Fungus and Bacteria

One of the most astonishing things about composts is the way healthy organic matter can survive the entire composting process. This is particularly true for seeds, but it's also true for carrots, potatoes, garlic and the like. Anything viable for further growth is spared.

Living matter is constructed in such a way that it repels pests like fungus and bacteria, but turns immediately attractive for the same pests as soon as it dies. My interpretation of this is that it's the higher level organisms that evolve in this direction. The pests merely respond to the signals given off from dead material. In their fight for survival, higher level organisms evolve in such a way that they repel pests while alive, but attract pests when dead. The result of this is that composting can take place around a healthy clove of garlic without ever attacking it. Quite the opposite happens. The garlic sprouts and thrives in the compost.

I make a point of splitting the top part of carrots into pieces before throwing them into my compost. This is to prevent them from sprouting. It's like I have to properly kill carrots in order to set the composting process going.

But pests are under no obligation to stay away from healthy organic matter. They can evolve in such a way that they go after living tissue. When this happens, we use the word disease to describe the process. However, it never happens that the healthiest tissue is preferred over less healthy tissue. Diseases are composting events that happen prematurely. Tissue that's weakened but not dead is targeted by pests.

The obvious lesson from this is that we must stay as healthy and fit as possible so that pests don't mistake us for something that's about to die. Anything that may weaken us should be shunned. There has to be clear and obvious reasons for any treatment we choose to undertake. If there's isn't, we should avoid it.

This is why we should check the mortality rates of diseases before taking medication against them. We should also refrain from covering our airways, or do other things that may weaken our lungs, heart and other vital organs. Healthy food, exercise, fresh air and sun have always been the prescribed solution to weaknesses that may invite disease.

With the world having gone mad over the last 18 months, we've done the opposite of what we should have done, and my prediction is that mortality rates are going to go up by quite a bit over the next 24 months. Illnesses related to lungs and airways will be particularly dominant, followed by heart disease and cancer.

With this in mind, I found this latest news interesting. There's a drug resistant fungus doing the rounds in Texas and Washington DC. This is the very sort of thing that I'm expecting to see more of, and the only way to properly protect ourselves from this is the age old recipe for healthy living. At the very least, we must stop doing things that negatively impact our health. Don't take the vaccine. Don't use the mask, and don't huddle up inside all day without fresh air and exercise.

The mask of the beast