Actually, fire walking need not be dangerous. They did an episode of Mythbusters on it awhile back, and I think Skeptical Inquirer has had articles as well. If the coals are allowed to grey over, the feet are slightly damp with sweat or dew, and one walks quickly, one can do it without injury. But if the fire isn’t prepared correctly ...
The problem here is that this Robbins has convinced his followers that their state of mind can actually protect them from the heat. After all that is his claim to fame, that the mind is such a powerful thing it can overcome natural forces or something to that effect. After this event one woman who was not injured was quoted with great glee exclaiming that it “was amazing what the mind can do” when in fact she was merely lucky. Most likely some of the factors Doug mentioned were different enough in her case that she was fortunate not to get burned.
The mind is an amazing thing but no amount of neural activity can change the fact that heat energy transferred to human skin will burn it. The mind can not change the laws of physics.
I mentioned this thread to my lady and she asked if I ever heard of James Ray and the sweatlodge deaths. I did not.
But, lookie there he’s in the news:
I mentioned this thread to my lady and she asked if I ever heard of James Ray and the sweatlodge deaths. I did not.
But, lookie there he’s in the news:
This is yet another example of the woo that naive people fall prey to because they don’t research this crap; they turn off their reasoning skills and believe the guru who tells them what they want to hear. Some shill explains that it’s natural and will cleanse body and soul and they dutifully put themselves in harm’s way without a second thought and all for the low, low price of ... . Just shut up, believe and hand me your money.
The problem here is that this Robbins has convinced his followers that their state of mind can actually protect them from the heat. After all that is his claim to fame, that the mind is such a powerful thing it can overcome natural forces or something to that effect. After this event one woman who was not injured was quoted with great glee exclaiming that it “was amazing what the mind can do” when in fact she was merely lucky. Most likely some of the factors Doug mentioned were different enough in her case that she was fortunate not to get burned.
The mind is an amazing thing but no amount of neural activity can change the fact that heat energy transferred to human skin will burn it. The mind can not change the laws of physics.
I’d like to see his mind stop my fist! (Well, I wouldn’t actually hit him… OMG, it worked without him even thinking about it! )
Don’t get me started on this guy, what a champion bulls#####r he is.
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