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Hello, everybody!
 I am a writer, a publisher and editor, bringing the life-changing news of the Siberian mystic Anastasia and the author of her story, Vladimir Megre, to an international readership for many years and also leading spiritual groups to sacred places to facilitate evolutionary shifts. I have maintained a website, Space of Love, for 5 years which has acted as a catalyst for people searching for intelligent and loving solutions for the problems we are facing as people on this planet at this time. |
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Welcome to the forum, VestnikRA, and thanks for the link to your magazine.
I could not find much info on Anastasia on the net. Could you provide a link, please? |
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Thank you for your welcoming message, Phil!
Here is a link to the books about Anastasia - http://www.spaceoflove.com/books/books.htm |
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Welcome. I see one of Vladimir Megre's books is #6,000 on Amazon, which is a respectable sales rank, and also #1 in Books > Nonfiction > Foreign Language Nonfiction > Russian:
http://www.amazon.com/Anastasi...Book-1/dp/0980181208 But there's no LOOK INSIDE to let us have a look at what's inside the book. If you follow the link on Amazon, you can upload material to let potential customers see what the book is like: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/...UTF8&nodeId=14061791 |
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The books on Amazon.com are sold by other people, not by me.
But you can download and read some chapters of the books from this page: http://www.spaceoflove.com/books/books.htm I hope this way you will get better idea about the books. |
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Thank you. I have bought #1 and #2 in the series.
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You are welcome!
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Hi Vestnik,
Welcome to SP. I glanced at your website and noticed this bit of info that resonates with a lot of discussions we've had here over the years: ------------------------------- The energy of life, Book Seven of the Series, re-asserts the power of human thought and the influence of our thinking on our lives and the destiny of the entire planet and the Universe. "...a man possesses an energy distinctive to a man alone, it is called "the energy of thoughts". And if a man will realize the greatness of the power he possesses and learn to use it in full measure he will become the lord of the entire Universe." ---------------- This sort of thing is very popular in the USA. We've discussed this topic across numerous threads. For instance, I think it appears in the discussions on "The Secret" and other New Agey thought about the human's so-called "innate divinity." My take on it is that while there certainly, without a shred of doubt, exists a built-in capacity for humans to use supernatural abilities, it is unwise to do so without our full submission to God's will. It's not a good idea to want to be "lord of the entire Universe." Heck, I don't want to be lord of my own life, much less the entire Universe, no matter how wonderfully holy I think I am. IMO, the highest moral calling is to submit all of our faculties (especially will), natural and supernatural, to the lordship of Jesus, the One Who made us. Without such a surrender, we are bound to pursuing our own fantasies--which can certainly be very lofty and beautiful...seductive. |
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Thank you for your welcoming and for your comment, Shasha!
However, an excerpt cannot give you the idea of the book as a whole. It is always better to read a book as a whole if you wish to get a complete idea about it. In that phrase, for instance, it is meant humanity, Man with a capital "M", not a single man. In other places Anastasia speaks a lot about God and her close relations with Him. |
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Hi Vestnik,
I didn’t mean to offend you in my possible misinterpretation above. If you’ll indulge me, however, maybe I can understand the gist of Anastasia’s teaching without reading the whole book. I’m sure reading the whole series would provide great richness and depth, but oftentimes it’s possible to grasp some basic theological/philosophical principles in a summary. That’s what excerpts are for, I guess. If you are comfortable with that kind of dialoguing here, I’ll go on with my reaction. Here’s another excerpt from your website: "The main thing which differs a man from all other beings is that a man possesses an ability to create the present and the future by his (her) thoughts, visualizing forms and images that are materialized afterwards. So the future depends on the brightness, harmony, speed of thoughts and pureness of intentions of a man the creator." This statement seems to be suggesting both man/woman singular and “man the creator” assuming “Man” here or “Humanity” right? Whether the meaning is for a single man/woman, or Man/humanity, my reaction is the same. Our thoughts are utterly impotent to repair our fundamentally fallen nature. Only Grace through Christ Jesus follows from God’s redemptive plan to bring about full healing of our brokenness. Does Anastasia hold this Christian view of human brokenness or is it the idea of an “innate divinity” that we need only tap into through our efforts/will? In any case, I appreciate your teaching that we must strive for living in a flow of giving and receiving love. People would benefit greatly from recognizing the profound truth of how powerful our thoughts are in forming reality. |
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Shasha, you did not offend me.
I would agree that a man needs a teacher to help him overcome his "fallen nature" as you call it. I would call it "animal nature" though. You accept Jesus Christ as such teacher as well as many other people do and this is great. However other people may accept other teachers, those who arrived long before Christ and those arrived after him. And this is Ok too. Man has the right to choose. |
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I wasn't originally going to post this here, but since the discussion is continuing, here's my review of book #1:
To address your question, Shasha:
More the latter. Although there are many references to the Bible in the book, the main problems of humanity are attributed to culture, lifestyle, and "dark forces." Salvation is attributed to Anastasia herself and to those who respond to her by, for example, joining the "fellowship of Russian entrepreneurs" that the author initiates after meeting Anastasia. That's a short answer; to do a full comparison would take longer than I care to spend on it! |
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Good review, Derek.--I was hoping you'd give your thoughts after reading book one. I read all the chapters available on the internet, as well as all the reviews on Amazon. From what I read, though I realize it was limited, I was also left with similar impressions...some nice Eden-like touches but it gets stuck in a belief in infantile omnipotence.
VestnikRA--my warm greetings . I hope can express to you my genuine appreciation for the effort to attract people to sustainable agriculture. Living on a farm as I do and having an long-time interest in soil preservation, I've seen first hand the need for organic gardening.It's nice to see your willingness to treat this as a real dialogue with Shasha. But I also need to respectfully say I don't see the Anastasia books as providing deep--or new-- answers for real people. I grew up in the beautiful countryside; we had a large garden, my brother and I played outside most of the time with a degree of freedom to roam that probably few children are granted these days; we had hardly any toys, watched little television, had good friends, a dog, a cat and a horse plus Quackers the duck...and I still need Jesus. He truly has no parallel. I'm also concerned for parents who, despite their loving thoughts and intentions--as in book 6's discussion with the child psychologist-- may not have that envisioned healthy child, or any child at all. How will they feel? Will they blame themselves? Will a child who grows up without good health feel shunned or left behind in the supposed creation of "new and fully fledged Man"? Will their eco-village neighbors think poorly of them? There's a children's song, "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world..." I hope you can find the time to read here on these forums. With my friendly regard--Ariel |
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Vestnik, in Christianity what we believe is that our fallenness is not so much a regression to our animal nature out of ignorance of true spiritual teaching, but a disempowerment of our spiritual nature from sin. So the problem is not so much that we need a teacher to show us how to live; we need a new Source of Power to help us to re-integrate at a higher level of being. That's what Christ does, and not so much by teaching us spiritual principles as by joining our human nature with the divine in his own body/person. Hope this helps to clarify. |
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Derek, thank you for your nice review! I could not make it better!
Ariel, I really appreciate your opinion, thanks for that! I understand what Jesus has done for men and this should not be underestimated. Christianity is important for many people and I don't deny it. By the way, in one of the books Anastasia calls Jesus her elder brother. Answering your question about children, I can assure you that people creating their Kin's domains (also named Space of Love) never reject a child, whatever happens to him/her because main thing that drives them is love. The main idea suggested in the books is to encourage people to co-create their Kin's domains and here I have to explain what Kin's domains are. Ecovillage of Kin's domains is a settlement based on family owned land where each family owns one hectare of land to be kept in the family for generations. One hectare with woods, fruit trees, garden and a small pond can provide the family with all of life’s necessities. By using long ignored methods of cultivating the earth and harvesting in the context of preserving the earth for future generations, this hectare of land will produce enough for the family’s use with surplus. In Kin's domains great opportunities are opened up to significant improvements in health, reduction in crime, strengthening of family relations and harmonious self development. A Kin's domain is called a Space of Love for its spiritual nature, reconnection with Pristine Origins and profound impact on its inhabitants. |
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