Testimonial letter from Heidi Derendinger (2)

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. Heidi Derendinger. It is "Exhibit A-2283" 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.

July 24, 1983 Dr. Heidi Derendinger Fellergut Staptenstr. 81/706 CH3018 BERN SWITZERLAND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I am a small animal veterinarian and at the same time involved in the Humane Psychological Field. In my search of guidance and new qualities in my life I was drawn to meet and experience Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. I had heard of him as being an exceptional person and religious leader of great knowledge and wisdom. His outstanding view and understanding of sciences is having now an obvious and impressive effect not only in my work as a veterinarian but also throughout the world in the different meditation centers. This vision is, before all, becoming reality at the present time in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. This community has grown within a year out of nothing into a florishing city and farming community. In my point of view this has only been possible in the presence of this exceptional man. His being in this place, this silent strong support radiates through all the work being done there. There is to me no question that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is the creator of a new man with a new consciousness. His abilities and broad knowledge in Ecology, Psychology, Agriculture, Medicine are visibly and extraordinarily being moved in the work of building such a city. I have come to visit this place and I can tell that I am really very much impressed by all the work and also the happiness of people living there. Yours very sincerely, [signed] Dr. Heidi Derendinger

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