Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

26 October   2016

Sauce for the Goose and Medicine for the Gander?

Q: What is Minimum force?

A: “Those minimum actions, including the use of armed force, sufficient to bring a situation under control or to defend against hostile act or hostile intent. All actions must cease as soon as the target complies with instructions or ceases hostile action. The firing of weapons is to be considered as a means of last resort” – The Free Dictionary

The User:

“The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-speaking Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has appealed to the people of the province, especially the youth, to be calm as they mourn the killing of two university students by the police.

In a statement released from London, the Chief Minister said that while conveying his condolences to the bereaved families, he would appeal to the people not to express their anger and grief in ways which would have unpleasant consequences.

Wigneswaran said that he would not comment on the incident before the court had given its verdict. All that he would say now is that the apparently, doctrine of using minimum force had not been observed by the police.”

The Matter:

[On the night of 20 October 2016 Gajan attended a social event at Sulakshan's house in Jaffna. After the event Sulakshan was returning Gajan to his student hostel in Chunnakam on a motorcycle when, at around 11.30pm, the pair were shot by police at Kulapiddy junction on the Jaffna-KKS Road in Kokkuvil. According to the police the students had failed to stop at a police roadblock at the junction and sped off. The police opened fire, hitting the rider, Sulakshan, twice in the head and killing him. The motorcycle rammed into a parapet wall on the roadside which resulted in serious injuries to the passenger, Gajan. The police claimed that the students were under the influence of alcohol.

Sulakshan and Gajan were rushed to Jaffna Teaching Hospital where Sulakshan was pronounced dead whilst Gajan succumbed to his injuries shortly afterwards]- Wikipedia

The Action by Minister of Law and Order – the Hon Maithripala Sirisena:

“President Maithripala Sirisena had ordered the arrest of the five policemen manning the checkpoint and a Jaffna court had remanded them till November 4. For their safety the policemen were sent to Anuradhapura prison in a Sinhalese-dominated area” – New Indian Express

Financial Crimes Investigation Division – FCID – Parent Department – Sri Lanka Police - Wikipedia

Minister Responsible - Minister for  Law and Order – the Hon Maithripala Sirisena who is reported to have stated :

 “The objective of establishing the FCID is not to mingle in matters of various companies or individuals and to interrogate them. There are several divisions in the police department to handle such matters. There is deviation from the duties assigned to FCID. They should understand their duties and responsibilities. They should focus on large scale financial frauds……….. Their scope of duties is wide and people and the government expected them to engage in their duties meaningfully without engaging in trivial pursuit of insignificant incidents. My speech at the SLFI was drawn from my conscience. When the Heads of the Forces are taken into custody, I must be aware of it as the Minister of Defence.” – Lankadeepa/Daily Mirror

The Armed Forces responsible for National Security and the Police responsible for internal Law and Order are both under the Hon Maithripala Sirisena. In the case of Defence Forces – the Minister has confessed to  using  his conscience. In the case of Police – the Minister has used his Administrative power to punish them quickly. Did the Minister act as Minister for Defence or as Minister for Law & Order / Police, when dealing with the Jaffna matter? To use the Northern Chief Minister’s mind-order – did the Minister / President practice the Doctrine of use of minimum force when dealing with the Police and the FCID – as per the measures he used in protecting the Defence Forces? Within the Law and Order portfolio, which is responsible for Jaffna Police and the FCID – did the Minister / President use more force with the former than with the latter? If the Jaffna Police confessed to using their conscience would they be released without application of the Law that develops Order?  Is that the reason why lawful inquiry into the conduct of Armed Forces during the war is being denied? If yes, would the Ministry of Buddha Sasana which claims credit for Buddhist Independence undertake an inquiry to improve discipline within Buddhist armed forces and would the Hindu, Christian and Muslim armed forces/combatants be facilitated to be disciplined by their respective Ministries?

These questions need to be asked in terms of the new Constitution – especially in relation to Article 9 through which Buddhism is allocated foremost position and articles 10 and 14 which facilitate ‘freedom’ from conscience driven actions by other religious pesonnel. This means also that Ministries that are natural part of the Minister would be managed more through the conscience than Ministries that are distant relatives - like in-laws in marriage. Multiculturalism promotes healthy relationships including through marriage.

Here in Australia, we are multicultural to the extent of discussing and debating whether same-sex marriages should be legalized. This is part of the progress through medical science which facilitates same sex couples to have children. Same sex relationships as per the conscience of the couple are right and they do not need laws to realize love and happiness – so long as they are within their own community. Equal Opportunity laws in Australia render them a degree of protection from ‘outsiders’. But when it comes to children they need laws because they have to share  Common Resources. The law helps protect our Sovereignty – as individuals and/or as groups of common culture.

Buddhism foremost in the Constitution is to legalize monoculturalism which is described as follows by Wikipedia:

[ Monoculturalism is the practice of actively preserving a national culture via the exclusion of external influences. Japan, China, South Korea, and North Korea are examples of monoculturalism. Usually a monocultural society exists by racial homogeneity, nationalistic tendencies, geographic isolation, or political isolation (sometimes but not always under a totalitarian regime).

Recently, right-wing governments in several European states, notably the Netherlands and Denmark, have reversed the national policy and returned to an official monoculturalism. A similar reversal is the subject of debate in the United Kingdom and others, due to evidence of incipient segregation and anxieties over homegrown terrorism.

Several heads-of-government have expressed doubts about the success of multicultural policies: British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy have voiced concerns about the effectiveness of their multicultural policies for integrating immigrants.]

The above is the final global judgment through social order - in relation to my case against Mr. John Howard on the basis of my direct  Experience of his negligence as an Administrator. The legislation through which I took action is Racial Discrimination Act 1975.  The public verdict as stated in Wikipedia more than ten years after my action as an ‘internal’ is that as per his conscience Mr. Howard was more with hierarchical system and less with Equal Opportunity system. Likewise, the President of Sri Lanka. In the case of most of the above leaders – they are ‘former’ leaders. Hence they use their ‘conscience’ instead of using the laws governing their positions. In terms of Equal Opportunity Laws – which are essential part of democracy – where the minority powers – migrants in multiculturalism and youth in monoculturalism -  have contributed more than the custodians of power – towards commonness – there would be rebellion supported by all minorities native to that place/land. That is a promise by the true  law of  Sovereignty.

Conscience is where our Truth resides. One who has position duty has to override personal Truth to do her/his duty. This is the essence of Bhagawath Geetha – the Hindu Bible. The more the leaders use their own truth as the Truth of the whole – and such expressions are disloyal to their positions, the more they contribute to becoming ‘former’.  That is the natural punishment for taking that position belonging to someone else.

The birth of Siva Senai in Sri Lanka around the time the President made the declaration in UN – that Sri Lanka was Buddhist country – is such a manifestation of Equality – as mandated  by articles 10 and 14 (1) (e ) of the Sri Lankan Constitution:

10) Every person is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice.

 14 (1) (e ) Every citizen is entitled to the freedom, either by himself or in association with others, and either in public or in private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice or teaching;

 Where Siva Senai which carries a Hindu name complains on the basis of its belief that the above rights have been denied partially or wholly – the authorities concerned have the duty to take action to investigate. If at the end of the investigations the authority is not able to identify a secular reason for the damage – that authority has the duty to deliver in favor of the Hindu Siva Senai. When they fail and Siva Senai is genuine in its dedication to Lord Shiva – the Lord of the Mind – the global forces of Siva are naturally invoked. Likewise when a person/group carrying the Multiculturalism name complains genuinely as per its conscience – the global powers are invoked in support.

By separating itself the Buddhist group in Sri Lanka is authorizing the use of Conscience by minority religions – at a lower threshold. That was how Tamils became Equal Opposition in Parliament and the LTTE became ruthlessly clever through this separation and lower threshold. The majority however keep denying this real outcome through the pathway of Truth. If the above articles are upheld in the new Constitution – all non-Buddhists arrested as Terrorists using Secular Laws - need to be released from the custody of armed forces and disciplined by their respective religious Departments using their respect Sasanas/Doctrines. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

25 October   2016

Politics is Judiciary’s Curse

Many educated Sri Lankans got upset when their  former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake was dismissed by the then Government under the leadership of the Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa. But not many within the Judicial system identified with the weaknesses within the Judicial system itself  that led to the Judiciary losing its independent status. Through their Daily Mirror article ‘Truth behind Law’s Delays’ Yasu e Karunaratne and Amara Ismail have highlighted some factors contributing to delays in delivery of judgments by the judiciary. This problem, like in any other issue, would be viewed/addressed by various participants at different levels. In People intense nations like Sri Lanka, Judicial problems are rarely owned by the Public due to absence of voting by the Public as we have in the case of Politics. The real vote comes to specific members of the  Public who have used the legal system genuinely and have been let down. Their disappointments do not come back to the General Public for review and final judgment through elections. They become a curse within the system itself once they get out of control by the current custodians of power. The thinking order deteriorates through this constant curse that lives within the Judiciary. Truth is the only cure in such instances.

To my mind, practitioners of Law – any law – in everyday living – develop/strengthen mental health. Mental health is needed to enjoy physical health. Those enjoy benefits indiscriminately  – are the least orderly. Those who earn their outcomes would have practiced laws through fulfillment of their duties. Hence they earn People through Relationships. Laws are relative and once activated they confirm the existence of Relationships. When practiced genuinely – they lead to sovereignty. It’s our investment in this through the common pathway that naturally regulates us to function as an institution. Once we complete our duty as per our position – we automatically progress to Truth. At that level it is Nirvana/Bliss. One who reaches this Destination through Due Processes – is supported by Truth anytime anywhere in relation to that issue. Those who believe in such a person are continuously supported by that mind which lives beyond the physical body of the person as well as the institution. Every citizen who brings her/his Truth to the Court empowers the Judiciary as well as the Nation towards become self-regulating.  Every legal expert who expresses  her/his Truth in Court,  empowers the Judiciary to become self-regulating.

When the citizen who regulates her/his experience through the law as per her/his understanding of the Institutional laws relating to the matter – is insulted in Court the Court curses itself to lower its Administrative standards. As per the above mentioned report:

[Attorney M.C.M. Muneer said, “I believe that any judge can go through the facts of any case within half an hour to one hour to decide in favour of one of the parties to the case and on his or her ruling. Yet, some cases drag on for decades and even pass on to the next generation. But even in such cases you can appeal]

In my Colombo Land matter – the first Defendant who unlawfully occupied and claimed Prescriptive rights – could no longer be found through Public Process, when the Appeal came up for hearing. The second Defendant to whom the property was sold by the first Defendant died and the party who purchased the property from her heirs – also died. Now the current respondents are the heirs of this 2^nd purchaser. As per the facts and evidence before the Court at the primary level itself the Judgment in 1999 could have been to find the Defendant guilty of unlawful occupation. I knew that the first Defendant did not have Prescriptive Title – not because I knew the relevant provisions of the law of Prescription back then but because I knew that I was physically in and out of the Premises during the period the Defendant claimed to have been the sole occupier/possessor. But the Judge highlighted and included in the Judgment the verbal evidence provided by the 1^st Defendant that he used it to grow spinach. My parallel evidence that I bought it to build a home was not included but just mentioned. To my mind the difference is the natural influence through cultural subjectivity. None of the lawyers highlighted the facts highlighted at (iii) and (iv) below by me – now a self-represented litigant in Colombo Courts:

(i)                 The 1^st Defendant instituted legal action against those who tried to oust him in 1987-1988 – their names being Mr. S.Periyasamy and Mr. Fabian Mitchell, the latter being the OIC – Narahenpita Police at that time.

(ii)               The 1^st Defendant  publicly declared ownership by Prescriptive Title on 04 May 1988 and filed action against the above mentioned persons at Colombo District Court through matter 5812/ZL. The map included in this Deed of Declaration  was the Partition Plan 2332 – – included in D.C.Colombo Case No. 12462/P  of  1971 drawn up by Mr. S.R. Yapa Licensed Surveyor & Leveller (– P1(a) at folio 337 of the Appeal Brief)

(iii)             As per the Court  documents in the above matter 5812/ZL – . (folios 294-297 of the Appeal Brief ),  one Mr. S. Periyasamy was residing at 163/7, Nawala Road, Narehenpita, which specific property the Plaintiffs claim is theirs and the one mentioned in the Deed of Declaration dated 04 May 1988. (folios 290-293 of the Appeal Brief ). As per these records, the 1^stDefendant, was living at 28 Nawala Rd Colombo 5 – at that time.

(iv)              Folio 298 of the Appeal Brief confirms  that Mr. Piyadasa was living at 28 Nawala Rd Colombo 5 at the time of registering the Title with the Municipality and that this registration was done by his lawyer.

The said details in (iii)  above were in Sinhalese and I do not read or write Sinhalese. My husband can read even though he does not understand. Back in Sydney, after preparing my submission early this year – on the basis of what was available, I sat in an area where we have true sharing regularly in our home. I noted the numbers and asked my husband to read the wording  out to me. That’s when I noted the above evidence by the Defendant against his own claim. I was ready to present my arguments but as highlighted in the Daily Mirror report  mentioned above judges change and - there is to be a change of Judge in my appeal also. I obtained approval to file my submission and await the next hearing.

Like in the case of Eddie Mabo – who passed away before the Native Title judgment was delivered by the Australian Judiciary – I also may pass away before this matter is settled. It’s more comfortable for me to represent myself – than to pay barristers to whom I am a lower relative in Court. The last one we had appeared for our opposition in a Testamentary matter in Jaffna Courts while this appeal is still open. Had I been driven by outcomes – I am likely to have continued to use that barrister’s services in the Colombo matter. I decided to change the barrister. But after our solicitor also opted out – due to ‘institutional demotion’ – I decided to represent myself.

If  Truth is upheld – the Colombo Judiciary would become stronger in Public Administration – which is a heritage of global standards I carry due to my sacrifices here in Australia. Otherwise they would become weaker exponentially due to my wisdom being unbound including by legal relativity. The barrister who chose to accept the Jaffna matter – did not have the courtesy to at least mention it to me or our solicitor. Ultimately it is about our own personal standards which manifest when we think we are in a ‘free’ environment. The Barrister’s Jaffna presentation did not succeed at that level and at personal level one of his clients in the Jaffna matter passed away.

I have learnt that once we take the issue to Truth through Due Processes – the outcomes would surface to support and reward us and/or our true heirs/believers. The above discovery by me is confirmation to me – that the forces of Nature would override all barriers to support one who upholds Truth including by remaining silent when another’s Truth is more important to the whole. That is the way with family. I could not read Sinhalese and the Court did not provide English translation of the transcripts including relevant evidence accepted by the Court. That is confirmation of the damage to Judicial Administration, through ‘Sinhala Only’ as official language which seriously disadvantages non-Sinhalese participants, including lawyers and lay litigants in this instance. But as is my way – I paid for the translation of the transcripts and put in more effort than all the lawyers concerned to connect facts supported by evidence available,  to the law. The way the evidence ‘showed’ itself to me – confirms to me   that I have already gone past the Institutional boundaries into Truth. This I believe is what ‘Tat Tvam Asi/Thou Art That’ is all about. I became that Land through my hard work and sacrifices. Hence the Land showed its Truth to me through the above evidence.  The more Common and lighter the issue becomes through Due Processes – the more natural is the sharing – as in internet sharing. Hence Transparency.

Retired Judges often use new portfolios as extensions to their old positions. Like in rebirth we take our own personal sins and virtues into our new jobs / positions. Where we extend the old – we take also the wrongs and wrights.  If such is naturally negative AND they  are strongly conscious of their past status - they would actively deteriorate the powers of the new institution. At the top of  Sri Lanka’s Bribery Commission are legal personalities – including the immediate past Director General who has gone back to her previous position. Those conscious of their old position benefits activate positives and negatives in their new positions. Once we go beyond the boundaries of our positions into Truth – through Due Processes – we invoke our positive karma. When we breach our current position boundaries prematurely to punish/hurt our relative on the other side of the position – and the other person gives up on us – our negative karma takes over to punish us. This is the problem when Investigating authorities are headed by those who are conscious of their previous position benefits. Likewise when we go from country to country. Justice Balapatabendi was part of the leadership of the Bribery Commission. My above mentioned Land matter was heard well ahead of that appointment also by a Justice Balapatabendi.  Even if it is not the same person – they are of the same ethnic origin and to the extent I was disadvantaged relative to other side – that common group would earn the sin, once I give up.

Another leader who carries this kind of carried forward status – is Mr. Wigneswaran. Yesterday, in response to my article about Mr. Wigneswaran, a leading  member of the UK Tamil Diaspora wrote about Mr. Wigneswaran:

[CVV is another compounding factor of failures of the Tamils. However educated he may be, he is a failing façade and does not deserve the elongating publicity.

It is time the Tamils (in particular Northern Tamils) critically look at their own failings to redeem themselves from the slumber. We are living with the hate driven mindset for too long without finding the way forward to be smart enough and steps ahead. CVV is the extension of this ever progressing rot that has rooted our society.]

I explained that I was appreciative of the value added by Mr. Wigneswaran whom I see as part of the Judicial Energy rather than as Chief Minister. This is largely due to Mr. Wigneswaran failing to access my wisdom in Public Administration – despite there being a need for it in Northern Province also. When I read that Mr. Wigneswaran refused to hoist the LTTE flag in London this week, I felt good. The reason is that if  grouped as per our investments – majority citizens of Northern Province would fall within a group that invests heavily in Education than in arms. It is also important to include those who have invested in armed defense but they should not be the group that shows us to the rest of the world.

Then I read with disappointment the following part of the Hon  Wigneswaran’s speech in London:

[He referred to the charge that the Northern Province Administration is not doing its bit to develop the province and said that he wants the Diaspora to invest in the province in projects of use to the local people and that he has had discussions on this with the Prime Minister’s advisor, R.Paskaralingam.

The Chief Minister promised to help Diaspora investors and said that he has been wanting to launch a Chief Minister’s Fund to receive contributions for development from local and foreign donors, but the provincial Governor is standing in the way.]

Any member of the Sri Lankan / Tamil Diaspora who has not so far invested in Northern Province after the end of war – must take her/his place behind those of us who have been investing – at money, status and Truth levels – taken in ascending order. Earlier this year I assisted a group of nursing aids from North to make their submissions through Due Processes – to the Health Minister – after they had exhausted the avenues available to them within the current Provincial Government. None of them had been to Colombo previously – leave alone the Health Ministry. There is no Administrative Structure in Northern Province Government including Provincial Government - to support projects to deliver values of global standards. I myself have developed step by step the structures that would uphold the true values of both sides. It is not easy. The common attitude is ‘give us the money and we will give you the status’. It is not surprising that the above manifested in UK  - the home base of  Lycamobile owner – Mr. Subaskaran Allirajah – of Jaffna origin - who is reported to have donated to UK Political Party as well as former President Mr. Rajapaksa.  That is LTTE style.

Money without policy or Truth – will lead to disaster. We need to learn to live within our own  inherited plus earned wealth . Monies received in this generation, without belief and beyond work performed as per common standards – would make the recipients dependents of the benefactors. LTTE leader received such money from Mr. Rajapaksa and became a victim of that Summa/Free  money because the position he occupied was in the name of Independence. Now Mr. Rajapaksa who is also reported to have received Summa / Free money from the Tamil owner of Lycamobile is losing more and more status due to mismanagement of Public finances. Only those donors who come with appropriate Public Administrative structures ought to be accepted by the Provincial Government. Others must contribute at their own levels – as individuals and/or groups.

Northern Province becoming a welfare group would be disloyalty to our ancestors. We need to preserve and maintain our Sovereignty as truly educated community. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

24 October   2016

Buddhists – the Disadvantaged Group in Sri Lanka – as per CERD valuation

I recalled our Sydney daughter making tea (Ceylon tea)  for us last week and that she first warmed the pot with hot water. This morning when making tea – I recalled that and first warmed the pot that our Melbourne  daughter gave us. The pot as well as the process of warming is their common culture which is different to mine. Theirs is more ‘upper-class’ while mine is more practical given my multi roles in the one day and my current capacity to cope with all of them. As per my assessment, in terms of making/developing  ‘policy’ – it is the other way around. I find our children including the basic values we invested in as a family – but showing it in their own diverse forms. I appreciate more and more my own acceptance of my parents’ discipline which conditioned me to accept difficulties beyond my control in wider world. I believe that this is a strong component of the forces that led me to Commonness. That which was within my control – I did not compromise on at policy level.  I accepted relatively lesser benefits for greater contribution – especially here in Australia, but put my foot down when my own self-respect was being tested again and again.

Now I realize that the more we sacrifice for common good – including by accepting unearned disciplinary action against us – the more regulated we become and eventually we share that regulated mind-structure within our common home/workplace/nation/world. But towards this we need to not compromise on common values but sacrifice earned benefits. Often we are demoted by custodians of power through rules and regulations as well as majority practices – even though majority times we would have upheld the fundamental values of those laws and regulations. Once the fundamental values are upheld – the laws and regulations need to be lost conscious of. They are mere scaffoldings.

When I married the second time – my status was demoted by family leaders – who overrode their knowledge of my good conduct during the tenure of my first marriage. As per my inner knowledge I was never allocated high status for my good conduct during my first marriage – because my first husband did not hold high professional status. It was therefore not a clever marriage but as per my assessment I was a good wife. I believe that a good daughter becomes a good wife. Hence in my own internal assessment – I was not losing any status through my second marriage. The mistake I made was to expect others to understand – especially others carrying good-wives status to understand. But that did not happen. My parents supported me – because by this time – they realized that I was a good daughter and they wanted me to have an equal status partner – so life within the community would be more easy.

Like in the case of Tamil leaders being demoted by the Tiger label, from time to time, the ‘demotion’ of my marital status  was used against me and it did upset me – especially when it came from those who received the returns from MY investment in commonness with wider world especially through my work as a professional. But unlike the Tamil Tigers I did not react and express my freedom prematurely. I learnt to live with the little I had. If we take chastity as the fundamental value of one man-one woman law – then such demotion when unearned raised the internal structure of my good conduct in enjoying marital pleasures to the higher level. Usually abstinence and moderation  bring about regulated conduct and regulated conduct is usually healthy and good. The deeper my feelings the higher the promotion until it became Energy. This is why women in Hinduism are recognized as Energy. This Energy has the power of curing and uniting confidentially. Hence mothers are recognized as the binding force of the family. The more chaste a woman is the stronger the protection from rape – either raping or being raped, in a group that is bound by that woman’s Energy. Hence the respect for mother – through everyday processes. God within us balances the books to uphold our inner dignity through which this intuitive power is maintained.

Throupathi of Mahabharatham to my mind was chaste and was married to five brothers. Throupathi was blessed by Lord Krishna when she got married through this unusual arrangement. The Opposition used that marriage to ridicule the Good group and called Throupathi a whore and tried to strip her in public. Throupathi was naturally upset.  But because the costs she paid for such a marriage was far greater than the benefits she received – she was able to raise her chastity to Energy level through regular living. When she was allocated the status of a whore – she went to the depths of pain and this invoked the Divinity within. Externally this Divine Energy appeared in the form of  Krishna who  supplied her with endless lengths of sari until the stripping stopped. But the curse Throupathi placed on the other side was strong enough to divide and separate the family to ultimately manifest the great war.

The opportunity to develop this intuitive power is lost to those who expressly claim ‘advantage’ through law and/or intimidation. As per Press Trust of India report ‘Buddhism's position in Lanka won't change: Sirisena’, one is entitled to conclude that first place to Buddhism is the Law in Sri Lanka under the current government also. The report states also:

[The foremost place accorded to Sri Lanka’s majority religion of Buddhism will be preserved in its new Constitution, President Maithripala Sirisena has said. “Buddhism’s position, coming since 1972, will not be changed,” Sirisena told a religious gathering in the eastern port district of Trincomalee on Friday.

Dismissing the Opposition claims that Buddhism’s position in the country is to be diluted in the new Constitution, the President said: “We have not finalised anything yet.]

This confirms that the President recognizes the Political use of Buddhism to divide Buddhists. This particularization and compartmentalization on the basis of religion means also – one man one religion policy. If the President thought that he was likely to follow another religion it is highly unlikely that he would allocate Buddhism the foremost place. If Chastity is the fundamental value of such marriage law – then Spirituality  is the fundamental value of any religious law.  To be complete and Independent – the Constitution needs to recognize this as a special advantage to the disadvantaged group – which in this instance is ‘Buddhists’ in Sri Lanka. The instrument through which this is measured comes from the UN.

Article  1.4 of the UN’s  ‘International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination’  which facilitates such special provision states:

[Special measures taken for the sole purpose of securing adequate advancement of certain racial or ethnic groups or individuals requiring such protection as may be necessary in order to ensure such groups or individuals equal enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms shall not be deemed racial discrimination, provided, however, that such measures do not, as a consequence, lead to the maintenance of separate rights for different racial groups and that they shall not be continued after the objectives for which they were taken have been achieved.]

As per my knowledge  Sri Lanka is bound by the above Convention through Accession. Under those circumstances – Buddhists need to be declared as a disadvantaged group for the purposes of bringing them up to Equal level of practice as other religions.

In the alternative Separation is needed to protect minorities from this Double Advantage to Buddhists. Unless there is express confirmation that Buddhists have lesser knowledge of Secular laws relative to other religious groups in Sri Lanka, the ‘foremost’ status amounts to additional authority to Buddhists. Each time a person uses Buddhist as well as Secular systems to take up authority – even amongst Buddhists – they are naturally entitling others who have earned through their work similar status but through the Common pathway only – to the real promotion of mind – eventually to the level of Divine Energy which is the foundation of Common Belief. They are the real Mothers of Sri Lanka. Where members of minority religions achieve this before Buddhists they are the real religions leading Sri Lanka.

The recent demotion by the Sri Lankan President – of Independent Commissions of Investigations resulted in the resignation of the Director General of Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption,  reported as follows:

“President Maithripala Sirisena publicly warned that he would take action against the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) as well as the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for 'pursuing a political agenda' at a function held on 12 October in Colombo. The President irately said those institutions should not operate according to any political agenda at the expense of justice. In response to this statement, then Director General of CIABOC, now Additional Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, tendered her resignation. After many rounds of discussion held with several parties, the President finally accepted her resignation on 19 October.” - I am a tough administrator – Dilrukshi – Ceylon Today report.

Taking Ms Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe’s assessment to be genuine and therefore true about herself – one could ask whether Ms Wickeramasinghe’s use of Secular laws and rules would have been too harsh for someone who believed in Buddhist Dharma which is likely to have pardoned a good citizen who uses public money to help the needy. The religious pathway usually takes the person as a whole and not just as per known acts.

When we take benefits without having earned them – we become welfare recipients or stealers.  Unless we are grateful to the person or the common source – we lose internal status. Given that the President recognizes that the Republican Constitution included this special provision – one could conclude that the provision was included  to prevent JVP type of resurrection which started in 1971. Even now the above confirmation is against the Joint Opposition and is therefore internal to Buddhists. With that clause – the funds and status  they receive from other sources become welfare to all takers – including Buddhist Political leaders. When they are not grateful to providers including within Sri Lankans who are entitled to such common resources – the takers  lose their ability to unite the Nation through Belief. A Nation bound by Belief does not need Reconciliation. One that needs Reconciliation needs express Separation of Powers – in this instance between Buddhist Provinces and Non-Buddhist Provinces. That way Federalism would happen with the blessings of  the respective gods. Secularism – including amongst JVP and LTTE followers – becomes one such religion. They would naturally combine forces and contribute to each other’s uprising. That is the way of Natural Justice which comes with built-in punishment. Hence the saying – man proposes and god disposes. Every person who is true to her/himself is god.  

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

23 October   2016

Happy Birthday to Hon Wigneswaran

This morning during meditation I thought much about Mr. Wigneswaran and his value to Sri Lanka. I appreciated that Mr. Wigneswaran continues to hold his position of Chief Minister, despite the challenges faced by him in his new position. If at least a few of us appreciate the real contribution by Mr. Wigneswaran, to the identity of Tamils as an educated Community, we would be prevent the many of becoming traitors to Northern Province which continues to invest in Education at family level. That’s an inheritance we carry forward which has supported us in the many Nations we have migrated to. Education for life renders higher order to our conduct. Through my own experiences, I believe that we never lose our Independent Investment in Education. All families that sacrifice pleasures to educate their children – contribute to this Independent Investment in Education. I know through my own life that mine led me ultimately to realize the values of Research and Teaching – which are the core values of a University – the highest Institution in Education.

With all this foremost in my mind, I opened my mail this morning. There it was – the last mail last night – under the heading ‘SL  -......" Eluga Thamil ".  -  .Tigerization of Wigneswaran.......... Eurasia  Review’ – sent by a Sri Lankan Diaspora leader. To many it would be coincidence. But as per my feelings, including that subject matter in my article is a need for Sri Lanka. It is so because I believe in Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka believes in me. That’s the soul connection. A few years back, when we at the Carlingford Sai Center here in Sydney, were celebrating  Swami Sathya Sai Baba’s birthday – I was elected through a raffle to cut the cake. It is Common Belief in that group that Swami nominates the person to take His place at that time and hence the raffle. I felt deeply touched and said to the President who is also a strong devotee – that I needed the recognition due to my difficult service in Sri Lanka. To me there is no higher recognition than the one from Swami who came to me in my deepest hour of need in Professional life. A young devotee – Praba Sivapathasundaram said with deep appreciation that he had also wanted the recognition for me and was so very happy when it happened. They as a family continue to serve Sri Lanka through various avenues. Hence Praba appreciated the value of such nomination at the time of my need. The need of this hour is for Sri Lankans not to be fooled by money and lose their hard earned opportunities to pursue Independence and harmony through Dialogue and Good Conduct – for which we need to focus on Education for Life – as Swami Sai Baba often said. Hence to me it was no coincidence that I opened the above email with an Academic’s analysis regarding Mr. Wigneswaran on his birthday.

The form of my belief based values today therefore – is mainly through Mr. Wigneswaran as a Sri Lankan. It is easier for the average reader to draw up the picture when there is an opposite side. This has come through that email through which the above mentioned article by an Academic -  Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan who is Chair of the Conflict Resolution Department, Salisbury University, Maryland, USA, has published his analyses.

Let’s take the following passage  to register the picture that Dr. Keethaponcalan has of Mr. Wigneswaran:

[Vigneswaran’s transformation as champion of Tamil rights is sudden and startling. First, during the war, when the Tamil youth were sacrificing their lives, Vigneswaran was nowhere to be seen near the Tamil nationalist politics. As far as I know, he does not have a history of doing anything to promote Tamil interests during the war. He probably did not even visit the war affected areas until the war was over in 2009. ]

Given that Dr. Keethaponcalan is an Academic publishing his work through Public space, he has a duty to use the same base / principle to assess and mark rights and wrongs. Hence I ask myself - On what basis does Dr. Keethaponcalan conclude that ‘Tamil youth were sacrificing their lives’ ?   Using myself as the base measure – my conclusion is that between Sacrifice and Earning Benefits – the ‘Tamil youth’ were driven by the drive to earn a living which was of a higher standard within the LTTE camps than in their homes – predominantly lower caste homes. Many, especially the more educated folks also felt challenged to use their skills. To that extent they are no more sacrificial than the youth in Sri Lankan Armed Forces. If we accept that the Tamil youth sacrificed – then we must accept also that Sinhalese in Armed Forces sacrificed – and hence understand why any government dependent on the Armed forces would protect them from public scrutiny – as the President indicated recently.

I lived with Tamil Tigers in 2003 when I had the call through UNDP to structure a Public Admin system for the Tamil Tigers. Given that I did not make any attempts in that direction and the invitation came through a Yoga Swami devotee,  I concluded that my services were needed and I was ready for the service – as per my wisdom in Public Administration. Now I realize that I had the call to confidentially cure the money weaknesses in the system which deteriorated our consolidated investment in Higher Education and therefore Higher level good conduct.

If therefore Mr. Wigneswaran had gone to war areas in 2003 – he would not have come to the rescue of Northern Province to effectively uphold the 13^th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution under India’s leadership influence. Relatively speaking the LTTE leader was grateful to Mr. M.G.Ramachandran – who became Chief Minister due to his popularity through cinema, with those who liked to see themselves as fighting warriors. That money came with the negatives in that occupier of Chief Administrative position and the negatives in the people who elected him and hence returned as their karma when the Hon Rajiv Gandhi was killed in Tamil Nadu by the Tigers. The LTTE’s collusion with the then Government of Sri Lanka to oust the Indian Peace Keeping Force – also confirmed that the feelings LTTE had for Tamil Nadu were not deep enough to appreciate their funding as shared ownership. Mr. Wigneswaran at the time of the call to join TNA – was already helping the victims of war – especially the youth. I met him for the first time on one such occasion at a Colombo temple. The experience was not extraordinary nor trivial. Hence I would not have expected Mr. Wigneswaran to have had the call before the Provincial Council elections. By the same token if Mr. Wignewaran has not entered politics – it is highly unlikely that Tamil power would have worked to oust Mr. Rajapaksa. It’s the force that we intuitive influence that is most powerful. The Common value that suffered most during the war – is the Educational value that all Sri Lankans have invested in. That value was set aside to make way for armed forces.

Mr. Wigneswaran as an individual is devoted to Hinduism. To my mind it was that investment that placed him in the position that came into being through the 13^th Amendment – which is a major milestone achieved by Tamil rebels at all levels and in all forms during all periods of Sri Lanka’s existence as a separate country. It was also good for Sri Lanka to use that structure in other parts to practice Democracy.

Those who have shared their educational values with Northern Province would identify with the value added by Mr. Wigneswaran – an educated  Sri Lankan of Tamil origin  - holding that position. If we have our education through Common Sri Lankan resources – especially minds – then our education belongs to Common Sri Lanka. Even Mr. Wigneswaran has no right to separate and allocate credit to particular areas. So far he has not expressly done so – but the indicators are that it may get to that if he gives up on himself by reacting to the young and the restless. I went all the way from Australia to serve at grassroots level – but I continue to a nobody to Tamils – even in Courts and Public Offices. The way I started in Australia from zero status as a professional – I have had to start from zero base in Sri Lanka – expect in places like Air Lanka / Sri Lankan Airlines where staff I trained are still there and continue to appreciate my training. This has helped me preserve my Independence and therefore I am clean of the negatives of Subjective Influence in those systems. In a Vaddukoddai testamentary matter, our lawyer Mr. Manivannan keeps arguing in Court that I am a Chartered Accountant capable of Administering the Estate of my husband’s brother but I doubt that the Jaffna Judiciary are registering that value. It feels as if the lower standards of education have captured the higher standards – through armed invasion and its influence. To my mind, Mr. Wigneswaran being in that position means there is hope that Tamils would preserve their investment in higher standards and realize Independence and self-governance through the higher pathway – without physical separation. Every person to whom Sri Lanka is home adds Independence to her/his ethnic group. Such persons do not need Separation.  They would function independently anywhere anytime. Mr. Wigneswaran may say separation in words – but the higher mind would take it as Opposition and not separate country. One who reads him at soul level – will know the Truth. Tamils pulled him into Politics and those who did are responsible to support him through the higher intellectual pathway.

Dr. Keethaponcalan continues to state:

[Second, in the first year of his tenure in office or to be precise, when Rajapaksa was in power, Vigneswaran was bending backwards to please and work with the government in Colombo. He did not protest until January 2015. Does this mean that the Rajapaksa government was more accommodative than the present government? Obviously not. Therefore, it is clear that the Eluga Thamil event, at least partially, was motivated by politics.]

When we read public figures – we read them through the dominant investment by us. Dr. Keethaponcalan seems to be reading Mr. Wigneswaran through his / Dr. Keethaponcalan’s Political mind. But I read Mr. Wigneswaran through my investment in Public Administration and Judicial systems. Eluga Thamil and the call for North and East to be under one Government – are all seen by me to be towards keeping Tamils as part of Sri Lanka but as an Equal force to majority race – so majority would not ‘invade’ or intimidate through majority power. Without this ongoing reminder – we Tamils would either become like the Aborigines of Australia or if the Diaspora is politically active to settle old scores with new alliances – with groups looking to invade one way or the other, we would continue in war-mode. Likewise Sri Lanka as a whole with India and China taking over.

Mr. Wigneswaran continues to carry Tamil heritage in Commonness and that needs to be valued and treasured to motivate others including those in Northern Sri Lanka – who are the most needy ones in terms of leadership through the higher pathway. The TNPF – led by the great G.G.Ponnambalam’s grandson is a strong opposition to TNA which is strongly political at the level of Tamil Community but seems dry of Opposition intelligence at National level. I see Mr. Wigneswaran as an Advisor to them – especially to the legal heads within TNPF. The average Tamil needs to see the other side to picture the transaction / matter. It’s good for Administration. Who can better represent such leadership than Mr. Wigneswaran?

Happy Birthday Mr. Wigneswaran and please know  that there are at least a few Sri Lankans who have not forgotten your contribution to Commonness. Truth may be forgotten by even the carrier but Truth does not forget Itself because Truth does not remember Itself. Like the Sun Truth is always there as an Eternal Power. You are truly valuable to Tamils as well as Sri Lankans. May Mother Shakthi continue to empower you from within to hold leadership positions within the Community – in one form or the other and realize the higher values of your birth . Hence  many more returns of this valuable day.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

22 October   2016

Risk of Separation

Good Governance and Clever Administration do not seem to belong together in current Sri Lanka. Government seems to separate whenever cleverness of Secular groups seem to overtake Goodness in Government Leaders.  The risk of Separation is high when one is distracted by outcomes/benefits. Political outcomes and expressions are one sided and hence carry the high risk of Separation if they are not lifted to Administrative level. Where one acts out of true belief – political statements and actions are balanced  because only completed transactions qualify to become belief. When we accept more pain than gain – it becomes belief. Once accepted, the other side if filled by True Natural / Divine forces and the completed whole takes the form of that Natural Force/Energy. Whenever we are in need of support – that Divine power comes to aid us – through us and/or others. Hence any statement based on belief  is an expression of wisdom. It is this wisdom that is the foundation of Good Governance.

Sri Lanka being a politically volatile country at the moment – one sided incomplete political actions and expressions are bound to happen to keep the government going. The two Political parties are demonstrating difficulties that are experienced also by ethnic groups that have lived away from each other until the last war. These are the growing pains as we move towards Democracy in daily life. Separations could be positive or Negative. Functional or belief based Separations are of positive value and like immunization they would prevent Separations of Negative value. Negative Separations within the Government would accelerate the return of ethnic war. The two main political parties  have formed a Common Government towards redeeming itself from ‘taking’ excessive benefits by unjustly demoting the  Opposition, resulting in internal Separations. This happens when the members of the two parties think that they are Equal. But deeper analysis would confirm that in terms of Good Governance – UNP is the leader and SLFP is the follower. This is indicated as follows by the Island editorial headed ‘It’s curtain-up’:

[Yes, but for the UNP, which threw in its lot with him, Sirisena would have stood the same chance as a cat in hell in the presidential race. However, it is equally true that the UNP would never have been able to topple President Mahinda Rajapaksa without Sirisena’s help.]

The parallel of that is to claim that President Rajapaksa would not have defeated the LTTE without their ex Eastern Leader – Karuna Amman’s help. The deeper challenge is how Tamil Political Leadership – the TNA  - became the Official Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. The Island editor does not seem to have gone that deep to discover the Pearls of Truth in the depths of the Indian Ocean.

Most of us believe in the higher powers. Most of us use the invisible parts of  global communication systems even though we do not know how they work. We know through experience that they work. Truth is like that. In the case of  a problem or opportunity which developed largely in the past which is beyond our control – one needs belief to be protected from the problems and to work its opportunities. Both times Tamils won Leading Opposition in Parliament – it happened not by winning second highest membership but through Tamil contribution to Commonness being greater than those seeking Tamil Only. Tamil culture includes strong religious belief as an express pathway towards this Commonness. Could this be also causing Buddhist leaders to ‘increase’ the practice of Buddhism? If yes, and we accept that minority religions are entitled to their own privacy – the question arises as to whether or not the Government which has the Administrative Responsibility to maintain such ‘privacy’ has to use same level of commitment to take action against those who interfere with the religious affairs of non-Buddhists? Due to Article 9 – does the Government have the leadership responsibility to act on its own accord instead of ‘waiting’ for a victim to complain? Let’s examine whether the Government has the responsibility to take action against Mrs. Goolbai Gunesekara – the founding principal of Asian International School, who declared as follows recently:

[No! Ravana was no terrorist as PM Modi says. He was, in the views of many women, not only a great King but an outstandingly noble man.
To my mind he was the real hero of the Ramayana and not the vacillating, chauvinistic Rama]

Praising Ravana is an entitlement. But ridiculing Rama through a Public space is an offense against which the Buddhist Government has the responsibility to act – due to Buddhism being foremost religion.

As per Hindu belief Ravana was clever but Rama was clever and good. Hence a Hindu claiming that Ravana was a Terrorist would not surprise most Hindus who believe that  Rama was an Avatar – god on earth. What did surprise me was the claim by Mrs. Goolbai Gunesekara – the founding principal of Asian International School - that Ravana was a noble king. It was surprising to me especially because many LTTE supporters put forward similar claims to call  Prabhakaran the Avatar. Many of them were retired from active work and not one of them held high position that Mrs. Goolbai Gunesekara carries.

As per published records by the good book corner:

[Hailing from a family of distinguished educationists Goolbai Gunasekara is the product of an erudite home in which humour, wit and a clever turn of phrase, was encouraged by Dr. Kewal Motwani – her North Indian father and her American mother, the well known Clara Motwani – Principal of  Buddhist schools in the Island.

Goolbai Gunasekara is herself the Founder Principal of the ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of Colombo. She has a Degree in History and a Doctorate in English Literature. She won the “Women of the Year” award in Education from the Zonta Club of Sri Lanka in 1996. She was Chairman of the Inner Wheel Clubs of Sri Lanka.

Other than books of humourous sketches, she has collaborated with the British Council and Sabaragamuwa University to write four books of History – specially aimed at Sinhala educated undergraduates. She has also just published a book on her Mother, Mrs. Clara Motwani, titled “Chosen Ground” which was a best seller and has gone into reprint due to great demand.

Goolbai Gunasekara and her husband “Bunchy” have a daughter and two grandchildren, Tahire and Rahul.]

It is interesting to note that Mrs. Goolbai Gunasekara’s American mother – is presented as  principal of Buddhist Schools in Sri Lanka. Reverse  Conversion? Further search took me to the write-up by Renuka Sadanandan about Mrs Gunasekara’s book on her mother in which the following is revealed:

[And as fate would have it, when they happened to stop over in Colombo, Clara Motwani, then just 23, was literally  waylaid  by Sir Baron Jayatilleka with whom the young couple were to have tea and offered the post of Principal of Visakha Vidyalaya.

This episode is vividly described in the book. “On arrival in Colombo, Father, as was the custom of the day, placed his visiting cards along with Mother’s on a tray at the entrance to Sir Baron’s palatial home in Colombo.

“Sir Baron gave them a cursory glance and then looked again, quite riveted by what he saw. It became a family joke as to whether Sir Baron actually saw Mother herself or whether he only saw those magical letters after her name - ‘M.A. Education’.

“Dr. Motwani,” he said, “turning his considerable persuasive charm in Father’s direction. “You are not even settled in Karachi. Your guardian tells me you are going soon on lecture tours. Why don’t you leave your wife with me in Ceylon? She could join you at the end of your two-year stint?”

And so it came to be, not two years, but a lifetime in Ceylon. When later the children asked their father how he made up his mind, “Well, I hardly had a say in the matter,” he would answer. “Your Mother took one look at the island and recognized her home.”]

That gives one some insight into the author of the book and her mind-order through which the author who says in her critique of Prime Minister Modi’s claim :

‘Sita was treated with great respect by this noble King who did not touch her sexually. He behaved with restraint and gallantry and was given the status of a Queen.’

King Ravana as per Ramayanam written by Hindus – desired Sita but wanted Sita  to submit to him. As an individual who does not take without consent, Ravana did demonstrate was a noble quality. But the deeper Truth here is Sita’s chastity and devotion to her husband Rama which naturally accumulated the Protection against Rape. One who believes that we are all connected through our souls – would naturally  identify with Sita’s ability to keep Ravana away from Her. Ravana did not have the power or authority to ‘give’ Sita the status of Queen. Given that Rama was not king at that time – Sita was not officially the Queen.

As per the essential criteria of his class – the Kshatriyas (rulers, warriors and administrators) Ravana failed miserably by stealing another man’s wife. Mrs. Gunasekara’s father - Dr. Kewal Motwani who is described by Mrs. Gunasekara as ‘ a man of great intellect, a brilliant Professor of Sociology, who was widely sought after both in Asia and America and credited as being the one who introduced sociology to his native India’ – was a specialist in Manu Sastra which is based on four varnas / colors / castes / classes as follows by Wikipedia:

the Brahmins: priests, scholars and teachers.

the Kshatriyas: rulers, warriors and administrators.

the Vaishyas: cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans and merchants.

the Shudras: laborers and service providers.

Both – Rama as well as Ravana were of Kshatriaya group as per their job titles. The difference is that Rama’s group had another group above them – the Brahmins whereas Ravana’s group did not. The order in terms of Administration stopped with rulers, warriors and civil administrators in that order. A deeper study would reveal that a member of one group could not freely access a member of another group. They had to use the respective positions and their rules. Rama’s main purpose was to restore this demarcation so those kings with lower human limits did not interfere with priests, scholars and teachers who reached higher mind-order tending towards Mental Independence.

Ravana is presented as a strong Shiva devotee. But Ravana demonstrated that he was not committed to Manu Sastra introduced as follows  by Dr. Motwani:

[Manu Dharma S'astra: A Sociological and Historical Study

By Kewal Motwani, Ernest Wood

Excerpt

“The following pages present a connected, over-all picture of the teachings of Manu, contained in his Dharma Śāstra. The Dharma Śāstra is usually described as the Code of Laws of Manu, but actually it is a treatise that deals with the social life of man. There is nothing in the title to suggest that the teachings were intended to be a Code of Laws for any particular group, inhabiting any specific geographical region. To be sure, the Dharma Śāstra came to occupy a place of high authority among the Hindus of India and its injunctions even acquired the authority and status of legal enactments. But, fundamentally, the Dharma Śāstra contains a statement of principles of social life of man applicable at all times and in all climes, and therefore has a universal significance: its teachings are aimed at the homo sapiens, the human race, the mānavas, as a whole, and they emphasise the element of the permanent, the eternal in the life of man and society.

Notwithstanding the great contribution made by Manu towards uplifting of the human race, as we shall see in the following pages, he is not so well known to the world at large. An average student of world-history is undoubtedly familiar with the name of Gautama, the Buddha, as one of the towering figures in the line of the ancient Teachers and Prophets of mankind. If this student happens to be an Indian, he will have heard the name of Manu also, but with special reference to his "Laws," which continue to govern the social relationships of the Hindus in a legal or juristic sense.]

Dr. Kewal Motwani, through his genuine work has confirmed himself to be of the highest group / class – the Brahmin / Academic class. It’s a shame that his daughter has not inherited this and hence resorts to react at the lower level.  

The current Sri Lankan Government’s problem is also likewise, due to weak connection with their  heritage. Many of the Buddhist leaders Sri Lankan Government are shaming their religion. If Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country due to majority calling themselves Buddhists – then the Sri Lankan Government is also Buddhist Government. The question is – who is Buddha in this Government ? – Mr. Sirisena or Mr. Wickremesinghe?

The above class hierarchy in Hinduism was/is  for functional purposes. Not all minds could achieve the highest level of Nirvana in their current lifetime. A few do and the rest are protected by it to the extent they pay their respects with or without belief – to those of higher mind order. Where there is belief – the mind connection is natural and automatic. Even in the ruling family of Good Pandavar – Dharmar the eldest topped the hierarchy. Arjuna the clever warrior was third in line and needed to consult with his elders before making decisions. Many Sri Lankan families have embraced freedom at the lower level – towards quick wins. LTTE failed despite its cleverness due to this disrespect for elders. But those of us who have included them as part of our Community – have protected Sri Lanka and would continue to protect Sri Lanka. If we are separated from Sri Lanka – then Sri Lanka loses that Natural protection.  The Prime Minister who is the strongest force in appointing Tamils to senior positions needs to ensure that they carry this protecting force. Otherwise the UNP would continue to experience waste like in the case of former Central Bank Governor who was clever but not good for Sri Lanka.

Where India and Sri Lanka are separated through Common Law – Ravana and Rama cannot be related directly to each other in the same way those of different classes/institutions cannot be related directly to each other. But Ramayanam is based on what happened during a period when there was no such demarcation based on Common Law and ownership was largely through physical possession. An Avatar to whom the whole world was One – had to undertake the elimination of the interfering power that Ravana had become. Sri Lanka needs such minds of higher order to uphold its Sovereign status.

Sri Lanka has to develop this higher common leadership which is above class divisions. All Sri Lankans can contribute to this through their respective families and institutions. Class divisions become less and less visible when there is respect for the good who sacrifice earned benefits which leads to ownership.   The more they are respected the less the separations at lower levels – be it at community level or worse within the government at party level.  One who is independent of the physical would eliminate dysfunctional class differences. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

21 October   2016

Independent Commissions are Minority Groups in Sri Lanka

“The United Nations Rapporteur on minority issues today recommended the government establish a fully empowered independent commission for minority issues is included in constitutional reforms to implement mandates and foster relations between communities.” – Daily Mirror article ‘UN Rapporteur recommends independent commission for minority issues’

The status allocated to a person/group must offset the effects of majority influence, for a Commission  to qualify as being Independent. Such Commissions would, through their processes and discoveries,  have the effect of comforting and compensating at the higher level, for pain suffered due to Administrative weaknesses. This is an important issue for minority groups – such as the Tamil Community in Sri Lanka, who are claiming their earned entitlement to be treated Equally  by majority  race holding power in Common Areas. The sharing of Prima Chairman in Singapore, comes to mind in this regard. The Chairman said that they preferred to recruit Tamils because we were hardworking. It is for this reason that I said well before the 13^th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution, through which Tamil was also recognized as Official Language – that if Tamils could learn European languages – then they could have learnt Sinhalese also. If work is the lowest common unit of measure – then hard working minorities are minorities only at physical level – which is the parallel of hearsay in a Court of Law.

Recognizing this earned entitlement by minorities at Constitutional level makes us Common at all times and entitles leaders to form Unity Government. Otherwise there needs to be Separation of Powers to facilitate the group to operate on its own. That is ongoing.

An Independent Commission on the other hand is like a project with a start and an end to an issue that is no longer administratively active as a program. The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), for example is such a Commission with the responsibility to isolate parts of Public Service that are seriously infected by Bribery practices, treat them by sharing their Truth with the Public and then merging that Truth with Policy and  therefore  ongoing Program so the latter would be healthier. This has not happened with the CIABOC and as per the post-resignation conduct of the Director General who went back to her previous position, confirming  that Commission lacked the ability to find the Truth. A group that is yet to find the Truth as per its mandate is not yet Independent.

When I resigned from my substantive position at the University of NSW, due to harassment from Central Administrators there were requests from Academics, for me to stay. Those requests  were at the levels of those who felt the need for my services – to become self-managing units. I honored them but kept applying for other jobs at my previous level also. But I did not get them and was often not called even for an interview. As is my way – I followed Due Processes and did not expect nor take subjective influence.  Now I realize that those responsible did not want me – because they feared the power Central Authorities and more importantly – autonomy was NOT important to them. I did not identify with this then – due to my own emotions but now I realize that my own Truth was protecting me through the weaknesses of those who were in leadership positions. I did not get the jobs but I maintained the dignity of my Sovereignty as a Professional Accountant.

Now I realize that the more work we do and the less benefits we draw – relative to even one other with parallel position in that group – our standards relative to that person are naturally raised provided we accept that reality. We take those standards with us wherever we go, as part of ourselves. If we relate to our work through a high position – say in the above instance that of the Vice Chancellor – who had the authority over my Supervisors in Central Administration but failed to take disciplinary action against them even after I complained through Due Processes – and I continued to raise my work to that level,  I became the Chief of Finance on de facto basis and since that was also not given recognition – I became governor – naturally influencing other governors. Likewise within the Tamil Community as well as the Common Sri Lankan Community.

In my case I was heard by both Chancellors of my time – and I conclude that they were good Governors. Like Independent Commissions of inquiry – they also could not bring about Administrative changes to right the wrongs that happened to me but their acceptance of me – helped me to continue to escalate my complaint higher and higher – until I could go no more. This distanced me also from those who sought to use my services only for their own units and that’s when the University had the big problem of ‘Scientific Misconduct/Fraud’ allegations through Professor Bruce Hall. That was bigger than Ben Hur for the University. The Vice Chancellor was effectively dismissed. Right through I had indicators as to what my next step ought to be – as in ‘treasure-hunt’. That’s how I realized that Truth within us becomes active when we needed It and when the whole that we feel a part of – needed It.

Those of high standards bring about such completions of karma to help identify with the problem at a place they care about  so it could be cured of such problem and go beyond to become an opportunity for our heirs. Unless there is a genuine good standard that is being damaged, Truth would not surface a truly weaker standard due to which the good standard is being damaged. It’s the parallel of judiciary. Unless we seek the judiciary they have no jurisdiction to act on their own. The Executive has that power and in a democracy that Executive needs to be true to the People who elected her/him to invoke those powers where Administration is damaging such powers as the Sri Lankan President indicated about the Bribery Commission.

Leaders often ‘dump’ their responsibilities into smaller groups of Authority, instead of surrendering. This weakens such leaders. This week a Business Lady whom I actively advised during development stage rang me in relation to a penalty notice for failing to turn up for ‘jury service’. The lady said that that was the first notice she was receiving from the authorities and said she was a good citizen and so on. After listening to her I suggested that the previous notices may have gone to her old address. That was not based on ‘all facts’ before me but was due to the wisdom in the inner workings of Public Service, coupled with this lady’s own attitude towards these Authorities, when she needed something to be done. The lady did not want to include the above suggestion but kept going about her other problems and said it should not happen to her. There was also an expectation for me to take over the matter. In other words the lady wanted to dump it on me. That kind of attitude develops when we ‘use’ the system and then walk away from that system by doing minimum. This develops fear – to the extent we enjoy the benefits of the position. I doubt that this lady would have voted if she were not fearful of the ‘fine’ for not  voting. Those who ‘use’ a person/system and then walk away – often develop this tendency to ‘dump’ instead of surrendering. Those who are grateful / appreciative – would surrender. With this in mind,  I said to the lady to ring and speak to the authorities and to be as humble as possible. I thus reminded her quietly – mind to mind – that according to me she was not humble with authorities but tended to be the boss as she is in her business. I gave her the number she needed to call. The lady rang me the following day and said that it was as I had said – that the previous notices were sent to her old address. I explained to the lady that the sections handling operations and finances respectively were different. I guess I knew this intuitively and hence my first response which was the real reason. It confirmed again my ownership investment in Australian Public Service which has come with me after I left Public Service. I explained to the lady that if we take our real position in a relationship – we learn the Truth and if that meant she had to pay she must pay to be a good citizen as per her own mind. The lady said she did not understand all that but knew that when she was in trouble god urged her to ring me. She said she needed to see me to give me a hug to feel strong.

In the case of the President of Sri Lanka as well as the Prime Minister – Tamils were used during last year’s elections but when it comes to recognizing Tamils at policy level – both leaders are talking about ‘Buddhism Foremost’ continuing to be included in the Constitution. Hence the divisions within the Government is becoming more and  more Public. We often underestimate the power of Truth because in most instances those opposing each other operate at the same level. The LTTE were of low standards in Public Administration and when the Government claimed it has defeated them but continues to keep it active – the Government is also confirming to be of that level. But the war-crimes revelations are now global due to the greater contribution to Independence by Tamils. A big chunk of this comes from the civilians who died and/or suffered injuries in the war due to Government’s own lack of order.

Ms Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe the  Director General who resigned after the President found fault with the Commission, has confirmed by resuming her Administrative position as Additional Solicitor General that she did not qualify as per  the essential criterion of ‘Independence’ when she accepted the position of Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). When I took the Administration of the University of NSW to Courts through Due Processes – it was as such a Commission of One. My own investments in highest standards of Administration – developed over the years prevented me from accepting any job that was direct part of that very Administration. The strength that sustained me and urged me from within was the confirmation of my Independence from that Administration. Once we pass the boundaries of our position through our Truth / Belief – we are supported by Truth Itself. Hence we work the system through the Truth in all in that system. The beauty of Truth is that Truth consolidates Itself.

One needs to therefore examine in light of the above revelation about Ms Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe, the statements by the President that led to the lady’s resignation. As per Colombo Page:

[Oct 12, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says as the Defense Minister he does not agree with the procedure followed by the Bribery Commission to take the former Defense Secretary and three former Navy commanders to the court.

Speaking at a ceremony held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo to distribute housing and land deeds to war hero families, the President said the independent commissions have been established to strengthen freedom, democracy and human rights in the country and they should refrain from political agendas and work hard to establish a country free of corruption and malpractices.

"There is an accepted procedure to investigate complaints and the law should be equal for all," the President said.

President Sirisena added that he is totally against influencing the judiciary, independent commissions and judges and he will never order to set free the political supporters who are suspected of severe crimes such as rape and robberies.

Speaking further, the President said the members of armed forces should not be exploited to gain political mileage and asked the authorities not to misuse the subordination of the military to the government.

The President stressed that he never allowed to weaken the security forces or to discredit war heroes.

Reiterating his commitment to protect democracy and the rights of the people, the President asserted that he is ready to give up powers at any time.]

The problem arises due to indiscriminate mixing of position of  Administrator and Governor. As Defense Minister the Hon Maithripala Sirisena had every right to be critical of any institution that to his mind was interfering with his Administration, outside Due Process. But he did not have the right to share that with General Public before following Due Administrative Processes available to him through his position as Defense Minister. When he so shared – he was using his position as Governor. THAT was Political interference to uphold his department but not those outside his department. This naturally earns its other side – rebellion by citizens who are yet to pass their position boundaries.

In a Nation where the Armed Forces have been needed to be used against citizens rebelling against the Government – it is important that the Government’s power to Administer and regulate is higher than that of the Armed Forces made up of ordinary junior citizens at the bottom end. If one takes an official – there is the Administrator as well as the citizen in that person. If the citizen is stronger than the Administrator – and that citizen is less regulated than the Administrator – then we have a disorderly armed person carrying weapons. The Sri Lankan Army handling prisoners at the last stages of the war was revealed to be of this kind. That was the Minister’s inheritance from his predecessor. Any correction needed could have been managed confidentially – especially after resisting war-crimes investigations. But the more LTTE Terrorism is used for internal purposes – the more the Truth of the Tamil Community that the LTTE is a part of – would surface to make LTTE a current issue.

The Truth as known to us is that the former regime needed the Eastern LTTE Leader - Karuna Amman to become their ‘insider’ to defeat  Northern LTTE. Given that Karuna Amman is a Tamil – any genuine member of the Tamil Community has the power to return that karma on those who influenced him to turn against his own past – through his weakness - money. At Karuna Amman’s level – he risked his own life to fight and his fighting skills did bring about victories for the LTTE as a whole. Hence so long as Karuna Amman stays within his earned position – in a community that is using those wins – he is protected from that return karma. Not so the government which typically USED the enemy’s resources to win cheaply. The Government is the owner of the disloyalty they developed. The Government would continue to fear that traitor. Where they do not know of an Administrative pathway to cure themselves they have to resort to Common Belief. Towards this the leader needs to be a Governor more than s/he is an Administrator.

The President on more than one occasion has demonstrated that his investment in high level Administration is weaker than his belief through the religious pathway. Hence his confession at the UN General Assembly. But if that is given form – then Sri Lankan Government must stay away from Globally Funded  Business also. If we do not respect the higher standards of bodies like the IMF – through whom global funds are channeled – we become debtors and when we fail to settle the debts we become  beggars. The Prime Minister who claimed that Buddhism foremost would continue to remain in the Constitution is taking Sri Lanka towards this when he – with his other hand is ready to receive global money and not Buddhist money foremost. The root must be reflected at the money level also, for there to be natural harmony.