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143:5.1 When [[the Master]] and [[the twelve]] arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well], [[Jesus]], being weary from the [[journey]], tarried by the [[well]] while [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] took [[the apostles]] with him to [[assist]] in bringing [[food]] and tents from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar], for they were disposed to stay in this vicinity for a while. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] sons would have remained with [[Jesus]], but he requested that they go with their brethren, saying: " Have no [[fear]] for me; these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans Samaritans] will be friendly; only our brethren, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews], seek to harm us. " And it was almost six o'clock on this summer's evening when [[Jesus]] sat down by the well to await the return of [[the apostles]].

143:5.1 When [[the Master]] and [[the twelve]] arrived at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well], [[Jesus]], being weary from the [[journey]], tarried by the [[well]] while [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] took [[the apostles]] with him to [[assist]] in bringing [[food]] and tents from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar], for they were disposed to stay in this vicinity for a while. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] sons would have remained with [[Jesus]], but he requested that they go with their brethren, saying: " Have no [[fear]] for me; these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans Samaritans] will be friendly; only our brethren, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews], seek to harm us. " And it was almost six o'clock on this summer's evening when [[Jesus]] sat down by the well to await the return of [[the apostles]].

143:5.2 The [[water]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] was less [[mineral]] than that from the [[wells]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar] and was therefore much valued for drinking [[purposes]]. [[Jesus]] was [[thirsty]], but there was no way of getting [[water]] from the [[well]]. When, therefore, a [[woman]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar] came up with her water pitcher and [[prepared]] to draw from the [[well]], [[Jesus]] said to her, " Give me a drink. " This [[woman]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] knew [[Jesus]] was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jew] by his [[appearance]] and dress, and she surmised that he was a [[Galilean]] [[Jew]] from his [[accent]]. Her [[name]] was ''Nalda'' and she was a [[comely]] [[creature]]. She was much [[surprised]] to have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish] man thus [[speak]] to her at the well and ask for [[water]], for it was not deemed proper in those days for a self-respecting [[man]] to [[speak]] to a [[woman]] in [[public]], much less for a [[Jew]] to [[converse]] with a [[Samaritan]]. Therefore ''Nalda'' asked [[Jesus]], " How is it that you, being a [[Jew]], ask for a drink of me, a [[Samaritan]] [[woman]]? " [[Jesus]] answered: " I have indeed asked you for a drink, but if you could only [[understand]], you would ask me for a draught of the living [[water]]. " Then said Nalda: " But, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the [[well]] is deep; whence, then, have you this living water? Are you greater than our [[father]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Jacob] who gave us this well, and who drank thereof himself and his sons and his cattle also? "

143:5.2 The [[water]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] was less [[mineral]] than that from the [[wells]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar] and was therefore much valued for drinking [[purposes]]. [[Jesus]] was [[thirsty]], but there was no way of getting [[water]] from the [[well]]. When, therefore, a [[woman]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar] came up with her water pitcher and [[prepared]] to draw from the [[well]], [[Jesus]] said to her, " Give me a drink. " This [[woman]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] knew [[Jesus]] was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jew] by his [[appearance]] and dress, and she surmised that he was a [[Galilean]] [[Jew]] from his [[accent]]. Her [[name]] was ''Nalda'' and she was a [[comely]] [[creature]]. She was much [[surprised]] to have a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish] man thus [[speak]] to her at the well and ask for [[water]], for it was not deemed proper in those days for a self-respecting [[man]] to [[speak]] to a [[woman]] in [[public]], much less for a [[Jew]] to [[converse]] with a [[Samaritan]]. Therefore ''Nalda'' asked [[Jesus]], " How is it that you, being a [[Jew]], ask for a drink of me, a [[Samaritan]] [[woman]]? " [[Jesus]] answered: " I have indeed asked you for a drink, but if you could only [[understand]], you would ask me for a draught of the living [[water]]. " Then said Nalda: " But, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the [[well]] is deep; whence, then, have you this living water? Are you greater than our [[father]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Jacob] who gave us this well, and who drank thereof himself and his sons and his cattle also? "

143:5.3 [[Jesus]] replied: " Everyone who drinks of this [[water]] will [[thirst]] again, but whosoever drinks of the water of the living [[spirit]] shall never [[thirst]]. And this living [[water]] shall become in him a [[well]] of refreshment springing up even to [[eternal]] life. " Nalda then said: " Give me this [[water]] that I thirst not neither come all the way hither to draw. Besides, anything which a [[Samaritan]] [[woman]] could [[receive]] from such a commendable [[Jew]] would be a [[pleasure]]. "

143:5.3 [[Jesus]] replied: " Everyone who drinks of this [[water]] will [[thirst]] again, but whosoever drinks of the water of the living [[spirit]] shall never [[thirst]]. And this living [[water]] shall become in him a [[well]] of refreshment springing up even to [[eternal]] life. " Nalda then said: " Give me this [[water]] that I thirst not neither come all the way hither to draw. Besides, anything which a [[Samaritan]] [[woman]] could [[receive]] from such a commendable [[Jew]] would be a [[pleasure]]. "

143:5.4 Nalda did not know how to take [[Jesus]]' willingness to [[talk]] with her. She beheld in [[the Master]]'s face the [[countenance]] of an upright and [[holy]] man, but she mistook [[friendliness]] for commonplace familiarity, and she misinterpreted his [[figure of speech]] as a form of [[Flirtation|making advances]] to her. And being a [[woman]] of [[Promiscuity|lax morals]], she was minded openly to become [[flirtatious]], when [[Jesus]], looking straight into her eyes, with a commanding [[voice]] said, " Woman, go get your [[husband]] and bring him hither. " This command brought Nalda to her [[senses]]. She saw that she had misjudged [[the Master]]'s [[kindness]]; she [[perceived]] that she had misconstrued his [[manner]] of [[speech]]. She was [[frightened]]; she began to [[realize]] that she stood in the [[presence]] of an [[unusual]] [[person]], and groping about in her [[mind]] for a suitable reply, in great [[confusion]], she said, " But, Sir, I cannot call my [[husband]], for I have no husband. " Then said [[Jesus]]: " You have spoken the [[truth]], for, while you may have once had a [[husband]], he with whom you are now living is not your husband. Better it would be if you would cease to trifle with my [[words]] and seek for the living [[water]] which I have this day offered you. "

143:5.4 Nalda did not know how to take [[Jesus]]' willingness to [[talk]] with her. She beheld in [[the Master]]'s face the [[countenance]] of an upright and [[holy]] man, but she mistook [[friendliness]] for commonplace familiarity, and she misinterpreted his [[figure of speech]] as a form of [[Flirtation|making advances]] to her. And being a [[woman]] of [[Promiscuity|lax morals]], she was minded openly to become [[flirtatious]], when [[Jesus]], looking straight into her eyes, with a commanding [[voice]] said, " Woman, go get your [[husband]] and bring him hither. " This command brought Nalda to her [[senses]]. She saw that she had misjudged [[the Master]]'s [[kindness]]; she [[perceived]] that she had misconstrued his [[manner]] of [[speech]]. She was [[frightened]]; she began to [[realize]] that she stood in the [[presence]] of an [[unusual]] [[person]], and groping about in her [[mind]] for a suitable reply, in great [[confusion]], she said, " But, Sir, I cannot call my [[husband]], for I have no husband. " Then said [[Jesus]]: " You have spoken the [[truth]], for, while you may have once had a [[husband]], he with whom you are now living is not your husband. Better it would be if you would cease to trifle with my [[words]] and seek for the living [[water]] which I have this day offered you. "

143:5.5 By this time Nalda was [[sobered]], and her better [[self]] was [[awakened]]. She was not an [[immoral woman]] wholly by [[choice]]. She had been ruthlessly and unjustly cast aside by her husband and in dire straits had consented to live with a certain [[Greek]] as his [[wife]], but without [[marriage]]. Nalda now felt greatly [[ashamed]] that she had so unthinkingly spoken to [[Jesus]], and she most [[penitently]] addressed [[the Master]], saying: " My Lord, I [[repent]] of my [[manner]] of [[speaking]] to you, for I [[perceive]] that you are a [[holy]] man or maybe a [[prophet]]. " And she was just about to seek direct and [[personal]] help from [[the Master]] when she did what so many have done before and since—dodged the issue of [[personal]] [[salvation]] by turning to the [[discussion]] of [[theology]] and [[philosophy]]. She quickly turned the [[conversation]] from her own needs to a [[theological]] [[controversy]]. Pointing over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gerazim Mount Gerizim], she continued: " Our [[fathers]] [[worshiped]] on this [[mountain]], and yet you would say that in [[Jerusalem]] is the place where men ought to [[worship]]; which, then, is the right place to [[worship]] [[God]]? "

143:5.5 By this time Nalda was [[sobered]], and her better [[self]] was [[awakened]]. She was not an [[immoral woman]] wholly by [[choice]]. She had been ruthlessly and unjustly cast aside by her husband and in dire straits had consented to live with a certain [[Greek]] as his [[wife]], but without [[marriage]]. Nalda now felt greatly [[ashamed]] that she had so unthinkingly spoken to [[Jesus]], and she most [[penitently]] addressed [[the Master]], saying: " My Lord, I [[repent]] of my [[manner]] of [[speaking]] to you, for I [[perceive]] that you are a [[holy]] man or maybe a [[prophet]]. " And she was just about to seek direct and [[personal]] help from [[the Master]] when she did what so many have done before and since—dodged the issue of [[personal]] [[salvation]] by turning to the [[discussion]] of [[theology]] and [[philosophy]]. She quickly turned the [[conversation]] from her own needs to a [[theological]] [[controversy]]. Pointing over to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gerazim Mount Gerizim], she continued: " Our [[fathers]] [[worshiped]] on this [[mountain]], and yet you would say that in [[Jerusalem]] is the place where men ought to [[worship]]; which, then, is the right place to [[worship]] [[God]]? "

143:5.6 [[Jesus]] [[perceived]] the attempt of the [[woman]]'s [[soul]] to avoid direct and searching [[contact]] with its [[Creator|Maker]], but he also saw that there was present in her [[soul]] a [[desire]] to know the better way of life. After all, there was in Nalda's [[heart]] a true [[thirst]] for the living water; therefore he dealt [[patiently]] with her, saying: " [[Woman]], let me say to you that the day is soon coming when neither on this [[mountain]] nor in [[Jerusalem]] will you [[worship]] [[the Father]]. But now you [[worship]] that which you know not, a mixture of the [[religion]] of many [[pagan]] gods and [[gentile]] [[philosophies]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] at least know whom they [[worship]]; they have removed all [[confusion]] by [[concentrating]] their [[worship]] upon [[Monotheism|one God]], [[Yahweh]]. But you should [[believe]] me when I say that the hour will soon come—even now is—when all [[sincere]] worshipers will [[worship]] [[the Father]] in [[spirit]] and in [[truth]], for it is just such worshipers [[the Father]] seeks. [[God]] is [[spirit]], and they who [[worship]] him must [[worship]] him in [[spirit]] and in [[truth]]. Your [[salvation]] comes not from knowing how others should [[worship]] or where but by [[receiving]] into your own [[heart]] this living [[water]] which I am offering you even now. "

143:5.6 [[Jesus]] [[perceived]] the attempt of the [[woman]]'s [[soul]] to avoid direct and searching [[contact]] with its [[Creator|Maker]], but he also saw that there was present in her [[soul]] a [[desire]] to know the better way of life. After all, there was in Nalda's [[heart]] a true [[thirst]] for the living water; therefore he dealt [[patiently]] with her, saying: " [[Woman]], let me say to you that the day is soon coming when neither on this [[mountain]] nor in [[Jerusalem]] will you [[worship]] [[the Father]]. But now you [[worship]] that which you know not, a mixture of the [[religion]] of many [[pagan]] gods and [[gentile]] [[philosophies]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] at least know whom they [[worship]]; they have removed all [[confusion]] by [[concentrating]] their [[worship]] upon [[Monotheism|one God]], [[Yahweh]]. But you should [[believe]] me when I say that the hour will soon come—even now is—when all [[sincere]] worshipers will [[worship]] [[the Father]] in [[spirit]] and in [[truth]], for it is just such worshipers [[the Father]] seeks. [[God]] is [[spirit]], and they who [[worship]] him must [[worship]] him in [[spirit]] and in [[truth]]. Your [[salvation]] comes not from knowing how others should [[worship]] or where but by [[receiving]] into your own [[heart]] this living [[water]] which I am offering you even now. "

143:5.7 But Nalda would make one more [[effort]] to avoid the [[discussion]] of the [[embarrassing]] question of her [[personal]] life on [[earth]] and the [[status]] of her [[soul]] before [[God]]. Once more she resorted to questions of general [[religion]], saying: " Yes, I know, Sir, that [[John the Baptist|John]] has [[preached]] about the coming of the Converter, he who will be called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Deliverer]], and that, when he shall come, he will [[declare]] to us all things "—and [[Jesus]], interrupting Nalda, said with startling [[assurance]], " I who speak to you am he. "

143:5.7 But Nalda would make one more [[effort]] to avoid the [[discussion]] of the [[embarrassing]] question of her [[personal]] life on [[earth]] and the [[status]] of her [[soul]] before [[God]]. Once more she resorted to questions of general [[religion]], saying: " Yes, I know, Sir, that [[John the Baptist|John]] has [[preached]] about the coming of the Converter, he who will be called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Deliverer]], and that, when he shall come, he will [[declare]] to us all things "—and [[Jesus]], interrupting Nalda, said with startling [[assurance]], " I who speak to you am he. "

143:5.8 This was the first direct, [[positive]], and undisguised [[pronouncement]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] and sonship which [[Jesus]] had made on [[earth]]; and it was made to a [[woman]], a [[Samaritan]] woman, and a woman of questionable [[character]] in the eyes of men up to this [[moment]], but a [[woman]] whom the [[divine]] eye beheld as having been [[Abuse|sinned against]] more than as sinning of her own [[desire]] and as now being a [[human]] [[soul]] who [[desired]] [[salvation]], [[desired]] it [[sincerely]] and wholeheartedly, and that was enough.

143:5.8 This was the first direct, [[positive]], and undisguised [[pronouncement]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] and sonship which [[Jesus]] had made on [[earth]]; and it was made to a [[woman]], a [[Samaritan]] woman, and a woman of questionable [[character]] in the eyes of men up to this [[moment]], but a [[woman]] whom the [[divine]] eye beheld as having been [[Abuse|sinned against]] more than as sinning of her own [[desire]] and as now being a [[human]] [[soul]] who [[desired]] [[salvation]], [[desired]] it [[sincerely]] and wholeheartedly, and that was enough.

143:5.9 As Nalda was about to [[voice]] her real and [[personal]] longing for [[Goodness|better things]] and a more [[noble]] way of living, just as she was ready to [[speak]] the real [[desire]] of her [[heart]], the [[twelve apostles]] returned from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar], and coming upon this scene of [[Jesus]]' talking so [[intimately]] with this [[woman]]—this [[Samaritan]] woman, and alone—they were more than astonished. They quickly deposited their supplies and drew aside, no man daring to [[reprove]] him, while [[Jesus]] said to Nalda: " Woman, go your way; [[God]] has [[forgiven]] you. Henceforth you will live a new life. You have [[received]] the living water, and a new [[joy]] will spring up within your [[soul]], and you shall become a daughter of the [[Most High]]. " And the [[woman]], [[perceiving]] the disapproval of [[the apostles]], left her waterpot and fled to the [[city]].

143:5.9 As Nalda was about to [[voice]] her real and [[personal]] longing for [[Goodness|better things]] and a more [[noble]] way of living, just as she was ready to [[speak]] the real [[desire]] of her [[heart]], the [[twelve apostles]] returned from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sychar Sychar], and coming upon this scene of [[Jesus]]' talking so [[intimately]] with this [[woman]]—this [[Samaritan]] woman, and alone—they were more than astonished. They quickly deposited their supplies and drew aside, no man daring to [[reprove]] him, while [[Jesus]] said to Nalda: " Woman, go your way; [[God]] has [[forgiven]] you. Henceforth you will live a new life. You have [[received]] the living water, and a new [[joy]] will spring up within your [[soul]], and you shall become a daughter of the [[Most High]]. " And the [[woman]], [[perceiving]] the disapproval of [[the apostles]], left her waterpot and fled to the [[city]].

143:5.10 As she entered the city, she [[proclaimed]] to everyone she met: " Go out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] and go quickly, for there you will see a man who told me all I ever did. Can this be the [[Messiah|Converter]]? " And ere the [[sun]] went down, a great crowd had assembled at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] to hear [[Jesus]]. And [[the Master]] talked to them more about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_162#162:6._DISCOURSE_ON_THE_WATER_OF_LIFE water of life], the [[gift]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]].

143:5.10 As she entered the city, she [[proclaimed]] to everyone she met: " Go out to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] and go quickly, for there you will see a man who told me all I ever did. Can this be the [[Messiah|Converter]]? " And ere the [[sun]] went down, a great crowd had assembled at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] to hear [[Jesus]]. And [[the Master]] talked to them more about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_162#162:6._DISCOURSE_ON_THE_WATER_OF_LIFE water of life], the [[gift]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]].

143:5.11 [[The apostles]] never ceased to be [[shocked]] by [[Jesus]]' willingness to talk with [[women]], women of questionable [[character]], even [[immoral women]]. It was very [[difficult]] for [[Jesus]] to teach his [[apostles]] that [[women]], even so-called immoral women, have [[souls]] which can [[choose]] [[God]] as their [[Father]], thereby becoming daughters of [[God]] and [[candidates]] for life everlasting. Even nineteen centuries later many show the same unwillingness to grasp [[the Master]]'s teachings. Even the [[Christian]] religion has been persistently built up around the [[fact]] of the [[death]] of [[Christ]] instead of around the [[truth]] of his life. The world should be more concerned with his [[happy]] and [[God]]-[[revealing]] life than with his [[tragic]] and sorrowful [[death]].

143:5.11 [[The apostles]] never ceased to be [[shocked]] by [[Jesus]]' willingness to talk with [[women]], women of questionable [[character]], even [[immoral women]]. It was very [[difficult]] for [[Jesus]] to teach his [[apostles]] that [[women]], even so-called immoral women, have [[souls]] which can [[choose]] [[God]] as their [[Father]], thereby becoming daughters of [[God]] and [[candidates]] for life everlasting. Even nineteen centuries later many show the same unwillingness to grasp [[the Master]]'s teachings. Even the [[Christian]] religion has been persistently built up around the [[fact]] of the [[death]] of [[Christ]] instead of around the [[truth]] of his life. The world should be more concerned with his [[happy]] and [[God]]-[[revealing]] life than with his [[tragic]] and sorrowful [[death]].