Love can never be alone.
The Bible speaks in three ways of G-d as the Creator, the Son as Savior and the Holy Spirit as Comforter. It does not matter how the relationship between the three is to be understood among themselves and in relation to us. It is simply always G-d who is at work.
The three stands for a we in which independence and community are connected, which is based on diversity and shows itself as joy in differences.
We can visualize the Trinity with the pronouns I - You - We. The "you" is only understandable if you assume an "I". The word "I" is initial. In the "we" the "I" and "you" and their relationship to each other are fully recognized.
The dualistic mind sees everything in terms of two, but the Trinity leads us to the law of three instead of the law of two. The law of two is always opposite, the law of three is dynamic and fluid in itself.
The idea that lively and dynamic relationships begin with three is not new.
Sigmund Freud spoke of triangulation in this context. And he describes vividly which individualization processes in the child's development only become possible with the presence of another caregiver. In order to grow out of the symbiotic mother-child relationship, a third person is needed - in his case the father. Only this person makes it possible to break away from the symbiotic mother-child bond and develop the child's autonomy.
As long as we live in a dual consciousness, the relationship with others is always characterized by alliances, complements, and exclusions. We alliances in similarities, we complement each other in our differences, and we distance ourselves from what is alien to us. This means that we are stuck in a dual world. It is based on black and white, right and wrong, above and below. We compare ourselves and judge others to be higher or lower, better or worse. In any case, we can only ever see one side - of ourselves, of others.
If we want to recognize the dazzling facets that are hidden in our blind spots, we need additional perspectives, viewpoints, and angles. And these only come into play with other people. As soon as an additional person enters the relationship space, our self-image and the image of others can become fluid. Suddenly differences become clear and different roles become possible. Limits become tangible - and with them new forms of contact.
Just as our thinking cannot produce a law of physics, it was not a philosopher or myth-teller who produced the Christian idea of the one G-d in three persons. It is more likely to be met with doubt and even resistance because we think of G-d as an earthly ruler in whose person all power is concentrated, which he does not want to share with others.
