Originally Posted by
Capitalist Pig
Though I would like to point out that the question you are asking, albeit metaphysical in nature, parallels the pursuit of contemporary theoretical physics in defining a Theory of Everything that would unify the four fundamental forces (gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear interactions) with a singular, underlying mechanism. In my opinion, that mechanism (whatever it may be) is the only rational answer to your query independent of a belief in the supernatural.