Dance
“All we must do is dance with joy at the imminent arrival of the Messianic Era, so that the streets themselves dance.” – The Rebbe on Simchas Torah 5751
The Rebbe said many times that all that is left to do to actualise the Messianic Era, Utopia, Heaven On Earth is to simply “Accept the face of our Righteous Moshiach in Actuality”.
Now obviously you can understand this simply, that all we need to do is accept that the Rebbe is, the long awaited Messiah, and everything will be fine.
But there is more than mere recognition of the Rebbe’s messianic qualities that’s involved in this process. The Rebbe’s words offer us an insight into a deeper way of understanding his message.
This is because the idea of “Moshiach” is, in addition to being a human being, also an era.
That means that Moshiach is also a time and dimension that is and represents the highest point in humanities’ growth and spiritual evolution.
The Rebbe is encouraging us to accept the era of Moshiach into our lives. “To begin to live with Moshiach” as though it is already here, which in truth it already is.
The problem is, that there is no problem.
The true nature of reality is that of Redemption, Perfection, but we, because we have been in the habit of living in both a cultural and personal exile, that we choose to slip back into a way of being and experiencing the world which untrue.
The only thing stopping us from seeing and experiencing the utopia and actually triggering the universal redemption is our choice not to.
But the Rebbe believes that even that, has very little power and nothing you or anyone can do will stop or delay the Redemption from becoming manifest.
We can of course try to hide away, try to put our heads in the sand or into something else, but the reality is very different from the one you have allowed yourself to believe.
Acceptance implies absolutely no resistance.
To accept that Moshiach is already here means that whatever it is you are holding on to as proof that the world is still in exile is merely a poor excuse, it is merely a piece of paper you are hiding behind as a Tidal Wave of the Ultimate Redemption is about to sweep you up high into a very different world to the one you have been accustomed to.
So rather than hiding or coming up with excuses why not, simple let go, let go of all the pain and suffering you were holding on to, say farewell to everything connected to exile and simply accept that Moshiach is here!
Accept! Receive! And allow yourself to taste the unbounded joy of Moshiach Now!
Allow your heart to sing and your feet to move, let your whole being celebrate!
Everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is done, everything is God!
Now simply see it, breathe it, be it and dance it.
