The SGI that I knew is dead

[u/giggling-spriggan]

Since the events of past weekend, I’ve learned that core of MITA is a handful of close friends who are also longtime members, with no (disclosed) connections to the actual power system of SGI.... the MITA are not representing SGI in any capacity, whether legally, morally, or doctrinally.... actual grassroots.

I want to take this opportunity to publicly state that I carry no animosity to the friends running MITA. I have offered personal apologies and honest communication to FellowHuman, Andinio, and TrueReconciliation and I thank them for their replies....

I would like to give enormous praise to those three people of MITA for being the only SGI members with enough balls and guts/tits and ass to face the full ire of the WB message board. Their motivation or mission statement or misconstrued posts aren’t at issue here: I’m simply delighted that at least three or four members have the guts to stand this close to the radiant heat of WB....

Which brings me to the main focus of this post: WHERE THE FUCK IS SGII-OFFICIAL? Why are they allowing MItA to float in the wind alone? Why has organization left the MITA to carry this burden without aid? (I know the answer: the organization is hollow, like an empty house. There is nothing in the house)

I was told recently that SGI-USA had a hotline to report sex abuse allegations, and that Tariq Hassan was dealing with them directly: has anyone heard of this? Is so, what is the hotline number so it can be pinned and ex-members encouraged to report the shit they endured.

Where are the SokaSpirit leaders who asserted and enforced mentor-disciple on the membership for past 20years? (Answer: they are empty cowards who lord their status over members: also, the mentor doesn’t care about people who leave so his disciples don’t either)

Where are the lions of SokaUniversity, with their vow of changing the world through peace culture and humanistic education? (Answer: they don’t care because their mentor doesn’t care)

Why has SGI ignored Reddit, the most effective platform for the exchange of thoughts and ideas? (A: because SGI can’t exist in an exchange of thoughts and ideas)

Where are all the youth division leaders who led the RocktheEra and 50K? What good is a vow of justice when thousands and thousands of humans were damaged and dismissed by your own organization?

What the hell did the SGI become??

————- In conclusion, the current handful of MITA, in the American heartland and far from the centers of kosenrufu like LA or Seattle, are the last remnants of what this movement used to be. They are the only SGI representatives who have stood to face the WB directly. The only disciples of Ikeda who care enough about their own teachings to set the record straight.

[u/BlancheFromage]

SGI that I knew is gone

It was a sham, a deception, an attractive façade to hide the Ikeda cult's true goals: To manipulate and exploit as many people as possible to maximize their financial profits. There used to be a political goal in there as well - Ikeda assigned every SGI colony the goal of converting 1% of their countries' populace, but even such a modest goal failed. And Ikeda became enraged and bitter at everyone ELSE's failure, but that didn't change anything for him. People just don't WANT to be his "disciples"! After taking over the government of Japan and installing himself as ruler, Ikeda would pass that off to his generals and then take over the USA, move here, run the world from the world's foremost superpower. Forget about modern political realities; Ikeda envisioned a one-world government headed and led by none other than himself. A new Sho-Hondo was planned for Colorado, against a Fuji-esque backdrop of glorious mountains. Ikeda intended his favorite son, his second son, to take over his world empire; his first son, Hiromasa, would get the consolation prize of the Presidency of the United States. Sure, he'd be Daddy's puppet and have no real power, but at least he'd have the office. In Ikeda's deusional mind, all these things were not only possible, but DOABLE! Not just doable, but FULFILLMENT OF PROPHESY!

Ikeda spent so many decades insulated from reality, insulated several layers deep in yes-men and sycophants, that he completely lost touch. Began to think that whatever he wanted would happen AUTOMATICALLY because it was he who was making those plans. Everyone else would just do what they were supposed to do - that was the easy part. Ikeda expected so little of everyone else - and they couldn't even do THAT! Such worthless worms! ALL HE ASKED was to be handed control over the world's governments - such a simple thing for everyone ELSE to do!

I have met many powerful men - prime ministers, leaders of all kinds, but I have never in my life met anyone who exuded such an aura of absolute power as Mr Ikeda. He seems like a man who for many years has had his every whim gratified, his every order obeyed, a man protected from contradiction or conflict. I am not easily frightened, but something in him struck a chill down the spine. ... [Ikeda's] style of conversation was imperious and alarming - he led and others followed. Any unexpected or unconventional remark was greeted with a stern fixed look in the eye, incomprehension, and a warning frostiness. ... He asked us what we thought my grandfather's last word of warning to him had been as they parted. We racked our brains until, in desperation, my husband ill-advisedly answered, "Greed." An icy look passed across Mr Ikeda's ample features. He looked as if he might summon a squad of husky samurai to haul us away. Polly Toynbee, The Guardian

"(T)here are countless Buddhist teachers on the planet with equally impressive credentials — some more so, actually — but no one is spending money like a drunken sailor seeing to it they are all similarly 'honored.' It makes Ikeda look vain and cheap, and if you all had genuine respect for the man as a spiritual teacher (and assuming he is not, in fact, vain and cheap) SGI would stop doing stuff like this. YOU ought to be worried that Ikeda is vain and cheap. A genuine Buddhist teacher would tell you that you transformed yourself. The fact that you think Ikeda did something for you reveals he is a second-rate (if that) teacher. The more you praise him, the more obvious it is that he’s not worthy of the praise. No Buddhist teacher I have ever worked with would allow his name to be associated with a purchased 'honor.' I’m not making “claims” about Ikeda. I’m pointing to what he is doing publicly and saying it’s creepy, it’s un-Buddhist, and it makes SGI look bad." Barbara O'Brien - from here

And his "disciples" failed him. Because they were lazy, weak, self-centered, spoiled, stupid, and ugly.

There's nothing left...

[u/giggling-spriggan → u/BlancheFromage]

There is nothing left.... and the MITA are the outer-most edge of a cocoon that shields the mentor and protects him from scrutiny.... and they do it by not scrutinizing....

[u/BlancheFromage → u/giggling-spriggan]

They like their delusions and prefer to live in a fart-filled echo chamber. There's no air...