Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 22 February  2015

Global Minority Power & the Local Nugegoda Man

In his article entitled ‘The birth and rise of the Nugegoda Man’ (Ref: The Rapidly Changing Sinhalese Mind at http://austms.blogspot.com.au/), Mr. Mahindapala – former editor of the Observer newspaper - states:

[the role of  the minorities will not have an over-determining impact in the parliamentary election as they did in the  presidential election. Electoral demographics do not add up like the way it did in the presidential election. In  parliamentary elections the Nugegoda Man will play a dominant role reducing the minorities to the margins.]

This then means that in the mind of this journalist there was no share for the Lord’s participation in those elections – whether it be in the form of Buddha, Kathirgamam Murugan or Thirupathi Balaji.

When one recalls the 1977 election outcomes following the Vaddukoddai Resolution 1976, when also Tamils were in the minority – one would identify with the role of Truth that overrides majority force to confirm the earned rights of minorities. Truth develops the most reliable order of mind. Truth discovered by one person  becomes the Common Law and the source of Common Process for those who follow in the path of that person. The above statement confirms that Mr. Mahindapala is not such a discoverer of Truth.

I myself was more inclined towards Mr. Rajapaksa becoming the president – as, as a Tamil I did not know Mr. Sirisena at all until he became the Common Opposition candidate. My investment in that position was more active through Mr. Rajapaksa. But when Mr. Sirisena won – I took it as my investment in the position through Mrs. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga,  had won. To me it is still an internal win to make Mr. Rajapaksa the opposition – as Sinhalese are for Tamils in the big political picture. We need this larger opposition until we develop reliable Administrative systems based on our own Truth. When the two sides are Equally balanced in power - knowledge is born. I accepted the win  to be inclusive of   the Lord's contribution. 

The emotionally driven take the one way path. Politics is therefore one way path and is balanced only when we include our ancestors. LTTE and JVP failed in Sri Lanka due to their elimination of political memory by eliminating their seniors.

 Unless there is an Equal Opposition – emotion does not become knowledge that would lead us to Truth / Sovereignty. Hence we need the equal other side to register and complete the picture. So long as Tamils keep following the discoveries made by our ancestors – we would continue to influence Governance outcomes at National and international levels. We must continue to invest in good governance through everyday life – including at family and group levels. We must actively participate through Common Pathways – to present our completed governance values. The Lord would do the rest – including through Sinhalese leaders like Mrs. Bandaranaike and Mr. Sirisena of similar mind structure.

Ultimately we  - the indirect participants get our returns through restructures of our minds. The higher our purpose – the higher our mind structure. The lower  our mind structure the cheaper our government becomes. If Mr. Rajapaksa is returned to power by the Sinhalese voters – so soon after the Presidential elections through which he lost his job – it would confirm that the Sinhalese vote has become a cheap vote – changing with the wind – Vaasi Pathatta Hoiyah!  The result is that majority demoted President and Diplomat to local Nugegoda politicians while minority power became global. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 20 February  2015

The Rapidly Changing Sinhalese Mind

When we are above 60 and are still driven by benefits rather than by the heritage we leave behind, we are no longer leaders. Those who value the heritage that supported them would naturally progress towards leaving a stronger heritage for their juniors. The higher heritage is human mind. We carry with our mind, the minds of those we believe in. True leaders would leave behind such a mind for their juniors.

We get to know reality through common living – as in family and community grouping as well as workplace.  Those who pay their dues through respect and gratitude - take a part of the system with the benefits from such common living – and carry the higher  minds of  others in the system. They develop into natural leaders.  Others who merely benefit from collective living would tend to be followers even when occupying leadership positions. Such occupiers tend to be ‘I’ oriented – especially when they are clever. Their limitation through this ‘I’ factor prevents them from becoming good leaders who ‘share’ their cleverness for the progress  of the whole.

 Where we do not have common structures and/or common living – we are ‘outsiders’.  We identify with the Truth of such others  through our own Truth. To my mind, in my case, most Sinhalese leaders fall within the last group – especially after I left Sri Lanka in 1982.   Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka is one of them.  I  am still trying to work out the level of leadership provided by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka to those who seek to be Sri Lankans – especially the likes of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Champika Ranawaka and Sajith Premadasa – all of whom Dr. Jayatilleka promoted during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

This morning I received an email directing me to the following link http://www.youtube.com/embed/LuEuk0zZZXc .  This helped me conclude and place Dr. Jayatilleka as a follower for personal reasons – a poor combination of local and global positions. The above link  was about a rally in Nugegoda in support of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The opening speaker in the picture  was Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka. I must say I was most disappointed to see a person who represented Sri Lanka at the UN level engage in emotional ground level politics – as if he was the political leader of Nugegoda.. I concluded that Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka’s living in the UN was largely for personal benefits and not of  heritage value.

I invested in the position of Sri Lankan President through Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga and later through Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa. As per my observations both were strong players – and I was able to identify with their strengths through mine. I personally met with Mrs. Kumaratunga but did not meet with Mr. Rajapaksa. I still carry a large part of my investment through Mr. Rajapaksa in that position. The current occupant of that position – President Sirisena is also become a medium for such investment – even though I disapproved of his action in becoming the opposition of his boss – President Rajapaksa just before the Presidential Elections. Having learnt through my own experiences – that sometimes the Truth works for us through our own opposition – I reconciled to that aspect and started restructuring my own investment in that position to suit the incumbent’s strengths. To me, like our current Australian Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott, President Sirisena is a good President. This will hold good until I learn otherwise. The more time I get to invest in that position through a good occupant – the stronger facilities we would develop especially for Tamil and Muslim minorities – so that they would balance through their global status the loss of power due to being a minority in a subjective system.

I believe through my own experience here in Australia – that we can work the government through our belief. When we are not able to identify with the occupant through our belief – we need to become their opposition by raising our grievances to the top level. I believe that when we are deeply in need of guidance – we hear the Lord – often through people. My conflict in relation to Administration of University of New South Wales was thus escalated to the Prime Ministerial level  after a lady who did not have a classroom due to strong rain related damage said to me and Lorraine Brooks – an Administrator in the School of Anatomy – ‘If I do not get a room  I will take the matter  right up to the top’.  I thought to myself – that if a fellow Australian could use the top position to get some working space – then I had every entitlement to take my damage and pain to the Prime Ministerial level. I did not get the hearing I deserved from Mr. John Howard. I was dismissed by the Courts. But I continued to believe that the position had the responsibility to hear me – due to my higher contribution to maintaining the ‘Common System’ of Administration at global standards. My most recent experiences towards preventing the execution of Bali 9 leaders – have confirmed that my investments back then are now working for me – including through a direct response from our  good Prime Minister – the Hon Tony Abbott. I am hoping that President Sirisena would likewise become a facility for the return of my investment including through Mr. Rajapaksa. The Bali 9 leaders may still be executed but they would have an honorable farewell through fellow Australians to which I am also a contributor. That is how the global system works to satisfy all our genuine expectations. The gap is filled by the Lord in us.

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke has failed to produce this return for my investment in UN values. This confirms to me yet again that when we follow the subjective path – we are not able to rise above the level of the subject we follow. When we are independent – the outcomes we produce are of global value and hence the Objective path in Democracy – facilitating each user to interpret outcomes as per her/his own mind for her/his own purposes – but without damaging the value and opportunity of another user. Dr. Jayatilleka wrote in condemnation of the Hon Wigneswaran – the Chief Minister of Northern Province of Sri Lanka – in relation to the Genocide Resolution passed under the leadership of Mr. Wigneswaran. Becoming political in support of Mr. Rajapaksa is also effectively a demotion. If done for higher purpose – others must be allowed the same degree of self-demotion. A good Politician would have not criticized Mr. Wigneswaran’s move.

The UN is such a facility for all users of the Objective path of Democracy. But there are political users of the UN.  If Dr. Jayatilleka was working to save his Master’s name in UN then he had the obligation to not express criticism of that Master at all times. But Dr. Jayatilleka failed to stay in that subjective path as a follower.  As per my observations, after the US led UN Resolution Dr. Jayatilleka was critical of the Rajapaksa government and later during the period preceding the 2015 Presidential Elections, Dr. Jayatilleka demonstrated allegiance towards the current regime:

Having argued in the print and electronic media for years that Ranil Wickremesinghe should not be the Opposition’s presidential candidate, that a viable Opposition candidate must be one whose profile would cut into the incumbent’s monopoly of populist-patriotism, and as someone who has commended Maithripala Sirisena on many of my fortnightly TV shows, I am delighted at his candidacy. However, I am unconvinced about his electoral prospects and platform….. Even if he loses the Presidential election, he would hopefully have founded a dissident SLFP; a centrist alternative to the populist neo-conservatism of the Rajapaksa regime….. There is only one way to rectify and thereby save the Maithripala campaign and the political space he has opened up. Only one way to prevent this moment from ending up like the Arab Spring, with the Empire striking back due to the dumbness of the democratic Opposition. That is  to bring in Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Champika Ranawaka and Sajith Premadasa — sharp young personalities and compelling speakers, none of whom are yesterday’s men — to the centre of the policy process, the campaign planning and the head table, flanking Maithripala.  Mr. Sirisena is a brave and decent man; possibly our last hope. He deserves better than to be overshadowed or drowned out by his current companions and patrons who represent and recall the failures of a past from which Mahinda Rajapaksa, to his lasting credit, rescued the country. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-sirisena-surge-and-why-mahinda-is-still-way-ahead/

Now, we see Dr. Jayatilleka campaigning for the return of Mr. Rajapaksa. I conclude that Dr. Jayatilleka is yet to mature to the higher stage of contributing to ‘systems’ and ‘heritage’. This according to my analysis is  due to attachment to personal benefits. Dr. Jayatilleka is neither a good practitioner of the Subjective system that Sri Lankans are used to nor practitioner of the Objective system required at global level. As they say in Sinhalese Dr. Jayatilleka seems to change with the wind – Vaasi Pathatta Hoiyah! Such a mind will ‘forget’  the skills learnt in a higher position. What a waste of our common resources!

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 19 February  2015

Australian-Sri Lankan Diplomats

Most folks known to me believe in God in one form or the other. Not many identify with God’s role in outcomes produced. These days I keep making the connection and am in awe of this system of Natural Justice which delivers returns to ALL genuine contributors. The latest connection was in relation to Dr. Palitha Kohona who has been recalled from the UN by the new regime in Sri Lanka:

‘Sri Lanka’s new president has recalled more than 50 diplomats from across the globe who were seen as “political” appointments made by the former regime - including the high commissioner to Australia, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, and UN representative Dr Palitha Kohona, a dual Australian-Sri Lankan citizen.’

In March 2011, I complained to the Australian Human Rights Commission against Dr. Kohona and they dismissed the complaint. But four years later the return has happened. In my letter dated 05 April 2011, to Dr. Greg French of  our Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, I wrote in this regard:

[I just learnt from the Australian Human Rights Commission that there was no mechanism to investigate my complaint against Dr. Kohona through Racial Discrimination Act 1985 (RDA), on the basis that the RDA applies to acts or practices that have occurred in Australia. I need to find out whether this interpretation is valid. But in practice, we do seem to be very much limited to ‘local’ attitudes. That means we lack international substance in such issues.

You say in response to my comments concerning Dr. Palitha Kohona in particular “the Government is aware of media reporting indicating that the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) has received communications alleging that Dr. Kohona has committed war crimes. Such communications do not initiate an investigation automatically. Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court the Prosecutor can start an investigation on the basis of information provided in such communications. This first requires the Prosecutor to form the view that there is a reasonable basis to proceed. The OTP’s practice is to open a preliminary examination of situations the OTP is studying in order to make a judgment in this regard. The OTP has not announced the opening of any preliminary examination in relation to Sri Lanka to date. If the Prosecutor forms the view that there is reasonable basis to proceed, he must next seek the Pre-Trial Chamber’s authorization to initiate an investigation. This requires the Prosecutor to satisfy the Pre-Trial Chamber that the threshold of a reasonable basis to proceed has been met. The Chamber must also be satisfied that the case appears to fall within the jurisdiction of the Court. Depending on the outcome of an investigation, the OTP may decide to seek an order from the Pre-Trial Chamber issuing an arrest warrant or a summons to appear against specific individuals.”

Dr. French thank you for sharing all that with me. I will in turn share it with my groups of common faith. I take your substantive response as valuation of my investment in this issue. I do believe that as a truly self-governing Australian, I also should have had the parallels of the above protections and more, before being sent to prison as a criminal and later being labeled as a mentally ill criminal. The most scary part of the experience was when I was threatened with enforced medication. I prayed to the God/Truth within me and believe that that helped me save myself. Later, I felt that it happened because a fellow Australian Lady who prayed every day to Our Lady, and who was being given medication for mental illness, came out of prison because she took advice from me. That to me, is how Natural Justice works. We help each other any way we can]

I did share with my groups of common faith. They were not necessarily Sri Lankans or Sri Lankan Tamils. Just yesterday, a Sri Lankan of Sinhalese origin, with a Military background wrote to me ‘I admit that amongst the Tamil journalists/MEDIA contributors, I find that although I may not agree with some of your observations on the national question, you have at times impressed me with some of your views.’ My groups include Sinhalese with Military background also.

When I first met Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe here in Sydney through the Sri Lanka Reconciliation Forum Sydney and Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe referred to the LTTE as Terrorists – I stated that it was inappropriate to call them Terrorists in his current role. I stated that it was understandable that he would call them Terrorists as per his former position – but that as Ambassador – it was damaging to his relationship with us.

To me out of the two dismissals – Dr. Kohona’s  has greater impact on all of us Australians of Sri Lankan origin. To the extent we are subjective in the use of our authority – whose voice do we hear? – the Australian leader’s or the Sri Lankan leader’s? If it is Sri Lankan Leader’s – be it Tamil or Sinhalese – we are Australians for lesser purposes and we are likely to ‘sell’ our Australian citizenship for high positions in Sri Lanka – including in Tamil areas when we Dual Citizens return to the country with lesser status. This to my mind is what happened to Dr. Kohona.  

When I complained to the Human Rights Commission on the basis of my belief – the complaint was submitted also to the higher authorities. The higher authorities are all those who have invested in the related global principles and values and beyond that to the Court of Natural Justice – where Truth is the only witness. One who identifies with her/his own Truth would identify with the Truth of the other who manifested outcomes. The dismissal then happens when the position held by the appointer / elector  is ready to become the medium for such purpose. Sometimes this takes a long time to happen. One who waits for Natural outcomes of Truth – would identify with this path of karma. To have such insight – one ought to have participated through one’s Truth and having done one’s best – ought to have left it to the Lord to deliver the outcomes. To such a person – the identity will be with  the outcome that matches her/his contribution – no more ; no less. I felt I participated in the dismissal of Mr. Howard through my complaints against him to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. I did not identify with this karmic outcome through the Commission’s verdict nor the Australian Federal Court’s verdict that followed the Commission’s verdict.  The Common People delivered my verdict. The People are those to whom I felt connected – not only at voter level but also the opposition mind – which at that time was  Beazley-Rudd combination. Mr. Beazley  is now our Ambassador to USA.

I believe I invested in the position of Prime Minister when I worked as per my portfolios – as citizen as well as worker. When I invest beyond the junior’s duty in those relationships – I invest in the senior position. When I do not get the returns through the occupier of the position – I become that position. One who continues to invest despite apparent failures / defeats – provides service and therefore influences through God’s system. To me Dr. Kohona as well as Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe were dismissed due also to my dissatisfaction over their abuse of their Australian positions. I was able to influence not only because I am Australian but also because of my ongoing contribution to Australian policies at national level. 

Thus I believe that Sri Lankan Tamils who work through their junior positions actually become the driving force of the relationships – including at government level . That opportunity to continue until completion is lost when we react at the lower levels. Those who desire to become the seniors for the immediate benefits would not identify with this opportunity. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 17 February  2015

Sri Lankan Enlightenment

Tonight is Maha Shiva-Raathri – Great Night of Lord Shiva – the Lord of the Mind. Hindus maintain vigil throughout the night and as a young adult I often observed this sacred vigil at Ramakrishna Mission in Colombo – thanks to the elders in Myuran Sukumaran’s family - about whom I wrote earlier this morning. (Indonesia – Demoting Itself - http://austms.blogspot.com.au/ ). At the time of writing the article I did not know that tonight was Maha Shiva-Raathri. But after writing that article I felt really good and kept thanking Lord Shiva as I lovingly polished the statue of Dancing Shiva while listening to Shiva Music. Lord Shiva is invoked to kill speed – so the mind is steadied. Later I received email from Ramakrishna Mission informing me that tonight was Maha Shiva-Raathri. This was followed by mail from a fellow Australian Tamil with the following message:

THE BRICK

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!

He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic. 'Please, mister....please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car.. 'It's my brother,' he said, 'he rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.' Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay 'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar.. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!' God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.

I felt deeply moved when I read the line ‘God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts.’.   I felt that the feelings I was experiencing after writing the above mentioned article were due to me hearing the Lord within. Lord Shiva is the Lord of the Mind. Lord Shiva is known to govern us by killing the speed of the surface thinker. When the passage between our mind and our heart is cleared of desires we hear the Lord within. 

Today, for the first time, I received a message which confirmed that I was finally included in the email listing of  Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka.  On Friday, 13 February I wrote in relation to Sri Lankan governance issues  ‘I received the message about the Resolution  through the Sri Lankan Diaspora, independent of Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke who unlike many others has not reciprocated my gesture of including him in my email list. I concluded that to him I am not a cow with a bell – like Chief Minister Wigneswaran is.’  Given that the cow is associated closely with Lord Shiva – to me it is significant that I received the above confirmation today- confirming the mind connection.

Dr. Jayatilleka’s article was also  about Sri Lanka’s Foreign Relationships and it started with the line:

[“…we’re going to talk today about President Sirisena’s thoughts about how to move Sri Lanka away from 30 years of war with the Tamils…”– Secretary of State John Kerry, Feb 12, 2015]

Dr. Jayatilleka  explains his reception of the above as follows:

[US Secretary of State John Kerry’s welcoming remarks on the occasion of his meeting with Sri Lanka’s new Foreign Minister revealed two basic truths. Firstly, that even at its most friendly, the US has a slightly prejudiced, if not warped perception of Sri Lanka. Secondly that Foreign Minister Samaraweera is no Lakshman Kadirgamar, the man he succeeded during his first stint in the post under President Rajapaksa.]

First of all Truth stands on its own rights. If the above statements are taken as expressions of Truth – they must stand the test of all genuine investors in this issue.

US prejudice against Sri Lanka

America is known to have invested in common principles of Democracy & Equal Opportunity, much more than Sri Lanka has.  The way the war in Sri Lanka is assessed would be relative to such investment by other governments. The assessments of Mr. Kerry as an individual is not for public consumption. Likewise the position taken by all of us. Those like Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, who take a position beyond position portfolios – are governors and they have the responsibility to speak the Truth and nothing but the Truth.

Position of Minister for Foreign Affairs

In terms of Minister Samaraweera – he should not be expected to form pictures in the same manner as Mr. Kadirgamar did when the latter was Minister for Foreign Affairs. The expectations from that restricted position needs to be different to our expectations from the position during Mr. Kadirgamar.  Minister Samaraweera’s performance needs to be assessed as per the requirements of the current position in the new picture of governance drawn after 08 January Presidential Elections. If the individual is taken without his position responsibilities – then our assessments are speedy and lacking in balance.

Dr. Jayatilleka goes on to state ‘ So, either the US views the LTTE as being representative of the Tamils or it thinks that Sri Lanka waged a war for 30 years against the Tamil community.’

Further reading of Dr. Jayatilleka’s analyses leads us to :

[For his part, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera not only failed to diplomatically correct the utterly false perception of and unfair reference to our country and implicitly its armed forces, he failed to mention the 30 years of war at all!]

If reference to Sri Lanka’s war implied the armed forces – then reference to Tamils includes the LTTE.  Neither represents the whole.  Both include the armed forces in their Political representation and rightly so. In addition – let’s not forget that the previous government included LTTE leadership in its own government picture.

Dr. Jayatilleka goes on to state:

1.      we’ve been peaceful and prosperous for five years, on President Rajapaksa’s watch

2.      Sri Lanka is not in transition from a military or any other kind of dictatorship or autocracy. It was always a multiparty democracy in which competitive elections were held. This time the Opposition won and there was a smooth transfer of power following a peaceful election.

These are largely on paper. While President Rajapaksa may have believed that he needed force beyond democratic levels to match and eliminate the Tamil armed force – it could by no measure be referred to as being ‘peaceful and prosperous’ during the 30 year war. Five years of relative harmony – was maintained by exercise of subjective powers and not through the path of Democracy.

To my mind, Sri Lanka has been running on military basis over the past 30 years – due to both sides – the LTTE and the Government.  Most of us accepted that as the only way known to the Sri Lankan Government.  To state that it was not autocratic / dictatorial is an insult to all of us who cooperated with the just expectations on both sides – each as per their Truth.

Finally – about the Indian influence:

[India can play a very constructive role in the economic, political and diplomatic arenas. Just recently the elected semi-autonomous Northern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka’s Tamil majority area passed a Resolution with the outrageous and aggressive allegation that successive Sri Lankan Governments since Independence in 1948, committed “genocide” against the Tamil community. India can help Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation process by helping oppose trends towards political and ethnic radicalization and polarization. It can do so by making it very clear to Sri Lanka’s and South India’s Tamil politicians that Delhi strongly opposes such a Resolution and will not countenance such anti-Sri Lankan and potentially separatist postures on the part of the Tamil politicians. ]

To my mind, as a Tamil – Northern Sri Lankans need this influence of Tamil Nadu to balance the majority power by the Sinhalese in the minds of both sides. When majority power is openly used by one side as Administrative power  - one needs a subjective opposition power to diffuse the excess. Tamils are entitled to this – so long as it is not in breach of Sri Lankan laws. Used appropriately it would contribute to globalization of Sri Lanka as a nation.

If we are truly committed to Truth we must seek within ourselves. Once both sides accept their side’s weaknesses as their own and present themselves as One community  standing on its own rights taking  its true status – Sri Lanka would be democratic and would heal itself. The more we point fingers at others – the less likely we are to cure ourselves inwardly. The Global Community led by the UN has facilitated this internal healing by delaying the International assessment.  As per Tamil Diaspora, the next report is due not in March but in September this year.  Someone within the UN must have heard the genuine Sri Lankan voice. Haste through political games would result in opportunity cost in terms of developing Democratic Administration that would make it easy for other Democracies to read us. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 17 February  2015

Indonesia – Demoting Itself

The news reports say ‘Bali’s Governor Made Pastika has called on Australians not to boycott Bali and for the Australian Government to respect Indonesian law.’

Every true Australian will boycott all places of Tourism in not only Bali but all places covered by  Indonesian Law. The Australian Government does respect Indonesian Law. It is the Indonesian Government that does not respect Australian Law as an Equal and that therefore Australians are  outside Indonesian jurisdiction. Any Australian to be punished by Indonesians through a structured path  as opposed to Natural path - has to be covered by Regional or Global agreements and Conventions including UN Conventions. Indonesian actions in killing Australians through its own local laws is without such agreement or higher authority beyond its own.

 Our Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott said ‘I feel sick in the pit of my stomach about what is possibly going to happen to these youngsters’.  My heart went out to him for being a ‘good prime minister’. The commonwealth of Australia in terms of Human Resources has been strengthened by such feelings by the Prime Minister including for migrants of this nation.

Gandhi boycotted British-made clothes during his struggles for independence. Balinese need to appreciate that this is also about the Sovereignty of Australians. Even at family levels – we do not have the right to enter what we believe to be another’s home, without their approval and we do not have the right to kill someone who has entered our home – except in defence. Indonesia killing Australians without the authority of Higher Laws is of the latter category. It is like sending Indonesian troops to kill Australians in an Indonesian home. We entered with permission. We did not trespass. We did not enter Indonesia for the purpose of illegal activities against Indonesians. Hence the killing of these two Australians amounts to Murder. Where the law is flawed it becomes the weapon for emotional expressions of dislike. The suffering of Indonesians committing the same acts as Australians would have different value in their minds due to the difference in forms and paths of  belief.

Yesterday, my attention was drawn to the site Gaja Wines - Buy at Berry Bros. & Rudd. I am a teetotaler by culture. This does not mean that I look down upon those who drink wine. I would however do my best to prevent excessive use of wine in all places that are home to me and all groups that are family to me. Where I cannot prevent consumption at the physical level – I would do more to strengthen the mind of those to whom I feel connected – through my own credits with the system of Truth – the best medicine for an unsteady mind.

A fellow Sri Lankan wrote ‘Gaja, Dr. H    thinks wine is very good for both mental and physical health!  Even Christ’s first miracle was changing water into wine despite the drunkenness of his disciples at the wedding feast in Cana.’

I responded as follows:

‘In  my own way  I think that wine or any intoxicant – including sugar is good so long as we keep it within healthy limits. To have wine to be active in service is confirmed by wine being served by Christians in Church. It’s the parallel of sweet rice for Hindus. The brain likewise needs to be balanced by limiting information to functional levels. If we register someone praising us without disciplining us – from time to time – we are likely to become unsteady / intoxicated. If we know that we do not need it – just submit those excesses to the Lord.’

To the Australian mind, use of weapons by unauthorized persons would be the parallel of drug offenses to Indonesians. The reason is that our freedom to react with weapons has been denied and regulated through Australian Legal system – to a much stronger level than in Indonesia or Sri Lanka. The Australian Government invests strongly in such systems to protect our freedom of movement.  Those found guilty of Terrorism through the Australian mind would therefore be punished more deeply in those minds, than they would be by the Indonesian mind – that failed to prevent Bali Bombing or Sri Lankan mind that failed to prevent the killings through the ethnic war.  Ultimately it is the mind that punishes or gets punished. The law is only the pathway.

 If therefore these young Australians had consumed the drugs in Hindu temples of Bali – at a time when Bali Hindu culture was based strongly on abstinence of intoxicants, they would have earned the severest of punishments by Hindu Balinese. Such punishment should not be in excess of the value of the Balinese mind that was damaged.  Indonesia has the moral authority to give form to such punishment through special Balinese Customary Laws and NOT through General Indonesian laws based largely on Muslim mind structure. To the extent Balinese are naturally ‘free’ in terms of tourism their laws need to be different to those of Mainland. Possession alone does not confirm ownership. On the other hand, belief  without possession – physical or legal – is higher ownership. The former then needs the approval of the latter to ‘use’ the land. Hence Indonesian Government made up largely of Muslims needs to take its place as ‘user’ of Hindu Bali and not take up authority as ‘owner’.  

The applicability of  Customary Laws to local populations was respected by Dutch Rulers of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Hence the law of Thesawalamai for Jaffna Tamil Community that Sukumaran is part of.   Myuran Sukumaran may not be conscious of this structure. But to the extent he and/or his family feel included by the Tamil community – this independent mind structure would influence his own thought process. Ultimately – if he is ‘free’ of any guilt after  balancing the actual damage caused – by serving  jail sentence – and yet is killed as if he did not repent and compensate for damage caused to the minds of those who believe Bali to be their home – his death  places a curse on Indonesian Sovereignty. When we are genuine – the effects happen through God’s system. To the extent we become messengers of God – our efforts as if we are Chan and Sukumaran – would strengthen our feelings of Sovereignty and also protect all communities that we feel part of.

Death is a certainty for all of us.  How we die confirms the Truth not only about us but also about those involved in our death. Gandhi who deserved to die naturally  was killed by a Hindu Indian.  Jesus was also killed by the Government of His time. In both instances the individuals were killed due not only to their Truth but their FEELINGS for their fellow men and women which influenced Them to share their Truth to heal the minds that had been suppressed by servitude. The killer as well as the killed are brought together through such high souls who have surrendered their individuality to commonness. Their death therefore surfaces the ‘outsider’ for whom also they died. Thus the killer’s status is lowered to the bottom when such souls die due to the actions of  others.

Chang and Sukumaran are not Jesus or Gandhi. But as Christians they have the power of Jesus in them. In addition, Sukumaran with his Sri Lankan Tamil origin carries the power of Gandhi in him – to the extent that Community has invested  in Gandhi’s path of Truth. I am part of that community.  Both men now represent their families, Communities and Nation in real and natural terms. These are of exponential values through family, community and national feelings. The parents of these two young men have confirmed their family values through their open support and always being there for the young ones. The Tamil Community has petitioned against the death penalty. Australia as a nation is continuing  to protect its Sovereignty in various ways.  Killing these two men  is killing those families, Communities and Nation in the minds of  the killers. Indonesia has NOT suffered pain equivalent to death of its core values to punish these individuals by death. If it goes ahead – even after knowing the FEELINGS of Australians – Indonesia becomes an outsider to Australia and needs to be demoted to the lowest ranks within the Global Community.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 15 February  2015

Occupied Territories or Captured Territories?

A leading Sri Lankan of Sinhalese origin who was offended by the Genocide Resolution by the Northern Provincial Council in Sri Lanka, said in response:

‘If a 30 years war was fought and the common enemy was vanquished.. the NPC politicians should know to use their mandate to look after the people with the budget given without preparing resolutions on LIES... it is good for people to remind these people of this first without pointing fingers at us’

To such Sinhalese – LTTE is the enemy. By using the word enemy – the above Sinhalese confirms separation – exactly what LTTE wanted. The occupied territories then become ‘captured territories’. That picture seems to be of a feudal society. This is likely to happen when we make claims of superiority by using the names of our ancestors who used the path of war to show their superiority. Instead, if we had taken the Truth discovered by such ancestor – whether it was pleasant or unpleasant – we would work today’s Democracy comfortably. The Northern Provincial Council is not able to deliver Democratic outcomes any more than the Rajapaksa Government did. The Sri Lankan Administrators at the top are the gurus of the common members of the Provincial Council.  Hence the unspent budget – which amounts to hoarding if retained at Provincial level and amounts to dumping if it returns to the Central Authorities. The International Community also dumped excesses in Sri Lanka and contributed to the war related outcomes.  Any war crime inquiry must begin with that kind of ‘dumping’ by foreigners – including India.

The resurfacing of   Indian Fishermen in Sri Lankan waters is the parallel of Indonesians using Australian waters to dump asylum seekers. At the bottom level and at the topmost level – there is no distinction between mine and ours. Indian Fishermen would consider waters around Tamil parts of Sri Lanka as theirs – unless there are physical restrictions. They see and they conclude/conquer. At the top – one consolidates and thinks by controlling the seen – as in the case of Lady Justice – until the seen becomes common in the mind. Common fact becomes Energy when it loses all physical form and is recognized as part of us – our Truth. The mind driven by this Truth is the steady mind.

The war damage happened due to both sides. One who celebrated victory over the other side – is an outsider and therefore is naturally the enemy when one uses the feudal structure. Tamils who blame the Government as being solely responsible are burying the contribution by the LTTE to escalate the problem to the global level.  They have already been punished through the ‘Terrorism’ label. Similarly – the war crimes resolution against the Sri Lankan Government at UN level. We are even now at that level and the Presidential elections confirmed this. Once we are ‘even’ – we need closure – so we ourselves would ‘see’ the picture/the Balance Sheet – not to show – but for our own purposes.

The confirmation of closure for the Tamil side would be strongly influenced by compensation for every unit of resource taken over by the Government. Without such compensation – the government would continue to practice the feudal system and invoke such in those open to it – such as the fishermen to whom the sea without physical occupation is everybody’s.  If the mind of the Tamil fishermen is low – they would not protect as theirs – waters that are legally Sri Lankan. Where there is no law in the mind of the user – the seen and the possessed is ownership. It is in the interest of the Sri Lankan Government to restore the self-confidence of Tamil fishermen – including through high level compensation (Presidential Homeland Rate for Northern Fishermen at http://austms.blogspot.com.au/ ). Every person/body that contributes to this as provider or beneficiary – is participating in good governance.

Money compensation without appropriate structure is also a problem in post-war Sri Lanka. Our family donated land for common pathway at the request of the People of Thunaivi – who were already using the land – to reach the main-road. Fences were often damaged towards their personal comfort. They are the parallels of Indian Fishermen using Sri Lankan waters. Later due to requests from Government managed development organization, we donated land for the building of Development Secretariat. That Secretariat is the parallel of the unspent budget of the Northern Provincial Council that the above Sinhalese is pointing to. Those folks who are Toddy Tappers are not able to use it and hence it is idling most of the time.  In the meantime – the ‘building and the access to water facilities’ provided by us  are fenced off and used largely as storage space. This is likely to happen if ‘compensation’ is given directly to Myliddy fisher-folks at the higher money rate.

At Thunaivi – we overcame the ‘possession is ownership’ problem by funding self-employment by those who showed commitment to earning their benefits. In terms of children we discovered that they came together more  for their kind of activities at the temple and also for playing games. They learn to play by the rule and recognize each other’s territories – including in terms of time. Ours is a small model but it is working. I would strongly recommend that the Provincial Council adopts this model – and becomes Accountable to all funding groups – including directly from international groups who demonstrate ground level connection with Northern Province.

Most important aspect of our management is Accountability. The coordinator in Thunaivi has been trained to provide us with monthly Accounts and we provide regular reports to our donors – not about how the monies were spent but about the values added. This article is one such Report.  The Northern Provincial Council could follow in this path and become a model for other Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka.

Those who feel comfortable in ‘program’ based spending – and therefore operate without closures – would keep traveling back into the past. Usually those who are complacent in their top positions tend to be such blocks. We need to seek and include as ours the pain and loss of others to develop a mind that is balanced and steady at the global level – to recognize others’ rights in benefits in our custody. Those others include our ancestors from whom we inherited common values and cultures and above all The Lord – Father to All of us. Mr. Rajapaksa became godfather due to making LTTE as his enemy instead of Tamils as his opposition. His guru was Prabhakaran of Myliddy area. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 14 February  2015

Presidential Homeland Rate for Northern Fishermen

Today’s mail included  the news with a report  by D.B.S.Jeyaraj – with the  headlines: Northern Chief Minister Wigneswaran meets President Sirisena and “Explains” his Northern Provincial Council Resolution on “Genocide of  Tamils”.

I myself was trying to work out the karmic path in relation to the above Resolution, so that my contributions to self-governance in Sri Lanka would be ‘free’ of desire based politics. To me ‘freedom’ is the parallel of politics and independence is the parallel of self-governance. Former is the manifestation of the latter. When the freedom shown is more than the independence felt – then it needs to be channeled through the Administrative path based on independence realized by others. When this is done collectively on the basis of belief based majority vote at the primary level – it is a political decision. When it is on the basis of consolidated belief and therefore through use of common principles and laws – it is an Administrative decision.  Unpracticed principles through which status is often claimed often leads to expressions of ‘freedom’ without an independence root. Right is a flow of independence. The question is whether the Resolution is political or administrative.

As per the above report ‘Chief minister Wigneswaran had also told President Sirisena that the resolution was an “expression of the emotions and feelings of the Tamil people” and was aimed at ensuring that the Tamil question remained a live issue on the international radar.’

That confirms that it is for the purpose of International Politics and not for the purpose of local Administration – not at the moment.  The Northern Provincial Council has the responsibility to integrate the consolidated value of this Resolution in the Administration of Northern Province and do so independent of the National Administration.  One way would be to identify groups of communities with special needs and seek global resources on project basis – so those victims would  have the opportunity to be valued by the International Community as part of themselves. One such area of opportunity seems interestingly enough to be the fishing village of Myliddy.  Myliddy is part of the area that was home to LTTE leader.  The background is reported as follows:

‘Chief among topics discussed was the question of Indian fishers poaching in Sri Lanka’s northern territorial waters….. The chief minister along with provincial fisheries minister Deneeswaran briefed the president of the prevailing situation in the northern fishing sector today. It was pointed out that fishermen from Tamil Nadu were emboldened by the lack of action by the Sri Lankan navy after the change of Govt in Sri Lanka after January 8th this year. As such the Tamil Nadu fishers were entering and poaching in northern waters en masse on a scale never seen before. Fishing gear of Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen were deliberately damaged and destroyed by the Tamil Nadu fishers who intimidated the Sri Lankans by sheer numbers.

Wigneswaran suggested that both countries engage in joint patrolling of coastal waters to prevent poaching. He also recommended that bottom trawling be prohibited.

Chief minister Wigneswaran also urged that lands under army control be returned to the rightful owners and that Tamils under detention for terrorism related charges be released as soon as possible.

President Sirisena lent a sympathetic ear to the issues raised by Wigneswaran and assured him that they would be addressed gradually but speedily. He said that Sri Lankan officials would take up the fishing issue in detail with their Indian counterparts while he himself would touch on the subject in his direct discussion with Indian premier Narendra Modi….. President Sirisena also said that there are areas in the North where the lands cannot be returned at the present juncture due to national security considerations. One such area was the coastal village of Myliddy which now forms part of a security triangle with Palaly and Kankesanthurai.President Sirisena said that the Government would set up a model village in the North and re-settle displaced families from Myliddy there. He told Wigneswaran that cabinet had sanctioned this project.

According to Govt officials 1022 families from Myliddy now scattered in 14 places in the Vadamaratchy sector will be re-setled in the coastal village of Vallalaai which is about 4 miles away from Myliddy. Currently the families engaging in the traditional occupation of fishing do so from Point Pedro in an area known as “Myliddithurai”. After being re-settled in Vallalasai they will be given permission to fish from the Myliddy coast if they wished but not be allowed to reside there

According to Govt officials 1022 Myliddy families now will be given 20 perches each in an area of 220 acres coming under J/284 Grama Sevaka division in Vallalaai. Grants will be provided to construct houses under a model village scheme. Schools, a hospital and community centres would be constructed. Provision will be made to set up religious places of worship in the new model village.’

If  Tamils to whom Myliddy is home are to be compensated for loss of their homeland – the value  must be at the highest national level – as if the land was around the Home of the decision maker – the President. ‘Home for Home’ is the confirmation of Equal Opportunity. Allocating 20 perches in Vallalaai is an insult to the Tamils to whom Myliddy is home. The folks of Myliddy would have owned various extents of land before the exodus. The land compensation needs to be proportionate to the area lost and not a uniform area of 20 perches. It is important to recreate  the traditional structure prior to the evacuation.   The rate per unit area, as stated above,  needs to be the Presidential rate. The President cannot be expected to compensate at a higher rate than he would compensate himself for loss of his home. If  the International Community – especially the Tamil Diaspora -  seeks to raise this value – they ought to be facilitated to do so through special projects which would  show the money value of their contribution.

Everyone who is serious about ‘rights’ needs to take this opportunity to at least show their own valuation so that the land value lost is escalated to human value – towards developing a Tamil Nation which would strengthen all nations that are home to Tamils.

When the self-esteem of the Myliddy fisher folks is high due to their high value homes – they would feel  greater confidence to protect their waters from Indian poachers.  That is how  - the homemaker’s high standards raise the mind of the money and status-making spouse – when those home standards are appreciated and carried by the latter to the workplace and beyond.