trb@drutx.UUCP (07/16/84)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me say a little more about the purpose of firewalking. I have never said there is something "mystical" about walking across coals. OBVIOUSLY there is a law or laws of physics that allow us to not get burned. In addition, firewalking is EASY - it's certainly less dangerous than, say, free-fall sky-diving, or mountain climbing, or race-car driving. BUT, we all know that those things can be done. Someone may be more terrified than anything else to jump out of a plane, but in the back of their minds, there is no doubt that it can be done - they've grown up seeing people do it. Firewalking is different. We may even be willing, but in the back of our minds, we KNOW we'll get burnt. Even seeing other people do it doesn't overcome that fear. There is a tremendous mental leap one must make before they can walk across the coals, and that's the whole purpose. Walking on the fire to me was anti-climactic, after I reached that state of mind. To those of you who poo-poo firewalking and those who have done it, all I can say is try it, and then decide if it was no big deal or not. I have never tried to prove anything to anyone but myself by doing it, and it was WELL WORTH the experience! (I should also add that you need a half-way open mind, which excludes 95% of the people on the net!) P.S. - I've enjoyed hearing from those of you around the country who have also firewalked. Keep it coming, and I'll try to answer all the mail! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Buckley AT&T Information Systems ...drutx!trb
ijk@houxt.UUCP (07/17/84)
I remeber seeing an ABC news artice (perhaps even 20/20) several months (perhaps a much as a year ago). What the reporter stated was that the wood used seemed to be special (so as not retain heat, I think). As you quickly walked across the coals, your feet snuffed out the flames, and the coals themselves were not hot. Take it for whatever you want. Ihor Kinal houxt!ijk