Testimonial letter from Margherita Malè
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 Margherita Malè. It is "Exhibit A-2559" 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.
 Margherita Malè To whom it may concern: I realize just after 2 years the incredible importance that has been for me the meeting with the thought of the spiritual Master Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The path that Bhagwan showed me during these years is the extraordinary discovery of a new spiritual reality which I thought it was lost for ever and anyway it didn’t belong to me anymore. Through His books. His disciple and the Rajneesh Meditation Center here in Lugano, which I regularly attend since one year, I could come across this outstanding Master and His teachings of which I particularly appreciated the acceptance of life as a challenge to meet one’s own self with joy and autenticity. His books are precious and His Meditation Centers beautiful places where a real possibility for your personal inner growth is offered. I think it’s very important that Bhagwan can stay in the city of Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, from where He can spread His message all over the world, through HIs presence and through the incredible and meaningful experiment which is made around Him. I ask you to give Him the permission to stay in the U.S.A. and continue His religious work. I thank you for your attention and I remain yours faithfully. (Margherita Malè) |
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