Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?
Love is the law.
Written by: stout
Benjamin, the thing about firewalking, is you're not actually "walking"on the hot coals themselves ( well technically you are, but ). What happens is that the coals cool off instantly on contact with your foot ( the specific heat capacity difference ) then instantly form an insulating layer of ash that heats up again quickly once your foot is removed. Thats the trick.
Try walking on red hot steel, instead of ashes, You'll see what I mean.
Written by: stout
Suspension of both belief and disbelief? one in the same really, but yes, it may help ( it sure helps the movie industry ) but isn't belief really what this is all about? The belief in mind over matter.
Written by: Circus Midgeti think that we are constantly changing and that we are an integral part of reality whatever that is.
Do you think there is an actual 'real' reality that can't be changed, and it's just the fact that we all happen to be experiencing it subjectively that makes it seem like we can control it?
Written by: Circus Midgetbefore you form a judgement on something you are neutral, much like theres infinite degrees of positive and negative numbers theres that unique spot at zero where its not positive or negative.
And what alternative is there to belief or disbelief?
Written by: Circus Midgeti think its more a case of we are telling our brains there are no hot coals only cold snow
Are we tricking our brain into believing that we can walk on hot coals? Or are we just discovering that we could do it all along?
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?
Written by: jeff(fake)
I'm being criticised for being arrogant/negative/unconstructive. All of these are true, but they don't address the points.
What I ask is for a weight of evidence even approching the enormity of what either of the two propose, rather than anecdotes or tales. The world is full of charlatans and conditions which can make an otherwise sane person percieve something which isn't there. Any statistician can tell you that the world is also full of amazing coincidences because of the huge number of interacting parts - essentially million to one chances crop up nine times out of ten simply because there are trillions of million to one chances.
This is why a claim should be repeatedly tested, and never taken on the weight of an anectdote, a personal "experience", or the authority of a book on the paranormal.
You, are of course, freely able to ignore what I'm suggesting on the matter (for now ). But if you intend to change the world, people generally respond better to arguements backed up with rigourus scientific testing, than to arguements made from personal conviction.
Written by: FireTom
What is the purpose of your question? If you're not having anything to add to the topic, why do you bother posting here? Nothing you even remotely constructive or informative you have to contribute - so far.
Written by: jeff(fake)
I can bend spoons, make coins appear behind people's ears and walk over hot coals without injury. I also had mate in school who could do quite a few of the Shoalin stunts. I'd better tell him our next step is controling matter itself.
Now, if I may repeat my question: What is the practical difference between yourself and someone who's only fooling themselves?
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: FireTom
*Serve* One example/ experience I had (to whom it may concern): The 5 of us have been on a bicycle-tour and locked them to a few posts to have a snack. On return one took another friends key and wanted to perform some mockery on him. The bikes were rentals and looked pretty similar. Now Bert was walking up to this bike, put the key inside and turned it - unlocked the bike, pulled the key back out. Simple, easy and fast...
Nothing abnorm about this incident, if it wouldn't have been the wrong lock that he picked. We were all completely stunned and asked him to do it again. Funny enough the key wouldn't even fit into the same lock anymore.
Nice story - all that we got out of it was that, if someone is only convinced enough to do "the right thing" (what and however that is) chances are that it simply works.
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
Written by: FireTom
When I practice contact staff and am insecure, chances are higher that I drop it. If I am confident, chances are higher to actually complete the move (or punch me on the head pretty hard)
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Now Bert was walking up to this bike, put the key inside and turned it - unlocked the bike, pulled the key back out. Simple, easy and fast...
Nothing abnorm about this incident, if it wouldn't have been the wrong lock that he picked. We were all completely stunned and asked him to do it again. Funny enough the key wouldn't even fit into the same lock anymore.
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
Written by: FireTom
Ben - Now, if YOU were able to overcome hot coals by conditioning your brain that "in fact it's cold snow" (+ not shuffling) - that's a very individual experience. Entire footballteams have burnt their soles - what makes the difference?
Written by: stout
Benjamen. It would be interesting to have a couple of thermometers, or sensors on the soles of your feet during your next fire walk, If they ( thermometers) were fast enough I think you'll find that the actual amount of heat that actually gets transferred to your feet is very small, due to the insulating qualities of the ash when it's cooled down by contact with your skin.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?
"It was me! I was the turkey all along!"
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
the best smiles are the ones you lead to