Background: Apaphatic prayer is a way to work on the nondualistic mind.  It is done by first affirming a statement about God…  For example, “God is love.”  Next we negate this statement: “God is not love.”  Then we negate the negation: “God is not not-love.”

The trinity is a particularly powerful idea for Christians to apahatically meditate over.  This is because the portions of the trinity is true…  And also contradictory.  This first version of a trinity-focused apaphatic meditation will be repetitive and simple.

37A: Simple Trinity-Based Apaphatic Prayer

1.  Find your center.
2. Take a cleansing breath.
3. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is father.”
4. Exhale.  Say or think, “God is not father.”
5. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-father.”
6. Take a cleansing breath.
7. Inhale.  Say or think “God is son.”
8. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not son.”
9. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-son.”
10. Take a cleansing breath. 
11. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is spirit.”
12. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not spirit.”
13. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is not not-spirit.”
14. Take a cleansing breath.
15. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is father.”
16. Exhale.  Say or think, “God is not father.”
17. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-father.”
18. Take a cleansing breath.
19. Inhale.  Say or think “God is son.”
20. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not son.”
21. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-son.”
22. Take a cleansing breath. 
23. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is spirit.”
24. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not spirit.”
25. Take a cleansing breath.
26. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is father.”
27. Exhale.  Say or think, “God is not father.”
28. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-father.”
29. Take a cleansing breath.
30. Inhale.  Say or think “God is son.”
31. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not son.”
32. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-son.”
33. Take a cleansing breath. 
34. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is spirit.”
35. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not spirit.”

Background: The following exercise, begins, like 37A, with considering the 3 person of the trinity, but then moves on to consider the other contradictory implications of the doctrine.

Exercise 37B

1.  Find your center.
2. Take a cleansing breath.
3. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is father.”
4. Exhale.  Say or think, “God is not father.”
5. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-father.”
6. Take a cleansing breath.
7. Inhale.  Say or think “God is son.”
8. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not son.”
9. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-son.”
10. Take a cleansing breath. 
11. Inhale.  Say or think, “God is spirit.”
12. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not spirit.”
13. Take a cleansing breath.
14. Inhale.  Say or think “God is one.”
15. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not one.”
16. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-one.”
17. Take a cleansing breath.
18. Inhale.  Say or think “God is father.”
19. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not father.”
20. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not father.”
21. Take a cleansing breath.
22. Inhale.  Say or think “God is three.”
23. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not three.”
24. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-three.”
25. Take a cleansing breath.
26. Inhale.  Say or think “God is son.”
27. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not son.”
28. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-son.”
29. Take a cleansing breath.
30. Inhale.  Say or think “God is three-in-one.”
31. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not three-in-one.”
32. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not-three-in-one.”
33. Take a cleansing breath.
34. Inhale.  Say or think “God is spirit.”
35. Exhale.  Say or think “God is not spirit.”
36. Inhale.  Say or think “God is not not spirit.”