Why, if you write “Tiger” on a lion’s cage, will most people believe the sign?
Familiar, from the descriptions in fiction, situation. Remember the fairy tale "The King's New Clothes". How cleverly the cunning weavers deceived the king, describing what a beautiful outfit he was in, unnoticed only by those who were out of place or incredibly stupid... And so the king was caught. Absolutely naked, he pretends to see this beautiful outfit... Who wants to be considered a fool?
The fairy tale clearly shows the tendency of people to follow the lead of others.
In fact, it was hard not to notice that the king was naked. And everyone saw it perfectly. But who will tell the king that he has absolutely no clothes, especially if the king has a completely different opinion on this matter? Everyone was afraid to tell the truth, with the exception of one child who shouted:
Why, the king is naked!
The above-mentioned fairy tale takes place very clearly in our lives. We all need positive assessment, approval, and comfortable relationships with others. In this regard, there may be adequate and inadequate states. For example, the desire to look worthy in the eyes of others is quite normal and adequate. But some people are too focused on evaluating those around them and therefore cannot form their own ideas. Someone craves fame at any cost, so they can do absurd things, make a deal with their conscience, or believe in crude flattery. And someone is in a constant desire to avoid negative evaluation, so they are afraid to stand out from the crowd in any way.
Not standing out from the crowd... Maybe that's not such a bad thing? Maybe, public opinion- is this a good guideline? Maybe. If it were not for situations showing the opposite. For example, if you remember the twelve spies sent to the Promised Land. Most of them were motivated by fears of big people- the sons of Anak and united in this opinion with each other, with the exception of only two people. We remember that it ended sadly and none of the men, except these two, entered that beautiful land.
Psychologists also noticed long ago that under the influence of people or an imperceptibly introduced attitude, a person can, seeing one thing, say something completely different - calling black white, calling grandmother grandfather, etc. The film “Me and Others” - Psychological Experiments in the USSR” talks about several such experiments. You can watch it, it’s very interesting.
It is significant that many participants in the experiment agreed with the opinion of the team, although it was obviously absurd. Even those who defended their conviction to the end admitted that it was very difficult for them and they were overcome by very strong doubts.
In psychology, such a phenomenon as adjusting one’s opinion to the opinions of others is called conformity. Conformity is a person's willingness to succumb to pressure from others.
Moreover, it is not at all necessary that this pressure is real. A person can make up his own mind about what is expected of him. The most important thing in life for such people is to think “like everyone else,” to act “like everyone else,” to try to have everything “like everyone else” - at home, in clothes, and in their views.
Conforming people are almost completely uncritical of the statements of those whom they are accustomed to consider authorities. Everything said by such an authority for the conformal type is an infallible truth. And if information that does not correspond to reality comes through the same source, the conformist will take it for granted.
The Bible has Nice words about those whose assessment of events depends entirely on the assessment of others in general and on authorities in particular. “Fear of man lays a snare...” (Proverbs 29:25). And this is such a trap from which it is difficult to get out.
Surely you, too, have repeatedly noticed such interesting moments in life, which eloquently indicate that people trust more what they hear from a specialist than what is evidenced by the appearance of this specialist. For example, miraculous procedures for skin rejuvenation are offered by a cosmetologist whose entire face is literally riddled with acne marks; bald man describes wonderful properties hair growth balm; in the department of vision restoration operations, the appointment is conducted by a doctor wearing glasses, etc.
These situations can be listed endlessly: a burry speech therapist, an unbalanced psychologist, a frequently ill doctor, a terrifying-looking makeup artist, an enormous nutritionist, a tastelessly dressed designer... And after contacting such specialists: a spoiled mood, worsening problems, wasted money... All of this It might not happen if people paid attention to what they see and did not ignore what they know.
For some reason, I would like to cite the example of Eve, who was well aware of the requirements of God and His plan and what kind of Father He is. But when the snake spoke to her, she chose not to pay attention either to the knowledge she had or to the obviously strange appearance of the “specialist” who promised her dizzying prospects for the future.
How careful we, imperfect people, need to be if perfect individuals can fall for cunning tricks! After all, this same “specialist” convinced many angels. Will it be difficult for him to influence people?
Intellectual laziness is an additional problem for imperfect people. In this regard, we recall an interesting expression by Bernard Shaw, which says that:
It is interesting to think about this from the perspective of the biblical message.
I'm not a mathematician, but this is approximately how it turns out. After all, the first CATEGORY (2% of those who really think) is reported in Romans 1:20:
Reflecting (thinking according to Bernard) on God’s creations is vital. Only this encourages us to turn to God and His word - the Bible. How many people have done this so far?! Approximately 2% is (if you count the number of those present at the Evening)!!!
CATEGORY 2 - those who think what they think. This may include people who have weight in the system now controlled by the enemy of God. And this whole system rests on three pillars - commerce, politics, religion. And in the Bible this system is reported as the incomplete and imperfect number 666 - three sixes, from God's point of view (Revelation 13:18). They manipulate all people on the entire planet (except for the above-mentioned 2%) and quite reasonably believe that they are successfully fooling everyone (after all, the 2% who cannot be influenced are quite a few). There are not many such high-ranking manipulators either. It will be about 3%.
It turns out that about 95 percent of people would actually rather die in Armageddon, like Noah’s contemporaries in the Flood, than think about it. I really don’t want to fall into these 3 and 95 percent of people about whom Jesus said that they were walking on the broad road.
IS NOT THE SAME THING AS IN THE PICTURE USED BY THE ONE WHO “MASDES THE WHOLE INHABITABLE EARTH”? (REVELATION 12:9)
I love you, even though I'm mad,
Although this is labor and shame in vain,
And in this unfortunate stupidity
At your feet I confess!
It doesn’t suit me and is beyond my years...
It's time, it's time for me to be smarter!
But I recognize it by all the signs
The disease of love in my soul:
I’m bored without you, I yawn;
I feel sad in front of you - I endure;
And, I have no courage, I want to say,
My angel, how I love you!
When I hear from the living room
Your easy step, or dresses noise,
Or a virgin, innocent voice,
I suddenly lose all my mind.
You smile - it’s my joy;
You turn away, I’m sad;
For a day of torment - a reward
I want your pale hand.
When you are diligent about the hoop
You sit, leaning casually,
Eyes and curls lowered, -
I am moved, silently, tenderly
I admire you like a child!..
Should I tell you my misfortune,
My jealous sadness
When to walk, sometimes in bad weather,
Are you going away?
And your tears alone,
And speeches in the corner together,
And travel to Opochka,
And piano in the evening?..
Alina! have pity on me.
I don't dare demand love.
Perhaps for my sins,
My angel, I'm not worth love!
But pretend! This look
Everything can be expressed so wonderfully!
Ah, it’s not difficult to deceive me!..
I'm happy to be deceived myself!
A. S. Pushkin dedicated to women a large number of works. The poet fell in love very often and completely surrendered to the passion that arose. This feeling always gave him a powerful surge of inspiration. In 1826, Pushkin wrote the poem “Confession,” dedicated to P. Osipova’s adopted daughter, Alexandra. Osipova's estate was located not far from Mikhailovsky, and the poet was her regular guest. A sense of decency did not allow Pushkin to convey his poetic message to the young girl. It was never published during the poet's lifetime.
Not all of Pushkin’s hobbies ended in novels. He often had to suffer from unrequited love. He describes these experiences in “Confession.” The poet understands the hopelessness of his love. He is condemned by the authorities and society, many people feel contempt for him. Pushkin's financial situation leaves much to be desired. And the young girl is in the prime of her life; she is destined to find a worthy and rich husband. Therefore, the poet openly calls his feeling “unhappy stupidity.”
At the same time, he realizes that he has again fallen into the grip of an irresistible passion, which he compares to an illness. The poet’s imagination is completely captured by his beloved girl, his physical and mental state depends on her. The poet with all his strength restrains himself from passionate confession. Even the sound of footsteps or a “virgin voice” produces an instant change in the author’s soul. He admits that he immediately “loses all my mind.”
The author notices all the changes in the behavior and facial expression of his beloved. For those around them they do not matter, but for him they turn out to be either “joy” or “sadness”. The poet's soul constantly rushes between states of great happiness and deep sadness. The “golden mean” simply does not exist.
Pushkin lists the girl’s ordinary everyday activities that have deep meaning for him: knitting, walking, music. The poet is happy to simply be silently present at this and “touchingly” watch his beloved.
As a last resort, Pushkin asks to at least take pity on him and pretend to be in non-existent love. The poet assures that this will not be difficult to do, since he “is happy to be deceived himself.”
Pushkin left Mikhailovskoye without making a confession to A. Osipova. Many years later, when she was already married, he wanted to meet her and tell her ex-lover my poem, but received no response.
"Confession" Alexander Pushkin
I love you, even though I'm mad,
Although this is labor and shame in vain,
And in this unfortunate stupidity
At your feet I confess!
It doesn’t suit me and is beyond my years...
It's time, it's time for me to be smarter!
But I recognize it by all the signs
The disease of love in my soul:
I’m bored without you, I yawn;
I feel sad in front of you - I endure;
And, I have no courage, I want to say,
My angel, how I love you!
When I hear from the living room
Your light step, or dresses sum,
Or a virgin, innocent voice,
I suddenly lose all my mind.
You smile - it gives me joy;
You turn away - I’m sad;
For a day of torment - a reward
I want your pale hand.
When you are diligent about the hoop
You sit, leaning casually,
Eyes and curls drooping, -
I am moved, silently, tenderly
I admire you like a child!..
Should I tell you my misfortune,
My jealous sadness
When to walk, sometimes in bad weather,
Are you going far away?
And your tears alone,
And speeches in the corner together,
And travel to Opochka,
And piano in the evening?..
Alina! have pity on me.
I don't dare demand love.
Perhaps for my sins,
My angel, I'm not worth love!
But pretend! This look
Everything can be expressed so wonderfully!
Ah, it’s not difficult to deceive me!…
I'm happy to be deceived myself!
It is no secret that Alexander Pushkin was a passionate and amorous man. He constantly found new and new objects for adoration, and dedicated a huge number of poems to each of the women. He had to meet some of his muses, as Pushkin affectionately called his many lovers, quite often, but with others fate brought him only a short time, which became the happiest and, at the same time, unhappy for the poet. Indeed, in most cases, Pushkin’s feelings remained unanswered, and the insidious beauties deliberately teased the poet, forcing him to be jealous, suffer and - shower them with poetic declarations of love.
In 1824, due to his freethinking and rather harsh statements against the tsarist regime, the poet was removed from public service and exiled to the Mikhailovskoye family estate, where he was to spend two long years. Pushkin was strictly forbidden to leave the estate; his friends rarely visited him, so very soon the poet became friends with a few landowner neighbors, among whom was 19-year-old Alexandra Osipova. She was the adopted daughter of a widowed landowner, so she felt somewhat cramped and insecure in her house. While Pushkin enthusiastically played with the landowner’s own children and even organized comic theatrical performances with their participation, Alexandra preferred to walk around the garden alone or read French novels.
During the entire time he met the girl, Pushkin managed to exchange only a few insignificant phrases with her. However, he was struck by the girl’s amazing beauty and restraint, gradually realizing that he had fallen in love with Alexandra like a boy. It was to her that in 1926 he dedicated his the poem “Confession”, which was never read by his chosen one. The author simply did not have time to hand it to Alexandra, as he received permission to return to St. Petersburg. But he did not forget about the subject of his hobbies and subsequently dedicated several more exciting and romantic poems to Alexandra Osipova.
As for “Confession,” already in the first line Pushkin reveals his true feelings to his chosen one, noting: “I love you - but I’m mad.” Such contradictory words are connected with the fact that the poet cannot win the girl’s favor, and understands that she will never reciprocate his feelings. Pushkin exclaims: “It’s time, it’s time for me to be smarter!” However, she can’t help herself, feeling the characteristic symptoms of a disease called love. The poet perceives any fleeting meeting with the object of his passion as a gift from heaven, considering it a reward to hear the clear voice of a girl or to catch her furtive glance. Her appearance for Pushkin is akin to the sunrise, and the author honestly admits that when he sees Alexandra, “I suddenly lose all my mind.”
Pushkin understands that he cannot become a worthy match for the girl, since he is in disgrace, deprived of a position and the favor of secular society. Therefore, he does not even dare to beg her for love. But at the same time he really hopes that the chosen one will skillfully play along with him, pretending to be interested in the poet. “Ah, it’s not difficult to deceive me! I’m glad to be deceived myself!” exclaims the author.
10 years later, going back to Mikhailovskoye, Pushkin suddenly learns that Alexandra, who by that time had successfully married, visited her stepmother. He sends her a message asking her to stay a few more days in order to be able to see the one who once owned his heart. In a short letter, Pushkin said that he wanted to convey his poems, which he once dedicated to her, but he never received an answer. They were not destined to meet again, but in the history of Russian literature, Alexandra Osipova remains one of the poet’s muses.
I love you, even though I'm mad,
Although this is labor and shame in vain,
And in this unfortunate stupidity
At your feet I confess!
It doesn't suit me and it's beyond my years...
It's time, it's time for me to be smarter!
But I recognize it by all the signs
The disease of love in my soul:
I’m bored without you, I yawn;
I feel sad in front of you - I endure;
And, I have no courage, I want to say,
My angel, how I love you!
When I hear from the living room
Your light step, or dresses sum,
Or a virgin, innocent voice,
I suddenly lose all my mind.
You smile - it gives me joy;
You turn away - I'm sad;
For a day of torment - a reward
I want your pale hand.
When you are diligent about the hoop
You sit, leaning casually,
Eyes and curls drooping, -
I am moved, silently, tenderly
I admire you like a child!..
Should I tell you my misfortune,
My jealous sadness
When to walk, sometimes in bad weather,
Are you going far away?
And your tears alone,
And speeches in the corner together,
And travel to Opochka,
And piano in the evening?..
Alina! have pity on me.
I don't dare demand love.
Perhaps for my sins,
My angel, I'm not worth love!
But pretend! This look
Everything can be expressed so wonderfully!
Ah, it’s not difficult to deceive me!...
I'm happy to be deceived myself!
Poem by A.S. Pushkin - Recognition
The fairy tale clearly shows the tendency of people to follow the lead of others.
In fact, it was hard not to notice that the king was naked. And everyone saw it perfectly. But who will tell the king that he has absolutely no clothes, especially if the king has a completely different opinion on this matter? Everyone was afraid to tell the truth, with the exception of one child who shouted:
- But the king is naked!
The above-mentioned fairy tale takes place very clearly in our lives. We all need positive assessment, approval, and comfortable relationships with others. In this regard, there may be adequate and inadequate states. For example, the desire to look worthy in the eyes of others is quite normal and adequate. But some people are too focused on evaluating those around them and therefore cannot form their own ideas. Someone craves fame at any cost, so they can do absurd things, make a deal with their conscience, or believe in crude flattery. And someone is in a constant desire to avoid negative evaluation, so they are afraid to stand out from the crowd in any way.
Not standing out from the crowd... Maybe that's not so bad? Maybe public opinion is a good guide? Maybe. If it were not for situations showing the opposite. For example, if you remember the twelve spies sent to the Promised Land. Most of them were led by fears of big people - the sons of Enak and united in this opinion with each other, with the exception of only two people. We remember that it ended sadly and none of the men, except these two, entered that beautiful land.
Psychologists have also long ago noticed that under the influence of people or an imperceptibly introduced attitude, a person can, seeing one thing, say something completely different - calling black white, calling grandmother grandfather, etc. The film “Me and Others” - Psychological Experiments in the USSR” talks about several such experiments. You can watch it, it’s very interesting. 
Psychological experiments in 2010
It is significant that many participants in the experiment agreed with the opinion of the team, although it was obviously absurd. Even those who defended their conviction to the end admitted that it was very difficult for them and they were overcome by very strong doubts.
In psychology, such a phenomenon as adjusting one’s opinion to the opinions of others is called conformity. Conformity is a person's willingness to succumb to pressure from others. 
Moreover, it is not at all necessary that this pressure is real. A person can make up his own mind about what is expected of him. The most important thing in life for such people is to think “like everyone else,” to act “like everyone else,” to try to have everything “like everyone else”—at home, in clothes, and in their views.
Conforming people are almost completely uncritical of the statements of those whom they are accustomed to consider authorities. Everything said by such an authority for a conformist type is an infallible truth. And if information that does not correspond to reality comes through the same source, the conformist will take it for granted. 
The Bible has good words about those whose assessment of events depends entirely on the assessment of others in general and on authorities in particular. “Fear of man lays a snare...” (Proverbs 29:25). And this is such a trap from which it is difficult to get out.
Surely you, too, have repeatedly noticed such interesting moments in life, which eloquently indicate that people trust more what they hear from a specialist than what is evidenced by the appearance of this specialist. For example, miraculous procedures for skin rejuvenation are offered by a cosmetologist whose entire face is literally riddled with acne marks; a bald man describes the wonderful properties of a balm for hair growth; in the department of vision restoration operations, the appointment is conducted by a doctor wearing glasses, etc. 
These situations can be listed endlessly: a burry speech therapist, an unbalanced psychologist, a frequently ill doctor, a terrifying-looking makeup artist, an enormous nutritionist, a tastelessly dressed designer... And after turning to such specialists: a spoiled mood, worsening problems, wasted money... All this might not have happened it would be if people paid attention to what they see and did not ignore what they know. 
For some reason, I would like to cite the example of Eve, who was well aware of the requirements of God and His plan and what kind of Father He is. But when the snake spoke to her, she chose not to pay attention either to the knowledge she had or to the clearly strange appearance of the “specialist” who promised her dizzying prospects for the future.
How careful we, imperfect people, need to be if perfect individuals can fall for cunning tricks! After all, this same “specialist” convinced many angels. Will it be difficult for him to influence people? 
Intellectual laziness is an additional problem for imperfect people. In this regard, we recall an interesting expression by Bernard Shaw, which says that: 
It is interesting to think about this from the perspective of the biblical message.
I'm not a mathematician, but this is approximately how it turns out. After all, the first CATEGORY (2% of those who really think) is reported in Romans 1:20: 
Reflecting (thinking according to Bernard) on God’s creations is vital. Only this prompts us to turn to God and His word - the Bible. How many people have done this so far?! Approximately 2% is (if you count the number of those present at the Evening)!!!
CATEGORY 2 - those who think what they think. This may include people who have weight in the system now controlled by the enemy of God. And this whole system rests on three pillars - commerce, politics, religion. And in the Bible this system is reported as the incomplete and imperfect number 666 - three sixes, from God's point of view (Revelation 13:18). They manipulate all people on the entire planet (except for the above 2%) and quite reasonably believe that they are successfully fooling everyone (after all, 2% who cannot be influenced is quite a few). There are not many such high-ranking manipulators either. It will be about 3%.
And CATEGORY 3 is reported in Matthew 24 chapter 38, verse 39: 
It turns out that about 95 percent of people would actually rather die in Armageddon, like Noah’s contemporaries in the Flood, than think about it. I really don’t want to fall into these 3 and 95 percent of people about whom Jesus said that they were walking on the broad road.
IS IT NOT THE SAME THING THAT IS IN THE PICTURE USED BY THE ONE WHO “MISCEDS THE WHOLE INHABITABLE EARTH”? (REVELATION 12:9) 
So, based on the above, this road leads
LAZINESS, FEAR and GREED.
LAZINESS - unwillingness to think, reflect, make efforts;
FEAR - fear of other people's opinions, negative evaluation, harm from others;
GREED is the thirst for power, for what does not belong to you, for easy money.
How good it is that God Himself seeks out and unites sincere, hardworking, humble, selfless, generous people who want to learn from Him! Without His help, among millions of people on the planet, they would not have been able to find each other and find out the whole truth...
It's not easy to believe the bitter truth,
Sweet lies are so easy to trust!
We cannot measure the harm from this,
Lies doom us all to suffer.
Lies led the first couple astray,
They passed on their sin to us.
We bear God's punishment
Only the faithful will soon experience success!
The lie will be judged soon!
Whoever believed her will be struck down.
The sin of those who believe the Word will be forgiven
And he will be saved from death by God!
Truth lives only in the Word of the Creator,
Although sometimes it is very bitter.
But those who accept it will receive a reward:
Life in a beautiful paradise forever!
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