Let's tackle this subject by asking a few questions that are relative to the topic. Why is it things 'make sense' when processing cause and effect in the universe? Why do we get a burst of endorphins that rewards us when we 'get it' --that moment when the light bulb goes off and one understands, what is it made of neurologically and cognitively speaking?
It is thought that things make sense because we
recognize the event process unfolding and can forecast the next step therein. The brain recognizes that a pattern exists and places data into a framework so that it maybe approached and processed in a way that makes it relative to our beings. This process is thought to have emerged from a rudimentary proximal awareness of our environment and is referred to as
spatialization. An example of a spatialization process might work a little like this: I observe that the fruit on the branch upon which I sit can be reached with my arm; however the fruit on the other branch must be travelled to before I can attain it. It requires processing, forecasting and planning to obtain the second fruit. This simile hopefully carries the idea that gratification is not instant and a process of closing the space between myself and the fruit on the other branch must be employed before I am gratified. This also extends to threat assessment--the rapidly approaching carnivore will arrive in x seconds--our neurology instinctively processes and forecasts to resolve the flight or fight conundrum. In essence, spatialization is the time space relationship of ideas and concepts, it is a dynamic process by which we may intuitively determine those ideas that must be initialized before others can logically follow.
Intuitive information constructs emerge as dynamic frameworks when our brains' cognitive processes ponder the unknown and ineffable. The mind needs to put incoming data into a context, connecting the subject within to the object without in order to understand what we are experiencing. The Qabalah is an example of what the brain gives us when we ponder the ineffable. We, as incarnate entities have no way of truly understanding a process such as a unitary godhead. So when we cast our minds about in the most expansive way possible (what is god?) the brain reaches out for what it can, its own cognition process and then expresses this process to us. A comprehensive feature within Qabalistic teachings points to this conclusion. It is said that dwelling on the Ayn Soph Aur will bring man no understanding of god as it represents that which cannot be perceived, the ineffable. It is this aspect of the transcendent god from which Truth emerges and then can be perceived and as such occupies the most abstract position on the Qabalistic map, a place where subject and object unite. Everything else proceeding from the Ayn Soph are thought constructs employed by our minds to help us understand the rungs on Jacob's Ladder.