It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.
–Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
My heart has seen much wisdom…
–Ecclesiastes 1:16
With the eye of the intellect, which is in the heart, one can see everything….
–Zohar, 116b
But we need to change this…
Our Sages describe the Messiah as waiting anxiously to come. In previous generations, his coming was prevented by the fact that the Jews had not completed the tasks expected of them. At present, those tasks have been accomplished; there is nothing lacking. All we have to do is accept the Messiah, and to create an environment that will allow his mission to be fulfilled…
In the Talmud (Pesachim 119b), our Sages described the Redemption as a feast. The table has already been set…everything has been served…and we are sitting at the table together with the Messiah.
All we need to do is open our eyes.
—The Lubavitcher Rebbe