Question Three in The Work of Byron Katie is: How do you react when you think that thought?
I often laugh and say “I ate”.
I don’t usually share my Eating Peace videos with anyone but the dear people who seek peace with food, eating, hunger, fullness, or body image.
But this one, after it came out, I thought….is really all about finding peace from compulsion.
Compulsive thinking, pushing, pulling, forcing, trying, reaching
Everyone who is human has done it….it might be with food or substances like I did, but maybe also with relationships, tasks, goals
It feels so good to find peace from the urge to get control–even though control can feel temporarily right and good (and is sometimes a huge relief)
Peace from the fear of Not Knowing what to do (or eat)
Who would you be without the belief you need someone to tell you what to do because you’re out of control or flailing about in panic?
You might still research good steps to take, or ask for advice or help, but you wouldn’t feel like it was an emergency.
I’m sharing a story here today that I find hilarious now, although at the time I was having a total hissy fit of despair and panic.
This story appears to be about finding an answer to my eating issues and food problems….
….but it was really a story about finding freedom from my deeply disturbed thinking.
Eating off-balance and in a crazy way was only a symptom of my fears and anxieties. It really wasn’t about the food.