Editing The Power of Growth (section)

== The General and the Particular ==
In all vegetation's growth from nothing to something, two levels of "nothingness" (ayin) are required: a) nothingness as it is included in its source, and b) nothingness as it is the source for something (yesh).

The explanation is that when light is included in its source (the luminary), it is nullified to its source and exists in a state of "receiving" from it – "while busy absorbing, it cannot emit." What it projects outward is only a radiation from it. That is, the aspect of nothingness as it is included in the essence of the provider is not recognizable as having any existence at all (like one standing before the king – who is completely nullified in his existence and cannot be a source of influence to others except when he distances himself from the king, similar to the springs of the deep that cannot flow into rivers except through the separation of the earth's thickness and the constriction through the earth's channels, like light that performs its function of illumination specifically in a space where its source is not present).

And so it is with the power of growth. The general power of growth itself (the general "nothingness") is the property of the earth to cause growth, but for actual growth to occur, this power must be awakened through the raising of "feminine waters" (an awakening from the receiver), which is the "nothingness" aspect of the receiver. This awakening occurs through the decomposition of the seed: the nullification of the physical existence of the seed toward the physical earth causes the nullification of the spiritual power in the seed to the general power of growth, and awakens it to grow a new plant of the same kind as the seed.