team at HeartMath said: "We have been
conditioned to dismiss our
intuitive insights, but the body
is designed to provide the
'hardware' for just such a process." This recent study at HeartMath is one of
the most striking pieces of evidence for the existence of a "zero-point"
field that connects humans and matter.
70%
of all school-age children who are diagnosed with learning disabilities
are boys. Boy brains and girl brains are so different that
gender-based classes and teaching styles are now in use. Critics of this
type of schooling claim
that the curricula exploits narrow cultural stereotypes. But proponents say
that unless we incorporate neurological, hormonal, and cognitive differences
in classrooms, boys will always be at a disadvantage. During the earliest
years is when this type of schooling is the most successful. Equal opportunities
and individual attention need not suffer.As concerns ADHD, there's another
way to look at the "disorder." Lara Honos-Webb is advancing the
notion that distractibility, poor impulse control, and emotional sensitivity
have a flip side – namely creativity, energy, and intuition. Although
ADHD shows up in a large segment of the criminal population, it is also rampant
amongst artists, CEOs, inventors, and highly curious folk of every stripe.
How it's managed seems to determine gift or curse. In my book Beyond the
Indigo Children, I talk a lot about ADHD and pass along some surprising DNA
evidence about its presence and possible purpose in the human family. For
a more practical, "in-your-lap" version of ADHDs unusual characteristics,
read The
Gift of ADHD, by Lara Honos-Webb (New Harbinger, Oakland, CA 2004).
gives some excellent ideas for
educational options (authored by Chris Dodge):
Human Scale Education,
www.hse.org.uk, is a
grassroots English organization devoted to
restructuring large schools into smaller ones, gaining funds for small
alternative schools, and encouraging parental participation. Inquire about their
newsletter, "Human Scale Education News."
Alternative Education
Resource Organization (AERO), www.edrev.org, is U.S. based and
offers resources to support self-determination in learning and the natural genius
in everyone. Inquire about their magazine, "Education Revolution."
Unschooling.com,
www.unschooling.com, through their
magazine, "Home Education," promotes networking tools
for those interested in self-determined education, encouraging children's
independent and critical thinking, but not at the
expense of following others' agendas.
Goddard College at
1-800-906-8312 offers self-designed B.A., M.A., and M.F.A. degree
programs. Website is: www.goddard.edu.
RSF Community
Investment Fund (a program of the Rudolf Steiner Foundation) is a values-based investment
vehicle ? that turns intention into action by making loans to
socially-constructive projects. Contact: Mark Herrera, Client Relations,
(415) 561-3900 or
mark.herrera@rsfoundation.org. Web address is www.rsfoundation.org.
Libraries are the "people's university."
They are a haven from stress
where anyone can enjoy the gift
of learning, research, and the
arts. And they are closing their
doors in record numbers because
of lack of funding. Chris Dodge
(this guy has a great eye for
truth) wrote a exceptional
article about this in the
July/August 2005 issue of Utne Reader Magazine,
entitled "Knowledge for Sale"
(pages 73-77). The upshot is ?
KaosPilots,
founded by Uffe Elbaek in Denmark's second-largest city of Aarhus,
KaosPilots, founded by Uffe Elbaek in Denmark's second-largest
city of Aarhus,
is considered to be the most unusual college in the world. It is a business school
for young people (starting at age 21) who are willing to learn how to set up
and carry out projects, sell their ideas, put together a business plan, stimulate
creativity, work cooperatively, inspire others and themselves, take advantage
of unexpected events, remain open to new ideas, bring mind and body into balance,
and keep their heads cool and their hearts warm. Literally, the students learn
how to realize their dreams – with hands-on training. Contact: KaosPilots,
Mejlgade 35, 8000 Aarhus C., Denmark; phone +45 8612 9522; kaos@kaospilot.dk ; www.kaospilot.dk. KaosPilot
A-Z, an English-language collection of thoughts, anecdotes, and essays about
the school edited by Uffe Elbaek, is available for purchase on the website.
(416) 675-6622, ext. 3032. Offers a one-year post-graduate
certificate in International Development (International Project Management)
for those who
want to make a positive difference in the world.
Libraries are increasingly
modeled on big business and
directed
not by
librarians but by
executives who are
apt to have read
more management
books than
literature."
Administrators have begun to
outsource every chore from
cataloging to
book selection. As
in the private
sector, local
autonomy is becoming
a thing of the past.
With tax revenues
dwindling, the
economic pressure is
real, but eventually
a library run like a
big-box store will
carry big-box
inventory on it
shelves."
Too frequently, the trend toward
standardization leads to
similarly bland
collections across
the continent."
Some libraries are considering "pay-per-view" models; others are only
carrying mainstream fare, locals and alternative sources are left out. Library schools are now producing new librarians who are technically savvy but have no cultural memory or creative drive. Please contact your elected officials about library funding and policies. For ideas visit the American Library
Association's "Issues
& Advocacy" area at www.ala.org.
BIONEERS, NEW ARCHITECTURE, SUSTAINABILITY
Okay, folks, here it is ? everything the new children are about ? radical
change in positive, creative ways. Let's face it, people everywhere across our globe,
if given the right to choose, prefer a free market. Ditto for the new kids. Read
the paper, "Virtual Worlds: A
First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier" by Edward
Castronova and published by Social Science Research Network,
www.ssrn.com. He makes a point for free markets like no one else.
"The
Flight of the Creative Class" by Richard Florida (Harper-Business,
New York City, 2005) goes one more step in showing how the
United States no longer has an advantage in the production
of creative people, new ideas, or start-up companies. "The
mobility of people is perhaps the single greatest fact of the
modern global economy – more important than the rise
of new technology or the mobility of capital," he explains.
THE NEW CHILDREN ARE NATURAL ENTREPRENEURS
GO TO WWW.BKFK.COM
" By Kids, For Kids"
where kids help other kids
turn their ideas into reality
it is invention heaven
An imperative of the new children is a return to the natural order. They are
technologically savvy and brilliant innovators, still, their preference is for
balanced outcomes. With this in mind, here are a few resources that may prove beneficial:
Now, let's talk about "Bioneers."
This is a new term to describe those "who seek visionary and practical solutions for restoring the earth and people." Still
a rather loose consortium of professionals and leading-edge thinkers, the idea of
bioneers (biological engineers) has morphed into an organization that sponsors
national conferences and has become an important source of the latest in creative
innovation. Contacts for more information: 1-877-BIONEER, info@bioneers.org; their website www.bioneers.org.
The idea of biomimicry, that humans can
learn a lot from nature's 4.5 billion years of design experiences, is explored in Janine Benyus' book
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (William Morrow, New York City 1997). The path of the bioneer utilizing biomimicry at every turn is the path of the new children. It
is their passion, their destiny, their imprint since birth. If you are a parent of one
of these kids, or a young adult assessing your future, please explore this alternative
path to a brighter tomorrow ? for all of us.
RESPONSIBILITY: WHEN
GOVERNMENTS FAIL
Make no mistake about
it, the people of any given country are just as guilty for the failure of their government, as are the power-driven or despotic
leaders they tolerate.
The disasters
throughout Africa demand self-criticism and reconciliation. Global aid, even on a
massive scale, will not solve Africa's problems, nor will canceling their debts. As we move further into ascension (accelerating energy), reevaluation will become a necessity everywhere. You can not divorce victims from their oppressors until the people themselves strike
back in numbers large enough and with the support of free societies, to force change. What happened in South Africa can happen throughout the
continent. A book that reveals the "economy of despair" that is being used to
destroy Africa, is:
The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and African Lives,
Robert Guest (Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C. 2004).
For an eye-opening look at how radical Islam became entrenched in Europe and
is now actively involved in supporting and financing terrorism, read the
article, "How a Mosque for Ex-Nazis
Became Center of Radical Islam." Written by Ian Johnson (and with extensive
fact-checking), this lengthy shocker was published by
The Wall Street Journal, 7-12-05, and begins as a front-page feature.
There is no cause that can justify terrorism.
There is no scandal that cannot be broken by an electorate that refuses to be silent.
The new children say the responsibility is
ours. The wisdom we need ? lies within.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment,
Eckhart Tolle (New World Library,
Novato, CA 2004). If you don't understand what is meant by the "wisdom
within," try
this book. It may help to inform you.
A healing mantra to say several times each day:
Peace to my thoughts
Peace to my feelings
Peace to my emotions
Peace to my body
Peace in my soul.
This page is a presentation
by P. M. H. Atwater and is meant as an
extension of the material in Beyond the Indigo
Children, published by Inner Traditions, 2005. Special thanks to Kevin Williams
for this page design.
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that would interest
the new children. In the same
issue (June 2005) is an piece
called "
hang-outs, there is a new movement afoot to reinvigorate public life and
public places where folks can
sit, talk, walk around, play,
and just enjoy each other's company (with an opportunity to meet new folks). Worldwide, it involves localities placing a premium on such places and providing protection from traffic and from crime and violence, and bad weather. Survey the area where you live. Where are your hang-outs? Do they
have good aesthetics - trees, plants, fountains? Can carnivals and festivals be
held there? How about food vendors, exercise and sports venues, performances of
various types? Public places are the starting point for all commerce and
community, hence democracy. Studies have shown that nothing grabs people's
attention more than other people. We are social beings and we need each other.
Get this: there is not a single example of a city that rebuilt its public places
with quality that has not seen a renaissance. "
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