Taste transmits the meaning of food. From the surface level to the most profound, the way you know about food is by tasting it. Through tasting you know if you want it, if you like it, if it s good for you, if it s gone bad, if it s poison. Your palate is your sentry, your watchman, guarding what you are allowing into the most intimate chemistry of your body. Out of this chemical wedding arises the being of tomorrow.
Taste is the contact point that enables the ball to bounce high.
By actually being present at the moment of tasting we are not merely exercising our capacity we are refining it. Within our ordinary taste we are awakening to a higher taste. The finer food sends us heavenward, making us immortal. This finer food is all about us, permeating everything on the earth. Shocked into increased presence by our new-found hunger we will find that finer food.