Testimonial letter from Ma Deva Susanne
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 Susanne (Susanne Herrmann). It is "Exhibit A-1528" 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.
 Ma Deva Susanne To whom it may concern. My name is Ma Deva Susanne. I am a disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. I want to put in words some experiences that I have being with Bhagwan. His presence touches me right away - I feel more how I really feel: sad, or happy or calm, simply satisfied with life. I feel centered in myself, straight in my intentions and movements. Bhagwan sends out this touch of living. He is so full and whole himself. It spreads out. When I hear him talking on tapes he is answering questions of problems. That is very interesting. I find myself a lot of times in it. But his physical presence in silence reaches somewhere deeper where words don’t go. And this is so special about Bhagwan. It is not mainly by what he is saying that I learn from, but his presence, his energy that gives me so much, that is so rich, that turns on to feel full in myself. I learn how to come closer to my energy. This energy is my life. And I enjoy to put it into work and keep it moving and let it grow. The festivals in Rajneeshpuram are great chances for people to be with Bhagwan. For me it is a big challenge every time again and I am really happy that I have this opportunity. Sincerely, |
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