"One hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is better than the whole life of the World to Come." So promise our wise sages.
And why is this so?
G-d compressed and lowered His Will and Wisdom and clothed them in the physical terms and material things which comprise nearly all of the Torah's holy commandments.
And what is the ultimate purpose of the Divine's radical descent into the very lowest world in which we humans reside?
Every soul is given the rarest of opportunities: to grasp, to bond, and to unite with G-d Himself, by engaging the soul's garments of thought, speech, and action in the study and comprehension of the Torah, and the fulfillment of the 'mitzvot.'
No such precious, essential, light-giving, and life-giving union and embrace between the soul and G-d Himself occurs in the World to Come as it can down here! There, each soul can comprehend and enjoy only a glimmer of the Divine Light, while here we can grasp the actual essence of G-d!
Let us be humbled and inspired by this amazing spiritual phenomenon, and take full advantage of our unique ability to literally bring Heaven down to Earth. We can accomplish this by learning about and being involved with the Torah and its mitzvot. We will thereby manifest the most incredible love affair possible in our lifetime: a holy intimacy, unlike any other, between the essence of who we are, i.e. our souls, and the essence of G-d Himself!
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