Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
31 October 2017
God does not trust the British in
the dark
‘Dr. Colvin R. de Silva who, when told that
`the Sun will never set on the British Empire`, an oft-repeated quote during
the colonial era, responded with the tart remark; `That`s because God does not
trust the British in the dark.’ – Lanka Newspapers Editorial – 13 March
2005
Dr. Colvin R de Silva who also represented the
suburb of Wellawatte – generally known as the Tamil suburb, is reported to have
presented his mind on the Sinhala Only legislation as follows:
[In 1952 he lost the Wellawatte-Mount Lavinia seat
to a United National
Party candidate, but regained it in 1956 and 1960. During the
passing of the Sinhala Only Act, he spoke his
famous last words: "Do we... want a single nation or do we want two nations?
Do we want a single state or do we want two? Do we want one Ceylon or do we
want two? And above all, do we want an independent Ceylon which must
necessarily be united and single and single Ceylon, or two bleeding halves of
Ceylon which can be gobbled up by every ravaging imperialist monster that may
happen to range the Indian ocean? These are issues that in fact we have been
discussing under the form and appearance of language issue." His predictions came true a few years later with the
formation of LTTE and subsequent civil war
between the LTTE separatist movement and the Sri Lankan government.]
Wikipedia
Yesterday, Parames, the sister of Mr
Subramaniam Sivapathasundaram (Sundaram) said to me that the assurance given by
me during the eulogy speech at her brother’s funeral - were now a reality. Parames to my mind is a
humble and spiritual person. Yesterday, Sundaram’s son Dr. Ganeshawaran married
Laura O’Carrigan according to Hindu rites at the Sydney Murugan Temple. It so
happened that I arrived at the very moment the groom and his entourage were being ushered in and they needed someone
to carry one of the auspicious trays. One of the gentlemen there asked me to carry
the tray with the Wedding Necklace. I felt that it was Sundaram himself,
speaking through that gentleman to whose mind I was a stranger. I blessed the
union whole-heartedly – on behalf of the groom’s father – Sundaram also. I was
not going to attend due to my other commitments – but Kaye – wife of Sundaram
insisted that I did, saying we were there when she most needed support. After
the honour through natural forces – when I was asked to carry the tray, I
realised that it was both parents of the groom saying thank-you. Yet another
example of Natural Forces bring us the honor beyond the order of clever minds. To
my mind, there are Natural Relationships formed as per our Gunas –
Characteristics. These are the true structures that work independently to
render us Peace of mind.
I learnt about this real relationship
through my Spiritual Guru who says that
there are three ‘I’s :
(i)
Who
others think I am
(ii)
Who
I think I am
(iii)
Who
I really am.
I believe that this applies also to our Family, Home-Community and
Home-Nation. The way each of this is managed in the mind gives structure to our
pathway way to Peace and Happiness. Being in who I really am is the ultimate
goal.
A
Constitution that confirms Natural Justice will work itself.
Sri Lanka is currently exploring ways to
improve its Legal Constitution. Like in the case of the individual, the Constitution also has three identities.
One that works with the support of Natural Powers would protect us and protect
itself. The challenge is to invoke Natural Forces to work the Constitution to
lead us to Peace and keep us there.
At family level – to the extent we use
our Belief in each other, we would share Naturally. Towards this, we maintain
confidentiality and show only one outcome to wider world, in the hierarchical
structure and one system in lateral democracy.
Tamils
– especially Tamil militants led by the LTTE, have played a key role in establishing the
need for the current remaking of the Constitution. The following excerpt from
the Sunday Observer article ‘FROM NANDIKADAL TO HANDI-KADAAL’ confirms this:
[the
Japanese expert (Mr. Motoo Noguchi ) said, there were complex issues that
needed to be cleared.
“For instance, we need to ensure that the
accountability mechanism is not limited to the members of the Sri Lankan
security forces. But, the LTTE, on the other hand, is now defunct and almost
all its leaders have been killed in the battle. So, who will take responsibility
for the crimes committed by the LTTE? We need to find answers to these
questions” he added.
“We need to find a way out of this deadlock.”]
The LTTE mind may be
positive to some and negative to others. While LTTE are seen as relatives of
Tamils as per their outer makeup and their stated reasons for resorting to arms,
they are relatives of Sinhalese driven by unofficial armed power, as per their
Characteristics. Hence they collude when faced by a third enemy – be it the
British, the Indians or the genuine Sri Lankan Politician. The recent reports
of threats by Sinhalese Political opposition, of bombing the parliament if
there was a new Constitution confirms that the JVP is still living in the minds
of Sinhalese Politicians. In contrast, Tamil Opposition Politicians’ mind is
presented as follows:
[Tamil political representatives' acceptance of proposals in the interim
report of the Constitutional Assembly represents a "historic" moment
for Sri Lanka, a senior TNA legislator told parliament here today.
The Tamil National Alliance's M A Sumanthiran was addressing the
House when it met as the Constitutional Assembly started discussions on the
interim report of the all-party steering committee in order to formulate a new
Constitution to replace the existing 1978 charter.] The Outlookindia.com article – Lanka Tamils agreeing to Constitutional
proposal historic.
It is noteworthy that the
above article published came to the public through an Indian medium and not a
Sri Lankan medium. To my mind we are connected through the Natural system of
sharing information in this regard. Both our contributions, to the extent they
are Service oriented go towards the development of the actual Constitution – no matter what it
looks like on the outside.
Recently I contributed to the development of the restructure of Sri Lankan Airlines as follows:
[Hence the direct interference of a member of the Government
amounts to acting in breach of the fundamentals of Commercial structures
as well as the structure of the elected Government itself.
Continuing with this kind of mismanagement would lead to Sri
Lankan Airlines becoming more and more like Air Ceylon – under which structure,
staff were slaughtered by heir seniors to appease politicians. ]
Today, I
read the Island report dated 29 October, as follows:
[Ajith Dias Chairman, SriLankan Airlines
Limited, has issued the following statement on our news item, yesterday, Sri
Lankan chairman gets ticking off from the Prime Minister:
"My attention was drawn to the Sunday Island article
-SriLankan chairman gets ticking off from prime minister.
At the NEC meeting held last Tuesday nothing on government
procurement procedures was discussed and that I was ticked off by the Prime
Minister or the other comments attributed to him is completely false.
There were several ministers, the secretary to the treasury
and the Governor of the Central bank present at the meeting, who can verify
this. Either the report is a figment of the writer’s imagination or the top
source he quotes is intent on creating mischief between the parties who are
trying their best to restructure airline."]
The
above confirms that Sri Lankan Airlines is able to report about itself. To the
extent I identify with it through a still mind that is neither excited nor
depressed – I believe that I am also contributing to the development of the new
structure of the Airline. Likewise the
Constitution. The media also contributes to the making of the Constitution.
When politicians are driven by publicity they become the sources to feed
frivolous media minds and v.v.
The
Constitution is like the Palace with many rooms – each with its own special
purpose. We have the parallels in our homes. In a hierarchical structure – the office
room or the shrine room would be the most important part of the home. This is
the parallel of Parliament. In Democracy, they are all of equal importance as
per their diversity.
Tamils
if they are important to all those with the power to give form to the apparent Constitution
could be the toilet – now that LTTE has been allocated Pariah (toilet cleaner) status.
We must not forget that they were needed to balance their equals within
Sinhalese community. The manifestation of wrongs by the previous regime –
including through the National carrier –
confirm the need to keep Tamils inside Sinhalese Management to stem the fall of
Sinhalese politician in a parliament without toilet cleaners, into the gutters.
Tamils
on the other hand, could develop their allocated space into a place of
meditation – even though it may be
called the toilet by outsiders. When Tamil politicians develop this mind, other true Parliamentarians
would merge their minds to become global. Our Australian Prime Minister is
reported to be visiting Sri Lanka this week. Mr Turnbull who is reported by adaderana.lk,
to have stated :
“I look
forward to continuing our discussions on strengthening our economic links,
defence engagement, and our work together to combat trans-national crime,
particularly people-smuggling”
Mr.
Turnbull as Prime Minister confirmed that he failed to do his Due Diligence work
in relation to Indian Business and ended up with Adani infection during his
visit to India. Is he likely to be infected by the parallel of ‘Buddhism
foremost’ bug by failing to do his Due Diligence work on Sri Lankan politicians
by catering to their wishes through ‘people-smuggling’
rhetoric, thus killing the genuine war-refugee in the womb?
At
a time like this Sri Lanka needs his wisdom in Democracy. If he has none to
offer – he needs to stay away from Sri Lanka at this point in time. It’s that
dual citizenship demon inherited through his party that prevents true
globalization – otherwise known as duality karma. Is our PM reminding us that
the Sun has not set on the British empire?