Some of you may remember those old school assemblies and singing hymns most of us didn’t understand. One hymn included the intriguing line, ‘God in three persons, blessed trinity’.

What does that mean? How can three be one? 

Well, threes do tend to reoccur in life: even if you’re alone, there are three basic aspects to consciousness: the thinker, the thought and the effect of thought. If two people meet there is always a third party: their relationship. In our three-dimensional world even the rainbow could not exist without the interaction of three things: light, air and water. Water has three states: liquid, ice and vapour. We live on the third planet from the sun. It is made of three parts: water, land and sky. I could go on…              

Our planet, Earth, is a sphere, which, like the circle, is a symbol for Oneness, God and Eternity.

So some see God as a sphere, a perfect singularity, and other see God as three persons in relationship (Father, Son and Holy Spirit for many Christians). I believe both views are complementary. This is reflected in the ancient Celtic Triquetra design, made up of three petals which when unfolded make one complete circle! The Three are literally One!  

Quantum physics has demonstrated that a single photon can be in two or more places at once. It doesn’t seem unreasonable that the Creator of the universe could be three distinct personalised entities at one and the same time and yet still be One in essence.           

Written by John Pickering at www.onelight2beyond.com.

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