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This striving for unlimited freedom condemned by Baha'u'llah is widespread today and the concept is clearly expressed by Arno Plack when he says that man's aggressiveness is not original but has been learnt only through frustration of his impulses; and only when his sexuality is no longer suppressed and he is allowed to live out his spontaneous instincts to the full can he achieve true fulfilment. This idea can only be understood if one accepts a popularized libido-theory which lies at the basis of this purely materialistic, pan sexual vision of man. If we took seriously the demand to abolish all institutionalized forms of behaviour and to leave all sexual relationship to the personal will of the individual, we would soon have a culture reminiscent of a rabbit hutch: "to act like the beasts of the field is unworthy of man". (Gl Cix) And if we were to abolish penal law, as Plack also demands, we would have complete chaos.
(36:1)
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