Since the 1980s people have been writing about the indigo children. Today, many believe that nearly 80 percent of all children born are indigos. These are exceedingly creative, high-energy, perceptive kids who often don't fit in. They seem to have an awareness that is light years beyond their age and quite often they are labeled as ADD, ADHD, or ODD when in actuality they are, in the words of the Dosicks, simply "children of spirit." What sets this book apart from other books is that it approaches the issues facing indigos on a spiritual-energetic rather than purely cognitive level, and it is prescriptive, teaching a specially developed set of games that can help heal indigo children both in their own bodies and in their earthly relationships. Here the Dosicks name seventeen particular emotional wounds indigos hold in their bodies and give specific exercises for healing each one. The games have proven enormously helpful to these often-troubled kids--even preteens and teenagers. They celebrate the children's different ways of perception and calm their agitation. The games involve some hands-on healing techniques, some scripted meditations, and other quick and simple techniques. Each game takes no more than two minutes to play, and this book features 101 black-and-white photographs showing parents exactly how to use the practices. "This book may very well be the ultimate indigo handbook." --Lee Carroll and Jan Tober, authors of the best-selling book The Indigo Children ― Reviews Today, many believe that nearly 80 percent of all children born are indigos. These are exceedingly creative, high-energy, perceptive kids who often don't fit in. What sets this book apart from other books is that it approaches the issues facing indigos on a spiritual-energetic rather than purely cognitive level, and it is prescriptive, teaching a specially developed set of games that can help heal indigo children both in their own bodies and in their earthly relationships. Wayne Dosick, PhD is a rabbi, educator, writer, spiritual guide, and healer. He is the author of more than 400 articles and six books, including Golden Rules: The Ten Ethical Values Parents Need to Teach Their Children. Ellen Kaufman Dosic, MSW has been a practicing psychotherapist for over twenty-five years. She has served on the faculty of USC's School of Social Work and has taught children and their parents at every level. Empowering Your INDIGO CHILD A Handbook for Parents of Children of Spirit By Wayne Dosick, Ellen Kaufman Dosick Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Copyright © 2004 Wayne Dosick and Ellen Kaufman Dosick All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-57863-444-6 Contents Acknowledgments, Introduction: These Are Our Children, PART I THE 17 Spiritually Healing Children's Emotional Wounds, Trailing Clouds of Glory, The 17: How It Works, Guide to Playing the YOUMEES, PART II GRACELIGHT Weaving Harmony for the Littlest Indigos, To Gaze with Undimmed Eyes, Guide to GraceLight, PART III THE POINT OF ESSENCE PROCESS Pro-Claiming the Truth of Who You Are, Who Am I?, Guide to The Point of Essence Process, Accompaniment: Explaining Soul Memory Discovery, CHAPTER 1 Trailing Clouds of Glory * * * We believe that children being born today are coming to Earth as pure channelsof God. They come, in the words of the poet, "Not in entire forgetfulness ... buttrailing clouds of glory ... from God who is our home." These children are still basking in the glow of God's light. They are filledwith God's love. Their old, old souls are still warm with the memory of eternaland universal knowledge. Their deep, deep eyes hold the wisdom—and the secrets—frombefore the beginning of time until the end of days. Most of all, they know the divine blueprint for our universe. They come to Earthholding a clear and immediate vision of peace and perfection for us and for ourworld. Yet "the rules" of living in this Earth world make it impossible for ourchildren to retain their complete knowing. If every person on Earth haduniversal knowing, then Earth would be a perfect place, a place just likeParadise. That, of course, is the ultimate goal for our world. But Earth is notyet Eden. An old legend teaches that, in the high heavens, all souls are close to God andspend their time learning all the secrets of the universe. But when a soul comesto Earth, it cannot bring all its knowing. So, just as a soul—now in a body—isto be born, an angel taps the baby on the upper lip, leaving that littleindentation right under its nose. With this gentle touch, the soul forgets allthe knowledge and the secrets of the whole universe, and keeps just enoughwisdom and understanding to be a human being on Earth. Until they are four orfive or six years old, our children, fresh from the other side, continue toreflect divine light, and hold onto some of the knowing and the secrets. One story tells of a newborn that was brought home to his family. His olderbrother asked to be alone with th