WISDOM: What You May Not Hear Elsewhere

Father is interested in our natural lives just as much as he is in our spiritual lives. Surprise, surprise. He gives us wisdom to live and do, even in the little things that may seem unimportant. He’s completely happy to assist in every area of life.

Here are a variety some pieces of life-style information to make you wiser, to provide you with extra knowledge so you can live a safer, contented and more productive life.
These are simple points of good sense, because common sense is no longer common.

OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES *These are soil, water and air. *These need to be cherished and conserved. RIPE FRUIT TASTES BEST *Feed your kids mature fruit because it tastes nicer. *Fruit is picked and sent to market when it’s not ripe so that the pieces get to the stores in good condition. *Non-mature fruit is harder and less sweet than mature fruit that’s picked straight from the plant. *Allow store-bought fruit to mature in a bowl in the kitchen but watch for mould. *Berries usually ripen well in the fridge. *You’ll need to plan at least a week ahead for the sweetness to be realised. RIPEN FRUIT BEFORE EATING *Ripe fruit releases ethylene gas which ripens other fruit. *You can ripen fruit on top of fruit that’s already ripe. *e.g. Tomatoes and pears can be ripened by placing them on top of ripe ones in a bowl. Alternatively, place them on top of apples or bananas. GENUINE CLIMATE CHANGE *Our King (Jesus) has changed Australia’s climate to bring moisture to the interior using troughs. *This was not the weather pattern in Australia when I studied climatology at university. *This change has caused a massive alteration in weather and seasons across the entire continent. *His aim as he’s told us is to transform the centre into a lush region so that our nation can be a food bowl for other nations. *THEREFORE, we need to change our agricultural practices to accommodate the improved changes in our climate. If not, agricultural productivity will decline. THE INTERNET IS INDEPENDENT *It was originally set up that way so no one could control it. GETTING AWAY FROM CENSORSHIP *Entities that filter out conservative content can only do so in the facility they own and control. *Google, Facebook and Twitter can only censor what comes through their servers. e.g. Google can filter Gmail, Google+, Google Home, etc. *Internet Service Providers (ISPs) don’t censor. *Web Hosting companies can censor websites, especially those breaking the law, but do not do so in general. *Why not use your own website to promote conservative material and values THE FALLACY ABOUT SPINACH *Spinach has no more iron in the leaves than the average green vegetable. *The fallacy of it’s high iron content came from an error in analysis last century which hasn’t been widely corrected. It remains in folk law to this day. PUTTING EYE DROPS IN *Little children don’t like getting drops in their eyes. *Place the drop on the edge of the eye next to the nose and allow it to drain into the eye. No more hysterics. ILLOGICAL PLASTIC FEARS *If you’re concerned about plastic bags and plastic straws in the environment, then reconsider your synthetic clothing. *Much of what is sold today are manufactured from man-made fibres – e.g. acrylic, nylon, polyester, viscose, rayon, etc. *Even shoes have synthetic soles and uppers, especially joggers and women’s shoes. Most leather shoes have synthetic content. *Why not change your buying habit and purchase clothing made from animal and plant materials – e.g. wool, cotton, linen, alpaca, felt, mohair, genuine silk, hemp, etc. *These are totally biodegradable over a short period of time. *With fashion causing society to update clothing on a seasonal basis, producing millions of tonnes of throw-away, non-biodegradable synthetic items, switching to primary biological materials makes good sense NEW CAR NON-SAVINGS *If you buy a new car to save money on petrol, you’ll come out backwards. *While a more fuel efficient car saves money each week as it uses less fuel, it costs 10’s of thousands of dollars to buy, which you don’t have to spend. It also depreciates thousands of dollars as soon as it’s driven off the showroom floor. *There will be higher costs for insurance, registration, etc. for new cars. *You will save money on maintenance while it’s under warranty. *All in all, it could take 10 years to have your total savings in petrol costs overtake the additional cost of a new vehicle. *A low kilometre second-hand vehicle will reduce the time it takes to get your petrol money beginning to pay off. *Sticking with your current car for another few years will save you lots of money even though it uses more petrol than a new car and may have maintenance expenses. NATURAL THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS GOOD *There is a switch these days to natural foods. This can go to the extreme where a person considers all natural things good and all man-made things bad. *Please bear these points in mind: Asbestos and arsenic are natural minerals; botulism, from the world’s most toxic poison is produced by the natural bacteria, Botulinus; all disease-causing bacteria are natural organisms; all viruses are natural entities; death adders and vipers are natural reptiles; deadly nightshade and hemlock are natural plants; and the death cap mushroom is a natural fungus. *Not everything natural is good for you. *If you don’t want man-made materials, then you won’t want a mobile phone or a car. THE PROBLEM OF GARDENS UNDER TREES *Don’t plant a vegetable garden under or close to trees, even if that’s the only free space available. *The tree’s surface feeding roots will remove the moisture and fertilizer you add for the vegies and their roots will grow up into the garden so the soil can’t be dug and turned over. *It’s a waste even to attempt to do it. *Don’t plant a flower garden under the canopy of a tree unless you are in a high rainfall area. *The tree’s feeding roots will remove the moisture from the garden killing the flowering plants and giving you a high water bill. *Hardy or drought-resistant plants are the only option in this situation. EXPERTS ARE DANGEROUS *Don’t be taken in by ‘experts’. *For every area, philosophy, scientific idea (read “fact” here), etc. there are at least 2 camps – one in agreement and the other in opposition. Whether it’s psychology, economics, science, agriculture, climate change, evolution, etc. these 2 poles exist in EVERYTHING. If someone purports to be an expert, there will be opposing members who will totally disagree with them in at least one point. *Don’t be sucked in by so-called experts. *Check out my free e-book ‘Unmasking Evolution: The Resource’ to understand what I’m saying here: LINK. DANGEROUS TACIT APPROVAL *People learn cultural and organisation protocols by active learning — by being taught. *They also learn a whole lot more from tacit approval — teaching by neglected teaching. *When a person is not corrected for error or for being out of alignment with accepted norms, they automatically regard the lack of correction as approval for their behaviour or speech. This is why boundaries must always be set and enforced, and why discipline and correction are an essential part of learning. *Your tacit approval will teach people (especially children and youth) unless you actively program their thinking on a constant basis. TRELLISING VEGETABLES *Save space in the vegetable garden by growing plants on trellises. This increases the productivity of the patch many fold and allows ease of movement on the ground because there is less ground cover. *Water these with drip irrigation for low maintenance vegetable production. *Suitable climbing plants are: Sugar Snap peas, Snow peas, Blue Lake beans, Purple King beans and cherry tomatoes. *Broad beans can also be grown along a trellis and tied to it to support their height so they don’t fall over Here are some more exotic trellis vegetables: *Caigua (Cyclanthera pedata) – ‘Achocha’, ‘Bolivian Cucumber’ [not cold winter] *Pimply Squash (Cucerbia pepo cv) *Tromboncino (Cucerbita moschata “Tromboncino”) *New Guinea Bean (Lagenaria sicerario) – ‘Cucuzza’ or ‘Italian Edible Gourd’ *Climbing Spinach (Basella alba) – ‘Ceylon’, ‘Malabar’ or ‘Indian Runner Spinach’ [not cold winter] FOOD LABELS CAN BE MISLEADING *Don’t be fooled by food labels that state “baked, not fried”. This is a psychological advertising trick to get you to think subconsciously that the contents is low in fat. These foodstuffs can have 15-22% fat. The fat or oil is added to the ingredients so they can be fried from the inside-out. Without this fat the product would not cook properly. Feel free to buy them, but consciously decide to do it, knowing that they aren’t ‘low fat’. POOR READING SKILLS *One reason children can’t read at an early age is being undiagnosed with dyslexia. *Check out this short movie about the condition in a boy’s life: “Mical (Dyslexia Film) – A mother’s tenacity to fulfill her dyslexic 7 year-old son’s true potential”  www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LJkJrCxgLE *More information about dyslexia here: alphability.com.au REMOTE CONTROLLER PROTECTION *Leaving controllers face-up on the table all the time allows dust to get in under the buttons so they don’t work after a number of years *They can be protected by wrapping in plastic or cling wrap, but that isn’t ideal *Turn them face-down when not in use is the easiest and most successful method TEETH CLEANING *Look after your teeth properly and you’ll save on dentist bills and keep them working for you *Each time you clean your teeth see the process like cleaning & polishing fine silverware or waxing & polishing an expensive car *Don’t clean the front of your teeth in a circular motion as prescribed by dentists. After many years this pushes the gum down and exposes the nerves which requires treatment at the dentist *Clean the front of the teeth in an upward motion (from the gum up) — it’ll take practice to learn to do this *Clean the back of your teeth horizontally, and the upwards *Remember to clean the molars at the very back of each row of teeth *As the toothbrush ages, trim off the bristles at the edges that don’t stand up straight with scissors. That will protect your gums from being pushed down. SENSIBLE HOUSE LOCATIONS *Choose a house to buy or build it facing north. This keeps the sun’s warmth coming in the right direction in winter and lowers the heat in summer *Don’t buy or build within 500m of a forest. Fires destroy homes easily close to tree groves *Don’t buy or build near a water course or low in a valley. Consider 100-year flooding for the area *Don’t buy or build where water will flow down a hill. Consider flooding from sheet water during heavy rain *Don’t buy or build with a large hill or mountain that shades the house from the morning sunlight in the winter. Frosts do less damage to plants, freeze water pipes for a shorter period and produce nice warm mornings when the winter sunlight comes in ASAP after dawn * Do buy or build with a large hill or mountain behind the house. This cuts out a lot of the hot western sun in the summer and keeps the house cooler *Don’t buy or build in a cul-de-sac. These are prime sites for thieves because they are away from traffic and observation *Reduce wind by building or buying inside an existing suburb or town and not on a hilltop COMPOSTING *Compost requires moisture to break down the plant and food materials *Decomposition is done by fungi and bacteria which only work in moist (not wet) environments *Compost bins must be able to drain freely *Add rinse water from dishes, pots and pans every day *Do this especially during the spring and summer when moisture evaporates more readily and dries out the material in the hotter weather *NOTE: Worms don’t decompose organic material. They consume the solution of decomposing material in the soil, feeding on the bacteria in it ADAPTING TO THE SEASONS *Having spent many years working on the land in agriculture I observed and have practised the need to adapt to the changes in the seasons *Those who stay inside or live in cities and towns are not forced to expose themselves to the elements so they modify their living environment to cancel the elements. This costs them a lot of money in heating and cooling *The human body is able to adapt to seasonal changes if we force it to do so. It can cope with -6ºC frosts and +40ºC heat *HEAT: Force your body to get used to the heat by wearing long-sleeved shirts, trousers and tops for as long as possible in spring and summer. Keep away from airconditioners except when the temperature jumps too much. Learn to sit in the shade or in the house rather than using a cooling system, even in the car. Change to lighter clothes and shorts in the middle of summer *COLD: Force your body to get used to the cold by wearing light summer clothes for as long as possible in autumn. Gradually put on thicker and longer clothes, but ensure you’re forcing your body to adapt to the cold *Heating and cooling bills will be greatly reduced if you can force yourself to follow these steps. Once you know how to do it, it’s easy. .