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Ice cold vibes
(Anonymous) 2024-01-29 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)on a few occasions when being near certain people I have experienced what I have no other name for than a vibe of «ice-coldness».
It’s been many years since now but I still remember it, one was a politician and the other was someone who later got headhunted for a position high up in the government. The first was a short and random encounter, the other was saying hello at work.
Being leaders and public figures I guess they develop a certain «hardness» so to speak, but the feeling I got when near was something un-normally ice cold about them.
Do you know what this could have been? Can it be something with their etheric body, and if yes what exactly? Has anyone else experienced something like this?
Re: Ice cold vibes
(Anonymous) 2024-01-29 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)"Though not directly related I had an experience that somehow seems relevant. In the late seventies I had a long layover at O Hare airport in Chicago. I decided to take a walk outside. As I was going along a wave of what I can only describe as satanic evil washed over me from behind. I turned around and there behind me was Henry Kissinger with two bodyguards. I immediately turned to my right and returned to the airport building."
Re: Ice cold vibes
(Anonymous) 2024-01-29 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)Haven't experienced that particular one (coldness), but there's a weird one in the same vein I've gotten with two different landlords, and one random dude I don't know but encounter sometimes because we both belong to the same organization. They are like *holes in space*. There's a person there, but when I look at them, no matter how close they are to me physically, I get the impression they are very, very, very far away, and the space where I can see them with my eyes is actually just empty air. They are kind of scary, and I avoid contact with them for anything but the most unavoidable transactions, like showing up at the office to pay the rent. Some internal instinct warns not to give out anything personal around them, stay guarded. I literally wear a jacket and hat when I have to go in to the rental office.
I wish I knew what was going on there-- would love it if there were a field guide to these phenomena ;)
Re: Ice cold vibes