Testimonial letter from Sw Pantha Sundaro
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 Pantha Sundaro (Hans-Joachim Hartmann). It is "Exhibit A-1751" 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.
 Sw. Pantha Sundaro To Whom it may Concern: Being Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s disciple for only 18 months I still can say He transformed me and my attitude towards life totally. Disappointed of what our modern society offers as goals of life, I had spent my time seeking to understand our world, unable to compete or even participate in its normal life. Books of Bhagwan set my heart on fire. His clarity of analysis of mankind and His answers to our blind struggle for truth and direction helped my heart to trust and start experiencing what He offered. Rajneesh Meditation and Inner Growth Therapy Groups gave me joy of life, being creative in my work, and understanding and oneness towards others. When I visited Rajneeshpuram in 1982 and more now for the Second Annual World Celebration, I experienced that His presence intensifies our awareness towards each other and the world around us like the wind blows away dust and fog. Everybody visiting this place is able to see and feel the overwhelming love He pours out on us and in turn is manifested by the people who have gathered around Him creating a living space where people are able to live in joy and peace with each other. His daily presence and our silent communion with Him creates in us a deep love and a joy of helping His vision of the New Man come true. We would like Him to stay here and let the United States become the home for another extraordinary man of our time like many people of great vision have been welcomed here in the past. Sw. Pantha Sundaro |
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