Testimonial letter from Roy William Townsend
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 Roy William Townsend. It is "Exhibit A-1194" in the Noles collection.
The original letter was handwritten. The image below links to a pdf file of the original letter. It has one page.
 210A Weaponess Road, To whom it may concern, My name is Roy William Townsend, a 34 year old Englishman who immigrated to Australia in November 1970, I commenced employment with Mental Health Services, a Western Australian Government department on 26 November 1973 as a student mental health nurse becoming state registered after three years training and have remained in continuous employment with that department. For the past three years I've worked as a community are nurse. I find Bhagwan's teaching exceptional in the field of psychiatry and psychology and helps me in my relationship with my patents, collegues and personal life. I first heard Bhagwan's teaching while attending an awareness group in November 1980. While not a sannyasin I continue to read his books, watch video tapes and listen to cassette tapes of his discourses. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is internationaly recognised as an exceptional spiritual teacher/leader and I request that he be gromted the right to permanant residence in the U.S.A. Yours faithfully, |
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