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The Spiritual Dimensions of Recovering from an Eating Disorder: Transforming Suffering and Finding New Sources of Meaning

By Michelle Lelwica — 2010

There is a Sufi aphorism that says: "Love the water more and the pitcher less." Muslim scholar Amir Hussain interprets this to mean that "Too often, when people seek to quench their thirst, they focus on the outward form of the container that holds that water rather than on the water itself" (Oil and Water, p. 176).

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