Testimonial letter from Helmut Goll
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 Helmut Goll. It is "Exhibit A-1188" 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.
 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN JULY 1983 I AM A DOCTOR IN MEDICINE HAVING A DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY IN Austria (1968). I have been working in hospitals and as a general PRACTITIONER FOR YEARS. I CAME TO KNOW BHAGWAN BY READING HIS BOOKS, AND MET HIM PERSONALLY in 1976. Bhagwan changed my attitude towards medicine: it became more HOLISTIC, caring, efficient. In his presence I have seen many people and friends growing. Since HE IS IN SILENCE THIS CONTINUES, EVEN MORE POWERFUL. His work qualifies him as a religious leader. He is an outstanding person well-known all over the world for his incomparable abilities. Many countries would be proud to welcome Bhagwan. [signed] |
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