The only way to confront our obsessions is to go into the urge of desire and examine the origination of the longing. The way to do this is to develop a nonjudgmental attitude toward ourselves and accept there is no perfect way to accomplish this feat.
Years ago I began to write a book about eating disorders. This book shifted to become about all addiction, then it took a different perspective taking stock in the drive for more in our culture. Finally it evolved to eating disorders again – however this blog is about obsessions that drive our behavior in all of these arenas. (if you are interested in reading about how this manifests in eating problems then take a look at my other blog: www.myeatingproblem.com).
So if are new here, this blog is not about eating disorders but about how we become distracted from a self-life in the urges that convince us we will be satisfied if only we have this thing. This thing is anything we believe will satiate us so that we finally feel satisfied in the moment. This urge drives us in our pursuit which ironically leaves us in the dust and clouds to path to go home – you see we’ve been wearing the ruby slippers all along.
The urgency, the heat, the passion of the chase keeps us in the moment – this is why it’s so compelling. Now it’s not my original thought, philosophers have been saying it for years – if we can stop the guilt/remorse and shame of looking back and cease projecting into the future, we will realize we have everything we need in this moment in time.
We will surrender to the moment, it is only here that we are safe and know that all is well.
