3 fold rule

[Logic]

I think its supposed to be, whenever someone does something nice for you, do something nice for 3 other people, its from play if forward, correct me if im wrong.

[Coffee]

Whenever someone loans you 1 dollar, pay me back 3 dollars.  That's the only rule I know.

[kakkarot]

coffee: if i loan *arc* one dollar, i have to pay *you* back three?[]

arc, the three fold law is that whatever you do, it shall come back to you three times as powerful/abundant/etc. so if you do evil, the idea is that three times that much evil will come back to you. if you do good, three times that much good will come to you. in theory it's nice, but i've never seen it work [V].

~kakkarot

[Fenris]

The rules or factors that affect how magic works are the same as every other aspect of life, its just that in 'magic' things are more concentrated and potent. So to answer your question look at how everyday life works, and then consider the possibility of patterns you notice in life being magnified. It has been my observation that people who have hearts filled with love live in a world where they are loved by others, and the opposite is true for cruel people.

Simple rules provide a simple fundamental set of ideas, in this case what you put out into the universe is drawn to you. Try being a little critical with ideas and rules, who made that rule up anyway? Maybe it just sounded very poetic in the wiccan rede and it all went from there. How can you measure something to return to the equivelent of three times its projection when we are talking about subjective experiences not numbers?

Its just my opinion, but i feel everthing is science and people make rules like this because they see a pattern which they can't explaine, so rather than experiment and explore the concept they just make it something mysterious. If your interested in understanding why who we are and what we do determines what life sends at us you might get a lot out of studying the human energy system, how it works and interacts with the different levels of existance.

Kind regards
David

[Dark_Phoenix]

The 3-fold rule was made up, being as if you did wrong it would come back to haunt you, and if you did something nice it would save you one day. nothing like this has ever happened so I would count on doing this. Do as your hearts content. Whatever floats your bubble.

[Logic]

quote:Whatever floats your bubble.

My bubbles dont float, just my boat []

[LadyEowyn]

I see it more as something to live by, something to keep in mind before you do something. It makes you think about what you are going to do and if you are willing to deal with it coming back to you threefold.

[Arc]

does it work if you do something good as well? like if you were really nice does it come back three-fold or just when you do bad?