| | Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref> | | Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref> |
| − | A good three-fold [[Human being|human]] analogy is <br>—someone who is inwardly a healthy and intelligent individual, good, honest and truthful<br>—someone who is outwardly modest and decent in dress, speech and actions, always kindly, generous, willing to help, and skillful in defending truth and right with wisdom, expressing good [[Moral|character]]<br>—someone who with good reason is spiritually delighted and humbly pleased with both the reasonable self-knowledge of true personal goodness and the personally reassuring, consistent, successfully genuine self-expression of goodness in being an actual benefit to everyone else in the whole community. <br>—We have the inner being, the outer expression, and a richly personal self-delight in both, as one well-balanced healthy individual. | + | A good three-fold [[Human being|human]] analogy is <br>—someone who is inwardly a healthy and intelligent individual, good, honest and truthful, and is personally aware of it with conscious self-knowledge <br>—someone who is outwardly modest and decent in dress, speech and actions, always kindly, generous, willing to help, and skillful in defending truth and right with wisdom, expressing good [[Moral|character]]<br>—someone who with good reason is spiritually delighted and humbly pleased with both the reasonable self-knowledge of true personal goodness and the personally reassuring, consistent, successfully genuine self-expression of goodness in being an actual benefit to everyone else in the whole community. <br>—We have the inner being, the outer expression, and a richly personal self-delight in both, as one well-balanced healthy individual. |
| | In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God". | | In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God". |