I have been conducting some research on the theory that the Universe is all about patterns. Recently I found an article describing the Universal Octaves which enthralled me and when I started reading I simply could not put it down.
The following quotes are taken from Chapter 7 of "In Search of the Miraculous" by P D Ouspensky.
"The first fundamental law of the Universe is the law of three forces, or three principles,.." " According to this law, every action, every phenomenon, in all worlds without exception, is the result of a simultaneous action of three forces - the positive, the negative, and the neutralising."
"The number of fundamental laws which govern all processes both in the world and in man is very small. Different numerical combinations of a few elementary forces create all the seeming variety of phenomena"
"If we grasp its full meaning, the law of octaves gives us an entirely new explanation of the whole of life, of the progress and development of phenomena on all planes of the Universe observed by us. This law explains why there are no straight lines in nature and also why we can neither think nor "do"; why everything with us is thought; why everything happen with us.. "