The third thought-concentration of the Lord's Prayer has been expressed in the words "Thy Kingdom come". Through this prayer the one who prays is also completely in contact with the divine will. That "The kingdom of God is to come" is only what already exists as an eternal destiny in the divine world-plan. "The Kingdom of God" is the same as a mode of life in which "the animal" has been transformed into "perfect man". One cannot deny that such a transformation is taking place without denying evolution. It is bound to be accepted as a fact by every human being who is endowed with a normal intelligence (and who is prejudiced or bound neither by "scientific" nor by religious "dogmas") that his daily life comprises a series of experiences and that these have a deciding influence on his will and also that this influence eventually improves his character. If the opposite is the case, the being must be abnormal. Every normal human being, having gained sufficient experience as to what creates the cause of unhappy or bitter events in the experience of life, will in the future try to fight against these causes. As this principle is fundamental for the normality of every being, an improvement of mentality or spiritual refinement must inevitably be the consequence. It does not change the principle that an extremely large part of humanity still manifests causes such as vices, excesses, greed, ambition, hate and intolerance, the effects of which must inevitably result in phenomena such as the unhappy events which are universal at present and which are called war, persecution, mutilation, illness and poverty: all these things show that one has not acquired sufficient knowledge of the true causes of these dark phenomena or their first tiny roots in the daily mental life of individual beings, their mode of will and moral function. That the above-mentioned events are important to the refinement of morality is already shown as an unshakable fact, considering that humaneness in the form of "a lasting peace" has become the highest desired ideal or longed-for goal of these very individuals. Is it not true that this ideal has become such a fundamental element in the moral concept of terrestrial Man that no fight, no persecution, no war or mutilation dare be committed or can find any valid defence or any legal justification on any other pretext than that it takes place in the name of "justice" and thereby in the name of "morality" and "humanity"?
      To such a degree is an all-dominating humanity, a perfect culture, a permanent real peace definitely desired that any act of bloodshed, terror, mutilation, persecution with murder and fire is tolerated by human beings as long as the general public has an unabated belief that these phenomena happen solely in the service of justice and thereby in the service of humanity or real universal peace and harmony.
      It is a matter of course that an unshakable belief in the infallibility of a certain method or a special means serving the purpose of attaining the desired humanity and peace must first of all lead to the application of that method or means. Otherwise the beings in question would be abnormal. It would be intolerant to insist on making them look foolish and mistaken.
      But because they are free to apply foolish as well as perfect or rightful ways and means, it will finally appear as a living fact which ways or means are the most perfect or which lead directly to the desired goal. As the primitive methods of power and violence, of war and brutality, have been profusely applied in the history of mankind and as the desire for peace and humanity, despite all this, is nevertheless even more unsatisfied in our time than in any other period, it is not difficult to see that experience does not speak in favour of the preservation of the methods of war and terror as a means of obtaining the desired permanent peace, humanity or perfect culture. Experience will make it evident to everyone that one cannot abolish or eradicate an evil by keeping it alive, by making it develop and multiply. One cannot eradicate terror by practising, worshipping, and honouring it. "The Kingdom of God" or "The Kingdom of Heaven" cannot be forced upon the continents nor be held in check by murderous weapons, mutilation and murder. Only by rendering these primitive methods superfluous and removing their necessity or supposed necessity from the individual's consciousness through understanding and intellectuality will the consciousness be able to experience "the coming of God's kingdom" in his own mental sphere or his innermost soul.
      To pray for "the coming of the Kingdom of God" is thus the same as praying that one may be in contact with the above-mentioned guidance of the "animal" through experience towards the light or the Godhead's creation of the "perfect human being".