Good afternoon friends.
It’s hard to know where to start Anastasia. The book is a very fun read, but the central question is: Is Anastasia real?
The Ringing Cedars series consists of nine books written by a Russian businessman. The series documents his encounters with a very unique and talented girl in a remote wooded area of Russia. What businessman Vladimir Megre discovers is that the incredibly beautiful Anastasia grew up in the forest and is able to communicate and command animals, and this is just the beginning.
Anastasia is exceptionally intelligent and despite being raised in such an isolated Siberian location, she has very informed and thoughtful views on our modern world. Aside from being a stone-cold fox, Anastasia doesn’t wear a lot of clothing and never sits down to eat proper meals, but rather snacks throughout the day with berries or nuts brought to her by her animal minions.
Strange? Yes. Amazing? Maybe, but I don’t really care. What matters most to me is whether there is any useful information in the book that can contribute to a more sustainable human species.
Now I have to admit something here. I have always been attracted to strange and fantastic stories. I love how these stories broaden your horizons and ask you to go against common wisdom. Downright common wisdom is too common sometimes. As I’ve gotten older, my attraction to stories like this for entertainment hasn’t diminished, but I’ve seen weird things before. I was there and I did. What I want to know is what I can get out of it. The translator describes the series as a cross between Star Wars and the Bible, so what are the deep nuggets that we can get out of The word according to Yoda?
I think there are many. More than anything else Anastasia it shows us what we can become once we free ourselves from ourselves. I am completely convinced that this planet is the madhouse of the galaxy, and doctors have practically let patients go crazy to heal themselves, or not. As a species, we’re fighting with all our might to do it, but we still think it’s an acceptable plan to dress up in fun green outfits and go kill strangers. We still allow our dreams to die inside of us while we work boring jobs in boring corporations because everyone else is doing the same. If anything, Anastasia’s story highlights these events by sheer contrast.
It may be an exaggeration to think that going to the nearest forest, removing your clothes, and engaging in a telepathic conversation with the first squirrel you see is a recipe for happiness for most of us, but I don’t think that’s the moral of this story. .
We live in a living being, the Earth, which has provided us with everything we have. Everything. This incredible planet has sublime and impressive life systems that we are just beginning to understand. Our tech gadgets are toys in comparison. When our creativity and inventiveness work in line with these systems, we touch infinity, but when we ignore nature we tend to run into some drawbacks, such as being tied to a dirty, messy, polluting, inefficient, and energy supply system. outdated. or cataclysmic wars to control the aforementioned antiquated power system. (ie WWI, WWII, Gulf War, invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, ad nauseum …).
This book was written in Russian and has inspired millions of Russians to leave the city and establish ecological villages in the vast interior of the Motherland. Small private gardens account for 54% of that nation’s agricultural production, and this represents 7% of the total land used for agricultural purposes. Food independence is extremely efficient and highly possible, and as I said in my square foot gardening review, I think it’s the greenest thing to do.
One of the most interesting passages relates that the seeds can be charged to restore the health and fantastic taste of a particular human if that human places the seeds in their mouth for at least nine minutes. I don’t know if this has any validity, but I will do it in a few months. I planted my veggies yesterday, and damn if I don’t give each of those seeds a saliva bath. Like I said before, I don’t care if it’s weird. I only care if it works.
The mystery of whether Anastasia is real or not enhances the book’s charm, but ultimately it is an aside. Like fact or fiction Anastasia It is a valid and timely call for all of us to shed the corporate nipple, reconnect with the rhythms of nature, and enjoy self-reliance.
