You Need to Believe to See

Apr 17

My friend Harry Maziar shared this idea; "people say you need to see it to believe it, but perhaps you need to believe it to see it"?!

We are entering into the final two days of Pesach. The first days theme is the Exodus from Egypt while the last day is focused on the future redemption with Moshiach.

Generally, the natural thinking mind is resistant to the entire notion of miracles. After all, by definition miracles are above nature.

So how do we get to believing if the mind wants to see it first? The answer; start believing and you'll see. In the big book of AA, there is an idea that one needs to act their way into a new way of thinking.

I'd like to suggest that similarly we act ourselves into believing.

If one acts as if the world is already in a messianic state; expansive thinking, expansive acting, living large according to G-d's will, doing the mitzvos that are asked of us even with a sense of surrender and abandon, the light will go on and the belief will kick in.

The ideal is believing in to seeing. But, if you must see to believe, we don't need to look further than these past 18 months. We've experienced miracle after miracle affecting our People in Israel and abroad.

Please join me on Sunday April 20 at 7:00 PM for a Moshiach feast. This is a tradition started by the Baal Shem Tov, later added to by the Chabad Rebbe's to bring the energy of Pesach and Moshiach into the mundane days that follow. We'll have Matzah, wine, light food and song and story galore. I hope you'll join me. Please reply if you'll join.

Wishing you a wonderful end of Pesach and happy Believing!

Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman

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