Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
18 February 2018
Equal
Opportunity Pretence
Sri Lanka’s President is facing problems apparently
due to recent Local Government election
outcomes . Our Australian Prime Minister is also similarly facing the challenge
of managing ‘the sex at work’ crisis after his deputy’s misconduct became
public knowledge. To my mind, they are
both about ‘showing v being’ problem.
The following gives
me some indication as to the problem faced by the Sri Lankan President:
‘… the mission heads, gathered in Geneva, were
curious to know how the moderate parties failed to capture seats at the LG
polls.’ Ceylon Today article - Will
Transitional Justice wither? Int’l community in quandary over LG polls results
The parallel of this is our Australian Prime
Minister’s new rule this week:
‘Sex between
ministers and their staff is banned under the code of conduct from today’
In both instances it is about the conflict between
external influences and the Truth known to us.
When I read Mr Turnbull’s ruling I felt inner conflict with my
acceptance of the three fundamental principles of Justice taught in Australian
schools:
fairness •
equality • access
The PM’s ruling will weaken the self-confidence of
most Australians who accept de facto marriage relationships and indeed same sex marriage relations as
binding as marriage by law and/or religious ceremonies between heterosexuals.
Ministers are elected MPs and the rule through which they regulate their
conduct outside parliament house and other official places is their business.
The public have the entitlement to ‘see’ and judge for themselves how their
elected Members behave in a ‘free’ environment.
We are all entitled to be judged by our Truth based
conscience. That basic human right cannot be taken away from any elected member
who has the responsibility to ‘show’ the other side as per her/his belief when
s/he is against the form of a decision . I follow a religion where sexual enjoyment
has been codified as Kama Sutra - so it does not get disorderly. Any enjoyment within
our rights without causing damage to the
parallel rights of others leads to good order.
Benefits when taken at the lower level than the
level at which one gets paid would be unlawful in any institution that is structured as per core purposes of that institution.
Where the core purpose of an institution is to uphold the Truth on behalf of
the People – a ruling such as the above has the effect of damaging the rights
of some parts of the Nation.
It would be unlawful to engage in sexual pleasures
in an office which does not specialize in sexual activity – including through physical
connections between cause and effect. One who is true to that institution would
not engage in enjoyment of pleasures that damage the core purpose. The above
ruling bans lawfully married spouses and de facto partners and indeed same sex
marriage partners of Ministers from working in the same offices of the government. That is
effectively discrimination on the basis of sexual relationships.
We need to renounce the credit that we take in terms
of Equal Opportunity values and take our place as backbenchers in global
governments.
In the case of the Sri Lankan Government – the local
polls are being confused with Presidential elections – because pleasures have
long been taken by the Sri Lankan Government as if the Parliament and the local
electorate are their home base at equal level. We are ‘free’ at home to be true
to ourselves. Those who are not able to be true to themselves need to respect
the leader of the home to have order in the home.
Unless one has developed the insight that the whole
world is looking at us and we are accountable – as depicted by Lord Muruga of
Kathirgamam with six faces rendering 360 degree view, the standards would be limited
to enjoyment of selfish pleasures freely by the self for the self. So long as
we are honest about being animals – there is nothing immoral about it.
Yesterday
in response to my sharing in relation to the recent London matter relating to
Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, I received a message
from a senior member of the Sinhalese community directing me to:
[Sinhalese - Portuguese War - Battle of
Danture
The Danture campaign comprised a
series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594,
part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War.
It is considered a turning point in
the indigenous Sinhalese resistance to Portuguese expansion.
For the first time in Sri Lanka a
Portuguese army was completely annihilated, when they were just a fraction away
from the total conquest of the island.
A 20,000-strong Portuguese army,
led by Governor Pedro Lopes de Sousa, invaded Kandy on 5 July 1594………………..
I
responded as follows under subject heading: - Battle of Kathirgamam
[My
genuine investment in this issue surfaced from within me – the tragedy of Ms
Premawathi Manamperi of Kathirgamam. Those soldiers who demeaned the young lady
– are they descendants of the Sinhalese soldiers who according to your claim
won the war against the Portuguese? They did it again to Isaipriya in
2009.
I
refer you to the following sad narratives:
As
for the Kingdom of Kandy – A few years back I wrote referring to the last
king of Kandy ‘King Vickrama Rajasinha’ as per Wikipedia. Months later when I
was looking for accommodation I came across Raja House about which experience I
later wrote as follows last year:
‘I felt that I received the blessings of the above King
when I was looking for accommodation in Colombo a couple of years back and my
usual host was away in London. I found the place called ‘Raja House’ along
Rajasinghe Road in Colombo 6 – commonly known as Tamil suburb. The morning
after my arrival – I discovered the pictures of Sri Wickrama Rajasingha wearing
the ‘Pottu’ – representing the third eye and usually worn by Hindus. As per my
experience, Sinhalese do not wear the Pottu and hence the Pottu became a
feature through which Tamil women were identified more easily by attackers in
Colombo. I recall that in 1977 when I was pregnant with my daughter Gayathri –
I consciously removed the Pottu when going to work – so there was less risk of
me becoming the target of those attacking Tamils. Had King Rajasingha
manifested in Colombo as he was when he passed away on 30 January 1832, it is
likely that he would have been butchered on the roads of Colombo while
commuting between work and home.’
Those
of us who inherit characteristics do not usually take the physical form of
those ancestors. I could very well be carrying the genes of Sinhalese who
fought bravely against ‘invaders’ back in 1594 and you could very well be the
heir of the Portuguese or the British. We inherit the qualities and not the
form or name. When we are in need and have invested in our own Truth, our inner
voice would confirm to us who we are in essence. If you are a true
Buddhist you would know that the outer forms are temporary and are
not carried beyond one lifetime. ]
When
we use heritage – we need to use it at the Energy level – to motivate
ourselves. This requires ‘respect’ to be paid to that heritage and therefore
our ancestors. When we use such heritage
as current benefits – our own mind goes back to those structures and ‘forgets’
current laws of democracy. It’s like migrants from rural areas of Sri Lanka
isolating themselves to practice those laws instead of current laws applicable
to Australia.
We
Australians pay our respects to Indigenous Australians through our Government
policy. Given that the marriage laws of Mr Turnbull – the private citizen would
be different to the parallel laws / truth practiced by Indigenous Australians
who place high value on respecting their elders – the two groups are naturally
separated in terms of marriage laws.
Likewise,
the Sri Lankan President who defends the
Armed Forces’ conduct during the war against the LTTE is also separating
himself from his natural community when he takes benefits at global level but
fails to deliver at those standards.
If
Mr Turnbull is able to shake hands with the Sri Lankan President as if they
were equals – then he ought to have no difficulty sharing hands with his
ministers who have sex with staff – so long as the enjoyment happens outside
office without costing the Parliament in terms of money and/or time. Love is Free and it Energizes the believer
anywhere anytime. Sex like any enjoyment needs to be earned to prevent it from becoming negative energy/sin. The two
should not be taken at the same level – within or outside marriage.
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