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The momentous changes occurring in the world today - changes which represent both the deepest hopes and deepest fears of humanity - if considered thoughtfully, resolve themselves into two broad categories: those things which tend to bring people together, and those things which tend to separate and divide people. All of the forces, all of the institutions, movements, undertakings, and theories - in short, all of the human endeavors of this day are being judged according to a divine standard: do they conform to the purpose of God and engender unity, or do they lead to conflict and division (162:8) Those things being undertaken for the purpose of establishing unity, and thereby unlocking the potential of humanity for establishing divine civilization, are assisted by unseen forces and are gaining in strength and influence day by day (162:9) They can be witnessed in the flourishing of agencies - on local, national, and international levels - whose aims are racial, religious and ethnic harmony as well as equality and prosperity for women and men of all ages. On the other hand, those things which exist to keep people apart, thus blocking the release of human potential, and which, therefore, stand in opposition to the divine will, are being demolished, in sometimes imperceptible, sometimes catastrophic degrees, by those same unseen forces
(162:10)
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