Old Dog V
Simple Basics
Bob Neumann, September 1, 2008/2
Last night I had a weird dream that ended with THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT telling me to tell all of you the real date. This I have done.
But the greater part was a sort of refresher course on SIMPLE SURVIVAL.
Many, many years ago a man named Abraham Maslow created an interesting little pyramid. If you got through high school biology you may have ran into it. If you took any college psych courses it ran into you. If you look him up on Wikipedia it will tell you “Abraham Harold Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was an American psychologist. He is noted for his conceptualization of a “hierarchy of human needs”, and is considered the father of humanistic psychology.
Everyone see that “humanistic” part? Okay, ignore it. All I am dealing with the bottom of the pyramid…. breathing, shelter, water, food, excreation, homeostasis, sex…
First is REAL SIMPLE… you do not BREATH you are dead. No Air/OXYGEN… SIX MINUTES and your brain is mush.
Second is SHELTER. No protection from the elements can kill you almost as fast as lack of AIR. HYPOTHERMIA… HYPERTHERMIA to hot or to cold. Caves work well. So does a prebuilt and equipped military style bunker. Shelter includes clothing. Everybody got at least 2 pairs of thermal underwear?
If these first two are covered you can live 3 days before the absence of WATER will disable you before it kills you. But it has to be safe water.
You can go weeks on rationed water… but your mental and physical abilities deteriorate.
Now we talk about food. You can go without for lengths of time. Personally I have stored enough body fat for… uhh skip that… and let me go to the long funny words…
EXCREATION…. you better have a safe place for this one. Read the BIBLE… it works…
HOMEOSTASIS…. is GREEK for “TO STAND EQUALLY”. It simply means the human “organism is in balance”. Enough AIR, WATER, FUEL, VITAMINS, MINERALS, HORMONES, etc, etc….
Finally “sex”…. what can I say… he was a humanist and a psychiatrist. They find a place for REPRODUCTIVE activity everywhere…
But what can we do ahead…. of time… you ask?
Anyone watch THE WEATHER… and HURRICANE PREPERATION…. if you have missed it all these years… go to a grocery store. Many have maps and lists….
Let’s assume… I hate that word…. that we all have air, clothes, a cave, and nothing else… okay?
For now forget your frig, freezer, pantry, etc….
Most agree the human body needs FUEL. We get it by eating. Now let us create a scenario…
In the “cave” we have 4 BODIES in need of fuel. Small growing BODIES need HI OCTANE FUEL…. overly mature ones with minimal activity need the least. More activity.. more fuel required.
1800 calories is said to be normal…. for a BODY.
Combine CARBS-PROTEIN-FATS for 1800 CALS… we WILL SURVIVE!
Let me stop here and let people ponder…
Selah