Testimonial letter from Sw Prem Anubuddha

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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 Prem Anubuddha. It is "Exhibit A-847" 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 2 pages.

Swami Prem Anubuddha
PO Box 10
Rajneeshpuram, OR 97741
July 23, 1983

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am writing as a teacher in the field of Health and the Healing Arts in support of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his work in America as a Religious Leader.

I graduated from the University of San Diego in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. While attending U.S.D. at this time I also played for three years on the University basketball team where I was awarded a trophy for ’most inspirational player' my senior year. After leaving U.S.D. in 1974 I became a real estate agent and one year later helped form Amity Inc. (an investment corporation) in Hesperia, California.

At the same time I was attending and teaching classes in Hatha Yoga in San Diego where I first came in contact with the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

It was at this time that I sold the ’C-bar H Ranch’ in Lucerne Valley to followers of Rajneesh which was then converted into a Rajneesh Meditation Center in June 1976. After this I made a journey to Poona, India where I personally met Bhagwan and formally became a disciple.

While in India, I taught yoga at the ashram to hundreds of people from all over the world. On returning to the U.S. in Fall 1976, I continued teaching yoga and also began giving individual sessions in "Rajneesh Rebalancing" - a type of bodywork which helps to relieve chronic and acute pain in the body and also provide for more ease in movement.

On returning to India in 1978 I sat daily with Bhagwan and was given the education of a lifetime. He continually gave me (and the thousands of other professional people gathered there) new insights into the psychology of Man, the science of movement, and the discipline of yoga. At this time I began working with the medical doctors there and was treating (and healing) people from all over the world who came to the Medical Center with spinal pain and tension. Bhagwan’s insight into the interaction of mind and body was the major factor in the success of my treatments.

After returning to America in 1981, I began instructing people in the Science of Rajneesh Rebalancing. Among my students have been professional dancers, medical doctors, lawyers, teachers, and professional athletes. At the same time I have been giving classes in Rajneesh Neo-Yoga to the hundreds of people visiting and living at Rajneeshpuram.

What Bhagwan is showing me by His presence is that in my work it’s not so important what I do with my clients or what technique I use to help. Rather, it’s more important who I am. The more loving, the more aware, the more meditative I am, the less self-centered I am, the more I’ll be able to help others. Though I’ve spent years studying and expanding my knowledge in yoga and the healing arts, it’s been my contact with Bhagwan over the years that’s made my work really come alive and take on a quality that I see is very unique. It’s becoming the synthesis of love and awareness and many people are expressing their gratitude to me for the work. And for me that’s the real joy - to share what’s happened to me through being in contact with a truly exceptional man - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

Being here at Rajneeshpuram the last year an incredible change has happened in my work and personal growth. Through the Festivals and Satsangs (sitting silently with Bhagwan) new insight has come which enables me to work with people in a totally new dimension. Bhagwan's ability to be in the moment with such love and awareness is contagious. I find that after these meetings I am more able to tune into myself and the people I treat in a way that is beyond what has happened before. His understanding far surpasses anything that I have seen at any university or in any books I have read in the areas of psychology, religion and the healing arts and simply sitting with Him deepens my own awareness.

What I am trying to communicate to you is that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is a Man of exceptional ability and that through His presence and silence He is raising the quality of vision in many areas - especially science and the arts. He is a definite asset and plus for us here in America. He is a living example of the freedom and innovation that makes America the most democratic and liberated country in the world. He is helping us all to understand and feel the beauty of religion and silence. For this reason I am asking you to see the facts and support our request for Bhagwan to live here in America.

Sincerely,
[signed]
Swami Prem Anubuddha, B.Sc.Psy.


(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)