Testimonial letter from Harold H. Bloomfield
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 Harold H. Bloomfield MD. It is "Exhibit A-1741" 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 10 pages.
 Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., Inc. To Whom It May Concern: It is my great pleasure to acknowledge the enormous contribution that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh has made to my professional work in the fields of medicine, psychiatry and psychology. His clarification of the benefits of meditation in every day life for a healthy body, mind and spirit, the importance of emotional cleansing and working through the mind's excessive repression, distinguishing the signs and symptoms of spiritual crisis and renewal and making peace within oneself, one's family, nation and the world at large. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is certainly a highly renown international expert of singular importance in the field's of psychology, philosophy and religion. His work has contributed to my best-selling books and to the medical and psychiatric work that I do. I look forward to him remaining in this country so I can continue my professional growth and development with him. Sincerely yours, |
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