Testimonial letter from Karin Gramminger
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 Karin Gramminger. It is "Exhibit A-468" 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 original letter, written in German, appears first, followed by its English translation. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file with the whole original letter, the translation and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 3 pages.
 KARIN GRAMMINGER Betr.: Aufenthaltsgenehmigung von Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Ich, Karin Gramminger, geb. am 7. 11. 1952 in Baumholder, wohnhaft in 2000 Hamburg 54, Süderfeldstr. 10, bin Ingenieur für Prdduktionstechnik und befinde mich am Ende meiner Ausbildung zur Ärztin für Allgemeinmedizin. Vor etwa zweieinhalb Jahren bin ich auf einer Indien-Reise in Kontakt mit Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh gekommen. Ich war in einigen seiner Vorlesungen und habe viele seiner Bücher gelesen. Durch ihn bin ich immer mehr zu mir selbst gekommen. Er hat mir gezeigt„ daß ich Menschen nicht helfen kann., ohne daß ich mit mir selbst im Klaren bin. Er zeigt mir, da.ß Heilung nur möglich ist, wenn man den Menschen als Ganzheit betrachtet, nicht den. Körper isoliert von seinem Innenleben. Ich kann versuchen,, den Menschen ein anderes Verständnis von ihren Körpern und ihren Seelen als Ganzes zu geben. Bhagwan hat in vielen seiner Vorträge über die Gesundheit der Menschen geredet und mir damit zu einem neuen Verständnis der Medizin verholten. Seine extra für uns kreierten Meditationen sind eine große Hilfe auf dem Weg zum inneren Frieden. Ich kann nicht verstehen, daß es Menschen gibt, die noch immer an seinen Fähigkeiten als spiritueller Lehrer zweifeln. Hochachtungsvoll translationKarin Gramminger Re: Residential Permission for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in the United States I, Karin Gramminger, born on November 7, 1952 in Baumholder, residing in 2000 Hamburg 54, Suderfeldstrasse 10, am a production engineer and now am completing my studies to become a general medical practitioner. On a journey through India about two and a half years ago I came in contact with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. I attended several of his discourses and have read many of his books. Through him I have come more and more in touch with my own self. He has shown me that I cannot help other people unless I have clarity within myself. He has shown me that healing is only possible when man in viewed and treated as a whole, not a body separate from the inner life. I can attempt to bring to people another level of understanding of the unity of the body, mind and spirit. In many of his discourses Bhagwan has talked about health and this has brought me to a new understanding of medicine and its practice. The meditations especially created by Bhagwan are a great help on the way to inner peace. I cannot understand that there are people who can still doubt his outstanding abilities as a spiritual teacher. Sincerely |
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