Testimonial letter from Thekla Clemens
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 Thekla Clemens. It is "Exhibit A-220" 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.
 ZENTRUM FUR INTEGRATIVE THERAPIE - ANUNADO E.V. To Whom It May Concern Mainz, I studied educational science and psychology in the University of Mainz, and attained a Master’s Degree in 1975. I received a scholarship and then worked in a program for helping students to release stress situations during their examinations. During that process I deepened my knowledge doing self-experience and individual therapy. I trained with A. Lowen, Dr. Glyn Seaborn-Jones, Dr. Walter Baxa, Dr. Dieter Mittelsten Scheid, and it led me to wroking in the CoIoman Center for self experience and individual therapy, a highly renowned place in Germany. Here they used the meditation techniques of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, as they thought them to be very helpful in the therpeutical process. I met many beautiful and extraordinary people who were his disciples and thus came across his books, which showed a very new, holistic approach towards humanistic psychology and human growth. In 1980 I went to India to find out what it was all about. It was a very moving experience to sit at his feet and feel his love and stillness. I felt very accepted. Through my self acceptance I worked in a lighter way, I could treat my clients with more love and respect and I had more courage to even work with so-called borderline cases, because there was more trust in myself. The whole process of therapy seemed to have quickened. Bhagwan’s teachings about living more and more in the present and to live life joyfully helped me to approach my clients in a different way, by helping them to see and understand their old programs and conditionings, and by coming together into a space where we don’t try to solve problems, but to be just in the moment, lovingly and prayerfully. I think what Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh radiates touches so many aspects of life, as can be seen at Rajneeshpuram, where they create a place where people live in harmony with Nature and themselves. It is a very holistic, practical and beautiful approach twards life. Seeing him again in America I felt the process of my inner growth goes on and on and I keep sharing it with my clients in my work. I feel his contribution to make this world a little more peaceful by making people more aware and loving towards themselves and Nature is immense and the best example is Rajneeshpuram, where it can all be seen and experienced, With much love |
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