Manifestations of Bodily Superknowledge and Mental Superknowledge

Answer: Once all the meridians are unobstructed, the body will feel extremely at ease, without the slightest burden—so much so that one may not even feel the body's existence, just as the ocean, though flowing, remains silent and waveless on its surface, profoundly still and unmoving. This is the result of meditative concentration (samādhi); combined with the wisdom of contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā), meditative absorption (samādhi) will easily arise. For example, when riding an electric scooter, if there is no wind, you feel no resistance; the stronger the wind, the greater the resistance you feel, and the stronger the sense of the physical body's existence. Likewise with the human mind: the less one seeks anything, the more open, relaxed, and free of entanglements one is, and the less one feels the existence of a self. Conversely, the mind will have many entanglements, and the sense of self-existence grows stronger. The stronger the sense of self-existence, the more one cares about oneself, the more one cares about others' opinions and attitudes toward oneself, the more self-respecting, self-cherishing, and proud one becomes, the more conflicts and disputes arise, and the less tranquil one is. When the mind is obstructed, conflicts abound; when the body is obstructed, sensations abound.