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288: What if you didn't know you were in a cult?

This Is Actually Happening

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The Importance of Confidence in Relationships

Within the group initially, it was very monastic. The basic operating premise is why would you bring the child into this type of environment with basically the shit hitting the fan? Any kind of relationship of any sexual nature was initially frowned upon because I was modeling and I was out there around this heavily sexualized environment. And then I also had a living situation that would have been impossible to even try to get involved with someone. How could I explain to them that I'm living on the floor in an apartment sharing space with sometimes three or four other people and my guru living in the bedroom? You know, I could talk to people about certain kind of spiritual ideas, but I would never divulge

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