This device essentially has a pressure cooker on the bottom, and pushes the steam from the boiling pressurized water up through the coffee grounds, then up a long cylinder where it perks into the upper container.

So… I was waiting for the coffee and I heard the sound of pressure escaping.

I thought… hmm… I wonder if I didn’t screw the top on enough.

Then I made a really bad decision. I decided to take a heat insulation pad, remove it from the stove while it was perking, and try to tighten it.

The problem was, I twisted it the wrong way…

I was in for quite a shock as boiling, pressurized water shot across my chest.

At that split second, time seemed to slow way down and I was able to make a decision… I chose to focus not on the pain or injury, but on what I was going to do about it.

All my attention went to THIS. I ignored the pain, and by some grace, did not experience any fear.

The water temp from this already-percing device was over 212 degrees.

On the internet, it says that 150 degree water will cause a 3rd degree burn within 2 seconds to human skin.

This is a pic taken of me 24 hours AFTER the injury. Almost half of the streak is already healed. Never any blisters.

So much sprayed out that even the top of my underwear was saturated.

The next pic is my arm the next day.

So what happened?

Have you ever seen people walk barefoot on coals without injury?

Our mental state can have an extraordinary effect on our body for our benefit or destruction.

Fear, when we flow with it, is tremendously destructive to our physiological response, all the way down to the cellular level.

I should have received 3rd degree burns… or worse.

So what did I choose to focus on in that split second? I focused on exactly what I was going to do to help my burning skin. I knew I had some ASEA in the house… and some live Aloe plant… and finally some hemp green goop. I applied these and stayed calm. And I’m sure I subconsciously prayed.