People should know that 3HO businesses puts money Yogi Bhajan's pockets. 'I am an ex-3HO member and got sucked into the group during the 1970s. I can hardly imagine wasting 20-25 years there, as many have.' The scandals and sad stories do not come as a big surprise to me, as I had been aware of the power struggles and corruption years ago. I read with fascination the testimony of former followers. I totally lost touch with the ashram, but was curious when I recently heard about some of Yogi Bhajan's sexual scandals, which is why I looked him up on the Internet and found your site. 'I once lived in a 3H0 ashram, but after a year realized that it was not the place for me. We decided not to become bitter about the past, and we're both quite happy people.'

We've both traveled the world doing humanitarian work, and we've had quite adventurous lives so far. The people I knew when I was a kid I have never seen since. We changed our names and started a new life. When my family left the group, no one knew we were leaving, and we never looked back. We were extremely devoted Sikhs, and we learned later that we hadn't even been real Sikhs. We were born into a world that is not really the 'real world,' and we didn't know it.

It occurred to my brother and I later what a strange trick our early years had been. He was beaten quite often, although he was quite a good kid. He told us there was no bathroom in the dormitory, and the doors were locked at night with a chain. He slept in a crowded room with bunk beds and cement floors. My parents did not realize how harshly the children were being treated there. He did not really understand what was happening, and he thought our parents were dead, and that he was an orphan. He went to school in India when he was eight years old. My older brother is the one who had the most difficult time. I loved the Gurus, and I wanted to be holy, even when I was very young. I was born in 3HO, and I spent quite a few years in the ashram in New Mexico. The group needs to be exposed for what it really is, and not many people have even heard of it. I found it interesting, and I'm glad you have it. 'I was researching 3HO for a friend who was asking me about it, and I found this site.

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