Three

I had a dream of three flames. They were like candles. My first thought was a religious one. Candles seem to bring about religion in my mind as I was raised a Catholic. This dream of three flames that become candles could be representative of three persons in one God. Typically Catholic. But I put this religious thought out of mind and thought deeper. It seemed significant in that it was three. Only three, not two, not one, not four but three. To be one seemed alone, near death. Two had an element of comfort but in the end brought on discomfort as two people together over time will bring on discomfort. Four would seem like a box and something inescapable. But three is an equilateral triangle It is better than two because each one has two others. It is an odd number and odd numbers always overrule even numbers. Why? I couldn’t say because I am not a mathematician.

But three can also mean triangulation which is considered bad in the world of psychology. But that was not the dream. The dream meant balance. And it was an ineluctable give and take balance. Three would find this balance inescapable with no reason to avoid the balance. Two does imply dialectic. Dialectic has been the premise of modern philosophies since the 18^th century. The dialectic provides us with thesis and antithesis. Marxism believes this is the only way toward resolution of all things, the synthesis of reality. However, it can be envisioned as like the arms of a hurricane, like the drawing of ancient Greek Hero’s engine. Or if the image suffices the whirl of a galaxy like the Andromeda galaxy. Ultimately it is on it’s way to calamity.

Three forms a tension. It’s not going anywhere. It does resolve though synthesizes nothing. It remains in balance. Three is the right number for interaction because intimacy can not be private. Three is the right number for any agreement to be made. Three is also the past present and future. It is our continual existence.