Phenomena arising when the qi meridians regulate the body

Ru Chun: Last night during sitting meditation, I kept feeling as if something inside was about to burst forth from my heart. The soles of my feet felt hot, and my muscles would twitch here and there from time to time. My whole body was sweating, especially my head—I could feel the pleasant sensation of beads of sweat emerging one by one from my scalp. Later on, my throat felt very dry, as if all the moisture in me had been burned away. Recently I have been sweating constantly—sweating while reciting sutras, while meditating, while eating. I have lost almost ten jin in weight, and my hands and legs feel much lighter.

Not long after falling asleep last night, a stream of breath surged upward from my chest, and I involuntarily opened my mouth, letting that breath out long and heavy. After exhaling, I felt thoroughly relaxed and comfortable throughout my body. That breath was completely different from ordinary deep breathing or exhaling—daily breathing is like a gentle breeze, while that breath in my dream was like a tornado, mighty and imposing. Recently this kind of exhaling in dreams has happened several times; each time I exhale, I feel my chest becomes a bit more empty and clear. I wonder if this exhaling has any connection to the dream of vomiting blood?

Comment: Because of frequent meditation, the qi meridians were stirred into fluctuation, driving the cold and damp qi out of the body, which produced the phenomenon of sweating. The more dampness there is, the more gets expelled, and so the weight naturally dropped. During sleep, because the mind is still, the qi meridians continued to move, adjusting the chest cavity and expelling some turbid qi. From this we can see that spiritual practice is truly wonderful: not only can it regulate the body during the day, it continues to regulate the body even while asleep at night, eliminating karmic obstacles so that there is no need to go to the hospital for treatment.