Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Abva mubhizimisi remimhanzi, Gärdestad akaita nhamburiko pfupi uye isina kubudirira yokuita chiito uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho akavamba kunzvera kufungisisa namarudzidziso 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 mhaka yokunyengera kutamira kune dzimwe nyika, kunzvenga mutero, kubiridzira mari dzevadzidzi vake uye
kurwiswa kwavagari veThe Dalles uye akazodzingwa muU.S., mhuri yaGärdestad yakamunyengetedza kudzokera kuSweden. Zvinetso zvake zvakakomba zvoutano hwepfungwa zvakava zvinooneka zvikuru.