How Your Soul Experiences Taste
This article is part of the Are You Coming to Your Senses? series.
Welcome to the third installment of our five-part series on how your soul perceives your physical senses. We have previously discussed the senses of sight and sound, and in this article we explore the sense of taste that resides within your human embodiment.
Taste is so important to us that we have come to sensationalize the eating experience. There are currently numerous cooking shows and competitions where contestants compete for who can prepare the best meal. Someone then passes judgment on what is the best food based solely on personal taste preference.
Source Has No Limit
Think of all the spices and food additives that have been created for the enjoyment of the human experience. Isn’t it interesting how people can react so differently to the same spice, or have such opposing reactions to the same food? Even people sharing the same meal at a table together can have entirely different taste reactions. Humans also have completely different reactions when biting into, swallowing, or ingesting the same foods as others. This could be due to food allergies, how the food is grown, and what chemicals or fertilizers were used in production. In short, there are endless variables when it comes to taste.
We declare that no two humans taste anything exactly the same! How something tastes is based solely upon YOUR taste buds, circulatory, and sensory systems — not anyone else’s. And no two people are the same.
From a spiritual (soul’s) perspective, why would Source need to taste something the same way every time? That would mean that Source would have a limitation to it, and Source has no limit.
The Soul’s Perspective on Taste
Let’s talk about the Soul’s perspective on taste. There is taste from within! Have you ever had a stressful or traumatic experience and gotten a sour taste in your mouth? Or perhaps a metallic taste in the back of your throat? What is that? If there is no food or something physical that you are ingesting in that moment, what is it that you are tasting?
It’s a taste sensation that is in alignment with an emotion. That is your soul’s inner taste experience! Yet humans are constantly explaining it away as a bad meal they ate earlier in the day, or some food that didn’t sit well in their stomach.
Physical taste is in alignment with the contact of your tongue and taste buds with a substance. The physical response to something is in reference to whether you thought what was being tasted was sweet, sour, salty, savory or bitter, or pleasant or unpleasant to you.
Emotional Experience First
Your inner soul’s taste works differently. It is ignited by the emotional experience first. This emotion can actually cause you to taste something in your mouth. Think of the phrase “the sweet taste of success.” What does success or joy taste like? It must taste sweet because so many humans have made that declaration.
What about the traumatic experiences that so many of you go through when you experience dry mouth or a sour taste? What is that? It is when your soul is having a traumatic soul sensation! A traumatic soul taste sensation based upon your emotions being stirred.
Physical vs Soul Taste
How can you tell when you’re experiencing a taste whether it’s physical or your soul’s taste sensation? Is your tongue touching something physical, which then allows an emotional response? Then that is taste based upon the physical. If you are getting the emotion first, and then a type of sensation through your embodiment or your taste sensory system, that is your soul connection!
You are the master of your physical embodiment and the energy flow in your physical body. You have the ability to experience your soul’s sensation through your senses.
As you refine your awareness process and your awareness state is heightened, you will more readily experience being in alignment with your soul through any or all of your senses.
When you are working on aligning with your soul and you’re practicing the art of conjuring the emotion of your soul, you can be experiencing this through sight, sound, and even the tasting of your emotions.
Did you realize your emotions had a taste to them? We hope that with this new awareness you will start experiencing taste from your soul’s perspective.
Soul Retrieval on Gaia
Just like the traumatic experiences Brad mentions above that can give you a bad taste, trauma also can fragment your soul. The good news? You can reclaim your power and once again become the master of your soul. Get started with Jill Kuykendall on Soul Retrieval on Talks with Regina Meredith.
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Water Rituals to Spiritually Connect with the Sacred Element
Water is a life-giving element with profound importance, recognized and celebrated across cultures. It’s not only essential for survival but also revered for its spiritual significance, offering renewal, purification, and connection to the divine. When we connect deeply with the element of water, we honor its role as a giver of life and develop a greater sense of well-being and appreciation. This connection can help us foster respect for this sacred element while enhancing our personal sense of balance and vitality.
Spiritual Meaning of Water Across Traditions
Water’s symbolism—representing renewal, fertility, purification, and transformation—holds significant spiritual meaning across religions. In Christianity, for instance, baptism with water signifies purification and acceptance into the faith, echoing stories of Jesus and the cleansing power of holy water. Similarly, in Greek traditions, water is seen as a bridge to the divine, used in offerings to gods of the sea and rivers.
Religious practices worldwide incorporate water as a tool for blessing, connection, and spiritual awakening. In Islam, daily ablutions (wudu) cleanse the body in preparation for prayer, aligning one’s spirit with sacred intentions. Hinduism reveres sacred rivers like the Ganges, believed to have powerful spiritual properties that cleanse impurities and aid in liberation from the cycle of rebirth, or Moksha. These rituals underscore water’s spiritual role in supporting life and guiding transformation.
Purification through Water
Ritual cleansing practices, or ablutions, are foundational in many faiths. In Judaism, the mikveh—a bath used for full-body immersion—restores ritual purity, while netilat yadayim involves washing hands upon rising and before meals. In Christianity, baptism serves as a purification act, welcoming individuals into the church through holy water. Similarly, Hindu rituals encourage bathing in sacred waters, which cleanse spiritual impurities and connect devotees to the divine.
Across cultures, holy sites near rivers, springs, and other water sources invite pilgrims to partake in this purifying element. In Bali’s Agama Tirtha, or “religion of the holy water,” devotees seek purification and blessings at temples with flowing holy water, such as Tirta Empul. Here, worshippers immerse themselves to wash away impurities and connect with the sacred.
Infusion of Blessings
The idea that water holds “memory” has resonated in spiritual traditions. The Japanese researcher Masaru Emoto suggested that positive thoughts and blessings could alter the molecular structure of water, enhancing its vitality. This notion aligns with practices in Bali, where priests bless water through mudra (sacred gestures) and mantra (sacred sound) to imbue it with divine energy. Similarly, Christian ministers may sanctify water for sacramental and protective purposes, showing how different faiths infuse water with blessings.
