More details are emerging as to the structure of The Foundation. It has a structure, yet it needs to be remembered that, rather than being a traditional heirarchy, it is more of a family, bound together by a loving acceptance of the roles given.
The leader is the Guru/teacher, who inspires and guides the entire community. In time, he can be replaced by a chosen successor, who will be similarly inspired. Under him are the teachers, a kind of priesthood, but very much not seen as having an exclusive power or privilege. they are inspired teachers, equal to other members. Then, slightly below, perhaps, but more alongside these teachers, are the Knights of Goodwill.
They are an order of knights, blessed by the Guru, who are committed to fighting evil by doing good wherever they do. Quite unlike orders of Knights in the dark ages preceding them, they are to fulfill the promises of chivalry by helping the needy, not just as a polite extra, but as their main role. They'll be kind to neighbours, they'll help the homeless, they'll stand beside people, with all the strength of everything the archetype conveys, but without the previous errors.
Below (or, again, really beside) them are the laymen. They are the ordinary members of the organisation, who don't quite have the level of commitment to be in the other roles, or perhaps are too busy with other concerns to sincerely fulfil them. Yet, they benefit from the examples of the teachers and knights and therefor give them moral and even financial; support. The laymen make possible the entire structure and in fact this structure exists to serve them, the majority, by making possible the existance of the 'higher orders'- in reality the more commited servants- that embody it.
A structure is only as good as the people who form it. By having relevant and inspiring ideas, not to mention a strong desire to make the world a better place and one more in harmony with the worlds of the higher spheres- to make Earth more like Heaven, no less- this Foundation will bring an aura of peace and happiness to all whom it touches. Sure, at some point it's ideals may become so outdated as to be no more than obscure sayings and it's structure so riddled with corruption as to be meaningless. Yet, with a approach that is dynamic and fresh, with the ever-renewed bond between the laymen and their protector-servants, such a decay can be put off indefinitely. Religions don't get corrupt- people get corrupt. With ever-renewed inspiration, even that need never take place.
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