What are the Effects of the 4 Feet of Spiritual Force? The Blessed Buddha once said: When a Bhikkhu develops the Feet of Force that is enriched with concentrated desire, concentrated energy, concentrated thought & concentrated investigation, all constructed by effort, by thinking: In this way will my desire, energy, thinking and investigating neither be too slack nor too tense, it will neither be constricted internally nor scattered externally, then he dwells experiencing both what is in front & what is behind, so above, so also below, so by day, so also at night! Therefore, with a mind that is all open & unrestricted, he develops the dazzling bright mind, which is pervaded by luminosity... When the 4 feet of suprahuman force have been developed, refined and cultivated in exactly this way, the Bhikkhu possesses the various kinds of suprahuman force: Such Bhikkhu, by the total destruction & complete elimination of the 3 mental fermentations, in this very life enters and dwells in the fermentation-free release of mind, in the fermentation-freed release of understanding, realizing it for himself with direct knowledge, through direct experience... Source (edited extract): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. [V:265-66] section 51: The 4 Forces: Thread 11: Shaking The Mansion.
