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"At the behest of the pike."

In one village there lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

The older brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day and does nothing.

Who is Emelya, why is he a fool and why is he lying on the stove, and not on a bench, for example. And so almost the entire fairy tale... And why doesn’t he do anything? This is the first question that arose. And what do the brothers do there for work?

One day the brothers left for the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let’s send him:
- “Go, Emelya, for water.” And he told them from the stove: “Reluctant”...
- “Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market and won’t bring you gifts.”
- "OK".

What kind of daughters-in-law are these? Why do they scare Emelya with the possible deprivation of gifts? And who are these brothers? Why is Emelya reluctant to go get water? Is this just laziness or something else?

Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.
He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and set them down, while he looked into the hole. And Emelya saw a pike in the ice hole. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand: “This fish will be sweet!”

Why does it take place in winter? Why didn’t Emelya go into the forest and talk to a goblin or a tree? Why did the matter start with fish? Where does the pike come from in the ice hole in winter - is it known that pike, like any fish, hides in holes at the bottom for the winter? Why did Emelya look into the hole after he had collected water? It was possible to go home, quickly to the stove... Further: how is it so - an obvious fool - a simpleton - a couch potato Emelya not only saw the pike, but also turned out to be so agile and dexterous that he managed to snatch the pike out of the water, that in real world, probably possible for a few masters? What kind of pike is this that can be snatched from an ice hole, and what kind of ice hole is this where such pikes are found? Maybe these are symbols of something? What? Why does a pike speak with a human voice? Is it possible? In a fairy tale, every absurd place, or something else that differs in some way from the generally accepted, smooth, simple meaning, serves as an indication of the entrance to the deeper layers of the essence. There are fairy tales consisting of almost nothing but absurdities and, nevertheless, living for centuries, for example, the same “Ryaba Hen”. And what does Emelei’s desire for sweet fish soup mean? After all, it is clear that the ice hole and the pike symbolize something. Maybe the ear is also a symbol?

Emelya is a fool so that his mind does not interfere with his ability to see the world and learn. A smart person thinks that he already knows what he needs and, therefore, does not study and does not see the world, but for ease, he adapts it to his ideas and sees what he wants to see or what he has decided to see.

His brothers are exactly like that - smart - and they work in society and for society, so that it appreciates and approves of them; and with these “benefits” the daughters-in-law seduce Emelya. He gets to know himself while lying on the stove.

Winter is free time from the harvest season, a suitable time for learning, and learning begins when there is a desire for it in the soul. Emelya was attentive to the world, he listened and felt himself and the world, and therefore he saw a pike in the ice hole - here, among other things, the pike signifies a chance, quite rare, but real, a chance to realize oneself or the Spirit, the Soul in oneself. And the vigilant Emelya took advantage of it - he grabbed with attention (here with his hand) something in his consciousness and in his inner world.

Suddenly the pike says to him in a human voice: “Emelya, let me go into the water, I’ll be useful to you.” And Emelya laughs: “What will you be useful to me for? No, I’ll take you home and tell my daughters-in-law to cook your fish soup. The ear will be sweet." The pike begged again:
- “Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I will do whatever you want.”

Why wasn’t Emelya surprised that the pike was talking? Again the question is - what kind of pike is this that makes wishes come true? And what kind of intention and state does Emelya show when he enters into an agreement and checks its compliance?

He was ready, so he wasn’t surprised. He knew or felt the language of the Spirit, the language of intention, and therefore he dispassionately tested what this power was by threatening to cook a pike. And the power showed itself.

- “Okay, just show me first that you’re not deceiving me, then I’ll let you go.” The pike asks him: “Emelya, Emelya, tell me, what do you want now?

Precisely - not what “you need” but “what do you want now,” asks the pike and it is clear that this is connected with the desires of the Soul, with desires, with hunting and not with responsibilities, that is, the power of the pike relates to the inner world of a person, to his mental states and impulses. Simply put, here the pike fish reflects the human soul - Emeli in in this case, floating in the universal soul, and the vigilant - attentive Emelya acts as a symbol of a student looking for himself in this world. And Emelya learns to listen and realize, to see her desires, their strength - her most simple, holy, natural desires. And not the image that is needed in order to become strong or smart. Those simple desires and feelings that we, in modern world, on the contrary, we hide it deeper, trying to be someone better, but not ourselves. Pike-Soul taught Emelya to be herself.

And why, after all, did he release the pike, although he could have cooked it? And there was an answer to this question: it turned out that making fish soup would mean stopping in knowledge at the level of mastering some kind of craft that allows one to feed and live. Emelya was not a fool, and moved on, overcoming the call of primary needs. And learning to accept them and satisfy them.

- “I want the buckets to go home on their own, and the water won’t spill”...
The pike says to him: “Remember my words: when you want something, just say: “By the pike’s command, according to my desire.” Emelya says: “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire, go home, buckets, yourself”... He just said, the buckets themselves went up the mountain. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he himself went to get the buckets. The buckets are going through the village, people marvels, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling...

What does it mean to want the buckets to go home on their own, and what does it mean “at the behest of a pike, according to my desire”? What does the pike symbolize here and what is my desire? Why people are surprised at what is happening seems understandable - it’s a miracle, after all, but there is a meaning here too - people are surprised at the simple and easy satisfaction of internal desires, at peace in themselves, apparently, not everyone has this experience. Emelya released the pike into the hole, that is, he complies with the agreement, he is honest and thereby shows the animate world that it is possible to cooperate with him. The next layer of meaning - he, having encountered the power of the soul, realized its essence and realized that it is impossible to completely own it, you cannot keep it in check, but you can only touch and let it pass, carry it through yourself, and therefore he became a contemplator, he realized that there is always he, there is always a river and you can always go to the ice hole...

“At the command of the pike, at my will” means the unity of the Soul and the Spirit, that is, the Soul commands to want, and the Spirit carries out this will. It is impossible not to want at all, and it is better then to want correctly, in accordance with the pike’s spiritual command, which also reflects world soul, its essence, desires and structure. And Emelya’s awareness of her soul was also an awareness of the animation of the world.

The buckets came into the hut and stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.
How much time has passed, how little time has passed - his daughters-in-law say to him: “Emelya, why are you lying there? I should go and chop some wood.” - “Reluctance”... - “If you don’t chop wood, your brothers will return from the market and they won’t bring you gifts.”

And yet - who are these women-daughters-in-law? Why did everything happen without the father, who was remembered for some reason at the beginning? What gifts should the brothers bring? What does firewood mean?

Women's daughters-in-law turned out to be the natural natural needs of the body for life without satisfying which, whether you want to do it or not, it doesn’t matter, no one can live normally, even the great ascetic Buddha one fine day began to eat food and profess moderation in everything. The father, of course, means the Creator and therefore is not clearly present, but is indicated precisely at the beginning of the tale. Brothers are also other people who are busy living in society (they do not have time to explore themselves) and, at the same time, society itself, which poses a danger to those who do not want to agree with it. But if Emelya cooperates, that is, goes for water, firewood, etc., takes care of himself, then although he is a “fool,” he is not crazy, and you don’t have to touch him, let him live for himself. The promised gifts are the approval of other people.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered about the pike and slowly said:
- “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire - go, take an ax, chop some firewood, and for the firewood, go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven” ...

Emelya on the stove forgot about the pike and its capabilities, and was clearly not attached to the possession of power, which is emphasized by this part of the tale for the second time. Lying on the stove, he was busy with something. Namely, awareness of oneself, wandering in the world of one’s consciousness...

The furnace here means selfhood, God's spark, inner fire, light and space of one's consciousness, in which Emelya sought to be all the time and left with visible reluctance, especially at first, and only to perform the most necessary actions. That is, he was engaged in almost constant self-contemplation.

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let’s chop wood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and into the stove. How much or how much time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say: “Emelya, we no longer have firewood. Go to the forest and chop it up.” And he told them from the stove:
- “What are you doing?” - “What are we doing?.. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?” - “I don’t feel like it”... - “Well, there won’t be any gifts for you.”

But, nevertheless, the world regularly reminds itself of itself, and it is no longer about water – here it is a symbol of the Soul’s depth and the power of the Soul and Spirit as an active unit. The matter concerns firewood, which here also means impressions of world events to maintain the internal Divine fire - a lively interest in the world, and knowledge about the external world, which also has to be obtained, like firewood, through a kind of labor of attention. But now it’s much easier, since I’ve mastered new way comprehension and accomplishment - not chaotic and instinctive as before, but the unity of conscious desire and intention. Here the daughters-in-law's needs teach him how to satisfy them. Emelya tried to blame this matter on them, but that was not the case, no one can violate the laws of nature, and there is no need, nature is natural. Here the fairy tale also teaches this obvious - there is no need to fight with your nature, it is better to follow it.

Nothing to do. Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, and got dressed. He took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in the sleigh: “Women, open the gate!” His daughters-in-law say to him: “Why, you fool, got into the sleigh and didn’t harness the horse?” - “I don’t need horses.”
The daughters-in-law opened the gate, and Emelya said quietly: “At the command of the pike, at my desire, go, sleigh, into the forest yourself”...

A trip outside the gate means the beginning of the necessary, albeit forced, work of understanding outside world. By this moment, Emelya had already learned to control himself - his daughters-in-law opened the gates for him, the horse, that is, ordinary attention, was not needed, which means that some internal forces had already turned out to be obedient to his will. Sleigh travel here means a journey of consciousness simultaneously in both the external and internal world, which reflects the external one.

The sleigh drove through the gate on its own, but it was so fast that it was impossible to catch up with a horse.
But we had to go to the forest through the city, and here he crushed and crushed a lot of people. The people shout: “Hold him! Catch him!”, And he just drives the sleigh. He arrived in the forest: “At the behest of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop some dry firewood, and you, firewood, fall into the sleigh yourself, tie yourself up.” "... The ax began to chop, chop dry trees, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and was tied with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to cut out a club for himself - such that he could lift it by force. He sat down on the cart: - “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire - go, sleigh, home”...

Why go to the forest through the city? Why put pressure on people in it? What kind of city is this, what kind of people are they? The city is the world ordinary people, which Emelya, being a man himself, cannot bypass in his journey of consciousness. People in the city are human forms, disguises created for deception, which in essence do not mind putting pressure on, even though they scold and threaten with reprisals. The baton is a force and a means of transforming faces, which can only be done by force and effort.

The sleigh rushed home. Again Emelya drives through the city where he crushed and crushed a lot of people just now, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her off the cart, cursing and beating her. He sees that things are bad, and little by little: “At the behest of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides.” The club jumped out - let's hit. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

Why break off the sides and not kill, for example? It’s just that the sides – the edges – are the most obvious symbol of the form, and there’s no point in killing the faces entirely, they are needed for some reason. And this is not a simple thing, working with faces and images, you have to repeat it, fight your way through with effort - the astringent power of images is so great.

Whether long or short, the king heard about Emelin’s tricks and sent an officer after him: to find him and bring him to the palace.

The king is the master, the real ruler. For some reason, Emelina’s tricks interested him. For some reason, he does not order Emelya to be imprisoned in prison, for example, but sends an officer to bring Emelya to him. Here the officer is a symbol of the simple power of hierarchical social subordination-management and, at the same time, his appearance is the first test, since the tsar does not intend to destroy Emelya, and the tsar needs Emelya for some reason. For what? The king needs a worthy successor.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks: “Are you a fool, Emelya?” And he from the stove: “What do you need?” - “Get dressed quickly, I will take you to the king.” - “I don’t feel like it”... The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly: “At the behest of the pike, at my wish, a baton, break off his sides.” The baton jumped out - and let’s beat the officer, he forcibly carried off his legs.

“Fool” is already something like a title or status here, and by the way, Emelya didn’t call himself here - “I’m a fool,” he immediately began to look at the root. The baton as a force for transforming personalities, which, in turn, are created for public - hierarchical use, and here it helped to overcome the now pressure of the power of society in the person of the officer. That is, Emelya proved his independence and independence from the opinions of society, independence from public thinking. He showed the king his selfhood - that he was worth teaching further.

The Tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sent the greatest nobleman: “Bring the fool Emelya to my palace, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.” The great nobleman bought raisins, prunes, and gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began asking his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.
- “Our Emelya loves it when they ask him kindly and promise him a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.”

The king, as a ruler, immediately sensed a successor (as the figures performing the roles immediately said), but order is order - from simple to complex and from small to large, which is why the officer was the first - note that without an army, that is, a symbol of a kind dedication.

The greatest nobleman means power of a completely different order. This is the mind - the manager who plans and ponders actions, organizes events, comprehends and understands causes and consequences and is able to understand them. For him, the result is important, not the method, and there is a wide variety of ways to achieve the goal.

The greatest nobleman gave Emelya raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said: “Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king." - “I’m warm here too”... - “Emelya, Emelya, the king will give you good food and water, please, let’s go.” - “But I don’t feel like it”... - “Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.” Emelya thought and thought: “Okay, you go ahead, and I’ll follow behind you.”

The greatest nobleman understands that you cannot take it by force, and promises food, a caftan, a hat and boots, that is, bodily and sensual satisfaction and satisfaction of vanity. This attracted Emelya due to people’s natural inclination towards pleasure and because of its novelty and unknown, and was another test-test. In addition, Emelya understood well what was going on.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said: “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire - come on, stove, go to the king.” Then the corners of the hut cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the stove itself began to move street, along the road, straight to the king.

Why on the stove, not on a sleigh, for example, and not together with the hut? Here a complex mixing of meanings has occurred. The stove acts here as a symbol inner strength stove - an internal space that is mastered, realized, of which you are the owner. Why not the whole hut? But because you can go to a meeting with the king with what the king himself wants. The hut, in this case, is not only inner space, which is being tested, but also the whole world of Emelya, and at that time he was not yet the owner. So he decided to ride away from the stove and show his strength, because he already understood and had a presentiment of what awaited him. And his initiation as a king awaits.

The king looks out the window and wonders: “What kind of miracle is this?” The largest nobleman answers him: “And this is Emelya on the stove coming to you.”

The king, even though he is a king, is also not ready for such a manifestation of Emelya’s self, he needs to comprehend what is happening, which he does through reason - the greatest nobleman.

The king came out onto the porch: “Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You suppressed a lot of people.” - “Why did they climb under the sleigh?”

A very revealing dialogue: it is said that a lot of people are somehow suppressed, as if not about people. A real offender would have been punished long ago even without the king. And here the king personally tests Emelya’s strength and ability to recognize, destroy and create images, including social ones. Emelya clearly shows strength, but not quite skill: why did they climb under the sleigh? Which allegorically means - I have strength, and I know how to direct it to achieve my goal, albeit directly and harshly, ingenuously, but I know how. The king here and in the fairy tale in general is a teacher, mentor, possessor of knowledge, spiritual father. And not the head of the state as a community. Although of course there were different Emelis...

Here we can also see, firstly, recognition by the current king, and secondly, a lesson in managing power.

At this time, the Tsar’s daughter, Marya the Princess, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her in the window and said quietly: “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire, let the Tsar’s daughter love me.”... And he said again: “Go, bake, go home.”... The stove turned and went home, went in into the hut and returned to its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

Emelya could not have made Princess Marya fall in love with him if she did not love him. Here in the royal court, at the initiation, Emelya had a meeting with her inner feminine part - anima. Only over this he really has power, over allowing it to manifest itself. And he understood it. The time has come to gain not only strength, but also internal integrity. He realized that you don’t need much for love, you need permission. In this: “let the king’s daughter love me” is the permission to love oneself - the word “let.” And there is another layer of meaning here - the beginning of awareness of oneself as a king.

Let us note that the tsar let Emelya go without any objections and did not oppose his departure on the stove, since what should have been done was done - Emelya passed the test and they communicated with the tsar not on a social level, but in the language of power, that’s why it seemed so unceremonious and short.

And the king in the palace is screaming and crying. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Here the king became upset, became upset and spoke again to the greatest nobleman. - “Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.”

What turned out to be encrypted here is this: a time comes when the teacher also needs to learn. Alive or dead means either Emelya in feelings or by agreement. Because the king himself lacks skill here, and he does not know in advance. And the king, teaching a student, himself passes the exam for proficiency in art.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to treat Emelya. Emelya got drunk, ate, got drunk and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a cart and took him to the king. The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in. They put Emelya and Princess Marya in it, tarred them and threw the barrel into the sea.

Why did the tsar actually go about killing his daughter, and Emelya, even though he had not attempted this before? Why in a barrel in the sea, and not in a fire, for example, or a cave or a river? The king, through the greatest nobleman, gave Emelya another test - for temptations of the body and feelings. It worked flawlessly. This shows how a person is conditioned by the body and its needs. It also shows periods in the development of consciousness and self-awareness and rebirth after a journey in a state of integrity - in a sea of ​​feelings. The sea here is the collective unconscious or the world of prototypes, Emelya is the Spirit who has forgotten himself. And the teacher simultaneously gives Emela a lesson in remembering herself. Marya Princess - A soul that feels and remembers itself and knowing life. She cannot live without the Spirit. The king, a teacher, knew what would be the result of the journey. A cut is also shown here real life- like real kings, for the sake of power or whim, sometimes do not spare their children. The fairy tale teaches you to see life and several meanings at once and, accepting everything as it is, not to confuse one with the other.

Whether long or short, Emelya woke up; sees - dark, cramped. - “Where am I?”
And they answer him: “It’s boring and sickening, Emelyushka!” They tarred us in a barrel and threw us into the blue sea.” - "And who are you?" - “I am Princess Marya.” Emelya says: “At the command of the pike, at my will, the winds are violent, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand.”
The winds blew violently. The sea became agitated and the barrel was thrown onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the Princess came out of it.

The Soul helped the Spirit to remember itself in its journey through the prototypes and gave it the strength to wake up, desire and be reborn, to gain independence.

- “Emelyushka, where will we live? Build any kind of hut.”
- “But I don’t feel like it”... Then she began to ask him even more, he said: “At the behest of the pike, according to my desire, build a stone palace with a golden roof.”... As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. roof. There is a green garden all around: flowers are blooming and birds are singing.

Some kind of hut, not a palace, - for some reason the princess asks, seemingly accustomed to palaces. In a state integral with the Spirit, she does not need much to begin with. She's fine as is. But here, too, there was a kind of test for squalor, what if Emelya doesn’t wake up, doesn’t remember what power and opportunity he has and builds some kind of hut and not a palace. Emelya also passed this exam.

How can this be built and where? Nothing other than a thought in your mind.

Princess Marya and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the window. - “Emelyushka, can’t you become handsome?” Here Emelya thought for a short time: “At the behest of the pike, at my desire - to become a good fellow, a handsome man”... And Emelya became such that he could neither be told in a fairy tale nor described with a pen.

When it came to selfhood and internal transformation, Emelya immediately agreed, that is, he saw, recognized and accepted the Divine beauty of the world and himself, which the Soul reminded him of, and saw God in himself. He was transformed internally. It is obvious that this is a special action, maybe even its goal, and it completes the entire chain of Emelya’s transformations.

And at that time the king was going hunting and saw a palace standing where there was nothing before.
- “What kind of ignoramus built a palace on my land without my permission?”
And he sent to find out and ask: “Who are they?”

Why did the king go specifically to hunt, and not to fishing or an embassy somewhere? Displayed here and usual life earthly kings, but also shows the space of O-KHOTA, in which other kings live - kings to themselves. They live in o-hota, that is, they do what they want. And so, in this world of hunting, one nameless king (apparently because this is a symbol of the teacher) saw the hunt of another - now also internally transformed, a full-fledged king who had passed all the tests of Emelya, and decided to check if he was ignorant. That is, is Emelya’s knowledge complete? In other words, an ignoramus means someone who doesn’t know any rules. That is, here is the final exam and the final recognition of Emelya’s right to the kingdom. This right must be witnessed by another king.

The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking. Emelya answers them:
- “Ask the king to visit me, I’ll tell him myself.” The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, takes him to the palace, and seats him at the table. They begin to feast. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised: “Who are you, good fellow?” - “Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be tarred in a barrel and thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.”

Emelya invites the teacher personally into his world so that he can look and evaluate everything as it is. He comes and evaluates. Both at first pretend that they do not recognize each other, or maybe the king really does not recognize Emelya. This shows the completeness of the changes that have occurred in Emelya and their depth.

And here in last time Emelya passes the exam and shows his strength and the fact that he can now cope with the entire kingdom. Previously, I couldn’t, and there was no talk about it.

The king was very frightened and began to ask for forgiveness: “Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, just don’t destroy me!” They arranged a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Asking for forgiveness is also a sacred internal act - the old king, who has raised a full-fledged successor - a student, understands that he can leave, and he cleanses the soul with permission and repentance, transfers the kingdom to the young Emelya and goes on a fiery journey, the famous and mysterious fiery transition that he the student will help you do it. That’s why Emelya says that he will burn with fire, shows that he has fire, and does not threaten to pour water on him, for example.

Here it was precisely possible to “destroy the king” (the image of the master-creator king as a stage of personal evolution) precisely by Emelei’s non-acceptance of the kingdom, and here life is clearly shown with its laws of transition and continuity, commanding everyone to grow and develop, increase knowledge and skills. To be a king on earth and a master.

This is where the fairy tale ends.

So an ingenuous, simple-looking fairy tale turned out to be an accurate guide and pointer on a person’s path to himself, to God, to the meaning of life.

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