Sham S. Misri
India is a great country of sages, saints and yogis.
Recently, a Yogi (One who does yoga) has performed an extraordinary ability to
use a unique breathing technique to get into union with fire. The rare and
unusual Fire Ritual performed by a Yogi from India is astonishing. The chemical
analysis of his clothing and physical tests showed a supernatural phenomenon.
The Yogi has performed this Fire Ritual for a total of 1000 days during the
last 45 years.
The Yogi who weighs just 43 kilos says that he survives on
only two bananas and a mere glass of milk with a few drops of water twice a day
for the last 28 years. Many aspects of the Yogi are unbelievable, while at the
same time he highlights the power and endurance of human mind, body and spirit.
Earlier it was Kuda Bux who did the great miracle of walking
over the flaming pit. This he did on one hot summer night in the memory of New
Yorkers. On a parking lot in Radio City, surrounded by sky scrapers, a ditch
was dug. It was 240 cubic feet in volume, (20 ft. long by 4 ft. wide by 3 ft.
deep). The pit was filled with tons of
oak logs and nearly 26 bags of charcoal. All the material in the pit was set on
fire. At the end of 24 hours, the pit was red hot. No living creature could
come within ten feet without being burned. The temperature was nearly 14000
F. When the pit was extremely hot a little man came and removed his shoes and
began to step into the fiery pit. The audience there were astonished to see the
man whose feet sank into embers deep up to his ankles. The spectators including
doctors, cameramen, and reporters watched breathlessly. The man whose name was
Kuda Bux walked with determination through the centre of the pit. A piece of
raw meat thrown into the pit would have been reduced to cinders in a few
seconds. When Kuda Bux came out of the burning pit, his feet were not even
warm.
This fire walking feat was performed for the Believe it or
not Radio programme on August 2nd, 1938.
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