Soap Nuts Made Simple
Soap nuts may never again be made SO simple to understand. The following is some fast paced, straightforward talk about what the heck a soap nut is and what it does. This article cuts right to the chase. It lifts the cloud of mystery about them. It is so simple. Soap nuts are a better way to clean. Period. But FIRST – we MUST change the way we think.
What a number P&G, Colgate and other corporate giants have done to our heads. It is absolutely amazing. We have been so brainwashed. After generations of advertising, they have made even the NOTION of a DIFFERENT way to clean very, very tough to grasp. Well let’s break through. Let’s clear our heads. We can think for ourselves. THEIR way does not need to be OUR way. As much as THEY do not want us to realize it – WE HAVE OPTIONS! Soap nuts are one of those options.
All the little nuances that create confusion are intentionally being sidestepped. Some statements will be technically wrong – but SO true in getting to the heart of the matter. The purpose of this article is to help us change HOW we think – to clear the parts of our brains that have been clouded by generations of advertising and programming by some of the largest companies in the world.
So, what are soap nuts? Soap. Is THAT simple enough? And what does soap do? It cleans things. Now, we have just connected soap nuts to cleaning. We are on our way to a paradigm shift! So, what must soap nuts do? Clean things!
Think of soap nuts this way: They are soap that Mother Nature produces. It doesn’t come out of a big factory. She just grows it on trees. Huh? Hey, Mother Nature can do what she wants. She just does not get a paycheck, nor does she advertise. No differently than the accidental discovery of fire, ages ago someone found a fruit that made soap. So what did man discover about soap nuts? They cleans things. Hence, man discovered soap.
I thought it was a detergent? For the purpose of changing HOW we think, this does not matter at all. What DOES matter is that our brains start realizing that soaps, detergents, cleansers and cleaners DO NOT need to be manufactured. Are you getting it? The ONLY really important question is: What does it do? And the answer is: IT CLEANS THINGS!
Where do they come from? Trees. Simple. For the sake of even more simplicity, let’s not get hung up on the whole “nut” issue. For the purpose of this article, who cares exactly what it is? Also, let’s just call them Soap Trees. (Getting easier?) Trees produce seeds that allow them to grow baby trees. Right? Who cares if it is a fruit, nut, berry, acorn or whatever? If you take a handful of whatever they are – and can start lathering up with them – would it be like soap? Of course! Well, THAT is EXACTLY what soap nuts do. I hope that you are asking, “You mean there are trees that can GROW soap?” The answer is – YES!
Have we changed a little regarding HOW we think? Do we realize that all soaps and detergents don NOT need to be manufactured? Do we realize that Mother Nature has her own ready-to-use soap out there just waiting for us to find it? Do we realize that natural soaps were around that would clean our bodies and everything else, ages before there was ever a soap processing plant? BTW: Mother Nature has provided us many little gifts that clean things. Soap nuts just do it extremely well.
So, where have they been all this time? Again, Mother Nature does not work for profit – and THAT is WHY they are new to us – particularly those of us in the USA and Canada. Relatively speaking we are new kids on the block. It is mainly ancient cultures that understand soap nuts. People had already figured out how to make and sell other kinds of soap long before Columbus ever set foot on the shores of the West. If Mother Nature was profit oriented and had an executive and marketing team, her cleaning products would fill store shelves all around the world.
As an Asian Indian gentleman explained (surely similar to many from ancient origins): His family knows soap ONLY as soap nuts. They grew up with them. Be it to bathe, wash clothes, clean jewelry, or whatever their cleaning needs were – when they started cleaning, they broke out the soap nuts.
So, go get some soap nuts. Put a bunch of them in a wash bag or just wrap them in a washcloth. Get them totally wet with warm water and start scrubbing. Or take some and put them in warm water, let them soak a bit and shake them up. Guess what? You are going to start to see suds. And what do suds do? You got it. Try some in a wash bag for a load of laundry. Clean a window with some of that solution you just made. You WILL be amazed.
So, what is a soap nut? It is a fruit that grows on a tree that makes soap. It cleans things. That is what soap does. Understand THAT and you are home. You have just broken though and changed HOW you think. This article is by no means intended to convince you that soap nuts are the BEST way to clean. It is intended to show you another option you have. It is aimed at de-programming you from a lifetime of advertising. You have choices that very few know about. Soap nuts faded away into history – and that is exactly what many wanted.
Now we are in the beginning of a new – GREEN – age. More and more people are embracing the importance of finding a natural equilibrium with our world – to find a harmony with it once again. There are many age-old – and much greener ways – to do many of the things we do every day. Cleaning is only one of them. However, since cleaning is such a big part of our lives, understanding all our options is very important. Soap nuts are a fantastic one to know about.
So, what are soap nuts???? What do they do????
Chris
