In answering that, it's best to start with two points of clarification.

The Three Principles refer to an understanding, not a technique. Simply put, The Three Principles points to a means by which we are able to see with greater clarity and depth the operating system behind the human psychological experience.

Secondly, it is helpful to take a deep dive into the meaning of the word "principle."

One definition states: "A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning."

Also: "A fundamental source or basis of something." From Latin principium 'source,' principia (plural) foundations.

And lastly: "A natural law forming the basis for the construction or working of something. A fundamental quality determining the nature of something.

Principles are completely neutral. They are not personal. They don't "play favorites." Put another away, understanding the principle of something allows us to see the essence, the nature, the "why" of how it operates.

More follows about Mind, Consciousness and Thought which we point to as "The Three Principles."

Pointing to the Three Principles as a paradigm allow us to more easily understand where our experience of life is actually coming from.

This understanding allows us to see that, moment to moment, we are experiencing our life because we have the power to formulate thought. Human beings are aware that they formulate thought., and we're doing it all of the time. Thought is fabric of our lives. We can't psychologically experience life without thought. Thought is the one of the three principles.

The next principle, consciousness, is best explained by seeing that consciousness is what gives us our ability to experience thought. Consciousness is the equipment that brings to life, so to speak, what our thought is up to. If thought is the formulator, it is consciousness that gives us it's full impact.

Mind as a principle can be the most difficult to articulate. Many different words, all pointing to the same thing, have been used. Universal Intelligence, Energy of all things, Higher Power, Nature, Spiritual Essence, Source of Enlightenment, are just a few I've heard used.

Thought and Consciousness when referred to as principles within this understanding, have no life of their own without the principle of Mind. Mind offers endless hope and potential that needs, in a sense, Thought and Consciousness for that potential to become actualized.