Quantity Vs Quality

By Kevin Hinton

Do you know how to cook a frog?

Rather a strange question for a vegetarian of 37 years, isn’t it?

Well – the answer is – you put a frog in a pot of cool water – on the stove – and you turn up the heat slowly and gradually. The frog becomes acclimatized to the temperature of the water as it swims toward its demise.

A similar analogy is represented in the price of petrol (gas) at the bowser (pump) – the price goes up to $1.50 per litre – we get angry and upset. The price is lowered to $1.25 per litre and we become more complacent. (Please remember that the price of petrol to begin with was well below $1.00 per litre.)

Both these analogies have as their foundation, an aspect of the dialectical method of thinking. (This method is based upon thirty-four fundamental principles and if these principles are applied rationally – all problems in philosophy are solvable.)

The principle involved in this article is ‘Principle number 20′ which states: ‘VERY OFTEN A CHANGE IN QUANTITY CHANGES THE QUALITY.’ This is the principle of quantitative and qualitative change that occurs throughout Nature.

Let’s look at one more example to illustrate this principle
• The chemist knows that by changing the quantity of chemicals in a compound he changes the qualitative nature of that compound – Water at a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius is a liquid.
• If we increase the quantity of heat by 50 degrees the visible liquid becomes an invisible gas.
• If we reduce the heat until the temperature is zero we find that the gas is now a solid block of ice.

Here we see a concrete example of two simple quantitative changes producing two qualitative changes. In matters of health – and disease – if a cause of disease remains in effect over a long enough period of time – a sudden and often dramatic change in health will occur. In other words – the first ingestion of any non nutritive substance may not kill – but with repeated infraction there will come about a change in health that may do irreparable harm.

So – as my mentor, Mr. Jaffrey often admonished – ‘No thanks! I won’t let it beat me.’

All the best in running your race to the end – with lots of fun and vitality,
Kevin Hinton

Kevin Hinton is a renowned Natural Health Educator & Advocator who has assisted a broad range of people to reinvigorate their lives through common-sense Natural Health practices. He is a trusted advisor to many in the corporate world in Australia and North America who recognize the life-improving value of Natural Health habits. His experience in the field reveals that adopting practical Natural Health habits usually helps drive success in other areas of life.

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