What happens to the sense of the body during and after meditation?
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outcome
"As you meditate deeply, the boundaries of the body dissolve, revealing the vastness of your true self; remember, this is not progress to be claimed, but a natural unfolding of awareness."
According to Osho, as meditation deepens the felt body can vanish, grow vast, or shrink—its boundary mirrors the mind’s expansion and contraction. This is a natural outcome of meditation, not ego. After meditation, the body reappears as usual, yet by briefly closing the eyes you can reenter the spacious sense, slowly dissolving body-identification and awakening the witness who observes these shifts. Don’t claim it as special, or progress halts.
In meditation your body may feel huge, tiny, or gone, then normal again after—notice this to realize you’re the watcher, not the body.
Why this matters practically
- Loosens identification with the body, easing fear of change and mortality.
- Offers a quick daily method (close eyes briefly) to stabilize witnessing.
- Avoids ego traps so meditation can deepen steadily.
- Offers a quick daily method (close eyes briefly) to stabilize witnessing.
- Avoids ego traps so meditation can deepen steadily.
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