Testimonial letter from Lana D. Clark

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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 Lana D. Clark PhD. It is "Exhibit A-154" 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 3 pages.

Lana D. Clark, Ph.D.
July 20, 1983

To Whom it may Concern:

This letter is on the behalf of Bhagwan Rajneesh whose works through books and tapes I have studied for eight years. Enclosed you will find my Vitae which illustrates my accomplishments professionally.

My clinical work with people has been influenced a great deal by Rajneesh and many of my clients continue to gain tremendous insights and make positive changes in their lives as a result of my sharing Rajneesh’s point of view: his point of view is drawn from many religious, psychological and philosophical bodies of wisdom including Christianity. I share my extensive tape library with my clients and this assists them make greater & quicker gains in their progress toward becoming more productive and successful people in the world.

There is no doubt in my mind that Rajneesh stands out as an exceptional person with far-reaching abilities. When you see the many books he has written (psychological, religious & philosophical) and hear his wisdom conveyed one cannot deny that this is so. We are privileged to have him the U.S. and should use this as an opportunity to learn from him while he is still alive - very few wise men have walked his path.

Sincerely,
[signed]
Lana D. Clark, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.
Calif. License #LA 004142
P.O. Box 903, Larkspur, California 94939


(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)