The Threefold Nature of God We find, then, as we study our own being we begin to deduce what the nature of God, or the Universal Being, is. There is no way we can know God except by studying man. Someone may say, “God reveals Himself;” yes, we think God reveals Himself to us, but only by revealing Himself through us. We know about God only as we judge what God must be, by studying the nature of those things which we can somewhat analyze, plus that intuitive feeling we have of eternal verities.

If we study the true nature of man, then we shall have delved into the real nature of God, or First Cause, from which man springs. As we have found that man is threefold in his nature, we must deduce that God is threefold in His Nature, i.e., that God is Spirit, or Self-Knowingness; God is Law and action; God is result or Body. This is the inner teaching of “The Trinity.” God, as Self-Knowing Spirit, means the Divine Being Whom we have always thought of and believed in, the Being to Whom we have prayed and Whom we have adored. God as Law means the way in which Spirit works, and Law in this sense would be the servant of the Spirit. God as Body means the manifestation of the Spirit.

This trinity of being appears to run through all Nature and all life. For instance, there is electricity, the way it works and its results, which is light or motive power. There is the seed, the creative medium of the soil, and the plant.

Turn it as we may, we are confronted with the necessity of a Trinity of Being. Throughout the ages, this Trinity has been taught. Every great religion and every great spiritual philosophy has taught this Trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is the Christian Trinity. It is the Thing, the Way It Works, and What It Does. The Thing is Absolute Intelligence; the way It works, is Absolute Law; and What It does, is the result—manifestation. The action of the Thing Itself is what the Bible calls “The Word.” … Absolute Intelligence.

Holmes, Ernest (1998-08-24). The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition (p. 80). Penguin Group. Kindle Edition.