By: Andria Austin /childrens-spirituality-in-memphis/andria-austin
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For Indigo teens, sometimes Anger surges up like a flood

On a hot and humid day in June, Andria, the Children's spirituality examiner, sat down to talk to two Indigo teens who wanted to discuss their anger issues along with other experiences.
Indigo teens, Gabriel 19 and Deshaun 17, both males, wanted to talk about anger and how each one related to this emotion.

Like most Indigo children, these two young men struggle with natural surges of anger as Indigo teens. Indigo children in general are Right-eous warriors and interestedly enough both of these young men believe that military service is a part of their future destiny.

Gabriel expressed that he feels bored with everyday mundane things in life. Although, he has just completed a year of college and is preparing to start a lucrative job opportunity as well as continue his education, he still feels dissatisfied. Gabriel admitted that he has allowed his spiritual practices to decline and along with them, so have his psychic experiences.

Andria, a spiritual counselor for Children and Women, advised Gabriel that as an Indigo soul, he has a natural affinity for all things spiritual and that he must continue to pray, meditate and read things of a spiritual nature in order to be fulfilled. A spiritual soul demands spiritual food. As it is stated in the Holy Bible “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that precedes out of the mouth of God." Gabriel seemed to agree with this assessment of his present predicament.

Deshaun, 17, stated that "Some days I just wake up with feelings of anger inside. I think I might be bipolar or something." This is where the benefit of being in the presence another Indigo teen proved very helpful.
In response to Deshaun's comment, Gabriel, 19, told Deshaun about his own experiences with anger as an Indigo teen. "During my senior year, I had a lot of anger, I once lashed out at a teacher because he stopped me in the hall to check my backpack and I saw another student go by with a much larger bag than mine that he didn't even bother. This made me angry, I felt like this was unfair and he was trying to single me out to pick with me and that's just not how it goes."

Gabriel went on to tell Deshaun, who will be a senior in the upcoming school year, that lashing out at teachers, family and peers can end up "pushing everybody away and leaving you alone." Gabriel also told Deshaun that over the past year, he has learned to control his anger. “I still feel it; I just don't let it take control of me." Deshaun asked, "How did you do that?" Gabriel replied, "It's a choice, I didn't want to ruin my relationships with others and let anger control me."

Gabriel said that meditation and martial arts have helped him to deal with his anger. Gabriel also answered Deshaun's question about his psychological state, “NO, you are not bipolar; there's nothing wrong with you. We (Indigos) all feel it (anger) sometimes, its natural for us; you just have to learn to control it. We will talk more this summer...”

Both Indigo teens told the Examiner, who is also an Adult Indigo/Child of the Blue ray, that having someone else to talk to really helped them to feel more at ease with being Indigo teens and who are dealing with anger.

Source:http://www.examiner.com/article/indigo-teens-talk-about-anger