The Divinity of Trinities

Unique Perspectives: The Divinity of Trinities

By Kim Stevens

I used to see the world as a set of stark dualities: right or wrong, good or bad, black or white. But that type of view was almost childish, over-simplifying an existence that most often lingers in the more nuanced shades of gray. 

Enter: the trinities, as described in a book I read called Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. 

The book talks about the idea that duality is of a gross world and trinities are of a divine one. When I read that something in me changed. I thought, ‘This makes so much sense to me.’ 

It’s almost hard to put into words what trinities have meant in my life. It’s something I feel, a wholeness that finally puts an end to a once-unending tug-of-war between dualities that just didn’t work. With trinities, I can add a little gentleness to whatever it is I’m thinking about or whatever situation I’m in. People are not just good or bad. A circumstance isn’t just right or wrong. I must replace “or” with “AND.” 

AND makes a trinity. Something isn’t either/or. It’s an AND. A quality can be used for good AND not so good. Like the quality of being inconsiderate. It’s not so good when I’m being rude to someone, but it’s extremely helpful when I’m feeling over-influenced by someone and I must use my “inconsiderate” tendencies, or the behavior of not considering what they want me to do, in order to follow my own path.

There’s always a third element to complete the trinity and make that thing whole. The trinity is a harmonious unit of three distinct elements, like the mind, body and spirit; the past, present and future; the conscious, unconscious and superconscious. 

The question then becomes: How do we incorporate those elements into the wholeness of who we are?

The idea of trinities feels so right to me, so mature. A trinity helps me look at things as a whole, and move beyond the unrealistic duality of black and white to live in a more harmonious world of colorful grays.