This reminds me of the story of Lots wife turning into a pillar of sand and this also explains how people in ancient times were mastering levitation through meditation which the Buddha reprimanded and how today, as always, Tibetan monks dry heavy wool blankets in -40 degree windy weather through meditation or how monks heat up cold wet towels to dry them:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/04/meditation-dramatically-changes-body-temperatures/ and you can see the numerous Shaolin demonstrations of people taking numerous blows with spear points to their gut or swords to their back and arms without leaving even a red mark, one guy was putting a hammer drill with a concrete bit to his dome, but there's also the ones getting beat repeatedly with staffs, also without any kind of sign, even a red mark.
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