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Archive for 7. March 2009
The Conscious Me and the Unconscious Me
7. March 2009 by Patricia.
There are two ways in which I experience myself: the Conscious Me and the Unconscious Me.
The Conscious Me is fully awake, in touch with the dimensions of body, mind, spirit and emotions. The Conscious Me is expansive, enjoys trusting myself around food, and feels confident, vibrant and connected to a bigger perspective. The Unconscious Me lives in a tight place and just wants to eat whatever I want, whenever I want it. It isn’t interested in what’s really going on in my body, mind, spirit or emotions.
How does this perspective help? I think when we “fall off the wagon” with our healthy lifestyle programs it’s not that we are bad, lazy, undisciplined or worthless. It is because we are not experiencing ourselves consciously, and we’ve slipped into an unconscious, small place. If you struggle with food, weight and body image, you may resonate with this. The only way I know to move into “conscious-me” mode is to find compassion for my unconscious self: the one that just wants to sit and watch television for hours; the one that eats because she wants to hide from the world.
When I’m out of balance and unconscious of my body, mind, spirit and emotions, allowing myself to eat anything at anytime blocks my progress. However, when I’m in balance – in body, mind, spirit and emotions – I trust myself to make wise choices to eat whatever I want whenever I want it.
I am both the Conscious Me and the Unconscious Me. The only way I can find to be happy and free from food, dieting and weight issues is to integrate the two.
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