Testimonial letter from Ma Jivan Abhinavo
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 Jivan Abhinavo (BethAnn Bentzet (?)). It is "Exhibit A-1540" 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 Jivan Abhinavo TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I am writing this letter because I believe that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh has a deeper understanding of psychology and greater insights into human behavior than any other learned professor or author in this field today. He has produced hundreds of books relative to the psychology of man. His words are instantly recognizable as simple truths. I’ve studied psychology at Rutgers University for 3 years (1972-74) and only after reading Bhagwan did I begin to feel as though I was not only learning something but I was able to apply this knowledge to my life. I have an understanding into myself which I never had before Bhagwan, and this flows over into my personal relationships with my family and friends. Only in retrospect have leaders of significance been appreciated for their contributions to mankind. Why do we have to repeat the same mistakes? Please let this great man stay in our country. Sincerely, |
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