The World to Come Is Now
“The World to Come—this is the world that is revealed in wisdom.” (Aramaic, Zohar)
The World to Come (Olam HaBa) is not a place,
but a level of consciousness of wisdom and knowledge (da’at).
What is da’at according to the teaching of Mashiach?
In every person, there are three supernal sefirot (emanations):
Chochmah (Wisdom)
Binah (Understanding)
and Da’at (Knowledge/Connection).
Chochmah – The light, the spark, the divine knowing.
Binah – The understanding, the depth, the spiritual womb.
And Da’at – The connection between them.
Da’at is the living connection between the light of the Creator and the vessel of the soul.
This is not an intellectual knowing, but a knowing of connection.
As it is said:
“And Adam knew (yada) Eve his wife.”
Da’at is an inner bond.
It is love.
When the gate of Da’at opens in a person,
they know the Divine from within,
not from without.
They feel that their entire reality is contained within the divine light,
and that everything is one.
“The World to Come” is a level of consciousness,
not a place.
It is the revelation of the reality of the Divine within the rectified vessels of a person.
It “comes” always—not after death,
but after the rectification (tikkun).
The World to Come is a consciousness of pure bestowal,
in which a person lives in an eternal light,
even while still in a body.
When a person acquires divine da’at—
living from unity, love, and equivalence of form with the Creator—
they enter the World to Come right here.
This is not a “future,”
but a supreme present.
A person without da’at lives in “this world”—in a perception of separation, ego, and time.
A person with da’at lives in “the World to Come”—in a consciousness of unity, love, and eternity.
The completion of the rectification is a state in which all of humanity will know God.
Meaning,
they will live in the consciousness of da’at.
Then, “the World to Come” will clothe itself within “this world,”
and they will be one.
As it is said:
“On that day, God will be one and His name one.”
Reflect:
Where are you waiting for a future reward, instead of seeking the “supreme present moment” that is available now?
Can you feel the difference between intellectual ideas and the direct, connective knowing of Da’at in your own experience?
What would change if you lived as if “The World to Come” is already here, simply waiting for you to rectify your consciousness and enter it?
I’d love to hear what this stirs in you.