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The firewalk has been a major tool in most of the dramatic transforrnations I’ve seen. One example that comes to mind is a young single woman who was living on welfare with her two toddlers. Her first firewalk was a jaunt across a 50-foot-long cinder bed of fiery embers. That’s pretty unusual for a first-time firewalk. Most firewalks are no longer than 12 feet-20 feet at the most. When I saw this lady walk over 50 feet of hot coals on her very first walk, I was impressed. “This is a pretty gutsy lady,” I thought.

As the months rolled by, she joined us for a number of other firewalks. She even attended the one in 1987 where we set the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s hottest firewalk. That was her last firewalk. I recall her saying she intended to take the principles of the firewalk and apply those principles to all areas of her life.

She went back to school and graduated from college with a 4.0 grade point average! She’s no longer living on welfare. She’s now happily married. She and her husband have three kids. Her transformation was remarkable. She went from being on welfare to graduating from college with honors. She didn’t let fear limit her. She had the courage not only to think about walking on fire, she actually did it. Then she applied the principles she used to walk on fire to create the life of her dreams. She put more to life and she got more out of life.

With long-term exposure to the firewalk, you realize that the firewalk is only a metaphor. A metaphor is an analogy in which one idea or activity represents another, something that stands for something else. Firewalking represents your life. We “firewalk” every day of our lives by facing fear and meeting the challenges life has to offer.

I’ve heard people say, “No, I don’t want to do that.” Later they change their minds and attend a firewalking seminar. Sometimes you hear people say, “I have no desire to do that. You won’t get me to do that in a million years.” In a firewalking workshop, people learn how to master their states of mind. When the mind is conquered, the emotions are in check and you can walk on fire. You can use the same techniques to achieve anything you want
to achieve in life.

One of the biggest challenges I face is getting past people’s fears and prejudices. Firewalking produces RESULTS in people’s lives. Most people are so conditioned to fear the fire that they react when you bring up “firewalking.” They aren’t really listening because they’re reacting emotionally out of fear and old programming. The key to the whole thing is an open mind, allowing for the possibilities. Techniques that allow people to walk on fire directly apply to achievement in all areas of people’s lives.

Some call this psychic ability, some call it a sixth sense, some call it connection to all that is, some simply call it intuition. Whatever you call it- it can be your guide and allow you to flow in your life and watch your life become easier and almost magical in how things begin to happen.

An example of this in my own life is when I was in Hawaii 5 years ago I was working out at the 24 Hour Fitness in Waikiki. I saw a man standing out on the lanai ( that is a balcony to the mainlanders reading this and I just felt something resonating from this man, a strength of presence, a sense of purpose, I am not sure what to call it- but it was very strong and very real.  My intuition was humming-kind of like spiderman when he gets a hit with his “spider sense” . ( For all you comic book fans out there..)

I went up to this man just to tell him that there was something about him, an I just wanted to meet him and shake his hand. As it turned out, this man was Barack Obama.

Follow your intuition, your guidance, for it sees the future ( as all time, past,present and future co-exist at the same time) and will always guide you.

The exercises I teach at the QSGfirewalk Expereince ( www.QSGfirewalk.com)  are designed to help you to learn how to access your power at will, so you can learn to be fully present and learn how to tap into and follow the guidance of your intuition. Contact us today at info@quantumsuccessgroup.com to find out about the next QSG Firewalk Experience in your area, or to be involved in bringing us to your area.

 When I teach the QSG Firewalk Experience seminar, participants walk across an actual bed of red hot coals, in their barefeet. The analogy of the experience is that whatever challenge they face in life is never really as bad as their mind wants to make it out to be. Fears have a way of distorting reality and creating shadows where there are none. They can then take the experience and use it as a reference point for the rest of their lives when they come up against a challenge that is causing them fear.

And the truth is, that as long as you are alive and in this world, you will be facing challenging situations, time and time again. That is why I say that firewalking is a full time job. You are facing old beliefs about your abilities and self worth every time you step outside your comfort zone or are forced to take on a challenge you never asked for. When you have firewalked and have that experience as a reference point, you can now just look at every one of these challenges as a new firewalk- and you know that you have already done it successfully- so it can be done.

So keep on firewalking your way through life, and you will keep on moving past your fears, seeing opportunity where others do not see it, and you will always reach the other side, stronger, more empowered, and ready for the next challenge.

My mentor once gave us all a personal mantra for life in his program called Warrior Camp -and it is one I will now share with you……..

 ”Bring it on!!”

Keep on shining,

Vincent

It is amazing how we can fall into a pattern of behaviour and not even see it, until it either destroys everything we hold most precious, or we have some sort of cathartic experience which acts to wake us up before we go “over the edge”.

I have had that experience recently- and though I did not plunge into the darkness, it was definitely a screeching halt with two wheels over the edge.

But here is the rub- what is it that keeps us from falling back into the old patterns? Accountability my friends-accountability.

Why is coaching such a powerful tool ? This is exactly why- because it provides an accountabilty partner for you who is not only your friend, but will be both gentle and firm in not letting you hide in excuses or self-sabatoge, not let you back slide into old ways of thinking or acting that will take you right back to that headlong flight for the edge.

Coaches are committed to your success, to your breakthroughs, and to you living your best life possible for you- and we will not stop and relent on you until you step into being who you really are, into your potential, and your greatness.

I am of the opinion that everyone needs a coach- and if you do not have one-look into it and explore the option, because if you are willing and show up to do the work, to be a  partner in your own success , it will change your life forever-that is a promise.

To your greatest success ever,

Vincent

www.QSGfirewalk.com

Answering the following questions will give you more clues to what your passion is:

1) Why do you get out of bed in the morning?

2) Who is the most important person to you in the whole world?

3) What activity or thing is most important to you in the whole world?

4) What do you want to achieve before you leave this world?

5) What do you really love about your life?

6) If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have two things with you- what would they be?

7) If you had the power to change one thing about the world-what would it be?

I am sure you have heard many times that you need to find your “why”, that when you find it it is that which will keep you going when times get tough and things get hard.  That is good advice and I have even taught it myself to coaching clients.

There is something about that however that I have come to realize-and it is this:  that most often those why’s are all about us. Me, mine-and what makes me happy. My little personal why.  

I do not believe anymore that a personal why is strong enough to take us to the place where we can really become all we can possibly be, to reach our full potential as human beings- to live from our true power and greatness, because it is not really about me and mine- it is about us, and ours.  It is about enough food, clothing and shelter for everyone- not just me.  Enough clean air and water for the whole planet, not just my city or town, my country.

We are truly one race on this little planet, and what happens on the other side of the globe does not stay contained over there- it affects me whether I know it or not. It affects me physically, emotionally and spiritually. And it affects you- and your family and your city or town and your country.

Am I saying self-sacrifice, go without- for the greater good? No, not at all. That is an old concept that needs to be eliminated from peoples belief systems altogether. Enlightened wealth can do more good for this planet at this moment in history than anything else-as money and influence really do make the world go around, and people stop and listen.

What I am saying is to find a why that is greater than just you, that drives you to reach beyond what you ever would just for yourself, that keeps you inspired and fills your heart and becomes greater than your fear- and strive to leave a legacy in this world, not because you just want fame and fortune-but because of what you can do from a position of fame and fortune.

Do you remember the old Starfish story that has been told in every seminar and book for the last 20 years? Think of it as this- one person can make a difference, but what if that child who, all alone on the beach throwing starfish back in, had seen a greater vision, and had gone running to get all of her friends to help, or was able to call up a TV station to come down and do a story of someone doing good, and call on the viewers to come down and help save the starfish- what difference would it have made then?

My challenge to you today is to sit down and write out your big “why” for yourself, what drives you to do what you do, then see how you can expand that out to include others beynd yourself and family, expand it out to include the whole world and see if anything changes for you, if a new vison unfolds in your heart and your mind- and then have the courage, the faith and the belief to act on it.

I used to teach my firewalk seminars simply because I enjoyed it, it was for me- but now- it is so I can help as many people as possible to find their big dream, their big why, their passion and their purpose, access their power and by walking the fire, use it as a tool to propel themsleves into the greatness that lies within each and every one of us- to “awaken the giant” as Tony Robbins put it.

 Together we really can change the world.

Everything has a side that is constructive and a side that is destructive- and I learned last night that this is the case even for music.

 I play with a band and they are a great bunch of guys ( and now, just joined us- a gal) – but there is only one thing-they like to play LOUD!

 We practice at one guys house- in his living room- and it can get awfully loud in there. Now I beleive that music has the ability to heal, and is one of those amazing unexplained phenomenen that crosses all language barriers and cultures and can bring peoople together.

But last night- when the music was so loud-I found it doing the opposite to healing-actully hurting.  I cam home last night feeling utterly exhausted, when normally I feel exhilarated and alive. Today I actully felt “hung over”- even though all I had to drink was a cup of coffee!

I spoke with our new singer, the gal, and she told me that she actullay was feeling sick from the energy of such loud music…wow!

As we are both speakers and coaches and have trained our intuitive abilities and subtle energies- it is no wonder we were affected by the loud music while our bandmates were not. Also given the fact that they have played for years- they have no doubt adjusted, as humans are so good at, to the energy, noise and vibration of such loud music. I am not sure I want to adjust to that-in fact I know I don’t. So I am hoping we can meet in the middle, they can turn it down, the gal and I will cover our ears with headphones, and we can find the peace and joy in the music together, and bring it to others as well.

Just another reminder that as Buddha said- the middle path is the one to walk-and it is there you will find peace, harmony and balance.

The name of this blog is Fire-Power! – and it is basically my ramblings on how to live a life that is stupendous, extradorinary, and filled with passion…because that is how I want my own life to be!

We teach what we most need to learn so they say- so be prepared to learn how to live an extradordinary life, how to overcome and transform obstacles, and how to become exceptionally wealthy in all areas of your life!

And away we go!