I happened to turn on HBO and tune into a documentary called " Thin" it was following several white women in during their stay at a eating disoder clinic in Boca Raton, FL. It was very interesting, and at certain points very disturbing to see young women in the mid to late 20's weighing under 100 pounds. I know that right now in the west and potentially around the world, women are focusing on this ideal of being thin. I don't know where the source of this desire came from, if it was a male ideal being projected into all the media outlets available, or the fashion industry only using models that were supposed to embody the idea of "human clothes hanger". But this "ideal" spread like wildfire, to the point where it is everywhere. These women were beautiful, don't get me wrong, but washed out, lank haired, addicted to various drugs... just wasting away, dying to be thin. Whatever happened to wanting to be healthy, yet voluptous and womanly. To eat without fear, to eat the fruit of the earth, to enjoy the wonderful flavors that mother earth has bestowed upon this planet to be enjoyed by her children? The word voluptious according to google image search only returns images of "plus size" women... what about voluptious petite women... or women who fall healthly within their goal weight?
How can one change this collective thought that is tricking beautiful women of all shapes and sizes into believing that they are not whole and beautiful as is? How can we change the transmission that is infusing us with the belief that we most focus all our energies on outward appearence, who cares if you're suffering mentally, emotionally or spiritually, you better fit into a size 2 and wear designer clothes. I hope that as time progresses that we will being to see a shift toward beauty and balance on all levels of being and that undoubtedly will reflect into physical manifestation.
Painting: Mother Earth by Stephen Alcorn
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