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Become the Taste

In eating or drinking, become the taste itself, and through it the fullness.

▶ Practice this technique5 / 10 min · eyes either

How to practice

  1. 1Take a small sip or bite. Stop everything else.
  2. 2Let the whole of attention pour into the taste, the texture, the warmth.
  3. 3Do not think about the food — be the sensation of it.
  4. 4Let that complete presence to one sense spread into presence itself.

Terms in this technique

sparśa
Touch, contact; the sense-field of the body.
rasa
Taste, essence, savour.
bhāva
Feeling-state, emotion, mood — used as a doorway.

Sources consulted

  • Jaideva Singh, Vijñānabhairava: The Manual for Self-Realization (Motilal Banarsidass, 1979)
  • Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati, Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (Yoga Publications Trust, 2003)
  • Osho, The Book of Secrets (St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998)
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