The vision is clear, and there’s even a master plan for it (“Plan A”). But what will it take to get us over the line of completion: To what extent must the world be refined to achieve this goal?

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Well, we've already seen the extent in history... It ended up being quite extreme and “Plan B” had to come into effect.

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That’s because in order to reveal G-­d Himself in the world, it’s not enough to provide our “services” (extension of ourselves = Plan A). We also need to give ourselves (via Plan B).

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The Physical Realm

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Experiencing G-­d’s Name would constitute an out-­of-­the­world experience even for the highest spiritual realms, because no matter how high a world is, it’s still the same kettle of fish — it’s finite and worldly. However, the ultimate sense of a “world” (= concealment) is the lowest world, our world, where G­-d is concealed the most. Therefore,

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1. In it lies the ultimate purpose of creation: To reveal G-dliness in this physical world. And for this the "standard" strategy (Plan A) will suffice. 

2. No wonder then that the work of making this goal a reality also takes place here in this physical world (not in the spiritual worlds).

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The Realm of Evil

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Physical existence effectively means Divine reality is completely covered up. What happens next? Trouble. Evil starts sprouting out like weeds (Psalms 92:8). 

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Are we then doomed to get dirty by dealing with such low stuff?  Yep, just by virtue of being here! (Kohelet 20:7)

 

But that’s where we discover hidden potential to reverse,

overcome, and transform the wrongs that had come our way (through following Plan B). 

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So don’t be deceived by all the evil you see in the world, which suggests it’s not worth a penny (to G­-d). Indeed, in its crude form it’s not worth much, but it is particularly herein that lies the greatest potential and the ultimate purpose of creation.