Steve pointed out that it never became necessary for Christ Jesus to speak a word against the rotten legal law. That would have been treasonous for him to do. Nor was it necessary. All that had been required was to guide the woman's accusers to recognize and acknowledge what they already knew. He guided them to detect the riches of their humanity in themselves, which they had officially denied, including the elements of generosity and integrity and love, which are inherent in every human being. On this basis of recognizing the truth in themselves, no foundation could be found by the accusers to uphold the cruel law. They couldn't find it, because no such foundation exits that accords with the universal principles that every human being is able to recognize. In essence, Christ Jesus utilized the same process that Socrates had utilized in guiding the slave boy in Plato's 'Meno' dialog towards the solution for doubling the square. This was accomplished without Socrates having to teach the boy anything at all."

      Steve paused again and waited, as if he was waiting for us to catch up. "That is how we too, would defend the woman today with our own Christ awareness," said Steve emphatically. "We would merely help the struggling thought to recognize the riches in the human Soul that already exist. It is inconceivable from a divine standpoint that any of the accusers really wanted to kill the woman. Consequently, Christ Jesus guided the accusers to find a way to be truthful with themselves. He found the weak flank, a spot in public consciousness that hadn't been privatized. That is also how we can help humanity. The process that is open to us is exactly the same. We should pursue this as far as we can. There exists no other process than this. The reason why we can't do these simple things anymore today," said Steve, "or why it takes us so long, is that we have been tied into knots for so long in a world filled with countless privatization laws. These, literally force us into self-denial so that we don't know what's up and what's down anymore."

      Steve turned to me and began to grin. "Be honest Peter you are still a little be stuck in this trap, aren't you? I'll bet you felt hurt, at least a bit, when I revealed here in public all the minute details of your sexual encounter with Helen. You may have deemed these to be too sensitive to be taken out of the 'private' domain, as if they were something to be ashamed of, something existing outside of the human sphere, so that they should remain hidden. I had even apologized to you for that intrusion. Was that the right thing for me to do, Peter? Was I correct in apologizing?"

      "Yesterday I would have said, YES, Steve," I answered. "Yesterday I would have accepted your apology. Now, I would say it was wrong for you to apologize. What could you apologize for? Would you expect a radio announcer to have to apologize to the nation to announce that its fastest sprinter had just broken the world record three times in a row, or that its archeological research team had just discovered one of the rarest treasures that no one had expected ever to find? One would expect the announcer in such cases to hail those achievements with a heartfelt joy and justified pride, as possibly the greatest achievements of the epoch."

      "Peter, you have just described the manner in which Helen had told me about your achievement with her, in becoming more truthful with yourself as a human being," said Steve to me. "She spoke about it with joy and justified pride, even if you didn't even come close to reaching the goal that she had put before you. Nevertheless, you had made great strides forward in a profound manner. She had acknowledged this to me with such joy that she could barely contain herself, and finally kissed me out of sheer excitement that it happened at all. I just didn't realize until some time later that it was you that she had been taking about."

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Stories about  Love from novels by Rolf A. F. Witzsche