Hey, Katie. This is a really useful insight. I'm feeling (on a deeper level now) that an experience is just an experience and it calls for the same treatment, whether it is pleasure or pain. Holding on to pleasure can cause as much contraction as resisting the pain.

I came across this quote by Fred Alvarez yesterday and the sentiment he is sharing made me very still and peaceful inside. Perhaps it'll speak to you guys as well:

"The energy moves and flows. The mind is like an empty singing bowl that can be filled with many thoughts. You can empty the bowl only by stopping to identify with these thoughts. When you hit the empty bowl with the stick, the sound vibrates into eternity, as I become part of the whole. My identification with “I”, who I “think” I am ceases to be and washes away into infinity. The stars and planets dance, the birds are singing, the water flows and the sun emerges again and I’m still here on this earth… in this world."

With love.

M.