Parole, Not Probation

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Made a mistake here. It's parole, not probation.

 

Aikya

 

Ammachi, "Aikya Param" <aikya> wrote:

>

> In one of my first letters to Patricia Carman I told her that I

had

> put her on our prayer list and that we would be praying for her.

She

> replied by asking that we pray that she be granted parole.

>

> Join me in the happiness over this great news! Patricia Carman

has

> been granted parole. Her daughter died due to choking on food.

> She has the autopsy report saying this. Patricia and her husband

> have been in jail for 12 years having been convicted in Texas of

the

> crime of murdering the child. She is on the list of several

> organizations investigating prisoner's claims of innocence. She

is

> a wonderful person, a Cherokee who keeps her traditional

> spirituality as much as possible. She will be thrilled to be able

> to offer her morning prayers standing barefoot in the grass facing

> east once again. She will go home to be with her aging mother in

> Long Island, NY. She has surely burned away a lot of negative

karma.

>

> I truly believe that Amma is guiding us to very special people in

> our Circle of Love work. Patricia has already volunteered to be a

> Circle of Love Letter Writer once she is released. I hope she can

> be a correspondent for some of the native brothers and sisters who

> are trying to keep their spiritual traditions alive or who are

only

> now in prison learning their spiritual traditions.

>

> Some people a while back were concerned that we were trying

> to "convert" people to Amma. What's happening now in the Circle

of

> Love work is that we're starting to partner with other

> correspondence organizations and individuals who are committed to

> specific faiths. I'm just starting to put together a circle of

> native elders and spiritual leaders to write to the native

brothers

> and sisters. Doing this feels like building tsunami - proof

> foundations, if you know what I mean.

>

> Jai Ma!

>

> Aikya