With this chapter, for a book whose stated purpose is to get people to
make preparation for disastrous times, it may seem to have gone far
astray but, in truth, the most important thing in all ventures is that
one be right with God.
Because many people are not ready for that message, this book also
provides important practical prepping guidance in forming essential
lower level TRIADS. However, in this chapter, we are going to examine
the very highest level TRIAD, something that unfortunately very few
people in our present society will attain to, but that should be the
ultimate goal of every person. This is what I call a '4th Dimensional
TRIAD'.
It is not a particular religion or philosophy that I am trying
communicate here, but a technique and social organization that can apply
equally to all religions. I make no mention of my religion throughout
this book and the technique/goal being presented in this chapter is
universally applicable to Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus
and all other religions.
What every person in every religion should be seeking is the
God-directed life. What is proposed/described here is how two other
persons in a TRIAD can help you achieve that goal and how you can help
them to achieve that goal. What is first required is that all three
persons in the TRIAD be agreed that the goal of the TRIAD is their
becoming more committed to serving God.
I can think of no higher goal or purpose for a TRIAD than the one that
has just been stated. Indeed, it seems to me that such a TRIAD should
be the very purpose of life -- that is to say, three close friends whose
goal and commitment is to help each other achieve complete commitment
to God's purpose for each of them.
A person being a member of such a TRIAD will most likely be a member of
other TRIADs for other purposes. It seems to me unlikely that a person
would simultaneously be a member of two Level 10 4th-Dimensional TRIADS,
but what do I know? In fact what do I know of such TRIADs? I am
already telling you more than I know. It is the old story of: those
who can, do; and those who can't, write.
Nevertheless, I shall try to explain the concept the best that I can.
We begin first with the traditional three-pointed TRIAD and the
additional three cross- monitoring lines.
Now is where I get into trouble trying to draw the next dimension, but
think of a point representing God above/outside/beyond the triangle.
You may think, and may well be right in thinking, that the triangle
should be in G with G permeating throughout, but I am doing the best
that I can.
Each of the original points on the triangle has a dotted line representing their relationship to God.
We still show our monitoring lines with each other and, although we
don't show lines from G, we can imagine there is a line from the Apex
'G" to each of the base lines representing the guidance we seek from God
regarding our relationships to each other.
As with the four person TRIAD which we dismissed earlier there is now a
line from each of the three individual points to each of the lines
between the other two participants' lines to the Apex. This represents
our objective monitoring and attempt to encourage and assist each of the
other two individuals in our TRIAD in their relationship to God.
Topologically, the two presentations, that of a fourth human node in the
chapter on Science and that of a Divine node (actually more of a mode)
in this chapter, may appear to be the same but that is only true if one
ignores the dimensionality of this latter node.
This immense and intensive amount of integration and interaction is
sustainable only by very spiritually mature individuals. Nevertheless,
it brings a higher spiritual awareness to our lives of our
interrelatedness and our relationship to God. What we don't show here
is the all pervasive direction from 'G' to the rest of the matrix.
As with any new concept there will be opposition. Many people will feel
that they can only have an intimate and private relationship with God.
They will mention about entering into one's closest to pray privately
and in secret, and so forth. They will raise again the ancient cavil
asking, "Am I my brother's keeper?" because it will seem to them, from
the lines of the TRIAD, that they are interfering in the other members'
relationship to God and that the other members are interfering in their
relationship to God.
The TRIAD concept will be distasteful to many people who have
philosophies of extreme independence. It is true that each person is
responsible for their own soul and cannot lay the fault of failure upon
another, but that which determines our progress is our relationship to
others.
Many people have in the past been concerned with only their own
'salvation', perhaps extending their unity to one other in marriage.
This concept of a higher unity of three, which provides objective
monitoring of their interactions now not only with two others but also
with God, will be more of a challenge than they will even be willing to
consider.
In this day science and expansion of knowledge of the universe has
brought us much greater physical and intellectual powers than humanity
has had before. We must also expand our social powers for unity and our
relationship to the Infinite, or what we have gained otherwise will all
come to naught.
Truth and God being infinite, our search is over an infinite spectrum as
the two following distinctively different stories demonstrate. Both
are good, depending on where one is in their journey.
Trust In God
by Maria Divina Gamo
TRIAD Level Rating 9.1
Gladys' (A) parents were killed in an accident a year ago and she is still suffering the pain of losing her parents.
James (B) is a 30 year old high school dropout who wants to earn a good
living but he only knows how to cook, based on what his mother taught
him.
Henry (C) has some small farmland where he grows vegetables and
maintains a little poultry. He works very hard to tend to his two sons
and his sickly wife.
The three friends decided at a prayer counseling seminar to form a TRIAD
because all three of them have something in common: they would like to
seek for God's guidance.
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A Gladys: "It’s just disturbing how life ends up the way you
didn't expect it to be. I mean…it's terribly frustrating when things go
very bad. Right now, I feel I want to blame God for everything that
happened."
B James: "Well, I would agree. At times we just feel lost on
how life should be. Look at me, my dad died without seeing how I can
achieve my goal. I mean, I'm already 30 and still don't have work."
C Henry: "I know how both of you feel. Losing yourself is very
sad. I was lost too and thought having a family will make me happy.
And yet, something is missing. Even with all the hard work, I can't
even feed my kids. And Cecile has been unwell since the chemotherapy… I
don't want to complain and yet, at times, it feels God is blind or
deaf.”
A - C "At least you have a family. I don't have any. All I have is my inheritance. I prefer to have my parents with me."
B - A "Gladys, I know how you feel. I felt the same way after I lost my dad."
C- A/B "I also know how both of you feel; I felt that when I
knew Cecile had cancer. And yet I thank God that Cecile is alive. I
just can't imagine what will happen to me without my wife. That's why I
do everything I can to make sure that the family is all right."
B - C "Well, my mom told me that things happen for a purpose."
A -B/C "I think so."
C - B/A "Well, that's why we are here in this prayer session as a group."
C/A "Let's start our session with a prayer to God, asking him for
some guidance, why things happen as such. I am sure He listens to us."
A-G - Gladys volunteered to go first….
"God, I know you are the giver of life, so you can also take it away.
Though my heart is aching, I want you to please help me. Help me be
stronger. I am all alone now. I don't know what to do. I'm still very
troubled Lord. Please help me."
B - G "God, I've been a good son, you know that. And until now, I
am still continuously trying to prove myself. Please give me a nice
job where I can actually be useful. I want my Mom to be proud of me.
Please help me."
C - G "God, I'm not asking too much. Actually I want to thank
you for making Cecile strong; I am very grateful for that. And yet,
God, I am having difficulty with my work. The house is still in
mortgage, the twins are starting their school next month and I need to
have some extra cash for Cecile's medication. So please, God, help me.
I'm sorry if I doubted you but please, please help me here."
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In a TRIAD situation, prayer partners might very much try to help each
other in considering the nature of each others' prayers. While
exhibiting empathy and sympathy, as they have here, there also needs to
be critical objective analysis of our relationship to God. Our desire
for and willingness to accept that critique is key to the TRIAD process.
It is such a personal process that it, however, lies beyond what we
shall do here, even in anonymity. At some point in our prayers, aside
from the TRIAD, we all still need to enter into our closet where we
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The Oneness of God
TRIAD Level Rating 9.3
This is a copy of TRIAD email correspondence sent to me of a theological
discussion by three Christian ministers, Ray (A), Grant (B), Goran (C).
It was sent to me at my request for an example from their TRIAD and I
received it the same day it took place.
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A I've been prepping at the Hindu temple with a very wise
teacher for a course on Hinduism that I will be teaching this winter.
The deeper I go in my studies, the more clearly I see that Hinduism has
the right approach in emphasizing that God is always present in us--not
just present by invitation, confession or belief.
B This is dangerously close to Panentheism [1]--the belief that since God is in everything, everything is God.
C The scripture says, "In God we live and move and have our
being," and Swedenborg pointed out that it is the spirit that sees
through the eye, and it is God who sees through the spirit -- that God
is the one who does the seeing through us.
A My soul is at rest. Indeed, in Him we live and move and have our being . . . for He lives and moves in us. Beautifully said.
It is true that "God in us," does not make us God. Nor does God in the
world make the world God. But let us never conclude that God is not in
us, or in the world. He is in everything that has life -- for He is
Life Itself. He is in all space, apart from space. Moreover it's not
just a spark of the Divine, or a trickle of influx -- He is present with
the fullness of His love and wisdom, with the whole of His kingdom,
everywhere, and in everyone. As the father said to the prodigal son,
"All that I have is yours." As Jesus says to each of us, "Come you
blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world."
A-(B.C) I will sleep well tonight. Thanks to both of you for your good thoughts on this important subject.
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(1) Panentheism (pân) "all"; (en) "in"; (theós) "God"; "all-in-God") is a
belief system which posits that God personally exists, interpenetrates
every part of nature and timelessly extends beyond it. Panentheism is
differentiated from pantheism, which holds that God is not a distinct
being but is synonymous with the universe. So, there is room to argue
that the definition by B is not quite right. Nevertheless, this perhaps
demonstrates why one does not want a fourth opinion inside a TRIAD.
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My Comment on the Two Above Stories.
There is really nothing that I should add to this discussion regarding
the 4th-Dimensional TRIAD because God being Infinite, none of us can
have a complete grasp of the Divine nature. We are all at the point
where we are in our understanding.
It may be that in the first story I am a bit inclined to think of the
view of a 'listening' God as being a bit anthropomorphic. But in the
second view I equally well see the imposition of limited human
conceptions regarding "in-ness" and "out-ness" that God can be in or out
of something. Yes, I understand the argument about His being
everywhere, then He is in everything. That approach leads to very
interesting discussions about those things we consider evil.
For myself, the very concepts of time, space, matter are an illusion
(that is NOT to say they are a delusion) based upon our perception of
underlying REALITY. God is no more "in" them than we are "in" a mirror.
Reflection and presence are distinct just as are manifestation and
incarnation. It is in understanding the subtle differences between a
“prayer-hearing, prayer-answering God” and a 'listening’ God that we
grow spiritually and realize that there is no reality separate from God.
The point of all this in this book is not a matter of theological
discussion, but rather to demonstrate the process and show that TRIAD
works for our development as we progress through all levels.
We should never scoff at what we consider to be someone else’s lesser
understanding. Every journey begins with a single step and better is a
single step in the right direction than the flight of an arrow in the
wrong.
One should never be discouraged by how little they know, so long as they
continue the journey. We may never master calculus, but it does not
mean we should not learn arithmetic and teach it to our children. All
truth at all levels is good and useful, and the TRIAD is useful at all
levels, to help progress.
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