4. The Best Future

“…The spiritual principle will take hold of many people, who will be united in brotherhood. Thus, the end of barbarism will be proclaimed. This will be the era of a new Power of Faith…’
Prophet John of Jerusalem

‘The future—the best of all possible futures’—on the one hand, is not difficult to imagine. It is:

• A Perfect World;
• People are like gods;
• Evil, weakness, and vice—gone forever;
• Everything we see around us is beautiful and amazing, highly efficient, at the cutting edge of technology, and constantly evolving.

On the other hand, for many people, this is difficult or impossible to imagine. They do not understand what purity, beauty, and perfection are, and they do not believe that something better is possible. They do not even give it a second thought and make excuses for existing flaws.

And these ideas are necessary—like a lighthouse, like a guiding star, like the ultimate Goal—that which humanity and society as a whole must ultimately strive to achieve. However, it is even more important to envision not only the Ideal, Perfect World itself, but also the path by which it can be attained.

There are a million differences between the best possible future and the present. And to achieve that future, all we really need to do is solve just three main challenges. These challenges are the most important ones, and we need to ensure that society understands them and recognizes their value—so that, ultimately, they are embraced and put into practice. That is our mission.

Key objectives for building the society of the future—the best possible one (Level 3):

• Task 1. The Servants must come to power.
• Task 2. The Development of the Individual as a Person—Starting in Childhood.
• Task 3. Social laws must be in accordance with spiritual laws.

4.1. Officials in Power

1. First and foremost, we need to understand who the servants are— on the one hand—and who the self-centered individuals and consumers are —on the other.

Staff:

• These are people of a special kind, whom all great states, empires, spiritual-chivalric orders, and other organizations have deliberately cultivated throughout history—organizations that set as their goal the service not of personal interests, but of the Higher: God, the Fatherland, and the Great Idea;
• In the past, these were warriors, aristocrats, knights, rulers, monks, political reformers, scientists, and many others who devoted their entire lives to achieving the highest standards and, among other things, sacrificed themselves to defend the Faith, their country, their rulers, and their people. It is to them that we owe our gratitude for the creation of magnificent churches, palaces, boulevards, works of art, and, among other things, for the very fact that we live in any free country. Otherwise, we would all be living under Tatar-Mongol, Ottoman, fascist, or some other form of oppression;
• Ultimately, all the best things were created by them;
• These are the best of the best: honest, fair, dedicated, ethical, highly effective, and highly motivated people.

Consumers, egoists—the opposite of servants:

• For consumers, what matters most are material possessions and personal well-being;
• spiritual values—are of little or no importance;
• “Money has no smell,” and for the sake of profit, they’re willing to do anything—any “dirty” job, any underhanded deed;
• Egoists—a more aggressive type of consumer;
• They are willing to openly trample on the interests of others, live off others, and squeeze every last drop out of people, because “he needs it more.”

2. A person in power may have two main types of motives:
   • Either to be a public servant—that is, to serve the Fatherland and bring benefit to the country and its people.
   • Or, like all egoists and consumers, to pursue personal enrichment. He is indifferent to the fate of the country and its people.

Society’s number one problem: selfish people and opportunists very often rise to power. They are also liars and corrupt officials—in other words, state criminals.

3. The first task of the Society of the Future is to have servants in power.

What does this achieve? For example, as everyone knows: Singapore and the United Arab Emirates transformed from among the world’s poorest countries into the richest in record time—thanks to just one servant in power. In the future, those in power should not be a single person, but an entire class of people—the New Aristocracy, the Aristocrats, and the Knights of the Spirit. These people:

• will be able to kindle the fire of Faith and Service in their hearts,
• realize that they are immortal Souls, and will discover within themselves an immense inner strength,
• will feel God and His protection,
• will derive the greatest joy from doing good in this world.

Such people are capable of leading any country down the path of development and prosperity. Nothing will prevent those in power from enacting the best laws, hiring the best leaders and specialists, implementing the latest technologies at the national level, and successfully resolving all social, economic, and other problems.

4.2. The Development of the Individual as a Person from Childhood Onward

The second mission of the Society of the Future is to shape the individual as a person, starting from childhood.

In addition to society’s economic and social problems, there are also spiritual problems. Even in the world’s most highly developed countries, the rates of aggression, crime, depression, drug addiction, and other problems remain quite high. These problems are addressed by fostering the development of the individual as a person—starting in childhood.

The idea is very simple: for a person to be an athlete, they must practice sports; for them to be fluent in a foreign language , they need to study that language; and so on. For a person to be honest, fair, strong, intelligent, noble, happy, successful, and so on, they must be purposefully taught these qualities. And in the society of the Future—the best of all possible worlds—half of all instructional time should be devoted to this. This is not difficult to achieve if we understand that 90% of the knowledge acquired in modern schools is never actually put to use.

Of course, not everyone will become perfect. People will always differ in their level of development and positivity, and many will be influenced by their environment, but the vast majority of spiritual and moral problems can be eliminated — either completely or to a significant extent. At the very least, starting in the early grades, every person should know: how to live with dignity, what is worth living for, what Good and Evil are, what nobility and baseness look like, why it is necessary to believe in oneself, and how to achieve one’s goals, etc.

Ultimately, a person’s level of spiritual perfection must become the criterion for admission to both positions of power and any significant levels of the social hierarchy. Ideally, if a person has ever lied, broken the law, been in the wrong and failed to apologize, etc. — their path to career advancement should be blocked. In this case, those in power and in all key positions will be people we can be proud of, rather than people we curse and are ashamed of.

4.3. Social Laws Are Equal to Spiritual Laws

What Are Spiritual Laws? This is the plan of God and the Higher Powers—how to achieve the best results (Strength, Happiness, Perfection, Success) through the best methods (honestly, fairly, and highly effectively, so that no one—neither the gods nor people—can find fault with a person).

What are social laws today?

1. This is materialism: when religion and everything spiritual were separated from the state and, to a large extent, removed from science.
2. This is selfishness: in many cases, political parties and parliaments make decisions not in the interest of society, but in the interest of their patrons.
3. It is a vice when the law protects things that harm society and corrupt it (drugs, same-sex marriage, homeless people in the city center, and so on).

The Perfect Law, the Spiritual Law, is aimed at fostering and bringing out the very best in human beings and society; and at eliminating weakness, vice, and evil in all their forms.

This law is not “all sunshine and rainbows.” It favors only those who are pure as crystal, strong, devoted to God, and those who are on the path of self-improvement. It is just, but ultimately merciless toward all manifestations of evil and aimed at its complete destruction.

The world, humanity, and society will become perfect only when social laws are on par with spiritual laws, are understood and accepted by society, and are fully implemented. Introducing such laws into society is a long-term process, since “people are not angels,” evil never sleeps, and every problem justifies and defends itself.

4.4. Prophecies

Here are some of the main prophecies ( quotes from Miani M.Y.’s book *The Spirit of Chivalry: Book 1. Choosing the Path*):

1. The priests of the Toltecs, an ancient American people. The prophecy of “The Return of the Warrior”

“They will come from the north—brave men and women who form a strong race and continue to follow the Way of the Hidden Truth in their hearts. An insatiable fire of aspiration and passion burns in the hearts of these people, and this flame will allow them to be the first to hear the call that has been sounded.

The arrival of these people will strike fear into the rest of the world, but not for spiritual reasons. This fear will be based on causes born of ignorance, and therefore their true arrival will go unnoticed at first. That is why they will come unseen and take the world by storm. They will take it not by the Sword, but by the Word, by the Authority, and by the power of their passionate yearning for life and for the One Truth. This power of destiny, this burning passion, will sweep away everything in their path, like a vast, unrelenting tide.

They will search every mind and heart for the One Truth and will not cease their search until they find that sound which has echoed eternally in their hearts and which they have been waiting for all this time. This sound will fuel their inner fire, and around it, under the sign of the Eagle, they will build a new empire—an empire founded not on political power, but solely on the One Truth—and they will spread it across all political and natural boundaries.”

2. Nostradamus. From “A Message to King Henry of France, June 27, 1558”

“And after such times have lasted for a long while, there will be what is almost a renewed reign of Saturn and a Golden Age. God the Creator will speak, having heard of the afflictions of His people, and Satan will be cast down and bound in the abyss, in the deepest underworld; and a universal peace will be established between God and mankind.

And the greatest peace will be established, a union and harmony among those who are at odds, those who have strayed, and those divided by different forms of government; such a peace will be established that the instigators and agitators of war—who exploit religious differences—will remain bound in the underworld, and a new kingdom will be united—one that will reshape wisdom.

“And the transformed cities, towns, kingdoms, and provinces will secretly grow weary of their freedom and, having completely lost their faith, will begin to seek a new kingdom, marked by the emblem of the Imperial Eagle!”

3. The Prophet Daniel. “The Old Testament”

“A wind from the north will unsettle Satan, and he will be filled with the greatest fury; he will go into battle to meet his end, and no one will help him… And at that time the Grand Prince, who stands behind the sons of God, will rise up… and times will come such as have never been before! And only those whose names are written in the Book of Life will be saved…”.

4. John of Jerusalem, the Prophet, spiritual mentor of the Knights Templar

“In the millennium that follows this one, people will finally open their eyes.

They will no longer be confined within their own minds and their own cities, but will be able to see from one end of the Earth to the other and understand one another. They will know that what causes suffering to one person causes pain to another. People will form one enormous being, in which each will be a tiny particle. Together, they will form the heart of this being. There will be a common language spoken by all, and thus, at last, a glorious humanity will emerge. The millennium following this one will become an age of enlightenment: people will love one another, share everything, dream—and their dreams will come true…

…Thus, humanity will be reborn. The spiritual principle will take hold of multitudes of people, who will be united in brotherhood. Thus, the end of barbarism will be proclaimed. This will be an era of renewed strength in faith. The days of ignorance at the beginning of the millennium following this one will be succeeded by days of jubilation: humankind will once again find the righteous path of humanity, and the Earth will once again find harmony….

…When a person learns to give and share, the bitter days of loneliness will be numbered. He will once again believe in the spiritual principle, and nothing will be known of the barbarians… A person will come to realize that all creatures bring light. And all creatures must be respected. Throughout their entire life, a person will live more than one life and will learn that the light never goes out…”.

5. John the Theologian, one of the twelve apostles of Christ. “The Revelation of Saint John the Theologian (Apocalypse)”

“And war broke out in heaven. The Great Prince and his angels fought against the dragon; the dragon and his angels fought against them, … but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them, … and the ancient serpent and his angels were cast down from heaven to earth…

…And I saw the heavens opened, and there was a white horse, and the one sitting on it is called the Great and Faithful One, who judges and wages war with justice. He was clothed in the garments of Knowledge; his name is the Word of God. And the heavenly armies followed him on white horses. From his mouth came a sharp sword, with which to strike down the nations…

…And I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. And I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God, and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the dead were judged according to what was written in the books, in accordance with their deeds.

…I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And I saw the great city, the holy New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It has the glory of God. Its radiance was like that of a most precious stone, like a crystal-clear jasper.

It has a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates are twelve angels. The city wall has twelve foundations, and on them are the names of the twelve apostles. And the twelve gates are twelve pearls; each gate was made of a single pearl. The city’s streets are pure gold, like transparent glass…

The glory of God has shone upon it. The nations that have been saved will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honor into it.

And nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who is given over to abomination and falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Book of Life.

And they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book. Behold, I am coming soon, and My vengeance is with Me, to repay each person according to his deeds.”

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the First and the Last.”

Author: “These are the words that conclude the Bible. And the New Age begins!”

From the book by M.Y. Mianiee, *The Spirit of Chivalry: Book 3. The Order. The Brotherhood* (in preparation for publication)

MANIFESTO OF THE FORCES OF LIGHT: AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE

“— All the people of this world! All those whose hearts still burn with passion! All those who are guided not by vice and meanness, but by a striving for Honor and Justice! A yearning for all that is Great and Beautiful! A yearning for a perfect world and just laws!

— We appeal to all forces and people of Good Will! We appeal to you, Human Being, if you still consider yourself one! Rise up and go! Remember who you are and who you were when you were born! Be honest! Above all, be honest with yourself!

— You have to understand: Happiness and Success aren’t like mud that just sticks to your shoes on its own! Happiness, Success, Honor, Respect—everything of value—must be earned!

— Be brave! — Stop making excuses! Understand! There are no excuses! Understand! — You can’t be tolerant of deceit, betrayal, or meanness! They must be completely destroyed!

— We are in favor of completely eradicating selfishness (living at the expense of others)! A decent society is only for decent people! Be resolute, be fearless! Declare war on Evil, at least within yourself! War on your own laziness, weakness, and stupidity!

— Get up and go! — And you’ll have a chance to change everything! A chance to reach the heights you once dreamed of! But only if you make that decision and stay committed to it forever!

— If you set out on this path! — Never stop! Stay true to your choice and always move forward! Until you reach the shining peaks! Until you become a Knight of the Spirit!

— A person of Faith, Fire, and Steel. And only then will you be able to behold the radiant Face of your Creator, unite your Heart with the Soul of the entire world! And find endless joy, peace, and power!

“Whoever has ears, let them hear! Whoever has eyes, let them see!” And whoever is capable of making decisions—let them make their choice and always remain true to it!”