(Espanol al fundo)
The story of Lalo is a cosmic, divine and beautiful one, yet as we know in most of these divine lives there is always trials and tribulation. That is why this page exists, it is here to inform as many as we can about the past 3 years of Lalo’s life, and hopefully to alter the course of the years to come!
Lalo is a unique Mexican to say the least. I met him in 2002 in Montreal, I thought because of his ochre dhoti and kurta (Indian renunciate clothing), dreadlocks and natural beard that he was an Indian Sadhu. I sat next to him on the pavement, drawn to him by his soft and peaceful aura. Little did I know this choice would change my life for ever! He spoke softly about the benefits of yoga and a simple and natural life. At this time he was living on the streets working and practicing at the Sivanada Ashram in Montreal, and some time before that at the Hare Krishna temple in Quebec City. He invited me to Palenque, Mexico to practice yoga and live as a monk. Just beginning to realize my own spiritual path, I was drawn to this idea. I had just started School at Concordia University and went through a lot to get in, immigration, loans, finding an apartment, getting a bank account, etc. so I told him it was impossible. Well, things happen beyond what we can explain sometimes and I was told by my inner guide to trust that all the details would be taken care of and I must leave my material possessions behind and go! So I did, the details you can find in my story (William Bode) on the Blog. I arrived in Palenque early in the morning New Years day 2003… Wow, this was unplanned. For the next 4 months I lived side by side with Lalo. We lived in his friends small cement house he had been given to care take. We cleaned out everything and painted the walls, the only furniture was a table to prepare our meals on and a bench. Life was simple and beautiful, silence filled the air. Our daily chores took up our day, washing our cloths by hand and preparing our mostly raw meals, meditation, yoga, chanting and keeping the ashram clean. When we had free time we would visit our swiss neighbors (the woman, Corinne, who is my wife of 4 years standing) or we would go on long walks to the mayan ruins, waterfalls and jungle. Lalo does not teach by word, he is very quiet a very introverted man, he teaches through example. 5 Months came and went, the ashram and our swiss neighbors house became more united and people from the outside (travelers) began to visit and to move in, at this point (spring of 2003) I traveled back to Vermont. This summer there was a rainbow gathering (an international family that gathers around the world in the name of Peace) in Costa Rica, word got out about “Ram Ram” a free place to crash and all of the sudden they were 40 people sitting down to a meal together, people took on the responsibilities to provide the food and other necesities for this spontaneous community and it was a continuous flow of people for three months, it was a bit out of hand. Many things happened as they do in this type of situation. Lalo and those who had a similar collective vision of a spiritual communal life stuck through it and eventually broke away from the house the Swiss had been care taking, because it was taken over by another person with a very different temperament. At this point I traveled back to Palenque with 7 other young people from the north east, we had bought a cheep van and drove straight, 4 days on the road and we arrived on a very auspicious hindu festival, Shivaratri. It was quite a shock to 6 of the youth who had little to no travel experience. It was a full night of chanting and offering food to a shivalingam and then to each other. This time period was the highlight of the community RAM RAM we lived several weeks together in Palenque then we hitch hiked to Chichenitza for the equinox of 2004! We were an international group of pure light, no fighting, no ego, just sharing helping and supporting each other. After the equinox at the mayan ruins in Chichen, we all went our separate ways. Many of us kept in touch over the next 2 years even being close enough to visit each other in our travels. in March of 2006 we got the devastating news ….. Lalo was in jail. It was all very confusing, e-mails from people asking for money and money and money. Several Mexican people took great advantage of Lalo the first year, he didn`t have one visit the first 9 months and suffered greatly. My wife and I drove down in 2008 and 2009 visiting him and seeing how we could help. we entered the jail and gave him the little extra we had. His family over these years had payed 3 or 4 lawyers all of whom used him and never once represented him, below are the relevant details of his case, amazing with 2 appeals the same sentence was given even with all the flaws in the evidence. In late 2008 one of the community members of RAM RAM, Laura came with the intent to stay until he was freed! She rented an apartment next to the jail and paid monthly for a pass so she could enter every day into the jail. This is no jail as we think of a jail, it is a walled in village. Children are born and raised inside until they are 8 when they must go out to go to school, there are restaurants and cafes, every thing is run inside by the Mexican mafia, you have money you can have what ever you want, private cell, tv, dvd, cell phone, drugs, alcohol etc. Lalo had a 180 degree change from depression to being stable, once Laura was established there. He started teaching a yoga class that was going very well, all the children loved him, he would scoop them up in his arms and treat them like his own, giving them the love and attention that was almost non-existant in that place. Laura would arrive around 9 or 10 am with a big pot of food she had prepared the night before with a glowing, happy, smiling countenance, greeting the tattooed Mexican delinquents, shaking their hands, putting her hand on their shoulders consoling them as she enter greeting them by name. Lalo would be waiting at one of the check points and they would embrace and share there greetings. They would go to a corner of the soccer field lay out some blankets on the concrete, tie some into the fence to get a little shade from the blasting sun and they would sit and socialize a bit, some of the prisoners would gather close some looking from a distance. Before they served the food they would lite an incense by a photo of Amrita Anandamayi Ma (Ama) one of India’s contemporary saints and they would sing. They would sing in Sanskrit, English and Spanish, songs of Hope and Love, of Truth and Light and then they would serve the food and eat, normally around 10 to 15 people would partake, although all were welcome. I had the blessing of taking part in 4 such meals at this prison. Lalo wasn`t excepted by many, when he first tried to do yoga they would threw stones at him. He had probably 40-50 colorful loving visitor from 2008 -2009 most prisoners if they are lucky have a family member who will visit them, this caused quite a seperation from many jealous. Laura did this daily selfless routine for 8 months she would leave the jail at 4:30 or later sometimes and have just enough time to go get the vegetables and take the bus back to her apartment cook for the next day and go to bed, she didn`t take much care of her self in these days, every moment every thought was dedicated to Lalo and those in the prison she came to be friends with. lalo and Laura were also fasting on wednesdays and would go and visit the mentally handicaped and sick priosners on this day until they were told to stop. 2 months ago we got another bad news, Laura had entered the jail to find crying families and Lalo`s cell empty everything untouched with the light on. The military had come during the night and taken all the Federally charge prisoners, not letting them take even one personal item. He has been moved to a real Prison, where he is in total isolation, only one 15 min visit a month no contact with phone or letter. He appears to be very thin and drugged, his last visit he didn`t recognize his own brother, Laura is very concerned as we all of RAM RAM are. She has been traveling back and forth between the old jail the new prison and his family members trying to do what she can, she continues to visit the people who she made friends with in the old jail comforting them and giving her support, while she tries to make connection with in the system to see what is possible. It has been a long hard 3+ years for our Brother Lalo we are very concerned, no one seems to care and we feel helpless, we continue to pray and sing for his freedom! Love Love Love Love Love.
We are asking that the Causa Penal #14/2006 of Eduardo Sandoval Estrella (Lalo) be reviewed. Living life as a renunciate and devotee of LOVE Lalo has touched thousands of peoples lives changing them for the better. His sentence of 10 years is inhumane, the marijuana he was traveling with was for personal use. In Lalo’s case the marijuana was weighed three seperate times, the firsttwo weights of the marijuana and hash were below the amount to be convicted of trafficing (2 kilos marijuana 100 grams hash). The third and heaviest weight was 14 grams of hash over the wait for personal use, his sentence is six years more for the 14 grams that appeared after the weight had been taken twice before. This case should be thrown out for tampering with evidence or lack there of. Please follow the petition link on right hand menu of the blog home page and sign.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK!
THIS PAGE IS dedicated TO OUR BROTHER OF LIGHT, LALO, BABA SHANTI DAS! lalo is a true Rainbow Warrior if I have ever met one. A Rainbow Warrior is One who is fighting for the light, meaning LOVE. LOVE YOUR BROTHER AND LOVE YOUR SISTER AS YOU LOVE YOUR SELF! he would sing…..He sings! …and he lives! YES LALO is a ray of light that has shinned its transforming light on many many lives! By his simple, humble acts of singing the names of God, offering food, a smile, a kind word, a hug that melts you, he has united and brought people from dozens of countries a sense of meaning to their lives. He touched these peoples lives during his vast travels of North and Central America, and especially at the RAM RAM community in Palenque, Mexico 2003-2004. Lalo, applied to be transfered to Las Islas Marias, which is an island prison on the pacific coast. He is now living there continuing his Karma Yoga (selfless work) To write Lalo or to send him clothes (not dark in color) books, food (no alcohol, fruit or sugar) incense, candels etc. post to the following address:
EDUARDO SANDOVAL ESTRELLA
COLONIA PENAL FEDERAL
ISLAS MARIAS
C.P. 63779 NAYARIT
MEXICO
Please take your time look around the site and links, PLEASE post a comment, write a testimony, send me pictures to post or anything you think is valuable to this site or the Cosmic Family, feel free to contact me,
Simha Bode - ileibodi@peacemail.com
La historia de Lalo es cósmica, divina y hermosa, como la mayor parte de estas vidas divinas hay siempre ensayos y tribulation. ¡Por eso existe esta página, para informar a todos que podemos sobre los últimos 3 años de la vida de Lalo, y esperanzadamente alterar el curso de los porvenir!
Estamos preguntando que el Causa #14/2006 penal de Eduardo Sandoval Estrella (Lalo) esté repasado. La vida viva como un renunciante y devoto del AMOR Lalo ha tocado millones de vidas de la gente que las cambiaba para el mejor. Su sentencia de 10 años es inhumana, la marijuana con qual viajaba era para su uso personal. En su caso la marijuana era pesado tres veses, los primeros dos pesos de la marijuana y del hashish estaban debajo de la cantidad que se condenará para ser traficante (2 kilos de marijuana 100 gramos de hashish). El tercer y más pesado peso era 14 gramos de hashish sobre el limite para el uso personal, su sentencia es seis años más para los 14 gramos que aparecieron después de que el peso hubiera sido tomado dos veces antes. Este caso se debe despedir para haber tratado de forzar con evidencia alterada o con carencia de esa.
GRACIAS POR SU APOYO!
¡ESTO ES TRABAJO MUY IMPORTANTE!
ESTA PAGINA ES DEDICADA A NUESTRO HERMANO DE LUZ, LALO, BABA SHANTI DAS! lalo es un Guerrero del AMOR. ¡ADORE A SU HERMANO Y ADORA a SU HERMANA COMO USTED ADORA SU MISMO! él cantaría. ….He canta! ….y él lo vive ¡SI! LALO es un rayo de luz que ha brillado sobre muchas vidas y esta luz ha transformado todas estas vidas a ser mas positivas! Por su sencillo, actos, como; de cantar los nombres de Dios, ofreciendo alimento, una sonrisa, una palabra amable, un abrazo que se funde usted, él ha tocado espiritualmente personas de docenas de países dando un sentido de significado a sus vidas. El tocó estas vidas durante sus peregrinaje de América del Norte y Central, y mejormente de la FAMILIA COSMICA, los de la comunidad de RAM RAM en Palenque, México 2003-2004. Lalo, aplicado a ser trasladados a Las Islas Marías, que es una prisión la costa del Pacífico. Ahora está viviendo allí continuando su Karma Yoga. Para escribir Lalo o enviarlo; ropa (no de color oscuro), libros, comida (sin alcohol, frutas o azúcar) incienso, velas, etc. Su dirección es:
EDUARDO SANDOVAL ESTRELLA
COLONIA PENAL FEDERAL
ISLAS MARIAS
C.P. 63779 NAYARIT
MEXICO
Por favor tome su tiempo alrededor del sitio y links. POR FAVOR escribe un comentario, escribe un testimonio, envía mí imaginos para anunciar o algo usted piensa es valioso a este sitio o la Familia Cósmica, ESPECIALMENTE SI ES ALGO QUE PUEDE AYUDA LALO. Se siente libre contactarme,
Gracias, Simha Bode – ileibodi@peacemail.com
