How often do we hear a convenient saying: "Do not do good - you will not get evil." And many people really believe in it. Moreover, every day this saying becomes the style of life of millions. But what is behind it and how does it work?

The Parable of the Serpent, Peasant and Heron

They began to hunt for one snake. When the danger was already very close, she begged the peasant who was walking past to save him, having taken to his stomach. He did so. The hunters did not find them and disappeared into the thickets, and the man asked the snake to go outside. But inside it was so warm and cozy that the snake refused to fulfill the request. Then the sad man turned to the heron and told about his problem. She took a snake from the stomach of a peasant and killed her. But the man was very worried, because the snake could poison him with its poison. And then the heron said that six white birds can be saved, which must be cooked and eaten. Then the peasant came to the idea that the heron could well be the first. He caught it and brought it home. His wife began to scold him, that the bird saved him, and he decided to repay her so. After that she rescued her, 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 must be repaid with good for absolutely any action. But having received something in return, he does not notice it. The saying "do not do good - you will not get evil" the Bible interprets as the machinations of demons who try to knock us out of the true path. In fact, any right and sincere act infuriates evil, because of what she tries to arrange trouble, so that a person descends from the right path. Do you remember about the atonement for sins? Many forget the simple truth - in order for sins to remain in the past, one must gratuitously carry good into the world. Remember the wonderful saying: "Do unto men as you would have them do unto you." Imagine for a moment that one day you will find yourself in a rather difficult situation, which you can not cope with yourself. And people who could provide such help, live by the rule "do not do good - you will not get evil."

Not by word, but by deed

If you go back to the Bible, the saying "do not do good - you will not get evil" is quite controversial. On the one hand, it is in the Christian teaching that we can see a huge number of examples that indirectly confirm this statement. But, on 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 Nicolas the Wonderworker. According to legend, in the past, a rich and now poor father decided to make prostitutes out of his daughters, who would thus earn their living. But Nikolai Mir-Lycian presented him with gold three times, but did it secretly, because he did not want to honor himself and glory, but only sincerely wanted to help people and turn them away from the path of depravity and the fall. The father successfully married his daughters, giving them gold as a dowry. When he learned who had benefited him, he could not repay Nikolai anything, except how to thank him and God for sending him to the daughters of such a savior and patron.

To be or not to be?

That's how we came to 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 clearly and clearly says: "Do good, and then throw it into the water." The old man did so. And the good returned to him a hundredfold, although he did not expect it. Therefore, you must decide for yourself who you want to be and what your children and grandchildren will be once.