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From the Bible. The Gospel of Matthew (ch. 6, verses 2-4) says: “So, when you do alms, do not blow your trumpets before you, as hypocrites do in synagogues and in the streets, so that people glorify them. I tell you truly, they already receive their reward. But with you, when you give alms, let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing. So that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you openly.”
Sometimes there is an Old Slavonic version of the expression: “May your shuytsa not know what the right right hand is doing.”
The meaning of the expression: if you do good deeds, then you should not be proud of them, count them, skimp on them, and, moreover, do them for show - good should be done for the sake of good itself, not for the sake of vanity.
It is usually used ironically - about the confusion in the work of the state apparatus, institutions, when their bureaucratic links make decisions that contradict each other, give instructions that are opposite in meaning.

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The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

(according to the Holy Scriptures on almsgiving) Cf. And how, sir, he does good deeds! One hand gives, the other does not know. Saltykov. Benevolent speeches. On the road.Wed. He loved to do secret charity, i.e. with his right hand he gave the beggar a penny, and left his left in error, allegedly gave the ruble. Saltykov. All year round. September 1st.Wed. With you, when you give alms, let the left hand not know what the right hand is doing. Matt. 6...

Swan, Cancer and Pike

The expression was formed on the basis of the name of the fable “Swan, Pike and Cancer” (1816) by I. L. Krylov (1769-1844): When there is no agreement among the comrades, Their business will not go smoothly, And nothing will come out of it, only flour. One day Swan, Cancer and Pike took a cart to carry with luggage, And together the three all harnessed to it; They are climbing out of their skin, but the cart is still not moving! Luggage would have seemed easy for them: Yes, the Swan is torn into the clouds, Cancer ...

The lion is preparing to jump

The title of a Hungarian film (in Soviet distribution since 1970) directed by György Reves (b. 1927) based on his own script. The script is based on the story "The Plague of the 20th Century" by D. Lebovich and D. Ivkov. Hence the name of the interview of militia lieutenant colonel A.I. Gurov, which was sensational at the time, “The lion jumped! The Diagnosis of Organized Crime” (“Literaturnaya Gazeta”, July 20, 1988). Allegorically: ...

HEALTH AND MATERIAL WELFARE DEPEND ON SPEECH!!!

Words strongly determine our karma. One can be engaged in spiritual development and charitable activities for ten years, but having offended a great personality, one can lose everything at all levels and degrade into lower forms of life. Where does it come from? From insults.

Vedic astrology says that the shadow planet Ketu is responsible for offenses. Ketu is a planet that quickly gives reactions, often instantly. Ketu also gives liberation. But in a negative aspect, She punishes for insults and disrespectful speech, quickly depriving a person of everything that he has achieved spiritually and materially. In the Vedic civilization, every person was taught to watch his speech very carefully. Until a person speaks, it is difficult to recognize him. A fool can be distinguished from a wise man when he speaks.

Speech has a very strong energy. Experts with subtle vision say that people who speak obscenities, speak rudely and insultingly, immediately get a black spot in a certain place of the subtle body, which in a year or two can develop into a cancerous tumor.

It is important to remember that if we criticize someone, we take on the negative karma and bad qualities of that person's character. This is how the law of karma works. And we also take the qualities of the person we praise. Therefore, the Vedas call for always talking about God and the saints and praising them. This is the easiest way to acquire divine qualities. That is, if you want to acquire some qualities, you just need to read about some saint who possesses them or discuss his qualities with someone. It has long been noticed that we acquire the qualities of the person we think about and, therefore, talk about. Therefore, even Western psychologists are advised to think and talk about successful and harmonious people. But the more selfishness and envy we have, the harder it is for us to speak well of someone. We must learn not to criticize anyone.

The one who criticizes us gives us his positive karma and takes away our bad. Therefore, in the Vedas it has always been considered that it is good when we are criticized.

How does speech work with our karma? The Mahabharata says that if you have planned something, want to do something, do not tell anyone about it. Once you've said it, it's 80% less likely that it will happen, especially if you shared it with a jealous, greedy person. Why do people who speak little and thoughtfully achieve more? They don't lose energy.

Another simple rule related to speech is that if we did something good to someone and boasted about it to others, then at that moment we lose positive karma and all our fruits of piety that we earned by this act. Braggarts achieve little. Therefore, we should never boast of our achievements, since at this moment we lose all the fruits that we have earned before.

“...Let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing” (Gospel of Matthew, 6:3).

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Do good without boasting - Hidden misfortunes - A widow's mite - A feast for the poor and crippled. A favor without hope of return - Material mercy and moral mercy - Good deed - Pity - Orphans - Ingratitude for a good deed - Exceptional good deed

Do good without boasting

§197. Be careful not to do your alms before people so that they can see you: otherwise you will not be rewarded from our Heavenly Father. Therefore, when you do alms, do not blow your trumpets before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that the people may glorify them. I tell you truly, they already receive their reward. With you, when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly. ("The Gospel According to Matt.", Chapter VI, Articles 1-4.)
§198. When He came down from the mountain, many people followed Him. And behold, a leper came up and, bowing to Him, said: Lord! if you want, you can cleanse me. Jesus, stretching out his hand, touched him and said: I want, be cleansed. And he was immediately cleansed of leprosy. And Jesus said to him: Look, don't tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them. ("The Gospel of Matt.", Chapter VIII, Articles 1-4.)
§199. To do good without boasting is a great merit; hiding the giving hand is even greater merit, this is an undoubted sign of great moral superiority, because in order to see things from a higher height than usual, one must not take into account the present life, but identify with the life to come: in a word, one must become higher than mankind, to refuse the satisfaction of men's praise and wait for God's approval. He who values ​​people's approval more than God's, proves that he has more faith in people than in God, and that the present life is more important to him than the future life, or even that he does not believe in the latter: if he says contrary, he acts as if he himself did not believe what he says.
How many there are who do good only in the hope that the beneficiary will shout about it; which in the light give large sums, but in the shade they will not give a penny! That is why Jesus said: "Those who do alms have publicly received their reward"; indeed, the one who seeks glorification on earth for the alms he does has already rewarded himself: God owes him nothing more: he only needs to receive punishment for his pride.
So that the left hand does not know what the right gives - a figurative expression that perfectly characterizes a modest beneficence; but if there is real modesty, then there is also feigned, simulation of real modesty. There are people who hide the giving hand, trying to make it still a little visible, and look around to see if anyone is watching how they hide it. An unworthy parody of the rules of Christ! If proud benefactors lose their value in the eyes of people, then what will God have! They also received their reward on earth. They have been seen: they are happy to be seen. That's all they can get.
What will be the reward for the one who makes the one who has been blessed by him feel his beneficence, who demands manifestations of gratitude, makes him understand his position and exaggerates the price of his sacrifice? Oh, for him there is no reward even on earth, since he is deprived of sweet satisfaction and does not hear the blessing of his name: this is the first blow of his pride. The tears he calls for the sake of vanity, instead of rising to Heaven, fall on the heart of the unfortunate. The good that he does remains useless for him, since he reproaches them; every good deed that is reproached is like a coin without a price.
A favor without boasting has a double merit; besides material almsgiving, it is moral almsgiving. It guards the sensitivity of the one to whom it is made; it forces one to accept alms without causing suffering to self-esteem and preserving human dignity, because the service will be accepted by those who would not accept alms. So, to turn a favor into charity through the manner in which you give it, it means to humiliate the one to whom you give, and to humiliate someone, it means to show pride and anger. True mercy, on the other hand, always delicately, resourcefully hides the beneficence and avoids the slightest offensive manifestation, since any moral suffering generated by need: true mercy knows how to find soft and friendly words that make the borrower feel good, while alms given with pride, suppresses him. With truly high charity, the benefactor, changing roles, finds a way to seem himself in favor of the one to whom he does the service. This is what the words mean: so that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.

Hidden misfortunes

§200. In times of great calamity, mercy awakens, and we see people with noble impulses seeking to alleviate misfortunes; but next to the general calamities there are thousands of private ones that pass unnoticed: people groan on miserable beds without complaining. It is that hidden and restrained suffering that true generosity reveals without waiting for a request for help.
Who is this noble-looking woman, dressed simply but decently, accompanied by a young girl dressed also modestly? They enter a gloomy-looking house, here they should be familiar, since at the door they are greeted with respect. Where are they going? They go up to the attic: there lies the mother of the family, surrounded by small children; at their entrance, joy shines on these emaciated faces; it is because those who enter will soothe all their sorrows. They brought the necessary, and their soft consoling words make you accept alms without blushing, since these unfortunate beggars are not professional. The father is in the hospital, and the mother cannot meet all needs. Thanks to those who have come, these poor children will not experience hunger and cold; they will go to school warmly dressed, and the mother will not be deprived of milk for the smallest. If someone is sick among them, no material concern will repel those who come. From there, they go to the hospital to give their father some sweets and reassure him about the family. At the corner of the street a carriage is waiting for them - a real store of things that they deliver to their poor people, who are visited by them in turn; they do not ask them either about religion or about opinions, since for them all people are brothers and children of one Father. When their detour is over, they say to themselves: We started our day well. What is their name? Where do they live? Nobody knows this. For the unfortunate, the name says nothing; they are comforting angels. In the evening, a whole choir of blessings rises to the Creator for them: Catholics, Jews, Protestants - they all bless them.
Why are their clothes so simple? Because they do not want to offend poverty with their luxury. Why does a mother force her daughter to accompany her? To teach her how to use charity. Her daughter also wants to do charity, but her mother says to her: “What can you give, my child, if you have nothing of your own? If I give you something to give to others, will it be your merit? "and the merit will be yours, is it fair? When we go to tend the sick, you help me; to give labor means to give something. Does that seem insufficient to you? very simple: learn to do useful work and you will change your dresses for these little children ; in this way you will give away something that will come from you." This is how this Christian mother teaches her daughter to apply the virtues taught by Christ. Is she a spiritist? Isn't it all the same!
At home, this is a secular woman, as her position requires it; but her actions are unknown, since she wants approval only from God and from her conscience. Meanwhile, one day an unforeseen circumstance brought a girl who brought her a job to her: the girl recognized her benefactor and wanted to bless her: "Hush," she said to her, "do not tell anyone." Thus spoke Christ.

Widow's mite

§201. And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the people put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in a lot. When a poor widow came, she put in two mites, which is a kodrant. Calling His disciples, Jesus said to them: “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than anyone else; for all those out of their abundance have put in as a gift to God, but she out of her poverty has put in all her livelihood that she had.” ("The Gospel of Mark", ch.XII, pp. 41-44; "The Gospel of Luke", ch.XXI, pp. 1-4.)
§202. Many regret that, due to lack of a source, they cannot do as much good as they would like, and if they want wealth, then, as they say, in order to make a good use of it. The intention, of course, is commendable, and perhaps even sincere in some, but is it true that it is completely uninteresting for everyone? Are there not among them those who, desiring to do good to others, would be very pleased if they would start with themselves, give themselves more pleasure, more than the missing surplus, and give the rest to the poor? Such an afterthought, which they may not be aware of, but which they would find in the depths of their hearts if they searched there, detracts from the merit of intention, since true charity thinks about others before about itself. The loftiness of mercy lies in seeking in one's own work, in one's own strength, mind, talents, the missing source for the realization of one's magnanimous intentions: this is the sacrifice most pleasing to the Lord. Unfortunately, most people dream of easier ways, wanting to get rich suddenly and without difficulty, embarking on chimeras, such as finding a treasure, receiving an unexpected inheritance, etc. What to say about those who hope to find help in spirits in searches of this kind? Of course, they do not understand and do not know the sacred purpose of Spiritualism, and still less the mission of spirits, which God allows to communicate with people: that is why they are punished with disappointment. (See The Book of Mediums, §§294,295.)
Those whose intentions are free from all self-interest, when it is impossible to do as much good as they would like, should take comfort in the thought that depriving oneself in order to give alms to the poor has more weight in the eyes of God than the gold of a rich man who gives without losing anything. The pleasure of being able to help the poor on a large scale is certainly great, but if it is denied, then one must submit and confine oneself to doing what is possible. But is it only with the help of gold that one can dry up tears, and should one remain inactive because one does not possess it? He who sincerely desires to be useful to his brothers can find thousands of cases for this: let him just look - and he will find them, if not in one way, then in another, because there is no one who, owning his abilities freely, could not some service: to console, mitigate physical or moral suffering. For lack of money, does not everyone have his own work, time, rest, part of which he can devote? This, too, is the mite of the poor, the mite of the widow.

A feast for the poor and the crippled

§203. He also said to the one who called Him: “When you make dinner or supper, do not invite your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, so that they also will not call you, and you will not receive a reward. But when you make a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, that they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Hearing this, one of those reclining with Him said to Him: "Blessed is he who eats bread in the Kingdom of God!" ("The Gospel of Luke", ch.XIV, verses 12-15.)
§204."When you make a feast," said Jesus, "do not invite your friends, but the poor and the crippled." These words, which seem absurd if they are taken literally, become sublime if you delve into their essence. Jesus could not say that instead of friends, one should gather the poor from the street around one's table. His language was almost always allegorical, and for people unable to understand the subtle nuances of thought, strong images were needed, producing an impression with sharp colors. The essence of his thought is found in the words: "Blessed be you, that they cannot repay you," which means that you need to do good without the hope of reward, solely for the pleasure of doing it. In order to make a memorable comparison, he says: "Invite your beggars to the feast, as these cannot repay you." The word feast should be understood not as a treat in the literal sense again, but as a complicity in excess, which you use.
These words can, by the way, be applied in a more precise sense. How many there are who invite only those who themselves can invite them. Others, on the contrary, find satisfaction in inviting those of their relatives or friends who are less happy: who does not have such? It means sometimes doing them a big favor. Without inviting the blind and crippled, they nevertheless apply the rule of Jesus, if only towards their loved ones they do it with benevolence, without boasting, and if they know how to hide the good deed under sincere cordiality.

Encyclopedic dictionary of winged words and expressions Serov Vadim Vasilyevich

The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

From Bible. The Gospel of Matthew (ch. 6, verses 2-4) says: “So, when you do alms, do not blow your trumpets before you, as hypocrites do in synagogues and in the streets, so that people glorify them. I tell you truly, they already receive their reward. But with you, when you give alms, let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing. So that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you openly.”

Sometimes there is an Old Slavonic version of the expression: “May your shuytsa not know what the right right hand is doing.”

The meaning of the expression: if you do good deeds, then you should not be proud of them, count them, skimp on them, and, moreover, do them for show - good should be done for the sake of good itself, not for the sake of vanity.

It is usually used ironically - about the confusion in the work of the state apparatus, institutions, when their bureaucratic links make decisions that contradict each other, give instructions that are opposite in meaning.

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The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. It was this popular expression that popped up in the author's memory immediately after reading the interview with the commander of the Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Naev. And if looting and all sorts of other indecencies that his subordinates in the Donbas do not disdain to engage in can still be attributed to not owning the true situation (although this is not realistic, since the commander-in-chief is obliged to own the full picture), then with everything else the situation looks even ridiculous. For example, "painting" the achievements of the armed forces of Ukraine, Naev allowed himself to compare the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the strongest piece on the chessboard

Sergey Naev

“Comparing the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2014 and 2018, I can say that there have been tremendous changes, and we are not resting on our laurels. I will not go into details of the organization of logistics support, I will only say that this is a titanic work of hundreds and thousands of people. So that every soldier is dressed, fed, armed, and nothing interferes with the fight against the occupier, ”the commander of the Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened up.

However, the previously published words of the former head of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko are fundamentally different from the pretentious statements of Naev. The armed forces of the Square, according to Gritsenko, are in a completely deplorable state. The disastrous state of the Ukrainian army is evidenced by the fact that officers and soldiers have to buy spare parts for cars and consumables at their own expense.

Also, the ex-head of the defense department noted that there is no qualified commanding staff in the army, in connection with which many dismissal reports have already been filed.

“According to my information, an entire unit of the JFO, which passed the certification of NATO partners, wrote reports of dismissal not because of financial support, but because there was no one to properly assign the task,” he explained, ”Anatoly Gritsenko emphasizes.

An important aspect showing the real picture taking place in the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also shown by statistical data on the so-called non-combat losses. For example, in January 2018, half of the non-combat losses in the Ukrainian army were suicides - 11 out of 22 cases. According to the Ukrainian resource "112 Ukraine", the Ukrainian Defense Ministry admitted at the beginning of the year that they had failed to achieve positive results in reducing suicide cases in the Armed Forces of Ukraine . The publication provides excerpts from the data of the Ministry of Defense for official use.

“The increase in the number of suicides in the army compared to January 2017 was 47%. In January 2018, 22 servicemen died in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for non-combat reasons. Of these, 11, and this is half, committed suicide (five cases occurred in the ATO zone. Careless handling of weapons led to the death of three fighters (two of them in the ATO), another soldier died in an accident. Seven more were designated as dead from an accident (for example, deaths due to alcohol fall under this category). The Ministry of Defense decided not to disclose the true causes of the death of these fighters. According to media reports, three officers and eight contractors committed suicide. Six people committed suicide while on duty. Six deaths at once recorded in the last week of January, there were two more unfinished attempts, ”wrote the Kiev edition.

There is no need to talk about total corruption in “the strongest army in Europe”, as Petro Poroshenko sometimes calls the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By the way, Anatoly Gritsenko also acknowledged the fact of corruption. And a representative of the operational command of the DPR recently released intelligence data, according to which Ukrainian military personnel store several tons of fuel every day, which they then sell to the local population. In addition, dozens of ammunition are stolen every day, which are “withdrawn from the zone of operation of the occupying forces or transferred to the “Right Sector” ( the structure is prohibited in the Russian Federation - ed.).

By the way, about the "Right Sector". In an interview, Sergei Naev touched on this delicate topic.

“There is a law on the integration of Donbass. It clearly spells out what forces and means can be involved in the JFO. This law does not provide for the participation of the "Ukrainian Volunteer Army", "Volunteer Ukrainian Corps" of the "Right Sector". I am like

a citizen of Ukraine, as the commander of the JFO, I respect the law and must comply with all legal requirements. There is simply no other way. It cannot be said that “the law is the same for everyone, but we will make an exception for someone”? I'm so not used to it. I am a military man. I understand "black", "white", but "gray" - I do not understand. If the law is the same for everyone, then it is for me and for the DUK fighter ( Volunteer Ukrainian Corps "Right Sector" - Ed.)",- said the commander of the Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, answering a journalist's question regarding the conflict between the so-called OOS and the "Right Sector".

At the same time, Naev stressed that the "Right Sector" would continue to be able to fight in the Donbass, unless, of course, it joins the ranks of some official military formation. But whether the radicals will go for it is a big question, and, consequently, the conflict between the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the Right Sector DUK will gain momentum.

Yuri Kvinto, especially forNewsFront