"Your "rewarding relationships" of today may not be there in five years.
Are these relationship real or will they sour outside of the Gakkai? Don't
be surprised when your closest friends of today come to hate you someday
because you kept them in a lie. If people in your district leave (and some
will, because the time is ripe for the truth to be widespread) they will
never forgive you for allowing them to be lied to. People hate being lied
to....they never forgive the betrayal. You may say that you didn't know
better, but then, with friends like you, who needs enemies? That's what
they'll say. You get the scenario that I'm trying to convey. Put yourself
in the shoes of someone who wakes up and resents the years spent in SGI.
Can you blame them? What about yourself? It's like trying to keep a
family going after being told that your husband has sexually abused your
children? Some people actually do continue on as if nothing happened.
But, once you've been told otherwise, you can't go back to "business as
usual". It will not be the same. What would your children say if you were
told about sexual abuse and you ignored it? What would the Buddhas think
if you close your eyes and deny everything? Since they reside in your
mind, you can't escape them. You can only cut yourself off from them,
which is exactly what the Devil King is hoping that you'll do. However, the
retribution for the sin of "yodozai" (complicity) becomes more serious when
you knowingly partake in a deception that strikes at the heart of the Lotus
Sutra. Suddenly, the stakes are a lot more hazardous. So, do yourself a
favor and re-examine Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra, as if you never heard
anything from the SGI/NST before.
Are these relationship real or will they sour outside of the Gakkai? Don't
be surprised when your closest friends of today come to hate you someday
because you kept them in a lie. If people in your district leave (and some
will, because the time is ripe for the truth to be widespread) they will
never forgive you for allowing them to be lied to. People hate being lied
to....they never forgive the betrayal. You may say that you didn't know
better, but then, with friends like you, who needs enemies? That's what
they'll say. You get the scenario that I'm trying to convey. Put yourself
in the shoes of someone who wakes up and resents the years spent in SGI.
Can you blame them? What about yourself? It's like trying to keep a
family going after being told that your husband has sexually abused your
children? Some people actually do continue on as if nothing happened.
But, once you've been told otherwise, you can't go back to "business as
usual". It will not be the same. What would your children say if you were
told about sexual abuse and you ignored it? What would the Buddhas think
if you close your eyes and deny everything? Since they reside in your
mind, you can't escape them. You can only cut yourself off from them,
which is exactly what the Devil King is hoping that you'll do. However, the
retribution for the sin of "yodozai" (complicity) becomes more serious when
you knowingly partake in a deception that strikes at the heart of the Lotus
Sutra. Suddenly, the stakes are a lot more hazardous. So, do yourself a
favor and re-examine Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra, as if you never heard
anything from the SGI/NST before.
If, after that, you can live with "doublethink", then you've chosen your
path , based upon a careful evaluation of all the facts. Otherwise, your
decision is based on ignorance and you have to live with your head in the
sand. Either way, the situation will not remain static. Changes will
come about within the SGI/NST that cannot be diverted or avoided......so,
the feelings that you have today may undergo some inescapable soul
searching in the not-to-distant future."
Stephanie Maltz
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