Every person has periods of melancholy sadness and trembling calm, when it seems to us that we cannot change anything in the current situation. This is similar to a state of quiet despair, sadness mixed with doubt. In everyday life, problems, the burden of troubles and impossible tasks can put pressure on a person, preventing him from self-realization in this world. However, our existence is such that we must move on, overcoming difficulties and doubts, since this is what life itself consists of.
Wisdom of the Great
In a state of sadness and despair, a person tends to turn to the wisdom of the great. By reading aphorisms, fables and parables, we become familiar with the experience of our ancestors and absorb their life experience. Especially poets and writers, experts on human souls, can “advise” us from the depths of the years they have lived how to relate to this or that situation.
Krylov's fables, Tolstoy's wise novels, Dostoevsky's insinuations, as well as proverbs and sayings composed by the people themselves over the centuries - what could be better in times of mental turmoil?
In the literature of many nations we can find variations of the well-known phrase that everything passes, this too will pass. The wisdom of these words is that whatever makes you happy or sad, it will pass. Both good and bad, and this is the essence of the movement of time, the meaning of existence over the centuries.
Many people are “familiar” with King Solomon. He ruled the Jewish state during its peak period and became famous for his wisdom. Legends and parables are made about him. Although no real evidence of his existence has been found, according to the Bible, King Solomon is considered a historical figure.
The Legend of Solomon's Ring: Option One
According to legends, Solomon was subject to passions, he had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. They say that this prevented him from concentrating on more important matters of state, and the wise ruler was even forced to turn to another wisdom, to his court adviser.
To save himself from passions, the adviser recommended that Solomon wear a ring on which some words were engraved. “Everything will pass” - this is the inscription.
What was written on the ring sobered up the king in any difficult period, be it a difficult or a fun moment in life. “Everything will pass” is like a magic formula for a conspiracy. Bad things can pass (then the ring helps you find optimism), and good things can end (helps you not indulge in pride).
Legend has it that one day the formula did not work, and King Solomon did not feel any happier because of these words. He decided to throw the ring with the magic letters further into the river, but suddenly noticed some more letters on the inside of the ring. The inscription on the ring read: “This too shall pass!”
Like life itself, turning, the decoration appeared now in one or another letter; as we read this wise thought, either a feeling of joy or despair arose.
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There was splendor and wealth, the power of the throne, worldwide fame, praise and honor...
And King Solomon had a ring with the inscription on it: “This too shall pass!”
According to the Bible, Solomon had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, among whom were foreigners. One of them, who by that time had become his beloved wife and had great influence on the king, convinced Solomon to build a pagan altar and worship the deities of her native land. For this, God was angry with him and promised many hardships to the people of Israel, but after the end of Solomon’s reign. Thus, the entire reign of Solomon passed quite calmly.
Solomon died in 928 BC. e. at the age of 62 years. According to legend, this happened while he was overseeing the construction of a new altar. To avoid a mistake (assuming that this could be a lethargic dream), those close to him did not bury him until the worms began to sharpen his staff. Only then was he officially declared dead and buried.
Even during Solomon’s lifetime, uprisings of the conquered peoples (Edomites, Arameans) began; immediately after his death, an uprising broke out, as a result of which the single state split into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah).
Legends of Solomon
King Solomon's Court
Solomon showed his wisdom first of all at the trial. Soon after his accession, two women came to him for judgment. They lived in the same house, and each had a baby. At night, one of them crushed her baby and placed it next to another woman, and took the living one from her. In the morning, the women began to argue: “The living child is mine, and the dead one is yours,” each said. So they argued before the king. After listening to them, Solomon ordered: “Bring the sword.” And they brought the sword to the king. Solomon said, “Cut the living child in half and give half to one and half to the other.” At these words, one of the women exclaimed: “Better give her the baby, but don’t kill him!” The other, on the contrary, said: “Cut it, don’t let it get to her or me.” Then Solomon said: “Do not kill the child, but give him to the first woman: she is his mother.” The people heard about this and began to fear the king, because everyone saw what wisdom God had given him.
Ring of Solomon
Despite his wisdom, King Solomon's life was not calm. And one day King Solomon turned to the court sage for advice with a request: “Help me - a lot in this life can make me angry. I am very subject to passions, and this bothers me!” To which the sage replied: “I know how to help you. Put this ring on - the phrase is carved on it: “This will pass.” When strong anger or strong joy surges, look at this inscription, and it will sober you up. In this you will find salvation from passions! Solomon followed the advice of the sage and found peace. But the moment came when, looking, as usual, at the ring, he did not calm down, but on the contrary, he lost his temper even more. He tore the ring off his finger and wanted to throw it further into the pond, but suddenly noticed that there was some kind of inscription on the inside of the ring. He took a closer look and read: “This too shall pass.”
Another version of the legend: One day King Solomon was sitting in his palace and saw a man walking down the street dressed from head to toe in golden robes. Solomon called this man to him and asked: “Are you not a robber?” To which he replied that he was a jeweler: “And Jerusalem is a famous city, many wealthy people, kings and princes come here.” Then the king asked how much the jeweler earns from this? And he proudly answered that there was a lot. Then the king grinned and said that if this jeweler is so smart, then let him make a ring that makes the sad people happy and the happy people sad. And if in three days the ring is not ready, he orders the jeweler to be executed. No matter how talented the jeweler was, on the third day he went to the king with fear with a ring for him. At the threshold of the palace he met Rahabam, the son of Solomon, and thought: “The son of a sage is half a sage.”[4] And he told Rahavam about his trouble. To which he grinned, took a nail and scratched three Hebrew letters on three sides of the ring - Gimel, Zain and Yod. And he said that with this you can safely go to the king. Solomon turned the ring and immediately understood the meaning of the letters on three sides of the ring in his own way - and their meaning is the abbreviation ?? ?? ????? “This too shall pass.” And just as the ring spins, and different letters appear all the time, so the world spins, and the fate of a person spins in the same way. And thinking that now he was sitting on a high throne, surrounded by all the splendors, and that this would pass, he immediately became sad. And when Ashmodai threw him to the ends of the world and Solomon had to wander for three years, looking at the ring, he realized that this too would pass, and he felt happy.
Third version of the legend: In his youth, King Solomon was given a ring with the words that when it is very difficult, sad, or scary for him, let him remember the ring and hold it in his hands. Solomon's wealth was not measured; one more ring - would it greatly increase it? ... Once upon a time, there was a crop failure in the kingdom of Solomon. Pestilence and famine arose: not only children and women died, even warriors were exhausted. The king opened all his bins. He sent merchants to sell valuables from his treasury in order to buy bread and feed the people. Solomon was confused - and suddenly he remembered the ring. The king took out the ring, held it in his hands... Nothing happened. Suddenly he noticed that there was an inscription on the ring. What is this? Ancient signs... Solomon knew this forgotten language. “EVERYTHING PASSES,” he read. ... Many years passed ... King Solomon became known as a wise ruler. He got married and lived happily. His wife became his most sensitive and closest assistant and adviser. And suddenly she died. Grief and melancholy overwhelmed the king. Neither the dancers and singers, nor the wrestling competitions amused him... Sadness and loneliness. Approaching old age. How to live with this? He took the ring: “Everything passes”? Melancholy squeezed his heart. The king did not want to put up with these words: out of frustration he threw the ring, it rolled - and something flashed on the inner surface. The king picked up the ring and held it in his hands. For some reason, he had never seen such an inscription before: “THIS WILL PASS.” ... Many more years have passed. Solomon turned into an ancient old man. The king understood that his days were numbered and while he still had some strength, he needed to give the last orders, have time to say goodbye to everyone, and bless his successors and children. “Everything passes,” “This too will pass,” he remembered and grinned: that’s all passed. Now the king did not part with the ring. It has already worn out, the previous inscriptions have disappeared. With weakening eyes, he noticed something appeared on the edge of the ring. What are these, some letters again? The king exposed the edge of the ring to the setting rays of the sun - the letters flashed on the edge: “NOTHING PASSES” - read Solomon...
The Legend of Solomon's Ring: Option Two
One day, while walking through the streets of the city, Solomon saw a rich jeweler. The king thought that there was a robber in front of him, and called a richly dressed man to his side. “I’m a jeweler,” the man replied. Then the king ordered the master to make a ring that would become historic, ordering him to make a piece of jewelry that could make the sad people happy and the happy people sad. Otherwise, the wise but cruel king promised to execute the rich man.
Difficult task! But the jeweler coped with it; according to legend, he was helped by the son of Solomon himself, Rahavam. It was he who scratched on the ring three letters of the Hebrew language - Gimel, Zayin and Yod, they were arranged in such a way that when read in a circle they meant in translation the words “everything passes, this too will pass.”
What does the inscription on Solomon's ring mean?
This question remains open. There are several historical theories. The dominant one is:
- on the outside there was an engraving “Everything will pass”;
- inside was the inscription “This too shall pass.”
Another version talks about the third inscription placed on the edge: “Nothing passes.”
The legendary ring gave the king control over demons
The meaning of wisdom in the modern world
Each of us can experience confusion and troubles. A person’s life on this earth is not a holiday, but a continuous struggle: for existence, for love, for understanding by loved ones. It would probably be symbolic to engrave the inscription “everything passes, this too will pass,” for example, on a wedding ring. If you have quarreled with your significant other, it's time to remember these words, rethinking their meaning. By the way, this does not mean at all that nothing needs to be changed, since it is we ourselves who make our lives real by activating certain changes.
Family is an unconditional value for a person. There are no objective reasons for breaking off a strong relationship. And if your partner thinks that there is a crack in the marriage, give him a ring with this famous inscription, which has saved many over the centuries.
Solomon's Parable of the Ring, like all works of this genre, is designed to use your imagination to apply the story to your situation. In the first or second option, the wisdom of the ancient ruler will certainly be useful to you.
After several thousand years, it is no longer possible to determine which version of this story actually took place, but the main thing remains that parables support us in difficult periods of life, when we are ready to give in to despair and stop fighting.
The parable about King Solomon's ring inspires us with confidence that everything will always be fine, but this requires some effort, because nothing can just change. If everything is fine with us, this story motivates a person to preserve everything that is so dear to his heart.
Everything has passed will pass and this is a phrase in Latin
Everyone in life has had moments when they wanted to climb a wall or howl at the moon, or even didn’t want to live at all. At such moments, any person remembers those closest to him, no matter if they are friends or relatives. The main thing is to provide help, not physically, but rather morally.
Personally, at such moments in my life I am drawn to read something wise and instructive. So I scan the Internet and look for sayings of the greats that would be useful for any occasion in life.
By the way! Solomon's rings are on Ali, I looked there recently and this is what I found. But let's get back to the topic.
One of the greatest sages of antiquity was King Solomon. Many legends and rumors haunt his name to this day. But what the great king is famous for is the ring, which, according to legend, he never parted with. An inscription was engraved on it in an ancient language - everything passes and this will pass in Latin. There is also a version that the phrase was slightly different - “This is how earthly glory passes.”
Now there are many assumptions about how exactly the ring got to the king. Some sources claim that it was given by a sage to whom Solomon turned for advice. Others said it was a jeweler. How this actually happened, we will be able to find out if a time machine is invented and someone specially goes to investigate the veracity of this legend. For now we can only guess...
However, it doesn’t matter where the inscription came from, maybe it wasn’t written on the ring at all, we didn’t see it with our own eyes. Most likely, if the ring exists, it is carefully hidden.
There is evidence that the inscription was not in Latin, but in ancient Hebrew. And it was written inside the ring with only three letters, when turned, it was given a new meaning.
The original inscription in Latin reads like this - Omnia transeunt et id qouque - on the outside of the ring, Etiam transeat - on its inside. There is also this option - Omne quod transit, et hoc non factum est .
Not long ago, the end of this famous phrase appeared, which sounds: “Nothing passes.” The most interesting thing is that Solomon saw it at the end of his life on the edge of the ring and where it came from is unknown.
You know, I have the opinion that it doesn’t matter how dear certain things or people are to us. We can never say with certainty that we know everything about them.
Importance for family
This wish is questionable for newlyweds who are accustomed to expecting only happiness and new discoveries from their relationship. Indeed, it will be strange if at a wedding a newly created family is wished something in the style of King Solomon: “Everything passes, this too will pass.” Every couple hopes that their feeling and the newness of their relationship never wears off. But what a disappointment awaits spouses who have been married for two or three years - they will have to rethink all their principles and usual family foundations when something goes wrong.
Human life is a complex structure in which happiness does not depend only on one person. It depends on the environment, the other half, children, parents, on everything that surrounds it. But the personality itself can influence this environment.
About the tattoo and Solomon's phrase
In English, this wise phrase would sound like this - All passes, and it will pass. Passes nothing. - Everything passes and this will pass. Nothing gets through.
Many people are so fanatically imbued with this statement that they get tattoos on their bodies, trying to show not only themselves, but also others how unimportant some things are. That at any moment everything can change dramatically, and happy moments can turn into grief, or vice versa, complete despair will lead to absolute happiness.
After all, a person is such an egoist that he does not appreciate moments of happiness and peace, and then regrets it. No matter what misfortunes have fallen on your head, they will go away and good luck will come. The main thing is not to despair and not to forget how short our lives are.
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Advice
If you plan to be happy but don't do anything about it, how will you achieve happiness? If you want to survive a quarrel, but do not know how to forgive, then how can you forget about the troubles?
Turning to the wisdom of King Solomon and giving your partner a ring with the inscription “Everything will pass, this too will pass” is an interesting move. Together with your husband or wife, you can turn to the experience of previous generations, not only your ancestors, but also the ancient Israeli king, and use his wisdom in your family.
