90. But a religion capable of attracting the interest of all terrestrial people must be of such a nature that
it inspires the most outstanding representatives of science as well as representatives of the most primitive ignorance.
It must be able to give infallible answers about life and experiences in the West as well as in the East.
It must satisfy all nations.
But a religion which has to satisfy such enormous demands cannot be of a limited nature.
It cannot be aimed at a certain people, a certain science or a certain area of experience.
It cannot be partial to anyone or anything.
It must let every conceivable possibility for development remain open.
Hence, such a religion must not only be of international, but also of universal nature.
It cannot be merely an idea of Truth.
It must be Truth itself, otherwise it will fail.
It will be a dividing power instead of a uniting one.
It will cause dissension between its supporters and non-supporters.
It will put a barrier between "believers" and "non-believers", between "saved" and "lost".
It will defeat its purpose by creating nationalism instead of internationalism, selfishness instead of unselfishness, and thus become a source of discord instead of a basis for the fulfilment of terrestrial mankind's wish for a lasting peace.
Thus, a religion that is to make mankind - divided as it is into races, nations and religious communities - into
"one flock", can therefore, be formed only by a factor which is absolutely
identical for all people, regardless of whether they belong to a white or a coloured race, or whether they are primitive or civilized.
It must show all things having their valid place in the divine world plan and thereby it will make everything and everybody intelligible to each other.
Such a religion cannot be a "fabricated" religion, but can only be absolutely "life's own religion" (see Section 15)
or the Eternal Truth itself in an unveiled manifestation.
This again means the same as a religion having an outstanding knowledge in harmony with all experiences of life's eternal laws, its deepest problems and the divine world plan.
A religion which realizes life's highest predicaments and has to be so strong that it can gather and unite mankind's greatest interests and thereby become an unshakeable basis upon which the coming human kingdom can rest.
This religion cannot be a myth, a legend, an assumption or a theory, a combination of traditions and dogmas; it cannot be a conviction which has become an authority just because it is Buddhist, Islamic or Christian; neither can it be a conviction which has become popular just because it is either Eastern or Western, because it is European or American, because it is materialistic or religious.
It can only be a conviction which is authoritative because it is an analysis of fact, and has its roots in terrestrial mankind's daily life and genuine experiences.
The spiritual basis that will make all people on Earth "one flock", or one unit, cannot thus be formed from a belief in the Godhead, but from an experience of the Godhead.
It must be the very vision of the Eternal Father.
Just as the individual has learned to experience day and night, summer and winter, sea and land, so he must also learn to experience the one great God, the only great "Shepherd".
Solely in this experience lies all wisdom, happiness and harmony.
And only through this experience can World Peace be conveyed to all earthly zones, and the divine real human kingdom arise.
To experience the Godhead is then the same as to experience His manifestations.
These will again be expressed as the living beings' daily existence or experience of life.
But the individual will have no faculty to experience daily life with all its phenomena - its so-called "crimes", mutilation, war, accidents, poverty, need and illness, as well as its light sides - as identical with the manifestations of the Godhead until he realizes the true identity, position and purpose of these factors in the divine world plan, and thereby becomes aware that they have a divine mission and lead to a divine and sublime goal, and that they are all, without exception, in the closest contact with the concept: "Everything is very good".
To attain this ability to see life from so wide and uplifted a view of the horizon that the whole of the world plan becomes visible and becomes knowledge will then constitute the common spiritual interest, the absolutely one and only religious basis that can unite all terrestrial people into one nation, one kingdom, "one flock".