What does it mean "taste and see that Yahweh is good" (Psalm 34:8, NOGB)?
It means be in the quality of bestowal/love of others/altruism and see that the pleasure you feel from being in this quality, benefiting others instead of yourself, is good.
It means be in it, know it to be true/good by experiencing it yourself, do it yourself, sample it, taste it, feel it, sense it.
Our internal qualities have to change from selfishness to concern for others, we need to seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.
When we're in the quality of selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) we taste selfish pleasures. When we enter into the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others) we'll acquire new pleasures, altruistic pleasures.
Once we're in bestowal, we'll know what the pleasure feels like to think of others, look after others and seek to benefit others. We'll taste this new pleasure and it'll be good.
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