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Posted on October 29, 2018May 29, 2020

Halloween, 1984 – an update

It’s been ten years since I wrote about what it was like to be in India on the day Indira Gandhi was assassinated. What took place on Halloween 34 years ago still remains a Specter that haunts. It’s the specter of memory. Let’s neutralize this ghost with knowledge. Read this book: Amritsar: Indira Gandhi’s Last Battle …

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Posted on August 9, 2012August 10, 2020

The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

Firearms training, and exposure to firearms were normal growing up in 3HO Sikh Dharma. My parents owned two or three handguns and a rifle. Even as a young child I knew where they were stored – inside their bedroom closet, loaded, and inside a padded, brown leather holster. Yogi Bhajan had a 24-7 cadre of …

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Posted on June 17, 2009May 29, 2020

Video and the Cult Leader

There are thousands of hours of videotape of Yogi Bhajan’s lectures. Every single lecture I ever had to sit in, there was a video camera on record. When I saw the PBS documentary called Jonestown, the reels and reels of raw footage of Jim Jones reminded me of Yogi Bhajan’s own narcissism, and I hoped …

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We’re not exaggerating when we say “yeah, it w We’re not exaggerating when we say “yeah, it was pretty much a prison camp”.
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📷: GNFC School Vincent Hill mid 1980’s. 
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From the day we were born our bodies were not our From the day we were born our bodies were not our own! 
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So to the Yogis who still want to believe they can salvage something from this burning pile of rubble... you can’t. We will not be your collateral damage! LOOK! 🤬
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📷: Berkeley Ashram c. 1976 (courtesy of 3ho’s own hagiographers, mind you)
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The miserable infirmary at GNFC Shangri-La. Where The miserable infirmary at GNFC Shangri-La. Where a woman named “Sister” took care of you 😳
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“Briefly describe the nature of the harm you exp “Briefly describe the nature of the harm you experienced”. Swipe through to read about the many forms Harm can take *although this isn’t everything*. Point is, this guide might be able to help folks put feelings to words (our implicit memories and our real-lived experiences). It will help us and other people recognize the many ways in which we were harmed as children (or even as young adults or adults who were raised in this system). Hopefully this is a useful tool. If you have add-ons to this list leave a comment….
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2nd Gens: Like you, I’ve looked at the Registrat 2nd Gens: Like you, I’ve looked at the Registration Form on IHRP’s web page. It may be Triggering. Tend to your emotional needs first. You don’t need to make a decision or complete the form right away. You have 2.5 months to look everything over thoroughly and to decide whether you want to contact the folks at Justice Law Collaborative, or to have a facilitator respond to your questions, concerns & red flags.
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We are discussing some possibilities for having a Trauma-Informed group chat so that we can be best prepared to advocate for ourselves, while tending to all parts of ourselves. 💗
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Did you get sent to this school? Or, did you not g Did you get sent to this school? Or, did you not get sent to this school but you were sent to a camp or another youth program or boarding school?
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Does it feel like a million years ago? Have you told yourself, “this was so long ago that any statute of limitations has probably passed”? Have you told yourself, “all my experiences took place off US soil, so there’s nothing I can do about it”. Have you had trouble remembering details of your childhood, alone without your parents at the boarding school in India? Have you provided yourself with a narrative that you are “fine now”, that you are tough and whatever happened to you isn’t anything compared to “real” suffering in the world? If so, I want to say, yes, these are very common trauma responses, and they are not wrong or right, they are real, valid survival and coping mechanisms. But we have come to a new day. A day where we can be strong and tough and also say “this was wrong”, and begin to take part in the process of accountability. It’s not perfect, but it still matters. A lot. Here’s why: It will compel institutional change by affecting the thing that the institution cares about enough (money) to not want to have to repeat history. Maybe only because repeating history will become too costly, but the two-fold theory is: there’s a monetary cost to fucking up, and the demands that are non-monetary today may become monetary tomorrow (if they violate them)
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3HO has build immense wealth for itself over the past five decade. which were built through these things: your parents’ free or low-wage labor and time–which was also freed up when they got rid of their kids; inheritances and property transfers; inexpensive childcare programs due to the omitting of critical employee vetting costs; and your own low-wage or free labor as a child who became a young adult and who may have been corralled into one of the 3HO owned companies.
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You deserve reparations. No matter what. Make sure you register for the SSSC Reparations Program at EPSweb.org. Registration begins June 8th. If you have questions, ask in the comments below, or DM me.
“Survival Camp” c. early 90’s. The children “Survival Camp” c. early 90’s. The children of 3HO were constantly dragged-in to 3HO’s paranoid, apocalyptic “prepper” fantasy – as manufactured by the Fat Man and his goons like Shanti KK, seen here in the black tee (and very cool sunglasses). 
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But through this, I learned first hand that this whole hobby-obsession is frighteningly easy and banal. So I really have no respect for anyone who thinks they are ‘very badass’ by owning a deadly instrument marketed so insecure tiny dick people get to put their own selfish needs above everyone else—even our babies— just so they can feel big. Go develop a real skill. #fuckyouandyourguns
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📷: @path2prab
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re: Southern Baptist Church epidemic of abuse. Re re: Southern Baptist Church  epidemic of abuse. Replace “liberal” and “demonic” with uh, “neurotic” and “ego” you have the YB apologists down-pat. ✌️ 2 the survivors of SBC church abuse. You deserve real justice and 💵 restitution. #southernbaptistchurch #sbc #clergyabuse #priestabuse #spiritualabuse #religiousabuse
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“It wasn’t bad ALL of the time though” …sa “It wasn’t bad ALL of the time though” …say those who, uh, maybe haven’t been ready for one thing difficult, so would rather keep the focus on “the positive”. This is unhelpful. It’s like expecting someone to never ever complain about being forced to eat dog food because occasionally they get to eat spaghetti? 
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So yeah. This is us at a Winter Solstice in the woods in central Florida, perhaps one of the least harsh and most kid friendly places to be within the context of the 3HO. Probably not for everyone. Definitely not all of the time. Maybe okay enough to say No it wasn’t bad ALL of the time, but that doesn’t excuse even one-minute of treating us bad. Also, OMG this picture is so cute. Thanks @satpavan for sharing it 💗
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  • Reparations. Yes! So, what counts as Harm? June 13, 2022
  • SGA Stories: “In HIS Shadow” October 6, 2021
  • SGA Stories: Early 1980’s August 10, 2021
  • Thirteen Years… March 25, 2021
  • SGA Stories: Early 2000’s November 16, 2020
  • SGA Stories: “Mahakal Singh” October 14, 2020
  • SGA Stores: An Open Letter September 21, 2020
  • Trying to understand Trauma-Bonds September 16, 2020
  • The Land of Entrapment August 31, 2020
  • What is our value? August 18, 2020

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