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Stork was 9 years a main member of the ashram. If she really experienced the bad things she describes, why didn’t she leave the ashram earlier? If something abusive happens, the normal way is to run away from it and not to participate. Maybe this whole story that Stubbs describes is a FAKE and with that FAKE she tries to tarnish the Osho figure and the Sannyas movement. Maybe her acting in Rajneeshpuram was arranged with Bhagwan (Osho), so he has got a reason to dissolve the commune in RP. To write things down is one thing, to believe what is written is another one. A lot of people of the Osho movement have a glorified picture of Osho in their minds, and if somebody scratches a little bit on that idealized Osho picture, we fight with toes and air to hold on to it. Maybe Stubbs/Stork (Shanti Bhadra) wants with her book “Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom” to scratch on that imagined idol Osho.

A closer look at the Rajneesh Commune.

Nura, Sambodhi, Felix and Samarpan took a daytrip to the former Rajneeshpuram, now Wildhorse Ranch, an outdoor camp run by Young Life Ministries. Since Nura & Sambodhi were teachers at Antelope School, and Felix was a student there, we had a lot of reminiscing to do, both in Antelope and on the road that we traveled twice a day, almost everyday.

Approaching downtown, it was fun pointing out the buildings we recognized along the county road, naming them, and remembering. Most are still standing, but as far as we know, they are not in use. The buildings being actively used are concentrated between Jesus Grove and the townhouses.

Gaylord is a Young Life volunteer and was very pleased and proud to show us what the camp offered. Although they have added on to what was originally there, we built most of the structures being used, so discussing the site’s history was inevitable. Some of their additions were enviable: a swimming pool, a swimming lagoon, and a ropes course. We were also able to see the townhouses and the remaining Rolls Royce garages.