Sometimes people perceive seemingly simple things easier and try them on when they are in the form of a fairy tale, embellished or veiled. So, for example, from ancient times they pass on from generation to generation short parables about life with morality. They have meaning and morality. There are many life parables that help you think about how to do the right thing in a given situation, about your attitude towards yourself and others.
A parable is a short story using allegory (an artistic representation of an idea) to tell the reader a thought. This genre is similar to the fable, because it also has a moral.
The Parable of the Fear of Truth
Once upon a time, Truth was naked, and so she walked the streets and asked to go to people's houses. But the residents did not like it, and they did not want to let her in. So she became sad and completely drooped. One day the sad Truth meets a parable. The same, quite the opposite, was luxurious, in beautiful outfits, and people, seeing her, opened their doors with pleasure. Parable asks the Truth:
- Why are you like thissad and so naked walking the streets?
True, with eyes full of sadness and longing, answered:
- My dear, I'm getting worse and worse. My burden becomes unbearable and bitter. People don't accept me because I'm old and unlucky.
- It's strange that you're not accepted because you're old. After all, I am not young either, I will say even more that with age I become more and more interesting. You know, people don't want to know open and simple things. They like things to be embellished, left unsaid. I have beautiful dresses and jewelry for you. I'll give them to you, my sister, and people will like you in them, you'll see, they will love you.
As soon as the Truth dressed in clothes from the Parable, everything changed immediately. People stopped avoiding it, they began to accept it with pleasure. Since then, the two sisters have become inseparable.
The parable of the three sieves of truth
One day a man addressed Socrates:
- I want to tell you what someone you think is your friend is talking about you behind your back.
- Take your time, - said Socrates, - before you tell, mentally sift all the words you have planned for me through three sieves.
- How is it to sift words through three sieves?
- If you decide to give me other people's words, then remember that you need to be able to sift them three times. First take one sieve, which is called the truth. Are you sure it's true?
- No, I don't know for sure, I just heard it from him.
- It turns out thatYou don't even know if you're going to tell me the truth or a lie. Now we take the second sieve - kindness. Will you say something nice about my friend?
- No, on the contrary.
- So you don't know what you want to say, whether it's true or not, and on top of that, it's something bad. The third sieve is benefits. Do I really need to know what you want to tell me?
- No, there is no need for this knowledge.
- So, you came to tell me about what is neither truth, nor benefit, nor kindness. Should I say it then?
The moral of this parable of truth is that it's better to think a few times before speaking.
Priest
Here is another wise parable about truth.
Somehow the priest, having finished the service, said to his listeners:
- A week later, on Sunday, I would like to talk to you about lies. You can prepare at home for our conversation, for this you need to read the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark.
When a week passed, Sunday came, the priest addressed the parishioners before the sermon:
- Raise your hand, those who read the seventeenth chapter.
Many of the audience raised their hands. Then the priest said:
- With those who completed the task, I want to talk about lies.
The parishioners looked at the priest in bewilderment, and he continued:
– There is no 17th chapter in the Gospel of Mark.
Fear
One monk traveled the world. And then one day he saw the plague heading for the city. The monk asked her:
– Where are you goingcoming?
- I'm going to where you were born to take one thousand lives.
Time has passed. The monk meets the plague again and asks:
- Why did you cheat on me last time? You took all five thousand lives instead of one thousand.
- I didn't deceive you, - replies the plague. “I really only took a thousand lives. The others said goodbye to her out of fear.
Here are some more popular short parables about living with morals.
Heaven and Hell
One person managed to communicate with God. Taking the opportunity, he made a request:
- God, show me Heaven and Hell.
God brought man to the gate. He opened the gates, and there behind them was a huge table with a large bowl. In this bowl was fragrant and tasty food, which beckoned to itself and involuntarily aroused the appetite.
The people who were sitting around this table looked lifeless, sickly. It was obvious that they had no strength and they were dying of hunger. Spoons with very long handles were attached to the hands of these people. They could easily get food, but it was not physically possible to reach the mouth with a spoon. It was obvious that they were unhappy.
The Lord said it was Hell.
Then he led me to another gate. Opening them, the man saw an equally large table with a bowl, and there was also a lot of delicious food in it. The people around the table were with the same spoons. Only they looked happy, full and satisfied with everything.
- Why is that? the man asked the Lord.
- Everything is simple, - answered the Lord. Those people only think aboutthemselves, and these can feed each other.
Moral: The Lord has shown us that Heaven and Hell are the same. We ask ourselves the difference, it is inside us.
The parable "Fell - get up"
One day a student turned to his teacher with a question:
- Teacher, if I fell, what would you say to me?
- Get up! the teacher replied.
- What if my fall was repeated? the student continued.
- Get up!
- How long can you keep falling and getting up like this?
- As long as you live! Only the dead fell and could not get up.
In every parable about truth or about life, you can find answers to completely different exciting questions.
