Testimonial letter from Sw Prem Jayesh
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 Jayesh (Johannes Klaas Gerrit Viel). It is "Exhibit A-925" 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.
 Groningen, July 983 To whom it may concern, I, Johannes, Klaas, Gerrit Viel - also known as Swami Prem Jayesh -received my Masters Degree of Social Sciences at the State University of Groningen, Holland. Currently I was engaged in studies in the fields of sociology and political science. As a teacher I held posts at several Schools of Social Work. As I came in contact, seven years ago, with the work and lectures of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh immediately I recognized Him as a true Spiritual Master. It impressed me that His vision learned me to look at processes that make up politics and the social structures of society from a totally different point of view than I was used to. It learned me also a lot about improving my educational work. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is bringing something really new, His ideas and visions give perspectives to the social sciences that are rarely found elsewhere. In my opinion and experience Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh means a lot to the scientific world and the field of education. The above is within my knowledge and belief, and if called upon I would competently testify thereto. J.K.G.Viel (Sw. Prem Jayesh) |
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