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# Meridian Lines
- URL: https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meridian-lines/
- Published: 2013-08-03T16:40:38.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-20T01:20:04.000Z
- Author: Timothy
- Tags: Buddhism, Martial Arts, Chi, compassion, energy, happy, Martial Afrts, Martial Arts, nerve point, philosophy, wisdom, #wordpress, #Import 2025-06-01 12:12

A meridian in our body is just like a freeway through a city: it helps transfer various types of vehicles (information) to different areas. The connection points between meridian lines – the nerve points – are like freeway junctions which allow cars to pass through without blocking traffic.

When a nerve point gets blocked, it is like a traffic jam at an intersection when no traffic is moving: the body becomes stiff and painful.

A traffic jam can have two causes: too many cars going through the junction at the same time, which means too much stress, or an accident, as a blow to the nerve point. In Chinese martial arts, there’s a self-defence nerve point control technique based on this idea called *Dien Shije* (“Touch Nerve”).