Dear
Clients, I found this article written and I thought I would share it,
you cannot only use this to apply with food, but really to anything. A
physical pain you are having, or a relationship issue, or a forgiveness
issue. What are you giving your power and your thoughts to? Is is a
positive or a negative? Do you find that you are dwelling on blame,
negativity, regret and the past? Well if so, you will forever stay
stuck! The article below says how to fix your diet but these same
thoughts apply to your life. If you constantly berating your ex, or his
new girlfriend, or focusing on what your mother and father did and not
moving on, you are prolonging your pain. Yes vent about it for a minute
but dwelling on it for years and years is no good. "Unforgiveness
holds you in jail for someone elses crime". I have a lot of calls that
want all of the dirt on what an ex is doing on "hope" he or she will
"get theirs". What good is that? Wishing ill on someone else will
NEVER find you happiness! Wishing well for others will guarantee you
get happiness, however. The more POSITIVE your vibration the more you
will attract what you want! A quote I love, "There is no future in the
past". Don't lug the extra baggage around in your mind. The more
positive and Loving you are to yourself and others, the happier you will
be - PERIOD. The more negative and complaining you are and negative
your thinking and more STRESSED out and INTENSE you are, the unhappier
you will be. So start to LET THINGS GO and don't take this world so
seriously! Stress is responsible for most body pains as well. (Check
out any books by John Sarno if you have body pain). I hope you like the
article below. Hugs -Sara PS Remember God is perfect Love, GOd made
you, therefore you are perfect Love and therefore LACKING NOTHING.
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I've
tried and failed at most of the diets on the market, gained and lost
hundreds of pound, kept four different sizes of clothing in my closet,
and felt tremendous shame and sadness about my relationship with food
and inability to keep my weight in line. Now, after following the
inquiry process that I chronicled in Skinny Thinking and training myself
to go on this same thought diet, I'm thin without worry or effort and I
know I'll never gain the weight back. Why? Because I can't. I don't
think about food anymore and if I don't think about it, I can't desire
it and if I don't desire it, I won't eat too much of it, and I won't
gain weight.
I really want to commend you for embarking on this journey with me. It
is a courageous choice to change habits that have caused you to suffer. I
call it the hero's journey. As you venture forth, you uplift yourself
and everyone around you. It is a truly courageous and generous act to
embrace your own growth and evolution. This thought diet is spiritual
journey that will lead in the direction of true happiness and deeper
into the cave of your own heart.
Without further ado, let's get started.
Here is the wonderful news I want to share with you! Yes, it is
possible to be free from obsession with food and bodyweight! It is
possible to live without worrying about what you will eat next, whether
it will make you fat, or whether you'll have the willpower to eat in a
way that keeps you from busting out of your jeans.
Its important to seeing the whole truth about food and what's been
going on in your relationship with it. No matter how long you've been
struggling with food, you don't have to take your eating, weight, and
body image issues to your grave. You can free yourself of them for good.
All you have to do is follow the Five Steps by incorporating the daily
five-minute exercises into your daily routine. How hard is it to find an
extra five minutes a day? Aren't you worth it? You can do this!
The Ego and Essence in the Battle of the Bulge
The epic battle enacted under the guise of the battle of the bulge is
the struggle between the ego, that negative chatterbox in our heads, and
Essence, the spark of divinity within each of us. It's the suffering
caused by this battle that moves us to break free from our unconscious
patterns and conditioning and instead live in our natural state of
Essence. In this state, we experience the peace and joy available in
each moment and that can never be taken from us. This is the battle:
resistance versus acceptance; the ego versus Essence; self-delusion
versus the evolutionary impulse for Truth; the ego's small sliver of
truth about food and the body rather than the whole picture.
The Villain
In our struggles with overweight, the ego in the form of the Relentless
Critic is the judgmental voice inside our head, berating the way our
body looks, telling us: "You're too fat." "Your legs are too skinny."
"You're out of shape." "You'll never attract the kind of relationship
you want unless you get into better shape."
When it comes to food, the ego, in the form of the Pleasure-Seeking
Child, causes us to gain weight by telling us things like: "You've been
working so hard and deserve a slice or two or three of cheesecake." "You
should live a little and give yourself a treat." "Eating a bit more
won't hurt even though you're already full." "You've had a lousy day, so
why not make yourself feel better with a little Pleasure Food?"
"Indulge now and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow."
Our Hero
Now that we've seen the villain in our story, it's time to meet our
hero. Essence is our true self, what we were before we started listening
to and believing in the ego. It's that internal place of calm and
serenity that we've all visited in moments when the mind is quiet. Think
back to a time when you've felt completely at peace. That delicious
feeling is Essence. Even though we may not be aware of this consciously,
each of us touches into it every day!
Connecting with Essence means entering the thought-free state. Although
meditation is the most common way to move out of the mind, it can
happen anywhere, anytime, as long as we're not caught up in thoughts or
feelings. We can be noticing the clock on the wall, the leaf floating in
the breeze, or our hand as we turn the page.
Any information that comes to us from the senses, unfiltered by
thoughts, takes us to Essence. If we are to break the habit of listening
to the negative mind, the habit that's responsible for our food issues,
we have to cultivate a new habit of moving into the thought-free state,
ideally for at least 10-15 minutes every day.