Manifestations of Bodily and Mental Superknowledge

Question: After all the meridians of the body have become completely unobstructed, does the force of the contraction and expansion of the dantian during breathing diminish?

Answer: Once the meridians are all unobstructed, the body will feel extremely tranquil and at ease, without any burden whatsoever—one may not even feel the existence of the body, just as the sea, though flowing, is 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) can easily arise. For example, when riding an electric bike, if there is no wind, one does not feel any resistance; the stronger the wind, the greater the resistance one feels, and the stronger the sense of the physical body's existence. Likewise with the human mind: the less one seeks anything, the more open, the more relaxed, and the less entangled one is, the less one feels the existence of the self. Conversely, the mind will have many entanglements, and the sense of the self's existence becomes stronger. The stronger the sense of the self's 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 self-conceited one becomes, the more conflicts/disputes/gossip arise, and the less peaceful one is. When the mind is obstructed, there are many conflicts/disputes/gossip; when the body is obstructed, there are many sensations.