Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
10
April 2019
Globalization &
Lankan Politics
All of us contribute to and carry
personal karma as well as group karma – such as through families, work
organizations and political groupings. In groupings where faith needs to be the
driving force, benefits based calculations and quid pro quos need to be
classified as the returns through lowest pathways. One who votes through personal
truth would self-govern. The parties may change but one who votes on the basis
of true experience would enjoy self-governance – whatever the shape and form of
political government may be. Those of us driven by our individual truth, would
connect to the candidate beyond political and cultural alliances. That is the
soul-connection that leads our self-governance. This is the power of democracy
also. Those driven by group power are tied
to group karma – especially when they derive benefits as per that group power.
Sri Lanka is getting ready for Presidential
elections and as a Tamil who benefited from Tamils who invested
in Education, I am interested in the outcome that would lead to self-governance
by those to whom education is of high priority. The way my personal truth led
me – I completed my self-governance experience at the University of NSW. It was
not through politics nor through business. Hence the experience which was also militancy
against those in management, did not hurt anyone else in real terms. That is
Gandhi’s Sathyagraham. It is based on the principles of meditation –which confirms
to the true practitioner that when we forego benefits – our contribution is
raised to the structural level and beyond to Energy level. At structural level,
we benefit from all others who also genuinely invested in the structures of
that institution. Beyond that at Energy level we become universal / global and
have access to the consolidated power of all those who invest in that issue.
This is recognized as Perinpam (bliss) in Tamil. Deriving immediate benefits is
known as sitrinpam (pleasure). One who foregoes the latter is assured of the
former. Those in the former group add value to their natural side even if they
vote for the other side at the physical level. Likewise, one who does not vote –
but naturally identifies with the same values as a leader – would influence
votes for that leader through those who do vote. That is Diaspora power as well
as Ancestral power. Tamils were prevented from voting in 2005 Presidential
elections but to the extent they were self-governing – they voted for the side
that would lead them to self-govern officially in any free environment. Such
power waits beyond time and place borders to manifest Itself. It was this power that rendered global value
to the victims of 2009 war which defeated the Rajapaksa government.
If therefore such leadership returns to
power at national level, which is the highest common level for Sri Lankans, without
the Rajapaksa government confirming remorse acceptable to the true victims of
war and their heirs in Sri Lanka, then we go back to 2005 state of mind, by
supporting militancy that hurts the genuine investor in self-governance just
because they are in the side of opposition and/or are independent individuals.
The reverse does not apply to Tamils as
a community because Sinhalese governments hurt the self-governing Tamil much
more than LTTE hurt the self-governing Sinhalese.
At self-governance level and global
level – we vote for issues and not for particular groupings. In Jaffna my vote
is for the leader who facilitates self-governance without hurting others’ true
investment in governance. Every unit of contribution I made/make to self-governance – including by disciplining
service providers, would influence voters to whom those areas are home areas.
The supply of self-governance energy is continuous and often happens through
small gaps between dictatorship which occupies majority Government bodies –
irrespective of whether they are led by Tamils or Sinhalese. When we discipline
the community that we believe we belong to – we promote self-governance as a
group by removing the blocks to soul power.
If Mr Gothabaya Rajapaksa becomes president, we need to conclude that
majority Sri Lankans are dependent on armed power of dictatorship. That would
also be a victory to militants to whom fighting physically is the preferred culture.
Those who use weapons only to defend
would not invoke the other side. It’s testing time for Sinhalese voters who may
vote at national level – the same way they voted at local level. This happens
when they lack the education to raise
local values to national level and
beyond or are not yet self-governing. Sri Lanka’s sovereignty would be
confirmed to wider world through national elections.
A free election would confirm the truth
of the common voter of this generation through the elected leader. Where a
government is independent – it becomes a facility to the self-governed. Through
such facility the government gets empowered by the individual – who may not
even be a voter. Promoting self-governance at voter level – would lead to every
leader enjoying victory – through her/himself or through others. That is when
we are all Sri Lankans.
Like the saying about woman’s work, developing the local voter
to self-govern, is never done.
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