Unity & Uniformity We often confuse unity with uniformity. In
reality it is the spirit of unity which creates uniformity for
the sake of its beauty and the protection it gives. Throughout
all ages both have existed: unity as the inner nature of every
soul and the only purpose of life, and uniformity to help to
fulfill that purpose. Unity is the goal and uniformity the means
to reach that goal, but often the means has obscured the
purpose. All through the ages the different religions which have
been given to man for his spiritual development with the sole
idea of unity, have gradually become a kind of community or
nationality. Many people who belong to a Church accept its
dogmas, claim a certain name for their religion, and consider
all other children of God as separate; by doing so they lose the
very seed of wisdom for whose development that religion was
given. This error has existed from the beginning, so that
instead of touching the true spirit, people have lost reality by
seeking a false objective. Religio