I have created an index of the first two books in the Ringing Cedars book Series, Anastasia, and The Ringing Cedars of Russia. The index for the third book, The Space of Love, is in progress. I had originally planned to publish this index on-line, so I contacted Ringing Cedars Press to request permission to use a digital image of their books on my index website.
In a conversation with two of the owners of Ringing Cedars Press I discovered several issues that had to be resolved. One was the name of the url I had chosen for publishing the index. That was easy enough to resolve. Another potential issue, however, that is particularly disturbing to me is that it may be possible for someone who has not read the Ringing Cedars Books to read my index and decide something like, “I have the gist of those books now, and so I don’t need to read them.”
That possible result is intolerable to me. A solution to that must be found before I make my index available to others. While that solution is being created, I’d like to talk a bit about creating the series index and reading the books.
Reading the books gave me an astounding amount of very valuable information which is what I’ve referenced in the index. However, the primary result of reading the books is what they made me FEEL, SEE, and UNDERSTAND ABOUT MYSELF, LIFE and OTHERS. None of that can be captured in an index.
The creating of this index has been an astounding gift to myself and I hope it is a valuable gift to the many other readers of the English translation of the book series. If you haven’t read the books and would like to learn more about the series go to www.ringingcedars.com
I’ve described these books to many people and many have read them based on my recommendation and report. However, without exception, those people have reported back to me that it is impossible to do justice to the series by “telling about it.” I agree with that, so instead of telling you about the book, let me tell you about my feelings and responses from reading the series.
In the beginning, I read the first book, Anastasia, only because a very dear friend insisted that I MUST. I bought only the first book so that I could evaluate for myself whether it held value for me or not. I’m pretty cautious about what I read and I don’t read a lot anymore. I certainly am not drawn to the latest and greatest “Must Reads.”
After finishing book one, I immediately went on line and ordered the entire series of nine books. As soon as I completed the order I called my friend to borrow book two so I would not have to wait until the order arrived to continue reading. As I read through the series I experienced a most amazing collection of experiences.
I cried and laughed as new awakenings and images of myself and all of creation spontaneously occurred. I caught my breath in amazement and joy as those images filled in with details. I paced around my house and yard to give myself time to assimilate, and then greedily returned to reading, finishing all 9 books in eleven days.
By the time I was finished I was living in a very different place in my inner AND outer world than where I was when I began. My priorities had completely re-arranged. My daily activities had shifted to an entirely new and magnificent focus. My self image as human had been healed at levels I hadn’t even known had existed before. My relationship to the plants and animals living on my lot had become magical and supportive beyond anything I’d ever imagined possible.
The stories and information in the books gradually but powerfully took me from unconscious “numbness” to vibrantly “seeing” so much richness and unfolding joy. During the course of reading, my conscious awareness of the entire Universe had expanded to breathtaking levels.
It has been over eight weeks since I read the series and this new experience of life and self has not diminished but has continued to expand and unfold. The books didn’t just give me information, they flipped invisible switches in my mind that began a contuing rapid and exciting restoring of innate awareness and abilities.
Reading these books has reconnected me to mySelf, the earth, to nature, to life, to humanity and even to the cosmos in a way that I never even conceived was possible or even desirable. That experience is still expanding. I am filled with gratitude for the information and experiences brought to me through this series of books.
I thank Vladimir Megre for writing and publishing these books in Russia and for enduring the confusion and struggle he went through in acheiving his own transformations.
I thank Anastasia for conceiving the dream that made the series possible and turned Vladimir into a writer.
I thank every person who contributed to the process leading to making the books available to me in English, and there are thousands of them.
I also thank Leonid Sharashkin and Ringing Cedars Press for publishing the books in English, and John Woodsworth for his very excellent and speedy translations.
I have heard that a few people who read the books don’t like them. I guess I understand how that can happen because the information in this series is life altering if you accept it. I think it may be life altering even if you don’t accept it, but in a more subtle and indirect way. You may not like that if you are attached to your current views of life around you. However, at present, an astounding 60% of those who read the first book, read the remaining 8 books.
If you have read or will read this Ringing Cedars Series, congratulations! If you haven’t, you owe it to yourself to read at least the first book of this series that I and millions of others claim is the most important book we’ve read in our entire lives!
Wishing us all the very best we can imagine and speak,
JoyceM
