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In this entropic model excessive wealth is seen as an irreversible decrease in precious world resources. Frugality becomes the key word. Human needs and not extravagant or selfish desires of individuals or communities are satisfied [25]. Arbitrary consumption and attachment to goods is discouraged. However it is clear that Baha'u'llah does not exalt miserable and forced poverty, but rather He highlights the social and moral necessity to redistribute wealth so that everybody can live with dignity. (36:6) Furthermore He emphasizes restraint, simplicity and limits. He warns us that the goods we posses possess us . We fear they may be taken away and we define ourselves not for who we are but for what we have. Baha'u'llah says: "Rejoice not in the things ye possess; tonight they are yours, tomorrow others will possess them" [26].
(36:7)
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