Trinity

Since time immemorial, it has been assumed that living beings consist of body, mind, and soul. This idea appears in many cultures and still feels self-evident today. Animals and plants show this threefold nature very clearly in everyday life. Plants orient themselves toward light, water, and the seasons. Animals move strongly from instinct. They respond sensitively to changes in their environment, sense weather changes early, and adjust their behavior. With growing attention to animal communication, it becomes increasingly visible that animals also experience inner states such as restlessness or concern, especially when familiar routines change. These reactions often appear subtly and are easily overlooked in human everyday life.

I recently saw an example of this in a post that deeply touched me.After heavy rainfall, the paths around a house were flooded. Pieces of wood and other objects were floating in the water, and the current was clearly visible. The dog who lived there repeatedly used his word buttons. He clearly showed what was going on inside him. Worry. Urgency. A search for orientation.

This dog perceived his surroundings very precisely. He recognized the changed conditions, assessed them, and drew conclusions. The familiar way outside was currently blocked. At the same time, he became concerned about his physical need that was coming up. Both existed simultaneously within his system. This created stress, which expressed itself in repeatedly pressing his word buttons.

The reaction of this dog vividly shows how analysis, bodily perception, and inner experience can work together. His fear arose from a realistic assessment of the situation. The paths were blocked, the usual process interrupted, and a basic sense of provision felt uncertain. He searched for a solution, for support, for a way out of this tension.

Here, trinity becomes immediately visible.The body signals a need.The mind recognizes the situation and its risks.An inner level responds with concern and the wish for safety.

In animals, this process happens directly, without detours. Perception, assessment, and response interlock. The dog remains connected to his experience and uses the means available to him to establish contact. He communicates because he wants to be understood. I continue to find it fascinating how dogs and cats are able to communicate through these word-button puzzles and what they are capable of understanding.

This example makes clear how finely living beings respond to change and how closely safety is linked to inner stability. Animals remain close to their inner orientation. They attempt to clarify the situation rather than override it. This is exactly the quality that can regain importance in human everyday life.

As life progresses, humans increasingly orient themselves toward external structures. Appointments, expectations, performance, and planning gain weight. The quieter layers of perception recede into the background. Intuition continues to speak, often softly and unobtrusively. Rational thinking grows louder and drowns out these signals. Decisions arise from planning, goal orientation, and safeguarding. Only in retrospect do many of these inner signals become visible again. Signs appear that had already offered guidance earlier.

Have you ever wondered where this increase in autoimmune diseases over recent years comes from?

With growing distance from one’s own perception, inner restlessness develops. Life accelerates, stress increases, bodily systems respond. Over longer periods, tension, exhaustion, and autoimmune-related processes appear. The body carries this development and begins to draw attention to the imbalance—often long before words emerge for it.

As life progresses, humans increasingly orient themselves toward external structures. Appointments, expectations, performance, and planning gain weight. The quieter layers of perception recede into the background. Intuition continues to speak, often softly and unobtrusively. Rational thinking grows louder and drowns out these signals. Decisions arise from planning, goal orientation, and safeguarding. Only in retrospect do many of these inner signals become visible again. Signs appear that had already offered guidance earlier. With growing distance from one’s own perception, inner restlessness develops. Life accelerates, stress increases, bodily systems respond. Over longer periods, tension, exhaustion, and autoimmune-related processes appear.

A life on the fast track to success plays out within the polarity between success and failure. A polarity that can feel like a balancing act on a high wire.

In major dramas, accidents, and natural disasters, we then tend to remember again that there is a third component. That of the soul. We turn to religions, to spiritual teachings, and increasingly ask questions about the meaning of life and our own soul.

In many teachings and mental training systems, the soul is recognized as an important part of our being. Yet it is often seen as something external. We search for the soul in ideas of universal fields or in the depths of our hearts that open toward the universal field. We hold images and feelings that feel like a back-and-forth between physical and energetic perception. We search for stability and peace that remain hard to find, because they are already part of our being and do not need to be found.

And yet it feels different, because the energy no longer shows itself in the connectedness with which you were born.

It can feel as though you are sitting on a two-legged chair and then switching to a one-legged stool. You are constantly trying to balance. Even when this connection opens, it can feel even more challenging, because balancing on a one-legged stool is even harder. Only when you recognize that you can add the third leg to the two-legged chair does it begin to feel stable. You can sit down and no longer need to balance. You can relax and enjoy being “I am,” as experienced in last week’s blog.

In your everyday presence, this means something that is difficult for the mind to handle. When things become challenging, stop struggling and sit down. Bring yourself back again and again from these states of stress and tension. In calmness and positive outlook, things begin to come together again. You listen to the sense of connection, to inner guidance, and allow yourself to be led.

It sounds simple, yes, and yet this awareness remains one of the greatest challenges.

Use the energy of “I am” and allow yourself pauses of rest on the three-legged chair. What emerges from this may hold quite a few surprises.

Next week, we will take a look at the capacities for action that arise from this new way of thinking.Wishing you much joy and a wonderful week.