Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI Old Page 328 Former Cult Members and Affected Families =================================================================================================================== November 08, 2011 01:19PM Nichijew Date Added: 08/13/2009 Posts: 564 Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI When I was in the Gakkai, I was always spaced out, rarely
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Can't find old page 327
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Old page 326 Former Cult Members and Affected Families ================================================================================================================== October 31, 2011 03:06PM The Anticult Date Added: 03/17/2006 Posts: 4558 Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI Karma-for-cash If a person gives money to SGI for karma-for-cash, then they are looking for
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Old page 325 Former Cult Members and Affected Families =================================================================================================================== October 29, 2011 08:11PM wakatta1 Date Added: 08/20/2009 Posts: 135 Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI @Tsukimoto - another great post, thanks. You don't post often but when you do, it's
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Soka Gakkai International -- SGI Old page 324 Former Cult Members and Affected Families ================================================================================================================= October 27, 2011 01:43PM Tibbs Date Added: 08/29/2010 Posts: 29 Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI I just don't understand the whole Ikeda-as-Mentor concept. Yo
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Old Page: 323 Former Cult Members and Affected Families ====================================================================================================== October 24, 2011 09:45PM The Anticult Date Added: 03/17/2006 Posts: 4558 Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI-UK Charity Number 1104491 SGI is saying they have 192 organizations around the world in SGI (Soka Gak
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Soka Gakkai International -- SGI old page 322 Former Cult Members and Affected Families ====================================================================== October 22, 2011 01:43PM The Anticult Date Added: 03/17/2006 Posts: 4558 Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI If someone has time to check the SGI-UK documents, and find and post the figures for the total
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I thought it might be an idea to start a thread to copy the lost SGI pages to, so they don't get mixed up with current ongoing postings. I'm having difficulty copying the pages to paste in the original format (by screen capture) - as my computer complains the files are just too big and it would be tedious beyond belief to capture manageable chunks of pages to paste (does anyone have
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QuoteThe AnticultPeople could save some posts if they use Google cache and Bing cache, to view and copy offline webpages. But those could vanish at any moment, so they need to copy them immediately. There is also content up on the internet archive. ------------------------ has been crawled 906 times going all the way back to May 23, 2004. Perhaps those responsible for the backup f
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Quotetsukimoto And THIS organization honored Ikeda? Some honor! I wonder how much money you have to donate to be chosen as World Poet Laureate. It was no surprise to find that WORLD POETRY SOCIETY INTERCONTINENTAL, the organisation that named Senseless as World Poet Laureate, was under his Patronage. Although we've lost the original links, fortunately the webpage that reveals this is
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Were there no backups? It is a pity to lose all the research that was posted on here such as SGI-UK accounts etc. But what I'll miss most is the part where Tsukimoto's dog got Honorary Life Membership of Oxford University's Bodleian Library (in the UK). Just like Senseless.
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I'm on board at page 314 - looks like we've lost over half the messages as they were up to about page 650.
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Interesting video by an ex-SGI English guy living in Japan about how SGI is regarded in Japan (particularly from about 4.20 mark). Is SGI a Cult?
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QuotesixtysevenYeah, want to know too. I was never so close to the Master that I received directly a cake from him. Delicious it was, she said, maybe Kaneko had spent hours in the kitchen for cousin rufus icing in gakkai- tri- colours. Imagination and strong faith is required, the yellow buttercreme had exact the same tone as Sensei's fresh face! Sorry to disillusion you, I was delegated t
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QuotemehThanks for posting, simplify. The only way to make sure of the vice-Chancellor's affiliation might be to sneak into his wardrobe and see if he has an untoward number of cheap white polyester shirts in there. I found it interesting that Buckingham U. purports itself as a "non-sectarian" institution. I wonder how closely any university looks into partnerships if generous dona
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Quotesimplify ...... I think I posted a bit about what seems to have happened at Buckingham University (the only private university in the United Kingdom) a while back in this thread..... Ok here is the post about Buckingham university, and Senseless's attempt to get academic credibility in England (where no other self-respecting University would touch him) - there are great replies fro
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Quote Meh: Ok, so I was curious as to exactly where Senseless had received his degrees and found a list (viva la internet!): I know absolutely nothing about any of the schools outside the US, but don't see any in that grouping that I'd brag about my kid going to. I'm not saying that they are bad schools, but I don't see Harvard, Yale, Princeton, George Washington o
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Have been away for a while and am not properly caught up so apologies if I have missed the obvious, but could someone tell me who Alice Miller is? There are a lot of quotes from her. Is she a leader in SGI? Thanks Sfy
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Thanks Peter, excellent articles, I'll keep copies of the PDFs in case they or the links disappear. It is sad that the spokesman mentioned in the 1998 information request gave up his business for the cult. I wonder what became of him?
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QuoteWaywardBuddhistWomanI am new to this forum. I have pracaticed with the SGI for 35 years. I stopped chanting a month ago. I have spent the past two weeks reading every post here. It has proved to confirm my growing suspicions and concerns that my involvement with this group needs to end.... I feel very depressed that I have wasted so much of my valuable life on this and that I introduced
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QuoteRothausHi there, got a call lately from a cult-member. I was asked if I want my name being being part of the foundations of some sort of a culture centre for "peace" in the cult homeland. It was strange in a way as I was confronted with the cult lingo again --- I asked that my name shall not be mentioned. Strange thing ... That reminds me, does anyone know what happens to all
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QuoteHitch(Discovered this fellow via Nichijew's site.) General perceptions of $oka Gakkai (International) inside vs. outside the motherland: 1. 2. Hitch, thanks so much for posting these links, they are incredibly informative. i really like the guy's reasoned tone. IMHO They should be required watching for anyone applying to receive Gohonzon from $GI. SF
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QuoteUpgrayedOne issue that keeps people practicing in the SGI is this idea that you can change the organization if you see anything wrong. This supposed granting upon members as a proof that the organization is open and this gets people from walking away. ...Let's see how well you actually can do to change the SGI into a normal organization. How far will you have to go? ...I suspect
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QuoteInnersoundwatchThis dance group has claimed they were part of the Olympic opening ceremony but were cancelled at the last minute. Simplify what did you find out about their involvement in the Olympics? I suppose this is just more lies and fraud. More searching: I found this page about Korean cultural involvement at the London Olympics, , no mention of the Qi Culture theatre group. Si
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QuoteInnersoundwatchThis dance group has claimed they were part of the Olympic opening ceremony but were cancelled at the last minute. Simplify what did you find out about their involvement in the Olympics? I suppose this is just more lies and fraud. Hi there Innersoundwatch, how/where did you come across the claim that they'd been part of the Olympic ceremony, but cancelled? This sounds
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QuoteHitchAlthough I consider myself to be immunized to just about anything in the gakkai cult org., I'll admit, that clip is like a bad car accident that you can't help to get a feeling of revulsion from after sneaking a glance at. It's so blatant that you want to tell yourself its got to be a parody, but it isn't. It just screams out C-U-L-T-! You are literally watching p
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QuotePeter Daley Well that's strange. I have two letters from Ki Health (former name) and their lawyers Carter Ruck denying any connection between Jungshim and Ki Health and threatening to sue. And the letters were hand delivered at my place of work in Korea by members of Jungshim who added a few "less legal" threats of their own. Well Jungshimdancegroup is the name that comes u
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QuotePeter Daley Maybe their bus went past the Olympic Stadium on its way to West London? ha, ha, ha, ha yup I expect that was it. Sounds like the twisted logic you'd expect from any cult.
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Apart from my post to Concerned Husband, I've got a few things to add about this organisation which I came across recently. They are now calling themselves Qi Wellness which is based at the same address as Innersound (25 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9HT) and has a very similar website. Master Oh is the 'Principle Master' at Qi Wellness (as he has been throughout all the name
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Concerned Husband, I'd be very concerned if I were you. As Innersoundwatch says, cults initially lure you in with positive experiences. Nobody is going to join an organisation that say's it is run by 'living gods' who will use subtle mind control techniques to get you to do exactly what they want, which in this case appears to be give them as much money as they can persuade
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