Testimonial letter from Sw Antar Hasya
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 Antar Hasya. It is "Exhibit A-2028" 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.
 July 19, 1983 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN As a professional pilot and flight instructor for various air lines, air taxis and flight schools for the past 15 yrs. there have been numerous opportunities to observe the correlation between one’s attitudes, philosophies and religious beliefs; and efficiency, clarity and overall performance. In retrospect, none of the available alternative life styles, therapies, cures or philosophies come close to the effectiveness of the insights and techniques of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in helping people to drop the harmful excess baggage in their minds which kept them from living life fully. I have been a Sannyasin for two years. In that time I have become more efficient, capable, and more joyful in everything from flying to relating to others. And I see it happening to the others around me who choose to be with Him. It is simply what occurs when a certain clarity or genius is allowed into one’s life. Whatsoever the category in which he is being considered for permanent resident status: exceptional abilities or renowned spiritual leader - he qualifies! This month’s celebration here, attended by 15,000 disciples and friends from around the world, is some testimony to His wide appeal. He is a tremendously valuable asset to us and should be recognized as such. Yours truly, |
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