Christ the Eternal Tao: Chapter Five

Chapter Five from the book 'Christ the Eternal Tao' by Hieromonk Damascene.
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The triangle is the first full form.
The Three is the principle of Order,
The Order that must exist before the multiplicity of things.
Therefore the Ancient Sage said:
The Three produces all things.
The Three acting as One,
One not acting without the Others.
The Triad contains itself in perfection,
For it is the first that surpasses the dyad.
It lies beyond the duality of matter,
Of subject and object,
Of self and other.
The Triad is beyond the distinction of the one and the many;
Its perfection goes beyond the multiplicity of which duality is the root.
Two is the number that separates,
Three the number that transcends all separation.
The one and the many find themselves gathered together in the Three,
For the Triad, being many, is also a Unity:
Not a unity of self-absorption, but of love.
For the Three have one nature, one will, one power, one operation.
As One, They do not blend or become confused,
But They cleave to each other, having their being in each other.
This is the perfect love, the original unity, the original harmony, the final mystery
To which no human thought has ever succeeded in rising.