3 is the number of both completion and beginnings. Three covers all bases and allows the essence of a situation to reveal itself. Each tenet of the three is a reflection of the other two tenets. People say three is the witches number, that all good things come in threes, that all bad things come in threes. Awareness of this activates a fundamental change in one’s reality. The ability to perceive unity in a trinity — and a trinity in a unity — points to a clarity of vision our culture does not speak to.

While scrolling through Twitter this morning, an article about the science of goal setting made its way to my timeline. This paragraph caught my eye:

Here, we see that significance and meaning is discovered after three layers of inquisition. Peeling back the layers of one’s experience and regarding each level as 1.) valid, and 2.) an experience that does not nullify another layer of experience, leads us to some truth. Quitting cigarettes for health is just as valid as quitting for the sake of potential grandchildren; both motives strengthen each other rather than refute. Acknowledging both leads to the root — or perhaps the fruit — of the original goal.

The numerology of 3 is embedded in our experience in mundane ways.

validity – accuracy – sustainability

father – child – mother

father – son – holy ghost

brahma – vishnu – shiva

generation – operation – destruction

Metaphysics isn’t always a mystical study; it most often is noticing the sines — the natural flux, rhythm, and flow of things — and trusting the direction of its wave.