Before the Word

Sit with eyes closed. The next time any sensation arises, the touch of the cool floor, the warmth of light on the cheek, the heaviness of a hand on the lap, notice that there is a tiny gap before the mind labels it. Try to catch that gap. Just before 'cool floor', 'warm light', 'heavy hand', the sensation is bare, naked, without any word over it. Stay at that edge as often as you can. The world before language is fresh in a way that no description ever quite reaches.