"Be fair in your judgment. Every good thing is of God, and every evil thing is from yourselves." ~~~ Bahá’u’lláh
Searchers on the spiritual Path will inevitably face the choice between their personal will and the Will of God.
The mystery of all this, to me, is that God gives us free will yet demands that we follow His Will.
The solution I've found to this enigma is that we never lose our free will when we freely decide to adhere to God's Wishes--our free will merely refuses to choose actions that are ungodly...
"Say: The heavens have been folded together, and the earth is held within His grasp, and the corrupt doers have been held by their forelock, and still they understand not. They drink of the tainted water, and know it not. Say: The shout hath been raised, and the people have come forth from their graves, and arising, are gazing around them. Some have made haste to attain the court of the God of Mercy, others have fallen down on their faces in the fire of Hell, while still others are lost in bewilderment. The verses of God have been revealed, and yet they have turned away from them. His proof hath been manifested, and yet they are unaware of it. And when they behold the face of the All-Merciful, their own faces are saddened, while they are disporting themselves. They hasten forward to Hell Fire, and mistake it for light. Far from God be what they fondly imagine!"
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I'm reminded that whenever you point at someone there are 4 fingers pointing back at you.
As I do not see ourselves separate from God, I feel that our will is God's will.
Hi!
Very astute comment, Writeonbro !
~ Alex
Exemplary Perspective, Sophia !
Still, there are those who blind themselves to God and build walls of illusion:
"Thus have their superstitions become veils between them and their own hearts and kept them from the path of God, the Exalted, the Great."
Compilations, Bahá'í Prayers, p. 209
This is the one thing I have been pondering lately. It's the most difficult thing about the purpose of life that I find the most perplexing. John Hatcher's book, The Purpose of Physical Reality, is something I should read again. He writes a lot about free will in that book. But, on the other hand, thanks for your insightful thoughts about it. You have put it simply. I think you have summed it up in a simple sentence what he took to write in an entire book.
~ Sandy
In a message dated 1/20/2008 2:25:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com writes:
The mystery of all this, to me, is that God gives us free will yet demands that we follow His Will.
The solution I've found to this enigma is that we never lose our free will when we freely decide to adhere to God's Wishes--our free will merely refuses to choose actions that are ungodly...
Sandy,
I may have revealed a bit of the truth in my sentence but Hatcher revealed an ocean of meanings!
~ Alex
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