Is this video for real?

www.youtube.com...

What do you think?

I think he should try it in a lab under controlled circumstances. I also think he should fire the guy who picks his music.

He should get together with the guy who seems immune to cold. Although they'd still need earth and water to summon Captain Planet : /

Man who never gets cold

I know these guys can do some amazing things.

I wonder what keeps his clothes from catching fire, though.

He's just laying behind the fire. He's not actually in the fire.
It's pretty obvious at time 1:47.

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I can't figure out what the amazing part is. I saw some guy get close to a fire and in a few shots actually put his wet (I saw the steam) robe in the fire presumably for not much longer than the shot because it would get too hot shortly after that.

My buddies and I have spent a lot more time a lot closer to fire drunk around campfires. This is only amazing for people who haven't played with fire a lot.

... immediately after filming this 4 second clip of him burning, Steve-O was rushed to the nearby burn ward.

This guy may or may not be a fake, but I do know that monks have in the past been able to meditate and become so focused that they don't even react to the pain.

There was a famous case in which a monk set himself on fire in protest and he barely even flinched.I think he only moved after he passed out...and even then, he really only fell over.

You want to see the ability of what a true monk can do? Watch the video below.

Warning: This footage from 1963 shows the actual protest and shows this man on fire and he does die. The video may be disturbing to some. Please keep that in mind.

If at 2:00 he had got up and walked into the flames he would be BBQ'd just like any of us. Slight of camera by another Indian swami_guru_mystic_teacher_type. An equivalent over here would be faith healers or snake charmers, etc. I believe that stuff too.

See, this is what happens in places that don't have televisions. I cannot see how this could be real, simply because it seems physically impossible. I will concede that he may be able to block out the pain from the fire, but there is no possible way that he could keep it from burning him simply by sheer willpower.

I don't think there is some physical psychic forcefield being implemented, which leads me to think that if this IS real, then he is possibly coating his body with something. That's all I can come up with. This is of course barring an outright hoax via manipulation of the video, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Unless there is some unexplained physical force at work here that I have never heard of or experienced, I will have to call hoax.

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Human BBQ always disturbing.
"Reports" from then indicate they were heavily drugged with opium.
Edit: He didn't self immolate, gasoline was poured over him and touched off from behind.
Strange how this event seemed sanctioned and police guarded the proceedings from intervention by monks who seemed to surge forward once the intent was clear.
You mean they're really going thru with this?
Thats not right. Somebody stop it!

Originally posted by Deicide88
www.youtube.com...

What do you think?

I don't know.
What do you think.

The "fire yogi" is not even on fire,he is laying next to a fire.
Let me take a blow torch to him and see how he does.

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My first question was "why on earth would someone want to do this and what possible religious belief could this be a part of?".

Then my second thought was that due to the very nature of there being a video on it, and therefore sensationalism involved, I place no stock in it whatsoever.

I'm going with the burning monks were the real deal.

Yogi man a possible "just another "guru"" in a land fraught with them.

Originally posted by gimme_some_truth
This guy may or may not be a fake, but I do know that monks have in the past been able to meditate and become so focused that they don't even react to the pain.

There was a famous case in which a monk set himself on fire in protest and he barely even flinched.I think he only moved after he passed out...and even then, he really only fell over.

You want to see the ability of what a true monk can do? Watch the video below.

Warning: This footage from 1963 shows the actual protest and shows this man on fire and he does die. The video may be disturbing to some. Please keep that in mind.

edit on 8-11-2011 by gimme_some_truth because: (no reason given)

Hmmm read the comments said it was from a movie...

searched for it

turns out to be true

So.... nobody actually died in that video but it's still very emotional.

Monk > pseudo-guru







India has this on their news debunking "godmen"

Featuring:

Tricks with fire:
How to hold fire with your bare hands and even your tongue!
and
How to have an "Agni-snan" or "Fire-bath" and be a "Fire-eater".

Tricks with Oil:

How to put you hand in boiling oil and not get burned!
and
How to take Puris out of boiling oil with your bare hands.

Feats with Piercings and Trishuls!

Stiffen your body and become superhuman!

How to lift a 100 kilo weight with four people each using their index fingers only!

Make water disappear and reappear!

And also, a SURPRISE FINALE, rivalling Satya Sai Baba!

Originally posted by Jinglelord
reply to post by Deicide88

 

My buddies and I have spent a lot more time a lot closer to fire drunk around campfires. This is only amazing for people who haven't played with fire a lot.

Amen brother! What's the last thing you hear before a redneck catches fire? "Hey y'all, watch this". And I'm talking about myself and my redneck friends here, no disrespect to anyone. We used to play the 'drop a can of baked beans into the campfire while no one is looking' game all the time. Ever see what open fire does to an unopened can of beans after about 10 minutes?

Let's just say the explosion can darn near put out a pretty big fire and the next morning you'll be scraping dried beans off of everything in the campsite for a few hours.

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There was a famous case in which a monk set himself on fire in protest and he barely even flinched.I think he only moved after he passed out...and even then, he really only fell over.

Aye - I don't think I could sit there on fire for ten minutes and simply meditate.

Even then, his heart didn't burn, leading him to be considered a bodhisattva. Very interesting (and sad) story...he's one of the backgrounds for my cellphone.

Definitely some very impressive powers of the mind/body from certain of these practitioners. As to this fire video, though - I'd definitely like to see some more study and additional footage. Seems a little hokey and not much that most other people couldn't also do equally well.

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It's hard to presume things when you don't have empirical evidence. He's merely using Yogic techniques that are not taught in the west in the so-called Yoga centres where they teach you a bunch of physical exercises.
Nothing supernatural here.