[Nat]

One of the most useful skills we develop in meditation practice is the skill of letting go. Not necessarily letting go of the things of the world, though sometimes we might want to do that, but learning how to let go of the things our mind holds onto, latches onto. That's a muscle that can be developed, this muscle of letting go. If you haven't exercised that muscle, it's going to be rusty, it's going to be kinda awkward. You're not going to know how. There's a number of different skills that are needed, different understandings that are needed, that come into play that help us to let go. The more we let go, the more we learn that skill. Then, with time, that skill becomes strong. Then we can include wisdom as part of that skill - we can learn when it's wise to let go and when it's best not to let go. When it's skillful to let go, when it's not skillful to let go. -Gil Fronsdal (Audio Dharma podcast)