Upon the advent of the Messianic times, reality will change in such a way that for all of humanity it shall be impossible to doubt the existence of the divinity within and without all that is.

As we are living now prior to the coming of the Moshiach (messiah), individual existence entails a solitary perspective of objectivity. We live in a subjective world; we rely solely on our subjective interpretation of the world around us. Our own reality does not interject with another’s — we live with our own views, understandings, hopes and aspirations. When the due time of redemption takes place, individuality will totally encompass objectivity. We will know objective reality together as a unified one. What does this mean?

In the messianic age, a person’s consciousness will be adjunct to the rest of humanities consciousness. We will live a shared consciousness. Not that we will lose our individuality, Chas V’Shalom (G-d forbid), but that we will be in touch with one another in such a deep intrinsic way that we will feel the souls of one another through thought, even while physically distant, to the point of ecstacy. We will experience an entirely newfound shared consciousness that brings us together as the G-dly creations we are, as we are meant to be, and as Adam and Chava (Eve) experienced prior to the fall in Gan Eden (the Garden of Eden). We will literally live together as one in a joint reality, no longer in an individual reality and no longer feel loneliness because togetherness is what we will inherently blissfully feel.

The unified consciousness we will enjoy relates to time and it is best to explain it by comparing it to the period of this world now prior to Geula (redemption). We currently exist in our own bubble of time, we do things individualistically within time and while our thoughts and actions have an effect on others and the world around us time is only communal based on the hands of a clock. In the Messianic Era we will experience time communally based on the revealed divinity around and within us. Time will no longer be an obstruction to meeting our needs and wants and the needs of society around us, compelling us to neglect some areas of our lives in lieu of others, having us to prioritise areas of importance above other areas. Our own individual timelines will be a companion to the timelines of all others and all aspects of reality around us. One event will perfectly accompany another event, and no two events will be out of place.

These two intertwining aspects of reality in the Messianic Era is what I call ‘collective consciousness’. While it is difficult to comprehend now in Olam Ha’Zeh (this world prior to redemption) when redemption takes place it will be very normal, like the world was intended to be. Our wakeful experience will be knowing each other on a profound, deep and intense level. We will no longer hate because our realities are shared and what harms another will be apparent to harm us also. We will feel at one with our fellow because our views, understandings and aspirations will be one in the same. We will want the same thing, that is, namely to all get along peacefully.

Collective consciousness means intrinsically and inherently sharing a reality. We do so already, but apart. When HaShem (G-d) graciously brings about redemption of the entire world we will know and feel within our hearts and entire being that we were not so different all along and essentially and fundamentally we are one. One with another and one with G-d. May the redemption of the entire world come speedily, in our days!