1. Conscience
"Conscience is a clawed beast scraping in the heart" - A. Pushkin.
Once upon a time I was struck by the following fact: - One Russian aviation engineer suggested to Emperor Nicholas II to throw bombs on the enemy's heads from airplanes on the battlefields of the First World War. Do you know what the "Bloody King" answered? He said that doing this is extremely immoral and ignoble. Such tricks, they say, put the enemy in a deliberately unequal position. What was it? Nobility or madness? But the Germans did not hesitate and, soon for the first time in history, created and used bomber aircraft against the Russian troops.
Well, they do not know, these "humanists, enlightened civilized Europeans" of such words as Conscience, Modesty, Shame and Honor. And if they do, then they leave these concepts for their enemies. And the Russians, what? And Russians, in the words of Margaret Thatcher, are so stupid that they can't even lie.
And not so long ago, I came across a note with an interview taken from an Afghan mujahid, who managed to make war with the Russians in the eighties of the last century. He talked about how American soldiers give children toys chewing gum and Coca-Cola in front of representatives of the UN mission, take pictures and filmed during the "presenting", after which they take everything away and go to a neighboring village to film another attraction "Unprecedented generosity" in new decorations. And so they travel with hundreds of reusable gifts across the Afghan provinces, and reports of their "charity exploits" fill the entire world press. At the end of the interview, I was struck by the phrase: - “Yes, we fought with the Russians, but we respected them, because they are brave warriors and they have a conscience. Americans have no conscience at all!
That's when I seriously thought about what conscience is, and whether everyone has it. The fact is that my generation is the last one that the state brought up and nurtured spiritually and morally. We grew up in a country where the word Conscience was filled with the same real meaning as now "self-sufficiency." It was not something ephemeral, because most people had a Conscience, and felt physically, like an arm or a leg. Yes, it is hidden inside, but you feel pain if, for example, your heart or stomach aches! The first time I experienced the pain of remorse at a tender age, in kindergarten, and the second time I felt this pain when I climbed through an open window into someone’s garage, and took a penknife from the workbench. Well, I couldn't resist, do you understand? I was seven years old, at that age to have your own folding knife is a dream for every boy. So handsome, with a grip that has a black panther on it.
I remember how I was not happy for a long time, the stolen thing. My father asked me where I got a new knife from, and I lowered my eyes to the floor and mumbled: - "Yeah … Well … I found it on the ground." My father looked at me as if he had illuminated me with an X-ray. He understood everything, but said nothing. And when he heard that I was sobbing in my room, my face buried in the pillow, he walked in to me, sat on the edge of the sofa, silently, put his hand on my trembling shoulder, and said: “Nothing! This is science for the future. Give the knife to the one you took from and ask for forgiveness. It will be masculine. This will earn you trust and respect. If you cannot do this, you will become a pig and grow up to be a pig. My mother, your grandmother Katya, used to say: "When you are young, there is a hole for old age."
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So I realized that it is much easier to live in harmony with your own conscience. So that your throat does not hurt, you do not need to lean on ice cream, and so that your conscience does not cause unbearable pain, comparable only to a toothache, you do not need to give it food. Live according to your conscience and it won't hurt - a simple law, it would seem, but soon it was necessary to make sure that there is, rarely, but there are people who find it easier to take and pull out conscience by the roots, so that it doesn't hurt when you mess up. And every year there were more and more such people around. And now I see that when trying to persuade someone, only a few do not smile condescendingly in response. Now conscience is the lot of simpletons and losers. A land of disabled people with an amputated conscience, that's where I live. How could this have happened?
One thing is obvious to me: - A society in which the concept of Conscience does not exist is peddling and self-destructing. That would be free, at the expense of the enemy and the hands of the enemy himself to destroy him - amputate his conscience. And that's it! Sit and watch the agonizing people self-destruct. Then let the scum into power, sit the fools in front of the TV, and rob the country as much as you like. Leave the slaves as much as they need so as not to starve to death, otherwise a revolution will happen.
So what kind of beast is this, conscience? The official interpretation is as follows: - "The inner voice of a person, helping to independently formulate their own moral obligations." The etymology of the word comes from Church - Slavic, Art - Slav. food (ancient - Greek τὸ συνειδός; Sup.) - tracing copy of ancient Greek. συνείδησις "conscietia". From co - + message (see to know). So. This is shared knowledge, knowing something. What? Truths of course. Correct behavior that is appreciated by society and accepted by all members as an unconditional blessing.
There is no need to think about religious commandments. In any society, there is also an unwritten moral code, which does not always correspond to the norms of the criminal or administrative codes. Moreover, his strength is such that even the villains are not able to oppose anything significant to moral standards. In this regard, the example of General Gorbatov, who visited Kolyma as a convict in the late thirties, is very indicative. Here is a quote from his memoirs: - “My neighbor in the bunk was in the Kolyma camp a once prominent railroad worker, who even boasted that he had slandered about three hundred people. Although I did not hide my extreme aversion to this theorizing slanderer, for some reason he always tried to strike up a conversation with me. This made me angry at first; then I began to think that he was looking for consolation in his conversations. But one day, being driven out of patience, he said to him:
“You and your ilk have tangled the tangle so much that it will be difficult to untangle it. However, they will unravel! If I were in your place, I would have hanged myself long ago …
The next morning he was found hanged. Despite my great dislike for him, I experienced this death for a long time and painfully."
But what about the foreigners, do they know anything about conscience? In the dictionary, frankly, there is not a lot of information. The meaning of the word is translated literally - shared knowledge. But what does this mean for them?
And that is what it means. Literally - shared knowledge. In English, Conscience ˈkɑːnʃəns kanšns is literally general science, shared knowledge. The same is in German - Gewissen. In Czech it sounds like Svědomí, Poles and Lithuanians say Sumienie, and Belarusians say Sumlenne. So, it is irrefutable that the concept of conscience got into all other languages from the Russian language. Obviously, only a Russian, or a Slav, to be objective, understands its meaning. For a speaker of another language, all this is just a set of sounds, not supported by an image, by real content.
And since there is no such word, concept, it means that the Anglo-Saxons have no conscience as such! Those. you will never build a house if you have never seen it yourself, no matter how many words are explained to you what a house is. Therefore, without fear of being accused of nationalism and chauvinism, I argue that native speakers of a language that lacks the concept of conscience are in fact initially and totally shameless. Yes, they themselves admit it. For example, the beloved, universally recognized classic Oscar Wilde said, for example: - "Conscience is the official name of cowardice." Comments are superfluous.
What do others say? I quote: “The British throughout the world are known for their lack of conscience in politics. They are experts in the art of hiding their crimes behind a facade of decency. They have done this for centuries, and it has become so part of their nature that they themselves no longer notice this feature. They act with such a well-behaved expression and such absolute seriousness that they convince even themselves that they are examples of political innocence. They do not admit to themselves their hypocrisy. Never one Englishman winks at another and does not say: "but we understand what we mean." They not only behave like a model of purity and integrity - they believe themselves. It is both funny and dangerous. " Guess who? Believe it or not. This was written by Dr. Joseph Goebbels.
In general, the Slavs are losing the war to the Anglo-Saxons for several reasons. The first, it seems to me, is the presence of conscience. We do not finish off those who are lying, and we are confident that the enemy will do the same. Keep your pocket wider! They just use the fact that we have a conscience - a rudiment in their concept that interferes with the achievement of the goal. So that? Should we also delete this word from the dictionaries? No! A thousand times no. I am sure that it is this "shortcoming" that will become our weapon in the confrontation between civilizations.
2. Modesty
Pride swells, but modesty teaches. - (Russian people. proverb).
Modesty is an integral part of the Russian character. Those who confuse it with shyness, shyness and indecision are mistaken. The Slavs considered one of the main virtues - the ability not to stick out their dignity. Exactly. This means that true modesty can only be inherent in strong, capable, talented people. Bragging is a sign of weakness and worthlessness. It is caused exclusively by a complex of their own inferiority. A coward and a weakling screams about what a hero he is. A truly strong person, maximum will grin to himself, not considering it necessary to even put the braggart in his place.
Modesty is a moral quality that characterizes a person from the point of view of his attitude to others and to himself and manifests itself in the fact that a person does not recognize any exclusive merits or special rights, voluntarily submits himself to the requirements of social discipline, limits his own needs according to those existing in the given society, the material living conditions of the people, treats all people with respect, shows the necessary tolerance for minor shortcomings of people, if these shortcomings affect only his own interests, and at the same time is critical of his own merits and shortcomings.
Modesty is a form of a person's awareness of their responsibilities to society and the people around them. A modest person therefore does not attach special importance to his positive qualities, because he considers them to be completely obligatory for himself, taken for granted.
Have you ever noticed that a Russian, seeing how someone is proud of their achievements, unconsciously says: - "Oh, oh, oh … The smartest or what?" But the point here is not that the person envied the "smart guy". The fact is that in this situation, a genetic fuse is triggered, limiting the pride of the one who did something better than others. If this “better” actually has some value, then the society, regardless of the desire of the “hero”, will appreciate it and this will be a reward.
In a different society, a different model is established. There, the tradition of self-praise has led to the appearance of completely absurd, ugly phenomena, such as advertising.
Advertising insanity.
I have always been amazed in cinema scenes in which old Russian bazaars are portrayed, where sellers vying with each other shout praises, praising their goods in every possible way. Sorry, I can’t believe it. In the second half of the nineteenth century, yes, advertising firmly entered the minds of Russian merchants. But that this could have happened in pre-Petrine times - I just do not believe. This is contrary to Russian consciousness, spirituality, the whole way of life and age-old traditions. This is as unnatural as giving money to a fellow villager in loans at interest.
How could a merchant extol his wares in the presence of another merchant selling the same wares? This is the same as showing everyone, publicly, that there is a poor quality product on the next tray. No, this could not be in the Russian bazaar. The buyer himself voted for the best quality product, and the vote was carried out in rubles. And praising your gingerbread or bagels is not only not modest, but also immoral, not ethical.
This is an attempt to get rich at the expense of a fellow. Not a competitor, a merchant with a similar product was perceived as a fellow in the craft, and not as an enemy. This is the same as lying insolently. You and I know that any advertisement is a lie. If the product is in demand, then it does not need any advertising. They advertise exactly what no one needs, but scammers are trying to foist this unnecessary on you, which, in principle, is a criminal offense. Remind me how much grief our compatriots experienced after the collapse of all kinds of "MMM", "Khoprov", etc.?
Why weren't those who posted the ads punished for complicity in fraud? They have nothing to do with it? And here one more method is revealed in the service of parasites. Its essence is simple: to exclude the possibility of prosecution. The founders of a limited liability company will never be held accountable for their crimes committed by a hired CEO. The same applies to governments and presidents. They are the same hired workers, but the owners always remain in the shadows. Advertising is the same part of a fraudulent scam, only legally, ad performers always remain on the sidelines, as well as the media that distribute this ad. Now it is clear why advertising made in Russia and for Russians at such a poor quality level? It's just that the Russians, even after hundreds of years, have not learned to praise themselves and that,what to foist on gullible consumers.
So. Modesty is an integral part of the Russian character. It is simply unknown to the Anglo-Saxons. In English, there is only an analogue of this all-encompassing concept - Modesty. This means decency, restraint, moderation. Is it modesty? Of course not. It's just "madness". And what about the Germans? And they have the same thing. Bescheidenheit - unpretentiousness, unpretentiousness. It turns out that modesty is a virtue for us, but a vice for them. Arrogance, on the contrary, is considered a sin in our country, and among "civilized" peoples it is one of the most important positive qualities, without which a person is doomed to become a "loser." We do not know how to push the weak with our elbows in order to achieve the goal, and they do it without a single prick of Conscience.
But the "enlightened" West is persistently trying to teach us and heal us. Including from modesty. Yes it is. Numerous "international" public organizations and foundations are seriously trying to cure Russians of modesty. For example, a certain Elena Nikolaevna Kuzmina, the so-called academician of the so-called "International Academy of Happiness", makes a living by conducting seminars and trainings, giving lectures on the topic "How to recover from mental illness, modesty."
Why do you think the west is doing this? Want to make us stronger? Not at all. It should be clear to everyone that if the West does something in our country, it is only in its own interests. And the strengthening of Eastern civilization is not part of his task. So the conclusion: - They are afraid that we have not yet forgotten what modesty is.
Modesty is the second reason, after Conscience, for which we cannot yet compete with a Western-type civilization. But at the same time our formidable weapon. As long as we have them, nothing can be done with them. Why else are they so worried? Why are they making so much effort to eradicate Conscience and Modesty?
3. Shame
Shame is
the most precious ability of a person to put his actions in accordance with the requirements of the highest
conscience, bequeathed by the history of mankind. - M. Saltykov-Shchedrin.
The feeling of shame is very closely related to the feeling that is defined as "conscience." Shame, like conscience, is inherent in the overwhelming majority of creatures on our planet. The difference between shame and conscience lies in the fact that conscience is a social regulator of morality, joint with other members of society, and shame is an individual fuse. It does not allow one to cross the line of what is permissible for an individual, an individual.
Shame is a negatively colored feeling, the object of which is an act or quality of the subject. Shame has to do with feeling socially unacceptable for what you are ashamed of.
- embarrassment caused by a public violation of accepted norms in society, or by the discovery of such.
- shame, dishonor,
- the same as shame.
Obviously, being in complete loneliness, a person does not often feel a sense of shame, for "it is shameful when it is seen." However, a person is often capable of feeling shame even in front of himself. If suddenly he allowed himself a thought that runs counter to generally established moral norms. Rather, not even "established", but objectively existing by nature. Common situation? So all is not lost for you. It must be remembered that a thought is material, and it can be heard even without voicing it.
But does everyone have this regulator that allows a person to remain human? You can easily find the answer if you answer the question whether those who have allowed themselves the bombing of countries that dared to live on their land in accordance with their own traditions have shame. No. There can be no shame in the one who goes to achieve the goal at any cost.
Let's see if there is such a concept in a Western-type civilization at all. Formally there is - shame (English) means dishonor, trouble, annoyance. Do you think this is shame? No. This is far from what a person who is convicted of immorality feels. And where did the word "sheim" - shame come from? The first search result gives: - "Sham". Among the Jews, this was a candle seller. Normal, right? And in Latin? It turns out - "pudor". Do you feel where the “legs grow” from? There is no doubt that, like the first two "military secrets" of an Eastern-style civilization, the word "shame" came to the West from Slavic languages.
"Shame" is the etymology of the Latin "pudor". So is there at least some positive point in the fact that Russians have such a subtle limitation in the form of shame, if it makes the Russian more defenseless in front of someone who lacks this feeling? While you are struggling with the feeling of shame, deciding whether this is the case when doubt needs to be overcome, and shame to overcome, you will have your head cut off three times by someone who is not aware of doubts, conscience, modesty and shame. He has no time. He knows from a young age that all methods in achieving the goal are good, and money does not smell.
And what is the conclusion? Get rid of this, useless in our world, concept? But what about its fundamental function - to serve as a limiter? Everyone knows that not a single mechanism, not a single organism can function without a system of checks and balances, otherwise it will go to pieces. That is why there is a fuse, to build a protection system and survive in the most difficult conditions. This means that the Creator would not endow a person with a meaningless gift.
Riddle: Does the one who did THIS have shame and conscience?
But the devil has repeatedly demonstrated his love to take away something valuable. It is he who searches among people for those who are ready to part with the principles for the sake of gaining fame, power and wealth. Only he miscalculated. A soulless machine, no matter how ingeniously designed, will always lose to a person with a soul. Remember the old Soviet film "Teens in the Universe"? How did a teenager knock out a perfect robot. He just asked him a childish riddle: - "A", "I", "B", sat on the pipe, "A" fell, "B" disappeared. What's left on the pipe?
All androids, trying to solve this problem, turned into a pile of smoking iron. So the filmmakers clearly showed what would happen in the event of a confrontation between the spiritual and the spiritless. Until we have lost, following the inhabitants of "civilized" countries, the feeling of Shame, Modesty and Conscience, we have a chance to be stronger. That is why such a fierce struggle has been launched in the world to destroy even the memories of what these feelings mean, which constitutes the basis of the worldview of representatives of Eastern civilization.
4. Honor
"… It's a shame to me, since the word" Honor "is forgotten
And since the honor of slander for the eyes. - V. S. Vysotsky.
I remember a long time ago, I decided to conduct a survey among friends and acquaintances. He just asked for no apparent reason: “Do you know what“Honor”is? The answer would be unequivocal:
- Well Duc …!
- Can you give a clear, intelligible wording?
- Well, this … When … Here is an officer, for example … In general, he lost money at cards, he could not give it back and shot himself. Yes … How to say that?
It's funny to you? I don’t. I realized that we are dealing with a concept that is known to everyone, but no one can explain its essence. Like a dog: - "I understand everything, I cannot say"!
Here's a look at what the authoritative V. I. Dal writes about this: - “Honor is a complex ethical and social concept associated with the assessment of such qualities of an individual as loyalty, justice, truthfulness, nobility, dignity. Honor can be perceived as a relative concept brought into being by certain cultural or social traditions, material reasons, or personal ambitions. On the other hand, honor is interpreted as a feeling inherent in a person, an integral part of his personality."
As if he’s not lying, he says everything correctly, but something elusive is missing, which just defines the essence of the concept. And all this seems, as it were, around the bush, but does not reflect the true meaning of this concept.
So what can we expect from foreigners, if we ourselves cannot express the Russian concept of Honor in Russian? Why did I call him Russian? Because it is not even in the closest related Slavic languages. They have the word "ambition." All clear? What about German, French, Spanish, English? No questions. The Slavic word ambition got into their languages, and that's it. And now translators translate the word "Honor" from all languages into Russian, in every case of using the word "ambition". You understand? This is a real falsification, we are forced to believe that an Englishman can have honor, but … Honor (English) means honor, respect.
To better understand how great the difference in the understanding of honor between Russians and Anglo-Saxons is, refer to the Latin dictionary. A shock is guaranteed: - "Honorare". No need to explain? By the way, not in the subject, but in the course of writing this note, I made an accidental discovery. Do you know what the word "Honor" sounds like in Greek? It is written like this: - Τιμή, but pronounced … I myself, to put it mildly, was surprised - TYUMEN. I do not believe in coincidences, I think that there is some connection here, but this is already a topic for another study.
So, "fee" and "Honor" are in the same clip or what? Of course no. In Russian, the word ambition has a sharply negative connotation. Everyone knows that ambition is an exaggerated sense of self-esteem, arrogant arrogance, arrogance, arrogance.
The only close to the truth definition of honor that I know belongs to Arthur Schopenhauer. He said: - "Honor is an external conscience, and conscience is an internal honor." Did you understand? Archie is right, right. Only by realizing that there is conscience and shame, you can come closer to the fundamental, incomprehensible to any foreigner concept: - Honor, like underwear. Either there is or not, but you can only find out about this by undressing a person. Honor is exposed only in extreme situations. She is not remembered in vain. It is appropriate to quote a parable that I love very much.
Once upon a time, Water, Wind, Fire and Honor were friends. They were always together, but somehow they had to separate for a while so that everyone could go about their business. When they parted, they began to argue about how to find each other again later. The water said it can be found where the reeds grow. The wind said that it is always where the leaves flutter. The fire indicated that it could be found by the smoke going up. Only Honor stood silent. They asked why she did not name her signs. She said: “You can both disperse and converge again, but I am not allowed. The one who once parted with me, parted forever and will never meet me again.
This is how simple and confusing at the same time. But this parable, like no other interpreter, makes it possible to penetrate into the essence of this concept, and … You know, I catch myself thinking that I am writing all this exclusively for those who think in Russian from birth. The rest simply do not understand what I am crucifying here, and believe me, this is not bad. We must have little secrets from strangers. Well … just in case. Cases are different!
But, you need to remember that there are such concepts as "maiden honor", "thieves' honor", "uniform honor", "officer's honor", and how much without "knightly".
Is it strange? Not at all. These are not separate categories. They make up a solid, capacious, razor-sharp, short as lightning, but such an important word HONOR. Are you worried that the honor of a thief is on the list?
Do not shy away from reality. People who break the law still remain people, and any society needs regulators, without which decay and complete self-destruction begins. I don’t know if such a concept exists among American gangsters, most likely there are some concepts there, but the word “Honor” is not only familiar to the criminals of Asia, but is the basis of existence.
It is impossible to imagine a yakuza who does not value his honor. Yes, in a criminal environment the concept of honor is hypertrophied, but, undoubtedly, it is the basis for the existence of a thieves' world with its own laws and "concepts." I'll make a reservation that this is inherent only to thieves. Maniacs, murderers, rapists and other "outrages" are not counted.
The concept of "maiden honor" has its own specificity. This is so understandable that it makes no sense even to delve into the essence of this social regulator. It's not about physiology at all, as you know. Even by violating virginity, it is impossible to deprive a woman of honor. A woman's honor is in her morality and spirituality, in her ability to sacrifice herself, and here it is necessary to note another most important component of Honor - self-sacrifice.
The ability to sacrifice yourself and your loved ones for the sake of great meaning, ideas. In this case, there is a splendid illustration of female honor in the movie "Seventeen Moments of Spring". Remember the scene of the interrogation of the arrested radio operator "Kat"? When the scout was able to overcome the natural maternal instinct. She agreed to sacrifice her own child, so that thousands of other mothers had the very opportunity to bear children and know the happiness of motherhood.
Is an Englishwoman capable of such an act? May be. Maybe theoretically, but in real life … Of course, a foreigner will never understand how a mother can give her own child to be torn to pieces, and until they understand what Honor means, they will never defeat us.
Is there a concept of officer honor in foreign armies? Is there at least one Line Order of the armies of the whole world the answer: - "I have the honor"? No. The Bolsheviks did not destroy this military motto by accident. If a soldier pronounced this phrase every day, he, willingly or unwillingly, would ponder over its meaning, and would inevitably strive to correspond to his own statement. And by banning the word, you can achieve oblivion of the concept itself. But … That's why she is a matrix. The Russian matrix is immortal. It is designed in such a way that it has an unsurpassed margin of safety. Even by making the commanders "red", the enemies of eastern civilization failed to destroy the notions of dignity and officer honor in our soldiers. Not only Russian or Belarusian or Ukrainian. In all ours: - Tatars, Bashkirs, Buryats, Yakuts, Uzbeks, and all-all those who are from Tartaria.
Realizing perfectly well that there is no point in fighting the Russian people as long as they are highly moral, spiritual, educated, there is not the slightest chance of success, the West with all its might began to try to destroy spirituality. To emasculate the concepts of honor, dignity, sacrifice. Destroy shame, conscience, and modesty in souls. Impose liberalism and tolerance, cosmopolitanism, internationalism. Sow chaos in the minds, and darkness in the souls. Make people believe that everything is allowed, and only a fool can talk about honor.
They will fail, because there is a Russian matrix, it was created by the creator in order for a reliable brake to exist, designed to stop chaos and save all of humanity. And there is no need to pull the hair out in search of a Russian national idea. Such searches were invented by those who do not understand in any way what it is, and a real Russian does not need to search for anything. He knows the main thing: -
You need to live and give birth to healthy children. Teach them correctly, so that they are reasonable, fair, honest, noble, strong, independent and, in the best sense of the word, proud. Preserving everything that is priceless that our ancestors passed on to us.
And we will fulfill our role in this world. The Savior of the World is not Batman or Superman. The world will be saved by a Russian peasant with labor calluses on his hands, a sharp mind and a bright soul. You just need not to lose HONOR. The mission is difficult, but it is simply doomed to be accomplished. This is the intention of the Creator.
As a result: - In fact, there is a thousand-year war in our world. This is not a war for resources, not for power and influence. Not religious, not ideological, and not ethnic. This is a civilizational war. There are two types of civilization on which the future and present of our world depends. This is the eastern (communal) type, and the western (individualistic) type of civilization. All other differences are levers of control, and nothing more.
And today it is very important to understand that if we accept the "Trojan horse" in the form of Western spiritual values, then not only we will perish, but the whole world as a whole. But if we keep our most important "military secrets" and apply them, then the world will not just be saved. It will enter a new stage of development. This means only one thing: - We need to educate our children and grandchildren in the Eastern community traditions. Itself to remember what Conscience, Modesty, Shame and Honor are, unswervingly follow the guidelines set by them, and fight those who are trying to destroy these "secrets".
As long as we have these "secrets", the enemy has not the slightest chance of victory.
Author: kadykchanskiy
