Holy and Human in the Shape of Infinity
In Being Human 6, I wrote about six ways of being—
three that make us more whole,
and three that slowly pull us apart.
Later, in The Human Trinity, I realized what looked like six was really two faces of three:
Love, Forgiveness, and Kindness—
our fragile but sacred echo of divine life.
This reflection takes the next step.
If there is a Human Trinity,
then how does it face the Holy Trinity—Father, Son, and Spirit?
How do the two speak to one another,
mirror one another,
flow together like yin and yang,
until they form the shape of infinity?
Yin and Yang
The Holy Trinity and the Human Trinity can be seen as yin and yang.
In Chinese thought, yin and yang are not enemies but complements—
dark and light, receptive and radiant, each bending into the other.
Together they form a circle of balance,
a whole greater than its parts.
- The Holy Trinity is eternal, unchanging, radiant—God’s very being.
- The Human Trinity is temporal, embodied, fragile—our reflection of God’s life.
When they are in harmony, we glimpse communion.
When the echo falters, the source still holds.
Yin does not vanish when yang shines; it bends and returns.
So too, humanity bends and returns to God.
The Infinity Loop
I picture the two Trinities as an infinity loop.
The infinity symbol—∞—has long been used to mark what has no end.
Its crossing point is where opposites meet:
beginning and end,
one and many,
time and eternity.
- On one side: the Holy Trinity — Father, Son, Spirit.
- On the other: the Human Trinity — Love, Forgiveness, Kindness.
- At the crossing point: the meeting of God and humanity, where Christ holds both.
The loop never ends.
God’s life flows into us.
Our humanity reflects God back.
Even when we fracture, the loop bends but does not break.
The Invitation
The Holy Trinity is who God is.
The Human Trinity is who we are meant to be.
One is eternal communion.
One is fragile reflection.
But together, they form the endless loop of love:
Heaven and humanity joined,
Source and echo inseparable,
God’s life carried in human hands.
The Holy Trinity is the light.
The Human Trinity is the reflection.
Christ is the crossing—
the infinity where the two meet and return again.
The Trinity is not only doctrine to believe,
but rhythm to live.
The Holy Trinity reminds us who God is.
The Human Trinity reminds us who we are called to be.
And in the endless flow between them,
we discover the mystery of union—
not escape from humanity, but its fulfillment.
In that crossing,
Christ stands.
Not to separate God from us,
but to hold the infinity where we meet.