Trinity – three yet one

>> As a continuation of the theme of "Dualism" (2), "Trinity" (3) shows that our existence is multi-dimensional and that with the 7^th dimension there is an ever enlightened "being" beyond dualism, a formless original source from which everything that exists and thus appears dual is born.

"All good things come in threes!", so they say. Where does that come from? – The 3 planes of life is a view that interweaves all 5 core capacities and is as old as it is revolutionary, like the expansion of perspective in painting from the bi-dimensional perspective of meaning to the 3-dimensional central perspective during the Renaissance (15^th century).

For most people, (only) what they can grasp and measure with the five senses does exist: the physical world with its amazing micro- and macrocosmic universes, experienceable as a material everyday plane – our "worldly existence" in 3-dimensional space.

In addition, there is everything that we cannot touch and is therefore more difficult for us to grasp, such as feelings, thoughts, ideas, inner images, dreams and "the great circle of ancestors" as well as angels and other light beings: metaphysical worlds^[1] ethereal dream levels – the "hereafter". Both planes, the 3^rd and 5^th dimension, have a more or less clear form and shape and appear dual for our development of consciousness, i.e. (at least) two-fold, like up/down, dull/shiny, fast/slow, black/white....

Behind it, in it and in front of it ("through it, with it and in it") is the soul plane that lies beyond all dualism: the formless, enlightened and infinite – the divine original source from whose emptiness/fullness everything springs – the indescribable 7^th dimension. The only thing that could perhaps be said about it comes close to the words being, eternal being, eternity or primordial ground of all being.

Everything that we can experience as human beings exists on all 3 panes, the 3^rd, 5^th and 7^th dimensions simultaneously and in the same place, i.e. "in one another", because it is one.

Integral model^[2] of the Trinity

Doing or saying something three times has been present in all cultures since humans have existed, but hardly ever consciously. This is how all 3 planes of life are reached. That is why in spiritual practice a blessing is pronounced three times, an apparition is tested three times, and a soul-spiritual transformation step needs three days and three nights, because only through this is a life-changing "resurrection/redemption" possible. Biblical examples of this are: Jonah is in the belly of the fish for 3 days (Jonah 2:2), Saul is blind for 3 days before he becomes Paul (Acts 9:9), Christ is in the tomb for 3 days (Luke 24:7 and 24:46), Peter denies Jesus 3 times before the rooster crows (Matt 26:75), Mágoi (stargazers/wise men) brought 3 gifts to the baby Jesus: gold, frankincense and myrrh (Matt 2:11). – More on the number of life is in a list with trinities.

For our inner balance we need this conscious 3-fold connection with the earth (3^rd dimension), with heaven (5^th dimension) and with the original source/origin (7^th dimension). When we begin to perceive our multidimensionality, an access to life and to the "divine/universal" opens up, which is very fulfilling and enriching.

This access can also be more easily developed in the diverse nature of the island of São Miguel.