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The Triple Nature of Everything: Simple Truth, Deep Reality

The Triple Nature of Everything: Simple Truth, Deep Reality

December 29, 2024


Think about anything - a tree, a person, a toy, even a thought. Now here's something amazing: everything has three sides to how it exists. Let's explore this simple but powerful idea.
Three Things That Are Always True

1. Everything is One Whole Thing
- A tree is one tree
- You are one person
- A toy is one toy
- Each thing is itself, complete and unique

2. Everything Has Parts
- A tree has branches, leaves, and roots
- You have a body, thoughts, and feelings
- A toy has different pieces and materials
- Nothing is just one simple thing without any parts

3. Everything Is Part of Something Bigger
- A tree is part of a forest
- You are part of a family and community
- A toy is part of a child's world
- Nothing exists all alone

Why This Matters

Think about trying to have one without the others:
- Could you have a tree with no parts at all? No - it wouldn't be a tree.
- Could you have branches and leaves with no tree? No - they need to be part of something.
- Could you have a tree that's not part of the world? No - it needs soil, air, and sun.

This shows us something important: these three aspects aren't just nice ideas - they're necessary for anything to exist at all!

Looking Deeper

This leads to an interesting question: does this pattern ever end? Let's think about it:
- Every part has its own parts (branches have twigs, twigs have cells...)
- Everything is part of something bigger (trees in forests, forests on Earth, Earth in space...)

So either:
1. This goes on forever in both directions (smaller and bigger), or
2. There's a smallest possible part (maybe like a soul) and a biggest possible whole (maybe like one ultimate mind or God)

Examples We See Every Day

A Family:
- Is one family (whole)
- Has family members (parts)
- Is part of a community (bigger whole)

A Story:
- Is one complete story (whole)
- Has characters and events (parts)
- Is part of literature and culture (bigger whole)

A Song:
- Is one piece of music (whole)
- Has notes and rhythms (parts)
- Is part of all music (bigger whole)

Why This Is Amazing

This simple truth helps us understand:
- Why everything is connected
- Why nothing exists alone
- Why everything must have structure
- Why we can understand and describe things
- How things can be both one and many at the same time

Conclusion

Once you see this pattern, you start to notice it everywhere. It's not just a clever way of looking at things - it's how reality itself works. Everything must be:
- One complete thing
- Made of parts
- Part of something bigger

This simple truth helps us understand ourselves and our world better. It shows us how everything fits together and why things are the way they are.

Next time you look at anything - from a tiny ant to the vast sky - try to see these three aspects. They're always there, making everything what it is.
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BODY

The Living Boundary

Your body is not one boundary. It’s boundaries all the way down.

○ is body as interface. It’s the place where inside meets outside, where you open and close, where you breathe in air, take in food, receive touch, absorb experience. It is not a wall. It’s a selective membrane—alive, responsive, and always in motion.

Try This

Close your eyes and feel where your body ends and the air begins. Notice how many tiny sensations are being woven into that one felt “edge.”

Explore: Φ Mind • Soul ⊙ The Whole
Φ

MIND

The Field Between

Φ is mind as field—the living medium between center (•) and boundary (○). It’s the whole relational space where signals from the body come in, where awareness from the center flows out, and where the two blend into conscious experience.

Try This

Notice your body breathing by itself. That’s ○. Now notice that you’re noticing. That reflective awareness is flowing from •. Then feel the space in which both are happening. That’s Φ.

Explore: ○ Body • Soul ⊙ The Whole
•

SOUL

The Aware Center

• is soul as center—not a substance lurking somewhere inside you, but the point of view from which everything is seen. It is the structural center of the whole circumpunct.

Bodies change completely over a lifetime. Memories blur, identities shift. And yet, there’s a sense that the one who was there then is the same one who is here now.

Try This

Close your eyes. Notice your breath. Then, gently, turn attention back toward that awareness itself—not the objects in it, but the fact that knowing is happening. That’s •.

Explore: ○ Body Φ Mind ⊙ The Whole
⊙

CIRCUMPUNCT

The Whole You

⊙ is the circumpunct: a circle with a point at the center. The circle is the boundary that holds everything that is “you” as a single system. The point is centeredness—the soul that experiences from within.

Instead of thinking, “I have a body, I have a mind, I have a soul,” you can think, “I am ⊙: a whole being whose body, mind, and soul are three faces of the same process.”

Try This

Feel your body as one shape (○). Notice the space of awareness in which thoughts arise (Φ). Sense the quiet center that’s aware of all of this (•). Then soften your attention to hold all three at once. That’s ⊙.

You are not on your way to being ⊙. You are ⊙, right now.

Explore: ○ Body Φ Mind • Soul