Viva la Revolucion!

I’m not imagining our readership as scraggly-bearded, under-fed insurgents with AK-47’s strapped to their backs, so let’s forget the Castro/Chavez definition.

I’m talking about you.

If revolution is the act of repudiating the status quo, we need to ask ourselves: Do we have the courage to be revolutionaries? Meaning: Are we ready to rise up against ourselves, our habits and our respective norms?

It shouldn’t be an easy answer, because revolution takes courage and inner strength.

But it’s vital.

I’m not advocating a willy-nilly overthrow of the ‘establishment’, because rules and parameters are very important. We raise children to respect manners, decency and protocol. And, in matters of faith, rules have a Divine importance.

But that doesn’t mean the spirit of rebellion is itself a problem.

If a discipline is moral that’s great; we should respect it and abide by it.

But rebellion WITHIN the discipline is still vital.

Just following the beaten path isn’t good enough; you need to outrun yourself.

Let’s face it: Even when we’re in a proper functional rhythm, our souls can be asleep. You can go through the motions of being a loyal spouse or parent, while your brain is still in the office – or at the stadium. We can perform good deeds without any fire in the belly nor with any pro-active consciousness.

If we’re living a life of complacency and self-satisfaction, a life without the passion to rise up against ourselves, have we not become ‘spiritual bourgeoisie’?

That calls for revolution.

And we want a Divine uprising too.

G-d’s [meta]physical system has been our established order since time began. But it’s time for a radical change. It’s time for G-d to buck His own system, and bring out the meaning and beauty - the Harmonious Oneness - that’s inherent in our world.

We call that a world of Moshiach – a Messianic era. A world actualized.

And it’s G-d’s promise to humanity: When we rise up against our limitations, G-d will rise up against His.

So look at your life and rise above your limitations.

And let the revolution spread.