Mashiach is Not a Superman (It is You, Being Real)
We think Redemption means flying in the sky or performing miracles. Ruth Kedem explains: Redemption is simply the courage to be exactly who God created you to be.
THE REDEFINITION Mashiach (Messiah) is not about being “perfect.” It is not about performing miracles.
Mashiach simply means being who God created you to be. To live with yourself in a straight line. From the Inner Light. From what your Soul knows and the Light the Creator put inside you.
Simply because your Inner Light is in its place.
You don’t wait for the world to change.
You don’t wait for people to see or recognize you.
You are simply Present.
And a natural influence flows out of you, without a drop of effort.
The Call of Messianic Torah According to the Torah of Mashiach, we are all called to reach this state: To be full of light to the extent we can. To be who we truly are. And to let that influence the environment.
Not what we think we should be.
Not what someone expects us to be.
But what God created us to be.
Why is it So Hard? Because “Being who God created you to be” is not the natural state of man in Exile (Galut). It is a state of Full Soul Revelation facing a reality full of Concealment.
In Exile, most of the world and life is organized around the opposite: Around fear, uncertainty, ego, emotions, survival, compromise, and interests. The entire environment “suppresses” who you really are and tries to dictate how to behave, what to feel, and how to hide your light.
The Internal Friction The Will to Receive for Oneself (our natural ego): Builds blockages that make it hard for the inner light to flow. The Will to Receive wants comfort, security, recognition, and control. This clashes with the Soul’s desire to be a precise vessel for the Light.
This creates internal friction. You know what is right according to the Soul. But the Will to Receive wants something else. Here, the sensation of “Difficulty,” “Struggle,” and “Confusion” is born.
The Test Strong emotions, fears, disappointments, or anger mobilize you to think about Yourself instead of thinking about Who God wants you to be. Every time this happens, you must choose again:
Not to identify with the darkness.
Not to sink.
Not to run away.
The Good Sign This requires strength and internal resilience. Therefore, it is hard. Not because of something “outside.” But because you must train yourself to be faithful to yourself inside a reality that recruits you to be someone else.
But this difficulty is a good sign. It shows that your Light is real and that you have not adapted to the Lie.
Every time you succeed in choosing again not to identify with the Will to Receive, but to hold your Center of Truth and act from it—You get stronger. This is the progress. Not a momentary high. But a daily choice. Step by step.