You are an astronaut, far beyond the earth on a very long journey. Let’s say you get fed up with the constant barrage of instructions coming in on your radio from home base. So you shut it off. With no regrets. And you relax, enjoying the awesome scenery out the window. And time flies by . . .
But eventually, you realize you have no clue where you are. Or how to get back to where you want to be. And you remember that you had a mission, but you can’t quite get straight exactly what it was. You panic.
Finally, you remember the radio. You reactivate it. You hold the handset and call, “Home base? Astronaut calling home base! Answer me!!”
A faint reply is heard. It is the sweetest sound you’ve ever come by. Now you can get back on course.
Mankind, too, was given a mission.
(A thought from a student of the Rebbe, Dr. Velvl Greene—a thought the Rebbe much appreciated.)
The Astronaut B''H A truly inspirational analogy as a reference to re-connecting to G-d and Hi Divine Providence, which never departed from a neshamah/soul who never lost his Faith. I have a question? As an analogy, when a soul finally finds the radio, tunes into it indefinitely But eventually, realizes he has no clue where he is. Or how to get back to where G-d Wants him to be, and what he should and should not do. And he remembers that he had a mission, but he can’t quite get straight exactly what it was. He panics out of shame, what exact course would Ha Kadosh Baruchu have him do to Cling to G-d Eternally without any doubt, confusion, so the evil inclination does not ever leads him astray ever again?