Change, if it is to be long lasting, must occur on the unseen levels first Geneen Roth More Quotes by Geneen Roth More Quotes From Geneen Roth The purpose of a spiritual path or religion is to provide a precise and believable way into what seems unbelievable. Geneen Roth purpose spiritual way Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much. Geneen Roth return voice body Ask: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have a choice. Geneen Roth monday heart morning It's never been true, not anywhere at anytime, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale. Geneen Roth defining-ourselves soul numbers Bingeing is such an emotionally frenetic activity that no other concerns can exist in the same space. It is a hell that people who are food-sensitive are familiar with; and, because it is known, it is therefore not so terrifying as some of the problems that are outside our control. Problems like divorce, illness, death. Geneen Roth divorce space people The real work of this life is not what we do every day from 9-5...The real work is to be passionate, be holy, be wild, be irreverent, to laugh and cry until you awaken the sleeping spirits, until the ground of your being cleaves and the universe comes flooding in. Geneen Roth passion real peace It matters whether you see yourself as someone who is capable of effecting change or whether you see yourself as someone whose voice does not count. It matters whether you treat yourself with reverence or with carelessness. Every bit of work you do on yourself matters. Every time you choose love, it matters. Geneen Roth voice matter doe Your relationship to food, no matter how conflicted, is the doorway to freedom. Geneen Roth our-relationship matter doorways All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its story. It wants to dissolve like a thousand writhing snakes that with a flick of kindness become harmless strands of rope. Geneen Roth snakes compassion kindness Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes. Geneen Roth quick-fixes effort real When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance, not warfare, not fights. Geneen Roth fighting acceptance kindness When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only chance at not falling apart. When the shape of your body no longer matches the shape of your beliefs, the weight disappears. And yes, it really is that simple. Geneen Roth simple believe fall No act of love is ever wasted. Geneen Roth acts-of-love love-is It's never been true, not anywhere at any time, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale. We are unrepeatable beings of light and space and water who need these physical vehicles to get around. When we start defining ourselves by that which can be measured or weighed, something deep within us rebels. We don't want to EAT hot fudge sundaes as much as we want our lives to BE hot fudge sundaes. We want to come home to ourselves. Geneen Roth journey home inspiring Imagine treating yourself with the kindness that you show people you love. Geneen Roth monday kindness morning If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else. Geneen Roth hungry ifs want Ask yourself if you are in this for the long run-if it's only your weight you want to change or if you are willing to use your eating patterns as a portal to the inner universe. And if the answer is the latter, then there is no end to what you can learn, be, understand, become. Geneen Roth bad-day running long Being hungry is like being in love: if you don't know, you're probably not. Geneen Roth hungry being-in-love knows I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they're hungry and to feel what they feel when they're not. Geneen Roth healthy two needs Love includes vulnerability, surrender, self-valuing, steadiness, and a willingness to face - rather than run from - the worst of ourselves. Geneen Roth self faces running
