Testimonial letter from Sw Sambodh Ulrich
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 Sambodh Ulrich (Dr Ulrich Klaubert). It is "Exhibit A-151" in the Noles collection.
The original letter was handwritten in German, a text transcription has not yet been created. A text version of its translation 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.
The image in the text box links to a pdf file with the original letter, the translation, and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 5 pages.
 translationDr. med. Ulrich Klaubert My medical career started in 1959 by studying at the University of Gottingen. State examination and promotion as a medical doctor in 1965. Thereafter recognition as a medical specialist for ear- nose- and throar diseases at the University Hospital in Munich in 1971. I took over a specialized practice in LUbeck in 1971 which I have been running independenly until today. Through the aquantance with the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and through practical use my attitude towards my own life has changed very positively. Moreover, I also see the field of diseases, patients, life and death in a new, positive light. I have learned to see diseases and death as something natural that one does not need to repress but that one can experience consciously and therefore master it. I am trying to convey this to my patients as well. I have read about Bhagwan for the first time in 1980 and then became more and more absorbed into his own works, saw and heard videos and tapes from his lectures. Besides I often participated in meditations and a few times in groups. In 1982 I saw Bhagwan for the first time in person, during the First Annual World Celebration in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. It was then that I decided to become his sannyasin. In 1983 I participated again at the festival, together with my family. Bhagwan has earned himself unique scientific merits through his teaching activities. He was able to awaken spirituality to new life in our materialistic, negative world. Through the development of totally new forms of meditation for today’s man in the Western world, he made the approach to meditation possible for us. Without it, humenity will not be able to survive any longer as many scientists acknowledge. Also, a totally new therapy form is reulting here: many psychological sick who are still being put off with pills can in future be healed through meditations and loving contact to other people on a long-term basis. In this I see the uniqueness in Bhagwan's teachings. (signed) |
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