My core taste developed due to karma and certain physically traumatic incidents during gestation. The emotional and semantic content of these incidents predisposed me to associate strong physical sensation with love and affection. At age 12 when I encountered movies of Indian yogis using bed of nails, I tried it for myself, leading to my first sexual experience. as a young man when I found the Navajo Quidoshka and Chinese Iron Shirt warrior traditions I connected extreme sensations with spirituality.