Isaac   Babel’s   short   story   Di   Grasso   clearly   illustrates   the   Zen   concept   according   to   which,   if   a   room   is   dark,   all   you   should   do   to   remedy   the   situation   is   to   turn   the   light   on.   Do   what   you   are   most   afraid   of,   and   this   will   instantly   transform   hell   into   paradise.

When  things  go  wrong,  it's  better  to  wait  out  it  all. 

Sooner  or  later  things  will  go  right  and  the  main  thing  is  not  to  die  of  hunger 
and  not  to  fade  away  before  life  goes  your  way. 

When  I  get  tough  luck,  I  prefer  to  hurl  myself  into  work.  As  work  helps  forget  about  all  misfortunes. 
Of  course,  I  also  cheer  myself  with  thinking  of  King  Solomon's  Ring  or  the  story  The  Old  Man  and  the  Sea  by  Hemingway.  But  what  really  cheers  me  up  is  work.  And  later,  when  life  treats  me  better  I  look  back  on  what  I've  done  and  how  much  work  I  did  during  my  hard  times.  And  my  exuberance  of  high  spirits  becomes  realhappiness... 

The   metaphor   of   Abraham   and   his   son   Isaac   tells   us   that   a   sincere   willingness   to   sacrifice   in   the   name   of   faith   works   miracles   by   averting   the   inevitable.   The   Chosen   does   not   burn   in   the   fire   and   does   not   sink   in   water.   The   mission   of   the   Chosen   one   is   the   highest   value   of   being,   similar   to   the   gift   for   which   a   person   must   sacrifice   everything   he   has.

The   resurrection   of   the   dead   during   Armageddon   will   happen   as   follows.   When   one   of   the   ancient   civilizations   of   the   Earth   –   for   instance,   the   ocean   –   finally   notices   humankind,   it   will   turn   out   that   the   souls   of   all   people   who   once   died   have   been   stored   and   are   accessible   in   the   virtual   universe.   Modern   living   people   can   enter   this   virtual   world   in   which   all   possible   wishes   can   come   true,   and   all   the   dead   live   there.   The   outstanding   dead   people   will   also   speak   in   the   name   of   the   ocean.   In   short,   that   sounds   interesting   but   I’d   recommend   you,   first,   to   avoid   making   idols   out   of   people,   and   especially,   out   of   the   dead.   Socrates,   Cesar,   Solomon   and   others   are   all   too   good   but…   nothing   more.   They   are   people   just   like   anyone   else,   with   their   vices,   stupidity   and   chorus.   Secondly,   avoid   the   dead,   their   worlds   and   their   paradise…   Flee   from   them.   When   99.99%   of   people   have   escaped   from   reality,   following   the   dead   in   order   to   become   the   gods   of   illusion…   the   humble   having   remained   here,   in   hell,   will   inherit   the   Earth.   Remember:   do   not   envy   sinners   who   will   sell   their   souls   to   the   devil.   Their   joy   is   unlikely   to   last   long   but   their   sufferings   will   be   endless.

The Egyptian word "light" was placed by Moses in the ark of the Covenant. The metaphorical verb of light is a symbol of eternal movement, inexhaustible energy of life. Christ turned this word into a living light, and the candles that Christians light in churches are an echo of this word of truth. Fire, as a symbol of movement, is that which lives while it moves.

The essence of circumcision is that it just seems that to remove the excess it's painful and scary, but really, not painful, and even useful. Pruned tree grows better, getting rid of excess, you get the right.

Already in Solomon's time all was said in this world, and there was nothing new under the moon. And since the time of Solomon nothing new has been added to this old. And all who spoke were silent, and most of all I was silent... holding back the words with all his strength, not to say too much, spoiling the beauty.

To comprehend wisdom, I have known stupidity, I have known falsehood, I have known madness, I have known the structure of the world... Everything I learned, and just knowing all I have learned wisdom. But lied to Solomon, no knowledge of sorrow. Truth is joyful, because truth is God, and God is beauty.

Blessed is the man who listens to me. Everyone who hates me loves death. 

The Proverbs of Solomon even in the interpretation do not need, all is very clear, correct and understandable.

The   one   who   follows   the   road   to   his   goal,   should   learn   on   the   road,   without   going   to   the   ruins   of   ancient   knowledge   and   the   Capitol   of   dead   sages   for   a   long   time.   To   pray   is   to   learn   the   truth   and   therefore   God.   Prayers   should   be   brief   on   the   road.   On   the   road,   do   not   go   astray,   do   not   expose   yourself   to   dangers   and   temptations.

Paving   the   way   to   hell,   the   good   intentions   are   good   pretexts,   followed   by   those   who   did   not   fulfill   the   commandment   "do   not   go   astray".

The meaning of humility is very similar to the meaning of Shabbat, you need to learn the joy of just being. You are and it is joyful, and everything else does not matter.

The   story   of   king   Arthur's   sword   is   an   analogue   of   the   story   from   the   Bible   about   the   crook,   which   God   gave   to   Adam   and   then   it   went   to   Moses   in   the   same   way   as   the   king   Arthur's   sword.

When   you   realize   your   life   has   no   meaning,   tell   yourself:   I   am   dying   and   I   have   to   dig   myself   a   grave.   Go   to   a   cemetery,   buy   a   plot   of   land   and   dig   yourself   a   grave   or   build   a   crypt   and   lie   down   there   while   you   are   still   alive.   Feel   yourself   dead;   think   if   this   is   your   thing   and   if   you   feel   thirsty   for   life,   raise   from   your   grave   and   find   your   meaning   of   life.   Go   out   and   dig   your   graves   with   a   view   to   never   forgetting   life.

Dig   your   graves.   Everyone   should   dig   himself   a   grave,   lie   down   in   it   and   spend   the   night   there.   In   the   morning,   they   will   hear:   “Living   ones,   get   away   from   the   dead,   raise   from   your   graves”.   He   who   will   have   heard   the   voice   of   life   will   raise.   Armageddon   is   the   awakening   of   the   dead   from   death,   the   dead   souls’   discovery   of   their   meaning   of   life.

Those 40 years that Moses led the Jews in the desert, this is the time necessary for the newborn to become a husband and finish the teaching. At the age of 40, the human mind finally cognizes life and completes the first stage of cognition of the world.

40 years is the period for which there is a complete renewal of life. New life after the destruction of the old life for 40 years, from zero, grows to a state of maturity. Moses led the Jews through the desert for 40 years for a reason, he waited until the desert turned into a garden, and this time devoted to teaching.

Do not rush to work and run for money. Remember those 40 years that Moses led the Jews through the desert. 40 years of study and knowledge of life. To find the promised land and come there to plant a fruit tree, it is necessary that the dead rose from sleep and the mind saw. The blind cannot see, to see the promised land one must see from the darkness of ignorance.

Shamir   worm   is   a   metaphor   for   how   small   and   contemptuously   insignificant   can   be   strong   and   destructive.   Shamir   is   said   to   be   controlled   only   by   the   rooster   Bar.   With   his   stupid   crowing,   the   rooster   indicated   to   the   worm   what   to   bite   at   and   destroy.   King   Solomon   forced   Shamir   to   work   in   quarries   and   obtain   building   material   for   the   temple   of   Jerusalem.  

I knew the wind could smile. He smiled as the mountain for those who foot their admires their height.

I trust in the mercy of God, and thus I am saved from fear.

Straining is a desire to speak beautifully that is not supported by meaning .

Left   by   God,   the   house   will   be   destroyed,   but   the   house,   where   the   devil   lives,   becomes   the   home   of   the   dead,   whose   flour   is   eternity.

Difficult person to live, from the fact that he bears a lot of others. And to those who gave their scared to live, he suffers, they have lost their.

He who cannot obey himself is doomed to obey others. 

The   devil   is   the   king   of   deception,   which   gives   the   hungry   salty   food,   and   furs   moistened   with   water   and   filled   with   air   instead   of   water.   The   temptations   with   which   the   devil   tempts   are   a   pleasures   overabundance,   his   food   is   generously   seasoned   with   handfuls   of   salt,   instead   of   a   pinch.   As   for   water,   overabundance   is   in   the   opposite   direction.   Wet   air   is   also   water,   but   "not   really   water"   unfinished   water,   water   in   gaseous   form.   Having   made   overabundance   in   one,   the   devil   gives   a   shortage   in   another.   Too   much   salt,   but   too   little   water.

Repentance brings immediate salvation, but can a proud man honestly repent? The false repentance of the proud, the white shroud like they are hiding the rotting flesh of the leper.

Regret is not repentance, repentance is a change of mind. The liar calls falsehood truth, and ignorance wisdom, to repent he must change all his judgments.

Three   events   can   be   metaphorically   combined   into   one.   The   service   of   the   vices   and   idols.   Construction   of   the   tower   of   Babel.   The   destruction   of   the   temple   of   Jerusalem   and   the   removal   of   the   Jews   into   slavery   Babylonian.   The   point   is   that   the   Jews   were   tempted   by   temptation   and,   having   forgotten   the   Truth,   began   to   serve   the   Babylonian   idols   of   vice,   money   and   pleasure.   The   tower   of   Babel   is   a   symbol   of   the   insatiable   passion   of   idols   and   the   desires   of   those   who   serve   them.   Taking   part   in   this   insatiable   race   for   power,   pleasure   and   money,   the   Jews   cursed   themselves,   lost   their   God,   their   temple,   their   country   and   became   slaves   to   the   Babylonian   idol.   Slaves   are   worthless   and   disenfranchised,   their   suffering   is   incalculable.

According to the old Testament, a wife who has sinned before her husband should be sent back to the father's house. Right father and mother have to do the unbearable existence of a daughter in your home to hyenas as fire was afraid of this exile.

The   destruction   of   the   first   and   second   temples   of   Jerusalem   should   be   seen   as   a   metaphor   for   the   Trinity.   A   big   deal,   taking   into   account   correction   and   analysis   of   errors,   will   turn   out   well   and   for   a   long   time   at   least   from   the   third   time.   After   the   complete   collapse   of   the   first   two   attempts,   go   to   the   third   attack   boldly.   And   if   that   doesn't   work,   then   only   a   miracle   will   save   the   citadel   that   you're   besieging   from   the   fourth   or   seventh   attempt.

In   your   sufferings   do   not   console   yourself,   but   God.   For   it   is   said,   they   burned   the   house   of   one   to   be   consoled.   The   house   or   its   owner?  

The house burned down, build a better house than before. Burned house, the abode of evil and Vice. Why are you crying? Let's build a new house, a house of light and joy.

When something is destroyed, dies and is lost, it is a cause for joy. Old sins and vices burn in a cleansing fire. A new sun of hope is rising, in the consolation of which we must build something new and good. Something bright, full of harmony and beauty, something devoid of the vices and sins of a former life.

The song of weeping gradually subsides, symbolizing a dream, awakening from which symbolizes the joy of the first rays of light of the new day.

Do   you   cry   about   things?      You   are   stupid,   rejoice   that   God   poured   out   his   wrath   for   your   sins   on   your   things,   and   not   on   yourself.   God   has   struck   at   your   pride,   your   thirst   for   power,   having   shaken   your   power,   having   taken   away   what   you   possess   without   love   and   attention.   Rejoice   in   the   mercy   of   God.   God   is   terrible   in   anger,   when   his   whip   strikes   the   soul,   the   body   or   your   loved   ones.

Pride is possession without proper love, attention, and care. If the things you own are unhappy, they run away from you in fear and hatred, and if they have nowhere to run, they quickly self-destruct.

When   you   lose   things,   be   glad   you're   safe.   Pride   is   the   desire   for   power,   the   loss   of   things   is   like   a   purifying   fire,   fleeing   from   the   suffering   of   the   sin   of   pride.   Losing   what   you   owned,   but   did   not   love,   you   get   rid   of   the   extra   burden   of   suffering.   You   cry,   "but   I   loved"   but   it's   a   lie.   You   didn't   love,   you   owned,   you   were   the   master   of   a   slave   who   hated   you,   and   who   is   now   free   of   you.

The new road don't go if in a hurry, the bypass will be faster.

Nothing is predetermined, if you repent, clay seals will break.

The righteousness of one perfect will atone for the sins of an entire nation there is hope for salvation from darkness and cold.

It   is   said   that   in   the   temple   of   Jerusalem   there   was   a   beautiful   flute   of   polished   cane.   A   symbol   of   master's   labor   and   perseverance.   Out   of   respect,   they   decided   to   cover   it   with   gold,   but   it   ceased   to   sound   wonderful,   and   when   they   removed   the   gilding,   it   sounded   again.   In   the   same   temple   there   was   a   copper   bell,   slightly   broken,   but   having   an   unusual   sound   purity.   Once   it   was   fixed,   and   the   sound   was   gone,   they   had   to   return   everything   back.  

Flawed doesn't mean bad. A grain of sand creates a pearl. Awareness of its inferiority is the source of growth. Inferiority in one breeds perfection in the other.

Distorted   in   this,   even   in   that.   Distortion   is   the   mother   of   evenness.   Nobody   is   ideally   even   besides   liars   filled   with   arrogance.   The   wheel   and   the   straight   line   are   the   ideal   representations   of   the   ideal   but   dead   world.   The   alive   are   different   from   the   dead.

The meaning of the ritual of visiting the house of God is that when you go happily to visit God, he joyfully comes to your house.

God   works   in   mysterious   ways.   Remember,   God   brings   people   to   you,   you   pay   some,   others   pay   you.

The smallest can defeat the strongest. The mosquito will kill the king.

Do not blame your enemies, they are not your judges, they are only executioners, whose business it is to carry out the punishment. Your chief judge is yourself, and the executioners are just doing their job.

Do not take gifts for which you do not want to pay, they will become your burden, bent, barely able to walk.