OK. I believe, but sometimes my belief comes very slowly. Although I was committed and excited about the opportunity to take on this challenge, there is a part of me that was scared shitless about fire walking. So much so that back home in Colorado, I sliced my foot open in the basement days before we left for Australia. No idea exactly how I did it, but I had manifested an inch long, pretty deep gouge on my left foot. Subconsciously, I guess I believed I had an "out" from participating in the fire walk for "medical reasons" if I wanted to use it.
So here's how the day went. We walked in to the auditorium and there was an aboriginal digereedoo player on stage. When the program began, we had an opportunity to watch an AMAZING video about Brent & Julia Payne's journey into the Outback and spending the day with the Aboriginal people. They lived for three days at a bush campsite with a dozen or so aboriginal elders and learned about the Aborigines way of life, and dream time. They became skin brother and skin sister to these people. I hope Brent posts this video on the Liberty League website. It was amazing. After spending time hearing them share about their journey, all 500 of us participated in an exercise much like the Landmark Education "Being With" exercise. We each spent 5-10 minutes looking into the soul of another person. Standing toe to toe with a stranger, we stood still, silent, and focused; looking into the eyes of another person, and peering into their soul. I love this exercise. It really reminds me how clearly non-verbal energy and communication is a factor in our interaction with everyone around us.
Then, carrying handfuls of junk food, we piled in to buses, driven by Mario Andretti's Australian equivalent, for a 90 minute white knuckle ride outside of Sydney. After my skin tone turned back from Green to flesh color, we had a cold chicken picnic lunch, and assembled in a large tent for our briefing and preparation for Fire walking.
To sum up the experience, I followed the direction of the speaker, became aware of what was going on, set the intention for the best outcome, and then took the action, and I walked across 3-4 meters of burning hot coals (1100˚ - 1200˚ Celsius) and felt nothing. It was LITERALLY a walk in the park. I'm both surprised, yet also not surprised at the power of our minds and the power of intention. No burnt feet, no blisters or hotspots; I was fine. I looked a bit silly when I watched it on video, but I was unharmed. Of course. I looked silly on video, but it was because a part of my subconscious that still had a fear, and so I hopped like a kangaroo across the coals.
The bottom line. Anything, I mean ANYTHING is possible through intention and belief. Choose to believe it, and create a new reality NOW.
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