# BJJ Meditations: Walking through the fire

By [Joseph Hannan](https://paragraph.com/@josephhannnan) · 2023-08-25

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**What does it feel like to walk through fire and come out unscathed?**

The hard path stretches before us, each jagged stone awaiting its bare foot.

![Artwork by Elizabeth Bass.](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6393082e003f952dc0aada1c089fea45b0a3a3c4203fd3cb0b0a1e0312740d6a.jpg)

Artwork by Elizabeth Bass.

What does it feel like to walk this path unflinchingly? How do you feel each wound without thinking, without rationalizing it?

Because here in the arena, there is no room for thought. Consider the jagged stone underfoot and it only slices deeper.

Every rationalization is a shadow that washes over you. Every thought is another shovel full of dirt on your grave.

You see, the choice is easy. Come in from the dark. Walk through the fire.

**Category:** Inner work

**Tag:** Awareness

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