Depending on how developed your כח המשכיל is will dictate how your שכל הגלוי works. Even in עילה ועלול the עילה must be hidden for the עלול to come into being. The משל of the ray of the sun from the orb of the sun itself. For creation to happen you need total concealment of Hashem’s essence, and then drawing down a הארה דהארה from that essence to actually create. What are the עשרה מאמרות?