Book 29 — This Three-legged Stool

by Myron Ball

Chapter II — Reality Has Three Sides

Contents List:

Three Sides of Reality
A Metaphor

Return to:

Title Page
Ardue Library
Ardue Site Plan

Three Sides of Reality

Here's how it works. Reality has three sides.

One side of reality is consciousness or conscious mind. It is our realization of what is going on. It's like a private movie screen.
Another side is everything going on outside the body and inside the body — everything we know through the senses. We usually call this the real world. We know a lot about it.
One other side: hidden, awesome energy. (Often I spell this with an E.) The spiritual mystery, it is nonetheless personal and accessible. The signs of it are emotions or feelings. It is called by many words.

Real, all three. They interlace; they are not separate. Their oneness — synonymous with God for many readers and for me — I am unable to fathom. I will write what I do understand. I hope you learn more about yourself and become an expert on this subject.

A Metaphor

If that leaves you without anything to hang your hat on, think of it this way. You're being introduced to a three-legged stool.

Presented in the following manner, the metaphor sounds bizarre or, at the least, extravagant. Nevertheless, it represents reality.

After we attach only two legs to a round seat, it will automatically become a complete stool, nicely balanced, with three legs.

The applications for that will be examined.

You have the material and glue now, and you've done the work before, so this will not be altogether new for you. But you will be given an instruction sheet anyway, to learn what else you can do. It's extraordinary and, you may find, awesome. You can do more, have more, know more, even be more — when you want. Any of these may be your pursuit. Or go for all of it.

You will sense more, too, and you will have extra senses and magic-like qualities. When you're interested in them, and at your own pace, you will be helping others.