Testimonial letter from Sw Sundram
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 Sundram (Hans-Peter Posavac). It is "Exhibit A-913" 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.
 Hans-Peter Posavac To whom it may concern Dear Sirs, Having passed my final exams (”Gymnasium”), and having finished the military service, I started studying engineering; - in 1978 I got my degree: a B.A. in electrial engineering. After that, as a developing engineer, I was with the Robert Bosch Company for a couple of years: trying out and improving electrial automobile equipment was my main field of work. It was in 1981 when I first read about and heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. His insight, vzhich finds good expression in his nuerous books, many of which were also published in Germany, impressed me deeply. After that I began to try out his techniques of meditation, and what I found was a considerable improvement of my ability to concentrate when trying to solve technical problems and a more relaxed relationship with my colleagues and the people I have to supervise. Meanwhile I have given up my job and I have founded my own firm, which is part of a Rajneesh Meditation Center. My costumers and my fellow-men reacted with warm interest - to me and to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who has meanwhile received worldwide reputation and fame. A acknowledge that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh has extraordinary abilities and insight in the field of the guiding of poeple and shaping your place of work. I would advise you to read some of his books, which will surely prove an enrichment. Yours sincerly |
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