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Osho wrote many letters in Hindi and English to Sw Chaitanya Veetaraga, some of which were published in various letter collections. This one is an English original dated 21st May 1971. It was published in The Silent Music as letter #19, and later in A Cup of Tea as letter #203.

The letterhead reads:

acharya rajneesh on top in lower-case
A-1 WOODLAND PEDDAR ROAD BOMBAY-26 PHONE : 382184 in blue ALL-CAPS

The logo in the upper right corner is a "standard" Jeevan Jagriti Kendra logo in two colours.

The whole letter is written in black ink except for a bright red signature.

acharya rajneesh

A-1 WOODLAND PEDDAR ROAD BOMBAY-26. PHONE: 382184

dear chaitanya veetraga,
Love. If one is aware of present moment, then one also becomes aware of the fact that there is no me inside.

The me is my past.

The me is the dead past.

The me is not my life because it is not living.

The ego can exist only in the past or in the future which is nothing but a projection of the past.

That is why awareness --- moment to moment awareness leads to egolessness.

Because the ego can not exist in the present.

And because awareness can not exist except in the present.

So they both cannot exist simultaneously.

Ego is unawareness.

And, awareness is egolessness.

Rajneesh ke pranam

21.5.1971


See also
The Silent Music ~ 19 - The event of this letter.