Re: In the quiet (reposted from my blog)...

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You ladies are amazing, I've been on the boards again for less than a day and already the wisdome that comes through is life-changing (if I listen to it LOLOLOL)

congratulations on your progress!! and on the peace, too - I recognized a long time ago that that's what I'm really seeking, but 20 years later I still don't always find it...

Mikki

And as I was reading and sitting here, something really struck me. I'mnot sure I can put it into words, but it's something that I think isdriving me to really conquer Intuitive Eating.Peace.

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Wow and congrats on finding what you needed - peace IE works so

many ways ;-)

ehugs, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I know I just posted, but I decided to go back and re-read all my

> posts, maybe just to show myself truly how far I've come in the past

> month.

>

> And as I was reading and sitting here, something really struck me. I'm

> not sure I can put it into words, but it's something that I think is

> driving me to really conquer Intuitive Eating.

>

> Peace.

>

> Peace within myself, yes, but also peacefulness externally.

>

> Let me see if I can explain.

>

> A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how I had felt a blanket for the

> first time in a long time. And how I paused my head long enough to

> hear that crickets were chirping. It was truly peaceful.

>

> And then as I sat here reading just now, I stilled my thoughts and

> really listened to the quiet. Calm immediately washed over me.

>

> It's THIS peace that I've been craving and trying to find with food.

> It's not " numbing " that I'm chasing, it's peace. External and internal

> peace.

>

> It really hit me, that the chewing and the eating mindlessly and the

> stuffing are actually doing the exact opposite of what I really crave.

> I want peace and I have never felt it when eating to eat. I haven't.

>

> When I'm in the quiet like now, and I shut off my heart and head, I

> find it. There is an overwhelming peace. There are no demons, just

> blessed quiet.

>

> While my body is craving wonderful food fed to it when it is hungry,

> what my heart is craving is peace.

>

> I think I'm getting this. And I am going to seek this with everything

> I have.

>

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Wow. Dawn, you truly nailed it. Inner peace and a feeling of carrying that peace with us where ever we go. That is it. I'm getting too - I feel like I starting IE years ago w/my wondeful therapist, and the food is finally falling into place! LOL. I mean - alot of the emotional stuff has been happening - and now finally the food piece is falling into place!

Kim

IE since Aug 08

Subject: In the quiet (reposted from my blog)...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 9:36 AM

I know I just posted, but I decided to go back and re-read all myposts, maybe just to show myself truly how far I've come in the pastmonth.And as I was reading and sitting here, something really struck me. I'mnot sure I can put it into words, but it's something that I think isdriving me to really conquer Intuitive Eating.Peace.Peace within myself, yes, but also peacefulness externally.Let me see if I can explain.A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how I had felt a blanket for thefirst time in a long time. And how I paused my head long enough tohear that crickets were chirping. It was truly peaceful.And then as I sat here reading just now, I stilled my thoughts andreally listened to the quiet. Calm immediately washed over me.It's THIS peace that I've been craving and trying to find with food.It's not "numbing" that I'm chasing, it's peace. External and

internalpeace.It really hit me, that the chewing and the eating mindlessly and thestuffing are actually doing the exact opposite of what I really crave.I want peace and I have never felt it when eating to eat. I haven't.When I'm in the quiet like now, and I shut off my heart and head, Ifind it. There is an overwhelming peace. There are no demons, justblessed quiet.While my body is craving wonderful food fed to it when it is hungry,what my heart is craving is peace.I think I'm getting this. And I am going to seek this with everythingI have.