I'm fascinated by this subject: the replace the taste factor...I guess initially we will all do this, but it's interesting that some members drift off to sweet tastes and some seek to refine and even enhance the tobacco essence, perhaps taking it to a new level. As a zennie, we explore our sensations/senses, so my guess is the ever elusive "x-factor" which I equate, after many long hours of meditation, to craving, craving and more craving. And I don't think it's a nasty chemical or byproduct of com-busting smoke....it may be more closely aligned to memory, and memory is a tricky tricky subject. To date, the neuroscientists can't find the memory function in the brain. It's everywhere and it's nowhere. And at the moment of death, in near death experiences, almost 100% report a "flashback" of all memories, a review, if you will, of your life.
You/I may be trying to find true happiness, a memory more often than not of an innocent childhood. Can't bottle that.
