1 result for (book:tps4 AND heading:"delet session novemb 5 1977" AND stemmed:burn)
3/42 (7%)
firewalker
fire
bulb
flames
Framework
[... 2 paragraphs ...]
(Before the session we talked about the firewalker’s performance on the recent Alan Neuman show. I remarked that the seeming violation of physical laws posed serious challenges to science, and so forth. We’ve been educated to believe that if the flesh is touched by fire as hot as that in the pit, that flesh will inevitably be burned; yet it wasn’t.)
[... 2 paragraphs ...]
Now: apropos of your firewalker, fire of that temperature would indeed burn the flesh if it touched it in your practical reality.
In a manner of speaking, the man’s feet touch the ground but they do not touch the fire. The man believes his feet will not be burned. That belief generates certain actions or events, so that practically speaking, while he sees the flames, and perhaps smells the smoke, the heat of the fire will have no effect—because for him its character is changed. He ignores the evidences of his senses.
[... 34 paragraphs ...]
