Ihu (Yeshua's name in the Paipera Tapu) gave us a very simple, no-nonsense way to tell if something is actually good for us. He used nature to explain how the world works because you don't need to be an expert to spot a fake. If you plant an apple seed, you don't get weeds. If a project or a person claims to be "good" but only produces stress, debt, and fighting, then something is wrong at the root.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible records this teaching clearly:

"By their fruits you shall know them." (Matthew 7:16, Ethiopian Bible English Version)

Original Source (Ge'ez): እምፍሬሆሙ ተአምርዎሙ።

Te Reo Māori: Ma o ratou hua ka mohio koutou ki a ratou.

The Life Audit

I believe we should use this teaching as a practical tool to check the results of everything around us. We can use a simple scale to see if something adds to our life or takes away from it. This is a much better way of looking at things than the complicated "maths" the system uses.

• Draining (-2): The results are bad. It hurts the environment, causes stress for families, and drains our energy.

Life-Giving (+2): The results are good. It helps the land, strengthens our culture, and keeps our resources right here at home.

More Than Just Closing Your Eyes

Many of us live life feeling like a "leaky bucket," we work hard all day but always feel drained and empty. We often treat sleep as a boring "dead spot" in our schedule, just a way to recharge our physical batteries. But when we look deeper, we see that sleep is actually a sacred journey. While your body stays still, your spirit (wairua) awakens to connect with the Creator and find the guidance you need for your life.

Getting the Help You Need

I believe that during sleep, your spirit isn’t just "off," it is accessing a deeper level of reality to bring back wisdom for your whānau and your future. You are meant to wake up with more than just physical energy. You should wake up with the specific ideas and peace needed to handle a world that often feels heavy and disconnected.

Kia ora. After looking at "The Snap" and how the world is shifting, a question often comes up: What are we supposed to do in the meantime? It is easy to get caught up in waiting for a big event and forget that there is important work to be done right now. I believe the secret to a thriving life in Taitokerau is found in a very old story about how we manage what we’ve been given.

The Story of the Three Workers

Ihu (Yeshua's name in the Paipera Tapu) told a famous story about a master who went on a journey. He gave three of his workers different amounts of money to look after. Two of them went straight to work, using what they had to create more. But the third worker was afraid. He dug a hole and buried his share in the dirt because he didn't want to take a risk or make a mistake.

The Coming Shift

Kia ora e te whānau. For many of us who grew up with a certain subset of theology, the idea of the "End Times" always felt like a scary story designed to keep us in line. But when we look at the teachings of Ihu (Yeshua's name in the Paipera Tapu) through the lens of spiritual physics, we see something much more profound. He wasn't describing the destruction of the earth, but the "collapse of the wave function" for this current age, a moment we call "The Snap."

Defining the Veil

We live in a "Woven Universe" where the physical realm and the spiritual realm are actually one system. However, for the last few centuries, we have been living behind a "Veil." This veil is a mental and spiritual barrier that makes us feel separate from the Source and from the land. It acts like a filter, causing us to see the world as a collection of separate "things" to be owned, rather than a web of life force to be stewarded.

The heavy heart

Life in the North can feel like walking through thick mud sometimes. We have the beauty of our hills and our beaches, but the weight of bills, the news, and the daily grind can pull us right down. It feels like we are running a race we can never win, always chasing a finish line that keeps moving. This is not just a feeling; it is a sign that the system we are living in is not designed for our well-being.

Ihu spoke directly to this feeling. He gave us a warning about a specific kind of heaviness that can take over our lives. When we look at the original language He used, we find a secret code for how to stay light and aware while the old systems around us start to run out of steam. This is about protecting our life force, or mauri, from being drained by things that do not really matter.

The leaky bucket

In the ancient stories, Ihu warns us not to let our hearts be weighed down. The word used in the original Greek is barynthōsin, which means to be overcharged or weighed down like a heavy pack on a long hike. It is that foggy, tired feeling you get when you are running on a system that treats you like a machine instead of a living being. We call this the leaky bucket.

Two worlds in one heart

Growing up in Taitokerau, I always felt like my heart was pulling in two different directions. On one side, I had a mind that loved science, logic, and figuring out how things work. On the other, I had a deep love for our Māori way of seeing the world, where everything is connected and nothing is just an object.

For a long time, the version of faith I saw in churches felt like it was wearing a colonial suit that did not fit our people. It felt rigid, separate from the land, and sometimes quite judgmental. I knew there had to be a way to bring these worlds together, but the air was full of static and noise that made it hard to hear clearly.

Finding a clear signal

The change happened when I started looking at the words of Ihu for myself, without all the old religious labels and the baggage that often comes with them. I wanted to hear the original signal, what I call the Alpha Frequency. This is the pure message that comes straight from the source before people start adding their own opinions to it.