05 March 2021
TRUTH
IS THE WEAPON MINORITY NEEDS
Eelanadu Tamil paper has raised a valid
question about the absence of further news about Ms Ambigai Selvakumar’s hunger strike in London – as to why there was
no further news about it? To my mind they confirm the lack of true feelings at
the root of such actions. Such expressions are frivolous and weaken the claim.
But that is our reality. The editorial also poses questions about the
effectiveness of such protests which did not prevent the actions of the Sri
Lankan government in 2009. The reason to my mind is, that most governments participated through their intent to eliminate
the LTTE which by structure was their enemy.
Many of their current actions are in compensation of their share in the
very actions of the Sri Lankan government.
Tamils need to ensure that we develop a
reliable community structure that would keep us connected to those at the grassroots
back in Sri Lanka. Often many of them become complacent once they and their
family are comfortably settled. At a recent community event, a person of about
our age said that he had not been to Sri Lanka for 25 years. He was instead
busy discussing the Australian Attorney General’s plight in relation to the
rape allegations – stating that when Mr Porter was young girls were attracted
to him! The parallel of that for our
community is that when LTTE leader Prabhakaran was young Tamil youth were attracted
to him and considered him a hero. Then these folks did not have the foresight
to know that those youth were giving up on family life for which their parents
prepared them.
As stated earlier – we Tamils perform
outstandingly when we have enough competition from within. Common measures keep
us ‘within’ one circle. If that circle was headed by the LTTE – then our
community has taken rebirth at a lower level culture than I was born into. Then
LTTE laws become our community laws.
To use position power excessively –
beyond one’s need – amounts to abuse of
power. If we are in partnership with other governments to ‘defeat’ the Lankan Government –
then we are no longer connected to Sri Lankans but other nationalities as per
the structure of those governments with whom we unconditionally share our
powers. To have the moral authority to discipline the Lankan government – we need
to be Sri Lankan. Otherwise, as per the laws of relativity – we would get the
other side in due course of time through our own families and communities . One
form of return would be that we would be treated as beggars in terms of global
status – as Ms Ambigai Selvakumar was demonstrating.
Those of us who emigrated to new nations need
to ensure that we take only our truth from the old nation to the new nation.
This is confirmed when we operate under new structures and their laws. With
that truth we would not fear returning to Sri Lanka. Those who fear confirm that
they are carrying the structures that existed and hence live off the past. This
confirms lack of belief in philosophy of rebirth. Then we become a burden to
our new environments.
When we seek within and find our own truth
– we have the courage to express that truth. We do not rely on group power.
Group power happens naturally. That formation states whether we are Separatists
or Independents. Independents form natural opposition and are equal in status
to the government. The essential ingredient to deserve such status is Belief. Belief is an expression of truth and there is
no greater power than truth. Thus all believers – whatever their pathway are
Equals. Their power works naturally to return abuse to the senders.
The more relative a government is – the easier it is for minorities driven by truth to become equal owners through true opposition and not by ‘showing’.
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