Testimonial letter from Sw Anand Raghuvira
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 Sw Anand Raghuvira. It is "Exhibit A-1561" 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.
 P.O. Box 10 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I'm writing this letter today to let you know my experience: being in the presence of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Here, people work just like everywhere else, but something is different. They are efficient, professional, but the spirit is different. Competition is dropped: we're work together. We’re sharing the same vision, the great vision of the new man, inspired by Bhagwan. I won't just write about it... Bhagwan’s books are available for that.' I just want to tell you that this man's vision has changed the quality of our lives. The work is different, here, because of his presence. Being with him, in communion with him, we absorb his powerful energy, we share his love, we express it through our work. Our work becomes worship, and our worship transforms this place into a paradise. His presence here, his silence, is the very essence of our lives. This man's compassion and genius inspires us to transform this world into the most beautiful and loving place to live in. His religious insight, so deep, so rich, encourages us to live to our optimum. His very silence reveals to us our potential— inside, a richness. Sitting in his presence, in silence, during the festivals that happen here this past year, I've experienced infinite love. My life is blessed by his presence. The presence of this man is a real treasure. Very sincerely, |
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