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Its not so much that we believe what we see, but that we see what we believe

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No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter how sophisticated or enlightened you think you are, how you eat tells all.
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If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else.
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There's a basic feeling of lack that we want to distract ourselves from. We want to fix it by looking outside ourselves, as if it is going to fill us up.
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There have been many articles about the top regrets that people have when they're dying. They are always, I missed the ordinary moments. We miss those ordinary moments, and yet, that's what we're trying to distract ourselves from at the same time.
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The problem isn't that we have bodies the problem is that we're not living in them.
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No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can't stand it any longer, we binge.
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Separate the desire to be thin from the desire to be cherished.
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You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.
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Hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are.
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Your relationship to food, no matter how conflicted, is the doorway to freedom.
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Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake.
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Your body is the piece of the Universe youve been given.
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How you eat is how you live. How you do anything is how you do everything.
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Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes.
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Take time to thank your body.
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Meditation develops the capacity to question your mind. Without it, you are at the mercy of every thought, every desire, every wave of emotion.
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If you decided to reteach yourself your own loveliness today, what would you do? How would you speak to yourself? Can you allow yourself that much?
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Women look at their bodies, and they're never thin enough. The financial advisors that I've talked to say they ask their clients, How much money do you need in order to feel secure? X amount. Then, as soon as the client got the amount, it would double automatically.
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You can rescue yourself. No matter how you feel, no matter what you believe about your worth or your capacity to love and be loved, you can change.
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We eat the way we live.
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