Testimonial letter from Ma Anand Bijo
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 Ma Anand Bijo. It is "Exhibit A-1689" 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.
 108 Oxford Street TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I came across Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh five years ago and his influence on my life has been very positive. He is the most significant person of this century and His message is one of peace, harmony and love. In this time of nuclear war and fighting in the world and societies that are sick and obsessed by money, Bhagwan and His commune provide a ray of hope and sunshine to many young people and older people who would like to live a very simple happy life together amongst beautiful friends. Bhagwan teaches us meditation and to be relaxed with ourselves. His teaching has helped me very much to enjoy the simple things of life; cleaning, cooking becomes sacred. He teaches us that each moment is precious and when I see him on His daily drives and feel His at-easeness with life - something of that permeates me and brings joy to my life. His love is very powerful and it is a great gift to be near Him; just sitting with Him in the Satsangs is a very exquisite experience like listening to beautiful music or feeling the breeze soft and gentle. His silence has such a special quality, that words just can’t convey. I feel inspired to be loving in everything that I do. I feel encouraged to drop negative trips. The Satsangs and Darshans with Bhagwan give me energy to be more total and constructive in my work and more silent and happy with myself. There is so much room here to explore yourself and your unique qualities which Bhagwan has already attained. He is a man of deep integrity and those qualities we are nurturing in ourselves through just being here with Him. We put as much love, care and creativity into our work as we can. He teaches us that we have great potential and His presence gives us hope for a new humanity. Bhagwan is a very simple beautiful man and His commune is like a garden in which we can grow and reach our full potential. He has created a very energetic beautiful environment for us to live and work and share in. Love, |
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