In many ways, Malkuth is the easiest sephira for us to relate to, because even the most hardened sceptic is aware of physical sensations! However, Malkuth is about more than simply physical experience. Normally, we rarely experience anything physically without a whole load of other thoughts and feelings being associated with it. For example, taste is part of the experience of Malkuth; but when you bite into something, you experience a whole set of thoughts and emotions: that ice-cream you're eating may remind you of a similar taste experience you had years ago, and all the memories associated with that come flooding back; or it may be so cold it sets your teeth on edge, and reminds you, nervously, that you have a dental appointment tomorrow; or you may be on a diet and start worrying about how many calories it contains. None of these associated thoughts and feelings are part of Malkuth - just the physical sensation.

To experience Malkuth, try the following exercise. You will need a small piece of food for this - a piece of fruit or a sandwich, for instance.

Sit down quietly where you won't be disturbed. It may be in your house, your garden, or somewhere public. Imagine that you are an alien visitor to Earth - you have never been here before, and have no idea what it looks like, what sort of food humans eat, what the people and animals and plants are like. You don't have ANY pre-conceived ideas.

Take a look around you - what do you see? Don't give the things that you see labels - you don't see "a cat" or "a road accident" - you don't know what these things are. They're new to you. Just EXPERIENCE the sensation of looking around and seeing images.

Now pick up the piece of food, and start to chew it, very slowly. Notice the texture. Notice the taste. Notice the sensation of your mouth chewing the food. There are no other sensations - the food does not remind you of anything, for instance, because you have never eaten Earth food before. Just be AWARE of the sensations.

After you have eaten half the food, sit quietly for a few minutes while you come back into the "real world", and start being human again. Start looking around you and name the things you see around you. Eat the rest of the food in the normal way.

Compare the experience - the day-to-day way of operating, and seeing things through different eyes. What aspects are the same? What aspects are different? You're comparing "raw" Malkuth to your normal experience, which is a mixture of various sephiroth coming into play.