Episode 14: Touch and Go

“Touch and go” refers to how we relate to thoughts, distractions and sensations that arise during sitting meditation  •  it represents a middle way between the extremes of avoiding our experience and getting seduced by whatever arises  •  the “touch” and the “go” happen almost simultaneously  •  the example of a neighbor stopping by to say hello when we are chopping wood  •  welcoming and appreciating whatever comes our way, but then letting the experience go  •  the sense of “disowning” is similar to “divesting” — disowning those qualities that keep us stuck in fixed views or habitual patterns  •  inserts freshness and simplicity into our meditation  •  whatever arises is good fuel for meditation practice