Just a quick correction.

"Were you ever an ashram premie?

No, but most of my friends were and most are still around."

If this means: "most of my friends were ashram premies and most of my friends who were ashram premies are still devotees of Prem Rawat though some have become apostates" then that is probably correct.

But if it means: "most of my friends were ashram premies and most of the ashram premies are still devotees of Prem Rawat though some have become apostates" then that is certainly incorrect.