Testimonial letter from Ma Deva Pragya
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 Deva Pragya. It is "Exhibit A-1417" 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.
 Dipl. Soz. Päd. Liselotte Pr TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I studied Sozialpädagogik at the University of Würzburg, Germany, 1972-1976). While working on my dissertation about juvenile delinquency, I came across a religious book by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh where He spoke about the links between society, the family education system and the results (one is delinquency). That was exactly what I was trying to express and Bhagwan was showing it so clearly that it was very helpful for my dissertation. I was so impressed that I started to read almost all His books and recognized that this outstanding intelligent man gives deep insights about human sciences in an all inclusive way. Beside that, His brilliant, clear way of expressing things has such a beauty that makes Him, in my eyes, an artist as well, an outstanding poet. In 1979 I became His disciple and in the following years I worked with juvenile delinquents and blind children. At the University the whole concern was about teaching us methods - my Master Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh enriched my work by showing me that love is the door. By visiting Rajneeshpuram I realized that in this commune Bhagwan’s vision of the new man has become a reality and there, - His presence - the most exciting and important experiment is happening: People of all races and in every age are living together in harmony; in harmony with themselves and with nature. And if one knows a bit of the teachings of this outstanding religious leader one will not be surprised to notice that this commune is the only one in the world without aggression and criminality and one will understand that the immense creativity that expresses in Rajneeshpuram comes out of love. [signed] |
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