https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Sat, 09 Aug 2025 22:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/#comment-69875 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 22:01:18 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82375#comment-69875 When I was growing up in the 50s and 60s, extremes of wealth and poverty were not as prevalent as they are today. The US had a graduated income tax, and a family could be raised successfully on just one income. It was more conducive to our figuring out what our real purpose in life was and how the Faith figured into it. Let’s hope we can soon return to such a pleasant condition. Of course, it wasn’t great for everyone; we did have our problems (like racism, for example), but it seemed like most people, at least where I lived, were more balanced between material and spiritual concerns. I often wonder how we can overcome today’s distractions, which are everywhere.

]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/#comment-69873 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:29:49 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82375#comment-69873 I am curious why the phrase “Bahai Writings” is used for both Baha’u’llah and Abdul-Baha’s quotes. Are they both prophets and the Word of God?

]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/#comment-60393 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 01:38:16 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82375#comment-60393 I like the fact that becoming wealthy is not frowned upon in the Bahá’í Faith as long as it is acquired, utilized, and distributed according to Bahá’í principles. And of course Huquq is paid.

]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/#comment-60388 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:24:58 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82375#comment-60388 At breakfast with my uncle Mark, we spoke about how God inspires us with bursts of creativity. Uncle Mark said that sometimes he feels moved to write a song, and I asked him if he ever tried, and he replied no. He said he’d never be able to write something that would measure up to the successful songs people listen to regularly. I thought that was sad because I would have liked to hear his music. Sure his song may never be a smash hit, but I think that the creative process is worth it. You never know what the act of creativity will teach you or whose heart you will touch in the process. And even though his music probably wouldn’t reach more than 10 people, at least he would share his heart with those 10. Can you really ask for more? 🙂

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