I'm not saying it's the only way. That can vary and as I said, I think it depends on each specific case. I'm not necessarily advocating non-intervention, that's not what I'm saying, what I'm saying is, if we focus on being, we will spontaneously do what's right and intervene or not intervene when it's convenient. I think that by example we convey a powerful message, but it is not simply about "not doing".
I agree with everything. My starting point was to make it clear that the anecdote about Plato does not necessarily call for confirmation, but to analyse the story in detail and ask whether Plato does not stand out as an example of self-discipline and self-knowledge precisely because we have created an ideal from him. Ergo, we recognise that we do not correspond to this ideal ourselves.
Religious ideals such as Jesus or Buddha serve to recognise our own imperfection, in my understanding. That doesn't make the ideals superfluous, on the contrary, it offers orientation. If there were no optimum, it would be lessened and all kinds of excuses to opt for the less optimum would then be justified.
To do spontaneously what is right, I think, does not come naturally but through being challenged.