Our Australian Parliamentarian of
Aboriginal origin honored our Australian Leader – the Honorable Gough Whitlam
as follows:
‘Only those who have known
discrimination truly know its evil. Only those who have never experienced
prejudice can discount the importance of the ‘Racial Discrimination Act’.
I wrote to a fellow Australian of Lankan
origin as follows in this regard:
[As
an Australian who identities with the pain of Aborigines (the parallel of
Tamils without strong Administrative leadership) I seek to share with you
the message by Mr. Noel Pearson in honor of Mr. Gough Whitlam – at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDIc45eOILE
I
highlight from that speech – not only because I honor all those who contributed
to that Law through implementation as well as practice – but also because I
actually took legal action against Mr. Whitlam’s opposition in this regard –
Mr. Howard – using this particular legislation.
You
are on the side of Mr. Howard – through your natural qualities. Your
interpretation would be like the ‘Children Overboard’ interpretations by Mr.
Howard. Neither would get the parallel of the above appreciation –
now or at the hour of your death.]
Another in that group shared with me the
following in relation to discussion about the Jaffna name board:
There are, in a sense, three
"constitutions" involved: The first the constitution of nature that
includes all of what was called "natural law." The second is the
constitution of society, an unwritten and commonly understood set of rules for
the society formed by a social contract before it establishes a government, by
which it establishes the third, a constitution of government...It is possible
for provisions of a written constitution of government to be
"unconstitutional" if they are inconsistent with the constitutions of
nature or society.
--Orestes Brownson (1803–1876)
--Orestes Brownson (1803–1876)
I responded by saying : ‘We need to use them as one system all the
time (as in Programs) or stick to one system for our investments as well as
returns. Often we make the mistake of investing in the river and
expecting returns from the pond (Tamil saying). To me the same message is
understood through Body, Mind and Soul .
This issue of the Authority of the Law is
important in the context of current Sri
Lanka – where President Rajapaksa has obtained the endorsement of the Supreme
Court to stand for a third six year term of Presidency. Was it appropriate in
the context of the above structure ?
In Hindu culture wise elders say that
respect should be attributed in the following order: Maatha (Mother); Pitha
(Father); Guru ; Theivam (God).
As an individual – I interpret that as my
work outcomes being due to Emotions; Visible Benefits; Intellectual
discrimination between right and wrong and Invisible forces that keep the balance
going. Until we know our father – our mother is all of this to us. Until we know the Guru – our parents are all
of this to us. Until we know the Ourselves as independents – our Parents and
Guru are our visible world. Once we
realize Divine powers – called Love, Truth, Independence – we are
self-sufficient and wholesome. Most of us do not make it to the last stage due
to distractions on the way. Most of the distractions are due to ‘I’ factor – ‘I
did it’ when there are no takers and/or when I have the power to declare
so. When we bring all contributors with
us and recognize that only a portion of the outcome was due to us – we become
wholesome and that ‘I’ as an independent – represents all those who contributed
to the current ‘I’ which means ‘we’ – including invisible forces.
In terms of Governance the order is
Politics; Administration; Judiciary and Self-Governance through our Truth.
Politicians who value Self-Governance
would value Truth. One needs to invest
in Truth and look for returns through Truth. What happens is fact only to
the extent we made some investment in it. Otherwise it is dead
information as far as we are concerned. Often we are overloaded with the
latter – especially in the case of those who use higher education more for a
living than for life itself. A nation with at least one self-governing citizen would naturally support all those who
think they are part of that nation. We still do not know whether Mr. Rajapaksa
is such a citizen or whether he is supported by such a citizen – overtly or
confidentially or naturally due to shared Truth.
Citizens who share Truth form common
societies. A government of that society is formed through a certain process –
referred to as a social contract by Mr. Brownson. In a democracy this structure
is the electoral system. At that level
the applicable laws are formed through the Truth of that group – i.e. –
whether one is right or wrong is as per the outcomes that maintain the harmony
of the group at that place at that time.
The Administration of the Supreme Court has rightly or wrongly endorsed
a third term structure for Mr. President.
It is NOT a Judicial ruling. That was a consultative process within the
Administration of the Judiciary – for which the Executive Government is
responsible. In other words, the Supreme
Court was advising the Executive President – as facilitated by the
Constitution:
129.
(1) If at any time it appears to the President of the Republic that a
question
of law or fact has arisen or is likely to arise which is of such
nature
and of such public importance that it is expedient to obtain the
opinion
of the Supreme Court upon it, he may refer that question to that
Court
for consideration and the Court may, after such hearing as it thinks
fit,
within the period specified in such reference or within such time as may
be
extended by the President, report to the President its opinion thereon.
This is the
authority of the Constitution to use the resources of the Judiciary. The
outcome is very much an Administrative outcome and is not a judicial
outcome. This is confirmed further by
the words ‘within such time as may be
extended by the President’. A
Judicial decision needs to be independent of the President from start to
finish.
The above discussion started after I highlighted that I felt offended that the
Jaffna name board was in Sinhala, Tamil & English vertical order. When arranged equally along the lateral plane
– they must have clear lines of separation. Thus in a democracy – there needs
to be clear lines of separation between Mother, Father and Guru while we are
administratively operational. The reason
is the multi-tasking in democracy – moving us away from specially assigned jobs
as per the subjective system which promotes ‘class’ as per the jobs done.
The Judiciary is the Guru and the Executive
President is the Father in this Democratic Government structure. The above
provision in the Constitution does not have the authority of the Doctrine of
Separation of Powers – and therefore is lacking in democratic power – as does
the Jaffna Name Board.
If the President had made the
interpretation based on his True belief
- he would have been supported by Divine powers to realize
self-governance. As Mr. Noel Pearson also highlighted – Mr. Whitlam was Prime
Minister only for three years. Mr. Whitlam was dismissed by the Governor. Within that
time Mr. Whitlam achieved so much commonness for us Australians – that many
other Australian leaders would not achieve in 30 years.
Grandparents are like Governors. They do
not need Administrative structures to share their Energies with their
grandchildren. In fact it might help to
discard the negative parts (the baggage
from past ) of some structures. Then the
Energy is placed directly from grandparent to grandchild / from Governor to Citizen.
The Governor / Grandparent who is free of such structures is the Theivam /
Divinity in the above mentioned arrangement. Some – especially Spiritual persons
achieve this at early stages of their life.
Most of us need to attribute to someone furthest in the circle of
physical and mental influence – the unseen and unknown reasons/causes of our
pleasures / benefits – by sacrificing a part - so they would sustain us when we
are confronted with pain from unseen, unknown sources. The law of Nature says
that there is equal and opposite pain/cost for every unit of pleasure/benefit. It is recognized as equal more easily by
using the lateral system of Democracy with its objective measures. This tends
to limit us to the immediate - as has
been the case with Mr. Rajapaksa.
But then, all Sinhalese who focus on finding fault with ‘them’ on the
other side of the ethnic border – be they Tamils or Muslims - are
co-beneficiaries of President
Rajapaksa’s work and clever political thought order. None of them qualify to
criticize or judge him – until they renounce the opportunities to ‘show’ and
celebrate those victories – including through emails and other electronic
media. If LTTE are Terrorists – then Mr. Rajapaksa is the king who got rid of
Terrorism. The mind that celebrates such victory would be fearful under any
other leader. Those who attributed the elimination of violence due to
self-governance forces involved – are the real heroes. This may or may not
include Mr. Rajapaksa on the Sinhalese side and/or Mr. Prabhakaran on the Tamil
side. If they are not part of the unseen
forces – then their real and natural powers would not work a system without the
‘seen’ opposition / enemy. They would promote or facilitate wars so they could show more wins.
We often ‘forget’ the role of Nature and
take the physical as the whole. Then we arrange it this way and that way
– to suit our own desires rather than our truly earned returns. Once we keep
attributing to ‘Nature’ its dues – we would not be disappointed. Often it
becomes necessary for us to give particular form to that Nature – in our common
structure – to help juniors and outsiders identify with our work values and the
pleasures we sacrificed to develop a system that would support future
generations and distant parts of our society. Those who are hasty for benefits
– often fail to do this.
Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 13 November 2014
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