Section 5 : The Ideal of Three Unities for the Third Era

　　From the two above realizations (the Third Theory of Godhood, the Equality of Sacred and Mundane), and the three pathways of striving, humans can gradually enter the domain of great unity. What we call great unity also includes three phases: At the furthest limit it is unity of the cosmos, not of this pebble-like Earth. Thus great unity will be carried out in three stages: these are “unity of the sacred and mundane”, “world unity”, and “unity of Heaven and man”. “Unity of sacred and mundane” means that every person will have a sagely spiritual practice worthy of comparison with immortals and buddhas. “World unity” means unity among people. The ultimate ideal, however, is unity of Heaven and man. At such time human spiritual practice will have attained the equalization of the sacred and mundane. Once the is world unity, there will be increased capability to strive with nature. The sole aim of all scientific discoveries will be pursuit of truth, and intermediaries in the spirit realm will give additional help. Of course this will bring communication of Heaven with mankind nearer. As communication between mankind and Heaven grows daily more frequent, truth will become daily more apparent, till unity of the whole cosmos is completed. This can be termed the Third Era of mankind’s religious culture, coming after the arcane First Era and the deified Second Era. The religious culture of the Third Era will have something of mechanistic (the workings of Nature). When that time comes, by operating a machine we will see the marching of millions of soldiers, or we can sit and converse with ancestors from thousands of years ago. What enjoyment could rival this?

　　由於以上兩種之認識（第三神論，聖凡平等）及三種奮鬥之途徑，人類即可逐漸進入大同之域。然所謂大同，亦包括三個程序，其限度則為宇宙之大同，非此彈丸之地球而已也。故大同之進行，共有三段，即「聖凡大同」、「世界大同」、「天人大同」是也。「聖凡大同」者，即人人皆有聖的修養足以媲美仙佛而無愧也。「世界大同」者，即人間之大同也。至其最後之理想，則為「天人大同」。蓋此時人類之修養，皆已達到聖凡平等之境地。而世界大同之後，又有增強其向自然奮鬥之能力，一切科學之發明皆以窮究真理為唯一之目的，再加以神界之媒介與協助，自能促成天人交通之接近。天人之際的交通日益頻繁，真理自必日明，而最後全宇宙之大同成矣。此時期又可名為人類宗教文化之第三紀，蓋第一紀之宗教文化，為渺冥的，第二紀之宗教文化，則為神化的，至第三紀之宗教文化，方為機械的（自然運行）。屆時機器一開，即可望見百萬大兵之進軍，或與數千年前之老前輩對坐暢談，樂何如之！