I heard one story: one day one of the great Russian Tsars, Peter, went to visit his prison. He usually visited the prison once a year; he could free someone in the process. If he wanted to free someone, no one could object to him. So, he walked from cell to cell, and all the criminals, great criminals, murderers, said to him:
- Sir, we are innocent. We sit here unfairly. Someone else did it. Have pity on us!
Only one man who was accused of murder and sentenced to life in prison said:
- Sir, I am a criminal. I committed murder. And I don’t think that even life imprisonment will be enough punishment for me! I feel guilty!
Peter said:
“Release this swindler immediately; he will spoil others. Everyone is innocent except this scammer.
The man was immediately released.
Innocence accepts everything. Pure innocence rejects nothing. If you are a criminal, then your whole mind will work to get rid of your involvement in crime. If you accept it, you are already out of it.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru