SALVATION
Our people for generations have been living lives of uncertainty. We have been persecuted and ridiculed and killed just because we are G-d's chosen. Our suffering has a few reasons. One is to be mechaper on the chet of Adam Harishon. Second is to be mechaper on Chet Ha'egel, which we still suffer from today. Third is the tikun that every Jew must do until the time of Moshiach.
The sin of the first man is cured by death. The person's individual tikun is in his hands to remedy. If he fails to do his mission, he is helped by heaven through suffering in this world and gehenom in the next world until his soul is pure. If an individual is a complete rasha and no merit can be found for his eternal existence, then he and his memory are wiped out.
Chet Ha'egel is the sin that all generations have suffered from since the time it occurred in the desert so many years ago. Our generation is carrying the most intense effect of this abominable sin. We are the generation closest to Moshiach. We can reveal him if we can truly repent for the sin of the golden calf. This is not a simple task. No generation has been able to achieve this goal. Why should we succeed when greater generations of tzadikim have failed?
Now let us define what the sin of the golden calf is. It is tied in with the sin of Adam Harishon. It is the lack of complete trust in Hashem. to be absolutely sure that He is in total control of the world and our individual lives. It is a lack of real faith in G-d. This is the only sin that includes all of Am Yisroel and every generation since it happened.
This lowly generation is steeped in the gold that the calf is made of. Most people, even "believers" put their real trust in man made institutions such as the medical establishment, the weather man or the almighty army. Man is sure that he is in control. If he saves money in a pension fund he will be able to retire with security. If he has a very equipped army he will win the war. If he takes vitamins he will live to 120. Money, comfort and false security are more easily attained than ever before. Have no doubt, this trust in material toys has seeped into the frum community as well. We too are guilty. We are also keeping Moshiach away. Let the righteous know we carry this sin as well and we too will be held accountable.
This generation is lacking the sparks of kodesh that were so strong in previous dorot. We are so engulfed by Olam Hazeh that simple truths are no longer evident. Our generation is buried under the lies of this false world and we keep digging ourselves a deeper hole to completely hide G-d's Truth.
However precisely because we have almost lost all visions of emes, we also have the greatest ability to effect complete repentence. Because the darkness is so deep, one thin ray of light can dismiss the night and bring the day in its full light.
This generation wallows in selfishness. The worst of all evils is selfishness and the greatest of all good is selflessness. Only this self-centered sin is total and open rebellion against Hashem. Hashem created us in his image. He is more than a Father. We are actually part of Him, really inseparable. But you silly normals think you can go about life doing things that your Father absolutely forbids without paying the price of separation. Voluntarily separating yourself from your source will ultimately bring you to physical and spiritual death. Make no mistake, there are many righteous people in this world. However they are hidden away by the "Sodom ((ργεν Syndrome", that prevails in all of the world including the Jewish people.
The frum Jewish community is also suffering from this malady. The situation lately is worse because, sadly, the greatest lights of Torah are slowly disappearing and like the Jewish people at the foot of Har Sinai, they make a Golden Calf because they feel alone. We, the Jewish people, are at fault. We are without desire to accept truth fully. We demand but are not ready to give. We quickly make a golden calf to take our Father's place (heaven forbid) and so we voluntarily separate ourselves from Him. We tie ourselves to this temporary world and its self-centered lusts.
There is only one way out of this black, terrible situation. Collectively each and every Jew must find the Truth and accept it whole-heartedly. We can achieve this highest of all spiritual levels in one of two ways. Either Hashem will bring a terrible tragedy (heaven forbid) that only He can save us from by doing open miracles, or the Jewish people as a whole must seek that Truth and accept it voluntarily.
Adam Harishon was the greatest human ever to exist. All souls find their source in his. He was the perfect creation. However Hashem created him with free will and this point only Adam Harishon himself could perfect. He failed and we, the sparks of his soul have been trying ever since to be mitaken this obstacle to perfection. This is precisely Chet Ha'egel. If we manage to achieve pure tshuvah and total bitachon in Hashem's Kingship then this lowest of all generations can achieve perfection.
I am an autistic young man without speech. I can do only basic things for myself. I depend on the Chesed of kind people. I am an out-cast of life. Yet, in this lowly world, if I write "do tshuvah now or else" people get scared. I guess it's as if a mule would suddenly start to speak words of musar. Our beautiful holy Rabbis are ignored and strike up no fear. Only the words of a grotesque creature like myself may ignite the sparks of terror in the hearts of the sleeping.