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How to Hold Fire

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Eastern meditation can teach people how not to feel pain. People can go into such a deep trance that their heartbeat seems to stop. Meditation is a solitary experience of the mind over the body. When a person meditates, their eyes are closed and their mind becomes empty of all reality.

Difficulty: Challenging
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Flammable liquid
  • Charcoal brick
  • Book of matches
  1. Step 1

    Purchase the basics needed to hold fire—lighter fluid, alcohol or anything else that is flammable. You can also use a piece of coal moistened with a flammable substance.

  2. Step 2

    Start with a piece of coal and moisten it with lighter fluid. Not too much—even with one coal brick a flashback of fire can occur.

  3. Step 3

    Decide if you are just a crazy person. A crazy person will bobble the coal back and forth from hand to hand.

  4. Step 4

    Study Eastern meditation and learn how to put yourself into a trance where you feel no pain. It will take years for you to master meditation enough to feel no pain.

  5. Step 5

    Spray a flammable liquid on to your hand. Don't let it soak into your skin; you will want to have a light ready.

  6. Step 6

    Strike a match and set the flammable fluid on fire. If you are not in a meditative trance, you will begin to feel pain very shortly. Put the fire out as soon as you feel the painful heat of the fire.

  7. Step 7

    Plan to have an assistant if you have gained the knowledge and experience to meditate yourself into a trance. Once you are in your trance the assistant will help you pour the flammable liquid and light the fire.

Tips & Warnings
  • Use hand sanitizer as your flammable liquid—you are less like to receive blisters.
  • If you feel the pain of a burn put the fire out instantly—don't let the fire burn until you get blisters.
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