Of course I had to look this up, darn you, Sean. ☺ï¸
So, do you think it helped them? 🤷🏻â€â™€ï¸
NSA is a nice and sociable group for the most part. I went to temples all over Los Angeles and San Diego. Some members homes were regular meeting spots, a real friendly group.
It probably helped them on a lot of levels, I don't know about the spiritual aspect of it.
My biggest problem with the group was that they had a bit of a nationalist issue in Japan that created problems. Kind of like if there was a German religious group that thought the Nazis were okay, well that's what their group was like for modern Japanese. Not as extreme, but not acceptable for the mainstream. Because of my in-laws, I had to cut all ties as NSA is considered a cult. More for their socio-political practices than their religious ones.