• Anti-anorexia
is like weeding the soil of the mind; it is an ongoing
process, it is a lifelong process • The more fertile
the soil of the soul, spirit and mind the more weeds there
seem to be • the weed metaphor
describes Perfectionism • the weed of
perfectionism should be plucked out by its roots; it does
not help to treat the symptoms only • society will have
to face the ways in which it fertilizes the roots of
perfectionism, eg. by prescribing that our value as human
beings has to be earned through performance • anorexia/bulimia
leads to institutionalised treatment, and sometimes the
symptoms disappear, but the roots remain firmly embedded in
the fibre of society • The third eye in
the painting is the symbol for insight/vision; this is an
important trick: nobody can pluck the root out for you,
nobody else has access. You have the vision to see the
truth, to cut through the crap; it is incredibly difficult
because Anorexuia/Bulimia is a manifestation of the way in
which Perfectionism emotionally, spiritually and physically
starves us. Society refuses to see this and indivuals end up
being labelled and institutionalised. • If you drink the
water of Perfection to earn your self value you will remain
thirsty and dry; if you drink the water of truth, the fact
that you have consistent value, that God is within and can
choose to believe it, you can stop struggling desperately to
meet up to society's demands and your own internalised
societal norms • Children are able
to pluck out the weeds, but somewhere along the line they
also choose to betray their truths to fit in with the rest.