“Everything that exists—whether it be an object, a living organism, an event, or even a memory of the past—each and every thing is an artifact of a divine spark.

These sparks are not fiery sparks or even electromagnetic sparks. The divine spark of a thing is its meaning, what it’s really trying to say, its place in the puzzle of this grand story we call time.

The Kabbalists tell us that when the world was created, these sparks were all scattered. Something like taking a book and throwing all its words and letters into the air. That’s why so much of this world seems so meaningless, noisy, confusing and often downright ugly and nasty.

Our job is to rescue and liberate these sparks so that we end up with a beautiful, harmonious, and meaningful world. We do that by putting the pieces of the puzzle back together in such a way that everything starts to make sense. We give things real value and meaning.”