Hey folks, here is an example of SGI recruitment.
I know it is SGI recruitment because I participate in CEI discussions like
this one.
If I had not been well informed about SGI, I might well have fallen for this
recruitment.
Here is how the person did it.
1) The SGI recruiter and I attended a 12 Step meeting together.
2) We talked afterwards and the person persuaded me to accept a lift home -
and was very persuasive.
3) The conversation began with the person saying how troubled they felt that
their own spirituality ran counter to the 12 Step norm, which is something
plenty of us are aware of --- but Corboy emphasis -- this should not
be clung to as a personal grievance or massaged as a divisive issue. Many, many 12 Step members identify as
secular humanists, even atheists.
Everyone has gripes and discontents with even families, work places or groups
that they love.
Trust bandits seek to disrupt your ongoing nurturing relationships by targeting and massaging these gripes and discontents.
4) After more of a chat, X revealed they benefitted from chanting, used it to work with internal energy. Had Corboy not been wary of this sort of thing, Corboy might have grown curious.
5) X said this was "A form of Mahayana Buddhism" and then watching me
intently, said what they chanted was Nam Yo Rhenge Kyo.
Ah, hah. Sokka Gakkai, I thought. Yucko. No wonder the person was so weirdly
intense and made it seem a big deal that 12 Step spirituality was different
from that persons spiritual practice.
People who enjoy their hobbies do not display this kind of intensity.
I got a sense that this person was clinging to the mood they get from SGI
and its practices.
Because this mood is fragile and high maintenance it
needs protection from skepticism, doubt and requires constant refuelling.
Will say that the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions **are** different from SGI.
I know it is SGI recruitment because I participate in CEI discussions like
this one.
If I had not been well informed about SGI, I might well have fallen for this
recruitment.
Here is how the person did it.
1) The SGI recruiter and I attended a 12 Step meeting together.
2) We talked afterwards and the person persuaded me to accept a lift home -
and was very persuasive.
3) The conversation began with the person saying how troubled they felt that
their own spirituality ran counter to the 12 Step norm, which is something
plenty of us are aware of --- but Corboy emphasis -- this should not
be clung to as a personal grievance or massaged as a divisive issue. Many, many 12 Step members identify as
secular humanists, even atheists.
Everyone has gripes and discontents with even families, work places or groups
that they love.
Trust bandits seek to disrupt your ongoing nurturing relationships by targeting and massaging these gripes and discontents.
4) After more of a chat, X revealed they benefitted from chanting, used it to work with internal energy. Had Corboy not been wary of this sort of thing, Corboy might have grown curious.
5) X said this was "A form of Mahayana Buddhism" and then watching me
intently, said what they chanted was Nam Yo Rhenge Kyo.
Ah, hah. Sokka Gakkai, I thought. Yucko. No wonder the person was so weirdly
intense and made it seem a big deal that 12 Step spirituality was different
from that persons spiritual practice.
People who enjoy their hobbies do not display this kind of intensity.
I got a sense that this person was clinging to the mood they get from SGI
and its practices.
Because this mood is fragile and high maintenance it
needs protection from skepticism, doubt and requires constant refuelling.
Will say that the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions **are** different from SGI.