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Anuṣṭhāna is a sādhanā that purifies you through and through and grants you the darśan of that holy essence seated within yourself—which is your very Self. That "cow" is the tongue. In Sanskrit, they also refer to the tongue as the cow. A great saint describes Khecarī Mudrā, writing that the yogī should eat, should swallow, the cow every day. Some people misunderstand this, thinking a yogī should eat cow meat. Many things are misunderstood. The jīva is that cow, the milky cow that always gives milk. The hormones produced by the tongue are the most important hormones for our entire health condition, our digestion, everything. The Upaniṣad says, "O Lord, place on my tongue the honey, that I may speak sweetly." So, this tongue is that cow. To "hold the tongue" means to repeat the mantra; take care that your tongue does not run here and there. Let it go into the cave of the palate, from where, from the Bindu Chakra, the ambrosia drips. And let your mind be that sādhu who will guide you. Finally, you will meet the Ātmā inside. Even if it is a very small experience, a very short experience, do not think, "So many years I am practicing, and suddenly I got light for five seconds and nothing is there; maybe I was dreaming of this." Even for very short experiences, do not think, "I have been sitting here for six or seven years, and in a few seconds I got a light that appeared; what was in it?" Without considering how short it was, you might look and think it was just some blood circulation, or a lack of vitamin A or vitamin C. Even with open eyes you see sparkling lights. Or when, after so many years, there was some experience for just a few seconds, you might think that's nothing. Then later, when you read somewhere what kind of experience that is, you will say, "Oh my God, I lost that." Therefore, this ancient sādhanā requires Gurū Kṛpā. Otherwise, as Mahāprabhujī said, all sādhanā is just like food without salt. All sādhanā becomes fruitless, seedless; it will not grow.