Any person that successfully walked on fire wanted to. . . . For whatever reasons, firewalkers decide ahead of time that they want to have contact with fire. When someone accidentally comes into contact with fire with a body part, they are in direct, very intense conflict with a lifelong intention of not touching fire. That conflict causes, or allows, the burn. The life lesson there is that anytime we do anything we don't really want to do, we get burnt. Regardless of the sphere of activity. Anytime that we are stepping forward in life in contradiction to our heartfelt intention we are divided, conflicted, we are at less than full potential, and we set ourselves up for failure and disappointment.
— Michael Sky, Talking Lightly by William Kooperman