Our purpose in being created as spiritual beings is not just to survive, have fun, or dominate the world. We are here to unfold and develop our true nature as spiritual beings, connect with each other in positive ways, and connect with our Creator, that Unknowable Essence. This is our opportunity while we are here. We may use it or not.
We cannot grow and flourish without adversity. That is the great advantage of the material plane. It forces us to overcome tribulation. In this era of the maturation of humanity, we have been given laws which we adhere to by choice. Although the material substance, wine, is not allowed by Baha'u'llah, He uses wine repeatedly in His Writings as a potent metaphor. Think not that We have revealed unto you a mere code of laws. Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power. ~ Baha'u'llah.
One of the Baha'i laws I have struggled to understand is called "The Right of God." The idea is that whatever income or assets we have, since they come from God, by right belong to God. So there is a tax, a small percentage of whatever assets we have over and above what we need in order to live, payable to the Universal House of Justice.
Well, what do we need in order to live? That is the big question. There is no Baha'i I.R.S. There is no governing body telling us, dictating to us, what we truly need, nor standing by to wrest it from us. This Right of God is not acceptable unless given freely, with joy. We pick and choose, according to our conscience, what is necessary to support us.
My theory is that the more attached we are to the material world, and the more money we have, the harder this discernment can become.
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