You can find similar articles on the Internet titled why I left Twelve tribes. Here is my contribution. To start with, I would just say that the year I joined community for a short period of time, I switched my religious status from atheist to agnostic with sympathy towards judaism. My friends assured me that without jewish ancestry, I am somehow not a member of chosen nation and probably never will be. I did not listen. I had to leave my hometown due to some undisclosed difficulties mainly overwhelming debts and with the money that could cover only the train ticket I proceeded towards Prague. Without any major success and with my stay at the squat house coming to an end I contacted the Czech community in Msecke Zehrovice. Was I doubtful? Of course I was, German newspapers did not mention them in nice manner and wikipedia classified them as fundamentalist but be aware that at that time, I was homeless. So they gave me a chance and offered me a place to stay in exchange for my work. Yes, working with them difficult for the start, please consider that I was jobless for previous 4 months and spent the most of my days sleeping and just laying around. So the start was demanding, on the other hand, the members of Twelve tribes never complained about my lack of enthusiasm and about my collosal clumsiness. They took me as a guest, not a worker who has strictly determined outcome of his labor. God does not judge you in dependance of how fast you milked the cow or how quick you got to the other corner of onion field, with how many crates you filled the pickup. Mostly, I was working with one young man, the age difference was 10 years. We spoke a lot together and I took to him. As to everyone in the community. The children, their openess and spontaneity, the youth, in the beginnings I found them very dilligent and a bit simple and naive, then at one moment, my point of view took a turn approximately and I saw it. They are not raised in the environment that makes us competitive because the originator of theory of evolution said so. They were not mentally disfigured by porn, pop music and everything that goes with it, creating a cult from a talented and hard-working sportsman and so on. I was mesmerized by their nature. I loved them. I still do. But, I have left without telling someone. And as I was trying to immerse into new family so blindly, I forgot about my own back home. Plus my schizofrenia and insomnia got pretty bad. I had no medication. After a short discussion, I persuaded the elders that it would be better to return to Slovakia. I do not regret this decision. I contacted the local Jewish community, step by step, I am trying to know this culture. Every moment I spent there is wonderful. As every moment in community was as well. I would like to remain friends with them. For now, I am trying to compose myself, find a new job and then we will see. So to sum it all up? Why have I left? Because I followed my heart and listened to my conscience. These two things i had to learn at 28, abroad, between the disciples. Thank you...