Testimonial letter from Ma Prem Sharira

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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 Ma Prem Sharira. It is "Exhibit A-388" 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 Prem Sharira
Molokken straat 140
9715 NZ Groningen
The Netherlands
26 July 1983

Dear Sirs,

My name is Ma Prem Sharira

I’ve been working since 1966 in the field of social work and therapy, children’s psychiatry, radical therapy and adult education.

During my studies at several colleges and R. University of Groningen I didn’t get satisfied on what was taught: "who we are”. I went through lots of training in all kinds of therapeutical ’schools’, changed jobs thinking that circumstances were causing my job problems. I worked with criminals and suicidal people, did family-counseling with the feeling the nothing really worked, happened. Until I met Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh through His meditations and books in 1977 and started to introduce His teachings and meditations in my work. I then experienced in myself and the people I worked with enormous changes. As lots of people said: one meditation gave me more than 5 years of psychotherapy.

During my stay in Poona, India Bhagwan was silent during 10 days (11 June - 20 June 1979) this experience was even more important in my own life and work.

Bhagwan had often spoken about His wish to be in silent communion with us, and I hadn’t understood until then. His silence showed me then that His teachings are beyond words. In my work more and more I used silent (Zen) techniques and the healing force was so obvious that collegues got interested, as my "results" with people were obvious.

Several of my clients on the edge of suicide became totally transformed human beings by Bhagwan’s insight in their problems. I've never met a person with such a deep insight and understanding in human nature as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

At the moment I’m studying at the Rajneesh International Meditation University a new course De-hypnotherapy, an unique course in the world -teaching truth on human needs, desires. All other teachings and trainings are coming from fear and not-knowing.

I'm so grateful to be in His presence and to go back to work with His blessings for all the people I work with.

[signed]
Ma Prem Sharira


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