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[indigoschool]

Hey! I've been having issues again with anxiety attacks and full out mental breakdowns. Any tips for energy purges and attracting more positive/helpful energy? love and light <3

Hi! 

First of all, here are some crystals that can help you: 

black tourmaline and smoky quartz - transmute negative energy into positive

pyrite and sunstone - positive thinking 

calcite - cleansing and clearing energies (esp. blue calcite for anxiety!! I can testify to this personally) 

citrine - promotes positive energy, warmth, dissipates negativity, and brings joy/happiness/fortune

ametrine - calms mind and clears stress

rose quartz - cultivates unconditional love and happiness

clear quartz - aligns you with love and light, transmutes negative energy into positive

Check out this page for other crystals that help too. Keeping those crystals with you and meditating with them should really help! 

It would also help if you lived near an ocean. The ocean has powerful healing properties, and taking a swim in a clean one (even if you can’t swim, just being on a clean, uncrowded beach and taking in the energy of the ocean) will help to cleanse you mentally and spiritually. You can even try setting some intentions when you go, like speaking to the ocean while you’re in it and asking to be cleansed. It helps. 

Also, ask for positive energy! You can use any of the crystals I listed above and make a crystal grid with them, or you can just do this on your own and channel your angels/guides, but either way, you can attract positivity with your intention. Ask your angels, your spirit guides, the Universe, to send positive people your way. Send positive influences, positive messages, and sources of happiness and joy. Keep manifesting this and you’ll see a change. 

Take some time to yourself, too. Don’t isolate yourself, because then you could be blocking yourself off from some of the positive energy/people you’re asking for, but just be with yourself for some time. Dedicate time to being by yourself. In this time, remember to be present. Do things you enjoy, be creative, learn something new or develop a new hobby. But be mindful and present, remain in the Now, and this time with yourself will be healing. 

Develop some affirmations to say to yourself throughout the day. Tell yourself positive things, say things that you want to manifest, let yourself know that you have power over your mind and you can (and will) live a life of peace and positivity. Keep affirming. (Note: if anyone has some daily affirmations they’d like to share, send them over!)

Pamper yourself, too! Make your showers a little longer, use some products that make you smell good, rub oils all over yourself, listen to some music, and just relax. Getting clean seems like a daily duty, but it can really be a luxury if you make it that way. 

Speaking of oils, use essential oils to calm yourself and help with your energy. Oils like lavender, eucalyptus, and peppermint can help to clear your mind and thoughts. Get an essential oil diffuser if you can. 

Burning incense helps as well! There are incenses that are scented like the essential oils, but sage and nag champa are especially good for cleansing. Burning actual sage smudge sticks works wonders for energy purging and attracting positivity. 

I know authentic ones are a bit hard to find, and are expensive when you do find them, but I still think that investing in an orgonite device will really give you some change! I talk about what these are and what they do here. You can find some online. 

Releasing what’s inside of you is very important. Like I said earlier about taking time to yourself, it’s important to be creative. Pick an art (writing, drawing, whatever you like) and release what’s inside of you with it. Just do something to get it all out. You can write down what you’re feeling and burn the pages, or you can write a poem, story, essay, or anything about something unrelated to what you’re feeling to distract you. Apply the same thinking to some other type of art if you don’t want to write. 

Also, be careful with what you put into your subconscious. Listen to uplifting music (try our #indigos4gaia playlists here and here) that puts you in a positive space. Wear more colorful clothing, eat healthier foods, and just generally do things that make you feel lighter. Spend more time in the sun if you can!

Oh, and smile more. It works. 

Check out this post of mine for more of my rambling on positivity. I hope that this energy purging goes well for you and you start to see a clearer outlook! Much love :) 

[indigoschool]

Is it normal that I don't feel like doing research? I have no motivation or focus and I hate it. I don't know why it's so hard. I have the ancient secret to the flower of life but it's so hard to stay focus and retain any information.

Very normal. Your awakening is not going to always be consistent; there will be ups and downs, points where you have zeal and points where you don’t. You can fluctuate back and forth between these two extremes in one day, or over the course of a year. At some point, it evens out. One thing I seriously recommend during these slightly apathetic periods, where you can’t really stay focused and you feel like you’re forcing yourself to read things and understand things (thus not retaining anything, like you said), is to meditate. Meditation can help you reconnect with yourself, with your soul, and with the universe. Meditation is enough; you don’t have to read or write things down or take notes, just meditate. Be present for a couple minutes or even hours a day. Once you restrengthen your connection to yourself and to the universe, things will just fall into place naturally. You’ll find all that you need to know right in your lap. 

[indigoschool]

Hello !! So lately I've been reading more about spiritual things and reading TASOTFOL after kind of dropping the book for a while to focus on school . Even though this is a subject that I am extremely interested in, I feel impatient, if that makes sense. I am unable to concentrate fully on anything and my attention span is SO short !! I've noticed this has been applying to everything else in my life as well.. Do you know of any causes of this and maybe how I can help extend my attention span? xx

Hi! I’ve had to pause on reading both volumes of The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life due to school and being busy in general. I think you need to focus on mindfulness. Allow yourself to be in the present moment. I’ve been having trouble with short attention span for a couple years and the fact that you brought this question to me has actually made me realize how it affects my life more than I thought it did. But you cannot have a short attention span if you remain in the present moment. 

Your attention span is short because after a while, you become bored with the present affair. Your mind wanders off to something else and you start looking for something new to entertain you. The more you will yourself to be in the Now, to focus on what is happening right now and nothing else, the longer your attention span becomes. Of course, because of the way our minds have worked for so many years and because of the fact that it is embedded into our psyches to stress over things that are not happening now, it may be a little difficult to put yourself in the present moment and stay in it. At first, you may only be able to stay in the Now for a couple moments. Don’t be discouraged by this; the more you do it, the longer you will last, and soon you’ll find that you’re able to effortlessly put yourself in and remain in the now for as long as you want!

Trust me, it seems like a simple solution but it goes a very, very long way. I recommend you read The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh and The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Love & light :)

[indigoschool]

If this is on your faq page my apologies, I'm on a mobile device and I was unable to figure out how to get to that page. I was just messaging because although I can feel it in my bones that I am an indigo I also feel quite disconnected from that part of me, I'm hoping this makes sense, anyway the age old wisdom comes out in weird ways and occasionally when needed but I'm having a hard time really connecting into it and was wondering if you had any wisdom to share, thanks so much

It’s fine! I understand. 

It takes time. When someone first  brought the words ‘indigo child’ to me, I wasn’t completely enthusiastic. I didn’t want to call myself one. The traits I was reading about made sense based on who I’ve always been, but I couldn’t embrace the term. At first I felt like it would be pretentious. After I got over that feeling and realized that it was okay to accept being an indigo child, I didn’t feel “connected”, like you said. I knew I was one, but it still felt like a distant concept. 

Meditate on it. Meditate on it and direct your energy to connecting to it, connecting to yourself. Meditate and ask your guides to help you understand what being an indigo means. Trust me, with meditation and time, that feeling of disconnection and distance will go away. 

[indigoschool]

Lately I have been drawn to people, like wanting human contact more than usual. Not in a like romantic or sexual way but idk like just wanting to be near people and like physically and emotionally "feel" them. not sure what that's all about.

Maybe that’s what you need right now. Maybe the universe is telling you that you need to connect with someone. Maybe your twin flame, if you have one, is near, is longing to connect with you as well. Or maybe one of your soulmates is near and you will be seeing them too. I’ve felt that a lot too during certain periods of my life and I never know how to explain it without people thinking I’m looking for something romantic or sexual. There’s nothing wrong with that, though, if that’s what you’re thinking.

[indigoschool]

I'm am a healer. nursing chose me. Recently my authoritative academia setting is more and more unsettling. I am very different from my colleagues, making my social life difficult. I don't hide my uniqueness, either. I have to finish out school. It'll be better when I'm out, but right now I feel very isolated and hungry for true human connection. I've been having trouble sleeping and eating. I feel like I am not living up to my full potential. Can you help quide me to my next step?

I understand, to a certain extent, what you’re feeling. Sometimes in a setting like this, where you’re under authority in a setting that isn’t 100% conducive to uniqueness or creative expression, you feel alone. You feel like the day-to-day conversations you have with people are not human interaction, but rather a routine that falls in line with the other things you do at school. Talking to people isn’t really talking, and everything feels like it’s moving and going while you’re standing, stagnant, looking for something or someone that’s missing, trying to figure out why you can’t catch up with the pace of everything else. 

I’m not sure if what I described is what you’re feeling, and there’s no way for me to know exactly what your next step is. But what I do know is that the best thing for you right now is to be as introspective as possible. Look into yourself to feed your hunger for human connection. Connect with yourself and Source. Find a way, whether it be through meditation, yoga, or crystals (three cliche but very effective methods), to strengthen your connection to the universe. Even if you don’t do the 3 things I listed, just think about the universe. Sit by yourself and think about the universe, the All, life, everything around you. I’ve found that doing that has helped me connect with Earth and Source much more. Once you do that, you will be filled with love. You’ll find that your connection with the universe makes you feel fulfilled, even more than human connection will. Then, it’ll make connecting with humans easier afterward.

The best thing you can do right now is try to stay positive. Look at every day as a lesson, as a beautiful experience that you can expect anything out of. Remember that you are love, so looking for external sources of love is almost in vain. And please, do not hesitate to come off anon and talk to me. Sometimes you need to connect with people who really care about you, who really have been through similar things and want to help. The Indigo School group chat, if you’re already a member, is full of supportive people. If you want to talk to me directly, just email me ([email protected]).

And don’t forget, putting your feelings out there is sometimes surprisingly effective. I did it once a long time ago (here), and I got so much support that I started to feel a lot better. 

[indigoschool]

I wanna reconnect and see that there's magic in myself and the world again . How do I do so ?

I don’t have the answer to this question. Honestly. Only you and the Universe can determine that. I can tell you ways to be more open to getting your answer, like meditation (especially outdoors). But as for actually telling you how to see the magic in the world and in you, I don’t know. Everyone’s reconnection is different. 

[indigoschool]

You said not talking to somebody can make you even more disconnected. But, what if you feel even more disconnected by talking to people? You feel talking gets you and the people around more confused, because they can't understand you? It's exhausting

That was how it was for me at first. What I explained before, about how I realized that talking to people is the only way I could feel connected to something, was later on. At the beginning, when I first made attempts, I felt disappointed and hopeless because the people I was talking to just didn’t “get” it. I don’t know, it just felt like they were living these oblivious lives, not really thinking about anything. I felt like there were all these questions and desires in my mind that they didn’t have, and I knew there had to be something wrong with either me or them. 

It is exhausting, but it passes with time. After a while, something changed. I isolated myself because talking to people made me feel even more lonely. IN that isolation, I was literally forced to look into myself and spend more time on myself. This made me more grounded and in touch with myself, so that I was completely revitalized, independent, and ready to attempt to “socialize” again. When I tried again, no one around me was any different, but it didn’t matter to me. I was so okay with who I was and okay with my views that I just let people be who they were. Them not understanding me didn’t affect me, because I didn’t try to get them to understand me. I kept neutral views at all times, I laughed with them, and while around them, I went with the flow. I accepted them for where they are and understood that I’m on a different journey and at a different point in life than they are. Talking to them didn’t make me feel disconnected anymore. 

I’m not telling you what to do, I’m just telling you my experience. With time, if you really try to just look into yourself, you’ll be fine. You will never feel disconnected because of talking to other people, because you’ll always feel connected to yourself and a higher power. Of course, I still have many moments of frustration, but it has gotten much better. I hope something I said made sense to you.