Bilvavi Part 9 - 10 Waiting for Moshiach

Our avodah is to reach the utter simplicity – the point of “You [Hashem], existed before the world was created”, the point of “Ain Od Milvado” – “There is nothing besides for Hashem.”

In the depths of every soul lays the point of G-dliness; the point of “I will dwell amongst them.” Since Hashem was around even before Creation, we also have a deep point within us in which we connect to the state of Before Creation, when there was nothing but Hashem. When our soul shines with this understanding, we connect ourselves to the hidden point, to the point of “No thought can comprehend Him.” This is the secret of “lo yeda”.

Although we are able to awaken this deep power in our soul, it is clear that since we are living in the end of this current 6000 year era we are not able to totally connect ourselves to the point of Before Creation.

Yet, we can shine the light of this understanding onto our souls and attain it somewhat. Just as we are supposed to aspire to be reach the actions of our forefathers – and we should indeed to try to have some “touch” of their level, as the sefarim hakedoshim explain – so should we attempt to try and “touch” some of this great light we are describing.

The point we are describing here is the highest point from anything we have described until now. Whatever we described until now is from the perspective of a human, but now, we are describing the very point of G-dliness, the essence of G-dliness in a person: accessing the state of Before Creation.

Our avodah is to reach this, the simplest point of all – Ain Od Milvado, simply put! It is the point of “You [Hashem] existed before the creation of the world.”

Why Should We Await Moshiach?

We constantly await the arrival of Moshiach, but the subtlety of this concept is that we have to await Hashem, because Moshiach is only a tool to reveal the reality of Hashem to the world. As the possuk says about Moshiach’s arrival, “He will come suddenly, to the palace of the Master, Whom they seek.”

בלבבי ט 010 אין ויש – השגתם בבת אחת ובזה אחר זה (סוף השיעור)

(ספר בלבבי ח"ט : עמ' קפא – קפה)