Spiritual Sparks: Do Miracles Still Happen?

The world is a mask hiding a deeper reality. Removing the mask reveals miracles -- and awakens exhilaration and wonder.

Doctor Bloom was famous for “miraculous” cures. One day a little old woman, bent fully in half, shuffled into his office. Thirty minutes later she walked out completely erect. A stunned woman in the waiting room whispered, “It’s a miracle! What did he do?” “Miracle, shmiracle,” the old lady said. “He gave me a longer cane.”

Many people think a miracle must break the laws of nature.  But Dr. Bloom's playful story reminds us that what we call a miracle depends less on what happened and more on how we look at it.

Today we’ll explore what miracles truly are, where they can be seen, and how we can train ourselves to notice them.

✨3 Ideas

1. What is a Miracle?

People assume a miracle must be supernatural, but classic wisdom sees it differently. A miracle is anything to inspire amazement, not necessarily by suspending nature’s laws.

Miracle comes from the Latin mirare -- “to look at” -- meaning it requires attention.

Wonder is the essence; perception is the key that awakens awareness. The natural world’s grandeur can astonish the soul. When we train our eyes to notice, we discover that miracles never disappeared -- we simply stopped seeing.

2. Hidden Miracles -- Nature as the Spiritual Mask

The world runs on fixed laws, but this predictability is a spiritual mask concealing deeper reality. The miraculous hides behind nature, inviting us to peer beneath the surface.

The world is a veil: opaque at first glance, yet transparent when viewed with awe.

Consider the hidden miracles within you: 60,000 miles of blood vessels, eyes that see seven million colors. These marvels are always here, waiting to be noticed. When we stop calling a sunrise or a heartbeat “normal”, the world becomes breathtaking again.

3. Training the Eyes to See -- Living with a Miracle Mindset

A miracle asks us not just to witness, but to awaken. A spiritual seeker is like a deep-sea diver, searching beneath the surface for hidden treasures.

Everything is a miracle -- but let those we’re used to be seen with fresh eyes.

Classic wisdom asks: Is the growth and birth of a child any less miraculous than the splitting of the Red Sea? Cultivating this miracle mindset -- where nothing remains routine -- is how we step into a spiritually vibrant life.

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📜2 Quotes

“… Your wonders and thoughts are for us … they are too overwhelming to count.”
— Psalm 40:6

“I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself, ‘What a wonderful world.’”
— Louis Armstrong, What a Wonderful World (1967)

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❓1 Question

What miracle in your everyday life do you most often overlook?

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Why focus on miracles? Because when everything is seen as a miracle, gratitude awakens from every heartbeat, every breath -- and all the day-to-day workings of nature itself. We begin to remember that miracles surround us constantly, even if they unfold seventy times a minute.

Science seeks the natural within the supernatural; the spiritual seeker learns to see the supernatural shining within the natural.

Until next time,
May your eyes be opened to the miracles around you.

Rabbi Ze'ev Smason

P.S. What moment of everyday wonder has stayed with you -- something that felt like a quiet miracle? I’d be delighted if you would share that moment.

P.P.S. Please consider sharing these insights about miracles with a friend.