In dealing with food addiction, many folks are in a hurry to get to a certain weight or to get away from the feelings and behavior that goes with being a food addict. I wonder if that works so well? Just a question to ponder. It is said in some circles “What you resist, persists” (some say Carl Jung a famous psychiatrist said this first.). It comes up because of my visit to Zen Habits blog (which is not about Zen Buddhism by the way) where I read the following quote:
“Nature does not hurry, but everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu
Now Lao was the founder of Taoism or so it is said. My quick and very automatic reaction (something to watch out for in dealing with food addiction – automatic reactions) was this was not true about nature. Now such an automatic reaction is to be suspect anyway food addict or not but fortunately, this blog’s home page (that is one of the most trafficked blogs on the internet) talks about what many call the USA “hurry sickness” that we seem to have developed in our culture. Therefore, I would suggest you give this blog a look that is written by Leo Babauta. He suggests you go to his getting started page since the site has over 1,000 posts. Sounds like a plan to me. You might find something of use in dealing with food addiction and maybe even a bit about Zen as he says it influenced his thinking. Check it out.