“God will punish” Have you ever heard similar words? This summer I heard this phrase. The phrase coming from the lips of a believer is surprising. After all, from the point of view of religion, God is the father, and people are the children of God, how can he punish? The article by Orthodox priest Konstantin Kamyshanov aroused my interest... one of the hypostases of God is the Spirit, which is Love. From the point of view of Orthodoxy, what is love? Love is long-suffering, filled with mercy, and at the same time devoid of envy, pride, evil, irritation. That is, love is energy filled with positive actions and feelings, and not destructive and suffering. God created Adam like himself. The main imprint of God's ring in the wax of our soul is goodness and freedom. Goodness is a moral dignity that is manifested in action, good deeds. Goodness is the unwillingness to hurt or cause pain to another (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:12; 1 Pet. 2:3) Freedom is a multifaceted concept. Since freedom can be external and internal. From the point of view of Orthodoxy, God is a completely free Being. He acts regardless of necessity and compulsion, and creates goodness and goodness. He is what he wants to be and acts as he wants. His actions are filled with love, goodness, kindness. Such freedom is moral. Psychological freedom is the ability to direct one’s will and activity in a certain direction, to choose a path and actions. God does not need toy soldiers that He, like a player, would move across the chessboard. He needs living and free individuals. This phrase is consonant with the psychological concept of a mature personality. By freedom, Konstantin Kamyshanov understands the choice of a person - to love God or not to love. That is, when you love God, you act morally. Konstantina Kamyshanov writes: “...in the universe there are some rooms of horror where a person comes on his own. It is not the wrath of God, but our stupidity that executes us away from God. It is our anger, and not the cruelty of God, that throws us into the arms of merciless destroyers - the spirits of evil. And we, in our blindness and cruelty, attribute our properties of evil to God.” Now let’s consider this phrase from the point of view of transactional analysis and cognitive behavioral therapy. From the point of view of transactional analysis, there are three I-states in every person: Inner child, Inner parent and Adult. The child can be spontaneous, adapting or protesting. The parent can be caring (supportive) or critical. In a mature person, three self-states are in harmony: Spontaneous Child, caring parent and adult. In an immature person, neurotic personality structure, three states are in imbalance: Protesting child, critical parent, adult. How can this manifest itself in behavior? When a person hears from someone or says to himself: “Don’t do this, otherwise God will punish you...” He may unconsciously or consciously turn on a rebel child. A person acts impulsively, immaturely committing actions that do not correspond to his values. For example: Unconsciously or consciously do something to spite someone. Unconsciously or consciously provoke conflicts with loved ones or others. A person with alcohol addiction will be guided by immature needs - with the help of alcohol relieve tension, fatigue, stress. Thus, the inner parent will itch that this should not be done, and the protesting child will sabotage and do the opposite. Consciously or unconsciously, a person will cause pain to himself or others, justifying his actions and actions by some external factors. Responsibility will be shifted to other people or external factors. In such situations, the LLC rule helps - awareness, assessment and responsibility. Let's consider from the point of view of cognitive behavioral therapy. Our judgments can be rational or irrational, containing illogical requirements and prejudices. Accordingly, a person directs himself into a situation that is perceived as intractable and negative./