Testimonial letter from Michael Th. Alschibaja
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 Dr.med. Michael Th. Alschibaja. It is "Exhibit A-331" 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 original letter, written in German, appears first, followed by its English translation. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file with the whole original letter, the translation and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 3 pages.
 München, 19.7.83 Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Ich bin Facharzt für Urologie in München und bin durch meine tägliche Arbeit mit Patienten immer wieder mit humanpsychologischen, exitenziellen Fragen konfrontiert. Einige nahe Freunde von mir sind Sannyasins, Schüler von Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, und über sie bin ich auf meiner Suche nach neuen Antworten auch auf die Bücher und Lehren dieses bemerkenswerten Hannes gestossen. Ich habe immer wieder festgestellt, daß seelisch gesunde Menschen weniger für Krankheiten anfällig sind. Als Arzt stelle ich fest, daß Bhagwan’s Vision von einem ganzheitlichen lebenden, und deshalb physisch und psychisch gesunden Menschen ein äusserst wichtiger Beitrag zur modernen Medizin ist. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s schriftliches Werk und die praktische Arbeit mit seinen Schülern stellen eine unschätzbare Bereicherung der Wissenschaft dar. Zils Mystiker und religiöser Lehrer ist er eine Persönlichkeit mit aussergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten. Amerika sollte dieser Persönlichkeit die Möglichkeit geben, die Arbeit mit seinen Schülern fortzusetzen und ihn.dabei in jeder denkbaren Form unterstützen. Hochachtungsvoll translationMünchen, 19.7.83 Dear Sir or Madam! I am a specialist for Urology in Munich and through my daily work with patients I am continually confronted with humanistic psychological and existential questions. Several of my close friends are sannyasins, disciples of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and through them, in my search for new answers, I have discovered the books and teachings of this remarkable man. Time and again I have ascertained that mentally healthy people are less susceptible to illnesses. As a doctor I state that Bhagwan’s vision of a whole, alive and therefore physically and psychically healthy man is an extremely important contribution to modern medicine. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s written work and the practical work with his disciples represent an invaluable enrichment to science. As a mystic and as a religious teacher he is a personage of extraordinary abilities. America should give this person the possibility to continue the work with his disciples and in this to support him in every conceivable way. Yours faithfully, |
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