Posted on 06/24/2016 7:46:33 PM PDT by NRx
Yogi--The Ivy Three
...So I tried my best to dig my inner me.
I walked on coals, my head below my knee...
It also helps to have slightly wet feet from damp grass just before stepping on the coals. The water vaporizing, dissipates the heat.
There’s also the matter of how the coals are prepared, and the manner of walking. I’ve heard the condition of the feet matters too.
I once watched Fijian warriors walk across a burning coal pit. They went quite quickly, and none of them were burned.
Honestly, I was more concerned about them earlier in the day, when they were showing how they hack coconuts open with machetes. I was sure I would see fingers flying... didn’t happen.
I highly recommend visiting Fiji, and taking a little day trip to Robinson Crusoe Island during the visit.
Fast enough to balance out the contact with the no contact time, and steady enough to not disturb the ash and expose your feet to the direct coals. Going too fast, or panicking and hopping or twisting can cause a lot of damage.
Fascinating. Quite different than the candle analogy I used.
BTW, if you move your finger slow enough, it burns!!! :)
I wasn’t that sharp as a kid.
Poured a glass of water over a lightbulb once. Vision was never quite the same in that left eye again.
This jack ass is a total fraud IMO. Get a life people. Turn to Gob , not this nothing!!. We are so lost.
Again?! This happened in San Jose a couple years ago. He needs to stop!!!
Overcoming fears that hold you back by walking on coals is like overcoming fear of heights by jumping out of a plane.
Jumping out of the plane does not overcome your fear. You have to overcome the fear before you jump.
Sorry...people who fall for his schlock, deserved to be burned in more ways than one! He is as much a shister grifter as the Musllim Mutants in the white hut!
Who’s the bigger idiot? Tony Robbins or the people who believe his nonsense.
That makes good sense.Unfortunately the challenge was to walk on red-hot coals.
great, the Age of Selfies meets the Reality of Thermal Experience
Also obvious that few -- if any -- read the article.
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I have no opinion on Robbins or his teachings at all -- BUT:
It has been pointed out (by hodar) that white ash on coals is an excellent insulator.
And, safe, barefoot walking on coals is a well-documented fact. (Which has little to do with mental state of the walker...)
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AND, the article claimed that over 7,000 made the walk with no injury -- and -- only five (5) were injured enough to require medical attention -- beyond on-site application of a bit of soothing aloe gel.
(FWIW & FYI, I have zero plans to step on any hot coals.)
However, it is frightening to think that some of the thought-averse commentors here are actually going to vote... :-(
Let’s see.
They walked on hot coals and burned their feet. There could be a lawsuit with limited damages.
Now if the plaintiffs also claimed that all of the sudden, every woman they see is extraordinarily hot, the damages could be huge. And who could prove that these plaintiffs were lying?
At least when I decide to release the power within, no one gets hurt, though I’m told the smell is awful.
lol. Selfies is the perfect American word. Close enough to Selfish. self absorbed, self indulgant
Not all, but too many.
I understand Fijians still sell those four pronged wooden forks used for `long pig’ banquets, even though that practice was banned long ago.
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