Eating and Drinking Consciously: Out of Your Head and Into Your Senses

: By Osho

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Eating and Drinking Consciously: Out of Your Head and Into Your Senses
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We eat very unconsciously, automatically, robot-like. If the taste is not lived, you are just stuffing.

Go slow, and be aware of the taste.

Do not just go on swallowing things.

Taste them unhurriedly and become the taste.

Move Out of Your Head and Into Your Senses

When you feel sweetness, become that sweetness.

And then it can be felt all over the body -- not just in the mouth, not just on the tongue, it can be felt all over the body spreading in ripples.

Whatsoever you are eating, feel the taste and become the taste.

With no taste, your senses will be deadened. They will become less and less sensitive.

And with less sensitivity, you will not be able to feel your body, you will not be able to feel your feelings.

Then you will just remain centered in the head.

Becoming More Alive and More Filled

When drinking water, feel the coolness.

Close your eyes, drink it slowly, taste it.

Feel the coolness and feel that you have become that coolness, because the coolness is being transferred to you from the water; it is becoming a part of your body.

Your mouth is touching, your tongue is touching, and the coolness is transferred.

Allow it to happen to the whole of your body.

Allow its ripples to spread, and you will feel a coolness all over your body.

In this way your sensitivity can grow, and you can become more alive and more filled.

Article Source

The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
by Osho.

For more information visit www.osho.org where there is an "Ask Osho" section where people can write their question. The web editors will find the nearest answer to the question from Osho who has answered thousands of questions from seekers over the years.

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About The Author

photo of Osho Osho is one of the best-known and most provocative spiritual teachers of the 20th century. Beginning in the 1970s he captured the attention of young people from the West who wanted to experience meditation and transformation. Even since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world. For more information, visit https://www.osho.com/

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