Testimonial letter from Eleodoro Ortiz de Zárate Jaraquemada
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 Eleodoro Ortiz de Zárate Jaraquemada. It is "Exhibit A-990" 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.
 Santiago, July 13, 1983 To whom it may concern: I hereby certify that BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH is internationaly known like a deepthinker about the human being and his destiny, with a whole and comprehensive perception of his culture, religion, science, arts, creativity and spirituality. I had studied Philosophy, Psicology, Fine Arts, Aesthetyes and tecnology in the University of Chile and the Tecnical University of Chile, and presently I develop courses on psicology, psicotherapy and Post Graduated seminars. I had my first contact with the outstanding thinking of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on 1976 when I read "The hidden harmony”, a book dealing about Heraclitus and the pre-socratycs, since then I have read his books, heard his tapes, seen videotapes and visited Rajneeshpuram where I have had highly inspiring experiences of meditation and lectures about his own words. I consider that BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH has made a contribution of tremendous importance and signification to the contemporary world of arts and thinking by all the comunication means he uses including the creativity he had inspired in his disciples and followers in terms of comprehension and acceptance of the profound roots of the human existence and the life itself. I, Eleodoro Ortiz de Zarate Jaraquemada, swear that the above information given by me is true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and is offered voluntariously and in good faith. [signed] |
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