Testimonial letter from Sw Prem Peter
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 Peter (Drs. Peter Hansson). It is "Exhibit A-1257" 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.
 drs. P. Hansson, To whom it may concern, I am working at an office for Health education with an Adulteducation University Degree as a coordinator of innovation of Health Education in Schools in Amsterdam. During my study (in which I did scientific Social Psychologie research at strategies of innovation and Health Education) I was confrontated with the books and tape-readings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, After two years of exploration the value of this Master, I became a disciple of Him. Since that moment with (still) more concentration, effectiveness and pleasure I do my ordinary work. The presence of this living Master and the possibility of visiting Him in a healthy, free country is very important for me and many others. His devices of inner grow with positive social and material consequents are of immense value for the people all over the world. This combination of Eastern spirituality and Western technology and luxury is unique in the world. I hope you will support and enjoy this experience. With high respect, [signed] |
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