Awaken to the facts in the physical World too...

Some clips from another source: This article was written June 2005 – Since then fuel prices have doubled - and more - again and are rocketing up wildly now.

"It took 50 years for fuel cost to double, then 25, and now it has doubled again in the last 10 years. I feel it is our individual responsibility to strive for energy independence, to help ourselves and to be an example for others. My advise is to examine how you can become energy independent NOW. Then plan and implement steps to actually becoming energy independent.   Obviously, my first advise is to structure your life to:   • Use less energy. Review your life and identify the things you can change to eliminate excess use of energy and then to make the energy you do use as efficient as possible.   • Become independent of 'public' energy."

Become independent of public energy - I can't agree more! Self-sustaining communities will feel the crunch a lot less than the general public as this situation worsens. Some business are talking of a 4 day work week to lessen the impact - but that will cut fuel consumption only a little bit. That should have been implemented and required by the government 10 years ago... Or even back in the 70's with the first fossil fuel crunch.

Does anyone remember the 70's fuel shortage? I certainly do - it put my trucking business out of business. I was doing great with two trucks and had just purchased two more when the fuel prices shot up. Bad timing to buy more trucks!

This is real and it will do no good to ignore it in hopes it will go away without taking some decisive action in a big way. Car pools help, but I say we should pool a lot more and get these self-sustaining communities up and running quickly!

In times of an energy crisis, like we coming into as I write this, the crisis will create opportunities. The market for energy saving devices increases, as does the market for something to ease the mental stress created by such a crisis. This coming winter there will be a huge demand for anything to cut home heating costs. As a group, we can put together a business to supply this demand.

 

Just after the first energy crisis, I worked for a small company that supplied a service to cut home heat loss due to infiltration – inside and outside air exchanging. We placed a huge fan in the doorway, which compressed the air inside the home.  Then, with the use of smoke, we found where air leaks were in the home. With caulking, weather stripping, insulation for switch plates and electrical outlets, and some other sealing methods, we could reduce the energy use in a home often by 40% and cut down drafts in the home dramatically. I know where the most common places for heat loss are in most all homes built even before compressing the home. With a group effort, we could market and service this need and make some good income for our group. We could also sell storm windows – window manufactures are constantly in need of more sales and we could easily obtain a wholesale price from them. If the homeowner could not afford storm windows, we could build economical inserts from wood and plastic.

 

When addressing the reduction of anxiety, books on how to deal with stress – like understanding and working with our spiritual energies would be a good seller. Meditation techniques, and all sorts of informational books and services will be in demand. We can offer these to be electronic books available on the Internet or on CD and advertise them physically to help the sales since the Internet is now so vast and it is getting difficult to be found in this vastness. Many things can earn profits and a group effort will help tremendously.

 

Of course we can sell products we produce on our property – healthy fruits, vegetables, eggs, honey from our beehives, beef, poultry, etc. All of the meats sold will be processed by a licensed nearby butcher and distributed there. Healthy conscious people will pay a premium for naturally grown foods such as we will produce. Once people try the beef that we produce, I know they will never be satisfied with store bought beef again. Store bought Angus cannot come close to the tenderness and taste of the beef I raise. We could start a restaurant and steak house that would attract customers from miles around because of this superior beef breed and our natural growing methods.

 

Health stores properly run are making fortunes. Herbal remedies, natural vitamins and minerals and anything healthy. Then there is the growing spiritual movement to market things like aroma therapy, incense, crystals and other gemstones, books, CD’s with meditation and music for meditation and relaxation, jewelry we make, etc. Help people with physical and mental needs in many ways – just be careful of any claims of medical benefits to keep the FDA and other government groups out of things.

 

I know a woman who makes a fortune selling only Sunrider brand products. She started in her home basement doing this to supplement their home business producing fresh apple juice from their small orchard. Sunrider was started by a man who inherited the formulas from his Chinese ancestors, and this company was once based near Salt Lake City but has now moved to California. The original method of sales of these products was by mail order. This lady knew that people wanted the products instantly, so she stocked some in her basement and thus had hoards of customers because the products were right there to take home when paid for… Even other distributors buy from her to save time. This is multi level marketing, but it works wonderfully. I have first hand evidence of that. The products are not cheap, but they sure work wonders for those who can afford them. We could do well supplying only a few of their products, and I know a few that work very well. Calli tea is one – and another is called Sun Breeze Balm. This balm, when applied to insect bites takes away the itch immediately and it has many other good uses. Here are some advertised benefits and I can attest to all of them from personal use…

Benefits

·  Quick relief from muscle tension.

·  Cool and soothing, ideal for overall rubdowns.

·  Gives an instant lift when dabbed on acupressure points.

·  Relieves nasal and sinus congestion.

·  Relief of headaches.

·  Soothes and Relaxes Body Strains, Pulls, and Sprains.

·  Speeds healing of wounds and bruises.

·  Relieves itch from bug bites.

 

I am not trying to sell anything here – just listing some very good things we can sell as a group. Their tea and this balm are two things that I try to not be without because they are wonderful. This tea leaves me with a very good feeling.  I add Stevia extract to the tea as a sweetener and never crave sweets because I believe it stabilizes my blood sugar level… Not making any medical claims here – just stating what benefits I believe it has for me personally… They are now claiming that it “aids diabetics” and “helps hyper-active children” but I assume they still cannot claim that it stabilizes blood sugar – which would aid diabetics and hyperactive children… Just another miracle health product I know of.

 

I became interested in natural remedies and natural healing methods as a child suffering from Asthma. A Naturopathic Doctor did more good for me than any medical doctor ever could and that got my attention. That was nearly 50 years ago and I have learned a thing or two in those years. One thing I learned without a doubt is that our government is very slow to promote natural healing methods and products, and quick to restrict such things when possible.  Sunrider and a few other companies have managed to get past the red tape and provide some very healthy products and we could sell the best of the best and earn some very good profits, while improving people’s health. More soon - May the Universe survive and thrive once again. We can help that happen as a group.

 

Posted August 1st, 2008 by brother