Then look for a sound that comes from very, very, very far
away... So faint that you can hardly discern whether it's a physical
or a non-physical sound... Remain aware of that sound for one
minute, trying to observe how your sense of hearing is affected
by that sound [...]
Then let go of any sound. Become aware of the fact of hearing...
the pure quality of hearing, independent of any sound... Awareness
of ‘hearing-ness’, the fact of hearing [...]
[4c] “Remember a strong taste of food. Pick up a certain food and
remember how it feels to have this particular food in your
mouth... The texture and taste on your tongue, the flow of saliva...
Be 100% in the taste, as if nothing else existed [...]
Then remember the taste of another food. Do not think, just take
the first food that comes to you. And then recall how it feels to
have this food in your mouth... Put all of your self in the taste,
experience it completely [...]
Then look for the non-physical taste of the nectar: like a trickle
or a little flow at the back of the throat, very fresh and sweet...
The taste of the nectar flowing at the back of your throat... Let
yourself be fed by it [...]
Then drop all the tastes. Become aware of the fact of tasting, the
pure quality of tasting, independent of any taste in particular [...]
PHASE 5: Moving backwards through the day
“Start recalling the images of the day. Begin with what you were
doing just before the night practice... Don't do it, let it happen:
just let the images of the day come back in front of you... And go
on, moving backwards all through the day...
Images of what you were doing in the evening [...]
Images of dinner [...]
Images of your afternoon activities [...] The people that you have
been talking to [...]
Images of lunch [...]
Images of your morning activities [...]
Images of breakfast time [...]
See yourself as you were doing your morning meditation [...]
Images of your bathroom time in the morning [...]
Up to the very first images of the morning, in bed, before you
got up [...]