The Three Principles were revealed by Sydney Banks—but who was Syd?
Sydney Banks (1931–2009) was an ordinary man who, in 1973, had a spontaneous and profound spiritual experience. After his experience, he went from working as a welder with a 9th-grade education to becoming a world-renowned spiritual teacher. His profound spiritual experience revealed The Three Principles, which are the foundation of all human experience: Life Force, Consciousness, and Thought.
People from all walks of life were drawn to Syd and his teachings. Shortly after his realization, a grassroots movement took shape, and word of The Three Principles spread by word of mouth. Those who gained deep insights into the principles experienced profound changes that transformed their lives.
Over the years, countless foundations, institutions, and companies have been established with the aim of sharing and promoting an understanding of the Three Principles. Private, municipal, and state programs have been established in the areas of mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, trauma and PTSD treatment, education, prevention, prison education, sports, and leadership.
Although Sydney Banks passed away in 2009, the spread of The Three Principles continues throughout the world. The Three Principles embody great wisdom and power. And when this is combined with the many success stories of people who have experienced profound changes, it creates a natural momentum that has carried—and will continue to carry—this understanding out into the world.
For more information about Sydney Banks' life and work, see here:
https://threeprinciplesfoundation.org/ https://sydbanks.com/
Below, you can read more about the Principle of Vitality, the Principle of Consciousness, and the Principle of Thought.
The Principle Vitality
Vital force is the source and intelligence behind all life.
The Principle of Vitality is a formless energy responsible for creating all life. It is the eternal peace and stillness that precedes the movement and noise of created life.
For each and every one of us, Life Force is our fundamental nature. Nothing exists beyond Life Force. It is the source of everything in the universe. Throughout the ages, many words have been used to try to point to this dimension of life: the unborn, the uncreated, the infinite void from which everything arises, the divine, the quantum mechanical field, the great nothingness, emptiness, the fertile void, and other names.
Vital force is the intelligence that knows how every living system is created and sustained. In nature, it guides a flower to open and turn toward the sun. It knows how to convert sunlight into energy that the flower can use to grow. It knows how to guide the salmon back to their spawning grounds. It guides the birds on their annual migrations.
The Principle of Consciousness
Consciousness is what makes you aware of life.
Behind your thinking lies an open space of quiet awareness. It is called the Principle of Consciousness. The Principle of Consciousness belongs to the realm of the human soul. The Latin word for soul is “anima,” which is the root of the word “animation.” Consciousness is what sets the thoughts you have chosen to focus on in motion. When you believe what you think, your five senses are animated to create an experience of what you have thought.
The Principle: Consciousness is the infinite backdrop to life. We all live within an infinite field of consciousness rather than merely within individual consciousness.
Everything in life—every single cell that has been created—has a degree of consciousness built into it, since everything is created from this infinite field of consciousness. Every single cell in the universe reacts to heat, pressure, touch, and gravity.
The Principle of Consciousness enables all people to experience and perceive life. It brings your five senses to life—seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling. It is through your senses that you experience life.
The Principle
Thoughts
The Principle of Thought is the underlying force that creates the entire spectrum of human experience.
We live in a world of Thoughts. There is nothing in our experience—from the moment we are born to the moment we die—that is not brought to life through the power of Thought. It is formless and infinite.
The Principle of Thought constantly generates mental activity—or thinking—that takes place in your mind and in everyone else’s minds. It creates all the forms of mental activity you experience: ideas, concepts, beliefs, impressions, and images. You are a thinker with free will, so you have the freedom to decide which thoughts you will listen to and which you will ignore. You have the freedom to give a thought your attention or not. You have the freedom to act on a thought or not.
When we talk about the Principle of Thought, we are not referring to the stream of content that flows through your mind all the time—that is your personal thinking. The Principle of Thought is much greater and deeper. It is what enables the creation of all mental life and everything you think. It is the ultimate creative potential or field from which all thinking arises.
