2010-3-31 04:10:00
Next to going back to nature perhaps the thing most stressed in the books is the idea that children are much smarter than we give them credit. Anastasia tells us that adults do much to hamper their development. We do this by implanting a limited belief system and directing them toward limited learning activities rather than maximum ones. If they are treated like intelligent beings and given the freedom to explore and learn on their own then they will achieve much more.
Vladimir describes a school that is using avant garde methods nurturing children toward higher education.
Perhaps the most interesting description of powerful children comes from a vision give him by Anastasia of the future where nations will lay down their arms. It will come because of children, one child in particular. The book doesn't make it clear whether this is a probable future or one set in stone and the invading aliens are missing from the picture.
At some future time a scientist who works on weapons systems will have a daughter who will develop great powers of the mind. To make a long story short she develops powers to blow up weapons systems of the various nations throughout the world. Seeing that this is an opportunity to force all nations to disarm she is coaxed into demonstrating her power. Unfortunately she feels guilty that she caused explosions causing some loss of life and made a personal commitment to not do it again. The great opportunity seems lost but she pulls a trick out of the bag and uses another method. She commands bacteria to multiply and to consume the weapons. These bacteria are so powerful they can eat through steel or concrete and destroy most anything.
This causes the nations to realize that building nuclear or other arms is futile and they cease making their weapons paving the way for peace on earth.
I would assume that Anastasia would have a power like this now and a natural question is why she doesn't do this feat to disarm the nations at this time.
Another unique teaching is that Anastasia claims that humans have been on the earth for not millions, but billions of years. She gives an unusual account of Adam and Eve but doesn't say how many years back they existed.
Then she says that humanity has gone though million year cycles again and again. If we keep in mind that Adam was placed here over a billion years ago that would mean these cycles have repeated over 1000 times. This seems somewhat difficult to believe.
The million year cycle consists of three periods. The first is a pristine Vedic period covering 990,000 years. During this time humanity lives in peace and harmony with nature and each other. There are no governments or hierarchies, just family units living and cooperating together. Everyone has their own piece of land and are like artists making it beautiful and productive.
This is followed by a fall where humanity sets up authorities, hierarchies, laws, punishments, etc.
This then is followed by a third period (which we are in now) wherein man falls away from nature and develops technology. The technology within a few thousand years leads to a great catastrophe which wipes out civilization and most of the people A few survive and these start a new civilization where they again go back to nature and reestablish a Garden of Eden state.
This just happens over and over but she seems to present the possibility that we may reverse the trend by bringing peace on earth and returning to nature voluntarily.
These books are among the few in the new age department that says something good about President Bush. Anastasia says that there were more attacks planned on Sept 11, 2001, that were thwarted and says that Bush handled the crisis well because he had his own piece of land in Texas that he retreated to and renewed himself on his own piece of land.
She tells us that each person needs to write a history of his own life. She places a lot of emphasis on ancestors and that our descendents would love to read our journals to understand us and how we live.
This sounds a lot like the teachings in the Mormon Church where each member is advised to write a "personal history." Contrary to what Anastasia says though these histories are usually extremely boring and many of them are read by a very small number if any at all.
An exception is the autobiography written by my Father, but he did not write his because the church told him to. In fact he was not even a member of he church. Instead, my sister asked my father to write a personal history of himself.
I think she asked this more to fulfill church obligations than thinking something of real interest would develop.
Well, my father took her request to heart and instead of writing a drab recollection he wrote a quite exciting and fascinating autobiography. It stands head and shoulders above any 'personal history' I have seen written because they are commanded to write.
Personal journals can be valuable if one is living through historical times. Many early Mormon journals are fairly boring but they do include historical tidbits that are used by historians. The same applies to many personal writings and letters during the Civil War and other historical times.
There's a lot more in these nine volumes but these are some of the highlights. If you do not want to read the whole series then books one and four are the most interesting.
Next I'll give some of my views on this series.
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