I have always loved threes.
We see threes everywhere in nature and natural design. It gives us the framework for 'formal balance' and symmetry.
It is modeled in the ABA musical sequence, the Ternary form. The words Ternary means "proceeding by threes."
In design and aesthetic theory, there is a "rule of thirds" which states that threes create harmony and balance with a center point and its sides. When we have a world of duality, a center balance point is needed.
We see this modeled in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have two extremes of a spectrum represented by Papa and Mama Bear's items and then the balance point is found in the items of their baby. This is symbolic in many ways as we seek to balance polarities of yin and yang- the expressive or repressive elements in our lives.
Goldilocks tries some bowls of porridge- one is too hot, the other too cold and the third is "just right". She then sits in their chairs finding one chair to be too tall, one chair too wide and the third chair "just right". As Goldilocks wanders upstairs to the bedrooms, she finds three beds- one too hard, the other too lumpy and a third "just right" before she curls up in it and falls asleep.
We also walk through life like Goldilocks, experiencing a world of extremes and trying to find our balance point.
Spiritually, I saw this represented in the concept of the trinity, which I now see in a little bit different way than I saw it as a child.
God, the Father, is represented as the creative mind- the force that brings all of life into being and sustains it.
The Son, Jesus, represents the active body and the incarnation of God.
The Holy Spirit demonstrates for us the animating force that combines the mind and the body and indwells.
We now have a picture of a Godhead energy in balance.
Any time we begin to come out of balance in our lives, attending too much thought to our flesh, or our thoughts, we must remember that the role of the spirit is to bring these back into balance.
The third element brings our world of duality into wholeness, it is our holistic way of seeing the world. When healing is needed, we must look to see if all the areas of our life are in agreement and in balance.
This is also demonstrated in the concept we see in meditation called the third eye. The third eye is represented as sitting between and above the two visual eyes on the face.
The right eye, connected to the left brain cognitive function can represent the logical logos and the logical mind.
The left eye, connected to the right hemisphere of the brain, can be seen as the active, creative being.
The third eye, at the center is seen to represent the spirit, holding both eyes in balance and creating a full picture, as if three mirrors of perspective.
There must always be an anchor point to each scale and a cartesian axis point for every x/y axis. By changing our vantage point, we get the clearest picture that we can perceive in our 3Dimentional world.
Oh, did you catch that?
Another system of threes which we live inside the framework of. All three dimensions of length, width, and height in Euclidean mathematical space which shapes our reality and perception.
Omne trium perfectum.
Third time's a charm.
Birth, Life, Death.
Past, Present, Future.
Mind, Body, Spirit.
Beginning, Middle, End.
Warmly,
Jennifer Ferrante, CHt.
Ferrante Family Wellness
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