Tuesday, March 6, 2018
SGI's shifting causality
The insidious violence perpetrated by SGI members is psychological violence. For example, blaming the victim rather than the abuser. Who is it that is abused in the Soka Gakkai? Whomever is lower in the SGI hierarchy is invariably blamed for a complaint against someone higher, except in the most egregious circumstances [criminal prosecution bringing public shame to the SGI organization, for example]. It is akin to blaming a woman who is raped for no fault of her own or blaming an innocent country for some made up transgression as an excuse to invade that country. Shifting causality in such ways, the SGI leaders maintain their power over members and the illusion of their infallibility. By shifting causaity SGI leaders maintain their power over members and the illusion of their infallibility
Although the web of karmic causality is quite complex, one characteristic of awakening is the ability to know the way of the world and to see reality as it is. For example, Nichiren teaches, "And that will in no way be her fault [if she talks bad about her husband], but solely the result of his own reprehensible behavior.” Being able to correctly ascribe blame is part of knowing the world and being able to see things as they really are. (Nichiren on the abilty to correctly ascribe blame).
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