When the world was made, G-d was left with two lights: A light of boundless
energy that encompasses all things and gives them being, but transcends them,
and a penetrating light that vitalizes all things but is limited and darkened by
them.
The first light is a pure expression of "there is none else but
He", so from it extend miracles, acts that deny the world any significance.
The second light is an expression of His desire that there be a world, so
from it extends the natural order of things, a world of elements behaving as
though they are directed by their own properties.
But G-d did not want a world where there are two Powers That Be --one of
Nature and one of Supernature. So He made the two lights to play in harmony, to
reveal that they both shine from one Source.
How does He do it? Does He blunt the miracles so they could fit into the
natural order? Or does He alter the properties of nature to compromise with the
miracles?
Neither. Each element acts according to its natural properties, while
miracles of the highest order occur.
Impossible? Plant a seed and watch it grow. Plant good deeds and watch with
wonder the miracles that ensue.
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