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cannesdo
Jun 28, 2015Explorer
Note...I was directing this post to other sensitives. If you were one you would understand. If you find something silly or don't understand it, you can always move on to the next thread. Some of us feel this energy very clearly and deeply, or even have a sense of what happened on the land. I don't laugh at you for not being one, please show me, and others who do experience this the same respect. It's not an easy way to live, picking up on every little thing the way we do, but it causes us to read others really well and therefore be compassionate in ways others aren't. In fact it's so difficult -- and lonely -- it's led me at times to want to leave my own life. Haha...yeah...hilarious huh? I'm a Montanan, not a Californian and this is term I use wherever I am. Heavy is the opposite of light. You've all walked into a room and felt the energy of it -- he difference between a wedding and a funeral. Well some entire areas feel like funerals to us. Not "Pass me that joint, this conversation is heavy" -- heavy...But feeling the collective pain of thousands of people suffered and died all at once" -- heavy.
Again...if you can't relate this thread is not for you.
That said....
I took a chance on Santa Barbara this summer. I'd been here once before and really didn't like it. Thought it was a fluke. But again, I cannot bear this place. Soooo so heavy. Like a weight hanging over the place. Unbearable. I'm getting out. Heading back to San Diego. It has such a different feel. Did a little research on the area, knew there had to be some Native American stuff in the mix and sure enough, the bulldozed a burial ground to build their airport (a mile from here). It's right near Isla Vista/UCSB where they've have a long history of violence, including the massacre last year. Does anyone else feel that when they're here?
Again...if you can't relate this thread is not for you.
That said....
I took a chance on Santa Barbara this summer. I'd been here once before and really didn't like it. Thought it was a fluke. But again, I cannot bear this place. Soooo so heavy. Like a weight hanging over the place. Unbearable. I'm getting out. Heading back to San Diego. It has such a different feel. Did a little research on the area, knew there had to be some Native American stuff in the mix and sure enough, the bulldozed a burial ground to build their airport (a mile from here). It's right near Isla Vista/UCSB where they've have a long history of violence, including the massacre last year. Does anyone else feel that when they're here?
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