Future Calling
If the universe were a dumb, cold accident, and life a meaningless, random accident of nature, then you and I and all that exist are prisoners of our past. Nothing makes sense, because nothing needs to make sense. Nothing improves, because nothing is going anywhere. On the contrary, all is entropy and decay.
But in truth a profound intelligence breathes within this creation. And what is intelligence if not a means by which the present is driven by a destiny that lies in the future?
It is a destiny to which every soul belongs, and to which all the universe flows relentlessly, as a mighty river headed from the mountains to the sea.
From our perspective trapped within time, we very rarely have a glimpse of that destiny as it approaches within every moment. It is, after all, a destiny entirely beyond anything our minds can conceive. And so, the journey is also beyond our comprehension.
But once attained, all the pain and struggle of every lifetime will be transformed, having discovered its divine meaning. We will finally see how every step along the way was another great leap forward, another unfolding of divine wisdom, and all was sweetness, all was good, the ultimate good.
(Likutei Sichot, vol. 18, pg. 390 ff.)
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