Table of contents:
- The parable of the snake, the peasant and the heron
- Chain reaction
- Not in words, but in deeds
- To be or not to be?
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How often do we hear a rather convenient saying: "Do not do good - you will not get evil." And a lot of people actually believe it. Moreover, every day this proverb becomes the lifestyle of millions. But what lies behind it and how does it work?
The parable of the snake, the peasant and the heron
One snake started to be hunted. When the danger was already very close, she begged the peasant, who was walking by, to save him by taking him in her stomach. He did just that. The hunters did not find them and hid in the thickets, and the man asked the snake to crawl out. But inside it was so warm and cozy that the snake refused to comply with the request. Then the saddened man turned to the heron and told about his problem. She took the snake out of the peasant's belly and killed it. But the man was very alarmed, because the snake could poison him with its poison. And then the heron said that six white birds could save him, which must be boiled and eaten. It was then that the idea came to the peasant that the heron could well be the first. He caught her and brought her home.
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The wife began to scold him that the bird saved him, and he decided to repay her in this way. After that, she released the heron, but she pecked out her eyes.
Chain reaction
The problem of the parable "do not do good - you will not get evil" is that at the subconscious level, each person expects that he should be repaid with good for absolutely any action. But having received something in return, he does not notice it. The Bible interprets the saying "do not do good - you will not get evil" as the machinations of demons who are trying to lead us astray. In fact, any right and sincere act infuriates evil spirits, because of which it tries to make trouble so that a person goes astray from the righteous path. Remember the atonement for sins? Many people forget the simple truth - in order for sins to remain in the past, it is necessary to bring goodness into the world free of charge. Remember the wonderful saying: "Do to people as you would like them to do to you." Imagine for a moment that one day you find yourself in a rather difficult situation that you cannot handle on your own. And people who could provide such help live by the rule "do no good - you will not get evil."
Not in words, but in deeds
If we return to the opinion of the Bible, then the saying "do not do good - you will not get evil" is quite controversial. On the one hand, it is in Christian teaching that we can see a huge number of examples that indirectly confirm this statement.
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But on the other handOn the other hand, it was the infallible people, the righteous and the saints who saved a huge number of people. For example, the parable of Nicholas the Wonderworker. According to legend, in the past, a rich, and now a beggar, father decided to make prostitutes out of his daughters, who would thus earn their own bread. But Nicholas of Mir-Lycian gave him gold three times, but he did it secretly, because he did not want honors and glory for himself, but only sincerely wanted to help people and turn them away from the path of depravity and the fall. The father successfully married off his daughters, giving them gold as a dowry. Having learned who had done him good, he could not repay Nikolai with anything other than thanking him and God for sending such a savior and patron to his daughters.
To be or not to be?
This is how we approached the main question: how true is the saying "do not do good to people - you will not get evil". In order to get an answer to this question, let's remember the old cartoon "Wow! Talking fish!". It says clearly and clearly: "Do good, and then throw it into the water." The old man did just that. And goodness returned to him a hundredfold, although he did not expect this. Therefore, you must decide for yourself who you want to be and what your children and grandchildren will become one day.
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