The Law of (Approximately) Three

“Know that whatsoever you do shall return unto you in threefold measure.”

Really?

A friend and I have a friendly disagreement about this.

If you give a kid a dollar, don’t expect three people to each give you a dollar. Or if you swear at the cat, it’s not like three cats will swear at you. (Except they’re cats, so they might.) But in both cases, you’ve created the conditions for the vibe to keep on going.

The Law of Three is just a variant on the Law of Attraction: Whatever you put out there, expect the Universe to hand you back the same stuff. How does it change your day if you flip somebody off in traffic? What happens if you help somebody do something they’re struggling with? Stuff has consequences. Or, to phrase it differently, “Know that whatsoever you do shall return unto you.”

The Law of Three bolts on a magical multiplier, which makes it sound like karma math. Is there some cosmic spreadsheet?

But consequences do multiply. Every action ripples out, like dropping a pebble in a pond. Maybe three times is an average. Call it whatever you want – Law of Three, karma, Law of Attraction. It’s always there. You can work with it, but you can’t work against it.