My friend was there 5 years ago. She wanted to be a member of the collective. Lived there three months paying for food and accomodation, whilst waiting to be accepted. After this time she was told they would have to have another three months to look her over. She very much liked the idea of Findhorn but felt she was being used.
She then left and lived in the Shetland Islands for two years for the same money she paid for three months at Findhorn