Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Achibva mubhizimisi remimhanzi, Gärdestad akaita nhamburiko pfupi asi isina kubudirira yokuita basa rokutamba uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho akatanga kuongorora kufungisisa uye marudzidziso okuMabvazuva. Akabatanidzwa nebato raBhagwan Shree Rajneesh (anozivikanwawo saOsho) uye akaramba pachena upenyu hwake hwekare. Muhurukuro nepepanhau reSweden "Aftonbladet" pakati pa1983, akati akanga asisadi kunzi "Ted Gärdestad", zita rake zvino raiva Swami Sangit Upasani. Kufanana navadzidzi vose vaBhagwan, iye aipfeka zvipfeko mumvuri chaiwo weorenji. Gärdestad akazviparadzanisa neshamwari dzake mubhizimusi remimhanzi uye mhuri yake sezvo kubatanidzwa kwake musangano zvishoma nezvishoma kwakatora hupenyu hwake, zvichikanganisa hunhu hwake. Muna June 1983, mwedzi mumwe mwana wake wechipiri nemutambi Ann Zacharias asati aberekwa, akasiya mhuri yake neshamwari zvisingatarisirwi ndokutamira kumuzinda webato racho muOregon, United States. Makore matatu gare gare, pashure pokunge Rajneesh apomerwa mhosva yokunyengedza kutama, kunzvenga mutero, kunyengera mari yavadzidzi vake uye kurwisa kwougandanga
Vagari veThe Dalles uye vakazodzingwa muUnited States, mhuri yaGärdestad yakamunyengetedza kudzokera kuSweden. Zvinetso zvake zvakakomba zvoutano hwepfungwa zvakava zvinooneka zvikuru.