Testimonial letter from Dierk Hennings
This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.
This letter is from Dr. Dierk Hennings. It is "Exhibit A-1069" in the Noles collection.
The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.
 Dr. Dierk Hennings " To whom it may concern " I am a well - known dentist in Kiel; since 13 years I have my own dentist - practice. Before I met BHAGWAN, my life was filled with a lot of stress because of my work and my family. I had no contact to other people, except through the work. Since I have the contact to the spiritual leader BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH , my whole life changed totally. I feel more relaxed in my work and. in relation to my family and other people. I can enjoy whatever I am doing - even if I have a lot of work and I feel much better in my physical and mental body. I have come to BHAGWAN through his words: books, tapes and videos; and his meditations. For me BHAGWAN is a religious teacher, he has spoken so many words about his vision of religion, the new kind of man, the truth, love ... so that anyone who wants to understand him can understand him. What he is now teaching through silence goes even deeper and I can't discribe it with words - but I felt it, when I met him in Rajneeshpuram. I also saw the beauty in this land and in the people who are living there. Jesus also does not talk anymore and I think you have a great opportunity in America because BHAGWAN is an alive master. In the hope that he will stay in America Yours sincerely |
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