The Spiritual Reason
Firewalking is like smelling the fragrance of a rose before we see it. It is like embracing the essence of the Divine before we have a direct experience of that Great Mystery. Firewalking is like sensing a Power so great and recognizing that Power without having to know how we know what we known of that Power.
It seems that for many of us the initial spark of awareness begins to ignite when we first confront our primal fear of having a relationship with fire. We humans are the only creatures on earth who have this relationship with fire and look where it has taken us thus far.
We would possess little of the modern technology of today without a relationship with fire. Physicists study the nature of the universe and they speak of the fire within virtually everything. From the technological point of view we have fire in many forms from lasers to the simple bonfire to the massive volcanic activities around the world.
Fire is a purifying element. Perhaps that is why so many people are afraid to even discuss Firewalking. Equally, in today's world of rapid change, this is why the Firewalk Experience has become such an effective teaching metaphor for dynamic business, professional, and governmental organizations.
Purification equals change, and change can be far too fearful for many individuals to face. Yet what we think we cannot face...we must, because what we resist persists. Our fears which many people choose to bury alive...never die. These buried fears merely await the most opportune moment to bring up inappropriate behavior patterns and feelings of fear, dread, disempowerment, and guilt.
When we Firewalk we must learn "to expect the best" in order to safely cross the coals. This important ability "to expect the best", once integrated through the Firewalk experience, can then be effectively applied to virtually all forms of uncertainty. This is one of the most important lessons of the Firewalk. Firewalking is similar to a rehearsal for facing the greatest mysteries of life and the business world and learning how to develop new strategies for success that lie just outside the lines of comfort.
A sense of grace is the reward experienced by many of our regular Firewalkers. Walking or standing on the fire with "humility" as our partner opens us to experiences that cannot be explained with words.
Feeling connected to everything in the universe, with no sense of separation, is a marvelous experience. It teaches us how to "partner with our fears" and allow them to help us create extreme focus once those fears are embraced. And from this experience of extreme focus what John Maisel calls "Uncommon Certainty" is born.
Fear and excitement are the same energy...the simple difference is that fear most often is intimately associated with judgment of self or others. It is only when we judge ourselves for being fearful that we feel disempowered and thus lose our sense of self confidence. It is our choice to be excited or fearful...merely a choice.
The Firewalker's relationship with Fire magnetizes us to higher realms of awareness and enhances our ability to manifest thought into useful form. Once we learn how to work with our fear we are able to establish a far greater sense of unity, clarity and a willingness to become fully self expressed and empowered. This is multiplied when groups of people share the experience simultaneously at Firewalking seminars that are held by properly trained and certified instructors.
Firewalking is a wonderful path through life's journey which awaits those willing to acknowledge their fears and limiting belief systems, and then move forward toward their destiny with Uncommon Certainty as their partner.
John Maisel 6-24-06