Testimonial letter from Eva Larseń
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 Eva Larseń. It is "Exhibit A-717" 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.
 Stockholm, July 13, 1983 To whom it may concern, I'm educated in art and creative dramatics, and have many years experience of working with people in those areas. I've been leading different groups with all kinds of people in, mentally retarded, physically handicapped and just ordinary people af all ages between 7 and 70. My goal in all these groups has been to help people, whatever their problem is, to become more relaxed and creative, as a way to a more fullfilled life. When I first started to read about Bhagwan, it was a great inspiration for my work. I got so much support for what I've already myself found valuable, through Bhagwans books, tapes, videos and finally seeing him alive at Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. I've found that this spiritual leader has really something to give the modern man, especially in the highly civilized western world. In a society with such a developed technology, many people need help to develop their own abilities too. It's easy to feel lost. But it must not be so. What I've heard, Bhagwan sees no conflict between modern technology and personal development, rather that the more grounded in himself man is, the more he can use all the technology in a positive way. There is no need to renounce the world. You can move deep into it and yourself at the same time. That's a great message to the people of the 20th century! No religious teacher have ever talked like that. Therefore I find Bhagwan unique. He shows a possibility to be spiritual and material at the same time; to meet God in the market-place. He gives a tremendous number of good advices how to live in the world with more joy. He has also created a lot of therapies and meditation techniques that are available for anyone who is interested. I find it very important that Bhagwan stays in USA, where he car be an inspiration for all people in the western world, that really need some spiritual and religious guidance. Even though Bhagwan isn't giving lectures anymore, he is talking with and inspiring the disciples who are living with him, and they spread his messages and also showed very practically what they are receiving by building up a new, beautiful city that anyone can visit. Bhagwan can function as an inspiration not only for his own disciples, but for anyone who wants something more out of life. I have myself used some of his meditations in creative dramatics-groups, with very good results. I've so many times seen how it creates a positive atmosphere for everyone around, when a person becomes more satisfied with himself, that I'm totally convinced that this will be of great benefiction for the whole society. I confirm that I have told you the truth about my personal experiences of Bhagwan, and his significance for my work. Yours Sincerely |
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